May  s!i,  18S6. 
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JOURNAL  OP  horticulture  and  cottage 
-  /  PER  FLORISTS  TO  THE  QUEEN 
O/  oozeiv  ROTHESAY. 
STRONG  PLANTS,  ready  for  planting  out,  5/-  per  down,  cost 
free.  Our  Selection  of  Varieties  from  a  Collection  which 
embraces  ONLY  THE  BEST  VARIETIES. 
All  Classes— Show,  Fancy,  Cactus,  Single,  Pompone, 
Tom  Thumb,  and  Bedding. 
We  would  call  special  attention  to  the 
NEW  SINGLE  CACTUS  VARIETIES, 
Now  offered  at  the  same  price,  5/-  per  dozen. 
COLOURED  PLATE  OF  THESE,  PRICE  2d,  POST  FREE. 
BOX  OF  SPECIMEN  BLOOMS,  6d. 
SPECIMEN  DOZENS. 
The  following  12  Cactus  Varieties  for  5s. 
Baron  Schroder,  Canuell’s  Favourite,  Black  Prince,  Olaribel, 
Duke  of  Clarence,  Harry  Freeman,  Honoria,  Lancelot, 
Marehioness  of  Bute,  Rayon  d’Or,  Snowflake,  St.  Catherine. 
The  following  12  Single  Varieties  for  5s. 
Amos  Perry,  Cleopatra,  Demon,  Ohilwell  Beauty,  Golden 
Locks,  Lutea  Grandiflora,  Kitty,  Mrs.  Grant,  Mrs.  Harris, 
Miss  Ramsbottom,  Willie  Fyfe,  White  Queen. 
The  following  12  Single  Cactus  Varieties  for  5s. 
Anne  of  Geierstein,  Alice  Lee,  Argyle,  Kenilworth,  Lady 
Rowena,  Peveril,  Bruce,  Earl  Ravenswood,  Lochiel,  Queen 
Mary,  Novar,  Marmion. 
All  fine  strong  plants,  ready  for  immediate  planting  out. 
SUMMER  CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
We  can  still  do  fine  Hardy  Plants  of  these  for  immediate 
planting.  TWELVE  VARIETIES  FOR  3/-,  POST  FREE. 
FUCHSIAS. 
Splendid  Plants  ready  for  4-inch  Pots,  post  free,  4/-  per  dozen 
ALL  THE  BEST  SINGLE  AND  DOUBLE  VARIETIES. 
WM.PAUL& SON’S 
NEW  ROSES  for  1896. 
ENCHANTRESS  (Tea)  ,  Creamy  White,  tinted  with  Buff  in 
the  centre;  large,  full,  and  globular;  of  vigorous  growth, 
and  great  freedom  and  continuity  in  blooming.  Silver 
Banksian  Medal  and  Award  of  Merit  from  the  Royal 
Horticultural  Society.  10/6  each. 
QUEEN  IVIAB  (China),  Rosy  Apricot,  shaded  with  Orange, 
outside  tinted  with  Rose  and  Violet ;  sturdy  habit  of 
growth ;  great  substance  of  petals.  Certificate  of  Merit 
and  Award  of  Merit  from  the  Royal  Botanic  and  Royal 
Horticultural  Societies.  10/6  each. 
NEW  ROSES  of  1895. 
SYLPH  (Tea)  . 3/6  to  7/6  each 
ZEPHYR  (Tea) . 3/6  to  7/6  each 
CLIO,  DUKE  OF  YORK,  LORNA  DOONE, 
2/-  to  5/-  each 
CRIMSON  RAMBLER  ..  ..  ..  1/-  to  3/6  each 
LORD  PENZANCE’S  HYBRID  SW:ET  BRIARS  2/-  to  3/6  each 
TEE  NEW  CONTINENTAL  ROSES  for  1896. 
A  selection  of  the  best  varieties,  3/6  each  ;  36/-  dozen. 
A  LARGE  GENERAL  COLLECTION  OF  ROSES  in  Pots  for 
ont-door  planting  or  for  pot  culture,  12/-  to  30/-  per  dozen  ; 
75/-  to  £10  per  100.  Larger  Plants  42/-  dozen  and  upwards 
HARDY  CLIMBING  6c  WA11  PLANTS. 
Strong,  in  Pots,  9/-  to  24/-  dozen. 
Full  Descriptive  Catalogue  Post  Free  on  application. 
VIOLAS. 
