October  1,  1896. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
315 
ROSES  IN  POTS 
WM.  PAUL  &  SON 
JSeg  to  call  attention  to  their  Immense  Stock  of  the  above,  Now  Ready  for  delivery.  The  HIGHEST  AWARDS 
Jor  Roses  in  pots  at  the  Temple  and  Royal  Botanic  Society's  Shows  in  the  Spring  of  this  year  were  given 
to  WM.  PAUL  d.  SON'S  Plants. 
The  Plants  are  of  the  finest  x>ossible  quality,  and  include  all  the  best  varieties  in  the  Hybrid  Perpetual,  Tea  Scented, 
and  other  Glasses. 
Extra  sized  Plants,  established  in  81n.  Pots,  suitable  for 
Forcing  and  General  Pot  Culture,  including  climbing 
kinds  for  Conservatories  &c.,  with  scoots  8  to  12  ft.  long 
Smaller  Plants,  in  6-in.  and  6-in.  Pots . 
30/-,  42/-,  and  60'-  per  dozen 
£15,  and  £l8  per  100. 
£10,  £12  10/-, 
..  15A  to  24/-  per  dozen  ;  £6  to  £8  per  100. 
)  3  6  to  5/'-  each;  36/-  to  54/-  per  dozen;  a 
J  few  extra  large  plants,  7/6  to  21/-  each 
10/8  to  18/-  per  dozen  ;  £4  4/-  to  £6  per  100. 
i 
Standards,  established  in  Pots,  fine  for  Conservatories 
Plants  on  their  own  roots,  established  in  5- in.  Pots, 
suitable  for  present  planting  or  for  Pot  Culture 
The  Stock  of  Roses  in  the  open  ground  for  Autumn  delivery  is  also  this  year  unusually  extensive  and 
unsurpassed  in  quality.  DESCRIPTIVE  PRICED  CATALOGUE  POST  FREE  ON  APPLICATION. 
PAULS’  NURSERIES,  WALTHAM  CROSS,  HERTS. 
CTJTBUSH’S 
MILLTRACK  MUSHROOM  SPAWN 
Everyone  can  readily  grow  Mush- 
ivooms,  aud  by  using  tbis  Spawn  will 
ensure  success.  All  growers  speak  in 
high  praise  of  the  quality.  Numerous 
Testimonials.  None  genuine  unless  in  . 
sealed  packages  and  printed  CuUfkral 
.Directions  enclosed  with  our  s  gnature 
attached.  Price  63.  per  bushel.  Is.  .'f 
e.vtra  for  package,  or  is.  per  cake  free  '"  'S 
■per  parcels  post. 
WM.  CUTBTTSH  &.  SOW, 
Sy.rsei'ymen  Seed  Merchants, 
HIGHGATE  NURSERIES,' LONDON,  N.,  and  BARNET,  HERTS. 
PA&I.XMXWARY  OFFER. 
BEST  BULBS  FOR  EARLY  FLOWERING, 
GARAWAY  CO. 
OFFER 
^OMAN  HT^ACINTHS.At  inch  and  upwards  ..  iSs.  6d.  per  100 
„  „  smaller  . las.  6d.  „ 
PAPKR-WHITB  NARCISSUS  . 5S.  „ 
iHOUBLE  ROMAN  NARCISSUS . 58.  „ 
DOUBLE  VAN  SION  DAFFODIL^,  first  size, 
Imported  bulbs . 6  s.  6d.  „ 
For  delivery  it\  August. 
DUG  VAN  THOL  TULIPS,  scarlet 
aktus 
i'^MioULEE  ;;  >28.6d.perl00,6d.perdoz 
DUCHESS  of  PARMA  „ 
WOUTBRMAN  „ 
CHRTSOLORA  ..  6s.  per  100, la. 3d.  per  doz. 
Second-size  HTACISTH3,  in  distinct  colours, 
unnamed  ..  . 143.  per  100 
„  „  named,  our  selection  188  6d.  „ 
SFlrst-size  HYACINTHS,  the  be.st  quality,  and 
first-class  varlet’ea .  48.  to  9^.  per  doz. 
