January  6,  1898. 
JOURNAL  OR  nORTlGULTVRB  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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FINEST  SELECTED  STRAINS 
OF  TESTED  GR0WTH«3 
^ _  — 
BARR’S  SEED  GUIDE  for  1898 
IS  NOW  READY, 
And  will  be  Forwarded  Free  on  Application. 
Barr  s  Seed  Guide  for  1898  contains  a  select 
List  of  tile  best  Vegetable  Seeds  and  most  beautiful 
Flower  Seeds.  It  is  full  of  Practical  Hints,  and  will  be 
found  invaluable  to  Gardeners,  Amateurs,  and  Exhibitors. 
Sent  free  on  application. 
Barr’s  21/-  Collection  of  tlie  Best  Vege¬ 
table  Seeds  contains  14  Pint.s  of  Peas  (best  successional 
sorts),  0  Pints  of  Beans  (Broad,  French,  and  Runners^  and 
a  liberal  Assortment  of  other  Vegetable  Seeds,  for  One 
Year’s  supply.  For  full  particulars  see  Barr’s  Seed  Guide, 
free  on  applicat  on. 
Barr’s  10/6  Collection  of  Choice  Flower 
Seeds  contains  a  liberal  .selection  of  the  most  beautiful 
Annuals  and  Pei'ennials.  Full  particulars  in  Barr’s  Seed 
Guide,  in  which  will  also  be  found  many  sterling  Novelties 
for  1898. 
All  Seeds  sent  Carriage  Paid  on  receipt  of  remittance. 
BARK.  SONS, 
12  &  13  KIHG  ST.,  COVENT  GARDEN,  LONDON 
iNcrseeies— LONG  DITTON,  SURREY. 
(Surbiton  Station,  S.W.  Railway.) 
SSTABX.ZSHBD  1832. 
No  connection  with  any  other  firm  of  a  similar  Name. 
SPRING 
C&TALOGUE 
For  1898, 
OF 
Vegetable  &  Flow  Seeds 
BULBS  £  PLANTS 
IS  NOW  READY. 
Will  be  sent  Post  Free  on  application  to  their  Offices  at 
OVERVEEN,  near  HAARLEM,  HOLLAND,  or  to  their 
Gk.ver.il  Agents— 
Messrs.  MERTENS  &  CO., 
3,  CROSS  LANE,  LONDON,  E.C. 
No.  915.— Voh.  XXXVI.,  Tiiiui)  Seuies. 
AMATEUR'S  GUIDE 
IN  HORTICULTURE 
FOR  1898 
Contains  full  particulars  of 
The  Best  Vegetables  for  the  Table ; 
The  Best  Disease  -  Resisting  Potatoes; 
AND 
The  Most  Beautiful  Flowers. 
The  Most  Complete  Seed  Catalogue  issued.  Profusely 
Illustrated  with  194  Illustrations. 
PRICE  1/-,  POST  FREE. 
SUnON’S  ABRIDGED  LIST 
OF 
VEGETABLE  AND  FLOWER  SEEDS. 
Especially  suitable  for  owners  of  Small  Gardens. 
It  i.s  beautifully  Illu.strated  and  contains  de.scriptions 
of  the  Best  Vegetables,  Potatoes,  and  Flowers. 
Gratis  and  Post  Free  on  Application. 
SUTTON’SSEEDS 
GENUINE  ONLY  FROM  SUTTON  &  SONS, READING. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS! 
All  the  New  and  Choicest  Varieties. 
CAEVAT’S  N-OVEI.TXES  FOR  1897, 
YEX.I.O'W  MAEAIMCE  CARITOT,  Ac. 
Strong  Plants  and  Cuttings  at  moderate  prices.  Full 
Catalogue  Post  Free. 
R.  C.  NOTCDTT,  IPSWICH. 
ALL  THE  LEADING  VARIETIES  IN 
Standards,  Half-Standards,  Dwarfs,  Climbers. 
ALSO  IN  POTS. 
OF  SUPERI.ATZVE  QUAI.XTZES. 
Priced  Catalogues  Post  Free. 
DICKSONS  Nurseries,  CHESTER 
LONDON  FERN  NURSERIES, 
Loughborough  Junction,  London,  S.W.— Ferns,  large 
and  small,  in  variety  ;  Aralias,  Grevilleas,  Cyperus,  Ficus, 
Krica.s,  Palms,  Dracaenas,  A.spidistras,  Hydrangeas,  Pelar¬ 
goniums,  Fuchsias,  Marguerites,  Crotons,  &c.  Trade, 
send  for  Wholesale  List.  Special  List  for  Amateurs,  send 
for  one.— J.  E.  SMITH. 
