July  18,  1895. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
49 
r>AFFODILS!! 
HOME-GROWN  BULBS. 
We  are  now  lifting  our  Home-Grown  Narcissus.  We  hold 
immense  Stocks  of  the  following,  amongst  other  kinds  : — 
EMPEROR,  EMPRESS, 
PRINCEPS,  SIR  WATKIN,  POETICOS. 
Special  Prices  on  Application, 
DICKSONS  Nurseries,  CHESTER 
KENT,  the  GARDEN  of  ENGLAND 
George  Buntard  &  Co. 
Beg  to  ask  Buyers  to  consult  their 
1895  STRAWBERRY  LIST 
before  ordering  their  supplies.  Now  Beady. 
Their  PLANTS  will  be  GRAND  both  for 
Forcing^,  in  little  Pots,  and  as  Runners. 
Send  Orders  and  Enquiries  direct  to 
THE  OLD  NURSERIES,  MAIDSTONE 
EARLY  BULBS. 
Our  Special  Offer  of  Early  Bulbs  is  Now  Ready  and  will  be  sent 
post  free  on  application.  Prices  very  low.  We  are  now  lifting 
and  can  despatch  Orders  in  July  for  Early  Planting.  The 
Bulbs  are  really  splendid  and  thoroughly  ripened. 
J.  R.  PEARSON  &  SONS, 
CHILWELL  NURSERIES,  NOTTS. 
THE  HERCULES. — Design  Registered. 
TENANT’S  FIXTURE  PORTABLE  SPAN-ROOF  CURVILINEAR 
CONSERVATORY  or  GREENHOUSE 
No  brickwork  required.  These  houses  are  made  of  the  best 
materials,  painted  four  coats,  and  glazed  with  21oz.  clear  sheet 
glass,  a  flat  painted  stage  is  fixed  on  each  side  and  one  end,  and 
slatted  path  up  centre. 
Cash  price,  Carriage  Paid  tonearest  Station  in  England  Jt  Wales, 
within  100  miles  of  Tunbridge  Wells,  fixed  free,  £15. 
SEND  POR  ILLUSTRATED  CATALOGUE. 
CUCUMBER  &  MELON  FRAMES, 
Painted  three  coats,  and  Glazed  with  21oz.  Glass.  ^ 
1  Light  Frame,  4  ft.  by  6  ft . £110  0 
2  „  „  8  ft.  by  6  ft .  2  10  0 
Violet  Frame,  4  ft.  by  6  ft .  17  6 
Carriage  Paid  on  Orders  amounting  to  40i.  and  upwards  to  any 
Goods  Station  in  England  and  Wales. 
No.  786.— YOL.  XXXI.,  Third  Series. 
THE  NEW 
EARLY  STRAWBERRY 
For.  isos, 
“STEVENS’  WONDER,” 
Now  Ready  for  Distribution. 
Ei/eryone  should  secure  this  Grand  Early  Variety. 
IN  POTS . £5  per  100,  15/-  per  doz. 
STRONG  RUNNERS  £3  „  „  9/-  „  „ 
All  other  leading  varieties  Now  Ready  for  delivery.  See  Special 
List,  free  on  application. 
WM.  CUTBUSH  SON 
HIGHGATE  NURSERIES,  LONDON,  N. 
JOHNSON’SJMPRMDr^USHROOM 
SFA.'W'N. 
Being  one  of  the  largest  Manufac¬ 
turers  of  MUSHROOM  SPAWN, 
and  keeping  over  100  cows  from 
which  I  obtain  a  large  quantity  of 
pure  virgin  spawn,  I  am  in  a  posi¬ 
tion  to  offer  the  best  obtainable  at 
3s.  per  bushel. 
Special  Prices  for  Large  Quantities 
and  the  Trade. 
HANGER  HILL,  EALING 
LAINGS’  BEGONIAS, 
NOW  IN  FULL  BLOOM. 
THE  PREMIER  HOUSE.  9  GOLD  MEDALS  AWARDED. 
Unequalled  as  a  Floral  Display.  Visitors  arc.  cordially  invited; 
free  admission.  Frequent  trains  from  the  City  and  West  End  to 
Oatford  and  Oatford  Bridge,  L.O.  and  D.  and  S.B.  Railways 
New  Descriptive  CATALOGUE,  Post  Free.  Telephone,  9660' 
JOXXN*  X^IMTG-  SONS, 
Begonia,  Caladiura,  Olivia,  and  Gloxinia  Specialists, 
Seed,  Plant,  Bulb  Merchants,  &c., 
FOREST  HXI.I.,  S.E. ;  also  CATFORD,  KEKTT 
ROYAL  SOVEREIGN, 
Empress  of  Iijdia,  Lord  Suffield,  Guntoi]  Park, 
AND  ALL  THE  BEST  NOVELTIES. 
Descriptive  Illustrated  Catalogue  Now  Ready, 
Post  Free  on  application. 
J.  R.  PEARSON  &  SONS, 
CHILWELL  NURSERIES,  NOTTS. 
