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Seeds  “  the  year  round.”  . 
FLOWER  SEEDS. 
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contains  a  Choioe  List  of  the  best  Seeds 
for  the  Flower  Garden  and  Greenhouse. 
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CARTERS’  FORCING  PEA. 
A  New  Winter  and  Spring  Harrow,  valuable  for  under* 
glass  culture.  Height,  one  foot. 
In  Sealed  Packets,  pride  Js.  6d.  per  Pint,  poat  free. 
CARTERS’  STRINCLESS  FRENCH  BEAN. 
An  extra  early  dwarf  green-podded  variety. 
Mr.  0.  J.  Tallack  says  : — “It  is  the  quickest  to  come  into 
use  I  have  ever  grown.'* 
In  Sealed  Packets,  price  2s.  fid.  per  Pint,  4s.  per  Quart, 
post  free. 
CARTERS’  LONG  FORGINC  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  flue  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.  fid.  each,  post  free. 
CARTERS’  BLENHEIM  ORANGE  MELON. 
This  grand  scarlet-fleBhed  Melon  is  one  of  the  quickest 
to  ripen  its  fruit,  and  is  very  largely  grown  for  early 
summer  use. 
In  Sealed  Packets,  price  2s.  fid.  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  Scaled  Packets,  price  8d.  per  Ounce,  3s.  fid.  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, 
post  free. 
Illustrated  CATALOGUE,  Gratis  and  Post  Free, 
THE  QUEEN'S  SEEDSMEN, 
237,  238,  &  97,  HIGH  HOLBORN, 
LONDON.  W.C. 
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Jmti[ffitl  of  Hortmtlteip. 
THURSDAY,  JANUARY  14,  1897. 
LOOKING  FORWARD. 
TIME  flies  1  Another  year  has  passed  away 
with  its  pleasures  and  disappointments, 
leaving  behind,  let  us  hope,  many  pleasing 
recollections  of  good  work  honestly  performed. 
Whatever  the  past  may  have  been  it  is  now 
beyond  recall,  and  we  have  entered  upon  another 
stage  in  life’s  journey,  a  stage  that  perhaps 
will  give  us  many  opportunities  of  profiting  by 
past  experience,  and  thus  avoiding  errors  in  the 
future.  It  is,  doubtless,  sometimes  good  to  take 
a  retrospective  glance,  but  I  think  unwise  to 
allow  our  thoughts  to  dwell  long  upon  events 
that  “  live  only  in  the  memory,”  for  we  live  in 
times  when  there  is  no  room  for  dreamers,  but 
which  offer  splendid  opportunities  for  “  men  of 
action.”  “  Go  forward  ”  is  the  motto,  which  it 
seems  more  than  ever  necessary  to  adopt  during 
these  closing  years  of  the  nineteenth  century. 
There  is  every  reason  to  believe  that  the 
present  year  will  be  a  memorable  one  in  the 
annals  of  horticulture.  Already  we  have  had 
placed  before  us  in  the  pages  of  “  Our  Journal  ” 
several  well  thought  out  schemes  by  which 
horticulturists  may  commemorate  the  “  Queen’s 
long  reign.”  Whichever  of  those  schemes  is 
eventually  adopted  I  doubt  not  that  willing  and 
able  men  will  be  found  to  carry  them  out  in  a 
way  worthy  of  so  great  an  occasion.  It  is  a 
matter  of  thankfulness  for  all,  and  I  believe  that 
every  gardener  in  Britain  would  be  ready  to 
contribute  a  mite  towards  the  necessary  funds. 
Without  appealing  to  high  flown  sentiment  it 
should  not  be  difficult  for  us  to  see  how  largely 
all  have  benefited  by  the  priceless  blessings  of 
liberty  and  comparative  peace  which  the  nation 
has’enjoyed  daring  the  progress  of  the  Victorian 
era.  With  the  strong  arm  of  the  mother  country 
to  protect  them  these  little  islands  have  sent 
forth  sons  and  daughters  to  form  thriving 
colonies  in  distant  lands,  colonies  which  have 
extended  and  held  out  &  hand  to  each  other 
until  at  length  they  have  formed  a  belt  around 
the  globe,  carrying  with  them  the  just  laws  and 
sturdy  vigour  of  a  great  race. 
Can  we  imagine  what  Britain  would  have 
been  to-day  without  this  marvellous  expansion, 
or  measure  the  good  it  has  done  toward  the 
progress  of  the  world  ?  All  nations  have 
No.  2520.— VOt,,  .  XOVI.,  OtD  SiRlES 
