April  19,  1900. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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The  Finest  Collection  of 
DAFFODILS 
IN  THE  WORLD, 
NOW  IN  BLOOM 
AT 
BARR’S  NDPRIES, 
A  FEAV  MINUTES  FROM  SURIilTON  STATION  (S.W.RLY.) 
VISITORS  INVITED. 
Now  is  the  time  to  select  varieties  while  in  bloom 
for  delivery  in  autumn. 
A  CONSTANT  DISPLAY  OF  DAFFODILS  IS  ALSO 
MAINTAINED  DURING  APRIL  AT 
12  &  13,  KING  STREET, 
COVENT  GARDEN,  LONDON. 
EVERGREENS. 
A  VERY  LARGE  AND  THOROUGHLY 
TRANSPLANTED  STOCK. 
C  AT  A  !•  O  G  IT  Z:  S  POST  FREE. 
DICKSONS  Nurseries  CHESTER 
Climbing  Plants  I 
Climbing  Plants! 
FOE  COVERING  WALLS.  TRELLISES,  ARBOURS, 
SCREENS.  PILLARS,  &c. 
Well  established  in  pois  in  variou.s  sizes  and  prices,  suit¬ 
able  for  any  situation. 
IVIES. — Grand  plants,  variegated  and  green,  quick 
growing  varieties,  1/-  to  1/6  each  ;  9/-,  12/-,  and  15/- 
doz.  ;  extra  large,  2/6  an(lj3/6  each. 
CLEMATIS. — AH  the  best  known  varieties,  in  lovely 
colours,  stoutly  grown,  from  1/-  to  2/6  each  ;  extra 
large,  5/-  each,  suitable  for  forcing. 
ROSES. — One  of  our  leadinz  lines,  always  kept  up  to 
date  by  the  latest  novelties ;  grand  plants,  ready 
for  immediate  use,  2/6  to  5/-  each. 
HONEYSUCKLES. — Quick  growing  kinds,  all  tlie  best 
sorts,  sweetly  scented,  yellow,  white,  cream,  rose, 
scarlet.  &e.,  II-  to  2/6  each,  according  to  variety. 
PASSIFLORAS. — Pa.ssion  -  flowers,  fine  plants,  well 
escahlished,  grows  quickly,  1/-  to  5/-  each. 
JASMINUM. — Rapid  growing  climher,  great  favourite, 
grand  for  verandah,  lovely  perfume,  1/-,  1/6,  and  2/6. 
_VITIS. — Foliaged  Vines,  very  ornamental  and  beautiful, 
charming  for  festooning,  fruit  exceedingly  pretty, 
2/6  to  3/6. 
AMPELOPSIS. — Fine  plants,  in  several  varieties,  from 
1/-  to  2/6  each. 
WISTARIAS. — Splendid  twiner,  single  and  double 
sorts,  2/6  and  3/6  each.  &c.,  &c.,  &c. 
Stove  and  Greenhouse  Sorts  In  all  the  known  kind.s. 
See  Catalogue.  PRESENTED —Manual  and  Refer¬ 
ence  Guide  for  1900,  giving  detailed  descriptions,  just 
issued,  the  most  complete  list  published,  post  free. 
CLIBRANS’,  ALTRINCHAM. 
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GIANT  SWEET  PEAS.  The  PURITY  and  S 
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so  conserved  bv  SPECIAL  METHODS  of  Q 
CULTURE  that  the  seeis  aie  PHENOMENAL  S 
for  UNRIVALLED  STRENGTH  and  VI-  S 
TALITY.  and  with  proper  cultivation,  give 
the  HIGHEST  POSSIBLEMAXIMA  of  results  ! 
Prizes  offered  in  1900  alone  exceed  £40  ! 
Collections  Irom  1/6  upwards. 
(Hee  pariicu  ars  in.  Cataloini'  O 
See  beautiful  plate  of  SWEET  PEA 
NOVELTIES  for  19u0,  sent  gratis  with  each 
Catalogue. 
ECKFORDS  SPECIALITIES 
ONLYCEHUINE  DIRECT  FROM  WEM 
AWARDED  46  COLO&SILVER  MEDALS 
^ SWEET  PEAS! 
III  niAA^OV  ASIA 
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Q  ECKFORD’S  CULINARY  PEAS  are  positively  S 
S  UNRIVALLED  by  any  on  the  Market  for  B 
5  FLAVOUR  and  CROPPING  CAPACITY  I  ^ 
ENORMOUS  YIELDS  under  favourable  con-  S 
ditious.  Collections  for  5  mouths  continuous  5 
supply  (See  page  2  Catalogue.)  S 
^  PURE  VEGETABLE  SEEDS !  ^ 
6  Results  from  ALL  QUARTERS  prove  that 
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S  CINERARIA 
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SnARICV  'VVorld-famedstraiu  of  FANCY,  SHOW.  VEACOCK,  ^ 
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FORBES’  ILLUSTRATED  CATALOGUE.  152 
pages,  for  1900,  is  free  on  application,  and  gives 
colour,  height,  time  of  flowering,  and  price  of  all  the  best 
GARDEN  FLOWERS,  with  a  mass  of  valuable  information 
that  is  indispensable  to  all  who  would  excel  in  the  culture 
of  flowers 
.lOHN  FORBE.S.  Nurseryman.  HAWICK.  SCOTLAND. 
