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OF 
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HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
17 
WEBBS’SEEDS 
\/sr  £3* 
EMPEROR  CABBAGE 
The  Earliest  and  Best. 
6d.  and  Is.  per  Packet:  Is.  6d.  per  oz. 
From  Mr.  O.  H,  BALL,  Comer  Gardens. 
“  I  herewith  forward  you  a  photograph  of  your  valuable 
Cabbage— the  Emperor.  I  find  it  is  the  earliest,  largest, 
and  most  compact  variety  I  ever  grew.” 
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PRIMULAS !  PRIMULAS !  PRIMULAS ! 
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OINERARIA.S  and  BEGONIAS,  1/6  per  dozen,  10/-  100. 
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4-in.  pots,  and  carriage  free  for  cash  with  order. 
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AND 
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Most  favourable  time,  when  fruit  is  stoning. 
SPFIfllAI.  OPPPR  To  Induce  Gardeners  to  Test  and  Prove 
HI  livinij  Ul  1  £iUi  tjje  value  of  this  remarkable  Manure, 
we  will  deliver,  carriage  free,  to  anv  station  in  the  United 
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and  most  successful  medium  for  Plant  Culture. 
WALL  FRUITo^NETTINGS 
OUR  SPECIALITY. 
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83  Medals  and  Diplomas  Awarded  to 
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(JAMES  L.  WOOD,  Managing  Director), 
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Ho.  889.— VOL.  XXXV.,  THIRD  SERIES. 
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for  forcing  purposes. 
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Begs  to  offer  DAHLIAS,  3s.  per  doz. ;  NEW  FUCHSIAS,  9d. 
each  ;  ditto  of  1896,  4s.  per  doz. ;  CARNATIONS,  6s.  per  doz. ; 
NEW  ZONALS,  7a.  per  doz.;  ditto  of  1896,  4s.  per  doz.; 
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KALE— ASP ARACUS,  Cottagers’  Eagged  Jack 
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Chou  de  Burgbley,  Robinto  I’s  Champion  Drumhead 
Cabbage,  &c.,  &c. 
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STRICTLY  MODERATE  PRICES. 
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THURSDAY,  JULY  8,  1897. 
HONOURS  IN  HORTICULTURE, 
As  was  intimated  some  time  ago,  the  Council 
of  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  decided, 
in  commemoration  of  the  sixty  years  of  her 
Most  Gracious  Majesty’s  reign,  to  strike  a  new 
medal,  to  be  called  “The  Victoria  Medal  of 
Honour  in  Horticulture,’’  to  be  awarded  solely 
honoris  causa  in  the  domain  of  horticulture.  It 
appears  the  Council  decided  to  award  not  more 
than  sixty  of  these  medals  daring  the  present 
year,  a  further  award  only  to  be  made  on  the 
death  of  one  of  the  existing  holders,  in  order 
that  the  number  of  living  Victoria  medallists 
may  never  at  any  time  exceed  sixty,  who  must 
be  subjects  of  her  Majesty  at  home  or  in  the 
colonies.  The  essential  condition  is  undoubtedly 
a  jast  one — namely,  that  the  recipients  must  be 
actual  subjects  of  the  Queen,  and  the  limitation 
to  sixty  is  equally  appropriate  as  corresponding 
with  the  number  of  years  of  the  great  reign 
hereby  commemorated. 
The  Journal  of  Horticulture  gave  to  the  pro¬ 
ject  a  frank  welcome  at  the  outset.  The  event, 
which  horticulturists  so  strongly  desired  to  cele¬ 
brate,  was  felt  to  be  so  unique  that  a  flower 
show  alone,  however  great,  with  medals  to 
exhibitors,  would  not,  even  if  practicable, 
adequately  meet  the  occasion,  and  do  sufficient 
honour  to  an  event  the  like  of  which  has  never 
before  occurred,  and  in  all  probability  will  not 
occur  again  in  a  thousand  years. 
Exhibitors  of  garden  produce  have  done 
splendid  work,  and  well  deserve  the  honours 
they  have  won  ;  and  they  are  not  deprived  of 
the  opportunity  of  winning  more  by  this  memor¬ 
able  departure  of  the  Royal  Horticultural 
Society — on  the  contrary,  special  opportunities 
are  provided  for  them  at  the  forthcoming  Royal 
commemorative  show  at  Shrewsbury. 
It  has  also  to  be  noted  that  though  the  Council 
of  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  has  taken  a 
broad  statesmanlike  view  of  the  subject  which 
had  to  be  considered,  and  gone  beyond  the 
domain  of  exhibitors,  these  as  a  body  have  in 
no  sense  been  excluded.  This  is  apparent,  for 
it  can  be  seen  at  a  glance  that  a  full  proportion 
of  the  first  “  Victoria  medallists  ’’  have  been, 
and  some  still  are,  prominent  exhibitors,  and 
have  won  high  honours  in  the  competitive  *rena. 
Than  the  most  intelligent  and  most  successful 
exhibitors  at  shows,  there  are  no  persons  more 
No.  2645.— VOL.  XOVII.,  OLD  SKBIES, 
