June  11,  1891. 
529 
JOURNAL 
Carmine  Pillar  &  Single  Roses 
THESE  ARE  NOW  FINELY  IN  FLOWER  AT 
PAUL  «SC  SON, 
The  “Old”  Nurseries,  CHESHUNT 
PRIMULAS!  PRIMULAS!  PRIMULAS! 
28th  YEAR  OF  DISTRIBUTION. 
WILLIAMS’  SUPERB  STRAIN,  1/6  per  dozen  ;  10/-  per  100. 
CINERARIAS,  same  price  ;  also  PRIMULA  OBOONIOA,  2/6 
per  dozen:  DOUBLE  WHITE  PRIMULAS,  6d.  each. 
JOHN  STEVEN'S,  The  Nurseries,  COVENTRY. 
DAHLIAS— A  Speciality 
12  Grand  new  OaOTUS  DAHLIAS,  as.  6d.  :  six,  5s. 
12  Older  OAOTUS,  4s.  6d. ;  six,  2s.  3d. 
12  SHOW  and  FANCY.  4s.  6d. ;  six,  2s.  3d. 
12  POMPONB  DAHLIAS,  3s.  6d. ;  six,  2s. 
12  SINGLE  DAHLIAS,  3s.  Catalogue  on  application. 
HUMPHRIES,  F.R.H.S.,  NURSERYMAN,  CHIPPENHAM 
MECCITT’S  HORTICULTURAL  MANURES 
Garden  Manure. 
Lawn  Manure. 
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TO 
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COMPETITORS  at  HORTICULTURAL  SHOWS, 
AND  OTHERS. 
Nitrate  of  Soda,  “"Jsysf" 
fertiliser,  may  now  be  had  of  Seedsmen  in  town  or  Country. 
Warranted  of  Standard  rarity. 
Price  in  Tins,  containing  4  lbs.,  with  full  Directions  for  Use- 
ONE  SHILLING. 
AGRICULTURISTS  AND  OTHERS  VISITING  LONDON 
are  invited  to  call  at  the 
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Where  illustrations  of  the  action  of  Ohemical  Manures  on  the 
growth  of  various  crops  may  be  inspected,  together  with 
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Agricultural  Periodicals  filed  for  reference. 
NICOTINE  SOAP. 
Insecticide  for  Washing-,  Dipping,  or 
Syringing  Plants. 
(INTRODUCED  1870.)  Manufactured  in  Bond,  free  of  duty. 
GREATLY  IMPROVED  IN  MAKE  AND  STRENGTH. 
Prices  largely  Reduced. 
Nothing  can  equal  it  for  the  ERADICATION  OF  ALL 
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Growers.  It  thoroughly  cleanses  without  the  slightest  injury 
to  foliage  or  young  fruit. 
In  stone  bottles  (the  original  size),  Is.,  2s.  6d.,  5s. 
In  drums,  12  lb.,  13s.  6d. ;  28  lb.,  25s. ;  561b.,  50s. 
To  be  had  from  the  SEED  and  NURSERY  TRADE  generally. 
MANUFACTURERS— 
CORRY  CO.,  Ltd.,  LONDON 
— ,  ■■■  ■  . .  -■  -  - 
Hardy  border  and  herbaceous 
PLANTS,  *c.,  &c.— FORBES’  NEW  ILLUSTRATED 
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«.F  FLOWERING,  &c  ,  &c,  of  THOUSANDS  of  these  marvel- 
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-JOHN  FORBES,  Hawick,  Scotland. 
OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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Of  the  newest  and  most  superb  type,  including  many  rare 
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See  B.  R.  Davis’s  Descriptive  Catalogue,  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.  pa'd. 
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Catalogue  Free  of  207  Bert  Sorts. 
WILLIAM  WELCH,  RUSH  GREEN,  ROMFORD,  ESSEX 
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We  have  an  immense  stock  of  ad  kinds  of  Ferns,  Stove,  Green¬ 
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generally  grown.  Catalogue  free  on  application. 
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Always  worth  a  visit  of  inspection.  Kindly  send  for  Catalogue. 
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Exotic  Nurseries,  CHELTENHAM. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM  GUIDE  and 
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r  have  a  few  of  these  valuable  works  left,  and  will  send  a  copy 
of  each  post  free  for  2/-,  or  separately,  The  Guide,  8  stamps ; 
The  Album,  18  stamps.  Both  are  invaluable  to  Chrysanthemum 
Growers. 