PURE  WOOD  CHARCOAL,  SpeciaUy  Prepared 
for  Horticultural  use.  Extract  from  the  Journal  of 
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  bv 
having  Charcoal  applied  to  the  soil  in  which  it  is  rooted.  ” 
Apply  for  Pamphlet  and  Prices  to  the  Manufacturers- 
HIBST,  BROOKE  &  HIRST,  Ltd.,  Leeds 
COTTAGE  GARDENING  ;  being  an  Essay  to 
which  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  awarded  Mr. 
W.  Egebton  Hubbard’s  Prize,  February  16th,  1870.  By 
E.  W.  Badger.  Third  Edition.  Price  3d. ;  post  free,  3Jd. 
Journal  of  Horticulture  Office,  12,  Mitre  court 
Chambers,  Fleet  Street,  E.C. 
GREENHOUSES  from  £3  5/-;  VINERIES, 
Conservatories,  Frames,  Summer  Houses,  Ac. 
Illustrated  List  Free.  Makers  to  H.M.  THE  Queen  and 
H.R.H.  the  Prince  of  Wales. 
EB.  hawthorn  &  CO.,  Ltd.,  London  Works, 
•  READING.  (Name  Paper.) 
The  Journal  of  Horticulture  can  be  obtained 
from  the  Office,  12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  St., 
London,  post  free  for  a  Quarter,  3/9.  Editorial 
communications  must  be  addressed  to  12,  Mitre 
Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street,  London. 
Pre-Victoriaa  Days. 
HIS  is  my  Golden  Wedding  year  of 
authorship,  for  I  may  now  in  my 
eighties  fairly  boast  of  the  feat  of 
having  bent  the  printers’  backs  off 
and  on  for  fifty  years  through  this 
Journal.  My  baptism  of  flower-show 
took  place  in  1835,  or  perhaps  a  year 
later.  This  nncertaifity  makes  me  think  J 
am  growing  old,  as  I  go  not  always  retain 
the  power  to  remember  names  and  dates.  However, 
I  must  not  complain.  Suffice  it  to  say  I  happened 
to  be  in  London  in  those  days  of  William  lY.,  with 
the  Rev.  G  W.  St.  John,  a  near  neighbour  of 
T.  A.  Knight,  the  no’.ed  president  of  the  R.H.S. 
Mr.  Walpole,  then  of  the  Treasury,  married  a 
daughter  of  Mr.  Knight— they  were  great  friends 
of  Mr.  St.  John’s,  their  town  house  being  in  Upper 
Wimpole  Street,  Portman  Square,  and  thither  Mr. 
Knight  annually  resorted  to  be  near  Chiswick  for 
the  chief  show.  A  peculiarity  of  Mr.  Knight’s 
was  never  to  sleep  upstairs  in  London,  so  the  back 
dining-room  had  to  be  fitted  up  as  a  dormitory  on 
those  occasions.  The  footman  having  sprained  his 
ankle,  it  prevented  him  taking  his  place  on  the 
carriage  to  Chiswick,  so  application  was  made  for 
me  to  officiate,  which  I  gladly  accepted.  I  can 
see  it  all  in  my  mind’s  eye  now — a  vast  gathering 
of  the  elite  from  the  West  End  and  elsewhere. 
The  pavilion  and  tents  filled  with  horticultural 
productions  of  all  kinds— flowers,  fruits,  and 
vegetables;  also  half-hardy  and  hothouse  plants 
in  huge  pats  and  tubs,  large  and  densely  bloomed 
and  trained  in  pyramidal  and  globe  shapes.  The 
gardens  and  lawns  were  then  in  all  their  integrity, 
furnished  with  rare  and  beautiful  trees,  which, 
alas  !  have  nearly  all  long  since  had  to  give  way 
to  bricks  and  mortar. 
It  was  a  gay  sight.  Moving  among  the  crowd 
of  fashionables  were  members  of  the  committee, 
judges,  editors  of  the  then  sparse  gardening 
peiiodicals,  the  nurserymen  and  gardeners  exhibit¬ 
ing,  young  and  active,  among  whom  was  Donald 
Beaton  in  all  his  glory.  Little,  however,  did 
this  young  man  then  dream  that  he  would  in 
No.  2C90.— VoL.  CII.,  Old  Series, 
No.  1034.— VoL.  XL.,  Third  Series. 
