February 3.8, 1893. 
Th£ gardening world. 
885 
CHOICE 
LETTUCES 
Are most desirable acquisitions, 
And should be grown in all Gardens. 
VEITCH’S PERFECT GEM. 
The best Cabbage variety for summer use. A most distinct, 
compact growing variety, of a rich deep green colour, forming 
very early a close, solid heart, beautifully crisp, and tender, 
and of excellent flavour, 
Per Packet, Is. 6d. 
VEITCH’S GOLDEN QUEEN. 
A small early Cabbage variety ol a beautiful and pleasing 
golden colour, literally all heart, and of particularly delicate 
flavour. _ 
Per Packet, Is. 6d. 
VEITCH'S CHELSEA IMPERIAL COS 
A splendid self-folding variety, which comes quickly into 
use; it grows to a large size, stands the heat well, and is of 
excellent quality. 
Per Packet, Is. 6d. 
VEITCH’S SUPERB WHITE. 
A magnificent self-folding Cos variety, grows to an immense 
size, is of superior quality, very crisp, and fine flavoured. 
Per Packet, Is. 6d. 
For full descriptions of the above and many 
OTHER CHOICE NOVELTIES AND SPECI¬ 
ALITIES see SEED CATALOGUE forwarded 
gratis and post free on application. 
JAMES YEITCH & SONS, 
Royal Exotic Nursery, CHELSEA, S.W. 
Thomson’s Seeds. 
FLOWER SEEDS. 
BEGONIA, Thomson s Superb Single and Double. 
—Saved from selected plants of a very choice 
collection. Per Packet, is. & 2 s. 6d. 
'CALCEOLARIA, Thomsons Dalkeith Park.— A 
well-known and popular strain; saved from 
plants of dwarf and compact habit. Per Packet, 
25 . td. 
CINERARIA, Thomson s Superb Mixed.— A very 
carefully selected stock. Per Packet, is. & 2s. 6 d. 
CELOSIA Pyramidalis, Thomson’s. — Best strain in 
cultivation ; still unrivalled. Per Packet, is. & 
2s. 6 d. 
PANSY, Thomson s Choice Mixed. —Saved from the 
finest named sorts. Per Packet, is. 
POLYANTHUS, Thomson’s Superb Hybrid.— 
Saved from the choicest varieties. Per Pkt, is. 
STOCK, East Lothian (Scarlet, Purple, White, 
Crimson and White, Wall-leaved).—Saved from 
2 year old plants, specially selected. Per Packet, 
is., 25 . 6 d. and 5s. 
VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
BEET, Thomson's Superb Red. —Unsurpassed for 
garden and decorative purposes. Per oz., is. 6d. 
BROCCOLI, Thomson's Self-protecting. —One of 
the hardiest Broccolis grown. Per Pkt, is. 6 d. 
BROCCOLI, Snow's Winter White. —An extra select 
Stock. Per Packet, is. 6 d. 
CARROT, Thomson’s New Improved Horn.— Su¬ 
perior to the Horn Carrots now in cultivation. 
Per oz., Hd. 
LEEK, Musselburgh. —True stock ; Scotch saved. 
Per oz., 2s. 6 d. 
PARSLEY, Thomson’s Superb Curled. —Dwarf and 
compact; beautifully curled. Per oz , is. 
TOMATO, Thomson’s Excelsior. —Undoubtedly one 
of the best for general use ; smooth-skinned, and 
of fine flavour. Per Packet, is. hd. 
THOMSON’S Vines, Thomson’s Styptic. 
THOMSON S Yine and Plant Manure. 
THOMSON’S Book on the Yine, the Pine, the 
Flower Garden, & Fruit Culture under Glass. 
CA TALOGUE of SELECT GARDEN SEEDS, forwarded on 
application. All goods carriage paid. 
(SEED MERCHANT), 
24, FREDERICK STREET, EDINBURGH. 
SUPERB CINERARIA. 
We believe our Strain of Single 
Cineraria to be unsurpassed by any 
other in cultivation. 
“Your strain of Cineraria is the best I have 
ever seen, both as regards colour, size of bloom, 
and sturdy habit of plant.”—Mr. W. Coombs, 
Gardeijer to D. H. Harding, Esq. 
Price of Seed, Mixed Colours, 
5 /- & 2/6 Picket, Post Free. 
GENUINE ONLY FROM SUTTON & SONS,READING. 
For Index to Contents see page 394. 
Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, Feb. 20th.—National Chrysanthemum Society: 
Annual Meeting at 7 p.m. 
