Juij^  1,  im. 
JOURNAL  OR  HOkfWULTURR  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENEL 
1 
20  ACRES 
Of  FRUIT  TREES 
In  all  the  best  aorta  and 
forma  for  the  Villa  Garden 
or  the  Orchard.  Free  from  blight  and  disease,  clean, 
healthy  stems,  and  branches  carefully  pruned  in  good  form. 
Roots  a  mass  of  fibre.  Sizes  from  maidens  to  trees  six  to 
eight  years  old  of  many  kinds,  and  all  TRUE  TO  NAME. 
NEW  CATALOSUB,  with  de»eription$  and  Prieet, 
Post  Free. 
CLIBRAN  8l  son, 
MANCHESTER,  Bangor,  Llandudno  Junction, 
and  Oldfield  Nursery,  ALTRINCHAM. 
PRIMULAS!  PRIMULAS!  PRIMULAS! 
Williams’  and  other  superb  strains,  also  Primula  Obconica. 
CINERARIAS  and  BEGONIAS,  1/6  per  dozen,  10/-  100. 
Double  White  Primulas,  8d.  each.  All  the  above  fit  for  3  and 
4-in.  pots,  and  carriage  free  for  cash  with  order. 
JOHN-  STEVEMS,  The  Nurseries,  COVENTRY. 
BEGONIAS 
FOR  BEDDING  OR  CONSERVATORY. 
I  have  a  large  stock  in  fine  condition.  The  quality  is  Al,  and 
really  worth  double  the  money. 
Finest  Single  Mixed,  in  all  shades  of  colour,  12,  3/6;  80,  13/-; 
10  ,  24/-. 
Finest  Single  Mixed,  in  shades  of  Bronze,  Orange,  Copper, 
Fawn.  4c.,  12,  3/6  ;  60,  13/-;  100.  24/-. 
Finest  Singles,  in  10  distinct  colours,  12,  4/- ;  50,  14/8  100,  26/6. 
All  the  above  can  be  sent  in  or  out  of  pots  as  the  purchaser 
may  desire. 
H.  7.  JOMES,  Eyecroft  Nursery,  EEWZSKAM. 
London  Fern  Nurseries, 
LOUGHBOROUGH  JUNCTION,  LONDON,  8. W,— Ferns,  large 
and  small,  in  variety ;  Aralias,  Grevilleas,  Oy perns.  Ficus,  Ericas, 
Palms.  Dracsanas,  Aspidistras,  Hydrangeas,  Pelargoniums, 
Fuchdas,  Marguerites,  Crotons,  &c.  Trade,  send  for  Wholesale 
List.  Special  List  for  Amateurs,  send  for  one.— J.  B.  SMITH. 
RICHARD  PANNETT,  Florist,  Chailey,  Sussex, 
Begs  to  offer  DAHLIAS,  33.  per  doz. ;  NEW  FUCHSIAS,  9d. 
each  ;  ditto  of  1896,  4s.  per  doz. ;  CARNATIONS,  6s.  per  doz. ; 
NEW  ZONALS,  7s.  per  doz.;  ditto  of  1896,  43.  per  doz. 
all  in  first-class  varieties.  Postage  6d.  per  doz.  extra.  Finest 
EXHIBITION  DAHLIAS,  Show,  Fancy,  Pompon,  and  Cactus 
my  selection.  2s.  6d.  and  38.  per  doz. 
Dicksons  First  &  Best  Cabbage. 
C  ABB  AGS  S. 
Dicksons  First  &  Best,  per  pkt.  6d. ;  per  oz.  i/6. 
“  I  may  mention  that  your  First  &  Best  Cabbage  has 
“  proved  to  be  the  best  variety  I  have  ever  grown.  I 
“  call  it  a  ‘six-week’s  ’  variety  as  we  have  cut  some  good 
“heads  six  weeks  after  planting.” — Mr.  J.  Doig,  The 
Gardens,  Ynysmaengyvvn. 
Dicksons  Perfection,  per  pkt.  6d.;  per  oz.  1/6. 
An  exceptionally  hardy  variety. 
•  All  other  varieties  of  Cabbages,  Lettuces  and  Onions, 
also  Flower  Seeds,  for  present  and  later  sowing. 
Desciiptive  Catalogue  free  on  application. 
Dicksons  c  hester. 
No.  888.— VoL.  XXXV.,  Third  Series. 
ORCHIDS. 
CLEAN  HEALTHY  PLANTS  AT  LOW  PRICES. 
Always  worth  a  visit  of  inspection.  Kindly  send  tor  Catalogue. 
Exotic  Nurseries,  CHELTENHAM. 
LAXTON’S 
STRAWBERRIES 
New  Leader  and  Monarch, 
two  grand  varieties  to  follow  ^ 
Royal  Sovereign.  Please  writ 
|1  for  prices  and  full  particulars.  ' 
Royal  Sovereign,  strong  runners, 
Ss.  100  ;  in  pots.  15s.  lUO,  and  all  best 
sorts  in  pots  for  forcing  purposes. 
