February 10, 1900. 
THK GARDENING WORLD, 
371 
WEBBS’ 
Garden Beets. 
RELIANCE. 
Produces a small top, and smooth roots of 
globular shape, with intense blood-red skin ; the 
flesh is fine-grained, sweet, and delicate in 
flavour. It is most valuable for private use or 
market-garden purpo i es, 
6d. and 1/- per packet; 1/3 per oz , post free 
SATISFACTION. 
The root is long and tapering in shape, cf deep 
tlood-red colour, of fire grain, and delicate in 
flavour. It is short in habit of growth, with 
beautiful dark red foliage. 
6d. and 1/- per packet, post free. 
See Webbs’ Spring Catalogue, post free, Is. 
WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 
H. J. JONES’ 
Ryecroft Collections of Vegetable Seeds contain a 
very liberal quantity of all the most approved kinds 
to give a supply of Vegetables throughout the 3 ear. 
i|gF Try our 12/6 Collection, 
Carriage ftee on receipt of .remittance. 
Smaller Collections, 5 /- and 7 / 6 . 
Ryecroft Collections of the most advanced types 
in sweet Peas:— 
36 Beautiful Yars , named, 100 seeds of each, 51- 
24 1, 
., 100 „ 
3/6 
18 
„ 100 „ 
it 
2/6 
12 
100 „ 
• 1 
1/9 
Post free on receipt of remittance. 
Catalogues free on 
application. 
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Either Green, 
LEWISHAM. 
1 £105 Cash Prizes 
To OBTAIN the 
Best Broad Beans 
MAMMOTH L0NGP0D. 
The earliest Broad Bean in cultivation, remark¬ 
able for its great size ; flavour excellent. 
Per quart, 2/6. 
8UTT0N8 GREEN GIANT. 
A grand cropper, long straight pods, and the 
beans are most excellent in flavour, 
-Per quart, 2/6. 
SUTTON'S GIANT WINDSOR. 
Far superior to other Beans of the Windsor 
type. Per quart, 1/9. 
Buttons seeds 
_ GENUINE ONLY FROM SUTTON 5 SONS,READING. / 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man."—B acon, 
Edited by J. FRASER, F.L.S. 
SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 10th, 1900. 
NEXT WEEK'S ENGAGEMENTS. 
DANIELS BROS., 
Seed Growers, NORWICH, 
Offer One Hundred Guineas for Competition 
duriDg 1900, and have selected such subjects as 
can be easily grown by amateurs. Peas, Broad 
and Runner Beans, Brussels Sprouts, Celery, 
Potatos, Parsnips, Carrots, Beet, Leeks, Onions, 
and Tomatos; Asters, African Marigolds, and 
Stocks. 
Before purchasing Garden Seeds, send for 
Catalogue (post free), which gives full informa¬ 
tion as to tbeabove Prizes, which are in addition 
to the very large" number given by the Firm 
through the numerous Shows. 
DANIELS BROS. 
Seed Growers, NORWICH. 
CUTHBERT'8 GARDEN GUIDE 
And Illustrated Seed Catalogue for 1900 
Is notv ready, and way be had free on application. 
R. & G. CUTKB2RT, Seed Merchants, 
SSUmGATE, I*. 
ESTABLISHED 1787. 
Tuesday, February 13th.—R.H.S. Annual General Meeting in 
the Dri I Hall, Westminster. 
Friday, Febru=ry 16th.— Royal Gardeners' Orphan Fund 
An' ual General Meeting, at Essex Hall, Essex Street, 
Strand, W/J. 
