JfitlUai'y  7,  1897. 
JOURNAL  OP  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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VEITCH’S 
GENUINE  SEEDS. 
feitch’s  Extra  Early  Cauliflower. 
First-class  Certificate  Royal  Horticultural  Society. 
)f  dwarf  compact  habit.  Comes  into  use  earlier  than  any 
other  variety.  Highly  recommended  for  forcing. 
Per  Packet,  1/6  and  2/6. 
Veitch’s  Earliest  of  All  Cabbage. 
An  exceedingly  early  variety,  especially  adapted  for  spring 
sowing ,  and  coming  into  use  quicker  than  any  other  sort. 
Per  Packet,  1/-. 
Veitch’s  New  Dwarf  Bean. 
EARLY  FAVOURITE. 
Award  of  Merit,  R.H.S. 
A  most  desirable  early  variety  for  forcing  or  general  use, 
producing  an  immense  crop  of  long  pods,  very  superior  in 
quality. 
Per  Packet,  1/6. 
SEED  CATALOGUE  for  1897  has  now  been  posted  to 
all  their  Customers.  Anyone  not  having  received  the 
same,  a  duplicate  copy  will  be  forwarded,  post  free  on 
application. 
JAMES  VEITCH  &  SONS, 
ROYAL  EXOTIC  NURSERY, 
CHELSEA,  LONDON,  S.W. 
flu.  ROBERT  SYDENHAM’S  SWEET  PEAS 
Are  the  best  and  cheapest  ever  offered.  Collection  No.  1 : 
en  really  good  varieties,  50  seeds  of  each.  Is.  3d.;  Collection 
b.2:  Ten  very  best  varieties.  50  seeds  of  each.  Is.  6d. ;  or  the 
wo  Collections,  2s.  6d.,  post  free.  Collection  No.  3  :  Ten  newest 
r  novel  varieties,  80  seeds  of  each,  3s. ;  "r  tbe  three  Collections 
ost  free  for  6s.,  with  a  packet  of  “  CUPID,”  the  new  dwarf 
'hire,  free  or  oharge.  Full  particulars,  with  lovely  Coloured 
late,  post,  free  on  application. 
TENBY  STREET  NORTH,  BIRMINGHAM. 
o  Nurserymen,  Builders,  Local  Boards,  Vestries,  and 
.hers  who  intend  planting  Trees  and  Shrubs  this  Season 
he  Nurseries,  Trinity  Road,  WANDSWORTH,  S.W., 
Begs  to  offer  an  extensive  stock  of  FOREST  and.  ORNA- 
tENTAL  TREES  and  SHRUBS,  ROSES,  GRAPE 
YNES,  FRUIT  TREES,  CLIMBING  PLANTS,  &0., 
hich,  being  grown  in  the  neighbourhood  of  London,  are 
ipecially  suitable  for  town  planting.  Also  a  large  stock  of 
EAKALE  and  RHUBARB  for  forcing.  Sample  and  price  of 
sakale  sent  by  post  if  desired. 
DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE  FREE. 
ORCHIDS. 
'LEAN  HEALTHY  PLANTS  AT  LOW  PRICES. 
Always  worth  a  visit  of  inspection.  Kindly  send  for  Catalogue. 
JAMES  C1TPHEIR, 
Exotic  Nurseries,  CHELTENHAM. 
20  ACRES 
Of  FRUIT  TREES 
In  all  the  best  sorts  and 
forms  for  the  Villa  Garden 
or  the  Orchard.  Free  from  blight  and  disease,  clean, 
healthy  stems,  and  branches  carefully  pruned  in  good  form. 
Roots  a  mass  of  fibre.  Sizes  from  maidens  to  trees  six  to 
eight  years  old  of  many  kinds,  and  all  TRUE  TO  NAME. 
NEW  CATALOGUE,  with  descriptions  and  Prices, 
Post  Free. 
CLIBRAN  8L  SON, 
MANCHESTER,  Bangor,  Llandudno  Junction, 
and  Oldfield  Nursery,  ALTRINCHAM. 
The  Best  Vegetables 
and  Fruit  for  Early  Use. 
SOW  AT  ONCE 
CARTERS’  FORCING  PEA. 
A  New  Winter  and  Spring  Marrow,  valuable  for  under¬ 
glass  culture.  Height,  one  foot. 
In  Sealed  Packets,  price  2s.  6d.  per  Pint,  post  free. 
CARTERS'  STRINCLESS  FRENCH  BEAN. 
An  extra  early  dwarf  green-podded  variety. 
Mr.  O.  J.  Tallack  says  “  It  is  the  quickest  to  come  into 
use  I  have  ever  grown  ” 
In  Sealed  Packets,  price  2s.  6d.  per  Pint,  4s.  per  Quart, 
post  free. 
CARTERS’  LONC  FORGING  CARROT. 
Quite  a  new  type,  retaining  its  colour  under  forcing  culture. 