LAXTON  BROTHERS 
Strawberry  Specialists, 
BEDFORD. 
RIVERS' 
FRUIT  TREES, 
Roses,  Vines, 
FIGS,  ORANGES, 
AND 
Orchard-House  Trees. 
A  LARGE  AND  SELECT  STOCK 
ALWAYS  ON  VIEW. 
ILLUSTRATED  AND  DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE, 
Post  Free,  8d. 
THOMAS  RIVERS  &  SON, 
SAWBRIDGEWORTH,  HERTS. 
HARLOW  STATION,  G.E.B. 
By  Appointment  to  H.R.H.  the  Prince  of  Wales. 
Picturesque  Rock  Formation 
As  executed  In  our  inimitable  naturalistic  style,  at  hundreds 
of  places  abouc  the  kingdom,  including  Sandringham,  and 
Battersea  and  St.  James's  Parks. 
50,  Finsbury  Square,  LONDON ;  and  Broxbourne. 
Photo  illustrated  book  of  works  executed  sent  for  inspection  for 
twelve  stamps. 
150  ACRES 
Of  Trees  &  Shrubs. 
In  the  finest  possible  con¬ 
dition  for  the  Villa,  the 
Mansion,  the  Plantation,  or  the  Game  Oovert.  AU  in 
vigorous,  healthy  oondicion.  not  stunted,  starved,  or  closely 
grown  and  drawn.  Oarefully  and  frequently  moved,  and 
the  roots  consequently  are  a  mass  of  fibre,  ensuring  safe 
removal  when  sold, 
NEW  CATALOGUE,  with  descriptions  of  above,  and  of 
many  Bare  and  New  Plants,  Post  Free  from 
CLIBRAN’S  Nursery,  ALTRINCHAM 
Also  at  Manchester,  Bangor,  and  Llandudno  Junction. 
Hffttiinal  fff 
THURSDAY,  JULY  1,  1897. 
JUBILEE  REFLECTIONS. 
Founders  of  our  Faith. 
For  a  brief  space,  ere  the  ringing  notes  of 
Jubilee  cease  to  vibrate — those  notes  which 
have  made  no  uncertain  sound  in  our  own 
domain,  as  evidenced  by  the  right  royal  number 
of  the  Journal  of  Horticulture  of  last  week, 
June  24th — it  seems  a  fit  and  proper  thing  to 
tarn  up  the  pages  of  the  long  past,  and  give  a 
passing  recognition  to  those  who  have  “  allured 
to  brighter  worlds  and  led  the  way.”  In  doing 
BO,  if  it  does  not  inspire,  it  may  at  least  impress 
our  young  men  with  the  extent  of  those  hercu¬ 
lean  tasks  which  were  grappled  with  in  the 
dark,  compared  with  the  light  of  literature 
illumining  these  latter  days.  That  there  were 
giants  in  those  days  most  tv  ill  admit,  but  it  is 
less  easy  to  recognise  the  extent  and  the  number 
of  the  difficulties  those  pioneers  overcame,  for 
we  have  no  present  parallel  to  judge  them  by. 
Three  hundred  years  ago,  in  1597,  John 
Gerarde  published  his  “Herbal,”  thus  marking 
an  era  in  horticultural  history,  and  which  appears 
to  be,  so  far  as  oar  own  country  is  concerned, 
the  first  record  of  its  kind  of  any  importance 
which  is  preserved  to  us.  Truly  Gerarde’s 
“  Herbal  ”  is  apt  to  be  regarded  by  us  as  little 
more  than  a  literary  curiosity,  but  upon  reflec¬ 
tion  due  justice  may  be  afforded  to  the  memory 
of  this  grand  old  gardener  in  weighing  his  pro¬ 
duction  against  contemporaneous  works  and 
inventions. 
Gerarde  was  undoubtedly  a  gardener  in  every 
sense  of  the  word,  and  like  various  men  who 
have  trod  the  same  path  through  the  intervening 
centuries,  and  left  more  brilliant  tracks  behind 
them,  also  studied  the  art  of  healing,  for  his 
somewhat  scant  biography  tells  us  that  he  was 
a  surgeon,  as  well  as,  for  many  years,  chief 
gardener  to  My  Lord  of  Burghley,  who  had 
the  best  collection  of  plants  in  the  kingdom, 
including  a  great  number  of  exotics,  introduced 
by  him — Gerarde.  History  also  tells  us  that 
the  “  Herbal  ”  was  brought  out  at  the  expense 
of  one  J.  Norton,  who  procured  from  Frankfort 
the  blocks  in  wood,  which  were  used  in  the 
“  Herbal  ”  of  Taber  use  montanus. 
Quaint  as  these  may  now  appear  to  us,  they 
must  for  that  time  have  been  highly  skilled 
No.  2544.-VOL.  XOVII.,  OLD  SXBIM. 
