’.Tiinuary  8,  19C3. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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Seeds  sent  Carriage  Paid  on  receipt  of  remittance. 
THE  BEST  SEEDS  IN  THE  WORLD  for  securing  a 
pply  of  vegetables  “the  year  round,”  and  for  keepinS 
;e  Flower  Garden  and  Greenhouse  always  gay,  and  with 
)undance  of  Flowers  to  cut  for  vases  and  bouquets. 
BARR’S  SEED  GUIDE  contains  a  Select  List  of  the 
.■St  Vegetables  and  the  most  beautiful  Flowers  for  the 
arden  and  Greenhonse.  It  is  full  of  Practical  Hints, 
id  will  he  found  invaluable  to  Gardeners,  Amateurs,  and 
xhibitors.  Sent  free  on  application. 
BARR’S  21/-  COLLECTION  OF  VEGETABLE 
EEDS  contains  a  liberal  assortment  of  the  following 
seful  Vegetables  .-—Beans  (Broad  and  French),  Beet, 
.orecole.  Broccoli,  Brussels  Sprouts,  Cabbage,  Capsicum, 
arrot.  Cauliflower,  Celery,  Colewort,  Corn  Salad,  Cucum- 
er.  Cress,  Endive,  Herbs,  Leek,  Lettuce,  Melon,  Mustard, 
mions.  Parsley,  Parsnips,  Peas,  Radi.sh,  Salsify,  Savoy 
labbage,  Scorzonera,  Spinach,  Tomato,  Turnip,  and 
•'egetable  Marrow. 
OTHER  COLLECTIONS  of  BARR’S  VEGETABLE 
.EEDS,  5/6,  7/6,  12/6,  42/-,  63/-.  and  105/-.  Full 
articulars  sent  on  application. 
BARR’S  CHOICE  FLOWER  SEEDS.  The  “Seed 
luide”  contains  a  Select  List  of  all  the  most  lieautiful 
Innuals  and  Perennials.  Special  Collections  for  all  pur*, 
lo.ses.  and  many  sterling  Novelties. 
All  Seeds  sent  Carriage  Paid  on  receipt  of  remittance. 
BARR  &  SONS, 
11, 12,  &  13,  Kin^  St.,  Covent  Garden,  London 
Nurseries;  Long  Ditton,  near  Surbiton,  Surrey. 
ESTABLISHED  1832. 
tso  connectioH  with  any  other  Jinn  of  a  similar  name. 
Successors  to  the  iate  BARON  VAN  PALLANDT. 
&  Son  s 
Spring’ 
Catalogue 
For  1903, 
OF 
Vegetable  and  Flower  Seeds 
AND 
BULBS  &  PLANTS, 
IS  NOW  READY. 
M  ill  be  sent  post  free  on  application  to  their  Offices  at 
OVERVEEN,  HAARLEM,  HOLLAND,  or  co  their 
General  Agents — 
Messrs.  MERTENS  &  CO. 
3,  CROSS  LANE,  LONDON,  EC. 
1178. — VoL.  XLVI.,  Third  StiiiKs 
SPECIAL  OFFER. 
CLIBBflNS 
ROSES  &  FRUITS. 
All  Offered  are  Strong,  Healthy, 
and  Well  Grown. 
Strong  hitsh  2^i(ints  from  open  ground. 
Our  selection  of  best  softs. 
Hybrid  Perpetuals,  6/-  and  9/-  doz.,  40/-  to  65/- 
per  100. 
Tea  and  Noisette,  10,  -  to  1'3/-  per  doz. 
Moss,  5/-  per  doz.,  40/-  per  iro. 
Rosa  Rugosa,  of  sorts,  9/-  per  doz. 
Lord  Penzance’s  Hybrid  Sweet  Briars 
.  9/-  per  doz.,  60/-  per  100. 
FRUITS, 
Apples,  of  sorts— 
Pyramid  Trees 
Bushes  .. 
Cherries— 
Pyramids 
Standards 
•  Fan-trained  Trees 
for  forcing 
Sea  Kale,  for  planting 
Extra  strong  for  forcing 
Extra-extra  strong,  for  forcing 
Asparagus,  for  planting 
Strong  planting  . . 
Extra  strong  for  forcing 
Hardy  Climbers,  12  choice  sorts  6/-,  9/-  and  12/  . 
7/6  per  100. 
16/-  per  ICO. 
21/-  pe'r  100. 
.  3/6  and  5/.  per  100. 
7/6  and  10/6  per  100. 
15/-  and  17,  6  per  100. 
CATALOGUES  GRATIS  AND  POST  FREE. 
