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:  SPECIAL  OFFER,  ‘^GASH  WITH  ORDER  ” 
JS5TA»JI>A.I=?tD 
^  lOs.  per  lOO.  All  leadinff  and  beat  kinds,  onr  selection, 
lA  assorted  Standard  Apple,  Oherry,  Pear,  and  Plum,  18.s. 
n  assorted  Pyramid  Trees,  Apple,  Pear,  and  Plum,  SOs, 
13  assorted  Trained  Trees  for  walls?, 
Apple.  Oherry,  Nectarine,  Peach,  Pear,  and  Plum,  all  best  trees 
and  good  vaneti.'s,  40s.  per  doz. 
CURRANTS,  assorted  Black,  Red,  and  White,  2a  6d.  per  doz. ; 
los.  per  100.  ^ 
RASPBERRIES,  Is.  6d,  per  doz. ;  lOs.  per  100. 
Rosm,  best  named  Hybrid  PerpetnalA  our  selection,  35s.  per  100 
1  a  m  and  paid  per  Parcel  Post,  for  7a.  6d. 
12  Tm,  Rosm,  packed  and  paid  per  Parcel  Post,  for  10s.  6d. 
Tea  Kosm  in  pots,  including  Mareohsl  Niel,  Gloire  de  Dijon, 
varietios,  12a  and  21a  per  doz. 
TIN  Eb,  strong  planted  cane.  43.  each. 
ASSORTED  ETERGrREENS,  good  plants.  4s  to  18s  ner  doz 
ASSORTED  PLOWBRINC  PLANTS  45!C9a  per  d^! 
Limes, Moun¬ 
tain  Ash,  Planes,  <fec.,  ISs*  per  dos, 
cj:^ii^vxb£;]r>s. 
Ampi  lopsis  Veitchi,  the  best  for  covering  walls,  requires  no 
nailing.  Is.  each. 
Clematis  Jackraani,  and  other  sorts,  15a.  per  doz. ;  our  selection, 
is.  to.  each. 
iTies,  in  sorts,  9d,,  Is.,  and  Is.  6d. 
CARAWAY  &  CO.,  ctr^oTBRi^ThL 
ORCHIDS. 
CLEAN  HEALTHY  PLANTS  AT  LOW  PRICES. 
Alwayt  teorth  a  visit  of  inspection.  Kindly  send  for  Catalogue. 
«T.^2Mi;£S»  O'V'i^iaiESR, 
Exotic  Nurseries,  CHELTENHAM. 
TO  THE  TRADE-WHOLESALE  SEED  CATALOGUE. 
We  have  now  published  our  Wholesale  Catalogue  of 
VEGETABLE  &  FLOWER  SEEDS 
Containing  also  the  best  Novelties  of  the  Season,  all  the  recent 
improved  varieties  of  Sweet  Peas ;  also  List  of  over  150  varieties 
choice  Fern  spores.  May  be  had  on  application.  Any  of 
our  Oostomers  not  having  received  one  by  post  will  oblige  by 
letcing  us  know,  when  another  shall  at  once  be  posted. 
WATKINS  &  SIMPSON, 
SEED  .ifEHCKAyTd, 
EXETER  STREET,  STRAND,  LONDON,  W.C. 
Seed  &  Trial  Grounds— Peltham  4  Twickenham,  Middlesex. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
To  Nurserymen,  Builders,  Local  Boards,  Vestries,  and 
others  who  intend  planting;  Trees  and  Shrubs  this  Season 
KTEAX., 
Ths  nurseries,  Trinity  Hoed,  WANDSWORTH,  S.W,, 
Begs  to  offer  »n  extensive  stock  of  FOSEST  and  ORNA¬ 
MENTAL  TREES  and  SHRUBS,  ROSES.  QRAPB 
VINES,  FRUIT  TREES,  CLIMBiku  PLANTS,  &o., 
which,  being  grown  in  the  neighbourhood  of  London,  are 
espioial.y  suitable  for  town  planting.  Also  a  large  stock  of 
SBAKaLE  and  RHUBARB  for  forcing.  Sample  and  price  of 
Seakale  sent  by  post  if  desired. 
DESCEIPTIYE  CATALOaUE  EREE. 
GRAND 
NEW 
For  new  and  proved  hest  sorts  all  should  see  my 
NEW  DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE,  Now  Ready, 
post  free.  Prices  most  moderate, 
•Wivt.  ^W2E3I,.OI3C,  F.N.C.S., 
Tiie  Nurseries,  EOMFOBD,  ESSEX. 
FRUIT  TREES  SPECULITY. 
THE  BEST  NEW  ERUITS. 
DE  i^ERT  APPLE  Lokd  Hindlip. 
OOOKfNQ  APPLE  Byford  Wondkr. 
DESSERT  PEAR  OONPKRENOK. 
PLUM . MON.'.ftcn 
STRAWBERRY..  Rotad  SOVEREIGN 
RASPBERRY  Victoria. 
CURRANT  ..  ..  Pay’s  Pbolific. 
Also  many  other  new 
varieties  of  great 
merit,  and  all  the 
best  of  the  new  or 
old  varleties'either 
for  market  or  own 
consumption. 
bESCRlETlVS  CATALOGUE,  one  of  the  most  complete  issued, 
free,  «<f.  Ordinary  List  free. 
JTOZXN  XTCrjA.'T-KINlS 
:  Pomona  Farm  N arseries,  WITHIN GTON,  HESEFORD. 
No.  861.— Vou  XXXIII.,  Third  Series. 
FRUIT  TREES. 
