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OP  THE  SAME  NAME. 
&  Son’s 
CELEBRATED 
HYAOiNTHS, 
TULIPS, 
AND  ALL  OTHER  ^ 
DUTCH,  CAPE,  AND  EXOTIC 
BULBS  AHD  PLftWTS 
Our  Descriptive  CATALOGUE  of  the  above,  containing 
FULL  CULTURAL  DIRECTIONS  and  particulars  as 
to  FREE  DELIVERY,  will  be  sent  po-t  free  on  appli¬ 
cation  to  our  Offices  at  OVERVEEN,  near  HAARLEM, 
HOLLAND,  or  to  our  General  Agents— 
Messrs.  MERTENS  &  CO., 
3,  CROSS  LANE,  LONDON,  E.C. 
BEaONIAS 
Of  the  newest  and  most  superb  type,  including  many  rare 
varieties,  Doable  and  Single,  for  Conservatory  or  Bedding. 
See  B.  R.  Davis’s  Descriptive  oatal@gue,  Free,  a  Hand¬ 
some  COLOURED  PLATE  of  Six  Double  Varieties,  with  a  Copy 
of  Treatise  on  Oultivation,  free  for  Is. 
B.  R.  DAVIS,  NURS^'^lES,  YEOVIL,  SOMERSET. 
STRAWBERRIES ‘p:;;,".? 
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Beg  to  say  they  are  now  offering  the  best  sorts  in 
fine  plants  at  reduced  rates. 
CATALOC^XTES  FltEK. 
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BEST  BULBS  FOR  EARLY  FLOWERING, 
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OFFER 
ROMAN  HYACINTHS,  4f  inch  and  upwards  ..  ISs.  6d.  per  ICO 
I,  „  .smaller  . 108. 6d.  „ 
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DOUBLE  VAN  SION  DAFFODILS,  first  sisse. 
Imported  bulbs . 8s.  6d.  ,, 
For  delivery  in  August. 
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unnamed . 143.  per  100 
„  „  named,  our  selection  18s  6d.  „ 
I'irst-stze  HYACINTHS,  the  best  quality,  and 
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CATALOGUES  ready  In  August. 
nilDAIlfAV  O  Oft  Durdham  Down  Nurseries, 
liAnAWAY  &  bU.,  clifton,  Bristol. 
No.  848  —Von.  XXZIII.,  Third  Series. 
VEITOH’S 
GENUINE  BULBS. 
VEITCH'S  COLLECTIONS 
OF  HYACINTHS, 
Selected  from  tlie  most  distinct  named  varieties. 
VEITCK’S  C0LLECTI0I\IS 
OF  DAFFODILS, 
Embracing  the  finest  of  each  section. 
VEITCH’S  COLLECTIONS 
OF  TULIPS, 
Containing  the  most  effective  kinds  for  pots. 
For  details,  see  CATALOGUE,  forwarded  Post  Free 
on  application. 
JAMES  VEITCH  &  SONS, 
ROYAL  EXOTIC  NURSERY, 
CHELSEA,  LONDON,  S.W. 
Lgndon  Fern  Nurseries 
LOUGHBOROUGH  JUNCTION,  LONDON.  S.W. 
5000  Oases  of  Plants  sent  off  last  year  to  the  Trade 
Nurserymen  and  Florists  send  for  Wholesale  List. 
SPECIAL  LIST  FOR  AMATEURS.  J.  E.  SMITH. 
JOHNSON’SlMMnLMUSHROOM 
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  offer  the  best  obtainable  at  38.  per 
bushel. 
i^ecial  Priefs  for  Lwr^e  Quantitiei 
and  the  Trnde 
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JERSEY 
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And  CARNATIONS  are  properly  packed,  free  of 
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Illustrated  Catalogue  and  new  Strawberry  List. 
FHZI.ZP  EE  COEM^U,  F.R.H.S., 
THE  JERSEY  NURSERIES,  JERSEY. 
