March  13.  1902. 
JOURI^AL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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NOVELTIES  AND  SPECIALITIES  FOR  1902- 
Antirrhinum  Yeiiow  Queen,  a  gr.unl  little  Snapdragon 
for  bedding,  forming  compact  busheii  coveretl  with  bright 
yellow  flowers  ;  height  15in.  Per  packet,  6d.  anti  1/-. 
Aquilegla,  Barr's  Giant  Rose  and  White,  a  very  beauti¬ 
ful  strain,  saved  at  DITTON  HILL  .Nurseries.  Per  pkt.,  2  (i. 
Aster  sinensis,  a  lovely  single  Aster  from  China,  with 
large  handsome  flowers  of  a  delicate  pa  e  mauve,  with 
bronzy  yellow  disc,  bushy  branching  habit;  height  15iii. 
Per  packet,  fid.  and  1/-. 
9Celosia  Thompson!  magniflca,  a  splenlid  new  strain, 
producing  numerous  elegant  feathery  flower  plumes  of  most 
brilliant  colours— golden-yellow,  tiery  scarlet,  orange,  blood- 
■  red,  &c.  ;  grand  for  pots  and  bedding  ;  ht.  "i^ft.  Per  pkt,  2/6. 
Delphinium,  Barr's  Magnificent  varieties,  mixed,  saved 
at  the  DI  I’TO.V  HILL  Nurseries.  Per  packet,  1/6  and  2/6. 
Lathyrus,  Beautiful  New  Hybrids,  mixed,  very  fine  forms 
of  the  Five RL  4 STING  PEA.  Per  packet,  1/-.  1/6,  and  2/a. 
Lupinus  arboreus  Snow  Queen,  a  lovely  white  Tree 
Lupin,  and  a  good  novelty.  Per  packet,  6d.  and  1/-. 
„Mignonette  Nineteen  Hundred,  forming  spreading  bushes, 
covered  with  an  enormous  quantity  of  symmetrical  little 
.golden  yellow  flower  heads  ;  height,  1ft,  Per  packet,  1/-. 
Poppy.  Oriental,  Mixed,  new  varieties,  stately  hardy, 
perennials,  with  large,  handsome,  gorgeously  coloured 
flowers.  Per  packet,  6d.  and  1/-. 
Stock,  East  Lothian,  Snowdrift,  an  extra  fine  strain, 
.forming  dwarf,  bushy  plants,  covered  with  large  trusses  of 
■  snowy  white  flowers  ;  height,  i  ft.  Per  packet,  1/6  and  2/6. 
•Barrs’  Seed  Guide  contains  a  select  list  of  tli^  best  Vege¬ 
tables  and  the  most  beautiful  Flowers  for  Garden  and 
‘Greenhouse.  It  is  ful'  of  Practical  Hints,  and  will  be  found 
t invaluable  to  Gardeners.  Amateurs,  and  Exhibitors.  SENT 
FREE  ON  APPLICATION. 
&  SOiSTSS, 
11,  12,  &  13,  KING  STREET,  COVENT  CARDEN,  LONDON 
Nurseries  ;  Ditton  Hill, ..near  Surbiton,  Surrey. 
CARNATIONS,  PICOTEES, 
and  PINKS. 
CATALOGUE  of  .all  the  Best  for  Exhibition  or 
Border,  post  free. 
'Carnation.s,  5/-,  6/-,  and  7/6  per  dozen  ;  Laced  Pinks,  3/6 
per  dozen,  my  selection  ;  Carnation  'KED,  1/6  and  2/6  per 
packet;  Choice  Alpine  Auricula  Seed,  1/6  and  2/6  pei 
packet.  All  free  for  Cash. 
T.  LORD,  Carnation  Grower,  TODMORDEN 
SEAKALE. 
Extra-extra  strong  for  forcing  ..  21/-  per  100 
-  Extra  strong  for  forcing  . .  14/-  to  18/-  per  100 
Strong  planting  ..  ..  7/6  to  10/6  per  100 
LILYWHITE,  extra  strong  for  forcing, 
18/-  to  25/-  per  100 
I  LILYWHITE,  strong  planting, 
10/-  to  12/6  per  100 
ASPARAGUS. 
