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August  81,  1899.  JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE 
ESTABLISHED  183  ... 
No  connection  with  any  other  firm  of  a  similar  Name. 
CELEBRATED 
HYACINTHS, 
TULIPS, 
AND  ALL  OTHER 
DUTCH,  CAPE,  AND  EXOTIC 
BULBS  AND  PLANTS 
Our  Descriptive  CATALOGUE  of  the  above,  containing 
Full  Cultural  Directions  and  particulars  as  to 
Free  Delivery,  will  be  sent  post  free  on  application 
to  our  Offices  at  Overveen,  near  Haarlem,  Holland, 
or  to  our  General  Agents— 
Messrs.  MERTENS  &  CO., 
3,  CROSS  LANE,  LONDON,  E.C. 
LAINGS’ 
FRUIT  TREES,  ROSES,  VINES,  FIGS,  SEAKALE, 
ORCHARD  HODSE  TREES,  FORCING  PLANTS, 
&c.,  &c., 
Are  specially  clean  and  healthy  this  season, 
AN  EARLY  INSPECTION  INVITED. 
RAILWAY  STATION,  Catford  or  Catford  Bridge. 
Nat.  Telephone  (Private)  60,  SYDENHAM. 
CATALOGUE  POST  FREE. 
JOHN  LAING  Si>  SONS 
Forest  Hill  and  Catford  Nurseries , 
LONDON,  S.E. 
BULBS!  BULBS!!  BULBS!!! 
EARLY  WHITE  ROMAN  HYACINTHS 
We  beg  to  announce  the  arrival  of  our  first 
consignment  in  exceptionally  fine  condition. 
To  Secure  the  Selected  Bulbs  order  Early. 
1st  Selection,  extra  large  .  13  -100 
2nd  ,,  very  fine . 12  -  ,, 
3rd  ,,  good  bulbs  .  10/-  ,, 
The  Early  White  Single  Roman  Hyacinth  is  the 
most  valuable  for  a  supply  of  white  bloom  for  Christmas 
decoration,  and  we  make  a  Speciality  of  selecting  all 
our  Bulbs.  _ 
CARNATIONS,  PINKS, 
PANSIES,  VIOLAS. 
Our  New  List  is  now  out  and  contains  all  the  leading  kinds 
worthy  of  cultivation. 
Full  Descriptive  Priced  CATALOGUE  on  application. 
WM.  CLIBRAN  &  SON 
Oldfield  Nurseries,  ALTRINCHAM, 
And  10,  MARKET  STREET,  MANCHESTER. 
No.  1001.— Von.  XXXIX.,  Third  Series. 
LAXTON’S  V 
.  STRAWBERRIES  , 
Can  be  delivered  at  once. 
M  Very  fine  plants  in  pots  or  open 
ground  runners. 
i  By  far  the  largest  stock  and  best  plants 
'  to  offer.  Catalogue  Gratis. 
LAXTOM  BROS.,  BEDFORD., 
jk  The  New  Strawberry  Manual,  anjjjj 
,  exhaustive  work,  post  free  1/3  jM 
m 
TO  THE  TRADE  ! 
DUTCH  BULBS! 
FRENCH  BOLBS!  and  ENGLISH  BOLBS! 
SEE  OUR  SPECIAL  CATALOGUE  OF  BULBS, 
Containing  List  of  all  the  Best  Varieties  of  HYACINTHS, 
TULIPS,  CROCUS,  LILIUMS,  DAFFODILS,  SNOW¬ 
DROPS,  IRIS,  P .PONIES,  &c.,  free  on  application.  Please 
compare  our  prices  before  sending  your  Orders  abroad. 
WATKINS  &  SIMPSON, 
Seed  and  Bulb  Merchants, 
Exeter  Street,  Strand,  Xondon,  W.C. 
CARNATIONS. 
NEW  CATALOGUE  for  1899,  with  Hints  on  Carnation 
Culture.  Now  Ready,  Three  Stamps,  post  free. 
CUTTINGS  from  choice  varieties,  but  unnamed,  6/-  100, 
3/-  fiO,  free. 
NEW  SEED,  ready  shortly,  from  best  exhibition  varieties, 
2/6  100,  5/-  250,  free. 
H.  W.  WECUELIN,  F.R.H.S.,  DAWLISH,  DEVON 
WESTS  PATENT 
GARDEN  SPECIALITIES. 
PLANT  POT  CROCKS.— When  one  is  placed  ovei  the 
drainage  hole  it  prevents  slugs,  worms,  &c.,  from  damag¬ 
ing  the  plant,  and  forms  a  perfect  drainage,  keeping  the 
compost  from  going  sour.  Fits  all  sizes  and  will  last  a 
lifetime.  4,6  per  gross.  Samples  free. 
EXTRACT  OF  NICOTINE.— Guaranteed  Pure  Nicotine 
for  fumigating,  and  the  cheapest,  7d.  per  1000  cubic  feet. 
S.M.  TREE  FASTENERS.— The  cheapest  and  best  method 
of  fastening  plants  and  trees  to  walls.  Being  made  of  pure 
soft  lead  and  not  fixed  to  the  nails  (like  parent  wall  nails, 
which  when  the  nails  get  broken  the  article  is  useless), 
they  may  be  used  with  ordinary  nails  for  a  lifetime. 
Under  2d.  per  dozen.  Samples  free. 
