March  22,  1900. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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NOVELTIES  &  SPECIALITIES  FOB  1900. 
Amaryllis,  Barr’s  Choice  New  Hybrids,  saved  from 
a  magnificent  collection.  Per  packet.  2/6. 
Aster  sinensis,  a  lovely  single  Aster,  with  large’ hand¬ 
some  flowevs  of  a  delicate  mauve  with  yellow  disc,  bushy 
branching  habit,  ht.  15  in.  Per  packet,  1/-  arid  1/6.  ’ 
Candytuft,  Barr’s  Giant  White,  very  large  spikes  of 
snowy  white  flowers.  Per  packet,  6d.  and  1/-.SH 
Celosia  plumosa,  Barr’s  Choice  Mixture,  handsome 
feathery  plumes  of  bright  colours.  Per  pkt.,  6d  &  1/-. 
Lantana,  Barr’s  New  Dwarf,  a  mixture  of  brilliant 
colours,  charming  as  a  pot  plant.  Per  packet,  1/6. 
Lupinus  arboreus  Snow  Queen,  a  pure  .white  Tree 
Lupin,  fine  novelty.  Per  packet,  1/-  and  1/6. 
Mignonette,  Barr’s  Co  vent  Garden  Favourite,  the 
t  finest  Mignonette  for  pots  or  borders,  the  handsome  flower 
heads  are  deliciously  fragrant.  Per  pkt.,  6d.  and  1/-. 
Nicotfana  sylvestris,  a  fine  white-flowered  Tobacco  with 
handsome  foliage.  Per  packet,  6d.  and  1/-. 
Petunia,  Barr’s  Superb  Giant,  the  largest  and  hand¬ 
somest  of  all  the  Petunias,  immense  flowers  of  rich  and 
varied  colours.  Per  packet,  2/6  and  3/6. 
Phacelia  campanularia,  one  of  the  most  lovelv  blue 
flowers  in  cultivation,  height  S  in.  Per  pkt.,  6d.  and  1/-. 
Poppy,  Empress  of  China,  snow-white  single  flowers, 
"^iwith  a  fringed  margin  of  crimson-scarlet.  Per  pkt.,  6d. 
Poppy,  Shirley,  Barr’s  extra  selected  strain  of  this 
beautiful  annual  Poppy.  Per  pack4t,  1/-. 
Rose,  Miniature  Fairy,  dainty  little  semi-double  flowers  of 
various  shades,  blooms  first  season.  Per  pkt.,  6d.  &  1/-. 
"  BARR’S  SEED  GUIDE  contains  a  Select  List  of  the 
Lest  Vegetables  and  the  most  beautiful  Flowers  for  Garden 
and  Greenhouse.  It  is  full  of  Practical  Hints,  and  will  be 
found  invaluable  to  Gardeuer.s,  Amateurs,  and  Exhibitors. 
Sent  free  on  application. 
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“QUALITY,”  “VARIETY,"  &  “EXTENT." 
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VIOLET  LA  FRANCE  is  a  glorious  iirprove- 
inent  on  all  the  Czar  class,  and  is  now  lovely  with 
us.  1/-  each,  10/-  doz. 
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each  little  piece  is  a  pantry  full  of  the  good  things  of  this 
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Gives  full  parthulars  of  the  cultivation  of  Orchids. 
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THURSDAY.  MARCH  22,  1900. 
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Toe  Garden  and  tlie  House. 
N  olden  timei  gardens  were  never 
detached  from  the  house,  but  were 
invariably  delightful  appanages  of 
the  dwelling.  They  were  not  gay  in 
1  in  sense  of  the  word,  but  they  were 
eminently  jolly,  with  pleached  alleys 
and  Honeysuckle  covertures,  where 
inquisitive  Beatrices  could  snugly  hide  and 
listen  ;  with  lengthened  arbours  where  a 
studious  Bacon  could  walk  on  sunny  days;  with 
elevated  mounts  from  wh’ch  the  surrounding 
country  could  be  viewed  ;  and  with  th  ck  hedges 
pierced  at  intervals  to  form  rt cesses  in  which  stood 
orators,  as  did  Savanarola,  to  stir  with  burning 
words  the  audience  grouped  on  the  wa  ks  and  alleys 
around.  It  was  in  the  gardens,  also,  that  musicians 
in  the  time  of  summe'  rendered  the  latest  thing  out 
to  their  patrons. 
Its  crops  were  different  from  ours.  Necessarily 
so,  for  while  we  consume  vegetables  and  fruits  as 
foods  simply,  in  those  enlightened  days  the  physic 
qualities  of  the  deniz  ns  of  the  ga-den  were  first  of 
all  inquired  into,  and  so  we  fiml  all  old  gardening 
books  devoting  as  much  and  sometimes  more  space 
to  the  medicinal  virtues  of  the  plants  of  which, 
they  treat  as  to  their  cul.ivation.  Violets  in  this 
way  were  valued  as  much  for  their  use  in  pottage 
as  for  their  sweet  smelling  flowers,  and  the  common 
Nettle  for  the  same  reason  stood  on  an  equality  with 
the  Cabbage.  In  a  word  the  ga'-den,  in  its  crops,  as 
in  the  uses  to  which  it  was  put,  was  very  largely 
an  indispensable  adjunct  to  the  house,  as  it  was  by 
means  of  the  fruits,  flowers,  and  vigetab'es  it  pro¬ 
duced  the  dispensary  from  which  it-;  inmates  derived 
medicines  for  all  sickne-ses  and  salves  for  every  kind 
of  wound  and  sore. 
But  by  degrees  the  garden  became  less  a  necessity 
and  more  a  detached  piece  of  ornament.  Its  flowers 
were  not  gathered  for  distillation,  its  herbs  were 
scattered  as  of  no  worth,  and  the  list  of  its  useful 
vege’ables  was  greatly  curtailed.  Gardeners  passed 
their  dsys  in  a  leisurely,  dreamy  existence.  Their 
staff  “  took”  the  harvest  and  hotd  Tuinips  “  by  the 
piece”  in  the  fields  of  neighbouring  farmers, 
No.  268G.— VoL.  CII.,  Old  Series. 
