.liuniai  y  1,  19i  3. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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Specialities  for  Exhibitors 
—  AM)  — 
Certain  Prizewinners. 
PEAS,  Pennells  LEVIATHAN,  largest  i)otls  in 
Liiltivation  . per  pkt.  1/(J 
,,  DUKE  OF  ALBANY,  Selected  and  Iin- 
proved  ..  . per  quart  1/- 
BROAD  BEANS,  Pennells  MAMMQTH  LONG- 
POD,  quite  distinct  and  larger  than  any 
other  Bean  in  cultivation  ..  per  quart  1/- 
,,  ,,  Pennells  GREEN  GIANT,  specially 
selected  stock  of  gveeti  Bunvards  per  quart  1/- 
RUNNER  BEANS,  Pennells  BEST  OF  ALL^ 
. per  quart  1/- 
BRUSSELS  SPROUTS,  Pennells  SELECTED 
.  neroz,  6d. 
CABBAGE,  Pennells  SUPERFINE,  earliest 
spring  Cabbage  and  by  far  the  best  for 
autumn  sowing. .  ..  per  oz  9d 
CARROT,  Pennells  EARLY  \  extra  fine  / 
stump  rooted  . .  [  stocks,  clean  1  per  oz.  6d. 
.,  Pennells  NEW  f  and  brilliant  i 
INTERMEDIATE  , .  j  in  colour  (  per  oz.  4d. 
CAULIFLOWER,  Pennells  AUTUMN  GIANT, 
specially  selected  for  earlines.s  and  size  per  oz.  1/- 
CABBAGE  LETTUCE,  Pennells  BLOND  BLOCK¬ 
HEAD  distinct  in  colour  and  size  from 
any  other . per  pkt.  6d..  per  cz  I  G 
LEEK,  Pennells  PRIZETAKER.  long  and  thick 
PGr  07  1 J  — 
ONION,  Pennells  Selected  AILSA  CRAIG,  finest 
exhibition  variety  ..  peroz.l/- 
,,  Pennells  BRACEBRIDGE,  globular, 
„  .  handsome .  per  oz.  9d. 
SAVOY,  Pennells  EARLIEST  OF  ALL,  readv 
early  in  August .  peroz.l/- 
TOMATO,  Pennells  BADEN  POWELL;  hand¬ 
somest  and  cleanest  variety. .  .  .  per  pkt.  1/- 
Above  are  all  specially  select  .stocks,  and 
have  been  for  many  years  most  carefully 
pi’epared  for  exhibition. 
CATALOGUES  FREE, 
PENNELL  &  SONS, 
Seed  Growers, 
X.  X  N*  o  O  X« 
CARNATIONS,  PICOTEES, 
and  PINKS. 
CATALOGUE  of  all  the  Best  for  Exhibition  or 
Border,  post  free. 
•C'.vrnations,  5/-,  6/-,  and  7/6  per  dozen  ;  L.aced  Pinks,  3/6 
per  dozen,  my  selection ;  C.vrnation  Seed,  1/6  and  2/6  per 
packet;  Choice  Alpine  Auricula  Seed,  1/6  and  2/6  per 
packet.  All  free  for  Cash. 
T.  LORD,  Carnation  Grower,  TODMORDEN 
WILLIAM  BARRON  &  SON 
Landscape  Gardeners  and  Nurserymen, 
ELVASTON  NURSERIES,  BORROWASH,  DERBY, 
Invite  intending  planters  to  inspect  their  unrivalled 
STOCK  of  ORNAMENTAL  &  FOREST  TREES 
RHODODENDRONS,  ROSES,  &  FRUIT  TREES 
Mend  for  Catalogues  and  List  of  Public  and  Private  Works 
carried  out  by  them. 
Dicksons 
VEGETABLE  &  FLOWER 
s:EEjys 
SEED  POTATOES,  GARDEN  TOOLS  &  SUNDRIES 
ALL  OF  BEST  QUALITIES 
Carriage  Free  by  Rail  or  Parcel  Post. 
JUustraied  Descriptive  Catalogue,  No.  568 
Post  Free  on  Application. 
C 
Royal  Seed  Warehouses 
H  ESTER. 
Now  Ready  For  1903 
CLIBRANS 
SEED  CATALOGUE 
Contains  Priced  and  Descriptive  List  of 
Tho  Choicest  Flowers 
The  Best  Vegetables 
BmgSements  &  Sundries 
HANDSOMELY  BOUND.  WELL  ILLUSTIiATED. 
GRATIS  and  POST  FREE. 
ALTRINCHAM  &  MANCHESTER. 
LONDON  FERN  NURSERIES, 
Loughboro’  Junction,  London,  S.W.— Stove  and  Green¬ 
house  Ferns,  large  and  small,  in  var.,  Aralias,  Grevilleas, 
Cyperns,  Ficus,  Ericas,  Palms,  Dracaenas,  Aspidistias,  Roses, 
Azaleas,  Carnations,  Crotons,  Camellias,  Chrysanthemums, 
Cyclamen,  Bouvardias,  Asp.aragus,  Araucarias,  Solanums, 
Aspidistras,  Cinerarias,  Genistas,  Marguerites,  Geraniums, 
Primulas,  Orange  Trees,  &c.  Trade,  send  for  Wholesale 
List.  Special  Retail  Catalogue,  free.— J.  E.  SMITH. 
