August  15, 1901. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER . 
143 
CUTBUSH’S  CELEBRATED 
MILLTRACK  MUSHROOM  SPAWN 
THE  FINEST  PROCURABLE. 
ONCE  USED,  ALWAYS  USED. 
Many  Hundreds  of  Testimonials. 
Per  Bushel,  6/-,  packing  included. 
WB.  CUTBOSH  &  SON, 
Hiehgate  Nurseries,  LONDON,  N„ 
and  BARNET,  HERTS. 
CARNATIONS. 
The  undernoted  are  Two  Exceptionally  Fine  New 
Varieties ,  suitable  either  for  pots  or  outside. 
DUCHESS  OF  ROXBURGHE. 
striped  with  a  lovely  shade  of  terra 
n^TTnJ- ld..hellcfr©pe.  (See  illustration  in  Journal 
of  Horticulture,  July  25th,  1901.)  Per  dozen,  21/-. 
SIR  R.  WALD  IE- GRIFFITH. 
A  grand  novelty  of  a  perfectly  unique  shade  of  colour, 
being  a  rich  orange-scarlet  with  a  sheen  of  amber 
Clove-scented.  Per  dozen,  40/-. 
MALMAISONS  and  many  other  varieties. 
Descriptive  Cultural  Catalogue  on  app I ication . 
LAING  So  MATHER, 
KELSO  -  ON  -  TWEED. 
SCHIZANTHUS  WISETONENSIS,”* 
Award  of  Merit,  R.H.S.,  1900. 
r  irst  Class  Certificate,  Manchester,  1901. 
Silver  Medal,  Paris,  1901. 
Highest  Possible  Award,  Ghent,  1901. 
HUGH  LOW  «SC  Co. 
Are  now  booking  orders  for  this  charming  novelty. 
BUSH  HILL  PARK  NURSERY,  MIDDLESEX. 
Arthur  Young’s 
TOUR  THROUGH  IRELAND 
“YEARS  SINCE.” 
t\ho  would  have  thought  that  in  after  years  a  follower 
of  Arthur  I  oung,  as  a  tree  planter  in  Ireland,  with 
spade  husbandry  (my  grandfather),  that  the  latter’s  grandson 
would  be  growing  Bulbs  in  the  Co.  Cork,  and  sending  a 
COLLECTION  of  TULIPS  to  the  Great  TEMPLE 
SHOW,  1901,  and  get  a  Silver  Medal,  without  any 
portion  of  same  exhibit  being  gathered  anywhere  but  on 
“  Ard  Cairn  grounds.” 
Send  your  orders  to  the  same  “  Green  Isle”  that  Young 
wrote  about  so  fervently.  Bother  politics  and  the  pro- 
Boer  press.  Didustry  and  thrift  will  yet  save  Ireland. 
WRITE 
w.  BAYLOR  HARTLAND 
E  O  R  LIST, 
Bulb  Grower,  CORK.. 
KENT,  THE  GARDEN  OF  ENGLAND. 
GEO.  BUNYARD  &  CO. 
Are  now  sending  out  EXTRA  FINE  POT 
PLANTS  AND  RUNNERS  of 
STRAWBERRIES. 
Cultural  and  Descriptive  List  Free. 
THE  ROYAL  NURSERIES 
MAIDSTONE. 
No.  1103.— Vol.  XLIII.,  Third  Series. 
ESTABLISHED  1832. 
No  connection  with  any  other  firm  of  a  similar  name. 
CATALOGDE  for  1901 
OF  — 
DUTCH, 
CAPE,  AND  EXOTIC 
BULBS 
(With  CULTURAL  DIRECTIONS), 
Is  NOW  READY,  and  will  be  sent  Post  Free  on 
application  to  themselves  direct  at  OVERVEEN, 
HAARLEM,  HOLLAND,  or  to  their  General 
Agents- 
Messrs.  MERTENS  &  CO., 
3,  CROSS  LANE,  LONDON,  E.C. 
JUST  OUT  ! 
