October  5,  >899. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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BARR’S  SELECTED  BULBS 
For  EARLY  FORCING. 
HYACINTHS,  Dwarf,  White  Soman,  per  100, 
11/6  ancl  14/6  ;  per  dozen,  1/9  and  2/-. 
POLYANTHUS  NARCISSUS,  Paper  White, 
Early  Snowflake,  per  100,  7/6  ;  per  dozen,  1/3. 
POLYANTHUS  NARCISSUS,  D ouble  Roman 
per  100,  6/6  ;  per  dozen,  1/3. 
PRINCDPS. — Perianth  sulphur  white,  trumpi t 
yellowr,  per  1000,  30/- ;  per  100,  3/6. 
GOLDIN  SPUR. — Large  lull  yellow  perianth  and 
trumpet,  per  100,  21/- ;  per  dozen,  3/-. 
HORS  FIELD  I.  —  While  perianth,  large  yellow 
trumpet,  per  100,  17/6  ;  per  dozen,  2/6. 
BARR'S  BULB  CATALOGUE  contains  a  List  of  all 
the  best  Bulbs  for  Forcing  and  Outdoor  Planting.  Free 
on  application. 
BARR’S  DAFFODIL  CATALOGUE,  illustrated  with 
original  photographs  taken  at  the  Long  Ditton  Nurseries, 
and  containing  a  Descriptive  List  of  all  the  finest 
Daffodils  in  cultivation,  and  the  latest  Novelties  for 
1899.  Free  on  application. 
WEBBS’ 
COLLECTIONS 
OF 
BULBS 
CONSIST  OF  THE  FINEST 
SELECTED 
HYACINTHS, 
TULIPS,  CROCUS, 
LILIES, 
SNOWDROPS, 
&C.  j  &C. 
Prices— 5/-,  7/6,  10/6,  15/-,  21/-,  42/-,  63/-, 
and  105/-  each;  Carriage  Free. 
Five  per  cent.  Discount  for  Cash. 
From  Mr.  J.  OUTLAW,  Gardener  to  the  Rt.  Hon. 
the  Earl  of  Buchan,  Gogmagog  Hills,  July  8. 
1899: — “The  Bulbous  Flower  Roots  you  supplied 
me  with  last  year  proved  very  satisfactory.” 
WEBB’S  BULB  CATALOGUE, 
Beautifully  Illustrated,  post  free,  6d.  Gratis  to  Customers 
BARR  &,  SONS, 
12  &  13,  King  St.,  Covent  Garden,  London,  W.C. 
Seedsmen  be  Rcyal  Warrants  to  H.il  T UK  QUEEN,  and 
HR  H.  THE  PRINCE  OF  WALES. 
j  Wordsley,  Stourbridge. 
LAXTONS’ 
—  FOR  — 
FRUIT  TREES 
Trained  in  all  forms. 
Large  Stocks  True  to  Name  of  Best  Quality. 
FULL  DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE  ON  APPLICATION, 
INCLUDING  MANY  NOVELTIES. 
LAXTON  BROTHERS, 
BEDFORD. 
URE  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  this 
life.  There  is  no  cultivated  plant  which  is  not  benefited  bj 
having  Charcoal  applied  to  the  soil  in  which  it  is  rooted.’ 
Apply  for  Pamphlet  and  Prices  to  the  Manufacturers— 
HIRST,  BROOKE  &  HIRST,  Ltd.,  Leeds. 
VINE  CULTURE  UNDER  GLASS.— 
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Nottingham.  Price  I/- ;  post  free,  1/1.  Fifth  Edition. 
Greenhouses  from  £3  5/-;  vineries, 
Conservatories,  Frames,  Summer  Houses,  &c. 
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H.R.H.  the  Prince  of  Wales. 
OTTER,  HAWTHORN  &  CO.,  London  Works, 
READING.  (Name  Paper.) 
No.  1006.— Yol.  XXXIX.,  Third  Series. 
Mr.  WEGUELIN  de-ires  to  give  notice  that  his  CAR¬ 
NATIONS  are  now  ready  for  immediate  delivery.  All  the 
Newest  and  Best  Varieties  for  the  Border  or  Con¬ 
servatory  will  he  found  in  his  CATALOGUE  for  1899, 
with  “  Hints  on  Carnation  Culture,”  post  free  3  stamps. 
