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§6,  t&38. 
JOimNAL  HORTICULTURE  AKD  COTTAGE  QAllDENEll 
STRAWBERRIES. 
JAMiS  VElfCH  &  SONS 
Beg  to  intimate  they  can  now  supply  all  the  leading  kinds  of  Strawberries, 
either  in  Pots  or  as  Runners. 
SPECIAL  LIST,  JUST  PUBLISHED,  CAN  BE  HAD  ON  APPLICATION. 
Royal  Exotic  Nursery,  KING’S  ROAD,  CHELSEA,  S.W. 
of  ^ortkuItei[t 
THURSDAY,  JULY  30.  1896. 
Early  White  Roman  Hyacinths, 
Early  Snowflake  Paper- White  Narcissus. 
&  SONS 
Beg  to  announce  the  arrival  of,  IN  EXCEPTIONALLY  FINE  CONDITION,  the  above  valuable 
BULBS  FOR  EARLY  FORCING, 
And  will  be  pleased  to  receive  Orders  for  immediate  delivery. 
JANIES  VEITGH 
ROYAL  EXOTIC  NURSERY,  KING’S  ROAO,  CHELSEA,  LONDON,  S.W. 
I  BEOONIAS 
j  Of  the  newest  and  most  superb  type,  including  many  rare 
varieties,  Double  and  Single,  for  Conservatory  or  Bedding. 
See  B.  R.  Davis’8  Descriptive  Oatalbgue,  Kreb.  a  Hand¬ 
some  OOLOURED  plate  of  Six  Double  Varieties,  with  a  Copy 
of  Treatif  e  on  Oultivation,  free  for  Is. 
r  B.  R.  DAVIS,  YEOVIL,  SOMERSET. 
i:  'III  '  ■  ■  ■  I 
London  Fern  Nurseries, 
LOUGHBOROUGH  JUNCTION,  LONDON,  S.W. 
6000  Oases  op  PLAbTS  sent  off  last  year  to  the  Trade 
Nurserymen  and  Florists  send  for  Wholesale  List. 
Special  List  for  Amateurs.  j.  e.  SMITH. 
PRSI.Il»IXKrARY  OFFER. 
BEST  BULBS  FOR  EARLY  FLOWERING, 
GARAWAY  Sl  CO. 
OFFKR 
ROMAN  HYACINTHS,  inch  and  upwards  ..  18s.  6d.  per  100 
„  .1  smaller  . los.  6d.  „ 
PAPKR-WUITE  NARCIS.SU8  . 6s. 
DOUBLE  EOMAN  NAR<  ISSUS . 63.  „ 
DOUBLE  VAN  SION  DAFFODIL”,  first  size. 
Imported  bulbs . 63.  6d.  „ 
For  delivery  In  August. 
DUC  VAN  TUOL  TULIPS,  scarlet  \ 
AKTCS  „ 
LRMMACULEE  >28.6d.perl00,6d,perdoz. 
DUCHESS  of  PARMA,, 
WOUVBKMAN  .,  I 
CHRYSOLORA  .,  ..  63.  per  100,  Is.  3d.  per  doz. 
Second-size  HYACINTHS,  in  distinct  colours, 
unnamed . 14,.  per  100 
„  ,1  „  named,  our  selection  iss  6d.  „ 
First-size  HYACINTHS,  the  bfest  quality,  and 
first-ola»8  vartet'es .  43.  to  S-".  per  doz. 
NARCISSUS,  CYNOSURE  . Ss.Od.  perlOO 
„  PKINCKPS . 6e.  „ 
For  September  delivery.  All  orders  over  ts.ciwriage  paid. 
38.  in  the  £  Discount  off  all  Bulbs  for  “Cash  with  Order,” 
CATALOGUES  ready  In  August. 
CARAWAY  &  CO.,  cuFTorBRisTOL. ! 
NO.  840.— Vot.  YXXIII ,  Third  Series. 
JOHNSON’SlMMYirMUSHROOM 
Being  one  of  the  largest  Manufac¬ 
turers  of  MUSHROOM  SPAWN, 
and  keeping  over  100  cows  from 
which  I  obtain  a  large  quantity  of 
pure  virgin  spawn,  I  am  in  a  position 
to  oiler  the  best  obtainable  at  3s.  per 
bushel. 
Special  Prices  for  Large  Quantities 
and  the  Trade. 
HAKTSER  KXI.I.,EAX.ZUG, 
MIDDLESEX. 
Cuthberts’  Bulbs 
FOR  EARLY  FORCING. 
R.  A  G.  CUTHBERTS’  OATALOGUB  of  the  above  is  Now 
Ready,  and  may  be  had  free  on  application. 
BULB  IMPORTERS,  SOUTHGATE,  MIDDLESEX. 
