August  22,  L901. 
■JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER . 
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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. 
.  CUTBUSH’S  CELEBRATED 
MILLTRACK  MUSHROOM  SPAWN 
THE  FINEST  PROCURABLE. 
ONCE  USED,  ALWAYS  USED. 
Many  Hundreds  of  Testimonials. 
Per  Bushel,  6/-,  packing  included. 
WM.  CDTBDSH  &  SON, 
Highgate  Nurseries,  LONDON,  N., 
and  BARNET,  HERTS. 
NEW  STAR 
CINERARIAS  &  PRIMULAS 
Our  exhibits  of  these  during  the  Winter  were  the  surprise 
and  admiration  of  all  beholders,  and  certainly  the  be«t 
of  the  year.  To  all  who  desire  NEW  and  LOVELY 
FLOWERS — a  grindnew  feature — for  grouping  and  cutting 
during  Winter  and  Spring  they  are  invaluable,  lasting 
a  fortnight  in  water. 
Seeds,  2/6  and  5/-  per  Packet. 
Seedlings — Cineraria  stellata,  ready  for  potting  on, 
-  3/-  per  doz,  ;  20/-  per  100.  In  Pots,  4/6  per  doz.  ; 
30/-  per  100. 
Superior  round-flowered,  1/6  per  doz.  In  Pots,  2/- 
per  doz. 
Primula  The  Lady  (stellata),  3/6  per  doz. ;  25/- 
per  100. 
Primula  sinensis,  3/6  per  doz. ;  25/-  per  100. 
H.  CANNELL  &,  SONS, 
SWANLEY,  KENT. 
CLEAN  HEALTHY  PLANTS  AT  LOW  PRICES. 
Always  worth  a  visit  of  inspection.  Kind'y  send  for  Catalogue. 
NEW  LIST  NOW  READY. 
JAMES  CYPHER, 
Exotic  Nurseries,  CHELTENHAM. 
CUTHBERT’S  BULBS 
FOR  EARLY  FORCING. 
ROMAN  HYACINTHS,  Selected  Bulbs. 
CUTHBERT’S  Early  Forcing  White  HYACINTHS. 
CUTHBERT’ft  Early  Forcing  Scarlet  HYACINTHS. 
CUTHBERT’S  Early  Forcing  Blue  HYACINTHS. 
NARCISSUS,  Early  Single  Trumpet  Major.  Flowers  in 
November. 
NARCISSUS,  Early  Double  Golden.  Flowers  in  November. 
NARCISSUS,  Early  Paper  White  Grandiflora. 
NARCISSUS,  Early  Double  Roman. 
FREESIA  REFRACTA  ALBA.  Extra  Fine  Roots. 
LILIUM  HARRISI.  Selected  Roots. 
LILIUM  CANDIDUM.  Extra  Fine  Roots. 
TULIBS,  DUC  VAN  THOL,  in  Colours.  Scarlet,  Yellow, 
White,  Striped,  and  Rose. 
TULIPS,  Early  Forcing  single.  Choice  Varieties  to  name. 
TULIPS,  Early  Forcing  Double.  Choice  Varieties  to  name. 
Importers  of  New  and  Rare  Bulbs, 
SOUTHGATE,  MIDDLESEX. 
Established  1797. 
No.  110L— Vol.  XLIII.,  Third  Series. 
ESTABLISHED  1832. 
No  eonnection  with  any  other  firm  of  a  similar  name. 
CATALOGUE  for  1901 
—  OF  — 
DUTCH, 
CAPE,  AND  EXOTIC 
BULBS 
(With  CULTUEAL  DIRECTIONS), 
Is  NOW  READY,  and  will  be  sent  Post  Free  on 
application  to  themselves  direct  at  OVER  VEEN, 
HAARLEM,  HOLLAND,  or  to  their  General 
Agents— 
Messrs.  MERTENS  &  CO., 
3,  CROSS  LANE,  LONDON,  E.C. 
CARNATIONS. 
The  undernoted  are  Two  Exceptionally  Fine  New 
Varieties,  suitable  either  for  pots  or  outside. 
