February  6,  1896.  JOURNAL  OP  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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FLOWERS. 
WEBBS’  premier  single  DAHLIA 
The  seed  we  offer  will  produce  magnificent 
flowers  of  extra  large  size,  and  in  a  great  variety 
of  colours,  which  will  be  found  equal  to  the 
finest  named  kinds. 
1/-  and  2/6  per  Packet,  Post  Free. 
WEBBS’  ECLIPSE  GAILLARDIA. 
I!! 
»Its  exceedingly  showy  flowers  last  a  long 
time,  are  of  great  value  for  cutting  and  other 
decorative  purposes. 
1/-  per  Paoket,  Post  Free. 
WEBBS’  HEW  TIGER  ZINNIA, 
A  remarkably  interesting  class,  growing  18 
inches  high,  and  producing  large  double  flowers 
which  are  striped  more  or  less  with  brilliant 
colours  in  a  most  fantastic  manner. 
1/-  per  Packet,  Post  Free. 
See  Webbs’  Spring  Catalogue,  Post  Tree. 
WEBBS’,  WORDSLEY,  STOURBRIDGE. 
HENDER’S  PRIZE  PETUNIAS. 
THE  BEST  STRAINS  GROWN.  “Rose  Hender”  Strain, 
double  fringed  pink,  new,  beautiful,  2s.  6d.  pkt.  Double  fringed 
beautiful  varieties,  Is.  6d.  and  3s.  pkt.  Large  Single,  striped 
and  mottled,  Is.  and  2s.  pkt.  AMARANTHUS,  Hender’s 
Hybrids,  splendid,  Is.  6d.  pkt.  BEGONIA,  Yoles’  Prize  Single, 
Is.  and  2s.  6d.  pkt. — HENDER  &  SONS,  Nursery,  Plymouth. 
Try  DAVIES’  SUPERIOR  SEEDS 
LISTS  POST  FREE. 
25  Sample  Packets,  2s.  6d.,  own  selection. 
H.  ALLEN  DAVIES,  SEEDSMAN,  REDHILL. 
SPECIAL  NOTICE. 
Really  Good  Seeds 
At  MODERATE  PRICES,  apply  to 
Mr.  ROBERT  SYDENHAM, 
Tenby  Street,  NTorth,  BIRMINGHAM. 
No  Nurseryman  will  serve  you  better  in  Quality,  Quantity,  or  Price. 
S-WEET  EE-^S-A  SPECIALITY. 
ECKFORD’S  and  other  choice  varieties  at  a  third 
or  a  fourth  usual  prices. 
Nothing  gives  so  much  cut  bloom  at  so  small  a  cost,  or  so 
little  trouble.  To  get  best  results  SOW  IN  JANUARY  and 
FEBRUARY,  as  directions  sent  with  each  Collection. 
SPECIAL  VERT  CHEAP  OFFER. 
Collection  No.  1. — 10  Really  Good  Varieties. — 30  Seeds  of 
each  variety,  in  separate  Packets,  Is.  3d. 
Collection  No.  2. — 10  Very  Choice  Varieties. — 30  Seeds  of 
each  variety,  >n  separate  Packets,  Is.  6d. 
Special  Price  for  the  Two  Collections,  2s.  6d.  post  free. 
For  names  and  colours  of  Sweet  Peas  see  Gardening  Illustrated. 
THE  FOUR  BEST  CUCUMBERS. 
Each  Packet  contains  10  seed  s.— Lockie’s  Perfection,  Rollisson’s 
selected  Telegraph,  Covent  Garden  Favourite,  and  Tender  &  True, 
6d.  each, postage  Id.  each  extra;  or  the  collection,  2s.,  post  free. 
THE  FIVE  BEST  TOMATOES 
In  cultivation,  often  sold  under  other  names  to  get  fancy  prices. 
Each  packet  contains  nearly  200  Seeds.  Perfection,  3d.;  Ham 
Green  Favourite,  3d. ;  Roseleigh  Gem,  3d.,  a  grand  new  selection, 
large  smooth ;  Challenger.  3d. ;  Golden  Perfection, 3d, ;  Collection, 
is.  8d„  post  free.  If  ordered  separately,  Id.  each  extra  tor  postage. 
Last  year  I  sold  about  5000  packets,  and  they  gave  universal 
satisfaction,  one  grower  getting  over  2000  pounds  weight  of 
Tomatoes  from  two  threepenny  packets. 
MR.  ROBERT  SYDENHAM’S  LISTS 
Are  acknowledged  by  all  to  be  tbe  Best,  Cheapest,  and  most 
Reliable  ever  published.  They  contain  only  the  Best 
VEGETABLES,  FLOWERS,  &  BULBS  WORTH  GROWING, 
Being  the  Selections  of  the  largest  Seed  Growers,  Market  Gar¬ 
deners,  and  the  most  celebrated  Professional  Gardeners  and 
Amateurs  In  the  kingdom.  They  also  contain  very  usefal 
cultural  instructions. 
