April  26,  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  NUPRIES, 
A  FEW  MINUTES  FROM  SURBITON  STATION  (S.W.RUY.) 
VISITOKS  INVITED. 
INow  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  OARDEN,  LONDON. 
FRUIT  TREES  IN  POTS. 
FINE  BUSHES  OF 
APPLES,  PEARS,  AND  PLUMS, 
Well  set  with  bloom  for  the  present  year’s  fruiting,  42/-  to 
•60/-  per  dozen.  GRAPE  VINES  in  pots,  2/6  to  10/6  each. 
FIGS  in  pots,  2/6  to  7/6  each, 
WM.  PAUL  &  SON,  Waltham  Cross,  HERTS. 
BEaONIAS 
OP  EXTRA  QUAliXTY. 
Por  Greenhouse,  Conservatory  &  Bedding. 
See  Catalogue  Free  on  Application. 
Also  a  Large  Collection  and  Stock  of  CACTUS  DAHLIAS. 
B.  R.  DAYIS  &  SOBS  ,  Nmt**El(lES,  YEOVIL,  SOM. 
SEED  POTATOS, 
Garden  Tools 
Vegetable  &  Flower 
cfr 
Sundries, 
vC' 
Illustrated 
Descriptive  Catalogue,  No.  soS, 
Post  Free  on  application. 
CHESTER. 
Best 
Qualities  | 
at  most 
Moderate  Prices.\ 
Delivered  Free 
by  Rail  or  Parcel  Post. 
'\  '  IIIIm4IiII>WiA  d  w.T.I  T  ai  1l  'JT.H  ^ 
only.cenuine;  direct  from  W.EM 
.XwARbeppe  GOiSASILVER  lilEpAtS 
^  SWEET  PEAS ! 
S  III  The  BICCEST  SUE 
GIANT  SWEET 
STAMINA  of 
so  conserved 
OULTURB  that  i 
for  UNRIVALLED 
TALITY,  and 
theHIGBEST  POSSIBLE' MAXIMA  of  re.su'lts  I  ^ 
Prizes  offered  in  1900  alone  exceed  £40  !  S 
Collections  from  1/6  upwards.  a 
(See  particulars  in  Catalogue.)  S 
See  beautiful  plate  of  SWEET  PEA  9 
NOVELTIES  for  1900,  sent  gratis  with  each  S 
ditions.  Collections  for  5  months  continuous  ^ 
supply  (See  page  S  Catalogue.)  3 
SPURE  VEGETABLE  SEEDS!  ^ 
^  Results  from  ALL  QUARTERS  prove  that  k 
ECKFORD’S  SEED,  for  PURITY,  VIGOUR,  and  S 
YIELD,  are  the  CHEAPEST  and  BEST  S 
ever  offered  to  the  Public  1  Collection  lor  12 
months  supply,  11/6,  21/-,  42/-,  63/-,  105/-,  all  ^ 
carriage  paid.  Otlier  Collections,  2/9,6/-,  7/6,  S 
post  free.  N 
(SILVER  MEDAL  STRAIN).  Giant  3 
Flowers,  Bplendid  habit,  unequalled  1  ^ 
By  Special 
Appointment 
ORGHIDS.-ORGHIDS. 
QUANTITY  IMMENSE. 
to  H.R.H.  the  Inspection  of  our  New  Range  of  Houses 
Prince  of  Wales.  is  cordially  invited  by 
HIIGai  LOW  &  CO., 
MIDDLESEX. 
LONDON  FERN  NURSERIES, 
Loughboro’  Junction,  London,  R.W.— Stove  and  Green¬ 
house  Ferns,  large  and  small,  invar.,  Aralias,  Grevilleas, 
Cyperus,  Ficus,  Ericas,  Palms,  Dracaenas,  Aspidistras, 
Roses,  Epaoris,  Solanums,  Azaleas,  Carnations,  Cyclamen, 
Primulas,  Marguerites,  Crotons,  &c.  Trade,  send  for  Whole¬ 
sale  List.  ISpecial  Retail  Catalogue,  free. — J.  £.  SMITH. 