Report  of  tlje  Celebration  of  the  Bicentenary 
of  the  Introduction  of  the  Sweet  Pea 
into  Great  Britain. 
ISSUED  BY  THE  BICENTENARY  COMMITTEE. 
Price  1/2. 
Office  :  12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  St.,  E.C. 
EXTENSIVE  COLLECTIONS 
op 
HYACINTHS,  TULIPS, 
NARCISSI,  LILIES, 
SNOWDROPS, 
CROCUSES, 
SCILLAS, 
&c. 
AV  Descriptive  Catalogue,  No.  650, 
post  free  on  application. 
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All  best 
qualities, 
and  at  most 
moderate  rates. 
Delivered  Free  by  Kail 
or  Parcel  Post. 
BLUSH  MALMAISON. 
Layers  Ready  the  Early  Part  of  September. 
About  20,000  of  the  above  ;  also  a  quantity  of 
CERMANIA  (YELLOW)  CARNATION  LAYERS 
p  (  Blush  Malmaison  ..  18/-  per  100  ;  £1  10/-  1000. 
prices  |  Germania  Carnation  15/-  ,,  £6  ,, 
BELL  &  SHELDON,  Castel  Nursery,  GUERNSEY 
Jcmutai  at'  ^ortiqultuijE. 
THURSDAY,  AUGUST  15,  1901. 
Vitality  of  Seeds. 
CONSIDERABLE  amount  of  infor¬ 
mation  has  been  recorded  from 
time  to  time  regarding  the  vitality 
of  seeds,  and  more  especially  per¬ 
taining  to  those  that  have  been 
buried  in  the  ground  for  untold  years, 
and  yet  preserved  their  germinating 
p.wers.  Considering  that  this  phenomenon 
is  s  ill  comparatively  little  understood  by 
scientists,  it  is  small  wonder  that  many  persons 
J  are  yet  sceptical  as  to  the  power  of  certain  seeds 
I  preserving  their  vitality  under  such  abnormal 
!  conditions.  Incontestable  proofs,  however,  have 
|  been  adduced  in  favour  of  the  unlimited  existence 
of  certain  kinds  of  seeds  deeply  buried  in  the  earth, 
I  whilst  comparatively  little  is  known  of  the  physio- 
I  logical  nature  of  those  seeds  necessary  for  their 
1  preservation. 
I  One  of  the  most  remarkable  instances  which  had 
ever  come  under  my  own  cognisance,  of  what  may 
j  be  called  the  spontaneous  production  of  plants, 
under  the  circumstances  indicattd,  was  that  of  an 
i 
immense  number  of  Furze  and  the  common 
indigenous  Broom,  on  the  deep  and  sloping 
escarpment  of  a  large  gravel  pit  in  the  Chad 
Valley,  on  the  Oalthorpe  estate,  Edgbaston,  opened 
up  upwards  of  twenty  years  ago,  being  several 
hundred  yards  in  length,  and  the  wide  base  of 
which  is  now  occupied  by  villa  residences,  with 
gardens  at  back,  whilst  the  deep  bank  of  the 
gravel  pit,  fenced  in  from  the  high  road  above, 
and  thickly  covered  with  Gorse  or  Furze  and 
Broom  bushes,  affords,  especially  when  in  flower, 
a  picturesque  and  charming  bit  of  landscape  to  the 
buildings  in  front,  and  it  has  been  enhanced  by 
the  addition  of  winding  walks  to  the  summit  of 
the  slope,  with  here  and  there  a  rustic  arbour 
disposed  about  the  base.  Prior  to  the  excavation 
of  the  gravel  the  surface  of  the  area  was  pasture 
land,  and  I  am  informed  that  neither  Furze  or 
Broom  had  been  known  to  ex  st  naturally  in  the 
neighbourhood.  About  four  years  ago,  when  the 
gravel  pit  in  question  was  finished  excavating 
from,  a  new  pit  was  begun  on  the  opposite  side 
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Appointments  or  Notes  of  Horticultural  Interest, 
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