Whe English ArboricultufalSociety.-— 
It is interesting to observe with what 
zeal and industry the members of this 
society set themselves the task of combin¬ 
ing what must be real work with the 
pleasure of taking a holiday. The same 
statement may be made concerning the 
annual outing of the sister society at Edin¬ 
burgh, namely, the Scottish Arboricultural 
Society, as our pages from time to time have 
* shown. The English society has its head 
office at Haydon-Bridge-on-Tyne, and has 
a following of members from all parts of 
the northern counties of England, as well 
as from the south and from Wales. The 
week's holiday last year commencfd on 
August 14th when contingents were poured 
into London from various sources, ready to 
commence the serious business of their j 
mission on the following day. Visits were 
paid to Osterley Park, Syon House, Kew 
Gardens, Richmond, Windsor, the Beach 
Woods of Wycombe and Hampden, Hamp¬ 
ton, Bushey Park, and the Prince’s Coverts 
at Oxshott on the borders of Esher Com¬ 
mon, where splendid Scotch Fir timber is 
to te seen. The evenings were also 
occupied with their annual general meeting, 
and the annual dinner. The whole of the 
time was well filled up, an intens; interest 
being shown by many members to profit 
from what they saw both in the way of 
timber, forest keeping and planting, as well 
as fine sampl.s of ornamental treesin parks 
and pleasure grounds, together with the 
rare trees that were pointed out to them on 
the estates visited including many trees 
that could hardly be expected to flourish 
in the colder regions of the north from 
whence the bulk of them had come. All 
of the journeys, and what the members saw 
and did are recorded by several writers in 
che Transactions of the English Arboricul¬ 
tural Society, Vol. IV., Part II. 
Some idea of the complicated nature of 
the itinerary may be gleaned from the pro¬ 
gramme for the day at Royal Windsor. 
The members visited and inspected the 
State rooms, after which they were con¬ 
ducted round the policies in the immediate 
neighbourhood of the Castle by Mr. Owen 
Thomas, who showed them all the rarest 
and most interesting trees growing there. 
After this they were hospitably entertained 
by Her Majesty in a marquee, erected for 
the purpose. Soon thereafter commenced 
the real business of the day, the inspection 
of Windsor Great Forest and Park, which 
have an extent of some 14,000 acres, and 
contain a great deal of splendid timber in 
the shape of Oaks, Elms, Spanish Chest¬ 
nut, Scotch Firs, Larch, Birch, Beech, 
Holly Oaks, &c., worth coming a long way 
to see, as expressed by some of the mem¬ 
bers. The route was drawn up by Mr. 
Simmonds, the deputy surveyor, and the 
various journeys from point to point, when 
counted up, totalled 28^ miles, surely 
sufficient for one day’s pleasure and profit. 
Most of the land of the forest and park was 
sold by the Commonwealth for ^40.000, 
but as the purchasers did not pay up, the 
land was leased. The Crown took it over 
again as the leases fell in. The origin of 
the original planting of Oaks at Windsor 
was due to the dread of the Spanish 
Armada, whose general was ordered to cut 
down and destroy the Forest of Dean so as 
to effectually cripple the Navy of England. 
The plantation of Oaks on Cranbourne 
Chase was commenced by the sowing of 
Acorns upon it. The corner tree of the 
wood was sown in 1580, and is the true 
progenitor of the modern Royal Woodlands 
of England, and the system of planting 
Oaks where they did not previously exist. 
Many of the huge Oaks in Windsor and 
Richmond Pa r ks are of great age and are be¬ 
lieved to extend back to the time of William 
the Conqueror. The Cedars of Lebanon 
at Osterley Park, Syon House and Windsor, 
as well as the Oaks, Chestnuts, Elms and 
Limes drew, forth the admiration of those 
from the north where Nature has been less 
favourable to such trees in the matter of 
climate. For variety of trees and shrubs 
and the grouping of them for ornamental 
effect Syon House proved the most 
attractive of all. Great interest was mani¬ 
fested in the vast collections of trees at Kew, 
and in the fact of their being named ; but 
the limited time at the disposal of the partly 
prevented anything like detailed inspection 
or note taking, so that only the general 
features could be grasped. After all they 
had,seen, however, they came to the con¬ 
clusion that the British are splendid arbori¬ 
culturists, but that forestry is very imper- 
