February  4,  189?. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
87 
NOW  READY. 
BARR’S 
SEEDGUIDE 
For  1897* 
Barr’s  Seed  Guide  is  full  of  practical  hints,  and  is  invaluable 
to  Gardeners,  Amateurs,  and  Exhibitors. 
fjm*  FREE  TO  INTENDING  PURCHASERS. 
VEGETABLE  SEEDS. 
BARR’S  ILLUSTRATED  SEED  GUIDE 
contains  a  Select  List  of  the  Best  Vegetable 
Seeds  for  securing  a  supply  of  Vegetables 
“  the  year  round.” 
FLOWER  SEEDS. 
BARR’S  ILLUSTRATED  SEED  GUIDE 
oontains  a  Choice  List  of  the  best  Seeds 
for  the  Flower  Garden  and  Greenhouse. 
ALL  SEEDS  CARRIAGE  PAID  ON  RECEIPT  OF  REMITTANCE 
We  guarantee  all  our  Seeds  to  be  of  the  finest 
selected  strains ,  and  of  highest  growing  quality. 
BARB  Sc  SONS 
12  &  13,  King  Street,  Covent  Garden,  LONDON. 
VEGETABLE  &  FLOWER 
FOR  PRESENT  SOWING, 
AND 
BULBS  AND  PLANTS 
FOR  SPRING  PLANTING. 
COLLECTIONS  OF  VEGETABLE 
AND  FLOWER  SEEDS, 
Made  up  of  the  most  popular  Varieties,  and  to  Suit 
all  requirements,  from  2s.  and  upwards. 
DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE  of  the  above,  with 
CULTURAL  DIRECTIONS,  will  be  sent  post  free 
on  application  to  our  Offices  at  OVERVEEN,  near 
HAARLEM,  HOLLAND,  or  to  our  General  Agents, 
Messrs.  MERTENS  &  GO., 
3,  CROSS  LANE  LONDON,  E.C. 
No.  807.— Yon.  XXXIV.,  Thibd  Shbihs. 
New  and  Improved  Flowers. 
CARTERS'  HOLBORN  PRIZE  PRIMULA. 
We  oommenced  growing  our  own  seeds  of  this  popular 
winter-flowering  plant  forty  years  ago,  and  have  since  care¬ 
fully  selected  and  improved  our  strain,  that  we  unhesitatingly 
pronounce  it  the  finest  in  cultivation;  and  as  we  try  all 
others  each  season  for  comparison,  our  statement  is  authori¬ 
tative.  We  were  the  originators  of  the  Blue  Primula,  which 
resulted  in  some  cross-hreeding  experiments  we  were  making 
to  this  end;  our  collection  also  comprises  the  following 
beautiiul  colours Scarlet,  Carmine,  Magenta,  Ruby, 
Vermilion,  and  White. 
Bach  separate,  in  Sealed  Packets,  price 
2/6,  3/6,  and  5/-,  post  free. 
All  Colours  Mixed,  in  Sealed  Packets,  price 
2/6,  3/6,  and  5/-,  post  free. 
GARTERS’  BRILLIANT  PRIZE  CINERARIA 
Our  House  has  long  been  famed  for  this  beautiful  flower, 
and  our  strain  is  unequalled  for  profusion  of  bloom,  size  of 
flower,  and  general  habit.  We  grow  all  our  own  seels,  and 
test  other  strains  each  season. 
In  Sealed  Packets,  2/6,  3/6,  and  5/-  each,  post  free. 
GARTERS’  Victoria  Prize  CALCEOLARIA 
Oar  fine  strain  is  well  known  at  all  the  leading  Horticul¬ 
tural  Exhibitions,  where  magnificent  specimens  have  secured 
First  Honours  ou  nearly  every  occasion. 
In  Sealed  Packets,  2/6,  3/6,  and  6/-  each,  post  free. 
CARTERS’  CROWN  JEWELS  BEGONIA. 
The  strain  we  offer  of  this  lovely  flower  is  saved  from  one 
of  the  finest  collections  in  Europe. 
Single  Flowers— 1/6,  2/6,  and  3/6  per  Packet,  post  free. 
Double  Flowers— 2/6,  3/6,  and  6/-  per  Packet,  post  free. 
CARTERS’  INVINCIBLE  PRIZE  GLOXINIA. 
Our  strain  has  proved  it?  superiority  over  all  others 
wherever  exhibited  throughout  the  British  Empire,  and 
cannot  be  surpassed. 
