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THE GARDENING WORLD 
January 16, 1904. 
their career. As a rule, however, early Potatos’when grown for 
the purpose of early supplies are off the ground before the 
disease makes its appearance, or, at- all events, before it makes 
any headway. A well tried and useful early variety coming 
under our notice is Sutton’s Ringleader. It may not be 
absolutely the earliest, but it is a much; better cropper than 
another very early variety, which produces only small! tubers. 
Amongst the newer ones Sir John Llewellyn is a very good 
cropper, and also of good repute amongst those of more recent 
introduction. Amongst older varieties for late or main crops 
you could get Up-to-Dats, The Factor, Ever good, and 
Abundance. The latter may not give Potatos of such weight 
per acre as the- other varieties named, but it is usually a very 
reliable Potato of good quality. 
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Trade Catalogues Received 
Richard Smith and Co., Worcester.—Seed List. 
James Dickson and Sons, 46, Hanover Street. Edinburgh.— 
Garden Seeds, Sundries, Tools, Manures, etc. 
John Peed and Son, West Norwood, London, S.E.—Seel 
Catalogue. 
Howden and Co., Old Post Office Buildings, Inverness.— 
Howden’s Garden Seeds. 
William Bull and Sons, Chelsea, London.—Catalogue of 
Seeds, etc. 
Yii.Morin-Andriefn et Cie. , 4. Qua! de la Megisserie, Paris. 
—Catalogue of Hardy Trees, Shrubs, and Seeds of the Orangery 
and Greenhouse. 
Communications Received. 
E. Beckett.—J. J. Willis.—W. J. Penton.—Mons. Meg.— 
Orwell.—H. J.—J. Comber.—J. Cameron.—Richard Smith 
and Co.—A. J. B.—M. R.—E. A. S.—F. D.—W. M—A. L. 
— E. B.—W. R. P.—E. F.—J. Cowley.—A. J. MacSelf.—- 
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CONTENTS OF THIS WEEK. 
PAGE 
Apples, late kept. 51 
Australian plants for the 
greenhouse. 58 
Begonia Rex family. 60 
Buckingham Palace, front 
garden at . 45 
Calanthes and Dundee Hor¬ 
ticultural Association. 49 
Catalogues, seed and plant . 57 
Cat-mint. 60 
Cheltenham, the exotic 
nurseries. 59 
Coccoloba grandifolia . 56 
Cranberry crop, the. 50 
Cypripedium insigne . 51 
Diary for 1904, My Garden . 45 
Fruit under glass. 46 
Gardeners’ Royal Benevo¬ 
lent Institution. 61 
Gardens, experimental, of 
the future . 50 
Hardy herbaceous border ... 47 
Ivy, an advocate for. 45 
Jacobinia chrysostephana ... 51 
Jacobinia coccinea . 51 
Kitchen garden, the . 47 
Lilies, notes on hardy. 49 
Malta, seed list from . 45 
PAGE 
News of the week . 62 
Onions failing to form bulbs 48 
Orchids, among the. 46 
Plants recently certificated . 60 
Potatos, the propagation of. 48 
Questions and answers . 64 
Seaforth P.S.A. Brother¬ 
hood . 48 
Seed order, the . 49 
Shasta Daisy, the. 51 
Snowdrops. 52 
Societies:— 
Royal Horticultural of 
Ireland . 45 
Society and Association 
notes. 61 
Stove and greenhouse, the... 47 
Strawberry-Raspberry, the . 55 
Violets. 53 
Year 1903 . 53 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Coccoloba grandifolia (see 
Supplement). 
Cypripedium insigne . 54 
Daisy, the Shasta. 58 
Jacobinia chrysostephana ... 51 
Jacobinia coccinea . 57 
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TWO REMARKABLE LETTERS ON CLUB & RUST 
‘ After a very fair trial of your VELTHA for Club 
on Cabbages, and Rust on various oth;r plants, such as 
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THE BEST REMEDY IN EXISTENCE. 
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Spinaeh used to disappear during the Autumn and 
Winter. Since using it we have not lost a plant. 
"T. PKOUSE, Hall Barn Park Gardens, Bucks. ’ 
“My failure for some years in grow¬ 
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using VELTHA the conditions are re¬ 
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HEALTHY PROLIFIC CROPS. 
“Mr. DAWSON, Oakleigh Park.” 
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