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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTACxE  GARDENER. 
NEW  BULB  CATALOGUE  a  11895. 
NOW  READY,  POST  FREE  ON  APPLICATION. 
WM.  CLIBHAN  &  SON 
Have  received  tlieir  Importations  of  SPECIALLY  SELECTED  BULBS  of 
EARLY  WHITE  ROMAN  HYACINTHS,  PAPER-WHITE  NARCISSUS, 
And  other  Bulbs  for  Early  Forcing,  in  SPLENDID  CONDITION,  &  SOLICIT  IMMEDIATE  ORDERS. 
10  &  12,  MARKET  ST.,  MANCHESTER,  also  at  Altrincliain,  Llandudno  Junction,  &c. 
ORCHIDS. 
CLEAN  HEALTHY  PLANTS  AT  LOW  PRICES. 
Alioays  worth  a  visit  of  inspection.  Kindly  send  for  Catalogue. 
Exotic  Nurseries,  CHELTENHAM. 
STRAWBERRY 
PLANTS. 
Hand-laid  Kunners  and  Plants 
in  Pots  of  the  best  varieties, 
including  Royal  Sovereign, 
President,  Sir  J.  Paxton,  British 
Queen,  Keens’  Seedling,  Vicom- 
tesse  H.  de  Thury,  Dr.  Hogg, 
Noble,  and  others. 
DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOOUE  on  application. 
DICKSONS  Nurseries  CHESTER 
THURSDAY,  SEPTEMBER  12,  1895. 
AUTUxAIN  GLORIES. 
KENT,  THE  GARDEN  OF  ENGLAND 
GEORGE  BUNYARD  &  GO. 
Beg  to  Invite  Amateurs  and  Gardeners  to 
visit  their 
EXTENSIVE  FRUIT  TREE  NURSERIES 
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ixr  o 
while  the  Trees  are  in  Full  Beauty.  They  Ibelieve  their 
Collection  was  never  richer  or  in  better  condition,  and 
it  is  pronounced  by  Experts  to  be  a  marvellous  example 
of  careful  Scientific  Culture. 
MARKET  GROWERS  SHOULD  COME  AND  SELECT 
THE  BEST  PAYING  SORTS. 
FRUITING  EXAMPLES  OF  ALL  KINDS, 
And  Developed  Trees  to  Crop  at  once. 
TRXJE  TO 
Frequent  Trains  from  London,  by  Cbatliam  and  Dover  and  Soutb- 
Eastern  Railways.  Return  Fare,  6s.  9d. 
GEORGE  BUNYARD  &  CO., 
POMOLOGISTS  AND  MERCHANT  NURSERYMEN, 
The  gorgeous  mantle  of  a  dying  year,  with 
all  its  marvellous  tints,  has  yet  to  be  put  on. 
There  is,  indeed,  but  little  evidence  at  present 
of  the  “  sere  and  yellow  leaf,”  and  probably 
peculiarities  of  weather  during  the  past  summer, 
which  have  had  some  tendency  to  reverse  the 
order  of  growth  and  rest  in  vegetation,  will 
defer  the  transformation  scene  to  a  little  later 
than  usual.  Anyway,  it  is  yet  premature  to  call 
attention,  if  it  was  necessary  to  do  so,  to  what 
is  still  in  the  distance,  be  that  distance  near 
or  far.  The  present  may  now  be  dealt  with, 
and  beyond  one  distant,  glorious  view  of 
mountains  daily  deepening  in  the  glow  of 
Heather  bloom  this  brief  review  is  confined 
exclusively  to  the  garden. 
Perhaps  at  no  season  of  the  year  are  we  so 
much  dependent  on  a  spell  of  fine  weather  to 
reap  the  full  enjoyment  of  what  may  be  rather 
the  glories  of  the  waning  summer  than  of 
autumn  proper.  So  rich  and  varied  in  colour 
are  the  many  things  that  greet  the  eye,  and  so 
grateful  is  the  perfume  of  things  unseen,  that 
one  would  fain  believe  that  the  end  is  still  far 
off.  Yet  in  hoping  that  such  may  be  the  case, 
we  know  how  little  the  aged  year  possesses  of 
recuperative  force  ;  how  one  brief  gale  is 
sufficient  to  shatter  our  idol  beyond  recovery  ; 
hence  an  especial  interest  is  attached  to  the 
life  which  hangs  by  slender  threads.  Certainly 
at  no  period  of  the  past  year  have  we  had  such 
a  rich  display  iu  the  garden  as  is  now  to  be 
found  there,  and  on  all  sides  are  we  more  than 
compensated  for  those  things  which  are  “  faded 
and  gone.”  Without  employing  comparison 
between  those  which  add  to  the  autumnal  glory 
of  the  garden,  there  is  one  border  standing  out 
pre-eminent  in  its  unique  colouring,  and  one, 
too,  which  is  contributing  so  abundantly  and 
satisfactorily  to  the  decoration  of  the  mansion. 
This  is  a  border,  60  feet  long  by  4  feet  wide, 
running  east  and  west,  of  Montbretia  crocos- 
maeflora.  From  early  morning,  when  the  rising 
sun  glints  through  the  myriad  of  warm  hued 
blossoms,  until  his  last  rays  linger  lovingly 
amongst  them,  is  our  Montbretia  border  a  thing 
of  beauty. 
Alternantheras  in  three  varieties,  entering 
largely  into  some  composite  work  dear  to  the 
No.  2450.— VOL.  XCIII.,  Old  Series. 
No.  794.— VOL.  XXXI.,  TuiRD  Series. 
