uary  17,  1898. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAQE  OARDENER. 
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NEST  SELECTED  STRAINS 
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VEGETABLE  SEEDS 
!  a  constant  supply  of  Vegetables  all  the  year 
le  Seeds  are  all  of  the  most  approved  varieties,  and, 
be  seen,  the  utmost  libei-ality  has  been  evinced. 
Peas. 
Bhoad  Beans. 
•  WAKE  Fkench 
NS. 
CAKLET  Runners. 
i'  Beet. 
Borecole. 
rs.  Broccoli. 
ET  Brussels 
OUTS. 
rs  Cabbage. 
r  COLEWORT. 
Cabbage  Savoy. 
ARROT. 
rs  Celery. 
r  Cauliflower. 
ESS. 
r  Cress,  American 
('inter. 
2  PACKETS  Cucumber. 
1  PACKET  Endive. 
4  PACKETS  Lettuce. 
1  packet  Leek. 
1  ,,  Melon. 
4  oz.  Mustard. 
4  PACKETS  Onion. 
1  oz.  Parsnip. 
oz.  Radish. 
1  PACKET  SaLSAFY. 
1  ,,  SCORZONERA. 
4  OZ.  SPINACH. 
3  OZ.  Turnip. 
1  PACKET  Tomato. 
1  ,,  Vegetable  Marroav 
1  packet  Thyme. 
1  ,,  Pot  Marjoram. 
1  .  ,,  Summer  Savory. 
1  ,,  Parsley. 
COIil.ECTZOXa'S,  12/6,  42/-,  to  105/- 
ds  sent  Carriage  Paid  on  receipt  of  remittance. 
BARR  SONS, 
;  KING  ST.,  COYfiNT  GARDEN,  LONDON 
R  PRESENT  SOWING, 
AND 
LBS  AND  PLANTS 
)R  SPRING  PLANTING. 
lections  of  Vegetable 
md  Flower  Seeds, 
ip  of  the  most  popular  Varieties,  and  to  suit 
I  requirements,  from  2/-  and  upwards. 
IIPTIVE  CATALOGUE  of  the  above,  with 
-TURAL  Directions,  wdll  be  .sent  post  free  on  appli- 
on  to  our  Offices  at  OVERVEEN,  near  HAARLEM, 
LLAND,  or  to  our  General  Agents— 
isrs.  MERTENS  &  CO., 
I,  CROSS  LANE,  LONDON,  E.C. 
.  921.— VoL.  XXXVI.,  Third  Series. 
N0V7  IS  THE  TIME  TO  PLANT 
ALL  THE  LEADING  VARIETIES  IN 
Standards,  Half-Standards,  Dwarfs,  Climbers. 
ALSO  IN  POTS. 
OF  SVPERX.ATZVS  QUAX.XTZES. 
Priced  Catalogues  Post  Free. 
DICKSONS  taeries,  CHESTER 
CARNATIONS  AND  PICOTEES.— 12  choice 
named  for  exhibition,  6/- ;  12  choice  named  for 
border,  6/- ;  12  choice  named  yellow  grounds,  6/- ;  unnamed 
Carnations  for  massing,  3/6  per  dozen  ;  2o/-  per  100.  AU 
free  for  cash.  Catalogues  post  free.— T.  LORD,  Hole- 
bottom,  Todmorden. 
■pvUTCH  BULBS.— J,  J.  THOOLEN,  Bulb  and 
JL/  Plant  Grower,  OVERVEEN,  near  HAARLEM, 
HOLLAND,  has  tlie  honour  to  inform  that  his  Illustrated 
Price  List  in  Engli.sh,  Spring,  1898,  is  ready,  and  will  be 
sent  free  on  application.  No  charges  for  packing.  Orders 
of  10/-  and  above  entirely  free  to  destinations  in  England, 
Scotland,  and  Ireland,  Ac.  Lowest  prices  ;  first  quality 
guaranteed. 
^HOICE  NEW  CHRYSANTHEMUMS.— Yellow 
Carnot,  Western  King,  Mrs.  S.  C.  Probin,  Mrs. 
G.  W.  Palmer,  and  many  other  grand  novelties,  including 
M.  Calvat’s  varieties  of  1897,  at  moderate  prices.  Catalogue 
of  700  varieties  free.— J.  W.  COLE,  Midland  Road  Nursery, 
Peterborougli. 
T  EEKS  1  PANSIES  1  DAHLIAS  !  —  NEW 
i  J  LEEK,  “Excelsior,”  1/-  Per  Packet.  PANSIES, 
1  Dozen  Tip-top  Varieties,  3/6;  2  Dozen,  6/-;  Seed,  1/-  Per 
Packet.  NEW  BOOK  ON  THE  “PANSY,”  109pp.,  1/1. 
DAHLIAS,  Pot  Roots,  1  Dozen  Superb  Cactus  Varieties, 
4/6.  New  Seed  and  Plant  List  Free. 
ALEX.  LISTER  &  SON,  Florists,  ROTHESAY. 
CHOICE  GERMAN  FLOWER  AND 
VEGETABLE  SEEDS. 
CATALOGUES  free  on  application. 
FRED.  RffiMER,  Seed  Grower,  Quedlinburg,  Germany. 
innnnn  begonia  tubers.— Large,  erect 
JLUUiUU'J  flowering.  Single,  12  for  2/3;  100,  16/-. 
Double,  12  for  2/6;  100,  17/-.  Send  for  List,  frfie.— 
JOHN  WELLS,  Begonia  Nur.sery,  Ryarsh,  Mailing,  Kent. 
