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IVr  "P  T*  "R  R  *  maguiflcent  variety,  with  deep 
iiXVXiTJCVj  primrose  -  coloured  perianth, 
and  rich  full  yellow  trumpet  very  large  flowers.  Extra 
strong  Bulbs,  per  100,  30/- ;  per  doz,,  4, 6. 
ORirAT  T  ARTC:  the  Tenby  Daffodil 
wav  very  early,  .perianth 
and  trumpet  deep  yellow,  a  oliarmmgly  graceful  Daffodil. 
Extra  strong  Bulbs,  per  100, 14/6  ;  per  doz.,  2/-. 
SIR  WATKIN  j  Chalice  -  Cupped 
Daffodils,  perianth  rich  sulphur,  cup  yellow  slightly 
tinged  witn  orange.  Extra  strong  Bulbs,  per  100,  25/-: 
per  doz.,  3/6. 
BARRII  CONSPICUUS, 
a  flower  of  great  beauty  and  refinement,  a  favourite  with 
all,  large  broad  spreading  yellow  pedanth,  broad  short  cup, 
conspicuously  edged  bright  orange-scarlet.  Extra  strong 
Bulbs,  per  lOO,  21/-  :  per  doz  ,  3/-. 
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BBGONIAS. 
B.  R.  Davis’s  Begonias  are  Now  in  Fuil  Bioom. 
NUSERIES  OPEN  DAILY  (SUNDAvs  Excepted). 
See  Journal  op  Horticulture  for  September  9,  page  241. 
B.  R.  DAVIS,  Beg’onia  Specialist, 
VEOVIE  NURSERIES,  SOMERSET. 
BULBS.  FINE  QUALITY. 
Hyacinths,  Tulips,  Crocus,  Daffodils,  Begonias, 
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Phloxes,  Hollyhocks,  &c. 
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No.  904.— VoL  XXS.Y.,  Third  Series. 
TYPHOID  IN  MAIDSTONE 
EORCtE  BUXYAltD  &  CO.  beg  to  state  that 
\jr  visitors  can  safely  inspect  their  Nurseries  (for 
Emit  Trees,  Shrubs,  and  Koses)  as  they  are  on 
high  ground,  Two  i\Iiles  from  the  Town,  and 
in  no  way  connected  therewith  by  Drainage  or 
Water  Supply.  Book  to  Barming  Station  (in 
the  Nursery),  Chatham  and  Dover  Railway;  or 
Aylesford,  South-Eastern  Railway,  via  Nortli 
Kent  — where  carriages  will  meet  visitors  if  desired. 
The  Royal  Nurseries, 
October,  1897. 
CARNATIONS-A  SPECIALITY. 
THE  LARGEST  COLLECTION  IN  SCOTLAND. 
Grand  healthy  well-rooted  layers,  now  ready,  13  choice  varieties, 
ts.,  post  free  daring  October,  my  own  selection;  cash  with 
order. 
PANSIES  and  VIOLAS,  all  the  finest  in  cultivation  ;  cuttings 
from  Is.  6d.  per  dozen,  plants  from  2s.  per  dozen.  Winner  of 
the  Gold  Medal  for  Oollection  of  Pansies  at  the  National  Viola 
Society’s  Show,  Regent’s  Park,  i896  and  1S97. 
M.  CAMPBELL,  Florist, HIGH  BLAHTYRE,  H.B. 
London  Fern  Nurseries, 
LOUGHBOROUGH  JUNCTION,  LONDON,  8. W.— Ferns,  large 
and  small, in  variety ;  Aralias, Grevilleas,  Oyperns,  Ficus,  Ericas, 
Palma,  Dracsenas,  Aspidistras,  Hydrangeas,  Pelargoniums, 
Fuchsias,  Marguerites,  Urotons,  &c.  Trade,  send  for  VOiolesale 
List.  Special  List  for  Amateurs, send  for  one. — J.  E.  SMITH. 
3VO  TI  CE. 
GARRISON  &  SONS’  Great  Autumn  Exhibition 
OF  VEGETABLES  AND  FARM  ROOTS, 
W  ill  be  held  in  their  large  Premises,  41,  Welford  Road,  Leicester, 
On  WEDNESDAY,  NOV.  10  and  Three  Following:  Days. 
admission  Free.  Entries  close  Nov.  8th.  Open  to  all  customers. 
For  Schedule  of  Prizes  and  full  particulars  applv  to 
HARRISON  &  SONS,  Seed  Merchants,  LEICESTER. 
[TORTIOULTURAL  DIRECTORY.  —  The 
n  Editor  will  be  glad  to  receive  corrections  and  additions 
from  Gardeners,  Nurserymen,  Seedsmeo,  Florists,  and  others  in 
(he  Trade,  for  the  1898  Edition. — Address,  171,  Fleet  Street, 
London,  B.O. 
pRIMULA  CHINENSIS,  OBCONICA  ; 
I  Cinerarias,  Cvclamen.  Is.  61.  per  doz.;  doz  of  each,  6s  ; 
from  3  in.  pots, 2s.  Gd.  doz.  Wallflowers,  Is.  6d  to  2s.  6d.  per  If  0 
Free  for  cash.  “Glasfryn,  New  Barnet.— Received  plants  safely. 