NARCISSUS,  CYNOSURE  . 38,  6d,  per  100 
„  PKINCEPS . 58. 
For  September  delivery.  ATI  orders  over  5’.  carriage  paid. 
38.  in  the  £  Discount  off  all  Bulbs  for  “  Cash  with  Order.’ 
CATALOGUES  ready  in  August. 
'ti  kn  iLXkl  k\t  O  on  Durdham  Down  Nurseries, 
UAnAWAY  &  uU,,  clifton,  Bristol. 
London  Fern  Nurseries, 
LOUGHBOROUGH  JUNCTION,  LONDON,  S.W. 
5000  Oases  op  Plants  sent  off  last  year  to  the  Trade 
Nurserymen  and  Florists  send  for  Wholesale  List. 
SPECIAL  LIST  FOR  AMATEURS.  J,  E.  SMITH. 
STRAWBERRIES 
STRONG 
RUNNERS 
ROYAL  SOVEREIGN.. 
SIR  JOSEPH  PAXTON 
VICO.MTBSSE  H.  DB  THURY 
2/6  per  ICO 
16  „ 
1/6  „ 
RASPBERRY  CANES. 
SUPERLATIVE . 
CARTER’S  PROLIFIC 
SEMPER  FIDELia . 
HORNET  . 
Special  Quotation  for  large  quantities 
on  orders  of  £1  value, 
XOHSr  CHXVBRS,  KXSTOU,  CA.IVXBBXDCE 
..  4/-  per  100 
..  2/-  „ 
• .  2.'  -  I. 
. .  2,  -  „ 
Carriage  Paid 
GEMS  OF  ENGLISH-GROWN 
TXfAJEtCISS, 
VERY  CHEAP!  OF  BEST  QUALITY! 
Pheasant  Eye,  Pseudo  or  Lent  Lily,  Is.;  Double  White,  2s. ;  Albus 
Stella,  2s. ;  Smgle  Incomps  28. ;  Double  Incomps,  Ss. ;  Double 
Daffodils,  3s. ;  Oynoiure,  3s. ;  Bur,bidgei,  38.;  Duchess  of  Brabant, 
38. ;  Prluceps,  3s.  6d. ,  Rugilobus,  43. 6d. ;  Leeds!  Amabilis,  6s.  f  d. ; 
Orange  Pheenix,  73.  6d.  100.  Sir  Watkin,  3s.  6d.  doz.  Aconites, 
large  Yellow  Crocus,  Star  of  Bethlehem,  Single  and  Double  Suow- 
drops  all  Is.  100.  Oash  with  all  orders.  Satisfaction  guaranteed. 
C.  YORKE,  Bulblst,  RETFORD. 
BEGONIAS 
Of  the  newest  and  most  superb  type,  including  many  rare 
varieties.  Double  and  Single,  for  Conservatory  or  Bedding. 
See  B.  K  DAVis’8  Dbscriptivk  Catalqque,  Free.  A  Hand¬ 
some  COLOURED  PLATE  of  Six  Double  Varieties,  with  a  Copy 
of  Treatise  on  Cultivation,  free  for  Is. 
B.  R.  DAVIS,  NUKS^'lES,  YEOVIL,  SOMERSET. 
STRAWBERRIES 
AT  REDUCED 
PRICES! 
To  Nurserymen,  Builders,  Local  Boards,  Vestries,  and 
others  who  intend  planting  Trees  and  Shrubs  this  Season. 
ROSSSR'r  IWBAIL., 
The  Nurseries^  Trinity  Road,  WANDSWORTH ,  S.W., 
Begs  to  offer  an  extensive  stock  of  FOREST  and  ORNA¬ 
MENTAL  TREES  and  SHRUBS,  ROSES.  GRAPE 
VINES,  FRUIT  TREES,  CLIMBING  PLANTS,  &C., 
which,  being  grown  in  the  neighbourhood  of  London,  are 
especially  suitable  for  town  planting.  Also  a  large  stock  of 
SEAKALE  and  RHUBARB  for  forcing.  Sample  and  price  of 
Seakale  sent  by  post  if  desired. 
DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE  FREE. 
GEORGE  BUNYARD  &  CO. 
i3eg  to  say  they  are  now  offering  the  best  sorts  In 
fine  plants  at  reduced  rates. 
CATAr-OGrXTES  FREE. 
Mr.  ROBERT  SYDENHAM’S  BULBS 
I  Are  acknowledged  by  all  to  be  the  Best  and  Finest. 
I  References  can  be  gicen  to  Customers  in  nearly  every  town  in  the 
I  United  Kingdcm. 
;  EMPEROR  NARCISSUS,  extra  fine  bulbs.  5/-  dozen ;  average 
I  size,  4/-  dozen.  BARRI  OONSPIOUUS,  8/6  dozen;  25  -  100. 
HORSFIELDI,  extra  selected  bulbs,  2/6  dozen ;  good  average 
I  eize,2/'-  dozen;  15/-  100.  SIR  WaTKIN,  3'6  dozen.  Orders  over 
j  £5  Ten  per  Cent.  Discount.  Full  List  on  application. 
BOYAL  NURSERIES,  MAIDSTONE  i  tenby  STREET  NORTH,  BIRMINGHAM 
No.  849.— VOL.  XX2III.,  THIRD  SBRIB8. 
THURSDAY.  OCTOBER  1.  1896. 
CHANGES  IN  THE  SHAPE 
OF  APPLES. 
IN  a  recent  brief  conversation  with  Rev, 
George  Henslow  the  subject  of  Apples 
changing  their  shape  to  a  perceptible  extent 
under  changed  conditions  of  site  and  culture 
was  introduced.  Mr.  Henslow  remarked  that 
the  phenomenon  had  been  more  clearly  observed 
in  America  than  in  England,  where  over  that 
wide  territory  the  climatic  changes  were  more 
strongly  marked  than  in  our  relatively  small 
island. 
It  is  true  there  is  a  difference  in  the  ap¬ 
pearance  of  Apples  of  the  same  variety  that 
are  grown  in  widely  separated  districts  in  this 
country,  not,  however,  so  much  in  shape  as  in 
colour,  but  even  in  shape  there  is  a  suspicion  of 
variation,  fruits  as  a  rule  having  a  somewhat 
greater  tendency  to  elongation  in  the  south  than 
in  colder  northern  districts  of  the  kingdom, 
or  say  between  the  products  of  Somersetshire 
and  North  Yorkshire.  Take  for  instance  the 
Blenheim  Pippin  Apple  —  we  have  sometimes 
fancied  that  those  from  the  north  are  flatter,  and 
especially  from  old  trees,  than  are  those  grown 
under  more  favourable  climatic  conditions  ;  while 
southern  grown  fruits  of  Cornish  Gilliflower  are 
longer  than  those  grown  in  the  north  ;  but 
whether  that  is  mere  fancy  or  not.  Apples  seem 
to  have  certain  not  very  definable  but,  to  the 
trained  eye,  yet  apparent  territorial  characteristics 
of  their  own.  So  true  is  this  that  we  may 
venture  to  assert  that  no  person  who  has  been 
many  years  engaged  in  the  naming  of  fruits, 
sent  to  him  for  that  purpose,  is  careless  in  regard 
to  the  county  or  district  in  which  they  were 
grown. 
Dr.  Hogg,  who  has  doubtless  had  greater 
experience  in  the  naming  of  fruits  than  any 
person  living,  has  often  been  materially  aided  in 
the  work  when  in  possession  of  that  informa¬ 
tion.  So  much  is  this  the  case  that  when  samples 
have  been  placed  before  him  that  could  not 
be  identified  at  a  glance  his  first  question 
invariably  asked  was,  “  What  district  did  they 
come  from  ?  ’’  and  when  the  answer  has  been 
“No  particulars  sent,”  his  usual  rejoinder  was 
“  What  a  pity  !  ”  and  search  has  often  been  made 
on  the  wrappers  of  packages  sent  by  post  or  rail 
in  the  hope  that  they  would  afford  the  desired 
information. 
No.  250S.— VoL.  XOV.,  Old  Shbixb. 
