March  5,  1896. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER , 
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VEITCH’S 
CHINESE 
PRIMULAS. 
VEITOH’S  SUPERB  FRINGED  RED  ..  1  D 
VEITOH’S  SUPKRB  FRINGED  WHITE  }Per  Facket>  2/6 
VEITOH’S  SUPERB  FRINGED  MIXED  Packet,  1/6  &  2/6 
YEITOH’S  OHELSEA  BLUE 
VEITOH’S  OHELSEA  CRIMSON 
VEITOH’S  OHELSEA  SOARLET 
VEITOH’S  OHELSEA  ROSE 
VEITOH’S  GIGANTIC  RED 
VEITOH’S  GIGANTIC  ROSE 
VEITOH’S  GIGANTIC  WHITE 
THE  QUEEN  AND  HYBRIDS 
VEITOH’S  SNOWFLAKE  .. 
VEITOH’S  DOUBLE 
Per  Packet,  2/6 
Per  Packet,  3/6 
”  j  Per  Packet,  2/6 
..  Per  Packet,  3/6 
..  Per  Packet,  3/6 
..  Per  Packet,  2/6 
:toh’s  double  red,  scarlet,  i  „  „  .  .  nla 
ROSE,  WHITE,  and  MIXED  ..  }Per  Paoket>  2/6 
VEITOH’S  SPECIAL  MIXTURE  OF )  Per  Packet, 
THE  ABOVE  (Double  or  Single)  . .  J  3/6  and  5/. 
WHAT  THE  PRESS  OF  EAST  WEEK 
SAYS  ABOUT  THEM — 
“Amidst  such  excellence  it  is  difficult  to  particularise,  but 
of  the  blooms  before  us  we  should  say  Chelsea  Scarlet,  Ohelsea 
Rose,  Ohelsea  Blue,  Gigantic  Red  and  White,  with  the  firm’s 
Double  Red  and  Rose  were  of  the  choicest,  though  all  the 
others  are  sufficiently  good  to  include  in  every  collection.” — 
Journal  of  Horticulture,  February  20th,  1896. 
“The  charm  and  variety  of  the  Primulas  sent  to  us  by 
Messrs.  Veitch  it  would  be  exceedingly  difficult  to  over¬ 
praise.”—  Gardening  World,  February  22nd,  1896. 
“A  box  of  flowers  of  Chinese  Primulas  reached  us  a  few 
days  ago  from  the  Messrs.  Veitch,  and  contained  numbers  of 
finely  selected  and  improved  forms  and  colours.”—  Gardeners' 
Magazine,  February  22nd,  1896. 
JAMES  VEITCH  &  SONS, 
Royal  Exotio  Nursery ,  CHELSEA. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS! 
Chrysanthemums  “  Up-to-date.” 
VOTES  FOR  50  JAPANESE  VARIETIES. 
96  G.  0.  SCHWABE 
79  THOMAS  WILKINS 
74  ROSE  WYNNE 
68  Viscountess  HAMBLEDON 
67  ROBERT  OWEN 
56  EVA  KNOWLES 
49  RICHARD  DEAN 
46  WILFRED  MARSHALL 
Were  Raised  and  Distributed  from  the  Floral  Nurseries, 
Maidenhead.  “Without  casting:  any  reflections,”  no 
other  English  Firm  has  an  equal  number. 
My  New  List ,  Free,  will  supply  Winners  for  1896. 
R.  OWEN,  Maidenhead. 
For  Market  and  Private  Growers. 
ORNAMENTAL  TREES,  SHRUBS,  &c. 
Descriptive  CATALOGUES  Post  Free. 
J  CHEAL&SONS 
WaU  Crawley,  U  Sussex. 
/"TARNATIONS. — For  full  particulars  of  the 
V  oft  certificated  GRAND  NEW  CARNATIONS,  « BUO- 
CLEUCH  CLOVE  ”  and  ••  YULE  TIDE,”  and  every  other 
Variety  of  Merit,  see  FORBES’  NEW  ILLUSTRATED  DE¬ 
SCRIPTIVE  PRICED  CATALOGUE  FOR  1896.  146  pages.  Free 
on  application.— JOHN  FORBES,  Hawick,  Scotland. 