/^(ELOGYNE  CRISTATA,  well  grown,  with 
V_y  bloom  spikes,  25  bulbs,  2/- ;  about  .50  bulbs,  3/6  ; 
65  bulbs,  5/- ;  100  to  1.50  bulbs,  7/-  to  10/-  each.  CYPRIPE- 
DIUM  INSIONE,  2/6  per  dozen  crowns.— TRUSTEES, 
late  J.  STEVENSON,  Timperley,  Cheshire. 
\  LPINES,  ROCK  PLANTS  &  SHRUBS,  and 
YjL  herbaceous  perennials,  2000  to  3000  species 
and  varieties.  —  Catalogue,  130  pages,  descriptive  and 
illustrated,  free  on  application,  by  postcard,  to  MANAGER, 
Guildford  Hardy  Plant  Nursery,  Guildford.  Prices  largely 
reduced  for  dozens  and  hundreds. 
IMPORTANT  TO  MUSHROOM  GROWERS.— 
JL  CUTHBERT’S  SPECIALITE  MUSHROOM  SPAWN. 
Always  alike  ;  most  productive.  Hundreds  of  Testimonials. 
Per  Bushel  -5/-.— R.  &  G.  CUTHBERT,  Seed,  Bulb,  and 
Plant  Merchants,  Southgate,  N.  Established  1797. 
TTEATING  APPARATUS.  —  Medals  1875  and 
,J_JL  1881.  Catalogue  of  Boilers,  Pipes,  and  Fittings  free. 
\V.  Jones’  Treatise,  “Heating  by  Hot  Water,”  second 
edition,  216  pages,  2/6;  post  free,  2/10.  — JONES  and 
ATTVVOOD,  Stourbridge. 
A  LL  WHO  WISH  GRAND  RESULTS  should 
u.se  THOMSON’S  IMPROVED  VINE,  PLANT  and 
VEGETABLE  MANURE.  This  Valuable  Manure  is  yearly 
growing  in  public  favour.  Can  be  had  of  all  Nursery  and 
Seedsmen,  or  direct  from  the  makers,  WM.  THOMSON  and 
SONS,  Ltd.,  Tweed  Vineyard,  Clovenfords,  Galashiels, 
N.B.  Price  Lists  and  Testimonials  on  Application.  1  cwt. 
and  upwards  Carriage  Paid  to  all  stations  in  Britain  and 
Ireland.  London  Agent — Mr.  J.  George,  14,  Redgrave 
Road,  Putney.  Agent  for  Channel  Islands — Mr.  J.  H. 
Par.sons,  Market  Place,  Guern.sey.  Also  THOMSON’S 
SPECIAL  CHRYSANTHEMUM  MANURE.  J  cwt. 
Carriage  Paid  to  all  stations  in  Britain  and  Ireland. 
■pURE  WOOD  CHARCOAL,  Specially  Prepared 
JL  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  this 
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  £2  8/-,  VINERIES, 
VjT  CONSERVATORIES,  well-made  FRAMES,  painted 
or  glazed,  from  21/-.  Illustrated  Price  Lists  free.  Maker 
TO  H.M.  THE  Queen  and  H.B.H.  the  Prince  of  Wales. 
T)  OTTER,  HAWTHORN  &  CO.,  Manufacturers, 
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THE  ROYAL  HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY  :  MEDAL  AND  OTHER  AWARDS. 
Though  prominence  is  given  to  tRe  following 
communication,  it  is  not  to  be  implied  tbat 
we  are  in  full  accord  with  aU  the  propositions  of 
our  correspondent,  hut  rather  because  the  whole 
subject  of  making  awards  at  the  Drill  Hall 
meetings  appears  to  merit  greater  consideration  than 
it  seems  to  have  received. 
All  members  of  these  bodies  have  reason  to  be 
grateful  that  the  Council  is  presided  over  by  a 
gentleman  of  Sir  Trevor  Lawrence’s  good  sense 
and  discretion.  His  graceful  remarks,  the  moment 
appealed  to,  of  an  arrangement  with  respect  to 
making  awards  at  the  Drill  Hall  meetings,  so  likely 
to  fail,  showed  at  the  recent  annual  meeting  that  he, 
at  least,  fully  recognises  the  services  which  the  mem¬ 
bers  of  these  Committees  render  to  the  Society.  It 
was  rather  curious  that  the  Fruit  Committee  should 
have  been  the  only  one  that  in  a  body  at  the  recent 
Drill  Hall  meeting  objected  to  the  Council’s  order, 
and  this  in  the  interests  of  the  Society.  However, 
the  President  was  evidently  in  favour  of  the  sug¬ 
gestion  ’  that  each  Committee  should  do  as  the 
Floral  Committee  has  done  for  several  years — 
appoint  a  sub-Coramittee  to  make  the  medal 
awards  to  such  exhibits  as  are  entered  to  that 
Committee. 
But,  after  all,  as  the  object  of  the  Council  is  to 
reduce  the  number  of  medal  awards,  will  the 
proposed  sub-Committees  be  productive  of  the 
Council’s  desired  end  ?  Judging  by  the  Floral 
Committee’s  experience  I  should  say  not.  Did  not 
the  mixed  or  hybrid  Committee  of  the  8th  inst. 
make  just  as  many  awards  as  would  the  Committee 
under  ordinary  conditions  have  done?  Was  that 
the  reason  why  these  awards  were  kept  from  the 
Press  ?  or  do  the  Council  think,  as  I  think,  that 
the  publication  of  these  medal  awards  in  the  papers 
rather  intensifies  the  craving  which  seems  to  exist 
for  them  ?  I  am  not  sure  whether,  except  at  the 
great  shows  such  as  the  Temple  and  Crystal 
Palace,  it  would  not  be  a  good  thing  to  publish 
only  the  medal  awards  to  gardeners  or  amateurs. 
No.  2677.— VoL.  XCVIU.,  Old  Series. 