Very  pleased  with  them  ;  will  you  kindly  send  the  same  quantify 
a  before?  P.O.  enclosed.  Yours  respectfully.  W.  Williams.”— 
A  J  BROWN,  Broadrock  Nnrserv,  Ttdenham  Chepstow,  Mon 
f  MPORTANT  TO  MUSHROOM  GROWERS. 
t  — CUTHBERT’8  8PECIALITE  MU8HROOM  8PAWN. 
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Merchants, 8onthgate,  N.  Established  1797 . _ 
DURE  WOOD  CHARCOAL, SpeciallyPrepared 
I  for  Horticultural  use.  Extract  from  the  Journal  of  Borti- 
etlture:  “Charcoal  Is  Invaluable  as  a  mannrlal  agent;  each 
I  ttle  piece  is  a  pantry  fuU  of  the  good  things  of  this  life.  There 
1  -  no  cultivated  plant  which  Is  not  benefited  by  having  Charcoal 
a  fpUed  to  the  soil  In  which  It  is  rooted.”  Apply  for  Pamphlet 
and  Pnoes  to  the  Manufacturers 
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[JEATINC  APPARATUS.— Medals  1875  and 
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Treatise.  “  Heating  by  Hot  Water,”  second  edition,  216  pages, 
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GREENHOUSES  from  £3  Ss.,  VINERIES, 
T  CONSERVATORIES,  well-made  FRAMES,  painted  or 
(lazed,  from  2ls.  Illustrated  Price  Lists  free.  MAKER  TO 
i,M,  the  Queen  and  HJELH.  the  prince  op  walks. 
ANDREW  POTTER,  Manufacturer 
/\  London  Works.  Reading.  (Name  Paper.) 
Mr.  ROBERT  SYDENHAM’S  BULBS 
Are  acknowledged  by  all  to  be  the  Best  and  Finest. 
References  can  be  given  to  Customers  in  nearly  every  town  in  the 
United  Kingdtm. 
EMPEROR  NARCISSUS,  extra  fine  bulbs  6/-  dozen ;  average 
size.  4/  dojen.  BARRII  OONSPIOUUS,  2/6  dozen;  18/- 100. 
HORSFIBLDII,  extra  selected  bulbs,  2/6  dozen;  good  averagf 
size,  1/9  dozen:  12/- 100.  SIR  WATKIN,  3/- dozen.  Orders  over 
£5  Ten  per  Cent.  Discount.  Full  lAst  on  application. 
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THURSDAY,  OCTOBER  21,  1897. 
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INTELLIGENCE  IN  PLANTS. 
- ♦<?■ 
The  Distribution  of  Seeds. 
For  many  years  past  I  have  thought  that  a 
full  account  of  the  various  methods  pursued 
by  Nature  in  providing  for  the  maintenance  of  the 
plant  world  would  he  a  very  intere.sting  one,  hut 
I  had  little  idea  of  its  extent.  After  a  slight 
investigation,  and  a  gathering  up  of  various  notes, 
I  began  to  think  it  would  take  a  good  sized  volume 
to  give  a  clear  and  comprehensive  idea  of  it.  Since 
then  1  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that  it  would 
require  a  library  to  adequately  set  forth  the 
mysteries  of  reproduction  in  plant  life  and  the 
amazing  intricacies  involved  in  the  very  numerous 
methods  adopted  for  distributing  the  seeds  abroad. 
At  the  first  blush  one  would  not  think  there 
were  likely  to  he  many  ways  for  a  lluwer  to 
transmit  its  pollen  to  tlie  right  quarter.  But  in 
point  of  fact  every  species  of  flower  has  some 
.speciality  of  its  own,  always  quite  effective,  and 
arranged  with  an  ingenuity  that  compelled  Darwin 
to  cry  out,  “  The  more  I  study  Nature  the  more  I 
see  that  she  is  infinitely  ingenious  in  arranging 
slighi,  so-called  accidental,  differences  for  the 
plant’s  benefit,  and  that,  in  fiict,  these  ingenuities 
transcend  incomparably  the  most  fertile  imagina¬ 
tion  that  the  most  imaginative  man  can  suggest 
with  unlimited  time  at  his  disposal.” 
This  you  will  admit  is  remarkably  strong 
language,  and  when  we  consider  it  is  applied  to 
our  everyday  plants  and  their  llowers,  which  we 
have  for  ages  kicked  hither  and  thither,  and  thrown 
over  the  wall  without  an  idea  that  there  was  any 
particular  mechanism  concealed  on  their  persons,  it 
is  humiliating,  and  shows  very  conclusively  indeed 
how  blind  these  clever  bipeds,  known  as  human 
beings,  really  and  truly  are. 
The  Chelsea  philosopher,  Thomas  Carlyle,  was 
even  nearer  speaking  the  truth  than  he  thought 
he  was  when  he  classed  us  as  mostly  fools.  We 
go  chattering  clumsily  through  a  world  of  beauty, 
more  than  artistic,  and  see  little  or  nothing  of  it, 
just  because  we  are  immersed  and  submerged  in 
our  own  little  selves. 
The  scraps  of  information  I  have  to  give  are 
very  scrappy.  There  is  no  attempt  at  scientific 
No.  2660.— VOL.  XOVIL,  OLD  Series. 