No.  819.— You  XXXII.,  Third  Series. 
QARTERS’,  the  QUEEN’S  SEEDSMEN. 
(BARTERS’  EARL’S  FAVOURITE  MELON 
\J  —The  finest  flavoured  Melon  it  has  been  onr  privilege  to 
taste  in  an  experience  of  over  forty  years.  The  only  Melon 
awarded  the  First-class  Certificate  of  the  Royal  Horticultural 
Sooietv  in  1895.  All  connoisseurs  of  this  dainty  fruit  must  grow 
it.— Price,  in  sealed  .packets,  2s.  6d.  and  3s.  Gd.  each,  sent  in 
exchange  for  stamps. 
pARTERS’  DUKE  of  YORK  TOMATO.— 
VJ  Acknowledged  by  all  the  best  authori  ies  to  be  the  gre  test 
advance  in  this  popular  fruit.  The  only  Tomato  awarded  first- 
class  certificate  and  two  silver  medals  Royal  Horticultural 
Society,  1895  —Price,  iD  sealed  packets,  2s. 6d.  and  3s.  Gd.,  sent  in 
exchange  for  stamps. 
TOOK  TO  YOUR  LAWN.  —  CARTERS’ 
1  i  PAMPHLET, “How  to  Make  a  New  Lawn  or  Renovate  an 
Old  One,”  free  on  receipt  of  stamp  for  postage. 
HARTERS’  10«.  6d.  BOX  of  FLOWER 
\j  SEEDS  contains  56  packets  of  seeds  of  ;beautiful  flowers  oi 
easy  cultivation.  Sent  post  free  on  receipt  of  P.O.  for  10s. 
Other  Box' s,  price  2s.6d„  5s.,  21?.,  30s.,  40s.,  and  60s.  Full  par¬ 
ticulars  of  contents  free  on  application. 
HARTERS’  5s.  BOX  of  VEGETABLE  SEEDS 
U  contains  22  packets  of  useful  vegetables,  constituted  to  give 
a  constant  supply  from  a  small  garden,  ail  the  year  round,  sent 
packing  and  carriage  free  on  receipt  of  P.O.  Other  boxes,  price 
2s.  6d.,  7s. 6d.,  10s.,  12s.  6d.,  15s  ,  21s.,  80s.,  40s.,  and  60s.  Full  par¬ 
ticulars  of  contents  free  »n  application. 
pARTERS’,  the  QUEENS’  SEEDSMEN, 
U  237,  238,  and  97,  HIGH  HOLBORN,  LONDON. 
Best  LATE  APPLE 
We  can  Strongly  Recommend  our  New  Apple 
“NEWTON  WONDER,” 
as  the  best  late  Apple  in  cultivation  ;  fruit  keeps  till  June ; 
large,  well-coloured,  perfect  form,  splendid  cooking  quality  ; 
tree  a  vigorous  grower,  free  from  canker,  and  very  productive. 
PRICE— Same  as  Ordinary  Varieties. 
AWARDED  FIRST-CLASS  CERTIFICATE,  R.H.S.,  DEC.,  1887 
NOW  WIDELY  KNOWN. 
Descriptive  Catalogue  of  Fruits,  with  full  direction  for  Planting, 
also  an  Article  upon  Pruning  and  Insect  Pests,  on  application. 
J.  R.  PEARSON  &  SONS, 
CHILWELL  NURSERIES,  NOTTS. 
if  LINCOLN  SEEDS.^1 
Grown  in  the  dryest  climate  in  England. 
EXTRA  PEAS  SELECTED. 
Perfect  Germination.  CATALOGUE  FREE. 
QxPENHELL  &  SONS, gSI, LINCOLN )) 
STERLING  NOVELTIES  FOR  1896. 
