760 
Cattleya Fabia Cooksoniae. 
The above has pure white sepals and 
petals, while the lip is dark crimson- 
purple, with a white edge and shaded 
with orange and crimson in the tube. 
Award of Merit by the R.H.S. when 
shown by N. C. Cookson, Esq. (gardener, 
Mr. H. Chapman), Oakwood, Wylam- 
on-Tyne. 
Chrysanthemum Master David. 
The florets in this instance are maroon- 
crimson, glowing, recurved and very 
broad. They make up a bloom about 
8 in. in diameter. Award of Merit by 
the R.H.S. to Mr. Henry Perkins, The 
Gardens .Greenlands, Henley-on-Thames. 
It also received a First-class Certificate 
from the N.C.S., when shown by Mr. H. 
J. Jones, Ryecroft Nursery, Lewisham. 
Cabbages. 
The wild Cabbage (Brassica oleracea), 
a native of sea-cliffs in south-west of Eng¬ 
land and on the coasts of other European 
countries, is the progenitor of all the 
numerous races of Cabbage cultivated 
under such racial names as Savoy, Kale, 
Kohl Rabi, Brussels Sprouts, Red Cab¬ 
bage, etc. Although these races are fixed, 
and even the varieties are reproduced true 
from seeds, yet they intercross freely, and, 
under certain conditions, they gradually 
revert to the type. How these distinct 
races were obtained has not been recorded, 
remarks the “Field,” but it is suggested 
that they originated as sports or mutations 
among cultivated plants. In its wild 
form the Cabbage is a biennial or peren¬ 
nial with a stout, usually erect stem 
about 1 ft. long, ovate, wavy, glaucous 
green succulent leaves about ift. long 
arranged in a rosette-like head, the pale 
yellow flowers being borne on an erect 
branching raceme. The Cabbage was 
cultivated for food in very ancient times, 
earlier than the Aryan invasions. Darwin 
states that the principal kinds of Cabbage 
existed at least as early as the sixteenth 
century. He doubts whether permanent 
varieties have been obtained from crosses, 
■which are, as a rule, very inconstant. 
CHEALS’ 
110 ACRES, 
FRUIT TREES. 
ORNAMENTAL TREES, 
SHRUBS OF ALL KINDS. 
CHEAL 
GARDEN SEEDS, 
FARM SEEDS, 
BULBS AND PLANTS, 
CHEAL 
&c. 
LANDSCAPE GARDENERS, 
GARDEN ARCHITECTS, 
London Office for this Department : 
53, VICTORIA STREET, WESTM1NSTEI 
CATALOGUE POST FREE. 
J. CHEAL 8l SONS, 
Lowfiefd Nurseries, Crawley, Sussex. 
By Special 
Appointment 
Orchids Orchids, 
QUANTITY IMMENSE. 
To Hlel#^je8ty ln8 P eot,on 01 our Range of Houses 
the King. le cordially Invited by 
HUGH LOW & CO., 
THE OAR DEN! NO WORLD. 
December 5, 
1908. 
ihboroudh 
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28,000 IN USE. 
THE PIONEER OF CHEAP, SIMPLE AND EF¬ 
FECTIVE HEATINC FOR SMALL GREENHOUSES. 
The immense sale of this Boiler and its numerous 
imitations are the beat testimony to its undoubted 
success. 
No. 1—to heat 50 ft. of 4 in, pine. £2 12 0 
No.2-„ „ 100 , „ „ £3 16 0 
No. 3—„ „ 200 „ „ ,,£5 0 0 
Also in larger sizes. Complete apparatus 
from £4 0 0, Illustrated Lists and 
Estimates on application. 
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HORTICULTURAL BUILDERS a HEATING ENGINEE 
SLOUGHBOROUGH • LEICESTERSHH" 
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TREE TOPPING.—Dangerous Trees 
lopped or topped, or carefully taken down ; dangerous 
brancl.es and dend wood removed by experienced men, 
taking all risk ; distance no object.—J. OROOKE & MAY, 
Timber Merchants (late of Mitcham ), 46, Wakefield Street, 
Upper Edmonton, N. 
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For Hardy Sluff bound to thrive. FOREST TREES, 
FRUIT TREES. SHRUBS, ROSES, PLANTS, BULBS. 
HEDGING BUSHES A SPECIALITY —Quickthorn. Privet, 
Plum, Beech, Holly, Yew, etc, by tl»e thousand. I have an 
enormous stock of the above, mid can supply in any 
quantity or va iety. I pay Carriage and pack Free to 
your Nearest Station. Avoid fur tin r disappointments 
and secure your trees, etc., from a hardy neighbourhood. 
Rapid growth and vitality will astonish you. 
FREE.—To introduce my Jarge catalogue 
full of cheap offers send Gd. stamps, I will send carriage 
paid either 6 lovely hardy climbers or 12 choice assorted 
plants including catalogue. State wants, low estimates 
per return 
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I 
F.R.H.S. 
Over 50 Medals awarded, including 
four Gold Medals, Royal Botanic 
Society, 1904-5-6-7. 
TEN SILVER MEDALS, R.H.S., LONDON. 
Dept. 1 . 
Rustic Summer Houses, Billiard 
Rooms, Pavilions, 8eats, Pergolas, 
Bridges, Arches, Arbours, Revolving 
Honses, and every description of 
Rustic Work. 
Dept. 2. 
Conservatories, Yineries, Peach 
Houses, Forcing Houses and Pits, 
Every Description of OlaBB House and 
Heating Apparatus. 
A Competent Surveyor will wait 
upon Intending Purchasers in Lon¬ 
don or Country. Estimates Free. Full 
List Post Free on Application, 
We have the largest Show Yard (£-mile long) in Lon- 
don, and carry positively thclargest stock in London 
G. W. RILEY, 
Herne Hill, London, S.E. 
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within the United Kingdom). 
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104, West George Street, Glasgow. 
| A. REGINALD POLE, General Manager. 
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i even days after the accident. 
£100 vill be paid by the above Corporation to the 
legal representative of any one who is killed, 
by an accident to the passenger-train in which the 
do. eased was travelling as a ticket-bearing or fare- 
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tic et-holder, or who shall have been fatally injured 
thereby (should death result within seven days after 
such accident). 
Should such accident not prove fatal, but cause within 
the sime period of seven days the lo-s of two limbs 
(both arms or both legs, or oue of each, by actual 
separation above the wrist or ankle), the person iujured 
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limb under the aforesaid conditions, £50 ; and should 
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on'y. 
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t No person can recover under more than one Coupon- 
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