Mr.  ROBERT  SYDENHAM’S  BULBS 
Are  acknowledged  by  all  to  bo  the  Best  and  Finest. 
Refer ei  ces  can  be  given  to  Customers  in  nearly  every  town,  in  the 
United  Kingd  m. 
EMPEROR  NARCISSUS,  extra  fine  bulbs.  5,-  dozen;  .average 
size.  4/-  dozen.  BARRI  OON3PIOUUS,  3/6  dozen  ;  25/-  100, 
HORSPIELDI,  extra  setected  bulb.s,  2 '6  dozen;  good  average 
size,  2/- dozen ;  15/- U'O.  SIR  WaTKIN,  3/6  dozen.  Orders  over 
£5  Ten  per  Oent.  Discount.  Full  List  on  application. 
TENBY  STREET  NORTH,  BIRMINGHAM 
THURSDAY,  SEPTEMBER  24,  1896, 
BEET  AT  CHISWICK. 
n BEING  that  Beet  is  such  an  important  salad 
0  vegetable — both  enjoyable  and  nutritious  ; 
also  that  it  is  being  grown  in  an  increasing 
number  of  gardens  yearly  ;  and  further,  that 
the  varieties  are  so  numerous  and  diversified — 
it  was  desirable  that  a  large  number  of  stocks 
of  which  seed  is  sold  should  be  grown  at  Chis¬ 
wick  for  comparison. 
A  considerable  plot  of  ground  was  thus  set 
apart  for  the  purpose  of  testing  the  character  of 
Beets  during  the  present  season ,  and  eighty 
:  itocki,  of  which  seeds  were  sent  from  the  Conti¬ 
nent  as  well  as  from  home  growers  and  vendors, 
^  were  grown  side  by  side  in  an  open  portion  in 
I  the  gardens.  The  land  devoted  to  the  trials  was 
j  trenched,  but  not  manured,  and  the  plants  had  as 
good  an  opportunity  to  develop  and  display  the 
I  characteristics  of  the  roots  as  to  form,  colour,  and 
j  texture  as  the  season  afforded.  Though  the 
weather  was  not  generally  favourable  to  the  free 
germination  of  the  seed  and  the  unchecked 
j  growth  of  the  plants,  it  may  be  said  to  have  been 
as  fair  for  one  stock  a%  another.  Be  that  as  it 
may,  and  it  may  not  be  precisely  as  suggested, 
there  was  a  good  deal  of  difference,  not  as  between 
the  varieties — as  that  was  to  be  expected — but  in 
the  irregularity  of  the  growth  in  several  of  the 
rows  in  which  the  plants  were  true  to  the  stock, 
and  in  others  where  they  were  not. 
All  the  varieties  were  sown  on  4th  of  June, 
a  sufficiently  late  date  to  prevent  grossness 
except  in  those  that  are  naturally  coarse . 
In  some  of  the  rows  all  the  seed  appeared  to 
have  germinated  at  the  same  time,  and  the 
plants  were  uniform  in  size  ;  in  others  germina¬ 
tion  was  exactly  the  reverse,  the  plants  appear¬ 
ing  at  three  different  times,  and  conseqaeutly 
some  of  them  had  several  weeks  longer  growth 
than  others.  Under  these  circumstances  any¬ 
thing  like  uniformity  in  the  lines  at  testing 
time  was  out  of  the  question.  As  this  lack  of 
evenness  was,  in  all  likelihood,  mainly  if  not 
wholly  due  to  the  drought,  slight  inequalities  in 
the  depth  of  the  drills  under  the  prevailing  con¬ 
ditions  accounting  for  the  fitfnlness  in  germina¬ 
tion,  it  is  within  the  bounds  of  possibility  that 
some  of  the  good  types  of  Beet  were  not 
represented  in  a  manner  for  determining  their 
No.  2804.— VOL.  XOV.,  OLD  SKRIES. 
