January 5, 1901. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
291 
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The Records of the 
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Contain particulars of many First-Class Certificates 
and Awards of Merit which have been awarded 
to our strains of Seeds. 
In August last to Dobbie’s Pentstemons ; in 
October, to Dobbie's Selected Parsley; in 
November, to Dobbie's Selected Winningstadt 
Cabbage ; and in former seasons to our Beet¬ 
root, Celery, Borecole (Greens), Leeks, Parsnip, 
Model White Turnip, Golden Ball Turnip, Red 
Cabbage, Champion L. P. Bean, Asters, Antir¬ 
rhinums, Candytuft, Dahlias, Godetias, Mari, 
golds, Pansies, Sweet Williams, Violas. 
“TIT-BITS” last season offered £20 in Prizes 
to the most successful Amateur Gardeners. 
Six out of the Eight Prizewinners were 
Customers of Messrs. Dobbie and Co. 
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Catalogue 
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Beautifully Illustrated with Repro¬ 
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Post Free, 1/-, 
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ALL SEEDS SENT CARRIAGE PAID ON RECEIPT OF 
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THE BEST SEEDS IN THE WORLD 
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on Application. 
BARR’S 21/- COLLECTION OF VEGE- 
JABLe SEEDS contains a liberal assortment of 
the following useful Vegetables: Beans (Broad and 
French), Beet, Borecole, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, 
Cabbage, Capsicum, Carrot, Cauliflower, Celery 
Cole wort, Corn Salad, Cucumber, Cress, Endive’ 
Herbs, Leek, L-ttuce, Melon, Mustard, Onions’ 
Parsley, Parsnips, Peas, Radish. Salsify. Savoy 
Cabbage, Scorzonera, Spinach, Tomato, Turnip, 
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BARR’S CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS_ 
The “ Seed Guide ” contains a Select List of all the 
most beautiful Annuals and Perennials. Special 
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Nurseries: LONG DITTON, nr. Surbiton, SURREY. 
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY NEXT. 
Dutch Bulbs, Hardy Border Plants, Azaleas, 
Carnations, Blackberries, Orchids &c 
M essrs, protheroe & morris 
will sell by AUCTION at their Central Sale Rooms, 
67 and 63, Cheapside, London, E.C., as follows:— 
MONDAY NEXT, JANUARY 7th, at 12 o'clock. 
DUTCH BULBS, variety ot Hardy Border Plants from 
the Continent, AZALEAS, ROSES, RHODODENDRONS 
&<*■ Choice PERENNIALS, AMERICAN BLACK- 
BERRIES, &c. 
WEDNESDAY NEXT, JANUARY gth, at 12 o'clock. 
BULBS, 2,000 new AMERICAN BLACK- 
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BULBS, HARDY ORCHIDS, ASTERS, &c. A consignment 
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FRIDAY NEXT, JANUARY nth at 12 o'clock 
DUTCH BULBS, New and Rare Plants, Hardy Plants from 
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FRIDAY NEXT, JANUARY nth, at r 2 . 3 o o’clock. 
Imported and established ORCHIDS by order of Messrs. 
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On view mornings of Sale and Catalogues had, 
"Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
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Edited by J. FRASER, F.L.S. 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 5 th, 1901. 
^he Himalayan House at Kew. —This 
structure is the most recently com¬ 
pleted wing of the great Winter Garden or 
Temperate House in the Royal Gardens, 
Kew. This great palace of glass was de¬ 
signed by Mr. Decimus Burton, and build¬ 
ing was commenced by Messrs. Cubitt and 
Company, in i860. The two octagons were 
completed in 1861, but the main or central 
division was not completed till 1862. It 
measures 216 ft. long, 140 ft. wide and 60 
ft. high. This massive block and the 
octagons remained in that condition for 
many years, till in fact the south wing or 
Mexican House was commenced in 1895 if 
we remember rightly. In any case this 
portion was completed in 1897. The north 
wing or Himalayan House was commenced 
soon after, and completed in May, 1899. 
The whole structure, including the central 
division, with an octagon at either end, and 
a wing at each of the two extremes, now 
forms the largest plant house in tne world. 
All these divisions, with the connecting 
lobbies, have a total length of 628 ft. and a 
width of 164 ft., the highest portion, the 
central, being 60 ft., as above stated. The 
superficial area covered with glass is nearly 
two acres. The completed building has 
cost about ^60,000. Visitors can enter by 
the door of the Himalayan House at the ex¬ 
treme northern end, and proceed by a broad, 
straight path to the southern end of the 
Mexican House. This latter is filled with 
such plants as require an intermediate 
temperature, and is the warmest part of the 
building. The octagons are filled with 
Oranges and Bays in tubs, many of the 
former carrying a good crop of" fruit at 
present. Australian and other greenhouse 
subjects occupy the central division and the 
Himalayan House is devoted to plants 
which come from high elevations on the 
Himalayas, from New Zealand, &c., so that 
with the exception of the Mexican House, 
the whole is filled with greenhouse plants, 
merely requiring the frost to be kept our. 
Everything is planted out except in the 
octagons, and on the shelves round the sides 
of the great central division. 
As might be expected Rhododendrons 
form a conspicuous feature of the Hima¬ 
layan House ; and as large plants or trees 
previously existed in the central division, 
these have been moved into the previously 
prepared beds of fresh soil in it. With few 
exceptions the old trees have taken well 
and now appear in robust health. Being 
a cool house the Rhododendrons will not 
commence flowering till spring, though R. 
arboreum usually takes the lead very earlv 
when well established. There are several 
varieties 10 ft. to 18 ft. high or more, with 
long, finger-like leaves, rusty beneath in 
some cases, and silvery in others. R. 
niveum, with larger leaves, silvery beneath, 
forms a fine mass 8 ft. high and as wide. R. 
grande, often named R. argenteum, is 
another silvery leaved species of imposing 
appearance when in bloom. R. formosum, 
often grown in gardens as a pot plant, under 
