June  i,  1896. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER . 
505 
NOT  RUBBISH 
PLANTS 
That  will  make  a  good  show  and  give  the  buyer 
entire  satisfaction. 
THIS  I  GUARANTEE  OR  CASH  RETURNED. s_  d 
BEGONIAS. — 12  splendid  single,  mixed  colours  ..  ..3  6 
BEGONIAS. — 12  splendid  double,  mixed  colours  ..  ..6  0 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. — 12  grand  new  Japanese  . ,  ..6  0 
(1HRYSAN  I'HEMUMS. — 6  grand  new  Incurved  ..  ..3  6 
OHRYSANTHEMUMS. — 12  grand  new  early -flowering, 
lor  pots  or  ground  . 6  0 
0  D  R Y < ANTHEMU MS. — 12  early-flowering  Pompons  ..  3  6 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. — 12  beautiful  singles,  Al  for  cut 
flowers . 4  0 
DAHLIAS. — 12  grand  new  Cactus  kinds . 6  0 
DAHLIAS. — 12  best  older  Cactus  kinds  ..  ..  ..3  6 
D AH  LT AS.— 12  splendid  Show  and  Fancy  kinds  ..  ..  3  6 
1)  >HL IAS.— 12  beautiful  single  kinds  . 3  6 
FUCHSIAS.  —12  splendid  double  kinds,  including  White 
and  Rose  Phenomenal . 4  0 
FUCHSIAS. — 12  splendid  single  kinds  . 3  6 
SHOW  AND  DEOORATIYE  PELARGONIUMS.  — 12 
splendid  kinds . 6  6 
ZONAL  PELARGONIUMS. — 12  best  new  singles,  1896, 
including  Pearson’s,  Miller’s,  and  Oannell’s  . .  8  0 
ZONAL  PELARGONIUMS. — 12  very  fine  older  kinds  ..4  0 
ZONAL  PELARGONIUMS. — 12  best  new  double  and 
remi-double  kinds,  including  double  H.  Jacoby 
and  Raspail  Improved . 6  6 
ZONAL  PE LARGONIUMS,  Double. — 12  best  older  kinds  4  0 
IVY  PELARGONIUMS. — 12  best  kinds . 4  0 
DOUBLE  PETUNIAS. — 12  grand  kinds  ..  ..  ..6  0 
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TO 
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Agricultural  Periodicals  filed  for  reference. 
Hardy  border  and  herbaceous 
PLANTS  &c„  &c.— FORBES’  NEW  ILLUSTRATED 
DESCRIPTIVE  PRICED  CATALOGUE  FOR  1896,  146  Pages 
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BEGONIAS 
Of  the  newest  and  most  superb  type,  including  many  rare 
varieties,  Double  and  Single,  for  Conservatory  or  Bedding. 
See  B.  R.  Davis’s  Descriptive  Oatalqgue,  Free.  A  Hand¬ 
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Duke  of  Edinbro’,  for  P.O.  2s. ;  12  var.,  3s.  6d. ;  or  six  splendid 
named  show  Cactus,  Is.  9d. ;  six  choice  named  Pompones,  Is.  9d. ; 
six  choice  named  singles.  Is.  9d.,  all  post  free ;  or  two  dozen 
splendid,  my  selection  of  all  the  best  sorts  named,  7s.,  car.  paid. 
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Catalogue  Free  of  207  Best  Sorts. 
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FERNS 
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Always  worth  a  visit  of  inspection.  Kindly  send  for  Catalogue. 
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with  a  guaranteed  analysis.  Has  stood  the  test  of  the  principal 
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1  cwt.,  15s.  May  be  obtained  through  any  Seedsman,  or  direct 
(bags  oi  ly),  carriage  paid,  and  liberal  discount  for  cash  with  trial 
order, from  W.  H.  BEESON,  Sheffield.  Pore  Crushed  Bones,  ail 
sizes,  and  other  Fertilisers  at  market  prices. 
RATING  OF  FRUIT  PLANTATIONS. 
IN  speaking  at  Thorney  in  the  Isle  of  Ely 
recently  on  the  depressed  condition  of 
agriculture,  the  Duke  of  Bedford  referred  to  the 
extra  rates  that  had  to  be  paid  by  owners  who 
had  carried  out  improvements.  “  I  have  estab¬ 
lished,”  he  said,  “  near  Woburn  an  experimental 
fruit  farm.  Au  ordinary  arable  field  was 
converted  during  the  autumn  and  winter  into 
a  fruit  garden  by  the  employment  of  capital  and 
labour.  The  land  was  duly  planted  with  a  valu¬ 
able  stock  of  fruit  trees  and  bushes,  and  after  a 
few  months  there  came  up,  I  confess  to  my 
amazement,  for  I  had  not  foreseen  this  result  of 
my  experiment,  the  overseer.  Now  the  parish 
overseer  said,  *  The  employment  of  capital  has 
wrought  a  great  change  in  this  spot,  and  it  is  my 
duty  to  report  the  same,  and  to  treble  your 
rates.’  Well,  I  was  in  search  of  experience  in 
the  matter  of  fruit  farming,  and  I  am  now  in  a 
position  to  record  an  important  result  ;  it  is  this. 
If  you  invest  capital  in  a  fruit  farm  your  rates 
will  be  trebled  before  you  have  any  chance  of  a 
return  for  your  outlay.” 
\Ve  cannot  withhold  the  expression  of  our 
opinion  that  the  action  of  the  authorities  in  this 
case  very  closely  resembles  what  is  known  as 
sharp  practice.  The  Duke  of  Bedford  has  at 
great  outlay  established  this  fruit  experimental 
station,  not  for  personal  gain  but  public  instruc¬ 
tion.  It  is  not  a  case  of  fruit  farming  in  which 
the  land  may  be  supposed  to  yield  more  than 
under  ordinary  tillage,  and  if  it  were  there  has 
been  no  time  for  the  trees  to  bear  fruit,  as  they 
are  only  just  becoming  established.  The  imposi¬ 
tion  of  extra  rates  under  such  conditions  is 
harsh  ;  but  that  is  not  the  point  in  the  present 
instance. 
We  have  heard  complaints  of  owners  of  private 
gardens,  which  are  largely  cultivated  for  purposes 
of  gain,  being  placed  under  favoured  conditions 
of  rating  as  compared  with  ordinary  market 
gardeners,  but  this  Woburn  case  is  wholly 
different.  There  has  been  no  gain,  none  wa3 
expected,  nor  can  any  accrue.  The  Duke  has 
been  rated  on  his  outlay — on  the  benefit  he  has 
conferred  on  others  by  the  employment  of  labour, 
the  purchase  of  materials,  and  other  expenditure 
incident  to  the  establishment  of  a  teries  of 
scientific  and  practical  experiments,  such  as  are 
not  elsewhere  to  be  found  in  this  country. 
No.  2488.— Vol.  XOIV.,  Old  Series. 
