August  8,  1895. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
121 
EMPEROR 
CABBASE, 
THE  EARLIEST  AND  BEST. 
6(1.  and  Is.  per  Packet. 
Is.  6d.  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  60-0  plants  which  I  put  out  went  to 
Per  Ounce. — s.  d. 
EARLY  NONPAREIL  CABBAGE  ..  ..0  8 
ENFIELD  MARKET  do.  ..  ..0  6 
EARLY  RAINHAM  do.  ..  ..0  8 
RED  DUTCH  do.  ..  ..0  9 
ONION. 
Pkt.  Ounce 
s.  d. 
WEBBS’  RED  GLOBE  TRIPOLI  ..  6d.  16 
LARGE  FLAT  RED  TRIPOLI  ..  6d.  0  10 
GIANT  ROOCA . 6d.  O  10 
WHITE  LISBON  . .  0  6 
All  Garden  Seeds  Free  by  Post  or  Bail. 
Seedsmen  by  Royal  Warrants  to  H.M.  the  Queen  and  H.R.II. 
the  Prince  of  Wales. 
WORDSLEY,  STOURBRIDGE 
GARDEN  FISH  GUANO ! 
c.  cox, 
THE  HERCULES. — Design  Registered. 
TEHANT’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  to  nearest  Station  in  England  <!c  Wales, 
■within  100  miles  of  Tunbridge  Wells,  fixed  free,  £15. 
SEND  FOB  ILLUSTBATED  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  it's,  and  uptcards  to  any 
Goods  Station  in  England  and  Wales. 
No.  789.— Voii.  XXXI.,  Third  Series. 
DANIELS’  SEEDS 
FOR  PRESENT  SOWING. 
CABBAGES— Select  Stocks. 
DANIELS’  DEFIANCE  GIANT  MABBOW.— The  finest 
Cabbage  in  cultivation.  Grows  to  the  weight  of  10  to 
20  lbs.  each,  and  is  early,  short-legged,  compact,  and  of 
splendid  flavour.  Our  own  select  stocL 
Per  pkt.,  -/6  ;  per  oz. 
Ellam’s  Early  Dwarf,  very  early. .  „  ./4  ;  ,, 
Enfield  Market  .... 
Impioved  Dwarf  Nonpareil 
Wheeler’s  Imperial 
Early  York,  dwarf  ,. 
-/3; 
■/4; 
1/6 
1/- 
-/6 
-/lO 
1/- 
-;g 
OM-IOTXS. -DANIELS’  GOLDEN  BOCCA.— Magnificent 
variety,  of  splendid  form  and  great  size,  with  light  brown 
skin  and  mild  flavour,  the  best  for  autumn  sowing. 
Per  pkt.,  -/6  ;  per  oz.,  1/6 
WHITE  ELEPHANT  TBIPOLI.  The  largest  of  all  the 
Tripolis . per  pkt.,  -/6  ;  per  oz.,  1,'6 
Bed  Italian  Tripoli .  „  ./9 
Giant  Bocca,  very  fine  ..  ..  „  -/4 ;  „  1/- 
White  Lisbon,  the  best  for  using  green  in  Spring 
Per  lb.,  4/6  ; 
lettuce — DANIELS’  CONTINUITY. 
Cabbage  Lettuce  in  cultivation.  Heads  large,  firm  and 
crisp.  Does  not  run  to  seed  even  in  the  hottest  and 
driest  weather . per  pkt.,  -,6  ;  per  oz.,  1/6 
per  oz.,  -/6 
The  best 
HAyiCI  C  RDflQ  Ssed  Growers 
I  UAiiIlLu  DnUu.j  &  Nurserymen, 
NORWICH. 
FRUIT  TREES-A  SPECIALITY. 
STRAWBERRIES! 
ROYAL  SOVEREIGN. 
CORDER’S  COMPOUND  GARDEN  FISH  GUANO  : 
a  perfect  Fertiliser.  Invaluable  in  Garden  and  Greenhouse,  and 
for  Tennis  Courts  and  Lawns,  Vegetables,  Flowers,  Exotics, 
and  Fruit  Trees. 
Sole  IVIanufacturers,  W.  S.  COBBEB  A  CO., 
FISH  QUAY,  LOW  LIGHTS,  NORTH  SHIELDS, 
Horticultural  Engineer, 
TXJP^TBESIIDGE 
'WEH.IL.S. 
The  Best  Stra'W'berry  Grown. 
Special  quotations  for  quantities. 
Also  COMPETITOB  No.  1,  and  best  of  Laxton’s  and  Allan’s 
New  Varieties.  All  the  best  of  the  New  and  Old  Varieties  in 
cultiyation.  Special  quotations  for  market  purposes. 
PKTJIT  TREES  of  all  sorts  in  all  forms. 
Pomona  Farm  Nurseries,  WITHIN GTON,  HEREFORD. 
FERNS 
SPECIALITY. 
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., 
FERN  NURSERIES,  SALE,  near  MANCHESTER. 
