July  25,  1895. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
73 
WEBBS’ 
EMPEROR 
umoi. 
THE  EARLIEST  AND  BEST. 
6d.  and  Is.  per  Packet. 
Is.  ed.  per  Ounce. 
From  Mr.  W.  N.  Chasney,  "West  Hendred  :  “I  had  the 
best  bed  of  Cabbage  this  year  from  your  Emperor  that  I  ever 
saw :  not  one  of  the  50v,0  plants  which  I  put  out  went  to 
seed.” 
EARLY  NONPAREIL  CABBAGE 
ENFIELD  MARKET  do. 
EARLY  RAINHAM  do. 
RED  DUTCH  do. 
Per  Ounce. — s.  d 
..0  8 
..0  6 
..0  8 
..0  9 
ONION. 
Pkt.  Ounce 
s.  d. 
WEBBS’  RED  GLOBE  TRIPOLI  ..  6d. 
LARGE  FLAT  RED  TRIPOLI  ..  6d. 
GIANT  ROCCA . 6d. 
WHITE  LISBON  . — 
All  Garden  Seeds  Free  by  Post  or  Rail. 
1  6 
0  10 
0  10 
0  6 
Seedsmen  by  Royal  Warrants  to  H.M.  the  Queen  and  HR.II. 
the  Prince  of  Wales, 
WoRDSLEY,  STOURBRIDGE 
THE  NEW 
EARLY  STRAWBERRY 
roR  18  3  8, 
“STEVENS’  WONDER,” 
Now  Ready  for  Distribution. 
Everyone  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. 
PRIMULAS!  PRIMULAS!  PRIMULAS! 
27th  YEAR  OF  DISTRIBUTION. 
WILLIAMS’  SUPERB  STRAIN,  1/6  per  dozen  ;  10/-  per  100. 
CINERARIAS  same  price  ;  also  DOUBLE  WHITE  PRIMULAS, 
6d.  each.  Package  and  Carriage  free  for  cash  with  order. 
TOHW  STEVEN'S,  The  Nurseries,  COVENTRY. 
T>AFFODILSn 
HOME-GROWN  BULBS. 
We  are  now  lifting  our  Home-Grown  Narcissus.  We  hold 
immense  Stocks  of  the  following,  amongst  other  kinds ; — 
EMPEROR,  EMPRESS, 
PRIHCEPS,  SIR  WATKIN,  POETICDS. 
Special  Prices  on  Application. 
DICKSONS  Nurseries,  CHESTER 
ROYAL  SOVEREIGN, 
Empress  of  Iijdia,  Lord  Suffield,  Guntoii  Park, 
AND  ALL  THE  BEST  NOVELTIES. 
Descriptive  Illustrated  Catalogue  Now  Ready, 
Post  Free  on  application. 
J.  R.  PEARSON  &  SONS, 
CHIIWUL  NURSERIES,  NOTTS. 
No.  787.— VOL.  XXXI.,  THIRD  SERIES. 
I.AXTONS’ 
STRAWBERRIES 
Including  the  two  grand  new  and  indispensable 
varieties, 
MONARCH  and  leader 
All  the  best  older  varieties  in  strong  open  ground,  runners 
or  pot  plants. 
STRAWBERRIES  in  60-pots  are  grand. 
Send  to  head  quarters  for  your  supplies.  Plants  grown 
specially  for  runners. 
LAXTONS’  ROYAL  SOVEREIGN. 
Should  be  procured  direct  from  the  raisers. 
(  Open  ground  runners  . .  . .  20/-  per  100 ;  4/-  per  doz. 
tin  pots  . 27/6  „  6/-  „ 
paLL  DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE  GRATIS. 
LAXTON  BROS.,  BEDFORD 
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  85  SONS, 
CHILWELL  NURSERIES,  NOTTS. 
JOHNSON’SjmMvelMUSHROOM 
SFA.'WTM. 
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. 
HAHOEE  HILL.EALINQ 
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  2s.  each,  post  free. 
Sole  Proprietor — 
H.  J.  WHEELER,  F.K.H.S.,  Seed  Grower, 
WASMXirSTER,  WII.TS. 
SEEDLING  PLANTS  of 
CHOICE  FLORISTS'  FLOWERS, &c. 