PURE  WOOD  CHARCOAL,  Specially  Prepared 
for  Horticultural  use.  Extract  from  the  Journal  of 
Horticulture :  ‘  ‘  Charcoal  is  invaluable  as  a  manurial  agent ; 
each  little  piece  is  a  pantry  full  of  the  good  things  of  tliis 
life.  There  is  no  cultivated  plant  which  is  not  benefited  by 
having  Charcoal  applied  to  the  soil  in  which  it  is  rooted.” 
Apply  for  Pamphlet  and  Prices  to  the  Manufacturers — 
HIRST,  BROOKE  &  HIRST,  Ltd.,  Leeds. 
Greenhouses  from  £3  s/-,  vineries, 
CONSERVATORIES,  well-made  FRAMES,  painted 
or  glazed,  from  21/-.  Illustrated  Price  Lists  free.  Maker 
TO  H.M.  THE  Queen  and  H.R.H.  the  Prince  of  Wales. 
OTTER,  HAWTHORN  & 
London  Works,  Reading. 
CO.,  Manufacturers, 
(Name  Paper. ) 
THE  JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  can  be  obtained 
from  the  Office.  12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  St., 
London,  post  free  for  a  Quarter,  3/9.  Editorial 
communicationa  must  be  addressed  to  8,  Rose 
Hill  Rd.,  Wandsworth,  S.W. 
NEW  YEAR’S  ADDRESS. 
I  FEEL  it  to  be  a  special  privilege,  as  indicated 
last  week,  to  be  permitted  again  to  send  my 
annual  greeting  to  the  readers  of  “  Our  Journal.” 
While  our  minds  have  during  the  past  year 
been,  so  to  speak,  saturated  with  jubilees,  the 
present  year  indicates  another  which  ought  to  be 
peculiarly  grateful  to  its  readers,  for  it  was  in 
1818  that  the  Cottage  Gardener  first  made  its 
humble  appearance  in  the  city  of  Winchester, 
whence  it  emerged  to  take  its  position  as  a 
well  recognised  organ  of  horticulture  under  the 
name  which  it  has  since  retained,  the  Journal  of 
Horticulture  and  Cottage  Gardener ;  and  yet,  like 
all  things  here,  this  pleasure  is  mixed  with  sorrow, 
for  one  cannot  but  think  how  rejoiced  Dr.  Robert 
Hogg  (who  had  for  so  many  years  as  first  joint 
editor,  and  afterwards  sole  proprietor,  guided  its 
destinies)  would  have  welcomed  the  completion  of 
its  fiftieth  year  of  true  seivice  to  the  cause  he  had 
so  much  at  heart. 
When  on  the  threshold  of  a  new  year  one 
naturally  takes  a  glance  over  the  past,  and  the 
w’orking  of  the  different  agencies  as  influencing 
the  future  of  gardening.  Last  week  I  could  only 
refer  to  a  special  and  historical  act  of  the  Royal 
Horticultural  Society ;  but  its  ordinary  work  demands 
attention.  This  has  been  carried  out  in  the  same 
effective  way  which  has  characterised  it  during 
the  last  few  years.  There  may  he  some  combative 
people  who  regret  the  stormy  days  of  South  Ken¬ 
sington,  but  I  think  they  must  be  very  rare,  and 
that  all  must  rejoice  in  the  more  peaceful  and 
prosperous  time  on  which  the  Society  has  fallen. 
It  is  now  in  very  deed  what  its  name  imports ; 
its  officers  are  men  w'ho  are  deeply  interested  in  the 
pursuit  which  this  is  designed  to  encourage,  and 
harmony  and  good  feeling  pervade  its  meetings. 
Its  two  great  exhibitions,  the  one  at  the  Temple  in 
May,  and  the  great  fruit  show  held  in  the  Crystal 
Palace  in  the  autumn,  have  both  maintained  their 
high  character;  in  the  former  everything  that  is 
noticeable  in  floriculture,  from  the  stately  Orchid  to 
the  humble  hardy  plant,  is  to  be  seen,  while  the 
grand  display  of  the  British- grown  fruit  at  the 
show  at  the  Crystal  Palace  has  tended  much  to 
the  encouragement  of  fruit  growing  in  oiir  own 
No.  2571.— VoL.  XCVIII.,  Old  Series. 