CABBAGE.  —Wheeler’s  Imperial. 
Earliest  and  hardiest  Cabbage  known,  having  stood  the 
severe  winter  where  all  others  have  failed. 
Unless  had  direct  from  the  raiser  you  do  not  know 
what  this  variety  is  like. 
In  Sealed  Packets  only,  6d.,  Is.,  and  23.  each,  post  free. 
Sole  Prcrpi-ielor — 
H.  J.  WHEELER,  F.R.H.S.,  Seed  Grower, 
WARIVIXlirSTER,  WXX.TS. 
FERNS  SPEcfALITY. 
We  have  an  immense  stock  of  all  kinds  of  Ferns,  Stove,  Green¬ 
house,  Filmy,  Hardy  Exotic,  and  British,  including  many  very 
beautiful  varieties,  rarely  seen  but  which  ought  to  be  more 
generally  grown.  Catalogue  free  on  application. 
W.  &  J.  BIRKENHEAD,  F.R.H.S., 
FtRN  NURSERIES,  SALE,  near  MANCHESTER. 
FOR  PRESENT  &  LATER  SOWING. 
WALLFLOWERS 
A  HL 
DICKSONS  GOLDEN  BEAUTY. 
DICKSONS  SELECTED  DARK  RED. 
DICKSONS  PRIMROSE  DAME. 
Per  Packet  6d.  and  Is.,  Free  by  Post. 
Choice  Mixed  Double  Wallflower,  Myosotis,  Silenes,  &c. 
For  Prices  and  all  other  particulars  sec  our  ILLUSTRATED 
Catalogue,  Free  on  application. 
niPlICnilC  Growers,  PUCCTED 
UIvlVdllNdj  Nurserymen,  &c.,  UnCO  I  Clli 
THURSDAY,  JULY  18,  1895. 
HARDY  FLOWER  NOTES. 
—  — 
Amid  the  din  of  the  political  warfare  which 
has  entered  almost  every  nook  and  corner 
of  our  land  it  has  been  a  welcome  relief  to  work 
among,  to  admire,  and  to  study  the  flowers  so 
bright  and  so  beautiful.  They,  at  least,  have 
been  unmoved  by  party  shibboleths,  and  smile 
upon  us  as  we  move  among  them,  feeling  all  the 
while  their  soothing  and  delight-giving  charms. 
With  what  lavishness,  too,  have  these  charms 
been  displayed.  Clustered  spires  and  whorled 
heads  ;  cups  and  bells  and  tasselled  blooms ; 
I  feathery  sprays  and  wax-like  clusters  ;  discs  of 
yellow,  of  white,  of  pink,  or  countless  other 
hues  ;  balls  of  crowded  petals  ;  little  globes  with 
thrust  out  stamens  ;  tiny  flowers  in  lace-like 
masses.  Who,  alas  !  can  hope  in  prose  to  speak 
fittingly  of  all  these  marvellous  forms  and 
colours  ?  Indescribably  beautiful  are  they,  and 
it  is  with  a  sigh  of  regret  we  feel  how  feeble  is 
the  pen  which  seeks  to  tell  their  beauty. 
Roses  have  been  delighting  us  with  their 
blooms  so  perfect  in  contour,  in  colour,  and  in 
perfume.  Lilies,  which  to  describe  as  wax-like, 
is  a  vain  attempt  to  depict  in  words  their  glossy 
substance,  have  opened  their  cups  or  hung  their 
drooping  turned-back  flowers.  Poppies  have  un¬ 
folded  their  fragile  petals  to  the  rough  wooing 
of  the  winds  or  the  more  gentle  amorous  glances 
of  the  sun,  which  made  them  sparkle  and  smile 
in  return.  The  Fieur-de-Lis  in  many  kinds  has 
shown  how  fitly  it  has  been  named  the  Iris — the 
Rainbow  Flower — by  the  variety  and  beauty  of 
its  colouring.  Yellow  and  white,  and  purple 
and  coppery  Mulleins  have  shot  up  spikes  of 
pretty  flowers.  Pyrethrums  are  over  for  the 
time,  but  in  their  stead  came  Marguerites  of 
many  kinds.  Evening  Primroses,  which  love  not 
the  garish  cay,  have  looked  sad  and  weary  in 
the  bright  sun,  but  wheu  it  began  to  drav 
towards  the  hills  behind  which  it  sinks  in  a  se;. 
of  glory,  they  shook  off  their  lassitude  au' 
charmed  us  by  their  beauty  in  the  eveniof 
shades.  Hardly  a  corner  of  the  garden  had  no 
some  vision  of  beauty  to  reveal  in  these  earl^' 
days  of  July,  and  so  it  is  vain  to  dream  of  bein^ 
able  to  tell  of  ail  their  charms. 
Writing,  however,  as  the  day  is  over  and  th< 
dusk  is  nigh,  one  cannot  but  write  of  one  of 
No.  2442.— VoL.  XCIII.,  Old  Series, 
