January  4,  1900. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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BARR’S^SEED  GUIDE  ROW  READY  (FREE). 
Of  FinestSelectedStrains 
AND  Tejsted  Growth 
THE  BEST  SEEDS  IN  THE  WORLD  for  securing  a 
supply  of  Vegetables  “  the  year  round,”  and  for  keeping  the 
Flower  Garden  always  gay,  and  with  abundance  of  Flowers 
to  cut  for  vases  and  bouquets  ;  also  Seeds  of  Plants  for 
Greenhouse  decoration  summer  and  winter. 
"''BARR'S  SEED  GUIDE  contains  a  select  List  of  the 
best  Vegetables  and  the  most  beautiful  Flowers  for  Garden 
and  Greenhouse.  It  is  full  of  Practical  Hints,  and  will  be 
found  invaluable  to  Gardeners,  Amateurs,  and  Exhibitors, 
Sent  free  on  application. 
BARR’S  21/-  COLLECTION  OF  VEGETABLE 
SEEDS  contains  a  liberal  assortment  of  the  following 
useful  Vegetables  :  Beans  (Broad  and  French  Beans),  Beet, 
Borecole.  Broccoli,  Brussels  Sprouts,  Cabbage,  Capsicum. 
Carrot,  Cauliflower,  Celery,  Colewort,  Corn  Salad, 
Cucumber,  Cress,  Endive,  Herbs,  Leek,  Lettuce,  Melon, 
Mustard,  Onions,  Parsley,  ParMiips,  Peas,  Radish,  Salsify, 
Savoy  Cabbage,  Scorzonera,  Spinach,  Tomato,  Turnip,  and 
Vegetable  Marrow. 
^  ' OTHER  COLLECTIONS  Of  BARR’S  VEGETABLE 
SEEDS,  5/6,  7/6,  12/6,  42/-,  63/-,  and  105/-. 
These  Colleclions  s  nt  carriage  ■paid  on  receipt  of  remittance. 
Full  particulars  on  aoplication, 
i  BARR’S  CHOICE  FLOWER  SEEDS.— The  “Seed 
Guide”  contains  a  Select  List  of  all  the  most  beautiful 
Annuals  and  Perennials.  Special  Collections  for  all 
purposes,  and  many  Sterling  Novelties. 
All  Seeds  sent  Carriage  Faid  on  rtceipl  of  remittance. 
BARR  St,  SONS, 
12  &  13,  King  Street,  Covent  Garden,  London. 
Nursei'ies  :  LONG  DITTON,  SURREY 
ESTABI.ISHBD  1832. 
No  connection  with  any  other  firm  of  a  similar  name. 
SPRING 
CATALOGUE 
I  For  1900, 
OF 
Vegetable  &  Flower  Seeds 
AND 
BULBS  &  PLANTS 
IS  NOW  READY. 
Will  be  sent  Post  Free  on  application  to  their  Offices  at 
OVERVEEN,  near  HAARLEM,  HOLLAND,  or  to  their 
General  Agents— 
Messrs.  MERTENS  &  CO., 
3,  CROSS  LANE,  LONDON,  E.C. 
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GIANT  SWEET  PEAS.  The  PURITY  and  S 
STAMINA  of  these  Home  Grown  Stocks  are  S 
so  conserved  by  SPECIAL  METHODS  of  9 
CULTURE  that  the  seeds  are  PHENO.MENAL  jJ 
for  UNRIVALLED  STRENGIH  and  VI-  S 
TALITY,  and  with  proper  cultivation,  give  S 
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Prizes  offered  in  1900  alone  exceed  £40  !  S| 
Uolleotioiis  from  1/G  upwards.  S 
(See  particu  ars  in  Catalogue.')  S 
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S CULINARY  PEAS!  S 
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UNMII VALLE!)  by  any  on  the  Market  for  9 
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YIELD,  are  the  CHEAPEST  am  I  BEST  ^ 
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mouths  supply,  1 2/6,  21/-,  42/-,  63/-,  105/-,  all  ^ 
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PURE  WOOD  CHARCOAL,-  SpeciaUy  Prepared 
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Horticulture :  “  Charcoal  is  invaluable  as  a  manurial  agent ; 
each  little  piece  is  a  pantry  full  of  the  good  things  of  this 
life.  There  is  no  cultivated  plant  which  is  not  benefited  by 
having  Charcoal  applied  to  the  soil  in  which  it  is  rooted.’ 
Apply  for  Pamphlet  and  Prices  to  the  Manufacturers— 
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Greenhouses  from  £3  5/-;  vineries, 
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NEW  YEAR’S  ADDRESS. 
AlillDST  the  gloom  which  has  settled  over  our 
country,  recalling  as  it  does  the  terrible  days 
of  the  Crimean  War  and  the  Indian  Mutiny,  it  is 
difficult  perhaps  to  write  on  any  subject  which  does 
not  bear  directly  or  indirectly  on  the  war ;  but  it 
behoves  all  good  citizens  to  remember  that  they 
have  duties  of  various  kinds,  which  must  be  carried 
out,  notwithstanding  the  adverse  circumstances  in 
which  we  are  placed,  and  consequently  I  feel  that 
the  pleasant  duty  which  I  have  for  many  years 
discharged  of  sending  a  word  of  greeting  to  the 
readers  of  the  Journal  must  not  be  omitted. 
Of  course,  as  far  as  I  am  personally  concerned,  it 
must  be  a  matter  of  deep  satisfaction  to  me  that 
my  health  and  strength  enable  me  to  do  this. 
To  one  who  is  far  advanced  in  his  eighty-second 
year  it  is  not  likely  that  the  opening  year  of  the 
twentieth  century  should  be  so  full  of  glowing 
anticipation  as  it  will  be  to  so  many ;  but  withal, 
I  do  not  desire  to  write  in  too  melancholy  a  strain, 
and,  indeed,  as  far  as  horticulture  is  concerned,  this 
is  not  necessary. 
On  every  side  we  see  signs  of  progress ;  the 
number  of  persons  interested  in  their  gardens 
increase  year  by  year,  and  although  most  quarters 
of  the  earth  have  been  ransacked  for  that  which 
affords  one  of  its  chief  charms— the  introduction 
of  novelties — every  now  and  then  there  crops 
up  somethiug  that  brings  an  additional  pleasure 
to  the  cultivator.  Then,  for  those  “  who  sit  at 
home  at  ease,”  there  is  garden  literature  enough 
to  satisfy  the  most  hungry  searcher  after  new  ideas. 
The  course  of  events  has  run  smoothly  on.  There 
are  no  fiery  contests  and  fierce  controversies  which 
I  can  remember  in  years  past,  and  those  who  wish 
that  their  last  years  should  be  spent  peacefully  will 
welcome  all  this,  and  he  glad  that  they  have  no 
longer  to  brandish  their  blackthorn  or  shake  their 
fist  in  the  face  of  an  opponent. 
We  naturally  look  to  the  condition  and  progress 
of  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  as  the  great 
central  exponent  of  horticulture  in  the  kingdom. 
Under  its  present  able  management  it  is  always 
endeavouring  to  search  out  for  some  new  departure, 
No.  2075,— VoL.  CII.,  Old  .Series.  . 