TENTS!  TENTS!!  TENTS!!!— 
L  I  have  purchased  6flO0  ARMY  TENTS  (40  feet  circum¬ 
ference)  scarcely  used.  Complete  with  poles,  pegs,  and  lines ; 
cost  £6  each.  Will  send  any  number, carriage  nald  for  24a.  each. 
Can  be  sent  on  approval.  Speclai'y  adaptable  for  sporting  and 
pleasure  purposes.  TWO  JUST  SUPPLIED  TO  BUCKING¬ 
HAM  PALACE.  The  tollowlng  unsolicited  Te.stimonial  )a  one 
out  of  many  hundreds  weekly ‘  April  29th,  1890.  Dear  SIR,— 
Accept  my  thanks  ior  the  tents  safeD  received  to-day ;  I  am 
very  pleased  with  them.— F.  H.  HILL,  Duddington  Park,Portc- 
bello,  Midlothian.’ 
ANDREW  POTTER,  Meliourne  Works,  Wolverhampton 
MARQUEES  FOR  FLOWER  SHOWS, 
ill  SPORTS,  (Sc.  Made  of  best  Tent  Canvas,  30  feet  by  16 
feet,  with  poles,  pegs,  runners,  lines,  mallets,  and  bags.  All 
complete,  ready  for  use,  can  be  sent  on  approval,  £14 ;  or'ginally 
cost  £36. 
ANDREW  POTTER,  Melbourne  Works,  Wolverhampton. 
DURE  WOOD  CHARCOAL, SpeciallyPrepated 
1  for  Horticultural  use.  Extract  from  the  Journal  of  Horti- 
ouUwe:  ‘'Charcoa.  Is  Invaluable  as  a  mannrtal  agent;  each 
littio  piece  Is  a  pantry  full  of  the  good  things  of  this  life.  There 
is  no  cultivated  plant  which  is  not  benefited  by  having  Charcoal 
applied  to  the  soil  in  which  it  is  rooted.”  Apply  for  Pamphlet 
and  Prices  to  the  Mauufactmrers, 
HIRST,  BROOKE,  &  HIRST,  Ltd.,  Leeds. 
CHESTER. 
The  interest  of  the  Horticultural  world 
during  the  next  week  will  be  centred  in  the 
beautiful  and  quaint  old  city  of  Chester.  The 
occasion  is  that  of  the  Horticultural  show  and 
al  fresco  fHe,  to  be  held  on  the  historic  Roodee 
on  the  6th  and  6th  of  August. 
Before^  we  say  anything  about  the  f6te  we 
feel  inclined  to  bespeak  the  interest  of  our 
readers  in  the  city  itself.  Chester  has  a  unique 
history.  Its  name  readily  suggests  its  deriva¬ 
tion — casira^  a  camp,  and  our  minds  are  taken 
back  over  the  long  stretch  of  years  dividing  us 
from  the  period  of  the  Roman  occupation. 
Whilst  other  cities  or  towns  in  England  carry 
evidecce  of  a  similar  derivation  in  the  “  cester  ” 
or  “  Chester  ’’  forming  the  after  part  of  the  name 
they  now  bear,  still  Chester,  without  prefix  or 
affix,  signified  simply  the  Camp,  and  considered 
from  this  point  of  view  a  suggestion  is  given 
of  its  then  chief  importance  amongst  the  centres 
dotted  about  our  island  in  which  the  Romans 
rested  in  the  dawn  of  the  Christian  era. 
The  old  city  bears  strongly  everywhere  the 
impress  of  the  Roman  occupation.  It  is  the  only 
city  in  England  with  a  complete  circuit  of 
“walls.”  The  entire  round  of  this  curious 
walking- way  can  be  made  without  a  break,  finish¬ 
ing  at  the  point  whence  the  start  was  made. 
It  has,  too,  its  curious  archways  skirting  the 
streets  called  “The  Rows  a  covered  half- 
balcony,  half-promenade,  giving  a  charming  com¬ 
pleteness  to  the  quaint  architecture  of  the  place, 
and  constituting  a  problem  yet  to  the  antiquary 
and  the  arcbmologist  as  to  the  primitive  purpose 
for  which  the  Rows  were  provided. 
The  streets  and  buildings  within  the  walls  con. 
stitute  the  City  proper,  for  the  walls  themselves 
marked  the  boundary.  The  streets  lie  four 
square,  and  along  these  often  enough  doubtless 
there  would  be  heard  the  echo  of  the  tramp  of 
the  Roman  soldiery.  So  the  place  is  full  of 
these  memories  of  the  past,  and  whilst  there  are 
crypts  and  curious  old  underground  chambers 
dotted  about  the  centre  of  the  city,  there  are 
stored  in  its  museum  old  sculptured  stones, 
inscribed  monuments  and  altars,  with  other  relics 
of  the  Roman  time.  In  these  “  Sermons  in  Stone  ” 
there  are  written  histories  which  rouse  in  the 
No.  S496.— VoL.  XOV.,  Old  Series. 