In  Sealed  Packets,  2/6  and  6/-  each,  post  free. 
CARTERS'  PICOTEE  POPPY. 
A  new  and  lovely  race  of  striped  Poppies,  admirable  for 
mingling  with  the  much-admired  Shirley  varieties. 
In  Sealed  Packets,  1/6  and  2/6  each,  post  free. 
SHIRLEY  POPPY  (Rev.  W.  Wilks’  Select  Strain). 
A  strain  of  unusual  beauty,  rigidly  selected  by  its  original 
nominator,  the  worthy  Secretary  to  the  Royal  Horticultural 
Society. 
In  Sealed  Packets,  1/-  and  1/6  each,  post  free. 
CARTERS’  CARMINE  ABRONIA. 
Quite  a  new  colour  in  this  pretty  Verbena-like  trailing  plant. 
In  Sealed  Packets,  1/-  each,  post  free. 
"We  hold  hundreds  of  letters  from  customers  con¬ 
firming  all  we  say  about  our  Flower  Seeds  ;  some 
are  reprinted  in  our  publications  for  the  benefit  of 
those  intending  to  purohase. 
Illustrated  CATALOGUE,  Gratis  and  Post  Free, 
THE  QUEEN’S  SEEDSMEN, 
237,  238,  &  97,  HIGH  HOLBORN, 
LONDON  W.C. 
Jmqiral  nf  ^articultw^. 
THURSDAY,  FEBRUARY  4,  1897. 
CYCLAMENS. 
IT  was  natural  to  expect  that  after  the  memor¬ 
able  battle  of  Hastings,  which  completed  the 
Norman  conquest  of  England,  William  the  Con¬ 
queror’s  companions  should  have  shared  in  the 
partition  of  the  new  conquered  territory  in  the 
counties  immediately  adjoining  the  scene  of  that 
fatal  field.  There  were  rich  lands  which  re¬ 
minded  them  of  the  Normandy  from  which  they 
had  come,  and  in  truth  we  find  notices  of  some 
of  them  go  as  far  back  as  the  “Battel  Abbey 
roll.” 
Now  Godinton  was  one  of  these  places.  It 
was  assigned  to  John  Godinton,  and  after  many 
vicissitudes  passed  by  marriage  into  the  family 
of  the  Tokes,  who  were  descended  from  Lo  Sire 
de  Touque,  sometimes  written  Toke,  Tooke, 
Tucke,  or  Toe,  who  also  came  over  with  William 
the  Conqueror.  The  marriage  by  which  it  came 
into  the  Toke  family  was  that  of  Joane,  daughter 
of  William  Gold  well  of  Godinton  with  Thomas 
Toke  of  Westbere  in  the  reign  of  Henry  VII.  on 
the  failure  of  direct  male  heirs.  Amongst  the 
descendants  of  this  Thomas  was  one  Nicholas, 
commonly  called  Captain  Toke,  who  was  buried 
with  his  five  wives  in  the  chancel  of  the  parish 
chnrch  of  Great  Chart.  It  is  recorded  of  him 
that  in  his  ninety-third  year  he  walked  to 
London,  being  then  a  widower,  to  pay  his 
addresses  to  a  lady  whom  he  wished  to  make 
the  sixth  Mrs.  Toke,  when  he  was  taken  ill 
“and  presently  died.”  It  continued  in  the 
family  of  the  Tokes  until  1895,  when  it  passed 
by  purchase  into  the  possession  of  Mr.  George 
Ashby- Dodd. 
Godinton  House  is  situated  within  one  and  a 
half  mile  of  Ashford  ;  the  park  contains  some 
fine  trees,  and  is  noted  for  a  “  Chestnut  Toll,” 
which  is  a  landmark  in  the  surrounding  country. 
The  house  is  one  of  those  delightful  specimens 
of  Tudor  domestic  architecture,  which  show  how 
much  more  beauty  was  appreciated  in  those  days 
than  in  the  Victorian  era,  where  show  and  glitter 
are  more  sought  after  than  the  quiet  and  restful 
beauty  which  marks  these  old  houses.  The  hall 
and  staircase  are  especially  beautiful  on  account 
of  the  ancient  carved  wood,  and  have  several 
stained  glass  windows  containing  the  family  arms 
of  the  Tokes  ;  the  drawing-room  is  also  a  curi- 
WO.  3523.— Vol.  XOVI.,  OLD  SERIlia 
