•lunG  25,  1903. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
DICKSON'S 
V/ORLD  -  FAMED  IRISH  PEDIGREE 
Seedling  Reses 
liave  been  Awarded  16  GOLD  MEDALS  by  the  N.R.S. 
THE  RECORD  OF  THE  CENTURY. 
The  following  superb  New  V.urieties  are  offered  iu  strong 
Pot  Plants  at  10  6  each 
FLORENCE  PEMBERTON. 
This  phenomenal  Rose  was  unanimously  Awarded 
the  Gold  Medal  of  the  National  Rose  Society. 
ALICE  GRAHAME. 
A  superb  and  marvellously  free-blooming  variety. 
Award  of  Merit,  N.R.S. 
GERTRUDE. 
A  charming  sport  from  COUNTESS  OF  Caledon. 
IRISH  BRIGHTNESS,  IRISH  PRIDE, 
and  IRISH  STAR. 
Three  most  lovely  Single  Roses,  perpetual  flowering 
and  transcendently  beautiful. 
MUCH  THE  BEST  EVER  OFFERED. 
•Catalogues  with  full  descriptive  particulars  of  above  Novelties 
and  other  New  liosei  Post  Free  on  application. 
ALEX.  DICKSON  &  SONS,  Ltd., 
Royal  Irish  Nurseries, 
NEWTOWNARDS,  Co.  DOWN 
(And  Uplands,  Ledbury,  Herefordshire).  Estab.  1836 
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  Cpllection  :  Double, 
30,  -  per  dozen  ;  Single,  24  -  per  dozen  ;  named  or  hybrid 
Seedlings.  Descriptive  Catalogue  free. 
B.  R.  DiVIS  &  SONS.  BeOfoia  Specialists,  Yeovil,  Som. 
HARDY  WATER  LILIES 
And  other  Aquatic  Plants. 
GREAT  SPECIALITY  -  BEAUTIFUL  COLLECTIONS. 
LOW'EST  PRICES.  Consignments' are  sent  by  means  of 
Parcel  Post  during  the  spring  and  the  summer.  VVe  supply 
12  varieties  of  WATER  LILIES,  our  own  selection,  for  20,  - 
B.  LATOUR-MARLIAC, 
NURSERYMAN, 
Temple-sur-Lot  (Lot-et-Garonne),  FRANCE. 
Catalogue  free  on  application. 
^CLUMNS^ 
SPECIALITY  COLLECTIONS 
of  INDOOR  PLANTS, 
BEGONIAS,  Perpetual  Flowering, 
6  choice  varieties . 3/- 
BEGONIAS,  Rex.  12  choice  sorts  ..  6/- or  9/- 
FERNS,  Greenhouse  varieties. 
12  tine  sorts  .  .  ..  ..  6/-,  9/-,  or  12/- 
FERNS,  Stove  varieties, 
12  tine  varieties  . 9/-,  12/-,  or  13/- 
FUCHSIAS.  12  grand  varieties  ..  3/6  per  doz. 
GERANIUMS,  Singles, 
12  choice  sorts  .  . 4/-,  6/-,  9/- 
GERANIUMS,  Double. 
12  fine  varieties  ..  ..  ..  ,.4/-,  6/-,  9/- 
GERANIUMS,  Ivy  leaved, 
12  lovely  varieties . 3/6 
GREENHOUSE  CDIMBERS- 
6  beautiful  and  distinct  sorts  . .  7/6,  10/6,  or  15/ 
12  beautiful  and  distinct  sores  . .  12/6,  IS/-,  or  30/ 
PALMS,  6  choice  sorts  . .  4/C,  6/-,  12/-,  15/-,  IS/ 
PELARGONIUMS,  Show  varieties, 
12  fine  sorts . 9/-,  12/-,  or  18/ 
PETUNIAS,  Double,  12  fine  sorts  ..  6/-,  9/ 
RHODODENDRONS,  Greenhouse  vars  . 