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London  Fern  Nurseries, 
LOUGHBOROUGH  JUNCTION,  LONDON,  S.W. 
5000  Oases  of  Plants  sent  off  last  year  to  thk  Trade 
Nurserymen  and  Florists  send  for  Wholesale  List. 
Special  List  for  Amateurs.  J.  E.  SMITH. 
FREE! 
Sample  Bag  of  Normanby  Patent  Slag  Manure 
On  application  to  anyone  mentioning  this  Paper. 
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By  Special  Appointment  to  H.R  H.  THE  PRINCE  OF  WALES. 
picturesque  rock  FORMATION 
Forming  LAKE-1,  OASOADES,  and  STREAMS;  FERNERIES, 
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FULHAM  SC.  SON, 
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“BEESON’S  MANURE,” 
For  Growing  Fruit,  Flowers,  and  Vegetables  to  perfection.  Sold 
with  a  guaranteed  analysis.  Has  stood  the  test  of  the  principal 
growers  for  over  20  years,  and  is  admitted  to  be  the  best  for  all 
horticultural  purposes.  In  boxes  Is.  and  2s.  6d,;  bags,  60  lbs., 8s.; 
1  cwt.,  15s.  May  be  obtained  through  any  Seedsman,  or  direct 
(bags  only),  carriage  paid,  and  liberal  discount  for  cash  with  trial 
order, from  W.  H.  BEESON,  Sheffield.  Pure  Crushed  Bones,  all 
sizes,  and  other  Fertilisers  at  market  prloes. 
Jmti[iml  of  ||ortiatltm[t 
THURSDAY,  JUNE  11,  1896. 
THE  DROUGHT  AND  ITS 
LESSONS. 
OUR  correspondent,  “  W.  R.  Raillem,” 
writes  ; — 
“  A  dripping  June  brings  all  things  in  tune.” 
“  At  this  time  of  year  we  may  often  see  this 
adage  quoted,  and  generally  with  favour  ;  but, 
personally,  I  find  it  most  untrue.  As  an  agri¬ 
culturist,  rosarian,  and  sportsman  a  dripping 
June  ruins  the  whole  year  for  me.  Hay  is  my 
field  crop,  my  soil  being  light  and  early,  my 
grasses  are  in  flower,  and  fit  to  cut  in  the  second 
week  in  June.  Whether  May  has  been  wet  or 
dry,  rain  in  June  is  bound  to  do  my  hay  more 
harm  than  good. 
“  Tea  Roses  are  my  garden  crop .  By  the 
middle  of  June  these  are  sufficiently  forward  to 
be  spoiled  by  continuous  ‘dripping’  weather. 
The  same  may  be  said  of  the  partridge  crop,  on 
which  the  East  Anglian  sportsman  so  much 
depends.  No  ;  May  is  the  month  when  we  want 
rain,  and  very  seldom  get  enough  of  it.  We 
have  had  now  three  May  droughts  in  four 
successive  years  ;  and,  to  the  best  of  my  recol¬ 
lection,  we  have  only  had  sufficient  rain  in  May 
three  times  in  the  last  ten  years. 
“  The  above  quoted  adage  may  perhaps 
be  true  for  the  northern  parts  of  England, 
but  I  cannot  see  that  it  is  (especially  for 
‘  all  things  ’)  in  the  midland  and  metropolitan 
latitudes.” 
There  is  another  old  adage  to  the  effect  that 
a  showery  May  brings  plenty  of  corn  and  hay. 
We  forget  the  exact  terms,  but  we  suspect  that 
in  the  South  of  England  at  any  rate  our  corre¬ 
spondent  is  not  far  wrong  in  his  surmise  that  no 
amount  of  rain  in  June  can  compensate  for  a 
striking  deficiency  in  the  month  preceding  in  its 
effect  on  crops  of  various  kinds.  Not  in  May 
only  was  the  drought  unusual  y  exhausting  this 
year,  but  its  effect  was  intensified  by  the 
marked  absence  of  rain  in  the  month  preceding 
— April. 
Mr.  J.  G.  Symons  has  favoured  us  with  the 
No.  2489.— Vol.  XOIV.,  Old  Series. 
No.  833.— Vol.  XXXII.,  Third  Series, 