THE  NEW  DWARF  BEDDING 
SWEET  E  A  .  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  8d.  and  is.  each. 
For  many  other  Choice  Novelties  in  VEGETABLE  and  FLOWER 
SEEDS,  see  my  NE  W  CATALOGUE,  Post  Free.  Alt  Seeds  are 
Carriage  Paid. 
W.  H.  TETT,  Seedsman  and  Florist, 
THAMES  ST.,  WINDSOR. 
THURSDAY,  MARCH  5,  1896. 
ECKFORD’S  SweeT  Peas. 
DIRECT  FROM  RAISER. 
See  THE  QUEEN’S  Commendation  of  Eckford’s 
Sweet  Peas  in  Catalogue. 
Full  Priced  CATALOGUE,  with  Cultural  Directions, free  from 
HENRY  ECKFORD,  WEM,  Shropshire. 
EOKFORD’S  CULINARY  PEAS  are  as  far  in  advance  of  all 
other  raisers  as  EOKFORD’S  SWEET  PEAS. 
TREE  FERNS  AND  THEIR 
TREATMENT. 
BUT  few  exotics  are  better  capable  of  present¬ 
ing  to  one’s  mind  the  glories  of  more 
naturally  favoured  lands  than  Tree  Ferns  ;  and 
with  some  of  the  noblest  of  the  species  but  few 
plants  are  more  easily  cultivated,  provided  their 
simple  wants  receive  the  attention  they  deserve. 
Unfortunately  those  claims  to  beauty  often  lead 
to  their  being  placed  in  a  position  deficient  in  the 
primary  essentials  to  their  well-being  ;  hence 
though  life  is  maintained,  that  happy  condition 
of  robust  health  is  wanting.  Under  the  adverse 
conditions  of  culture  represented,  perhaps,  by  a 
conservatory  sunnily  situated  in  which  atmo¬ 
spheric  moisture  is  at  a  premium,  unremitting 
attention  with  the  syringe  is  able  to  keep  them 
fairly  presentable,  but  it  is  a  necessary  evil. 
The  ideal  treatment  under  which  the  more 
popular  of  these  beautiful  plants  luxuriate  is 
the  natural  conditions  of  their  native  habitats, 
and  the  nearer  these  can  be  approached  the 
maximum  of  satisfaction  with  a  minimum  of 
labour  entailed  will  be  afforded.  In  this  family 
of  plants  the  Dicksonias  take  a  high,  if  not  the 
highest,  place,  and  it  is  as  well  to  start  with 
their  treatment  as  afforded  to  them  by  Nature 
in  their  Antipodean  home.  Under  our  hands 
we  should  not  presumably  think  of  giving  them 
the  same  treatment  as  the  delicate  Filmy  Ferns, 
nor  would  it  as  a  rule  be  wise  to  do  so  ;  yet  the 
humid  gullies  of  New  Zealand,  the  happy  home 
of  Dicksonia  antarctica,  is  also  the  habitat  of 
some  of  the  rarest  and  most  beautiful  of  the 
Filmies,  than  of  which  there  is  none  more  so 
than  Trichomanes  reniforme.  This,  with  other 
varieties,  attaching  its  slender  creeping  rhizomes 
to  the  trunk  of  some  fallen  monarch.  Hence 
atmospheric  moisture  rather  than  copious  drench- 
ings  is  the  desideratum. 
Failing  the  maintenance  of  this  genial  atmo¬ 
sphere  in  unfavourable  positions  the  syringe 
will  obviously,  according  to  season  or  weather, 
play  a  prominent  part.  Yet  moisture-yielding 
mediums,  such  as  rockwork  in  its  humblest  form, 
boulders,  small  pebbles,  in  fact  every  stone 
employed,  is  a  step  in  the  right  direction  and  a 
corresponding  counterpoise  to  the  arid  atmosphere 
of  an  unsuitable  house.  Having  had  some 
No.  2476. — Vol.  X01V.,  Old  Series. 
