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THE GARDENING WORLD 
January 24, 1903. 
ON THE EDITOR’S TABLE. 
Notes and Notices on new or interesting 
Catalogues, Books, &c. 
Hobbies’ Garden Guide. 
The annual catalogue of Hobbies, Ltd., 
Horticultural Department, Norfolk Nur¬ 
series', D ere ham, runs to something like 144 
pages, including a lengthy index, which adds 
materially to its value for the purpose of re¬ 
ference. The plan of the “ Garden Guide 
is to> commence with a calendar of operations 
amongst vegetables' for the various periods 
of the year. Cultural directions are then 
given concerning numerous popular flowers, 
both hardy and tender. It then takes novel¬ 
ties amongst vegetables, amongst which we 
note some new Peas, including Hobbies’ 
Challenge. Cabbages, Tomatos, Runner 
Beans, and Potato® also furnish some 
novelties. These are succeeded by de¬ 
scriptions and illustrations of the general 
collection of vegetables. The illustra¬ 
tions employed are veiy numerous 
throughout the catalogue. The second part 
of the catalogue is occupied with flowers. 
Flower seed novelties come' in for a good deal 
of notice. Novelties in plants are separately 
discussed, and include a very large number of 
things that are either new to -the' firm or to 
horticulture generally. Very prominent 
•among these novelties are Lathyrus latifolius 
grandiflorus albus, the new white-flofvered 
Everlasting Tea; also Kala-nohoe flaminea, 
Coleus thrysoideus, Campanula Mayii, Cape 
Gooseberry, G. F. Wilson’s Blue Primroses, 
and many other things, of which we are; sure 
to hear again. 
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Vilmorin’s Seed Catalogue. 
The general catalogue of Messrs. Vilmorin- 
Andrieux & Cie., of Paris, is ornamented with 
various hybrid types of Gladioli on the front 
cover, and bulbs, Melon®, and Tomato® on 
the back cover. As usual, their catalogue is 
very full of all sorts of seeds of flowers, fruit, 
and vegetables, and ornamental trees of all 
kinds. Flowering bulbs and bulbous roots 
■are grouped! together, forming a class by 
themselves. Amongst them we notice 
Begonia plienomene, which made it® appear¬ 
ance at the Drill Hall not long ago. We 
think that -an index of some length would be 
a very valuable 1 addition to the catalogue. 
The present method is to classify the various 
subjects in chapters, and to give- the heading 
of the chapter in the contents. 
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Messrs. Burpee’s Farm Annual. 
The annual catalogue of vegetables,' 
flowers, and farm seeds sent, out by Messrs. 
W. Atlee Burpee A Co., Philadelphia,, U.S.A., 
is ornamented on the cover with Corn-cobs, 
Tomatos, and Egg Plant®. Several coloured 
illustrations are alio distributed through the 
body of the work, including plates of Onions, 
a new Water-melon, Nasturtium®, and Sweet 
Peas. The latter is a very good example of 
flower painting, the tints and shades being 
very delicate, and the outline of flowers well 
defined. The arrangement of the catalogue 
follows the general order in taking the vege¬ 
table® first. Several of these strike us as 
being foreign to the gardeners of this 
country. Such, for instance, as “ Willow- 
leaf,” Bush Lima, and the other Bush Lima 
Beans. The Water-melon might, however, 
be tried in this country. Various novelties 
in Sweet Peas, such a® we recently discussed 
in the pages of Tiie Gardening World, now 
make their appearance in Messrs. Burpee’s 
list. Various other novelties are scattered 
through the body of the work ; some of them 
will be sure to find their way here, if not 
already in the country. 
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Mr. F. C. Heinemann's Catalogue. 
The above, sent out by Mr. F. C. Heiine- 
mann, Erfurt, 'Germany, is given up chiefly 
to flower seeds. A separate hand-list of 
novelties was sent out some time previously 
for wholesale distribution. Nevertheless, in 
the first half of the catalogue, we have illus¬ 
trated sheets of novelties both in flowers and 
vegetables. The front cover is ornamented 1 
with coloured illustrations of vegetables, and 
the back cover with a coloured plate of 
various novelties among flower seeds. 
