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A  few  Fine  Sorts  for  Pots  or  Outdoors. 
EMPEROR,  perianth  deep  primrose,  trumpet  rich  full  yel¬ 
low,  very  large  flower,  per  100,  25/- ;  per  doz.,  3/6. 
JOHNSTONI  QUEEN  OF  SPAIN,  of  a  uniform  soft 
delicate  clear  yellow,  with  gracefully^reflexing  petals, 
per  100,  17/6  ;  per  doz. ,  2/6. 
BICOLOR  GRANDIS,  large  pure  white  perianth,  large 
full  yellow  trumpet,  late  flowering,  per  100,  22/6 ;  per 
doz.,  3/-. 
BICOLOR  J.  B.  M,  CAMM,  perianth  white,  trumpet 
soft  pale  chrome-yellow,  a  most  beautiful  variety,  per 
doz. ,  36/-  ;  each,  3/6. 
PALLIDUS  PR2ECOX,  perianth  and  trumpet  from  pale 
straw  colour  to  white,  very  early,  perlOO,  S/6  ;  per  doz.  ,1/3 
INCOMP AR A BILIS  PRINCE  TECIC,  broad,  finely 
formed,  creamy  white  perianth,  large  yellow  cup,  per 
100,  21/-  ;  per  doz.,  3/-. 
INCOMP ARABILIS  SIR  W ATKIN,  perianth  rich  sul¬ 
phur,  cup  yellow,  slightly  tinged  with  orange,  very 
large  flower,  per  100,  25/- :  per  doz.,  3/6. 
BARRII  CONSPICUUS,  large  yellow  perianth,  broad 
short  cup,  conspicuously  edged  bright  orange-scarlet,  a 
flower  of  much  beauty  and  refinement,  per  100,  15/- ;  per 
doz.,  2/3. 
BARRII  FLORA  WILSON,  pure  white  perianth,  cup 
deeply  stained  orange-scarlet,  a  very  striking  flower,  per 
doz.,  10/6  ;  each,  1/- 
XEEDSII  DUCHESS  OF  WESTMINSTER,  large 
white  perianth,  long  soft  canary  cup  tinged  orange  on 
first  expanding,  per  doz.,  25/- ;  each,  2/6. 
All  Bulbs  sent  Carriage  Paid  on  receipt  of  remittance. 
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Our  Guinea  Collection  for  the  Garden  or  wall  training, 
l  doz.  bushy  trees,  assorted,  such  as  Cox’s  Orange  Pippin, 
Worcester  Pearmain,  Lane’s  Prince  Albert,  Pears" Williams’ 
Bon  Chretien,  Marie  Louise.  &c.,  and  good  sorts  of  Plums. 
These  trees  come  into  bearing  at  once,  and  are  usually  sold 
at  30/-  per  doz.  The  collection  named,  carefully  packed, 
carriage  paid  on  receipt  of  P.O.O.  or  cheque,  21/-.  Straw¬ 
berry  Plants.  2/6  100;  Raspberry  Canes,  4/6.  KENTISH 
HOP  PLANTS,  quickest  climber  grown  (brewers’  variety 
of  Hops),  6  plants,  carriage  paid,  1/3. 
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CARNATIONS. 
Border  Varieties  should  be  planted  out  at  once. 
All  orders  can  now  be  promptly  executed. 
CATALOGUE  of  all  the  newest  and  best,  with  Hints 
on  Carnation  Culture,  three  stamps. 
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GARDEN  SPECIALITIES. 
WEST’S  PATENT 
Yapourising  Fumigator 
Best  and  Cheapest,  for  being 
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for  years.  The  stove  only  re¬ 
quires  a  little  spirits  to  saturate 
the  asbestos,  so  may  be  used 
thousands  of  times  without 
wick  or  further  trouble  than 
tilling  it,  Price  6d.  complete 
to  vaporise  up  to  2500  cubic  ft. 
“WEST’S  EXTRACT  OF 
NICOTINE.”  — Not  being  a 
compound  that  is  only  a  chemi¬ 
cal  substitute  for  nicotine,  but 
guaranteed  pure  nicotine,  it  is 
impossible  for  anything  to  be 
better  or  cheaper  (compare 
price).  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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each  little  piece  is  a  pantry  full  of  the  good  things  of  this 
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FRUIT  TREES  IN  POTS. 
SLOW  indeed  is  the  progress  made  by  many  new 
and  important  truths.  Before  they  can  gain 
general  acceptance  that  innate  conservatism  that  so 
closely  rules  the  heart  of  many  has  to  he  overcome, 
at  the  expense  of  the  sacrifice  of  old  ideas  long 
and  fondly  cherished.  There  may  not  be  any 
strenuous  opposition  to  be  encountered,  but  the 
deadly  inertias  of  indifference  has  to  be  fought,  and 
the  difficult  task  of  arousing  at  least  some  little 
enthusiasm  for  the  new  idea  must  be  achieied 
before  it  is  likely  to  have  a  fair  trial,  and  become 
the  subject  of  that  more  general  consideration, 
study,  and  experiment  that  it  must  receive  before 
being  accepted  as  an  established  truth.  I’  or 
centuries  men  believed  that  the  earth  was  the 
centre  of  the  universe;  lie  would  have  been 
regarded  as  mad  who  was  bold  enough  to  suggest 
that  the  earth  is  as  insignificant  a  part  of  the 
whole  universe  as  is  one  single  grain  of  sand  oi  all 
that  goes  to  make  up  the  ocean’s  bed.  W  lien 
Copernicus,  in  the  sixteenth  century,  proclaimed 
to  the  world  the  motion  of  the  earth  and  planets 
round  the  sun,  thus  humblmg  the  earth  from  its 
previous  lofty  place  at  the  centre,  his  discovery 
was  received  with  scorn  by  the  Church,  ihe  best 
astronomers  accepted  it,  the  theologians  all  rejected 
it,  and  he  himself  was  excommunicated.  Later  on 
Galileo  was  arrested,  imprisoned,  and  persecuted 
by  the  Inquisition,  the  Church  having  declared 
as  false  and  heretical  any  writings  declaring  that 
the  earth  moves. 
It  is  now  many  years  since  the  late  Mr.  Thomas 
Rivers  began  so  eloquently  by  his  writings  to 
advocate  the  culture  of  fruit  trtes  in  pots,  and  so 
well  by  his  own  successful  cultivation  to  exemplhy 
and  justify  the  principles  that  he  advocated.  So 
long  is  it  that  we  can  scarcely  consider  this  a  new 
development  at  the  present  time.  Though,  we  now 
observe  it  only  in  its  infancy,  yet  its  growth  foi 
a  long  time  has  been  sure,  if  slow,  mainly  on 
account  of  the  consistent  support  it  has  always 
received  from  the  great  Sawbridgeworth  establish¬ 
ment.  Nor  can  we  wonder  at  the  tardy  recognition 
of  this  new  system  of  culture  when  we  consider 
No.  2665. — VOL.  CL,  Old  Series. 