.  Extra  strong  for  forcing  . .  12/6  to  20/-  per  100 
DICKSONS  Nurseries  CHESTER 
TO  THE  TRADE! 
WHOLESALE  SEED  CATALOGUE 
We  have  now  published  our  Wholesale  Catalogue  of 
VEGETABLE  and  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  Pern  spores.  May  be  had  on  Appli¬ 
cation.  Any  of  our  Customers  not  having  received  one  by 
post  will  oblige  by  letting  us  know,  when  another  shall  at 
once  be  posted. 
WATKINS  &  SIMPSON,  Seed  Merchants, 
2,  Tavistock  Street,  Covent  Garden,  London,  W.C. 
Seed  &  Trial  Grounds — Feltham  &  Twickenham,  Middlesex. 
■No.  1183. — VoL.  XLIV.,  Third  Series. 
ECKFORD'S 
ECKFORD'S  ,  . 
GIANT  SWEET  TEAS. 
The  purity  and  stamina  of  these  Home-Grown 
StO€Jcs  are  so  conserved  by  special  methods  of  culture, 
that  tlie  seeds  possess  phenomenal  strenetli  and 
vitality. 
Twelve  Giant  varieties,  quite  distinct,  splendid 
for  Exhibition,  ^  post  free, 
The  following  splendid  novelties  for  190 '  are  sup 
plied  in  1/.  packets — 'Loid  fiosehery  ”  (Posy 
Magenta  Self);  “.Icanie  Gordon”  (Bright  Bos* 
shaded  Cream);  ” Oracle  Greenwood”  (Cream- 
shaded  Pink,  edged  deep  Pink), 
The  above  i  varieties  and  novelties  (I'l  in  all) 
when  ordered  together,  6  ^  post  free. 
Send  for  a  Catalogue  wiih  full  description  free. 
ECKFORDS  .  . 
UNRIVALLED  CULINARY  PeAS. 
Nothing  on  the  rarrket  like  them  for  Flavour  and 
Cropping  capacity.  Enormous  yields  under  favourable 
condition ;,  Collections  for  months  continuous 
supply  (see  page  Catalogue). 
A  Booklet  on  “How  to  grow,  and  when  to 
sow  Calinary  Peas”  free  with  each  order. 
GENUINE  ONLY 
direct  from  Wcm. 
A^warded  no  less 
than  60  Gold  & 
Silver  Medals. 
ECKFORD’S 
PURc  VEGETABLE  SEEDS. 
Resa  ts  Rom  nil  quarters  prove  them  to  be 
nnequalled  for  parity,  vigour,  and  yield.  They  are 
bevond  all  doul)t  al'solntaly  the  cheapest  and  best 
ever  offered  to  the  public.  Collection  for  12  months' 
sappy,  ?1  42L.  1  ’  5L’ 
oarflage  paid.  Other  collections,  2/9.  5/"  and  7/6 
post  free, 
choicest  FLOWER  SEEDS. 
No  expense  or  pains  arc  spared  to  ensure  the 
highest  merit  in  these  pure  and  selected  stocks.  They 
are  far  above  the  average  in  quality. 
ECKFORD’S  ILLUSTRATED  CATALOGUE 
(with  valuable  Cultural  Notes)  should  be  in  the  hand 
of  every  Gardener  (Amateur  and  Professional)  and 
is  sent  e  R  EE  of  receipt  of  postcard. 
Address  — 
HENRY  ECKFORD, 
Seed  Grower,  WEM,  SALOP. 
J 
WM.  PAUL  &  SON, 
Rose  Growers  by  Appointment  to 
HIS  MAJESTY  THE  KING. 
Tree,  Plant,  Bulb,  and  Seed  Merchants. 
Sole  Postal  Address: 
WALTHAM  CROSS,  HERTS 
PRICED  CATALOGUE  FREE. 