FOR 
2/6 
TWELVE  of  the  vprv  best  VIOLAS,  including 
several  recently  introduced  varieties,  are  sent  for 
that  money.  OUR  COLLECTION  OF  VIOLAS 
13  THE  LARGEST  AND  BEST. 
If  buyers  desire  a  Copv  of  our  CATALOGUE  AND 
COMPEL nOHS'  GUIDE ,  180  pages,  fully  Illustrated , 
we  shall  be  pleased  to  enclose  one  Free  with  each 
parcel  if  requested  to  do  so. 
BOBBIE  &.  CO., 
Florists  to  the  Queen, 
ROTH  E  S  A  Y. 
ORCHID  exhibition 
At  Mr.  WILLI  AM  BULL’S  ESTABLISHMENT, 
536,  KING’S  ROAD,  CHELSEA,  LONDON,  S.W. 
ORCHID  exhibition 
v _ NOW  OPEN. _ _ 
ORCHID  exhibition 
“  ADMISSION  FREE. 
PAULS’  NURSERIES, 
WALTHAM  CROSS,  HERTS 
London  Fern  Nurseries, 
LOUGHBOROUGH  JUNOTION,  LONDON,  S.W. 
5000  Oases  op  Plaints  sent  off  last  year  to  the  Trade 
Nurserymen  and  Florists  send  for  Wholesale  List. 
Special  List  for  Amateurs.  J.  E.  SMITH. 
MEGGITT’S  HORTICULTURAL  MANURES 
Garden  Manure. 
Lawn  Manure. 
Floral  Fertilizer. 
For  Vegetables  and  Fruit. 
Invaluable  for  fine  Green  Swards. 
Unrivalled  for  Production  of  Bloom. 
Packed  in  Tins,  Is.  3d. ;  7  lb.  Bags,  2s.  6d. ;  28  lb.  Bags,  7s.  6d. ; 
50  lb.  Bags,  10s. ;  and  1  cwt.  Bags,  15s. ,  Carriage  Paid. 
SAME.  MEGGITT  &  SONS,  Ltd.,SUTTGN  IN-ASHFIELD,  NOTTS 
OUPERB  WHITE  WATER-LILY  BLOOMS. 
kj  Crop  availab'e  from  June  20  to  August  20,  or  thereabouts. 
The  blooms  when  expanded  are  very  beautiful  and  much  admired 
for  table  and  other  decoration.  Securely  packed  in  1-doz.  boxes 
and  carriage  paid,  1  doz  b'ooms.is.  box  ;  12  doz.,  7)1.  box  ;  48  doz., 
7d.  box;  144  doz.,  6Jd.  box;  432  doz.,  6)1.  box.  Prepaid  orders 
executed  as  received.— Apply,  BOLE  H  AlL  MILL  CO.,  Tam  worth 
ORCHID  exhibition 
One  of  the  Most  Beautiful  Sights  in  London. 
ORCHID  exhibition 
A  Vision  of  Loveliness  Unparalleled  in  Europe. 
ORCHID  exhibition 
Must  be  seen  to  be  realised. 
ORCHID  exhibition 
W  At  Mr.  WILLIAM  BULL’S  ESTABLISHMENT, 
536,  KING’S  ROAD,  CHELSEA,  LONDON,  S.W. 
Hardy  border  and  herbaceous 
PLANTS,  &c.,  (fee.— FORBES’  NEW  ILLUSTRATED 
DESCRIPTIVE  PRICED  CATALOGUE  FOR  1896,  146  Pages 
gives  all  particulars,  including  COLOUR,  HEIGHT,  SEASON 
uF  FLOWERING,  &c  ,  <fte,  of  THOUSANDS  of  these  marvel¬ 
lously  varied  and  highly  popular  Flowers.  Free  on  application. 
—JOHN  FORBES,  Hawick,  Scotland. 
Tanned  garden  netting.— For 
protection  to  Strawberry  Beds,  Fiuit  Trees,  &c.  Cheapest 
and  Best  in  the  Market.  200  Yards,  54.;  Extra  Quality,  8s.— 
SPASHETT  &  CO.,  Net  Manufacturers,  Lowestoft. 
HEATING  APPARATUS.— Medals  1875  and 
1881.  Catalogue  of  Boilers,  Pipes,  and  Fittings  free.  W.  Jones' 
Treatise,  “  Heating  by  Hot  Water,”  second  edition,  216  pages, 
2s.  6d. ;  post  free,  2s. I0d.— JONES  &  ATTWOOD,  Stourbridge. 
