February  5,  1903. 
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AND  Tested  Growth 
THE  BEST  OF  THE  SEASON’S  CROP. 
BARR’S  SEED  GUIDE  contains  a  .Select  List  of  the 
best  Vegetables  and  tire  most  beautiful  Flow,  rs  for  the 
Garden  and  Greenhouse.  It  is  full  of  Practical  Hints, 
and  will  be  found  invaluable  to  Gardeners,  Amateurs,  and 
Exhibitors.  Sent  free  on  application. 
NOVELTIES  AND  SPECIALITIES  FOR  1903. 
Aquilegia  Barr’s  Extra  Selected  Hybrids,  saved  mostly 
from  LONG-SPURRED  varieties  of  the  most  beautiful  and 
•delicate  shades.  Per  Packet,  2/6. 
Auricula  New  Giant  Yellow  (sweet-scented),  producing 
a  good  proportion  of  extra  tine  ijellows.  Per  Packet,  1/6, 2/o. 
Dianthus —Japanese  Loyal  Pinks,  a  grand  new' strain, 
■with  very  large  single  fringed  flowers  ranging  from  b'ood-red 
to  carmine,  pink,  and  white  ;  hardy  annual.  Per  Packet,  1/-. 
Lathyrus  pubescens— the  Blue  Everlasting  Pea,  a  most 
beautiful  pFant  from  the  Argentine,  with  lovely  pale  blue 
•flowers  ;  it  requires  a  sheltered  south  wall,  and  a  fairly 
light,  dry  soil.  Per  Packet  1/-.  A  good  greenhouse  plant. 
Lathyrus  splendens -the  Pride  of  California,  another 
beautiful  Everlasting  Pea,  with  tine,  graceful  foliage,  and 
the  most  brilliantly-coloured  flowers— crimson-lake,  shaded 
scarlet.  Suitable  for  greenhouse  or  for  protected  positions 
outdoors  in  warm  localities.  Per  Packet,  1/6. 
Nasturtium  Giant-flowered  Jupiter,  a  tine  climbing 
variety  with  flowers  of  immense  size,  of  elegant  form,  with 
over-lapping  crinkled  petals  ;  colour  golden-yellow  with 
■orange  glow;  splendid  lor  quickly  covering  fences,  &c. 
Per  Packet,  1/6. 
Primula  stellata  Barr  s  “Rose  Brilliant,”  the  most 
beautiful  of  all  the  STAR  PRIMULAS,  having  elegant 
dark  Fern-leaved  foliage  with  red  under  surface,  and  loose 
pyramids  of  smooth-petalled  flowers,  brilliant  rose,  shaded 
salmon-scarlet.  A  most  lovely  plant  for  greenhouse  dr 
sitting-room.  Per  Packet,  1/6  and  2/8. 
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HARRISONS’  EARLY  ROSE.-The  best  variety  for 
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LEICESTER  RED.— The  best  late  variety,  very  hardy 
and  solid. 
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CATALOGUEfei  NOW  READY. 
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f>OSES,  Dwarfs,  T.’s,  T.H.’s,  and  H.P.’s, 
V  3/6  per  doz,  24/-  100  ;  fine  Standards,  16/-  doz.  Aralia 
Sieboldi,  4  100,  30/-  1000.  Carnations  (Tree),  named  sorts, 
16/-  per  100;  ditto.  Seedlings,  80  p.c.  Doubles,  4/-  100. 
Pinks,  Her  Majesty,  6/- 100.  Fuchsias,  Singles  and  Doubles, 
in  sorts,  well  rooted  stuff  from  stores,  6/-  100,  50/-  1000. 
Heliotrope,  daik  varieties  only,  6/-  100,  50/-  POO.  Double 
Petunias,  in  sorts,  8/- 100. 
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Fruit  farming  for  profit.  By 
George  Bunvard,  V.M.H.,  F.R.H.S.  A  Practical 
Treatise,  invaluable  to  Fruit  Growers.  Coutaining  chapters 
oil  all  the  most  profitable  fruits.  Price  2/9,  post  free. 
