May  4,  1899. 
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BARR’S 
crass*s1eds 
For  Lawns, Tennis  Courl’sX  Cricket"  Grounds. 
Tlie  following  mixtures  are  composed  of  Pure  Grass  Seeds 
only,  which  have  been  thoroughly  cleaned  and  carefully 
mixed.  They  cannot  fail  to  give  the  most  satisfactory  results. 
We  tell  the  teed  by  weight,  wh'ch  is  the  imly  correct  method  of 
ettimating  quanHty  needed  fot'  ®  given  space. 
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SEEDS  for  Parks.— A  special  mixture  which  has  been 
found  very  successful  in  many  public  and  private  parks 
and  squares  around  London  and  throughout  the  country, 
i'er  lb.,  1/3  ;  per  101b.,  10/6  ;  per  201b.,  20/-. 
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Lawns,  Golf  Links,  Cricket  Grounds,  &c.— In 
this  mixture  there  is  a  larger  quantity  of  dwarf,  fine¬ 
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Per  lb.,  1/6  ;  per  lOlb.,  12/6  ;  per  20lb.,  22/6. 
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BLACKBERRY  CULTIVATION. 
WHEN  shall  we  see  the  Blackberry  receive 
its  place  in  gardens  generally  as  worthy 
fo  take  rank  with  the  Raspberry  and  other  bush 
fruits  ?  I  suppose  the  correct  answer  to  my 
query  is.  When  its  true  value  i&  realised  and  its 
cultivation  is  understood. 
It  is  now  nearly  twenty  years  since  I  planted 
my  first  row  of  that  best  of  all  Blackberries,  the 
Parsley-leaved  P.’ ‘  ^  a 
lively  remembrance  of  its  marvellous  crop,  in  the 
third  year  from  planting,  of  huge  clusters  of  the 
large  glossy  fruit,  and  of  the  astonishment  of 
everyone  who  thus  saw  cultivated  Blackbenies 
for  the  first  time.  The  mere  sight  of  it  was 
sufficient  to  warrant  the  prediction  of  a  great 
future  for  it,  both  in  private  gardens  and  for 
market,  and  this  feeling  gained  force  from  a 
knowledge  of  the  ease  and  certainty  of  its  culii- 
vation. 
Yet  even  now  one  seldom  sees  it  grown  to 
perfection ;  if  planted  at  all  it  is  relegated  to 
some  out-of-the-way  place  among  trees  as  an 
undergrowth,  or  to  form  a  thicket,  anywhere  but 
in  the  garden  among  other  fruit.  The  result  is 
total  or  partial  failure,  yet  a  little  thought  must 
bring  conviction  that  really  fine  fruit  in  abundance 
could  not  be  so  obtained.  One  might  go  farther 
and  add  that  it  is  owing  very  much  to  want  of 
thought  and  an  intelligent  grasp  of  possibilities, 
perchance  also  some  degree  of  prejudice,  that  has 
hindered  the  extension  of  Blackberry  cultivation. 
A  couple  of  rows  of  it  in  one  of  the  Derbyshire 
County  Council’s  fruit  plots  have  induced  much 
inquiry  and  discussion.  One  visitor  actually  asked 
how  I  could  waste  good  land  upon  such  rubbish, 
adding  that  the  proper  place  for  Blackberries  was 
some  out-of-the-way  corner.  Knowing  that  some¬ 
thing  tangible  is  the  best  answer  to  such  querie.«, 
I  have,  in  the  last  two  years,  had  fruit  plot 
demonstrations  when  the  Blackberries  w’ere  ripe. 
The  sight  of  these  two  rows,  each  20  feet  in 
length, ""laden  with  nearly  an  hundredweight^  of 
ripe  fruit,  has  induced  something  akin  to  excite¬ 
ment  amongst  our  visitors.  Tliis,  and  ones 
No.  2640.— VOL.  C.,  Old  Series. 
