July 21, 1894. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
735 
NOW READY. 
A NEW BOOK ENTITLED 
SMITH’S E N C Y C L O ^ I> I A 
Of new methods for BOTTLING FRUITS and making Jams, Jellies. Marmalades, Preserves, 
Wines, Summer Drinks, &c. 48 Pages. PRICE SIXPENCE, Post Free. 
Includes How to Preserve Fruit without Sugar or Boiling, at i cost of less than one penny per gallon, by which method fer¬ 
mentation is impossible, and it will keep for any length of time, retaining its flavour as when first gathered ; How to Pre¬ 
serve Fruit in Pure Water; also the following1 • / > j-.. / ■ > di t> 
BOTTLED FRUITS;—Apricots, Currants, Damsons, Fruit (various). Gooseberries (green), ditto (ripe). Plums, Rasp¬ 
berries, Strawberries, Tomatos.' ... , „ „ , _ 
JAMS Apple, Apricot, Blackberry, Currant (Flack), ditto (red). Damson, Gooseberry, Greengage, Strawberry, Tomato 
(crreen) Vegetable Marrow, Raspberry, Rhubarb, 
° JELLIES:—Apple, Blackberry, Currant (black), ditto (red), ditto (not boiled), Gooseberry (ripe), ditto (green). Medlar, 
Orange, Pear, Quince. . 
MARMALADES:— Apple, Medlar, Pear, Tomato, Quince. 
PRESERVES:—Apple, Apricot, Fruit (various). Greengage, Gooseberry, Medlar, Nectarine, Peach, Pear. 
MISCELLANEOUS:—Apricots (to dry). Cherries (ditto), Nectarines (ditto). Peaches (ditto). Oranges (ambrosia of), 
Oran»e (snow) Apples (pickle), Plum (ditto). Tomatoes (compote of). Tomato Pickle, Tomato Sauce, Quinces (compote of). 
WINES:— Balm, Blackberry, British, Currant, Damson, Dandelion, Elderberry, Ginger, Gooseberry, Greengage, Mul¬ 
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For Index to Contents see page 745. 
do ; ” and proceeds, “ if cereals and green 
crops will not pay, why not grow flowers, 
Tomatos, Cucumbers and Grapes, for 
which there is an unlimited demand, and 
for the cultivation of which the climate 
and soil are particularly adapted. In 
Kent, he remarks, every parish has its 
own flower and vegetable show. Large 
areas are laid out in allotments, and every 
cottager has his patch with a few Cherry 
trees and bush fruit which he trains to a 
profitable account. He thinks he is telling 
no Post office secrets in stating that ^lo, 
£20, and even £^o, are put aside every 
year in this way, and at the end of the 
season it is not unusual for his office to 
receive /’500 in a single day in the form of 
Saving Bank deposits. 
Mr. Uren asks, “ Are the market 
gardeners of West Cornwall on the 
alert ? ” He thinks not. At present, he 
correctly assents, we are under-sold in our 
own markets by the bounty-fed produce of 
every other country which does not see eye 
to eye with us. Taxes are higher, land is 
dearer, and locomotion more expensive, 
yet we have to compete with them, not 
only on equal terms, but handicapped by 
grand-motherly factions and railway rates 
and changes framed solely in the interests 
of the shareholders, and to the end of 
keeping up big dividends. 
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HOW TO GROW 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
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Beckett. Those who are in doubt how to treat their plants 
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FERNS 
A 
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Beautiful Ferns for Warm Greenhouse at same prices. 
Beautiful Ferns for Cool Greenhouse at same prices. 
Beautiful Ferns for Cold Greenhouse at same prices. 
Beautiful Hardy Ferns at same prices. 
For gd. per dozen extra above sent carriage free. 
Our collectioa is unrivalled. Our stock is immense. 
Catalogue of 1,400 varieties free on application. 
W. & J. BIRKENHEAD, F.R.H.S., 
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“ Gardening Is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man."— Bacon. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, July 23rd.—National Chrysanthemum Society's 
Annual Outing. 