Mr.  SYDENHAM'S  Bulbs  and  Seeds  were  represented  and 
gained  First  Prizes  at  London,  Birmingham,  Preston,  Newcastle- 
on- Tyne,  Shrewsbury,  Edinburgh,  *  c.,  &c.,  in  1892, 1893, 1894, 1895. 
FULL  LISTS  POST  FREE  ON  APPLICATION. 
Please  mention  this  Paper. 
STERLING  NOVELTIES  FOR  1896. 
THE  NEW  DWARF  BEDDING 
SWEET  PEA.  CUPID. 
Flowers  large  pure  White,  excellent  for  beds  or  borders. 
Only  six  inches  high.  8d.  and  Is.  per  Packet. 
WALLFLOWER,  RUBY  GEM. 
Quite  a  new  colour  in  Single  Wallflowers,  being  a  beautiful 
shade  of  Ruby  Violet.  Packets  Is.  each. 
For  many  other  Choice  Novelties  in  VEGETABLE  and  FLOWER 
SEEDS,  see  my  NEW  CATALOGUE,  Post  Free.  Alt  Seeds  are 
Carriage  Paid. 
W.  H.  TITT,  Seedsman  &  Florist,  THAMES  ST.,  WINDSOR 
PROFITABLE  FRUIT  GROWING. 
Price  Is. ;  post  free,  Is.  2£d. 
Journal  of  Horticulture  Office,  171,  Fleet  Street,  London, E.O. 
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find  inelude  all  the  flemest  Introductions  and  Finest  Strains. 
FOR  FULL  PARTICULARS  SEE 
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No.  815.— You  XXXII.,  Third  Series. 
Jmtptl  of  |§m1t  cultuijih 
THURSDAY,  FEBRUARY  6,  1896. 
A  GREATER  ROYAL  HORTI¬ 
CULTURAL  SOCIETY. 
Since  (in  the  issue  of  the  Journal  of  Horti¬ 
culture  of  December  12th  last,  page  543)  endea¬ 
vour  was  made  to  represent  the  feelings  and 
aspirations  of  horticulturists,  as  gathered  in 
provincial  centres,  and  more  particularly  from 
a  meeting  of  gentlemen  who  assembled  at  York 
on  the  occasion  of  the  last  great  show  there,  we 
have  received  many  communications.  Both 
from  those  which  have  been  published,  as  well 
as  from  remarks  in  unpublished  letters,  there 
can  be  no  doubt  whatever  that  a  large  current 
of  opinion  is  flowing  in  the  direction  which  has 
been  clearly  enough  indicated.  It  is  evidently 
thought  that  instead  of  shutting  itself  up  in 
London,  so  to  say,  that  the  Royal  Horticultural 
Society  might  increase  its  power  and  influence 
for  good,  strengthen  itself,  and  still  farther 
advance  the  art  of  which  it  is  the  chief  exponent, 
by  extending  the  scope  of  its  operations. 
It  is  thought  that  the  Society  should,  in  a 
more  direct  and  actual  manner  than  hitherto, 
recognise  the  work  of  others  who  are,  in  different 
ways  and  in  various  districts,  striving  for  the 
same  object — namely,  inciting  a  love  for,  and 
encouraging  proficiency  in,  the  delightful  and 
important  pursuit  of  gardening.  Those  gentle¬ 
men  whose  duty  it  is  to  determine  the  policy 
and  formulate  the  methods  of  the  chief  Society, 
we  have  not  a  doubt,  desire  to  be  of  the  greatest 
possible  service  to  horticulture  in  the  broadest 
sense  of  that  term,  and  over  the  widest  area  ; 
but  it  is,  to  say  the  least,  questionable  if  they 
have  anything  like  an  adequate  conception  of  the 
real  drift  of  provincial  opinion,  though  they  may 
have  learned  something  during  the  last  few 
weeks.  This  suggestion  is  in  no  sense  a  reflec¬ 
tion  on  the  capacity  of  members  of  the  Council 
collectively  or  individually.  Provincial  opinion 
can  only  be  gathered  by  close  personal  association 
with  horticulturists,  where  the  greatest  number 
of  them  assemble  at  the  leading  provincial 
exhibitions,  not  at  any  one  of  them  in  particular, 
or  in  any  particular  year,  but  by  visits  to  several 
horticultural  centres  year  after  year. 
Yery  few  members  of  the  Council  have 
been  in  the  habit  of  visiting  such  centres  and 
placing  themselves  in  a  position  to  ascertain 
No.  2471.— VOL.  X01V.,  Old  Series. 
