August  15,  1895. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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EARLY  UmkU  HYAOINTHS 
Fine,  Large,  Matured  Bulbs.— THE  BEST  OF  THE  SEASON. 
NOW  READY  FOR  IMMEDIATE  DELIVERY. 
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should  he  sent  early,  to  prevent  disappointment. 
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FORCING  BULBS 
WELL  RIPENED  AND  HEAVr  BULBS  OF 
ROMAN  HYACINTHS,  Early  White,  from  5 
inches  to  Sf  inches  in  circumference. 
PAPER-WHITE  NARCISSUS,  from  5  inches 
to  6  inches  in  circumference. 
DOUBLE  ROMAN  NARCISSUS,  from  5 
inches  to  inches  in  circumference 
LILIUM  HARRISII  (the  Bermuda  Easter  Lily) 
The  Illustrated  BULB  CATALOGUE  has  heen  fortoarded  to  all 
our  Customers.  Another  Copy  will  be  fortcarded  on  application  to 
any  who  may  not  yet  have  received  a  Copy. 
B.  s.  mimm$  &  son, 
VICTORIA  AND  PARADISE  NURSERIES, 
UPPER  HOLLOWAY,  LONDON,  N. 
THE  HEW 
EARLY  STRAWBERRY 
F*  o  K,  3L  S  O 
“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. 
DANIELS’  SEEDS 
FOR  PRESENT  SOWING. 
CABBAGES — Select  Stocks. 
DANIELS’  DEFIANCE  GIANT  MARROW.— 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  stock. 
Per  pkt.,  -/6  ;  per  oz 
EUam’s  Early  Dwarf,  very  early, 
Enfield  Market  . . 
Improved  Dwarf  Nonpareil 
Wheeler’s  Imperial 
Early  York,  dwarf . 
-/4; 
-/3 ; 
•/4; 
1,'6 
1,- 
■16 
-,10 
II- 
./6 
ONIOWS. -DANIELS’  GOLDEN  ROCC A.— 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  TRIPOLI.  The  largest  of  all  the 
Tripolis . per  pkt.,  -/6  ;  per  oz.,  1/6 
Red  Italian  Tripoli .  „  -/O 
Giant  Rocca,  very  fine  . .  , .  „  -/4 ;  „  1/- 
White  Lisbon,  the  best  for  using  green  in  Spring 
Per  lb.,  4/6  ;  per  oz.,  -/6 
IiETTUCE— DANIELS’  CONTINUITY.  The  best 
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 
DANIELS  BROS  •  )  &  Nurserymen,  NORWICH. 
I.AXTOMS’ 
STRAWBERRIES 
Including  the  two  grand  new  and  indispensable 
varieties, 
leiAROH  AND  LEIHIi 
All  the  best  older  varieties  in  strong  open  ground,  runners 
or  pot  plants. 
STRAWBEERIES  in  60-pots  are  grand. 
Send  to  head  quarters  for  your  supplies.  Plants  grown 
specially  for  runners. 
LAXTONS’  ROYAL  SOVEREiGH. 
Should  be  procured  direct  from  the  raisers. 
„  (  Open  ground  runners  , .  . ,  20/-  per  100 ;  4/-  per  doz. 
r-nici.  I  jjj  . 27/6  „  6/-  „ 
FULL  DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE  GRATIS. 
Joiujiial  of  Dorticwltuijf 
THURSDAY,  AUGUST  15,  1895.  . 
IIA^RDY  FLOWER  NOTES. 
LAXTON  BROS.,  BEDFORD 
ORCHIBS, 
CLEAN  HEALTHY  PLANTS  AT  LOW  PRICES. 
Alivays  worth  a  visit  of  inspection.  Kindly  send  for  Catalogue. 
Exotic  Nurseries,  CHELTENHAM. 
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.R.H.S.,  Seed  Grower, 
WABMXIiTSTBR,  WXBTS. 
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Being  one  of  the  largest  Manufac¬ 
turers  of  MUSHROOM  SPAWN, 
and  keeping  over  100  cows  from 
which  I  obtain  a  Jarge  quantity  of 
pure  virgin  spawn,  I  am  in  a  posi¬ 
tion  to  offer  the  best  obtainable  at 
3s.  per  bushel. 
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No.  79\— Yol.  XXXI.,  Third  Series. 
OF  late  we  have  been  witnesses  of  a  conflict 
between  the  weather  and  the  flowers.  Un¬ 
willing  spectators  have  we  been,  and,  as  our 
sympathies  are  with  the  flowers,  we  have  done 
our  little  best  to  succour  them  in  their  distressful 
condition.  It  is  not  without  a  pang  that  we  see 
some  tall  border  plant  tossing  and  swaying  as  a 
fierce  gust  sweeps  from  the  sea  or  down  the 
hill  side  ;  nor  can  we  view  with  calmness  a 
drenching  rain,  which  in  its  fall  despoils  many 
a  flower  of  its  petals  or  sadly  dims  its  lustrous 
beauty.  Yet  we  can  do  but  little  to  ward  off 
these  enemies,  except  mayhap  an  extra  stake  or 
firmer  tying  may  bring  security  to  the  suffering 
flower.  With  this  wind  and  rain  it  is  not  to  be 
expected  that  the  garden  should  have  so  bright 
an  aspect,  yet  one  cannot  but  wonder  at  the 
number  of  flowers  in  bloom. 
Every  now  and  then  throughout  the  season 
the  flowers  seem  to  come  with  slower  pace,  and, 
although  there  is  never  an  absolute  gap  in  the 
succession,  there  is  a  visible  pause.  Such  there 
was  when  July  ended,  but  now  that  August  has 
come  the  order  seems  to  have  been  given  to 
close  up  the  ranks,  and  flowers  are  coming  on 
apace,  although  the  weather  has  been  boisterous 
enough. 
Phloxes  in  many  colours  are  now  bright  and 
most  effective.  Veronicas,  with  bright  spikes  of 
blue,  or  white,  or  pink,  are  very  pleasing  still. 
The  dark  purple  globes  of  Allium  descendens 
are  very  conspicuous  in  the  borders,  and  two 
or  three  others  of  the  same  genus,  one  of  which 
is  spoken  of  below,  are  also  in  bloom.  The 
day-blooming  “  Evening  ”  Primroses  are  very 
bright  all  day,  and  in  the  evening  the  fine 
flowers  of  CEnothera  biennis  grandiflora,  better 
known  as  (E.  Lamarckiana,  light  up  the  parts 
of  the  garden  in  which  they  grow.  Sea  Hollies, 
too,  with  their  spiny  heads,  are  ever  admired, 
and  a  small  group  of  a  tall  white  Echinops  are 
very  effective  with  their  handsome  leaves  and 
their  ivory  heads  of  flowers,  which,  in  dry 
weather,  are  hardly  ever  without  bees  in  search 
of  honey.  The  bright  variety  of  Lythrum 
salicaria  named  rosea  is  very  effective  also. 
Tall  Campanulas  continue  in  beauty,  ana 
some  of  the  dwarfer  kinds  help  to  make  the 
No.  2146.— VOL.  XOIII.,  Old  Series. 
