June  2,  1898. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER, 
455 
At  the  TEMPLE  SHOW  the  ORCHIDS 
exhibited  by  M.  Jules  Hye,  of  Ghent, 
Belgium,  disappeared  from  the  tent  on 
the  evening  of  the  last  day  of  the  Show. 
Any  person  giving  such  information  to 
JAMES  VEITCH  &  SONS,  Ltd.,  Chelsea, 
9.3  will  lead  to  their  recovery,  will  be 
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BEGONIAS. 
ID "XT’ I ^3*  Gold  Medal  Strain. 
The  LARGEST  and  MOST  SUPERB  COLLECTION 
Ill  the  W’orld,  of  DOUBLE  and  SINGLE  TUBEROUS- 
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Bougainvillea  Cypherii. 
GRAND  NEW  PLANT. 
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1896,  and  the  Oxford  Commemoration  Show,  1896,  and  the 
Gold  Medal  at  Shrewsbury  Great  Royal  Commemorative 
Show,  1897,  for  the  best  new  plant  in  the  exliihitiou. 
JAMES  CYPHER  has  great  pleasure  in  offering  this  grand 
novelty.  Plants  ready  end  of  May,  price  10  6  each 
EXOTIC  nrURSERIES,  CHELTENTHAIVI. 
THE  “SPROUGHTON”  HOF. 
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approved  at  Chiswick  (R.H.S.  \  and  at  the  Roval  Gardens, 
AVindsor.  Strongly  commended  by  Sutton  &  .Sons,  Mr.  E 
Molyneux,  and  other  leading  horticulturists.  Copie-s  of 
testimonials  from  Rev.  A.  Fostek-Melliar,  Sproiighton, 
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Messrs.  RANSOMES,  SZXVXS  &.  JEFFRIES, 
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IS  BRITAIN  ADVANCING? 
IT  has  been  said  that  “  the  wealth,  prosperity,  and 
rffinement  of  any  nation  may  be  correctly 
estimated  by  the  quantity  of  flowers  and  plants 
employed  in  the  adornment  of  its  homes  and 
gardens.”  If  this  is  true — and  it  appears  to  be  so 
to  me — then,  indeed,  must  Britain  have  made 
tremendous  strides  in  prosjerity  and  refinement 
during  the  last  twenty-five  years,  for  flowers  seem 
now  to  enter  largely  into  the  life  of  almost  every 
individual.  Common  species  and  varieties  are 
cherished  by  rich  and  poor  alike,  but  a  pronounced 
feature  of  present  times  is  that  the  latter,  as  well  as 
the  former,  use  every  effort  in  their  poiver  to  obtain 
and  grow  the  best  varieties  of  the  various  species 
they  cultivate.  No  matter  whether  it  he  the 
modest  Daisy  or  the  gorgeous  Orchid,  as  soon  as 
any  improved  type  is  distributed  there  is  qtrckly  a 
“run”  on  it.  To  the  tvealthy  a  few  pounds,  or 
even  hundreds,  spent  in  securing  something  better 
in  plant  life  than  their  neighbours  is  but  a  trifle 
scarcely  missed,  but  to  the  toiler  who  spends  a  few 
shillings  or  pence  in  securing  an  improved  form 
of  some  favourite  flower,  it  means  denying  them¬ 
selves  of  some  other  small  luxury,  or  perhaps  a 
necessity. 
In  country  places  where  wages  are  low  the  wage 
earners  can  afford  to'  spend  little  upon  favourite 
flowers,  still  they  manage  by  “  hook  or  by  crook  ” 
to  grow  good  varieties  of  the  plants  they  take  a 
particular  fancy  to.  It  is  done  to  a  great  extent 
by  the  exchange  of  .seeds  and  cuttings,  or  by  the 
kindness  of  some  encouraging  gardener  at  “the 
Hall.”  "When  judging  at  village  shows  it  has  often 
surprised  me  to  find  how  up-to-date  the  cottagers 
are  in  the  matter  of  varieties  of  plants  and  flowers 
which  they  exhibit.  In  one  instance  I  well 
remember  a  persevering  and  intelligent  labourer, 
who  had  long  made  a  speciality  of  Carnations,  set 
up  a  beautiful  collection  of  blooms  containing 
many  new  varieties,  of  which  he  had  purchased 
rooted  plants  direct  from  a  well-known  specialist. 
The  squire  of  the  village  visited  the  show,  greatly 
admired  the  labourer’s  Carnations,  went  home 
discontented  to  his  own  garden,  and  straightway 
No.  2692.— YOL.  XCVIII..  Old  .Series. 
