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SPECIAL  MIXTURES 
—  OF  — 
DAFFODILS 
For  NATURALISING  in  Woodlands,  Shrubberies, 
Orchards,  on  Grassy  Slopes,  in  large  Flower 
Borders,  or  for  Cutting. 
BARR'S  CHOZCB  MIXTURE  of  many  sorts, 
including  large  and  small  Trumpets,  Peerless  or 
Chalice  cupped,  and  Poet’s  Narcissi.  Per  1000,  35/-; 
per  100,  4/-. 
BARR’S  FIN'S  MIXTURE,  a  good  mixture  of 
large  and  small  Trumpets,  Peerless,  and  Poet’s  Narcissi. 
Per  1000,  25/-;  per  100,  3/-. 
BARR’S  CATALOGUE  of  DAFFODILS  is  illustrated  with 
original  photographs  taken  at  the  Long  Ditton  Nur¬ 
series,  and  contains  a  Descriptive  List  of  all  the  Finest 
Daffodils  in  cultivation,  including  the  latest  Novelties 
for  1899.  Free  on  application.  • 
BARR’S  CATALOGUE  of  the  best  HYACINTHS,  TULIPS, 
CROCUSES,  SNOWDROPS,  and  other  Spring-Flower¬ 
ing  Bulbs  for  in  or  outdoors,  Free  on  application. 
Bulbs  sent  Carriage  Free  on  receipt  of  remittance. 
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Nurseries— DITTON  HILL,  SURBITON,  SURREY. 
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None  genuine  unless  in  sealed  pack¬ 
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enclosed  with  our  signature  attached. 
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Cake,  free  per  parcels  post. 
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ILLUSTRATED  AND  DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE , 
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No.  1014.— Vol.  XXXIX.,  Third  Series 
By  Special 
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AT  CLEARANCE  SALE  PRICES. 
CIIIONODOXA  LUCILI/E,  2/-  per  100. 
,,  SARDENSIS,  2/-  per  100. 
CROCUS,  large  Golden  Yellow.  1st  size,  2/3;  2nd  size, 
1/9  ;  3rd  size,  1/6  per  100. 
,,  named  varieties,  1/6  per  100. 
, ,  splendid  mixed,  lOd.  per  100. 
GALANTHUS  ELWESII  (The  Giant  Snowdrop),  2/- per  100. 
,,  NIVALIS,  Single  and  Double  Mixed,  1/9 
per  100. 
HYACINTHS,  named  varieties,  3/-  and  5/-  per  dozen. 
,,  Bedding,  Mixed,  2/-  per  dozen  ;  17/n  per  100. 
IRIS,  English,  named  varieties,  1/-  per  dozen  ;  10/-  per  100. 
,,  ’  English,  choice  Mixed,  3/- per  100. 
,,  Spanish,  named  varieties,  2/6  per  100. 
, ,  Spanish,  choice  mixed,  1/-  per  100. 
Juncea,  rich  golden  yellow,  1/6  per  dozen. 
POLYANTUUS  NARCISSUS,  best  named  varieties,  71- 100 
choice  Mixed,  3/9  per  100. 
DAFFODILS,  best  named  varieties,  5/-,  7/6,  and  10/6 
per  100. 
,,  choice  mixed,  15/- per  100. 
JONQUILS,  Single,  1/6  per  100. 
SCILLA  SIBIR1CA,  2/-  per  100. 
SINGLE  TULIPS,  best  named  varieties,  4/6,  6/6,  and  9/- 
per  100. 
best  Mixed,  2/6  per  100. 
DOUBLE’ TULIPS,  best  named  varieties,  5/- and7/6perl00. 
best  Mixed,  2/6  per  100. 
dlXEI)  FLORISTS’  TULIPS,  3/-  per  100. 
,,  Darwin  . ,  6/-  per  100. 
PULIPA  Elegans,  bright  scarlec,  1/-  per  dozen. 
„  Golden  Crown,  gold  and  crimson,  3/-  per  100. 
,,  Picotee,  white,  edged  carmine,  8/-  per  100. 
,,  Sylvescris,  fragrant  yellow  flowers,  3/6  per  100. 
CATALOGUES  FREE  ON  APPLICATION. 
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Exotic  Nurseries,  CHELTENHAM 
\TINE  CULTURE  UNDER  GLASS.— 
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THURSDAY,  NOVEMBER  30,  1899. 
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THE  LEAF  HARVEST. 
THE  harvest  is  ready,  but  those  who  appreciate 
it  are  few.  Why  is  it  so  ?  Many  who  should 
most  appreciate  this  rich  and  certain  crop  appear 
to  regard  it  as  an  intolerable  nuisance,  hence  such 
apologies  are  tendered  to  the  casual  caller  as,  “  Oh, 
you  must  excuse  us,  we  are  in  a  horrid  mess  with 
leaves.  “  What  a  plague  those  leaves  are,  surely,” 
says  another;  and  still  another  passes  a  remark 
which  is  more  pertinent  from  his  point  of  view 
than  polite  from  ours.  Why  such  an  unqualified 
blessing  should  be  perverted  by  the  man  of  mould 
into  being  one  of  the  worries  of  life  it  is  not  easy 
to  say,  unless  it  is  that  the  powers  that  he  also 
regard  falling  leaves  as  an  abomination,  ihen, 
of  course,  circumstances  alter  cases.  Master  and 
man  must  needs  go  hand-in-hand,  and  the  wishes 
of  the  one  be  interpreted  as  commands  by  the 
other.  Yet  how  often  in  some  subtle  and  inde¬ 
terminate  manner  this  order  is  reversed,  and  our 
rulers  are  made  the  scapegoats  of  a  narrow-minded 
prejudice  they  may  never  entertain.  In  many 
places  from  such  time  as  the  flight  of  autumnal 
tinted  leaves  begins,  till  the  last  lingerers  are 
scrupulously  removed,  there  is  a  scratching  and 
scraping,  a  sweeping,  and  swearing  as  ludicrous  as 
it  is  lamentable  on  reflecting  how  few  gardens  are 
adequately  supplied  with  that  most  precious 
commodity,  leaf  mould. 
Oh,  the  pity  of  it!  The  waste  of  time,  of 
precious  material ;  the  perversity  of  all  pertaining 
to  it.  Is  there  anything  so  dreadful  iu  those  rich 
brown  leaves  which  every  breeze  sends  scampering 
across  grass  and  gravel,  or  the  fiercer  blast  swirls 
up  into  the  corners  and  down  into  the  hollows  ? 
“  Drat  them  leaves  ;  his  lordship  don’t  mind  em  , 
but  I  do  ;  not  a  bit  o’  peace  till  they’re  all  down.” 
Ah  !  one  thought  on  hearing  this,  here  is  a  man 
groaning  under  a  self-imposed  burden,  and  yearly, 
for  three  months  right  off,  he  is  thus  chronically 
tormented.  Here  it  is  the  man  and  not  the  master 
to  whom  falling  leaves  are  such  a  bugbear.  How 
many  cases  run  on  parallel  lines  ?  Half  one  dares 
to  suspect,  and  the  other  half  are  open  to  conversion 
into  a  gardener’s  way  of  thinking  if  he  wills  to 
No.  2670.— Vol.  CL,  Old  Series. 
