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JOURNAL  OR  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE 
BEGONIAS  and  GALADIUMS 
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Unequalled  Display.  Visitors  are  cordially  invited  ;  free  admission. 
Frequent  Trains  from  the  City  and  West  End  to  Catford  Bridge  and  Catford  Stations. 
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Begonia,  Caladium,  Clivia,  Gloxinia,  and  Streptocarpus  Specialists,  Seed,  Plant,  and 
Bulb  Merchants,  &c., 
FOREST  HIRE,  S.E.,  &.  CATFORD,  KENT. 
20  ACRES 
Of  FRUIT  TREES 
In  all  the  best  sorts  and 
forms  for  the  Villa  Garden 
or  the  Orohard.  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  CATALOG UB,  with  descriptions  and  Prices , 
Post  Free. 
CLIBRAN  &,  SON, 
MANCHESTER,  Bangor,  Llandudno  Junction, 
and  Oldfield  Nursery,  ALTRINCHAM. 
PRIMULAS!  PRIMULAS!  PRIMULAS! 
Williams’  and  other  superb  strains,  n!s)  Piimula  Obconica. 
CINERARIAS  and  BEGONIAS,  1/6  per  dozen,  10/-  luu. 
Double  White  Primulas,  8d.  each.  All  the  above  fit  for  3  and 
4-in.  pots,  and  carriage  free  for  cash  with  order. 
JOHN  STEVENS,  The  Nurseries,  COVENTRY. 
BEGONIAS. 
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Exhibition,  the  largest  and  best  in  the  trade.  See  Catalogue. 
BEGONIAS  FOR  BEDDING,  superb  quality,  Double,  6s.  and 
as.  per  dozen;  Single,  to  colour,  5s.  per  dozen,  35s.  per  100, 
10  colours  mixed  4s.  and  28s. ;  fine  mixed,  3s.  and  2  s. 
B.  R.  DAVIS,  N  U  KoEKLE3,  YEOYIL,  SOMERSET. 
STRAWBERRIES 
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Are  now  Booking  Orders  for  the  BEST  STRAWBERRIES  for 
Crop,  lt-98,  or  Early  Forcing. 
The  B,st  Stock  and  the  Best  Plants  in  the  Trade. 
DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUES  NOW  READY. 
The  ROYAL  NURSERIES,  MAIDSTONE,  KENT 
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GLOXINIAS,  &c.,  &c. 
Finest  Display  and  Collections  in  the  World. 
Our  Nurseries  will  be  found  now  and  all  the  season  the  most 
interesting  and  edifying  probably  of  any  similar  establishment 
in  England.  All  admirers  of  good  gardening  will  save  ana 
derive  considerable  benefit  by  sending  for  Catalogues  and 
making  themselves  thoroughly  acquainted  with  our  firm. 
All  kinds  of  Bedding  Plants  are  ready  and  sent 
off  at  an  hour’s  notice. 
SWANLEY,  KENT. 
No.  885. — Von.  XXXIV.,  Third  Series. 
NEW  ROSES  for  1897. 
MRS.  RUMSEY,  H.P. 
The  flowers  ate  a  most  lovely  rose-pink,  of  large  size,  produced 
abundantly  from  June  to  October,  which,  for  decoration,  can  be 
cut  with  1J  to  2-ft.  stalks,  and  perfect  foliage. 
Award  of  M.rit,  PH  8.,  and  first-class  Certificate,  N.C.S.,  1896 
Strong  Plants  In  Pots,  now;  ready,  7,6  each. 
CLIMBING  EARL  OF  PEMBROKE,  H.P. 
One  of  the  earliest  flowering  and  most  effective  crimson  pillar 
or  climbing  Roses.  Certificate  of  Merit,  R  P.8. 
Descriptive  Catalogue  of  the  above  and  other  Roses  free. 
W.  * - -  *  , 
Joyning's  Nurseries,  WALTHAM  CROSS,  N. 
London  Fern  Nurseries, 
LOUGHBOROUGH  JUNOTION,  LONDON,  8. W.— Ferns,  large 
und  small,  in  variety ;  Aralias,  Grevilleas,  Oyperus,  Ficus,  Ericas, 
Palms,  Dracasnas,  Aspidistras,  Hydrangeas,  Pelargoniums, 
Puch  ias.  Marguerites,  Urotons,  &c.  Trade,  send  for  Wholesale 
List,  special  List  for  Amateurs,  send  for  one.— J.  E.  SMITH. 
ORCHIDS. 
CLEAN  HEALTHY  PLANTS  AT  LOW  PRICES, 
Always  worth  a  visit  of  inspection.  Kindly  send  for  Catalogue. 
