^  Jfovember  18,  1897. 
JOURNAL  OR  BORTTOULTURU  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
471 
I  PAULS’  NURSERIES, 
1  WALTHAM  CROSS,  HERTS  {12  MILES  PROMj 
f  'ROSES  in  all  forms. 
FRUIT  TREES  of  all  kinds. 
^ HARDY  TREES  AND  SHRUBS 
(Aucubas,  Large  Rhododendrons,  and 
London  Pianes,  extra  fine). 
r  HERBACEOUS  PLANTS. 
BULBS  AND  CAMELLIAS. 
SEEDS  AND  GARDEN  SUNDRIES. 
Priced  Lists  Free.  Inspection  Invited. 
WM.  PAUL  &  SON, 
WALTHAIVI  CROSS,  HERTS. 
London  Fern  Nurseries, 
.  LOUGHBOROUGH  JUNCTION,  LONDON,  8. W,— Ferns,  large 
7  and  small,  in  variety ;  Aralias,  Grevilleas.  Oyperns,  Ficus,  Ericas, 
Pahns,  Dracaenas,  Aspidistras,  Hydrangeas,  Pelargoniums, 
;  Fuchsias,  Marguerites,  Crotons,  <fcc.  Trade,  send  for  Wholesale 
i,  List.  Special  List  for  Amateurs, send  for  one. — J.E.  SMITH. 
I  PEACH  &  NECTARINE 
I  Standards,  Half- Standards,  and  Dwarf-trained. 
"Well-trained  evenly-balanced  Trees. 
f  DESCRIPTIVE  LIST  ON  APPLICATION. 
-WILLIAM  WHITELEY, 
:  The  Nurseries,  Hillingdon  Heath,  Uxbridge. 
ROSES.  ROSES. 
THE  BEST  AND  CHEAPEST  IN  THE  WORLD. 
12  Acres  of  Roses.  100,000  grand  plants  to  select  from. 
40  choice  Dwarf  Perpetuals  for  21/-.  18  Choice  Standards  or 
Half-Standards  for  21/-.  Purchaser’s  selection,  60  Dwarfs, 
unnamed,  12/6.  The  following  are  my  selection,  carriage  free  : 
;  12  choice  Climbing,  7/- ;  12  best  Hybrid  Perpetuals,  dwarfs,  7/- ; 
■  6  lovely  Yellow  Roses,  5/- ;  6  Gloire  de  Dijons,  4/8  ;  6  beautifui 
Fairy  Roses,  4/- ;  4  Austrian  Briars,  3/- ;  6  Mrs.  Bosanquet,  3/6  ; 
6  choice  Moss  Roses,  4/-  ;  6  old  Cabbage  Roses,  4/- ;  6  old- 
fashioned  Roses,  4/-;  6  Crimson  Monthly  Roses,  3/6;  6  Pink 
Monthly  Roses,  2/6  ;  6  White  Monthly  Roses,  3/6  ;  6  quick¬ 
growing  Climbing  Roses,  2/6 ;  12  Sweet  Briars,  3/-.  All  for  Cash 
with  order.  Thousands  of  Testimonials.  Catalogues  free. 
‘JAMES  WALTEBS,  ROSE  GROWER,  EXETER 
SEAKALE. 
>  Extra  Strong  for  Forcing  from  12/6  to  21/-  per  100 
•'  Strong  Planting  from  5/-  to  10/6  per  100. 
■'  LILY-WHITE,  Forcing,  18/-  to  25/-  per  100 
E,  „  Planting,  8/-  to  12/6  per  100 
I  ASPARAGUS. 
“"Extra  Strong  for  Forcing  from  12/6  to  20/-  per  100 
:  SPECIAL  PRICES  PER  THOUSAND. 
SPLENDID  QUALITY  THROUGHOUT, 
.  DICKSON^  Nurseries,  CHESTER 
'  ,  No.  908.— VoL.  XXXV.,  Third  Series. 
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,  Sd. 
THOMAS  RIVERS  &  SON, 
SAWBRIDGEWORTH,  HERTS. 
HARLOW  STATION,  Q.E.R. 
PLANTING  SEASON. 
HARDILY-GROWN 
Fores'!:,  Frui-fc, 
&  all  other 
Tree©  &  Pia.n’ts 
Ev^er^reens, 
Ro©e©,  &e. 
Stocks  quite  Unequalled  for 
“QUALITY,”  “VARIETY,”  &“ EXTENT." 
Priced  Catalog^ues  Post  Free. 
Dicksons  (430  Acres)  GHESTER.J 
For  sturdy  growth  and  abundance  of  root, 
none  can  beat  the 
SALISBURY  ROSES. 
CATALOGUES  GRATIS. 
KEYNES,  WILLIAMS  &  CO, 
ROSE  GROWERS,  SAXXSBVRY. 
riHRYSANTHEMUMS.— All  the  New  and 
V/  Choicest  Varieties,  Including  Calvat’a  Set  of  Novelties  for 
1897.  Strong  Plants  and  Cuttings  at.  moderate  prices.  Pre¬ 
liminary  List  Bo.stfree.  Full  Catalogue  ready  shortly. 