PHLOXES,  PENTSTEMONS,  ANTIRRHINUMS 
For  the  best,  most  accurate,  and  most  re'iable  infor¬ 
mation  about  these  and  all  other  GARDEN  FLOWERS, 
see  Forbes’  Illustrated  Catalogue,  152  pages,  for  1900, 
free  on  application. 
JOHN  FORBES,  Nurseryman,  HAWICK,  SCOTLAND. 
Heating  apparatus  for  Greenhouses  and 
other  Buildings.  Catalogue  free  of  all  kinds  of  Hot 
W’ater  Pipes,  Wrought  and  Cast  Iron  Boilers,  Radiators, 
Cisterns,  Pumps,  Baths,  &c.  — JONES  &  ATTWOOD, 
Stourbridge. 
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  b' 
having  Charcoal  applied  to  the  soil  in  which  it  is  rhoted.  ” 
Apply  for  Pamphlet  and  Prices  to  the  Ma'nufacturers- 
_ HIRST.  BROOKE  &  HIRST.  Ltd.,  Leeds _ 
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.) 
Jaui[iral  fif  ^Grtii|ultuiic. 
THURSDAY,  APRIL  26.  1900. 
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  adilressed  to  12,  Mitre 
Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street,  London. 
A  National  I  Hose  Day. 
it 
it  be  desirable  that  any  flower 
be  worn  on  any  particular  day  of 
the  year  in  commemoration  of  any 
notable  personas'e  surely  the  royal 
R  )se  should  be  that  flower,  and 
-  the  coronation  day  of  Queen  Victoria 
the  day  of  all  others  which  should  be  thus 
gracefully  recognised. 
The  proposition  of  a  Fellow  of  the 
Royal  Horticultural  Society  (ou  page  328,  last 
week)  is  an  admirable  one,  and  the  reasons  adduced 
for  carrying  it  out  most  cogent.  The  Rose  by 
common  assent  is  the  emblematical  flower  of 
England,  and  there  is  no  personage  in  ancient  or 
mcdcrn  times  with  whose  name  it  could  be  more 
appropriately  associated,  on  the  anniversary  of  a 
great  historic  event,  than  that  of  England’s  good 
and  venerable  Queen  Victoria. 
Great  as  may  have  been  the  services  rendered 
to  the  nation  in  various  ways  and  at  critical  times 
in  our  long  island’s  story  by  distinguished  men 
m  peace  and  in  war,  there  is  no  name  that  will  be 
more  honoured  through  the  coming  centuries  than 
that  of  the  revered  monarch  of  these  realms.  Nor 
will  this  be  so  simply  because  of  the  exalted 
position  occupied  by  her  Majesty  through  a  period 
of  time  without  a  parallel,  but  because  of  the 
manner  of  such  occupation,  and  the  resulting 
advantages  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  greatest  nation 
of  the  earth  and  its  ever  growing  prosperity. 
How  much  our  truly  noble  Queen  has  con¬ 
tributed  to  this  wonderful  and  mighty  consummation 
by  untiring  devotion  to  duty,  by  wise  council,  rare 
experience,  ripe  judgment,  purity  of  motive,  and 
grandeur  of  character — the  grandeur  of  simplicity 
that  appieals  to  all — can  never  be  fully  described, 
but  it  is  not  the  less  accepted  because  felt  by 
all  classes  of  the  community.  There  are  none  so 
high  who  do  not  rejoice  in  doing  reverence  to  the 
occupant  of  the  throne.  None  so  low  and  needy 
who  do  not  feel  they  have  a  real  friend  there  in 
deep  sympathy  with  them  and  with  all  who  suffer 
in  the  viscissitudes  of  life;  and,  therefore,  all 
delight  in  vaiious  w’ays  to  do  honour  to  one  who 
No.  1035.— VoL.  XL.,  Third  Sehie.s. 