ARDEN  NETTING. — Is  oiled  and  dressed  ; 
will  not  lot  if  left  out  in  all  weathers.  PROTECT  YOUR 
GARDENS  FROM  THE  RAVAGES  OF  BIROS.  Sent  aDy 
width  or  length,  35  i-qaare  yards  for  Is.  Price  List  sent 
on  application.  —  HENRY  ROBUNSON,  Garden  Net  Works, 
Rye,  Sussex. 
MPORTANT  to  MUSHROOM  GROWERS- 
— CUTHBERT’S  SPECIALITE  MUSHROOM  SPAWN- 
Always  alike;  most  productive.  Hundreds  of  Testimonials, 
Per  Bushel,  5s.— R.  &  G.  CUTHBERi’,  Seed,  Bulb,  and  Plant 
Merchants,  Southgate,  N.  Established  1797. 
PROTECT  YOUR  GARDENS  from  Ravages 
I  of  Birds.— TANNED  NETTING,  85  square  yards  for  Is. 
Will  not  rot  if  left  out  in  all  weathers.  Sent  any  width ;  carriage 
aid  on  ah  orders  over  5s.  As  supplied  to  the  Royal  Gardens, 
ent  on  approval.— H.  J.  GASSON,  Garden  Net  Works,  Rye. 
GARDENER. 
Jountat  of  Harticuttiqu 
THURSDAY,  MAY  21,  1896. 
WORK  AND  PLEASURE. 
WORK  first :  though  pleasure  to  the  many 
involves  work  to  the  relatively  few,  as 
will  be  seen  ;  but  it  is  always  work  first — real 
work  of  the  hardest — then  pleasure  of  the  purest 
that  the  earth  can  afford  may  follow — the  best 
of  music,  and  the  richest  of  flowers.  Work  has 
been  prevalent  in  gardens  of  late.  It  usually  is, 
and  not  the  less  actual  when  the  sun  is  bright 
for  weeks,  the  air  keen  and  harsh,  the  soil  dusty 
or  cloddy  according  to  its  nature,  rendering  seed¬ 
sowing  discouraging,  planting  irksome,  and  the 
weather  conditions  such  as  gardeners  generally 
do  not  rejoice  in  ;  one  exception,  however, 
exists,  as  revealed  in  the  postscript  (an  unusual 
one)  of  a  letter  to  the  Editor. 
“  Good  weather  for  bricks  ;  making  80,000  a 
week  now.”  Thus  writes  a  gardener.  There  is 
no  mistake  about  it— a  real  genuine  gardener, 
who  discharges  his  duties,  probably,  as  well  as  it 
would  be  possible  to  discharge  them  in  the 
situation  that  he  has  filled  long  and  well.  He  is 
a  man  of  great  energy,  and  required  something 
more  than  the  charge  of  a  gentleman’s  estate  to 
subdue  it  and  keep  himself  in  health. 
This  gardener  has  always  been  making  bricks, 
metaphorically,  throughout  his  career,  in  simply 
making  the  most  and  the  best  of  his  opportu¬ 
nities  in  an  upright  and  honourable  way  and 
now  he  has  gone  beyond  metaphor.  His 
cultural  work  has  been  of  the  first  order,  and 
honoured  by  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  ; 
while  he  has  always  been  ready  to  turn  his  hand 
to  anything  in  the  interests  of  his  employer  (and 
himself)  from  setting  a  boiler  to  laying  a  drain. 
He  has  never  been  afraid  of  soiling  his  hands  or 
dirtying  his  coat — when  it  was  on — though  he 
has  had  thirty,  and  often  many  more  men,  to  do  his 
bidding.  These  men  he  could  not  only  tell  what 
to  do,  and  tell  them  clearly,  but  could,  and  did, 
show  them  how  to  do  it.  But  though  expert  in 
manual  work  he  is  not  less  so  in  other  things 
pertaining  to  his  calling. 
Ready  and  able  when  called  on  to  make  a 
bouquet  or  wreath,  or  dress  a  dinner  table  ;  to 
give  designs  for  landscape  gardening,  and  provide 
|  estimates  of  cost  for  carrymg  out  the  work  ; 
produce  plans  and  specifications  for  buildings  of 
various  kinds  ;  manage  the  farm  and  stock  ; 
No.  2486.— Vol.  XOIV.,  Old  Series. 
No.  830.— Vol.  XXXII.,  Third  Series. 