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Messrs. Dicks & Co. 
The catalogue of vegetables and flower 
seeds sent out by Messrs. F. Dicks A Co., 
Deiansgate, Manchester, contains a list of 
noveltiesof vegetables and flower seeds in the 
front part of the work. Amongst the latter 
we notice that Collarette Dahlias, various 
type® of Helianthus, Poppies, Pansies, Im¬ 
perial Sweet Sultan, and Sweet Pea Dorothy 
Eckfbrd, are offered. Along with the de¬ 
scriptions of the various flowers and vege¬ 
tables some useful information is given con¬ 
cerning their cultivation, which will prove 
useful to all concerned. 
Cuthbertson’s Catalogue. 
The annual “ Seed and Plant Catalogue 
and Cultural Guide.” sent out. by Mr. M. 
Cutbbertson, Rothesay, N.B., runs to eighty 
pages, .and is devoted to vegetable and flower 
seeds, as well as plants cultivated by him. 
Some novelties are included in the catalogue, 
which shows that the owner wishes to keep 
pace with the times in all those things that 
pertain to the use or ornamentation of 
gardens. Herbaceous plant® form a, strong 
feature of 'the catalogue, a, good collection 
being always grown by Mr. Cuthbertson, who 
is a skilled, hardy plantsman. 
Messrs. Peed & Son’s Catalogue. 
Besides flower and vegetable seeds, this 
catalogue deals with a number of other sub¬ 
jects which may be conveniently distributed 
at this season, such as Gloxinias, Caladiums, 
and other tuberous roots. Gaillardia grandi- 
flora semi-plena, Chrysanthemum segetum 
Helios,” Arctotis grandis, and various other 
horticultural subjects are noteworthy. They 
also offer novelties in the way of- Peas, 
Tomatos, and some other subjects. 
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Messrs. Barr’s Seed Guide. 
The hardy annual, the “ Seed Guide ” of 
Messrs. Bair A Sons, 11, 12, and 13, King 
Street, Covent Garden, appears at its usual 
tune, packed with all good things for the 
garden. It is arranged alphabetically to 
facilitate ready reference. Hints are given 
on the raising of flower-seeds. Novelties are 
very numerous, occupying something like 
twelve pages, and consist of hardy, half- 
hardy, and tender annuals, biennial and per¬ 
ennial plants, calculated to please all classes 
of growers. A point about these novelties 
to be remembered is that they are offered in 
the form of seeds, so that any gardener may 
indulge in a packet, giving himself the 
pleasure of expectation as to what they will 
turn out. Some of the seeds offered have 
been collected on the battlefields of South 
Africa, and some of these have not yet been 
named. In the body of the catalogue the 
best and most useful kitchen and flower 
garden-seeds are described in Messrs. B ur’s 
usual explicit style. A list of the best gar¬ 
dening hooks is given in the end of the 
catalogue. 
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Messrs. Roozen & Son’s Catalogue. 
A great variety of subjects is offered in 
the “ Spring Catalogue ” of Messrs. Ant. 
Roozen A Son, Overveen, Haarlem, Holland. 
It extends to bulbs for spring planting, her¬ 
baceous plants and seeds, concerning which 
cultural directions are given where necessary. 
The arrangement is not alphabetical, the 
most important subjects being dealt with 
first, but three good indexes are given on the 
hack cover. Under the various headings 
cultural directions are given, followed by a 
list of novelties of a particular genus or class 
of plants under discussion, and then by the 
general collection of varieties belonging to 
the same, A vast amount of information 
concerning various florists’ flowers, im¬ 
proved, and unimproved, hybrids, and other 
garden forms. We have much confidence 
that it will be found useful to gardeners cul¬ 
tivating the various subjects with which it 
deals. As above stated, the novelties are 
very numerous, and arranged in different 
parts of the list. Vegetables are dealt with 
at the end of the book. 