Office  :  12.  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street,  E.C 
WANTED,  Half-specimen  Plants  of  Allamanda 
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HEATING  APPARATUS  for  Greenhouses  and 
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water  Pipes,  Wrought  and  Cast  Iron  Boilers,  Radiators, 
Cisterns,  Pumps,  Baths,  (fcc.  — JONES  &  ATTWOOD, 
Stourbridge. _ _ _ 
PURE  WOOD  CHARCOAL,  Specially  Prepared 
for  Horticultural  use.  Extract  from  the  Journal  of 
Horticulture  :  “  Charcoal  is  invaluable  as  a  manurial  agent ; 
each  little  piece  is  a  pantry  full  of  the  good  things  of  this 
life.  There  is  no  cultivated  plant  which  is  not  benefited  by 
having  Charcoal  applied  to  the  soil  in  which  it  is  rooted.” 
Apply  for  Pamphlet  and  prices  to  the  Manufacturers— 
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THURSDAY,  FEBRUARY  5,  1903. 
Coramon  Things. 
HE  common  things  of  gardens, 
J like  the  common  things  of  life, 
are  not  thought  much  of.  Like 
the  poor,  they  are  always  with 
us,  and  familiarity  hath  bred 
contempt.  Yet,  considering  the 
utility  of  most,  and  the  importance 
of  all  common  things  in  the  great 
natural  scheme,  it  is  a  matter  for  regret 
that  broader  ideas  do  not  afford  them  wider 
recognition.  In  many  gardens  some  old- 
fashioned  plants  are  just  tolerated  in  the 
mixed  borders,  where  any  attempt  on  their 
part  to  assert  their  rights  to  freedom  is 
summarily  checked  by  chopping  up  or  shearing 
down.  Mixed  borders  are,  of  coarse,  ■well 
enough  in  their  way,  but  they  are  too  often 
the  way  of  the  weather,  very  much  mixed ; 
and  individual  beauty  with  specific  character  is 
first  absorbed  and  then  lost  in  the  surroundings, 
whereas  massing  emphasises  both  form  and 
colour,  and  natural  beauty  is  enhanced. 
What  a  treat  it  is  to  escape  for  a  brief  space 
from  the  confines  of  garden  walls  bounding  a 
map  of  straight  lines,  trim  dots,  and  prim 
patches.  “  .  .  .  .  To  tread  the  dewy  sod,  and 
muse  on  Nature's  siileudour  in  communion  with 
her  God.”  To  get  a  woodland  peep  of  Blue¬ 
bells  (iScilla  nutaus)  in  their  glory,  stretching 
away  under  the  trees  by  acres  till  vision, 
bringing  contentment  in  its  train,  is  lost  in  a 
distant  hazy  blue.  The  same  with  Foxgloves 
in  Kentish  woods,  Lily  of  the  Valley  in  the 
wolds  of  Gloucestershire,  and  many,  many 
things,  common  things,  for 
Oh!  they  look  upward  in  every  place  tlirough  this 
lieautiful  world  of  ours, 
And  dear  a.s  the  smile  on  an  old  friend’.s  face  is 
"the  smile  of  the  bright,  bright  llowers. 
In  nature  unadorned  is  beauty— beauty 
beyond  criticism  and  beyond  compare — and 
beauty  is  the  soul  of  iusiiiratiou,  or  ought  to 
Readers  an  requested  to  send  notices  of  Qardaning 
Appointments  or  Notes  of  Horticultural  Interast, 
intimations  of  Meetings,  Queries,  and  all  Articles  for 
Publication,  officially  to  “  THB  SOITOR,”  At 
12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Btreat, 
London,  E.C.,  and  to  no  other  person  and  to  no  other 
address. 
No.  1180.— VoL,  XLVI..  Third  Series 
