February 15, 1896 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
379 
SPECIAL NOTICE. 
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APPLY TO 
Mr. ROBERT SYDENHAM, 
New Tenby Street, Birmingham. 
No Nurseryman will serve you better in Quality , Quantity,or Price 
SWEET PEAS 
A SPECIALITY. 
ECKFORD’S and other choice varieties at a third 
or a fourth usual prices. 
Nothing gives so much cut bloom at so small a cost or so 
little trouble. To get best results SOW IN JANUARY and 
FEBRUARY, as directions sent with each Collection. 
SPECIAL VERY CHEAP OFFER. 
Collection No. 1.—10 Really Good Varieties. 
30 Seeds of each variety, in separate packets, Is. 3d. 
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30 Seeds of each Variety, in separate packets, Is. 6d. 
For names and colours, see Gardening Illustrated. 
Special Price for the Two Collections, 2s. 6d., Post Free 
THE FOUR BEST CUCUMBERS 
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THE FIVE BEST TOMATOS 
In cultivation, often sold under other names to get fancy 
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Broad Beans. 
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Beet, dark red. 
Borecole, curled. 
Brussels Sprouts. 
Broccoli, early and late. 
Cabbage, best sorts. 
Savoy, dwarf Drum¬ 
head. 
Carrot, Intermediate, 
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Cauliflower, Giant. 
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Cress, plain. 
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Endive, moss curled. 
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1 pkt. Leek, Ayton Castle. 
2pkts. Lettuce, Cos and Cab¬ 
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3 czs. Mustard, white. 
1 pkt. Melon, choice. 
2 ozs. Onion, White Spanish, 
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1 pkt. Parsley, fine curled. 
1 oz. Parsnip, hollow- 
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2 ozs. Radish, long and tur¬ 
nip. 
2 ozs. Spinach. 
2 ozs. Turnip, Snowball, &c. 
1 pkt. Vegetable Marrow. 
3 pkts. Herbs, Sweet and Pot. 
2pkts. Tomato, Scarlet Per¬ 
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For Index to Contents see page 389. 
if lie diiirileijiijij 
Edited by J. FRASER, F.L.S. 
SATURDAY, FEB. 1 5th, 1896. 
NEXT WEEK'S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, February 17th.—Sale of Roses, Begonias, and hardy 
perennials, by Messrs. Protheroe & Morris. 
Tuesday, February 18th.— Sale of Roses and hardy herbaceous 
plants, by Messrs. Protheroe & Morris. 
Wednesday, February 19th.—Sale of Liliums, Gladioli, and 
Palms, by Messrs. Protheroe & Morris. 
Thursday, February 20th.—Sales of stove and greenhouse 
plants, Liliums,Setc., by Messrs. Protheroe & Morris. 
Friday, February 2ist.-—Annual General Meeting of the 
Royal Gardeners’ Orphan Fund at Anderton's Hotel. 
Sales of miscellaneous hardy plants, imported and 
established Orchids, by Messrs. Protheroe & Morris. 
/SHE GARDEN IN RELATION TO THE HOUSE.- 
At a meeting of the Applied Arts Sec¬ 
tion of the Society of Arts on the 4th inst., 
at the Society’s Rooms, John Street, 
Adelphi, a paper on this subject was read 
by Mr. F. Inigo Thomas. The paper was 
illustrated by means of lantern slides. 
Mr. Thomas said that, as a nation, we were 
beginning once more to realise the charm 
of a formal garden. For a brief sketch of 
the history of the subject in ^England he 
said it was unnecessary to go further back 
than the time of Henry VIII. Up tiHthen 
the monasteries had been the chief homes 
of cultured retirement. The mansion and 
its adjuncts were the chief features upon 
which Mr. Thomas dwelt. A house in the 
time of Elizabeth was approached through 
an avenue of trees, and one or more courts, 
out of which rose a stately mass of buildings 
festooned with a wealth of climbing Roses, 
and there would be splashes of sunlight and 
colour from the garden courts beyond. The 
origin of the word garden, we may say, was 
yard ; and this description of an Elizabethan 
mansion confirms the view, for the gardens 
and orchards then were in the immediate 
vicinity of the house and enclosed with high 
walls. The pleasure grounds of those days 
were characterised by a system of enclosure 
and sub-division, and, when that style was 
abandoned, the speaker contended that 
“ the main charm of the old English garden 