JAHES  VEITCH  &  SONS 
8$g  to  oall  attention  to  the  following  Sterling 
Novelties : — 
APPLE-ROYAl  LATE  COOKING. 
A  valuable  Culinary  Apple,  keeping  nine  to  twelve 
months.  Award  of  Merit,  R.E.S.  Maidens,  6/-  each. 
NECTARINE— PRECOCE  DE  CRONCEIS. 
Ripens  several  days  before  Early  Rivers. 
Maidens,  i/i  each ;  dwarf-trained,  6,'-  and  10/6  each. 
PEACH-LATE  DEVONIAN. 
A  very  fine  late  highly-coloured  variety  for  outside. 
Award  of  Merit,  R.H.S.  Maidens,  T.'d  tacb. 
PEAR— PRESIDENT  BARRABE. 
A  very  highly  flavoured  Pear  of  large  size. 
Maidens,  2/6  each. 
Illustrated  Catalogue,  with  fuIT descriptions  of  the 
above ,  post  froe  on  application. 
THE  ROYAL  EXOTIC  NURSERY, 
CHELSEA,  LONDON,  S.W. 
PLANTING  SEASON. 
HABDILY-QROWN 
Forosi:! 
Jk  ail  other 
Trees  &  Ple.ni:s 
RoseSf  &c. 
Stocks  quite  Unequalled  for 
■'QUALITY,"  “VARIETY,"  A  "EXTENT." 
Priced  Oataloflfuee  Poet  Free. 
Dicksons  (ABO  Acpea)  CHESTER. 
ROYAL  SOVEREIGN 
STRAWBERRIES, 
strong  Runners,  guaranteed  true,  2s.  Cd.  per  100  Specia 
price  for  quantity. 
joatr  cHxvsRs,  hxstow,  cambszboe 
20  ACRES 
Of  FRUIT  TREES 
In  all  the  best  sorts  and 
_  forms  for  the  ?VUla  Garden 
or  the  Orchard.  Free  from  blight  and  disease,  ole»n. 
healthy  stems,  and  branches  carefully  pruned  in  good  form. 
Boots  a  mass  of  fibre.  Sizes  from  maidens  to  trees  six  to 
eight  years  old  of  many  kinds,  and  all  TRUB  TO  NAME. 
NEW  CATALOGUE,  with  descriptions  and  Mess, 
Post  Free. 
CLIBRAN  Sl  son, 
MANCHESTER,  Bangor,  Llandudno  Junction, 
and  Oldfield  Nureery,  ALTRINCHAM. 
THURSDAY,  DaOEMBBR  24,  1896. 
“CHRISTMAS.” 
ONE  more  turn  in  the  wheel  of  Father  Time 
and  its  revolution  brings  us  face  to  face 
with  Ynletide.  Christmas,  with  its  time-honoured 
message  of  “  Glad  tidings,”  has  a  peculiar  charm 
about  it  that  appeals  to  all— perhaps  to  none 
more  than  gardeners.  “  A  Merry  Christmas  !  ” 
•ays  the  cynic.  “  A  mere  phrase  or  fairy  tale.” 
So  ruminates  the  man  who  is  so  wrapt  up  in  his 
little  world  of  self-interest  that  he  absolutely 
refuses  to  allow  himsjif  to  feel  any  benefiting 
infiuence  from  the  advent  of  Ohriitmas.  He  it 
is,  and  such  as  he,  who  say  the  season  of  mirth 
is  dying  out,  and  will  soon  be  numbered  amongst 
the  custom!  belonging  entirely  to  the  “  good  old 
times,"  as  the  story  books  term  them.  Well! 
let  them  think  so  if  it  please  them,  and  if  their 
pessimistic  mind*  derive  any  pleasure  from  the 
assurance  that  Christmas  greetings  are  only  a 
matter  of  form  and  it*  joys  only  a  delusion,^  we 
are  quite  content  that  they  should  think  so,  and 
wish  them  joy  in  their  grnmblings  so  long  as 
they  keep  them  aloof  from  those  of  us  who  are 
iriclined  to  look  at  the  matter  in  a  different  light. 
For  nearly  half  a  century  the  Journal  of 
Horticulture  has  year  by  year  wished  its  '*  Merry 
Christmas  ”  in  many  a  gardener’*  home,  and  here  ^ 
we  are  met  with  retrospective  thoughts.  Where 
are  the  writers  who  filled  its  early  pages  ?  Good 
men  and  true  they  were,  imparting  teaching  that 
has  borne  good  fruit  j  inspiring  hope  in  the 
hearts  of  many  a  one  then  struggling  over  the 
rough  places  of  life’*  journey,  who  since  have 
met  with  the  success  that  is  the  reward  of 
patience  and  perseverance.  Who  will  say  that 
they  did  not  obtain  a  ray  of  hope  and  eneonrage- 
ment  from  the  JouTnal’s  early  pages,  or  learn 
useful  lessons  from  the  volumes,  now  stored  on 
the  book  shelf  ?  Again,  I  a*k,  where  are  the 
writers  who  wished  Journal  readers  “  A  Merry 
Christmas  ’’  before  the  hand  which  penned  these 
lines  sprang  into  existence  ?  and  the  answer  is 
echoed  from  the  past,  “  At  rest ;’’  but  their 
works  lived  after  them,  and  are  still  before 
us,  though  methods  have  altered  and  fashions 
changed . 
Only  recently  the  writer  was  expressing 
admiration  over  the  practical  handiwork  of  one 
of  the  best  Journal  writers— -long  since  departed 
No.  2617.— Vou  XOV.,  Old  fiBWEb. 