Sale of Fruit Trees, &c., at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Tuesday, Feb. 21st.—Sale of Orchids, Greenhouse Plants, 
&c., at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Wednesday, Feb. 22nd.—Sale of Greenhouse Plants, &c., at 
Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Thursday, Feb. 23rd.—Sale of Roses, Hardy Plants, &c., at 
Protheroe & Morris’Rooms. 
F'riday, Feb. 24th.—Sale of Orchids and Hardy Plants, at 
Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
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Edited by BRIAN WYNNE, F.R.H.S. 
SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 18 th, 1893 . 
We refer to this interesting fact because 
it will help to shew Sir William Hart-Dyke 
and others anxious to brand all imported 
fruit as such, that proposals of that kind 
cut buth ways. Now here at home 
enormous quantities of the finest Grapes 
in the world are being produced annually, 
and it is only in very exceptional cases 
that really remunerative prices c in be 
found at home. With ninety out of every 
hundred of private gardens competing with 
the market grower, it is no matter for 
surprise that Grape growing in this country 
proves to be no great boom. If, however, 
our growers can find a market for their 
crops in America, we cordially wish them 
every prosperity in their enterprise. It is 
very well known that some of our leading 
fruit exhibitors received special invitations 
to take out exhibits of English grown fruits 
to the Chicago Exhibition. 
That invitation was based, as we learn, 
on the fine show made by these growers 
at the Autumn Fruit Show at Earl’s Court, 
when the splendid samples displayed quite 
surprised some official American exhibitors. 
Doubtless it was thought that thus showing 
what high-class fruit is produced here would 
help to stimulate the American growers to 
higher aims. If that be so it is not difficult 
to understand why it is that good British 
Grapes should be selling in New York at, 
as we are told, the remunerative price of 
eight shillings per pound. Even so far off, 
what possibilities do so excellent a price 
open up to the British fruit grower ? 
TIThe Catkins of the Hazel.— The male 
^ inflorescence of the Hazel Nut is just 
now in very attractive form. It is true the 
tiny female bloom gives us by far the 
smallest flowers, and they are indeed of 
the most unobtrusive kind, but they are at 
least decked in glowing red hues, and when 
the sun shines brightly in the early morn 
the buds of the Hazel seem to glisten with 
lively colour. But just now the catkins 
that contain in such abundance the pollen 
so essential for the fertilisation of the 
small red flowers are both in wonderful 
profusion and are very pleasing to see. 
Bushes here and there are very pretty, and 
whole woods of Hazel bushes are- simply 
beautiful. It is long since we have seen 
such a wealth of male bloom as now hangs 
in myriad of clusters on the branches cf 
our small Nuts. 
It is not to the common Nut alone that 
catkins are restricted. Filberts and Cobs 
in gardens and orchards are just as flori- 
ferous. What wonder then, if we hope to 
see a fine crop of small Nuts this season. 
Did these pendent clusters of male blooms 
exhibit themselves when the trees and 
bushes are well in leaf we should take very 
little notice of them. But they come to 
beautify our orchards, gardens, hedge-rows 
and woods almost in mid-winter, and when 
every pretty feature in vegetation is so 
striking and so acceptable. The catkin, 
whilst ol itself almost inconspicuous, is in 
the aggregate very beautiful, and this 
feature is found in its most attractive form 
JjfxpoRTED Fruits.- —It seems hard to 
believe that home-grown Filberts and 
Cob Nuts were exported to America in 
considerable quantities when we had good 
crops here. Still it seems to be true. It 
is much harder to believe that such fruits 
as ripe English Grapes ape exported to 
New York and then sold at remunerative 
prices, but that seems to be true also; 
hence it would appear that whatsoever 
may be the capacities of the United States 
in the matter of fruit production, there are 
some things which Great Britain can do 
better, and which it pays our growers to 
send to markets across the Atlantic. 
on tall or naturally grown tiees or bushes. 
It is such as these we see in orchards when 
allowed to develop naturally as in the 
woods, only that in the former case they 
are occasi mal'y thinned, kept free from 
suckers, and encouraged to produce very 
abundant crops. 
What delicious Nuts are thus obtained! 
What a matter for surprise is it that both 
Cobs and Filberts are not far more com¬ 
monly planted ! Even as decorative trees 
at this time of the year they are, as we have 
shown, so beautiful that we can but wonder 
that they are not very largely planted in 
shrubberies, where they would with Lilac, 
Syringas, &c., form admirable background. 
