October  31,  1895. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  A2\D  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
405 
SPECIAL  CULTURE 
OF 
FRUIT  TREES  &  ROSES 
A  large  and  select  stock  is  now  offered  for  sale. 
The  ILLUSTRA.TED  and  DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE  of 
FRUITS  and  ROSES,  Post  Free,  3d, 
Winners  of  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society’s  Gold  Medal, 
1893, 1894,  and  1895;  also  at  Manchester  and  Liverpool. 
THOMAS  RIVERS  &  SON, 
THE  NURSERIES,  ' 
SAWBRIDGEWORTH,  HERTS. 
STATION-IIARLOW.  G.E.R. 
LORD’S  GARI\!ATI0NS. 
Highest  Awards  wherever  Exhibited.  All  the  best  Bizarres, 
Flakes,  Picotees,  Selfs,  Fancies,  and  Yellow  Grounds  in 
commerce.  Having  won  the  leading  prize  at  the  National 
Carnation  Exhibition  (Northern  Section)  for  thirteen  consecutive 
years  (1883  to  1895  inclusive)  is  sufficient  proof  of  the  quality 
of  the  plants.  My  selection,  6/-  and  9/-  per  dozen,  free  for  cash. 
Catalogue  on  application.  Please  mention 
T.  liOR3>,  Florist,  TOSMEORDEW.  this  Paper. 
FRUIT  TREES-A  SPECIALITY. 
STRAWBERRIES! 
*NnVPl?PTlTN  Best  Strawberry  Grown. 
OU 1  ijIliilUil.  Special  quotations  for  quantities. 
Also  COMPETITOR  No.  1,  and  best  of  Laxton’s  and  Allan’s 
New  Varieties,  All  the  best  of  the  New  and  Old  Varieties  in 
cultivation.  Special  quotations  for  market  purposes. 
PETJIT  TKEES  of  all  sorts  in  all  forms. 
Pomona  Farm  Nurseries,  WITHINGTON,  HEREFORD. 
THE  KING  OF  DENDROBES 
DEND.  PHALAINOPSIS  SCHEODEEIANA. 
2000  Blooms  Now  Open.  Inspection  cordially  invited. 
RARE  DEWBROBIUMS— A  Speciality. 
JAMES  CYPHER, CHELTENHAM. 
KENT  THE  GARDEN  OF  ENGLAND. 
Named  Varieties,  2/6  doz.,  20/-  100  ;  Hyacinths,  mixed,  8/-  100  ; 
Roman  Hyacinths,  10/-  100 ;  Tulips,  double  and  single,  in  10 
named  varieties,  5/-  100  ;  mixed  (for  beds),  1/6  P  0  ;  Crocus,  in 
10  named  varieties,  2/- 100  ;  mixed,  7d.  100;  Narcissus  Polyan¬ 
thus,  in  10  named  varieties,  5/-  100,  mixed;  single  Anemone, 
mixed  seedlings,  all  colours,  1/3  100;  The  Bride,  1/8  10  ;  double 
Anemone,  mixed,  2/6  100 ;  Ranunculus,  giant  double  French, 
mixed,  1/-  lOO;  Lilium,  mixed,  in  many  varieties,  8/-  100; 
Gladiolus,  The  Bride  (Colvillei  alba),  1/6  100_;  Iris  Angelica, 
mixed,  2/6  100  ;  Iris  Hispanica,  in  fine  mixture,  7d.  100 ;  8cilla 
Siberica,  1/6  100;  Galanthus  (single  Snowdrops),  1/8  100;  choice 
Ixias,  mixed,  8d.  100. 
Complete  Collection  (B)  for  Indoor,  472  choice  bulbs,  at  £l ; 
half  this,  11/-.  Collection  D,  for  Spring  Gardening,  1454  bulbs, 
at  £1  ;  half  this,  11s.  No  Charge  for  Packing.  All  orders  free 
to  any  railway  station  in  England,  Scotland,  or  Ireland. 
PLEASE  A,SK  FOR  FULL  LIST  AT  THE  GROWERS- 
A.,  A.  B003VCS  ^  00.» 
OVERVEEN,  near  HAARLEM,  HOLLAND 
No.  8  1.— VoL  XXXI.,  Third  Series. 
JOSHUA  LE  CORNU  &  SON’S 
iCDCCV  TREES 
UCilwCf  BOSE  ^TBEES. 
Vast  quantities  of  strong,  healthy,  fibrously-rooted  Apple, 
Pear,  Plum,  and  Peach  Trees,  Grape  Vines,  and  Rose  Trees. 
CORDONS  A  SPECIALITY.— All  our  Fruit  Trees  and 
Roses  are  carefully  lifted,  properly  packed  free  of  cost,  and 
promptly  delivered,  carriage  paid.  Before  ordering  every  reader 
of  this  paper  should  write  for  our  Illustrated  Catalogues. 
HZGU  VIEW  NURSERIES,  JERSEY. 
FERNS  SPEcfALITY. 
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.  Sc  J.  BIRKENHEAD,  F.R.H.S., 
FERN  NURSERIES,  SALE,  near  MANCHESTER. 
j  . 
IE  'STOXT  •WA3VT 
FRUIT  TREES 
That  will  bear  regularly,  purchase  Apples  worked  upon  our 
Paradise  Stock.  We  have  70,000  to  select  from,  and  shall  I 
be  pleased  to  show  them  to  visitors. 
TRAZl^ED  TREES  A  SPECZAXZTY. 