FOR  PLEASURE  AND  PROFIT  1 
Nothin  T  so  profitable  and 
easy  to  grow. 
So  Acres  of  Saleable  Trees, 
II  THE  BEST  PROCURABLE. 
Sdw  •  ^  •  Cists  Free.  £ 
HUNDREDS  ofTHOUSANDS. 
Bushes  in  variety.  Packing  and 
Carriage  fi  ee  for  Cash  wit  h  order. 
8/-  per  'iltl/-  per  KiO. 
:i|;||P  ■  Hit  vike.-- .t'tvrsi.t;;  Stock 
■iill'iS  carri.  /orwuiu. 
OSIE^inPOTS  From  15/=  a  doz. 
Ornamental  Trees,  91  ilcres, 
A  Superb  Collection  cf 
i  Kertacecus  Plants, 
^  Feur  fiCT€S  of  Glass, 
c’.cn  alis  £C,C(0|frcml5 -doz. 
Plants  a7  e  sold  at 
slighily  increased  piices. 
CrrTPAL  CATAICCUE 
(Nearly  T.iO  pnfjes)  o!  NursiTy  Stock, 
^  artisllcally  (iroduced  coritaininj? 
1*3  some  hundreds  of  nhistratioriK. 
and  full  of  valuable  ixilonuiition. 
p'ec  on  receipt  of  3d.  for  postai;e. 
Please  mention  this  Paper. 
RIftHARD  SMITH  &C?.  WORCESTER, 
TO  SEEDSMEN  .  .  . 
Preparing  their  Catalogues  for  coming  season, 
DO  NOT  OMIT 
** BITTEN  OIL'' 
Circulars  sent  with  your  name  on  for  distribution  with 
your  Catalogues  -HULL  CHEMICAL  WORKS,  Ltd 
THURSDAY,  .TANUARY  1,  1903. 
New  Year's  Address. 
T  is  now  a  good  many  years  since 
my  late  revered  friend,  Dr. 
Hogg,  asked  me  to  address  his 
readers  at  the  opening  of  the 
year,  which  I  gladly  did  for  his 
sake  and  for  that  of  the  Journal. 
There  is  a  spirit  of  camaraderie 
which  seems  to  bind  its  readers  together 
in  a  way  that  I  do  not  remember  to 
have  noticed  in  any  other  publication  of  the 
kind,  aud  although  year  after  year  has  reduced 
the  numbers  of  those  to  whom  I  first  addressed 
my  message,  I  am  thankful  to  say  that  many 
yet  remain  who  would  wonder  what  had 
become  of  me  if  I  failed  to  appear  in  my  usual 
place.  As  is  well  known  to  many  of  my 
readers,  circumstances  have  greatly  altered 
with  me  during  the  past  twelve  months;  a  very 
serious  illness,  which  at  one  time  those  about 
me  thought  would  have  been  fatal,  laid  hold  of 
me  during  the  early  part  of  the  year,  and  as  it 
left  me  very  much  crippled  by  rheumatism,  I 
thought  my  work  was  well  nigh  done.  It  has, 
however,  pleased  God  to  raise  me  up,  and  once 
again  on  the  invitation  of  tlie  son  of  my  old 
friend  1  venture  to  perform  a  work  in  which 
I  have  always  taken  much  pleasure. 
I  have  alw’ays  considered  that  as  a  horti¬ 
culturist  my  own  thoughts  and  those  of  many 
of  my  readers  would  revert  to  the  Royal 
Horticultural  Society,  whose  vicissitudes  I 
have  watched  for  many  years.  I  have  seen  it 
when  it  was  in  a  veritable  Slough  of  Despond, 
when  it  was  under  the  baneful  influence  of 
S.  Kensington,  where  it  was  a  horticultural 
society  in  name  only,  and  I  am  thankful  to  say 
that  I  have  lived  to  witness  its  revival  when  it 
floundered  out  of  that  slough.  I  always  feel 
thankful  that  iu  some  measure  I  have  contri¬ 
buted  indirectly  towards  its  revival,  for  it  was 
at  a  dinner  of  the  Horticultural  Club,  which  I 
had  been  able  to  establish  iu  1876,  that  the 
Fruit  farming  for  profit.  By 
Gkoiioe  Bunyahi),  \';M.H.,  F.R.H.S.  A  Practical 
'J'reatise,  invaluableto  Fruit  Grower.^  Containing  chapters 
on  all  the  most  profitable  fruits.  Price  2/9,  post  free. 
Office  :  12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  street,  E.C. 
r>  EADERS  ar )  requested  to  send  notices  of  Gardening 
L*  Appointments  or  Notes  of  Horticultural  Interest, 
intimations  of  Meetings,  Queries,  and  all  Articles  for 
Publication,  officially  to  “  THE  EDITOR,” 
12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street, 
London,  E.C.,  and  to  no  other  person  and  to  no  other 
address. 
No.  1175.— VoL.  XLVI .  Third  SsKrie.'J 
