July  23,  1896, 
JOUMaL  of  HORrWULfURE  AND  GOTTAOE  GARDENER. 
73 
For  Present  Sowing*  is 
DANIELS’  DEFIANCE. 
A  niagniflcent  variety,  growing  to  the  weight  of  from  10  to  SO 
pounds.  Remarkably  early,  short  legsed,  and  compact,  and  of 
the  most  delicious  marrow  flavour.  Invaluable  for  the  market 
t  gardener  or  the  private  grower. 
Our  own  grand  selected  stock,  per  oz  ,  1/6 ;  per  packet,  6d. 
D^NIELS’  DEFI.4.NOE  0.\BBAG1B. 
O  W  X  o  w, 
DANIELS’  GOLDEN  ROCCA, 
Fine  globular  shape,  gold  m  ye’low  skin,  mild  flavour,  and  with 
careful  cultivation  comes  e.^ual  to  the  impor  ed  Portugal 
Onions,  and  keeps  sound  till  June.  This  variety  is  the  host 
exhibition  kind  known,  and  has  obtainei  more  prizes  than  any 
other  Onion.  It  sown  in  autumn,  and  kept  under  first-class 
cultivati.m,  will  grow  bulbs  two  to  tliree  pounds  each. 
Per  oz.,  1/6 ;  per  Packet,  6d. 
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cost  £36. 
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culture:  “Charooa.  is  invaluable  as  a  mannrial  agent;  each 
littie  piece  is  a  pantry  full  of  the  good  things  of  this  life.  There 
18  no  culiivated  plant  which  is  not  benefited  by  having  Charcoal 
applied  to  the  soil  in  wuich  it  Is  rooted.”  Appiy  for  Pamphlet 
lini  Prices  to  the  Mannlacmrers, 
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A  (RAINY)  DAY  IN  KENT. 
■  - 
AT'ES,  a  rainy  day,  actually,  in  this  day -after-day 
X  scorchingly  hot  and  parchingly  dry  July. 
It  ivas  on  Thursday,  the  16th  inst.,  and  a  day  to 
be  remembered — not  for  the  rain  alone,  but  for 
a  visit  to  a  sturdy  farmer  who  has  done  his 
share,  and  done  it  well,  in  making  the  land 
fruitful,  his  much-esteemed  landlord  satisfied 
with  at  least  this  part  of  his  possessions,  and 
himself  (the  farmer)  contented  and  happy. 
Swanley  is  not  unknown  in  the  horticultural 
world.  There  is  a  “certain  man”  there  named 
Henry  Cannell,  who  has  helped  lo  make  it 
familiar — a  genuine  gardener,  who  by  great 
energy  and  business  aptitude  has  made  the  whole 
civilised  world  his  market  and  himself  famous. 
There  is  another  man  at  Swanley  with  a  small 
branch  establishment,  including  vineries  and 
Tomato  houses  600  to  800  feet  long,  who  changed 
a  comparatively  barren  field  that  was  dearer  at  a 
pound  an  acre  not  msny  years  ago  than  it  is  now 
at  a  more  than  ten  times  that  rental.  This 
man’s  name  is  Philip  Ladds.  There  is  a  jam 
factory  close  by  from  which  is  no  doubt  sent 
thousands  of  pounds  worth  of  English  fruit  into 
other  lands  annually. 
There  is  a  college,  too,  for  teaching  young 
ladies  gardening,  and  these  young  ladies,  to  their 
credit  be  it  said,  have  won  most  of  the  Royal 
Horticultural  Society’s  certificates  for  proficiency 
— on  paper — in  horticulture  or  botany.  After 
these  examples  of  progress — the  Cannells,  the 
jam  folk,  the  Ladds,  and — it  has  to  come — the 
las-ses,  it  might  be  thought  there  was  nothing 
more  worth  placing  on  record  pertaining  to 
the  district  around  Swanley  J  unction,  but 
there  is. 
There  is  a  farmer  named  J  ohn  Wood,  whose 
house  or  mansion  it  the  most  prominent  by  its 
altitude,  on  the  right  as  the  train  approaches 
Swanley  Station  from  London,  and  there  is  some 
glass  around  it,  more  than  surrounds  the  majority 
of  gentlemen’s  residences,  for  the  structures 
ch'sely  cover  15  acres.  But  these  15  acres, 
though  an  important  part,  constitute  only  a 
small  part  of  Mr.  Wood’s  occupancy,  which  ex¬ 
tends  to  1000  acres.  Nor  would  this  be  remark¬ 
able  if  he  had  inherited  those  acres  or  was  pro¬ 
vided  with  the  meins  for  entering  on  such  a 
No.  24f5.-V0L.  XOV.,  OLD  Serifs. 
No.  839  — VoL  XXXIII,  Third  Sbries. 
