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JOURNAL  OR  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER, 
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NORMAN  DAVIS’S 
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By  Contributors  to  the  “  Journal  of  Horticulture.” 
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Journal  of  Horticulture  Office,  12,  Mitre  Court 
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THURSDAY,  DECEMBER  12,  1901. 
Old-time  Gardening. 
H^E  are  apt  to  look  for  the  initial 
impulse  and  stimulus  to  garden¬ 
ing  in  the  days  of  Elizabeth, 
and  perhaps  a  little  earlier  : 
and  there  is  indeed  little 
difficulty  in  tracing  the  constant 
ebb  and  flow  of  horticulture  back 
to  that  period,  for  gardening,  like  the 
arts  of  peace  in  general,  thrives  best 
where  freedom  reigns.  But  it  would  be 
altogether  wrong  to  assume  that  beyond  that 
age  a  dead  calm  prevails.  Unfortunately 
the  somewhat  dull  and  dreary  childhood  of 
gardening  literature,  now  arrived  at  giant 
proportions,  was  spent  in  days  centuries 
later  than  English  gardening  itself,  and, 
therefore,  it  is  from  such  varied J'sources  as 
poets,  travellers,  chroniclers,  painters,  and 
the  scribes  of  public  accounts  that  we  derive 
the  greater  part  of  our  information  on  the 
subject  in  its  earlier  stages.  From  them  we 
have  the  assurance  that  gardens  hundreds  of 
Mountain  Ash,  lft.  to  3ft.;  Privet  ovalifolium,  1ft.  to  6't. 
Sycamore,  lft.  to  2ft. ;  Spruce  Fir  (Norway),  6in.  to  3ft. ;  Acer 
negundo  alb.  var.,  lift  to  4ft.;  Aucuba  japonica,  6in.  to  lilt. ; 
Berberis  stenophylla,  lift,  to  3ft. ;  Buxus  arborescens,  6in.  to 
3 if t. ;  Buxus  Handsworthi.  6in.  to  12in. ;  Laurels  in  variety, 
6in.  to  5ft.;  Crataegus  (Hawthorn)  in  variety,  3ft.  to  8ft.  ■ 
Cupressus  Lawsoniania  lutea,  9in.  to  15in. ;  Deutzia  can- 
didissima,  lft.  to  4ft. ;  Deutzia  gracilis,  9in.  to  15in. ;  Diplo- 
pappus  chrvsophyllus,  lft.  to  2ft;  Euonymus  radicans  var., 
6in.  to  9in. ;  Forsythia  suspensa  Fortunei,  3ft.  to  5ft. ;  Genista 
Andreana  and  prsecox,  lft.  to.  3ft.;  Genista  Hispanica  (in 
pots),  9in.  to  12  in.;  Tree  Ivies  in  variety,  6in.  to  18in.; 
Juniperus  tamariscifolia,  9in.  to  18in. ;  Ligustrum  tricolor 
(very  beautiful),  9in.  to  18in. ;  Pernettya  speciosa,  6in.  to 
18in. ;  Pernettya  multimacrocarpa,  6in.  to  9in.;  Picra  amabilis 
(grafted),  6in.  to  9in.;  Pyrus  Aria  (Whitebeam  true),  extra 
strong  standards,  very  fine,  7ft.  to  8ft.;  Retinospora  (in 
variety),  6in.  to  2ft.;  Itibes  atro-sanguinea,  2ft.  to  4ft.; 
Sambucus  nigra  lutea  (Golden  Elder),  lft.  to  3$ft. ;  Spiraea 
opulifolia  lutea,  1  ft.  to  4ft.;  Symphoricarpus  racemosus 
(Snowberry),  lft.  to  2ft.;  Thuja  Lobbi,  6in.  to  18in. ;  Thuja 
occidentalis  lutea, 6in.  to  15in. ;  Voburum  Tinus  (Laurustinus), 
for  forcing,  9in.  to  2ft. ;  Weigelia  rosea  variegata,  1  ft.  to  lift. ; 
Ledum  palustre,  6  in.  to  18in. ;  Rhododendrons,  ferruginium, 
hirsutuei,  and  Wilsoni,  6in.  to  12in.;  Vaccinium  uliginosum 
(Bilberry),  ditto  Vitis  Idea,  Rhododendrons,  choice  named 
kinds,  well  set  with  buds,  6in.  to  2ft. ;  Ampelopsis  herderace  a 
1 4ft.  to  4ft.;  Caprifolium  punicea  (in  pots),  2ft.  to  4ft.; 
:  Honeysuckle  Scarlet  Trumpet,  Hedera  (Ivy)  in  variety  (in 
pots),  lft.  to  4ft. 
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No  American  Bug  here 
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THOMASllVERSlt  SON, 
SAWBRIDGEWORTH,  HERTS." 
HARLOW  STATION.  G.E.R. 
years  b  fore  Elizabeth  were  not  uncommon. 
Not  only  kings  delighted  in  the  pleasures  of 
gardening,  not  only  had  each  community  of 
monks  its  garden  and  its  grange,  but  rich 
citizens,  like  those  of  London,  possessed 
extensive  and  beautiful  gardens.  The  noble¬ 
man  also  bad  his  garden  within  the  moat 
surrounding  his  castle  walls,  and  outside  an 
orchard  for  his  fruit  trees.  The  very  yeoman 
attached  a  “yard”  to  his  dwelling,  whence 
the  physic  herbs,  and  a  few  vegetables 
required  by  his  household  were  derived. 
Peas,  Beans,  and  Leeks  formed  a  large 
item  of  the  food  of  the  lower  classes,  and 
“worts”  were  in  request  to  boil  with 
oatmeal,  to  produce  the  universal  pottage. 
Moreover,  flowers  must  have  been  cultivated 
to  a  comparatively  large  extent.  Men  and 
women  of  all  classes  appear  to  have  used 
them  profusely  for  personal  adornment. 
EADERS  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 
address.  ■ 
No.  1120. — Vou.  XLI1I.,  Third  Series, 