Post  Free  at  Prices  Quoted,  per  doz.  period 
CALCEOLARIAS,  from  choicest  flowers  only  ..  1/6  10/6 
CARNATIONS  and  PICOTEES,  from  stage 
flowers  .  ..  ..  1/6  10/6 
CINERARIAS,  from  a  grand.strain,  very  fine  ..  1/6  10/6 
„  new  dwarf,  large  flowered,  fine  . .  2/-  12/6 
CYCLAMEN  PERSICDM  GIGANTEUM  (Strong 
transplanted  seedlings  from  single  pots  3/6  25/- 
„  pure  white,  very  beautiful  and  select  . .  4/6  — 
GLOXINIA  GRANDIFLORA  ERECTA,  from 
a  magnificent  strain  ..  ..  •  ..  2/6  15/- 
PANSIES,  Daniels’  Prize  Blotched.  Planted  out 
now  will  bloom  grandly  next  spring  and 
summer  ..  ..  . 1/6  10/6 
PRIMULAS.-  Our  Primulas  are  acknowledged 
to  be  unsurpassable. 
„  alba  magniflca,  splendid  white  . .  . .  2/6  — 
„  Daniels’  Crimson  King,  splendid  variety  2/6  — 
„  Daniels’  superb  blue,  very  fine  . .  . .  2/6  — 
„  Daniels’ choicest  white , fine  ..  ..1/6  10/6 
„  Daniels’ choicest  red, splendid  ..  ..  1/6  10/6 
„  Danie’s’  choicest  mixed,  many  beautiful 
varieties . 1/6  10/6 
„  Daniels’ mixed,  extra  strong  plants  ..  2/6  15/- 
DANIELS  BROS  I  Nurseries,  NORWICH 
SCIENCE  AND  PRACTICE. 
EeLWORMS  AND  THEIR  ERADICATION. 
I  HAVE  had  the  pleasure  of  reading  the  first 
issue  (No.  1)  of  the  Journal  of  the  South- 
Eastern  Agricultural  College  at  Wye,  Kent. 
This  institution  is  supported  by  the  Kent  and 
Surrey  County  Councils,  each  of  which  sets 
aside  10  per  cent,  of  the  grants  they  receive 
for  technical  education  from  the  Imperial 
Treasury  under  the  Local  Taxation  (Exci#^ 
Act  of  1889.  The  College  appears  to  be  well 
equipped  for  carrying  out  the  important  objects 
for  which  it  was  established,  and  in  time  may 
be  expected  to  do  incalculable  good. 
I  have  been  particularly  interested  by  the 
record  of  observations,  with  illustrations,  by  Mr. 
John  Percival,  in  the  “Journal”  referred  to 
of  the  eelworm  disease  of  Hops.  It  is  very 
interesting  and  instructive,  but  in  the  end  not 
altogether  encouraging,  as  it  is  stated  that  “  no 
practical  method  is  known  whereby  eelworms 
can  be  eradicated  from  soil.”  It  may  be  asked 
then,  why  all  this  research  if  it  is  of  no  practical 
use  ?  I  would  answer  in  the  words  of  the 
Right  Hon.  A.  J.  Balfour,  “Truth,  not  profit, 
must  necessarily  be  the  motto  of  every  body  of 
scientific  men  who  desire  to  be  remembered  by 
posterity  for  their  discoveries.”  But  further,  it 
is  well  known  that  manufacturers  and  commerce 
have  gained  immensely  by  turning  scientific 
discoveries  to  industrial  account ;  and  may  we 
not  hope  and  expect  that  substantial  results  may 
accrue  to  agriculture  and  horticulture  through 
the  investigations  conducted  at  Wye  and  similar 
institutions?  When  I  hear  a  person  speak 
scornfully  of  science,  and  assert  that  “  theory 
is  of  no  use,”  I  am  apt  to  conclude  that  he  does 
not  know  what  he  is  talking  about.  The  cottage 
gardener,  farmer,  and  professional  horticulturist 
— everybody  theorises  before  doing  anything — 
before  sowing  a  seed  or  setting  a  plant,  and 
founds  that  theory  on  the  acquired  knowledge 
and  experience.  Knowledge  is  the  measure  of 
science,  and  experience  that  of  practice.  Both 
are  essential  for  the  attainment  of  any  desired 
object  in  farming  or  gardening.  It  is  science 
that  so  many  farmers  and  gardeners  look  on 
with  distrust,  considering  it  mere  arrogance  for 
anyone  to  attempt  to  teach  them  who  has  not 
No.  2443.— VOL.  XOIII.,  Old  Series. 