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  Proprietor— 
H.  J.  WHEELER,  F.R.H.S.,  Seed  Grower, 
WARinilTSTER,  W1I.TS. 
SEEDLING  PLANTS  of 
CHOICE  FLORISTS'  FL0WERS,&c. 
1/6 
1/6 
2/- 
10/6 
10/6 
12’6 
3/6 
4/6 
25,'- 
2/6  15/- 
Post  Free  at  Prices  Quoted,  per  doz.  perlW 
CALCEOLARIAS,  from  choicest  flowers  only  ..  1/6  10/6 
CARNATIONS  and  PICOTEES,  from  stage 
flowers  . 
CINERARIAS,  from  a  grand  strain,  very  fine  . . 
„  new  dwarf,  large  flowered,  fine  . . 
CYCLAMEN  PERSICUM  GIGANTEUM, strong 
transplanted  seedlings  from  single  pots 
pure  white,  very  beautiful  and  select  . . 
GLOXINIA  GRANDIFLORA  ERECTA,  from 
a  magnificent  strain 
PANSIES,  Daniels’  Prize  Blotched.  Planted  out 
now  will  bloom  grandly  next  spring  and 
summer  ..  ..  . 
PRIMULAS.— Our  Primulas  are  acknowledged 
to  be  unsurpassable. 
„  alba  magnifica,  splendid  white 
„  Daniels’  Crimson  King,  splendid  variety 
„  Daniels’  superb  blue,  very  fine  . . 
„  Daniels’ choicest  white,  fine 
„  Daniels’ choicest  red,  splendid 
„  Danie  s'  choicest  mixed,  many  beautiful 
varieties  ..  ..  ..  .. 
„  Daniels’  mixed,  extra  strong  plants 
DANIELS  BROS  ■  Nurseries,  NORWICH 
1/6  10/6 
2/6 
2/6 
2/6 
1/6 
1/6 
10/6 
10/6 
1/6 
2/d 
10/6 
15/- 
al  Ilf  ^arti 
THURSDAY,  AUGUST  8,  1896. 
THE  ROYAL  HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 
Mr.  Barron’s  Retirement. 
After  a  term  of  thirty-eight  years’  service  in 
the  historic  old  Gardens  at  Chiswick,  the 
greater  part  of  the  time  as  Superintendent,  Mr. 
A.  F.  Barron  is  “retired”  at  the  end  of  the 
year,  on  what,  we  have  no  doubt,  an  allowance 
such  as  will  enable  him  to  live  in  comfort  over, 
what  all  who  know  him  hope  will  be,  a  long 
eventide  of  life.  Only  a  man  with  a  cool  head 
and  sober  judgment  could  have  steered  his  course 
so  safely  and  so  long  through  the  changes  of  the 
past  which  the  Society  has  experienced.  He  has 
seen  Councils  come  and  go  time  after  time,  and 
old  officials  pass  away  till  only  he  would  seem  to 
be  left.  The  reason  for  this  perennial  stability 
may  presumably  be  found  in  the  fact  that, 
though  an  official,  and  in  a  prominent  and 
responsible  position,  he  was  not  officious.  He 
appeared  to  have  only  one  object  in  view — 
namely,  to  do  his  duty  in  his  own  iphere,  leaving 
others  to  do  the  same  in  theirs. 
Amidst  the  agitations  during  certain  periods 
of  the  Society’s  career  the  Superintendent  of 
Chiswick  seemed  to  pass  unmoved,  and  stood 
firm  where  others  fell,  until  at  one  time  he  was 
almost  regarded  as  the  only  embodiment  of  the 
Society’s  stability.  That  this  was  the  view  held 
by  gardeners  as  a  body  there  can  be  no  doubt, 
and  Mr.  Barron  unquestionably  enjoyed  to  a 
rare  degree,  and  does  still,  the  confidence  and 
respect  of  the  craft  to  which  he  is  proud  to 
belong. 
Mr.  Barron  is  essentially  a  gardener,  sternly 
and  severely  practical  ;  and  his  knowledge  of 
fruit  and  its  cultivation,  as  well  as  vegetables,  is 
perhaps  not  exceeded  by  that  of  any  person 
living,  while  he  probably  knows  much  more 
about  plants  and  flowers  than  he  cares  to 
proclaim.  He  is,  in  fact,  not  a  man  to 
“  proclaim  ”  anything,  and  especially  about  him¬ 
self.  It  is  enough  that  during  all  those  years 
he  has  acquitted  himself  in  his  position  in  a  way 
that  has  met  the  approval  of  one  Council  of  the 
Society  after  another,  and  of  the  Fellows  of  the 
Society  generally.  It  is  not  suggested  that 
he  pleased  everybody  at  all  times,  or  anything 
of  that  kind  ;  if  one  thing  is  more  certain  than 
another  it  is  that  he  did  not  try  to  do  so.  He 
NO.  2445.— YOL.  XCIII.,  Old  Series. 
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