K.  C.  JSOTCUTT,  Broughton  Koad  Nursery,  IPSWICH. 
IMPORTANT  TO  MUSHROOM  GROWERS. 
1  — CUTHBERT’8  8PECIALITB  MUSHROOM  SPAWN. 
Always  alike ;  most  productive.  Hundreds  of  Testimonials. 
Per  Bushel,  Ss.— R.  <fe  G.  CUTHBERT,  Seed,  Bulb,  and  Plant 
Merchants, Southgate,  N.  Established  1797 . 
a  EATING  APPARATUS.— Medals  1875  and 
1881.  Catalogueof  Boilers, Pipes, and  Fittingsfree.  W. Jones’ 
Treatise.  “  Heating  by  Hot  Water,”  second  edition,  S18  pages, 
26. 6d.;  post  free, Ss.  lOd.— JONES  &  ATTWOOD,  Stourbridge. 
IQTTAGE  gardening  ;  being  an  Esuay 
U  to  which  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  awardedMr.  W. 
EGBRTON  HUBBARD’S  Prize,  February  I6th,1870.  By  E.  W. 
BADGER.  Third  Edition.  Price  8d, ;  post  free,  34d. 
JooBNAL  OF  Hortioultobb  Office,  171,  Fleet  Street,  London.  K.C 
nREENHOUSES  from  £3  Ss.,  VINERIES, 
IT  CONSERVATORIES,  well-made  FRAMES,  painted  or 
glazed,  from  2l8.  Illustrated  Price  Lists  free.  MAKER  TO 
H  M.  THE  QUEEN  and  HJLH.  THE  PRINCE  OF  WALES. 
POTTER,  HAWTHORN  &  CO.,  Manu- 
facturers,  London  Works,  Reading,  (Name  Paper.) 
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A  FLOWERY  NOVEMBER. 
SELDOIM  does  it  happen  that  we  have  so  many 
outdoor  flowers  at  this  season.  Since  last  we 
wrote  it  has  been  a  time  of  exceptional  mildness 
and  calm,  and  thus  the  life  of  the  flowers  has  been 
preserved.  We  cannot  speak  dirge-like  yet,  though 
the  time  of  mourning  cannot  be  far  off  now.  The 
skies  are  dull  and  grey,  and  it  is  only  rarely  that  a 
faint  smile  of  sunshine  gilds  the  dying  leaves  and 
lights  up  the  colours  of  the  Bowers.  Yet  though 
there  is  little  sun  the  air  is  calm,  and  no  heavy 
rains  hasten  the  fall  of  the  leaf  and  the  dropping 
of  the  bright  petal.  The  leaf  falls,  the  petal  decays, 
but  the  fall  is  slow  and  the  decay— unwelcome 
ever— is  a  tardy  one.  Still  buds  open,  though 
November’s  first  week  has  gone,  and  the  un¬ 
expanded  bloom  misses  the  touch  of  the  sunlight. 
Still  flowers  remain  in  blow  ;  still  leaves  are  ruddy 
or  golden  with  their  dying  hues. 
It  is  the  night  of  the  gardener’s  time,  but 
though  night  by  our  accounting  it  is  to  appearance 
only  the  time  of  the  lirst  of  the  gloaming.  As  we 
love  the  evening’  hours  of  summer  when  the 
(Enotheras  open  their  cups  to  the  coming  ot  the 
twilight,  so  do  we  love  to  look  at  the  Bowers  ol  the 
time.  They  arc  as  the  scant,  silvery  locks  ;  the 
furrowed  faces  of  the  aged  we  care  tor;  they  are 
beautiful  with  the  glory  of  the  past,  the  memories 
of  more  joyous  times.  Can  we  pass  on  and  leave 
these  things  unnoticed — their  beauties  unrecorded, 
and  their  cheering  sanctifying  influences  hoarded 
within  ourselves  ?  Nay,  even  if  the  tale  be  badly 
told,  the  record  blurred  and  imperfect,  we  must 
e9say  it,  feeling  the  while  that  he  who  reads  must 
read  between  the  lines,  and  see  there  concealed  that 
beauty— that  pathetic  beauty— of  which  words  can 
give  no  satisfying  measure. 
As  we  look  upon  these  Marigolds  we  see  again 
the  glories  of  the  summer ;  yet,  though  they  open 
not  in  full  to  the  cold  approaches  of  November 
sunshine,  they  have  lost  no  part  of  their  golden  or 
orange  colouring,  no  power  to  light  up  things 
around.  There  are  Godetias  yet  with  cups  of 
purple,  of  blush,  and  of  rose.  No  golden  land  is 
this  where  skies  are  bright  and  clear,  yet  still  they 
give  us  their  beauty  of  colour  and  of  form. 
The  "Virginian  Creepers  have  nearly  all  lost 
No.  2564.— VOL.  XOVIL,  OLD  SBRIBS. 