Exotic  Nurseries,  CHELTENHAM. 
BEGONIAS 
FOR  BEDDING  OR  CONSERVATORY. 
I  have  a  large  stock  in  fine  condition.  The  quality  is  Al,  and 
really  worth  double  the  money, 
Finest  Single  Mixed,  in  all  shades  of  colour,  12,  3/6;  50,  13/-; 
10  ,  24/-. 
Finest  Single  Mixed,  in  shades  of  Bronze,  Orange,  'Copper, 
Fawn.  <Sc  ,  12,  3/6  ;  60,  13/- ;  100,  24/-. 
Finest  Singles,  in  10  distinct  colours,  12,  4/-  ;  50, 14/6  ;  100,  26/6. 
All  the  above  can  be  sent  in  or  out  of  pots  as  the  purchaser 
may  desire. 
H.  J.  JONES,  Ryecroft, Nursery,  LEWISHAM. 
150  ACRES 
Of  Trees  &  Shrubs. 
In  the  finest  possible  con¬ 
dition  for  the  Villa,  the 
Mansion,  the  Plantation,  or  the  Game  Covert.  All  in 
vigorous,  healthy  condition,  not  stunted,  starved,  or  closely 
grown  and  drawn.  Carefully  and  frequently  moved,  and 
the  roots  consequently  are  a  mass  of  fibre,  ensuring  safe 
removal  when  sold. 
NEW  CATALOGUE,  with  descriptions  of  above,  and  of 
many  Bare  and  New  Plants,  Post  Free  from 
CLIBRAN’S  Nursery,  ALTRINCHAM 
Also  at  Manchester,  Bangor,  and  Llandudno  Junction. 
GARDENER . 
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THURSDAY,  JUNE  10,  1897. 
PRODUCTIVE  and  UNPRODUCTIVE 
TREES— BUD  and  GRAFT  INFLUENCE. 
EXAMINING  our  Gooseberry  bushes  yester¬ 
day  we  found  some  well  furnished  with 
fruit  and  others  with  scarcely  any,  and  this 
quite  irrespective  of  sorts  or  of  position.  An 
old  gardener  near  by  said  that  the  barren  ones 
were  struck  from  suckers  (which  grow  round  the 
stalk),  and  the  fruiting  bushes  from  the  ends  of 
fruit-bearing  branches.  I  have  myself  had  some 
suspicion  of  this  before — viz ,  as  in  the  case  of 
Strawberries  raised  from  barren  plants.  Can 
you  tell  me  if  there  is  good  ground  for  the  old 
man’s  theory  ?  In  many  large  nurseries  they 
raise  bushes  from  “suckers,”  which,  however,  is 
no  proof  at  all. — T.  W.  Beaton. 
[This  letter  opens  an  important  subject,  to 
which,  perhaps,  scarcely  sufficient  prominence 
has  been  given  in  the  horticultural  Press.  This 
presumably  means  that  careful  tests  have  not 
been  made  in  experimental  gardens  on  the 
influence  which  buds  and  growths  exert  on  the 
plant,  bush,  or  tree  of  which  they  are  chosen  (if 
chosen  at  all)  as  the  foundation.  We  have 
recently  glanced  over  a  remarkable  Report  by  the 
Duke  of  Bedford  and  Mr.  Spencer  Pickering  of 
the  experiments  conducted  at  what  may  be 
termed  the  Scientific  Fruit  Farm  established  by 
the  Duke  on  his  Woburn  estate.  We  do  not 
know  how  many  scores  or  hundreds  of  experi¬ 
ments  are  enumerated  in  the  Report  (which  has 
passed  out  of  our  hands),  but  we  do  not 
remember  one  bearing  on  the  subject  of  growth 
characteristics,  or  bud  variation,  as  predisposing 
to  floriferousness  or  the  reverse  ;  yet  it  is  reason¬ 
able  to  suppose  that  such  experiments  would  be 
at  least  as  likely  to  issue  in  instructive  practical 
results  as  are  several  of  those  in  operation, 
important  as  these  may  prove  to  be. 
We  certainly  think  there  is  ground  for  the 
“  old  man’s  theory  ”  relative  to  the  cause  of  the 
unfruitful  Gooseberry  bushes.  That  the  character 
of  the  cutting  is  largely  represented  in  the 
resulting  plant  we  think  many,  if  not  most, 
experienced  gardeners  know,  and  they  select 
cuttings  accordingly.  If  they  covet  robust  growth 
and  comparatively  few  flowers,  they  choose 
robust  cuttings  from  leading  growths  ;  if  they 
No.  2541.— Vol  XOVI.,  Old  SKbies. 
