October  10, 1896. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  ATvv  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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Fruit  Trees  and  Vines. 
JAMES  VEITGH 
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Beg  to  direct  attention  to  their  very  fine  Stock  of  all 
THE  LEADING  VARIETIES  OF  THE  ABOVE. 
CATALOGUES  AND  ALL  PARTICULARS  MAY  BE  OBTAINED  AT 
THE  ROYAL  EXOTIC  NURSERY,  CHELSEA,  LONOON. 
BUNYARD’S  KENT 
STRAWBERRIES 
PRICES  KTOW  REDUCED. 
SEND  FOR  CATALOGUE  AND  PLANT  AT  ONCE. 
GEORGE  BUNYARD  &  CO.,  Nurmtes,  MAIDSTONE 
ESTABLISHED  1832. 
NO  CONNECTION  "WITH  ANY  OTHER  FIRM 
OF  THE  SAME  NAME. 
&  SON  S 
CELEBRATED 
HYACINTHS, 
TULIPS, 
AND  ALL  OTHER 
DUTCH,  CAPE,  AND  EXOTIC 
BULBS  AND  PLANTS 
Our  Descriptive  CATALOGUE  of  the  above,  containing; 
FULL  CULTUEAL  DIEEGTIONS  and  particulars  as 
to  FEEE  DELIVEET,  will  be  sent  nost  free  on  appli¬ 
cation  to  our  Offices  at  OVEEVEEN,  near  HAAELEM, 
HOLLAND,  or  to  our  General  Agents— 
Messrs.  MERTENS  &  CO., 
3,  CROSS  LANE,  LONDON,  E.O. 
OLD  CRIMSON  CLOVES. 
Thousands  for  Sale  in  Splendid  Condition.  Also  SCARLET 
CLOVES  Raby  Castle.  Redbraes,  Salisbury,  Reynolds  Hole.  Ger¬ 
mania,  and  Mrs.  Muir,  all  at  3s.  6d.  per  dozen.  Malmaison  (Blush) 
and  Uriah  Pike,  68.  per  dozen.  All  post  free.  Cash  with  order. 
The  Silver  Medals  of  the  Gardening  and  Fores  ry  Exhibition 
and  of  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  have  been  awarded  to 
me  for  Carnations  in  Pots. 
J.  Walborn,  •'  Cedars  Nursery,”  West  Kensington,  W. 
To  Nurserymen,  Builders,  Local  Boards,  Vestries,  and 
others  who  intend  planting  Trees  and  Shrubs  this  Season. 
ROBERT 
The  Nurseries,  Trinity  Road,  WANDSWORTH,  S.W., 
Begs  to  offer  an  extensive  stock  of  FOREST  and  ORNA- 
MENTAL  TREES  and  SHRUBS,  ROSES,  GRAPE 
VINES,  FRUIT  TREES,  CLIMBING  PLANTS,  &c., 
which,  being  grown  in  the  neighbourhood  of  London,  are 
espesial'y  suitable  for  town  planting.  Also  a  large  stock  of 
SEAKALE  and  RHUBABB  for  forcing.  Sample  and  price  of 
Seakale  sent  by  post  if  desired. 
DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE  FREE. 
CARNATIONS  AND  PIGOTEES. 
Collection  of  300  of  the  finest 
varieties  in  cultivation- 
Layers  Strong,  Prices  Moderate,  No  Disease,  Lists  Free. 
PRITCHARD  &  SONS,  Nurserymen,  SHREWSBURY. 
Carters  s?  Carters 
We  have  just  received  an  exceptionally  fine  consignment 
of  the  popular 
BERMUDA  EASTER  LILY 
(L.  HARRISSI), 
and  can  offer,  so  long  as  the  supply  lasts,  MAGNIFICENT 
Bulbs,  price  is/-  per  dozen,  2/-  each  ;  Fine  Bulbs,  10/6 
per  dozen,  1/-  each  ;  Smaller  Bulbs,  as  usually  adver¬ 
tised,  price  5/-  per  dozen . 