DUCHESS  OF  ROXBURGHE. 
Primrose  ground,  striped  with  a  lovely  shade  of  terra 
cotta  and  heliotrope.  (See  illustration  in  Journal 
of  Horticulture,  July  26th,  1901.)  Per  dozen,  21/-. 
SIR  R.  WALD  IE- GRIFFITH. 
A  grand  novelty  of  a  perfectly  unique  shade  of  colour, 
being  a  rich  oran a  e-scarlet  with  a  sheen  of  amber  ; 
Clove-scented.  Per  dozen,  40/-. 
MALMAISONS  AND  MANY  OTHER  VARIETIES. 
Descriptive  Cultural  Catalogue  on  application. 
LAING  8L  MATHER, 
KBLSO  -  ON  -  TWEED. 
Jouiiiutl  of  ||0rtu[ulttti[t 
THURSDAY,  AUGUST  22,  1901. 
Warfare  and  Peace. 
By  squares  of  tropic  summer  shut 
And  warmed  in  crystal  cases. 
*  *  *  » 
But  these,  though  fed  with  careful  dirt, 
Are  neither  green  nor  sappy  ; 
Half  conscious  of  the  garden- squirt, 
The  spindlings  look  unhappy. 
^  HUS  the  poet.  Not  everyone  would 
^  think  of  Tennyson  as  having  been 
guilty  of  such  a  cynical  utterance 
as  that  “  careful  dirt  ”  in  the  lines 
above.  What  visions  of  mar¬ 
vellous  mixtures  it  conjures  up  !  of 
loam,  and  peat,  and  leaf  mould,  cow 
manure,  charcoal,  and  sand,  to  enumerate 
a  few  of  the  ingredients  to  be  found  in 
gardeners’  composts.  Doubtless  the  in¬ 
tention  of  the  poet  was  to  use  the  glass  house 
and  its  spindling  occupants  as  a  symbol  of  the 
shortcomings  and  failures  in  the  broader  issues 
of  life  ;  especially  is  this  so  if  we  may  judge 
from  the  lines  which  follow.  In  acknowledging 
this,  I  think  the  words  can  scarcely  fail  to  impress 
us  with  thoughts  of  the  many  battles  in  the 
cimpaign  against  foes  of  every  description  into 
which  a  gardener’s  career  usually  resolves  itself. 
Early  in  life  he  commences  a  daily  combat  on 
behalf  of  cleanliness.  Scrubbing  floors  and  pots; 
learning  discipline  and  discretion  from  those  next  in 
command.  Gaining  these  rudimentary  elements, 
he  rises  surely,  and  perhaps  slowly,  from  the  lower 
rinks — if  he  possesses  the  true  fighting  instinct — 
to  a  higher  place.  He  thus  becomes  one  of  those 
who,  empanoplied  in  blue  apron  and  armed  with 
ti  e  sharp  lance  of  experience,  go  forth  day  by  day 
“  to  destroy  the  evil  and  preserve  the  good.”  Never 
did  knight  of  olden  time  depart  on  nobler  quest. 
The  matter-of-fact  person  may  be  inclined  to  argue 
that  I  am  taking  an  idealistic  view  of  a  common¬ 
place  avocation.  Is  there  any  single  thing  con¬ 
nected  with  horticulture  that  can  truly  be  described 
as  commonplace  ?  I  can  imagine  the  emphatic 
no  !  that  question  would  bring  from  all  enthusiastic 
lovers  of  gardens,  whatever  their  station  in  life. 
To  return  to  my  tex\  The  real  gardener  knows 
he  must  nearly  always  be  prepared  to  face  his  many 
READERS  are  requested  to  send  Notices  of  Gardening 
Appointments  or  Notes  of  Horticultural  Interest, 
Intimations  of  Meetings,  Queries,  and  all  Articles  for 
Publication,  officially  to  ‘  THE  EDITOR,”  at 
12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street, 
London,  E.C.,  and  to  no  other  person  and  to  no  other 
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