Tuesday, July 24th.—Royal Horticultural Society : Meeting of 
the Committees at 12 o’clock. 
National Carnation and Picotee Society’s Show. 
Orchid Sale at Protheroe & Morris' Rooms. 
Wednesday, July 25th.— Burton-on-Trent Flower Show (two 
days). 
Thursday, July 26th.—Southwell Flower Show. 
St. Ives Flower Show. 
Sale of Orchids at the Albert Nursery, Peckham Rye. 
Friday, July 27th.—Orchid Sale at Protheroe & Morris' Rooms, 
Edited by BRIAN WYNNE, F.R.H.S. 
SATURDAY, JULY 21st, 1894. 
'Went versus Cornish Market Gardening. 
—Mr. J. G. Uren, the able Maidstone 
postmaster, and a good all-round scientist, 
who recently removed from Penzance, has 
been trying to wake up the market 
gardeners of Cornwall from what he terms 
in his address, “ their lethargy.” Amongst 
other things, he points out that gardening 
must be conducted on business principles 
and not by the rule of thumb—the “ this 
did for my grandfather ” style—which 
is too often observable—and, above 
all, the adoption of up-to-date practices to 
meet modern requirements. Mr. Uren 
points out very correctly that every district 
has its peculiarities of climate, soil and 
surroundings, and adds that Strawberries 
can no more be grown on Cam Galven 
than early Potatos can be raised in the 
Shetlands. Granite, chalk and clay; 
sunshine, moisture and temperature, will 
have their effect on the produce. But, 
within these lines, much may be done to 
adapt the crop to the soil, and to grow 
what is marketable. 
In Kent, he says, the gardener utilises 
every hedgerow and furrow, planting 
Strawberries and bush fruit between his 
rows of Cherry trees. How different this 
is in Cornwall (from whence, nevertheless, 
much of our London supply comes), Mr. 
Uren wants to see this supply doubled, 
which, as he states, can be done. “ The 
old jog-trot routine of Barley, seeds and 
Turnips, Potatos and Broccoli will not 
f ARDENiNG AS A RECREATION. —Given a 
hobby of such an elevating character 
as gardening, with the proviso that it is 
congenial to those who indulge in it, what 
can possibly be more beneficial, what more 
delightful ? It is the healthiest and most 
varied of all forms of recreation, and so 
fascinating to an enthusiast that there is 
scarcely any situation in which it is not 
possible to indulge in it in some form or 
other ; and there are very few who have 
once tasted the sweets of success in the 
cultivation of flowers or vegetables who 
ever willingly give up the practice. A 
little thought and attention expended upon 
window plants, either in town or country 
is always amply repaid. 
Few things have struck us more forcibly 
than the contrast between two houses 
recently visited. Both were in a manu¬ 
facturing town. The Avaiting-room in one 
had nothing but dingy windoAV curtains as 
a screen to an untidily kept and depressing 
yard; while in the window of the other 
were a few carefully tended plants, and in 
the yard some well-grown hardy Ferns, so 
delightfully fresh, and so pleasing to look 
upon after our first exper'ence. Again, if 
window plants cannot be indulged in, what 
is more interesting than a pretty, and well 
attended to 'Wardian case, and what can 
be more easily managed. There is an old 
adage about a little knowledge being a 
dangerous thing, but if there is one hobby 
more than another that gives a direct 
denial to this old saw, surely it is the 
hobby of gardening, for however little one 
may know of floriculture it is of immense 
benefit when applied to the culture of a few 
flowers. 
Philatelists claim that stamp collecting 
is conducive to the acquirement of geo¬ 
graphical and historical knowledge, but if the 
hobby of gardening is taken up in the same 
spirit, the same benefits are derh^ed, Avith 
the additional gain of far more pleasure 
and profit. Learn the common and 
botanical names of a few favourites, their 
meaning and deriA’ation, and their native 
habitats ; note their structural and other 
peculiarities, and hoAV greatly Avill the 
interest in such plants be intensified ! 
Give gardening as a hobby a fair trial, and 
benefits both morally and physically will 
be as certain to follow as night folloAVS day. 