CHINESE  SACRED  NARCISSUS 
The  Bulbs  of  this  variety  are  largely  grown  by  the  Chinese 
in  fancy  bowls,  and  its  presence  in  the  house  is  considered 
an  emblem  of  good  luck.  For  invalids  and  others  in¬ 
terested  in  watching  the  growth  of  a  plant  from  day  to 
day,  we  know  of  nothing  that  affords  such  a  great 
amount  of  pleasure.  Fine  Bulbs  price  6d.  each,  5/-  per 
dozen.  JAPANESE  BOWLS  for  1  bulb,  1/- ;  2  bulbs,  1/6  : 
3  bulbs,  2/-:  4  bulbs,  2/9.  All  Parcels  Carriage  Free. 
Carters  SEEDSMEN,  Carters 
237,  238,  &  97,  HIGH  HOLBORN,  LONDON. 
AUTUMN  THOUGHTS. 
At  no  particular  season  of  the  year  is  time 
afforded  for  a  complete  rest  from  Love’s 
labours  in  the  gardener’s  department ;  yet  I 
think  that  it  is  at  this  period  we  arrive  at  the 
nearest  approach  to  it.  Busy  workers,  as  a  rule, 
do  not  look  for  a  cessation  of  work,  such  would 
not  mean  rest  to  them  ;  but  there  are  many, 
very  many  of  the  present  day,  who  from  the 
vernal  start  of  vegetation  to  its  autumnal 
decline  find  it  so  hard  to  keep  pace  with  the 
necessary  work  conducive  to  success  that  not 
until  the  season  arrives  which  is  now  with  us 
does  anxiety  give  place  to  a  more  reposeful 
feeling. 
True,  winter  is  the  season  of  rest  with 
vegetation ,  but  not,  I  think,  with  the  gardener, 
who  is  then  to  be  found  prudently  taking  Time 
by  the  forelock  and  recommencing  by  anticipa¬ 
tion  another  round  of  duty  while  Nature  sleeps. 
Any  way,  the  last  season  of  the  year  (winter) 
does  not  present  to  the  observant  eye  such 
beauty  as  that  we  are  now  entering  upon,  and 
with  men  who  are  so  much  in  communion  with 
Nature  as  we  are  there  is  real  enjoyment,  for  a 
brief  spell  only  perhaps,  of  what  appears  to  me 
to  be  our  especial  prerogative. 
It  may  not  be  until  now  that  the  highest 
degree  of  tidiness,  so  dear'  to  the  heart  of  the 
man  of  method,  is  obtained.  Such  is  the  case 
in  some  important  gardens  that  I  am  acquainted 
with,  and  doubtless  others  have  similar  ex¬ 
perience.  Especially  is  this  the  case  where 
circumstances  demand  that  some  help  should 
be  contributed  by  the  garden  to  the  farm,  and 
the  already  overtaxed  staff  have  had  to  throw 
down  spade  or  hoe  to  take  up  the  fork  and  hay 
rake.  If  this  is  only  during  a  spell  of  inclement 
weather  for  the  saving  of  that  important  crop, 
it  comes  at  a  time  when  the  hours  are  most 
precious  in  the  garden,  and  generally  results  in 
a  fight  to  keep  matters  fairly  straight  until 
vegetation  receives  that  check  which  autumn 
gives  ;  then,  and  perhaps  only  then,  is  breathing 
time  permitted  to  the  man  at  the  helm,  and  he 
can  look  back  and  look  on  ere  he  again  looks 
forward. 
Autumn  thoughts  are  not  now  confined  to 
the  garden,  yet  here  we  seek  for  and  are  noting 
No.  2454.— VOL.  XCni.,  Old  Seeibs. 
No.  798.— VOL.  XXXL,  Third  Series. 