S.M.  CLIPS.— To  be  used  in  the  place  of  raffia,  &c.,  for 
tying  all  plants  to  stakes,  &c.  Fastens  instantly,  and  is 
everlasting,  so  saves  time,  trouble,  and  expense.  Id.  doz. 
FLOWER  GRIP  HOLDERS.— The  only  self-making  but¬ 
tonhole,  watertight  flower-holder  ever  invented,  and  the 
best  for  show  and  other  purposes.  Price  6d. ;  ladies’,  9d. 
IVORINE  PLANT  LABELS  of  every  Description,  gua¬ 
ranteed  the  cheapest  Imperishable  Labels,  and  the  wording 
legible  and  permanent.  Samples  free. 
WATERPROOF  INK,  for  writing  on  all  kinds  of 
Labels,  whether  wood  or  metal.  The  only  ink  to  stand 
the  outside  weather.  Price  7d.  Bottle. 
GARDENER’S  FOUNTAIN  PEN,  filled  with  the  water¬ 
proof  ink,  1/-.  .  _  .  _  „ 
Please  send  Postage  for  Carriage  of  Samples  and  Goods.  Full 
Illustrated  Lists,  post  free .  All  goods  on  approbation. 
Gratis,  “ORCHID  CUITUEE,"  Postage  extra. 
A  Treatise  on  the  Cultivation  of  Orchids,  giving  all  particu¬ 
lars  of  their  requirements,  along  with  our  Catalogue,  &c. 
THE  LEEDS  ORCHID  COMPANY,  ROUNDHAY,  LEEDS. 
VINE  CULTURE  UNDER  GLASS.— 
By  J.  R.  Pearson,  The  Nurseries,  Chit  well,  near 
Nottingham.  Price  1/- ;  post  free,  1/1.  Fifth  Edition. 
Office,  12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street,  E.C. 
Greenhouses  from  £3  5/-;  vineries, 
Conservatories,  Frames,  Summer  Houses,  &c. 
Illustrated  List  Free.  Makers  to  H.M.  the  Queen  and 
H.R.H.  the  Prince  of  Wales. 
OTTER,  HAWTHORN  &  CO.,  London  Works, 
READING.  (Name  Paper.) 
GARDENER. 
THURSDAY,  AUGUST  31,  1899. 
THE  JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  can  be  obtained 
from  the  Office,  12,  Mitre  Court  Chamber s,  Fleet  St 
London,  post  free  for  a  Quarter,  3/9.  Editorial 
communications  must  be  addressed  to  8(  Rose 
Hill  Rd.,  Wandsworth,  S.W. 
DUTCH  BULBS. 
■  ■— ~ 
IT  may  safely  be  presumed  that  the  time  is  very 
far  distant  when  we  shall  le  able  to  dispense- 
with  bulbous  flowers  for  the  embellishment  of  our 
conservatories,  green  houses,  rooms,  anil  gardens  in 
the  spriDg.  They  ccme  in  the  dark  days  of  winter 
with  a  brightness  and  a  delicious  fragrance,  and 
they  continue  to  perform  their  excellent  share  of 
beauty  until  the  dreariness  of  cold  and  damp  has 
given  place  to  the  warm  sunshine  of  early  summers 
days.  Let  us  hope  that  fickle  fashion  will  never 
decree  that  they  aie  heyend  the  pale  of  recognition,, 
as  horticultuie  and  horticulturists  will  he  the 
losers. 
One  is  forcibly  reminded  by  the  shoals  of  catalogues 
to  which  almost  every  post  adds  its  quota  that  the 
period  for  the  procuring  of  the  stock  of  bulbs  is 
with  us.  Some  of  these  lists  are  modest  little  book¬ 
lets,  while  others  are  ornate  publications  that  may 
well  he  termed  edition  de  luxe.  All  of  these  com 
prise  lists  of  varieties  for  the  garden  and  fer  pot. 
culture,  and  each  iucludes  bulbs  that  may  be  brought* 
within  the  scope  of  these  notes,  hut  which,.  never¬ 
theless,  have  never  been  to  the  land  of  dykes  atm 
windmills.  Seme  have  come  from  Japan,  others- 
from  the  Cape  and  the  Levant,  while  the  south  of 
France,  Spain,  and  the  Channel  Islands  play  re 
mean  part  in  the  general  supply. 
Time  was  when  beyond  Snowdrops,  and  perhaps 
one  or  two  other  kinds  in  insignificant  numbers, 
our  own  native  soil  was  not  consideied  suited  to 
the  peculiar  requirements  of  Hyacinths,  Tulips 
Crocuses,  Narcissi,  and  Gladioli.  But  now,  though  < 
we  cannot  lay  claim^0  the  production  of  all  th es as- 
referred  to,  it  may  be  said  that  the  two  latte ir  aiat- 
now  essintially  home-grown,  this  is  particularly* 
the  case  in  respecUof  the  Narcissi,  of  which  v\e  get 
excellent  stocks  from  almost  all  quarters  of  England/,, 
and  also  Ireland,  thought m  a  lesser  degree.  It  is- 
pleasant  to  he  able  to  add  that  Lincolnshire  Daffodils- 
are  second  to  none.  J 
The  area  over  which  Gladioli  arc  grown  !ar 
commerce  is  not  so  wide,  for  the  simple  reason..- 
that  beautiful  as  they  unquestionably  aie,  they 
have  not  the  vogue  that  is  accorded  to  the  Narcissi*. 
No.  2657. — Vol.  Cl.,  Old  Series* 