NEW  SEED  Now  Ready.  Own  saving  from  the  best 
Exhibition  varieties,  2  6  100,  or  250  5/-,  post  free,  with 
cultural  notes. 
H.  W.  WEGUELIN,  f.r.h.s.,  DAWLISH,  DEVON 
WEST’S  PATENT 
GARDEN  SPECIALITIES. 
WEST’S  P -TENT 
VAPOURISING 
FPMIGATOR. 
Best  and  Cheapest,  for  being 
made  of  brass  and  zinc  will  lasc 
for  years.  The  stove  only  re- 
<1  uires  a  1  ittle  spirits  to  saturate 
the  asbestos,  so  may  be  used 
thousnnds  of  times  without 
wick  or  further  trouble  than 
filling  it.  Price  6d.  complete 
to  vaporise  up  to  2500  cubic  ft. 
“WEST’S  EXTRACT  OF 
NICOTINE.”  — Not  being  a 
chemical  compound,  but  guar¬ 
anteed  pure  nicotine,  it  is 
impossible  for  anything  to  be 
better.  7d.  per  1000  cubic  ft. 
PLANT  POT  CROCKS.— When  one  is  placed  over  the 
drainage  hole  it  prevents  slugs,  worms,  &c.,  from  damaging 
the  plant,  and  forms  a  perfect  drainage,  keeping  the  compost 
from  going  sour  ;  fits  all  pots,  and  will  last  a  lifetime. 
4/6  per  gross.  Samples  free. 
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description  ;  Soft  Metal  Tree  Fasteners  ;  S.M.  Plant  Clips  ; 
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THE  LEEDS  ORCHID  COMPANY,  R0UNDHAY,  LEEDS. 
THURSDAY,  OCTOBER  5,  1899. 
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HOME-GROWN  FRUIT. 
HOME  years  ago,  at  or  about  the  time  when  tho 
Yj  fimt  great  National  Apple  Congress  was  held 
j  at  Chiswick  in  1883,  there  were  not  a  few  excellent 
men  who  conscientiously  regarded  the  attempt 
then  made  to  improve  the  supply  of  home-grown 
hardy  fruit  as  something  of  a  fad,  and  the  subject 
as  a  convenient  theme  for  eloquent  doctrinaires. 
There  was  happily  no  lack  of  practical  men, 
thoroughly  conversant  with  the  power  of  cultiva¬ 
tion,  who  were  equally  convinced  that  a  great  and 
promising  future  was  open  to  cultivators  with 
knowledge  and  enterprise  to  extend  and  improve 
the  supply  of  home-grown  fruit  to  their  own 
advantage,  to  the  benefit  of  consumers,  and  to  the 
credit  of  the  nation. 
Time  has  proved  to  demonstration  that  the 
generally  low  status  to  which  our  home  supplies  of 
fruit  had  fallen  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago  was  not 
due  to  irremovable  natural  obstacles,  such  as 
adverse  climate  and  ungenial  soil,  but  was  entirely 
due  to  happy-go-lucky  or  slipshod  methods  of 
procedure,  such  as  relying  on  the  produce  of 
exhausted  orchards,  and  bundling  this  into  the 
markets  with  less  care  than  Potatoes,  plus  the 
topping,  to  deceive  purchasers,  who  thus  turned 
their  attention  to  better  grown,  carefully  graded, 
and  honestly  packed  fruit  from  other  lands. 
The  national  display  of  Apples  on  the  occasion 
mentioned,  with  the  papers  read  and  discussions 
thereupon  at  the  CoDgress,  proved  the  beginning  of 
a  crusade  that  did  not  start  a  moment  too  sood. 
Nothing  that  has  been  done  by  the  Royal  Horti¬ 
cultural  Society  has  had  a  greater  and  more  far 
reaching  effect  in  developing  the  fruit  growing 
resources  of  this  country  than  the  great  gathering 
of  1883.  The  effect  of  it  was  seen,  and  the  power 
of  selection  made  manifest  in  the  Apple  and  Pear 
Conference  at  Chiswick  in  1888,  and  this  was  the 
precursor  of  the  historic  exhibition  in  the  London 
Guildhall  iu  1890,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Worshipful  Company  of  Fruiterers,  impelled  by 
the  then  Master  of  the  Company  and  Lord  Mayor 
Sir  James  Whitehead,  Bart.  That  this  remarkable 
City  show  of  fruit  had  a  great  effect  on  the  nation 
No.  2662.—’ Yol.  CI.,  Old  Series. 