Apple  TKEES  (Cox’s  orange). — Advertiser 
wants  150  large  Trees,  standard  or  half-standards  of 
mature  growth,  the  larger  the  better  consistent  with  safe 
transplanting  ;  must  be  well  trained  and  grown.  Will  be 
bought  in  large  or  small  numbers,  but  small  young  heads 
will  not  be  entertained  at  any  price.— Address,  C.  GREEN, 
Gardener,  The  Hall,  Woottou  Wawen,  Henley-in-Arden. 
COTTAGE  GARDENING ;  being  an  Essay  to 
which  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  awarded  Mr. 
W.  Bgerton  Hubbard’s  Prize,  February  16th,  1870.  By 
B.  W.  Badger.  Third  Edition.  Price  3d. ;  post  free,  3Jd. 
Journal  of  Horticulture  Office,  12,  Mitre  Court 
Chambers,  Fleet  Street,  E.C. 
THURSDAY,  MARCH  13,  1902. 
A  Quarterly  Review. 
- 
”^'^^EARLY  a  quarter  of  tbe  current 
[U  year  has  passed,  and  it  is 
common  to  pause  at  intervals 
along  the  road  one  travels  and 
take  a  backward  survey.  Since 
the  beginning  of  the  year  there 
have  been  numerous  little  events 
engaging  attention,  but  each  of  which 
seems  to  point  with  unmistakeable 
directness  to  an  awakening  on  the  part  of 
rural  authorities,  governing  bodies,  and  the 
composing  units  in  the  provincial  districts,  to 
that  sense  of  our  dependent  position  in 
matters  agricultural,  arboricultural,  and  also 
as  pertaining  to  the  industry  of  fruit  culture 
and  preservation.  We,  in  this  England  of 
ours,  have  been  very  callous  to  the  progress 
of  other  lands  in  regard  to  pomological 
science  and  in  forestry.  Leaving  agriculture 
alone  in  the  meanwhile,  it  is  appropriate  in 
this  cursory  review  to  note  with  satisfaction 
that  a  Departmental  Committee  has  been 
formed  by  the  Board  of  Trade  to  inquire  into 
and  report  as  to  the  present  position  and 
future  prospects  of  forestry  and  the  planting 
and  management  of  woodlands  in  the  United 
Kingdom.  Let  us  hope  that  the  exertions  of 
the  Scottish,  English,  and  Irish  Arboricul¬ 
tural  Societies  will  not  have  been  made  in 
vain. 
Then  there  is  the  question  of  a  fruit-drying 
and  successful  fruit-bottling  industry  for  our 
islands.  The  Worcestershire  County  Council 
deserves  well  of  the  nation  as  a  whole  for 
having  so  carefully  initiated  a  series  of  fruit¬ 
drying  experiments  at  Droitwich,  and  though 
only  a  meagre  profit  was  shown  on  the 
workings  during  last  autumn,  the  desire  is 
expressed  to  continue  the  trials,  but  with 
larger  machines  and  on  an  altogether  broader 
scale,  by  which  it  is  hoped  that  greater 
economy  and  consequent  profit  will  be  the 
PURE  WOOD  CHARCOAL,  Specially  Prepared 
for  Horticultural  use.  Extract  from  the  Journal  oi 
Horticulture :  "  Charcoal  is  invaluable  as  a  manurial  agent ; 
each  little  piece  is  a  pantry  full  of  the  good  things  of  thi^i 
life.  There  is  no  cultiyated  plant  which  is  not  benefited  by 
haying  Charcoal  applied  to  the  soil  in  which  it  is  rooted.” 
Apply  for  Pamphlet  and  Prices  to  the  Manufacturers — 
HIRST,  BROOKE  &  HIRST,  Ltd.,  Leeds. 
Readers  are  requested  to  send  notices  of  Gardening 
Appointments  or  Notes  of  Horticultural  Interest, 
ntimationa  of  Meetings,  Queries,  and  all  Articles  for 
Publicatiou,  officially  to  “  THE  EDITOR  ■*  at 
12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street, 
London,  E.C.,  and  to  no  otner  person  and  to  no  other 
address. 