Altrincham  &  Manchester 
15/-,  IS/-,  24/-,  and  30/- per  doz- 
120/-,  150/-,  and  200/-  per  100. 
. .  12/-,  15/-,  and  IS/-  per  doz. 
100/-,  125/-,  and  140/-  per  100. 
..  1/3,  1/6,  and  2/-  each. 
12/-,  15;..  and  18/-  per  doz. 
1/6,  2/,  and  2/6  each. 
15/-,  18/-,  and  24/-  per  doz. 
2/6,  3/6,  and  5/-  each. 
24/-,  30,'-,  and  4-2,  -  per  doz. 
Currants,  strong  bushes— 
2/6,  3/6,  and  4/6  per  doz. 
10/-,  20/-,  and  25,  •  per  100. 
Gooseberries,  strong  bushes— 
3/6,  4/6,  and  6 '-  per  doz. 
20/-,  25/-.  and  30/-  per  100. 
Peaches  and  Nectarines, 
strong  and  extra  strong  Fan-trained  trees— 
5/-,  7/o,  10/6,  and  15/-  each. 
Pears  — 
Pyramids  ..  ..  1/3,  1/6,  and  2/- each. 
12/-,  15/-,  and  18/-  per  doz. 
plums  and  Damsons— 
Pyramids  ..  ..  1/6,  2/6,  and  3/6  each. 
15/-,  24/-,  and  30/-  per  doz. 
Raspberries,  in  fine  variety- 
strong  Canes,  our  selection  . .  . .  2/-  per  doz. 
10/-  and  12/6  per  100. 
Strawberries,  of  sorts— 
Our  selection,  prepared  runners  3/-  to  5/-  per  100. 
Establisheil  in  small  pots  . .  12/6  to  15/-  per  100. 
Ml  SC  ELLA  NEOUS. 
Figs,  in  choice  variety- 
strong  bushes,  in  pots  . .  2/6  to  10, '6  each. 
Rhubarb,  the  best  sorts— 
Strong  roots  . 6/-  and  9/-  per  doz. 
Extra  large  and  strong  roots 
12/-, and  18/- per  doz. 
THURSDAY,  .IAN  CAR Y  8,  1903. 
The  Supply  of  Fertility, 
^  HE  fact  Las  been  demonstrated 
over  and  over  again  in  practice 
that  the  soil  of  good  fertility, 
such  as  a  rich  kitchen  garden 
soil,-  under  continued  cropping 
with  no  return  of  the  elements  of 
fertility  to  replace  what  is  removed 
by  the  crops,  will  in  process  of  time 
become  sterile,  or  at  least  unproductive. 
Nature,  if  left  to  herself,  has  Avays  of  main¬ 
taining  an  equilibrium  that  gardeners  have  not 
at  command.  But  when  man,  in  his  efforts  to 
draw  from  the  storehouse  of  Mother  Earth, 
pursues  a  course  that  is  in  any  way  in  conflict 
with  the  general  laws  of  Nature,  while,  for  the 
time  being,  no  appreciable  change  in  results  is 
seen,  in  the  end  it  will  surely  tell,  and  then  the 
disorder  will  be  more  marked,  and  require  a 
much  longer  time  for  correction. 
I  This  priuciple  is  illustrated  most  forcibly  in 
a  small  experiment  at  Rothamsted.  In  the 
'  year  1851  a  small  portion  of  the  Rothamsted 
kitchen  garden  was  set  apart  by  the  late  Sir 
John  Lawes  for  the  continuous  growth  of  Red 
j  Clover.  Since  that  date,  during  the  long  period 
of  forty-uine  years.  Clover  has  been  grown  every 
year  on  this  piece  of  ground,  aud  the  average 
produce  over  forty  years  was  equivalent  to 
nearly  three  tons  of  Clover  hay  per  acre  per 
'  annum,  sometimes  one  cutting  aud  sometimes 
two  cuttings  being  obtained  every  year 'since 
1854.  In  the  first  twenty  years  of  the  experi- 
'  meut  fresh  seed  was  required  to  be  sown  only 
'  five  times,  hut  during  the  last  twenty-nine 
years  it  has  been  found  necessary  to  sow  fresh 
Clover  seed  thirty-two  times  ;  that  is  to  say, 
the  soil  has  become  less  and  less  able  to  maiu- 
taiu  a  Clover  plant,  and  therefore,  requires  new 
'Seeding  sometimes  twice  in  oue  year.  The 
j  yield  of  Clover  is  also  considerably  decreasing 
I  in  quantity,  and  from  aual}'si3  of  the  soil, 
1  w'hich  has  been  made  from  time  to  time,  it  is 
Readers  ar  j  requested  to  send  notices  of  Gardaning 
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 
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