May  28,  1903. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
463 
CARNATIONS  ^CLISRAIIS^ 
New  Perpetual  or  Winter-Blooming. 
GODFREY’S  KING.  — Rich  bright  crimson. 
A  perfect  flower  in  every  way,  having  smooth 
edges,  fine  substance,  and  sound  calyx.  Very 
free  flowering.  Superior  to  almost  every  other 
in  these  respects.  Plant  a  good  robust,  healthy 
grower.  Strong  plants,  5/-  each. 
WAYERLEY.-Deep  and  solid  salmon,  dis¬ 
tinct  from  every  other.  It  has  every  good 
point,  and  is  a  thoroughly  good  winter- 
bloomer.  5/-  each. 
PRIDE  OF  EX  MOUTH. —Everyone’s 
favourite.  Salmon-pink  in  the  way  of  Mdlle. 
T.  Franco,  but  immensely  superior.  Plant  a 
clean,  healthy  grower.  3  6  each. 
The  above  are  Novelties  raised  at  the  Exmouth 
Nurseries.  They  are  all  True  Winter- 
Bloomers,  and  not  simply  autumn  or  spring¬ 
flowering.  The  plants  have  healthy  constitutions, 
and  are  robust  growers.  Good  as  the  American 
varieties  are,  they  do  not  equal  these. 
Full  Descriptive  Catalogues,  containing  Lists  of  the 
Best  English  and  American  Varieties,  Post  Free. 
W.  J.  GODFREY, 
Exmouth,  Devoum 
The  best  test  of  quality  is  “  Repeat  Orders.”  These 
we  have  had  from  many  customers  for  the  last  twelve  to 
eighteen  years  in  many  cases  annually.  50  Gold  and 
Silver  Medals,  including  the  R.  H.S.  Gold  Medal  for 
Begonias  only.  Our  Speciality  Collection  :  Double, 
30,'-  per  dozen  ;  Single,  24,'-  per  dozen  ;  named  or  hybrid 
Seedlings.  Descriptive  Catalogue  free. 
B.  R.  DAVIS  Sl  sons,  Begonia  Specialists,  Yeovil,  Som. 
SHRUBS  Sl  CLIMBERS 
Established  in  Pots. 
The  underacted  are  strong  established  plants, 
and  can  be  planted  out  with  perfect  safety. 
Actinldia  arguta,  a  quick  -  growing  each. 
climber  ..  .  ..  l'-andl'6 
Aralia  pentaphylla  fol.  var.,  foliage 
prettily  variegated  golden  yellow  ..  1,'6  to  3  6 
Arbutus  unedo  (Strawberry  Tree)  ..  1/6  and  2/6 
Bignonia  radicans  (Trumpet  Flower)  ..  16  to  3  6 
Buddlela  globosa  (Orange  Ball  Tree)  ..  1/- 
Caryopteris  mastacanthus,  lovely  blue 
dowers  . 1/6  and  2  6 
Ceanothus  divaricatus,  bright  blue, 
very  free  . 1/-  to  2/6 
Do.  Yeitchianus,  rich  deep  blue  flowers  1/6  and  2  6 
Choisyaternata  (Mexican  Orange  Shrub)  16  and  2/6 
Cupressus  macrocarpa  lutea,  a  lovely 
golden  form  . 16  to  3  6 
Cytisua  albus (white  Portugal  Broom)..  6d,  9d,  1/- 
Do.  capitatus,  a  dwarf-grjwing  species  9d  and  1/- 
Do.  dwart  yellow,  compact  and  of 
dwarf  habit  . 1/- and  1/6 
Do.  preecox,  one  of  the  earliest  to  bloom  1  '6  and  2/6 
Daphne  hyemalis,  pink, sweet  scented..  l/-andl'6 
Garrya  elliptica,  a  handsome  Evergreen  1  6  and  2/6 
Grisellnia  littoralis,  a  charming  Ever¬ 
green..  ..  ..  ..  ..  1/6  to  3  6 
Hedysarum  mullijugum,  a  charming 
.shrub  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  1  6  and  2/6 
Humulus  lupulus  fol.  var.,  the  golden¬ 
leaved  Hop . 1/-  and  1  6 
Jasminum  nudiflorum,  a  well-known 
wall  plant  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  1/- and  16 
Do.  officinale,  excellent  for  a  wall  ..  l/-andl  6 
Hedera  arborea  (Tree  Ivy),  grand  plants  1 '-  to  3  6 
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NO  AGENTS.  (SUFFICIENT  ADDRESSES). 
No.  1126.— VoL.  XLVI.>  Third  Skries. 
LONDON,  N.E. 
THUR.SDAY.  MAY  28.  1003. 
Royal  Horticultural  Society. 
^  HE  important  results  which  have 
^  attended  the  labours  of  the 
Royal  Horticultural  Society,  the 
character  and  position  of  its 
Fellows,  and  the  Royal  patron¬ 
age  it  has  so  long  received,  have 
invested  it  with  the  dignity  almost 
of  a  national  institution.  The  history 
of  the  Society  increased  in  interest  and 
importance  till  it  reached  its  climax  in  the 
presidency  of  the  late  Prince  Consort.  After 
the  curtain  of  Fate  fell  on  that  hero  of  our 
drama,  a  broad  and  well-defined  chasm  sepa¬ 
rated  the  earlier  decades  of  the  history  of  the 
Society  from  the  last  four. 
Now  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  is 
luminously  prosperous,  and  advancing  on  a 
strong  career  with  marked  steadiness  of 
purpose.  The  history  of  the  disastrous 
period  following  the  abandonment  of  South 
Kensiugtou  was  interestingly  recorded  by  the 
present  head  of  the  Society,  Sir  Trevor 
Lawrence,  in  a  brochure  which  the  Journal 
of  Horticulture  reprinted  on  the  occasion 
of  the  Temple  Flower  Show  last  year.  That 
record  left  us  in  days  when  renewed  pro¬ 
sperity  is  the  Society’s  portion,  and  pointed 
to  prospects  of  even  greater  influence 
and  renown  in  the  days  that  are  approach¬ 
ing. 
A  greater  history  of  the  Royal  Horticultural 
Society  was,  however,  prepared  by  Andrew 
Murray,  Esq.,  in  1863,  who  details  its  first  slow 
but  steady  progress  from  the  year  of  its 
inception  (1804),  the  gradual  extension  of  its 
aims,  and  the  meteor-like  brilliancy  of  its  first 
rise.  The  author  records  its  first  difliculties 
and  decline,  its  recovery,  and  still  more 
triumphant  success  uuder  the  management  of 
Dr.  Lindley,  its  national  usefulness,  its  ex¬ 
peditions,  explorations,  and  discoveries,  the 
more  important  of  the  new  plants  that  were 
r>  EADERS  are  requested  to  send  notices  of  Gardening 
b  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. 