Catalogue  Free  upon  Application. 
J.  R.  PEARSON  &  SONS, 
CHILWELL  NURSERIES,  NOTTS. 
ESTABLISHED  1782. 
I.  DAVIES  &  SON 
Are  now  offering  the  following  at  a  discount  to  large  buyers 
to  clear  ground  wanted  for  building  purposes. 
RHODOEEWDRON-S,  from  1  to  6  ft.,  very  bushy,  and 
well  covered  with  buds,  of  all  the  best  varieties,  many  of 
their  own  raising, 
AZAXiEAS,  their  sweet-scented  Mollis,  Ghent,  and  Pon- 
ticum  ;  also  their  new  HYBRIDS,  a  mass  of  buds. 
Sweet-scented  KHODODBNDRONS,  and  General 
Nursery  Stock. 
DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE  POST  FREE. 
BROOK  LANE  NURSERY,  ORMSKIRK. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
SET^n)REstlNG^ InSIdIiENTS 
Three  Pairs  of  Forceps,  Brush  and  Case  complete, 
10s.  6d. ;  Large  Forceps,  for  pulling  centres,  3s.  9d. ; 
Smaller  do.,  for  Dressing,  2s.  9d.  Free  for  Cash. 
THE  BEST  CUPS  AND  TUBES  ARE 
THE  BECKETTS, 
All  Sizes,  both  for  Japanese  and  Incurved,  at  9s.  per  dozen, 
or  with  additional  tube  for  raising  the  Bloom  3  inches  higher 
than  the  ordinary  one,  12s.  per  dozen. 
THE  SPRINGTHORPE 
For  Japanese  and  Incurved,  all  sizes,  9s.  per  dozen. 
All  Free  /or  Cash  with.  Order. 
IBL.  «r.  JONESS, 
RYECROFT  NURSERY,  HITHER  GREEN,  LEWISHAM,  S.E. 
To  Nurserymen,  Builders,  Local  Boards,  Vestries,  and 
others  who  intend  planting  Trees  and  Shrubs  this  Season. 
The  Nurseries,  Trinity  Road,  WANDSWORTH,  S.  IV.; 
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 
especially  suitable  for  town  planting.  Also  a  large  stock  of 
SEAKALE  and  RHUBARB  for  forcing.  Sample  and  price  of 
Seakale  sent  by  post  if  desired. 
DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE  FREE. 
THURSDAY,  OCTOBER  31,  1895. 
POTATOES  ANCIENT  AND  MODEEN- 
THE  above  might  not  inappropriately  have 
formed  the  title  of  Mr.  Arthur  W.  Sutton’s 
most  interesting  lecture  delivered  last  Tuesday 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Royal  Horticultural 
Society.  Mr,  Sutton  is  nothing  if  not  thorough, 
and  certainly  he  treated  his  subject  exhaustively 
from  the  point  of  view  he  chose  for  his  compre¬ 
hensive  exposition.  This  may  be  described  as 
historical  and  scientific  — [a  wise  choice  un¬ 
doubtedly,  having  regard  to  the  occasion  and  the 
character  of  his  audience.  The  lecturer  recog¬ 
nised  that  most  of  those  to  whom  he  spoke  were 
sufficiently  acquainted'  with  the  routine  in  its 
j  various  aspects  of  Potato  cultivation,  and  were 
I  also  generally  acquainted  with  most  of  the 
leading  varieties,  and  therefore  took  a  different 
I  standpoint.  He  went  back  as  far  as  he  could  to 
the  origin  of  the  Potato,  and  noted  its  progress 
and  developments  during  a  period  of  more  thau 
!  300  years,  for  he  commenced  with  the  probable 
introduction  of  the  Potato  from  Virginia  by  Sir 
Walter  Ealeigh  in  1586,  and  ended  in  1895  with 
experiments  at  Reading,  in  which  the  growth  of 
the  Tomato  above  ground  was  made  to  nourish 
Potato  tubers  within  it ;  and  conversely  the 
roots  of  the  Tomato  made  to  produce  tubers  in 
the  axils  of  the  leaves  of  the  Potato  stem  which 
those  roots  supported. 
The  lecturer  was,  as  might  be  expected,  up  to 
date  in  another  respect — namely,  in  teaching 
through  the  eye  with  the  aid  of  lantern  slides, 
as  well  as  orally.  First,  and  fittingly,  came  the 
portrait  of  Gerarde,  which  forms  the  frontis¬ 
piece  of  his  famous  “  Herbal.”  The  old  author 
holds  in  his  hand  a  spray  of  a  Potato  plant 
bearing  flowers  and  berries,  and  the  fact  that  he 
preferred  being  portraited  with  it  seems  to 
indicate  that  he  regarded  the  then  new  introduc¬ 
tion  (1587)  of  more  than  ordinary  importance ; 
and  in  all  probability  Gerarde  was  the  first 
cultivator  of  the  Potato  in  England.  Where  he 
cultivated  it  is  not  exactly  known,  but  it  is 
approximately  suggested  by  one  of  his  letters  to 
his  patron,  Lord  Burghley,  dated  “  From  my 
house  in  Holborn,  within  the  suburbs  of 
London,  this  first  of  December,  1597.”  The 
late  Mr.  G.  W.  Johnson,  after  close  research, 
believed  that  Gerarde’s  house  and  garden  were 
No.  2457.— VOL.  XCIII.,  OLD  SERIES. 