The  Garden  says  :-“It  grows  as  quickly  as  the  earliest,  and 
is  a  decided  acquisition.” 
In  Sealed  Packets,  price  Is.  6d.  each,  post  free. 
CARTERS’  EARLIEST  of  ALL  CUCUMBER 
In  a  careful  trial  for  earliness,  this  fine  variety  was  proved 
the  quickest  to  finish  its  fruits  by  nine  days. 
In  Sealed  Packets,  price  2s.  6d.  each,  post  free. 
CARTERS’  HARBINCER  LETTUCE. 
Valuable  for  under-glass  culture,  where  early  salading 
material  is  required. 
In  Sealed  Packets,  price  Is.  6d.  each,  post  free. 
CARTERS’  BLENHEIM  ORAHCE  MELON. 
This  grand  scarlet-fleshed  Melon  is  one  of  the  quickest 
to  ripen  its  fruit,  and  is  very  largely  grown  for  early 
summer  use. 
In  Sealed  Packets,  price  2s.  «d.  each,  post  free. 
CARTERS’  DELICATESSE  RADISH. 
A  greatly  improved  type  of  the  French  Breakfast  Radish, 
introduced  by  us  many  years  ago.  Very  suitable  for  forcing. 
In  Sealed  Packets,  price  8d.  per  Ounce,  3s.  6d.  per  Pint, 
post  free. 
CARTERS’  DUKE  OF  YORK  TOMATO. 
This  grand  variety  is  now  grown  in  the  best  establishments 
in  preference  to  all  others.  Its  record  upon  the  exhibition 
table  is  also  unapproached  by  any  other  Tomato. 
In  Sealed  Packets,  price  2s.  6d.  and  3s.  6d.  per  Packet, 
i  post  free. 
Illustrated  CATALOGUE,  Gratis  and  Post  Free. 
THE  QUEEN’S  SEEDSMEN, 
237,  238,  &  97,  HIGH  HOLBORN, 
LONDON,  W.C. 
of  gjifirttatlhqE. 
THURSDAY,  JANUARY  7,  1897. 
FOLLOWING  THE  LEADER. 
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SOOTHING  and  satisfying.  This  is  the 
opinion  of  one  who  would  fain  follow  the 
leader — the  “  New  Year’s  Greeting  ”  on  page 
623 — with  the  expression  of  a  few  thoughts  and 
many  reciprocal  wishes  to  the  veteran  writer 
whose  message  of  peace  flowed  10  smoothly  and 
so  sympathetically  from  the  mellow  pen.  The 
feeling  will,  I  think,  be  unanimous  that  the 
“  greeting,”  though  but  briefly  touching  upon 
the  higher  things  of  horticulture,  and  skilfully 
interweaving  the  still  higher  things  of  life,  is 
both  soothing  and  satisfying.  Doubtless  there 
are  many  who  feel  the  need  of  a  lubricant, 
without  which  the  wheels  of  life,  even  though 
trundling  through  the  sphere  of  a  gardener’s 
vocation,  are  apt  to  jar  a  little  at  times  ;  and  at 
this  season,  when  we  are  about  to  start  upon 
another  round,  it  is  especially  helpful. 
A  little  thoughtful  reading  of  the  “  New 
Year’s  Greeting  ”  will,  too,  reveal  how  suggestive 
it  is  of  many  things  but  lightly  touched  upon, 
with  their  deep,  almost  pathetic  meaning,  and  I 
cannot  but  feel  how  happy  is  the  expression 
which  admits  us  as  gardeners,  far  removed 
maybe  in  more  ways  than  one,  within  that 
boundary  which  defines  the  Journal  of  Horti¬ 
culture  as  “Owr”  Journal.  If  there  were  any 
further  need  to  strengthen  the  feeling  it  is,  I 
think,  to  be  found  in  the  contemporaneous 
address,  “  To  our  Readers  ;  ”  and,  again,  this 
might  still  further  be  added  to  by  noting  the 
space  which  has  been  lately  set  apart  and  bears 
the  heading  of  “  The  Young  Gardeners’  Domain. 
This,  I  believe,  marks  an  era  in  horticultural 
literature,  although  some  bright  papers  went 
straight  from  the  bothy  into  the  pages  of  an 
interesting  little  monthly  several  years  ago. 
That  our  boys  will  appreciate  the  privilfign, 
with  all  the  advantages  it  may  and  should 
confer  upon  them  and  their  object  in  life,  it  is 
only  reasonable  to  expect.  If  there  is  one  lad 
who  is  diffident  of  entering  that  domain,  because 
there  is,  or  he  thinks  there  is,  brighter  workmen 
with  the  pen  than  he,  then  I  would  say  to  him, 
Try  ;  say  what  you  think  upon  some  subjeot  of 
general  interest,  and  say  it  in  a  natural,  easy 
manner,  without  any  pretensions  to  graphical 
No.  2519.— VOL.  XOVI.,  OLD  SERIES. 
No.  863.— Vol.  XXXIV.,  Third  Series. 