6  grand  sorts .  12/6  and  21/ 
STOVE  CLIMBERS- 
6  lovely  vars.  ..  ..  10/6,  15/-.  and  21/ 
12  lovely  vars.  . .  . .  20/-,  30/-,  and  40/ 
For  Complete  List  of  all  Indoor  Plants, 
Catalogue.  Gratis  and  Post  Free. 
see 
ALTRINCHAM  &  MANCHESTER 
"Y'ETTING  FOR  TENNIS  BORDERING,  90 
xN  useful  for  the  lawn  or  garden,  specially  prepared 
with  a  line  attached  to  the  Net  top  and  bottom  throughout, 
easy  to  erect  or  take  away  ;  25  yards  long,  3  yards  wide,  7/6, 
carriage  paid.  I  do  not  require  pa.sment  till  you  h.ave 
received  and  approved  of  the  netting  from— H.  J.  GASSON, 
Net  Works,  Rye. 
VINE  CULTURE  QNDER  GLASS.— 
By  J.  R.  Pearson.  PrI..  1/  post  free.  1/1 
CfiSce :  12,  Mitre  Co"RT  Chambers,  Fi  eet  Street  B.C 
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— 
HIRST.  BROOKE  &  HIRST,  Ltd.,  Leeds. 
j0ui[iral  Ilf  gartii[uItui[A 
THURSDAY,  .JUNE  25,  1903. 
DOUBLE  GRIP  STAKES. 
For  Instantly  Staking  all  Plants. 
From  5/-  per  Grogs,  Carriage  Paid 
Send  P.C.  for  a  FREE  SAMPLE,  and  yourself 
decide  on  its  merits.  It  will  cost  you  nothing, 
and  prove  to  you  that 
WEST’S^  PATENT 
GARDEN  SUNDRIES 
WEST’S  PATENT] 
FUMIGATOR, 
Complete,  Post  Free,  9d. 
See  Catalogue  for 
WEST’S  EXTRACT  OF 
NICOTINE. 
Plants  Protect,  Money  Save,  and  Labour  Ease. 
•CATALOGUE,  containing  60  large  pages,  with  100  Illustrations,  with  Hints  on  Horticulture,  Post  Free.  No  Trade 
Terms  possible  off  these  low  prices.  Buy  from  the  Manufacturer  of  all  Ilorficultural  Sundries. 
C.  E.  WEST,  ROUNDHAY, 
OR  DIRECT  FROM  THE 
WORKS, 
NO  AGENTS,  (SUFFICIENT  ADDRESSES). 
No  1200.— VoL.  XLVI.,  Third  Sf.hies. 
HIGHAM  HILL, 
LONDON  N.E. 
The  Irish  Land  Bill. 
D  - 
"^HE  grass  grows  where  the 
^  children  played — children  who 
are  now  making  the  greatness 
of  America,  -while  Ireland  goes 
out  of  existence  at  the  rate  of 
40,000  a  year.”  Merely  a  little 
picture— a  pathetic  little  iiicture 
drawn  by  “  Peripat  ”  in  the  Irish  Times 
of  June  3;  but  our  pen  painter  illumines 
it  with  the  lighter  touch:  “Among  us  in  the 
country  the  effect  of  the  Land  Bill,  so  far,  is 
very  wonderful,  and  though  we  do  not  under¬ 
stand  the  measure  we  are  quite  satisfied  that 
everything  will  be  all  right  and  final.”  “  We 
do  not  understand-  it  ” — the  Irish  Laud  Bill, 
with  its  knotty  points  and  complex  clau-ses. 
Who  does,  indeed  ?  Not  the  man  in  the  street, 
nor  the  peasant  among  his  Potatoes ;  nor  can 
they  expect  to,  even  after  its  political  pruning 
and  final  engrafting  with  many  scions  in  the 
shape  of  amendments  ;  so  the  subject  is 
broached  with  more  than  common  diffidence. 
However,  what  the  Bill  aims  at — the  creation 
of  a  peasant  proprietary — is  clear  enough,  and 
of  concern  to  all,  particularly  to  those  inter¬ 
ested  in  the  direct  produce  of  the  soil ;  and 
the  Irish  Land  Bill  marks  an  epoch  in  history. 
Possibly  this  great  measure  will  settle  the 
Irish  question;  possibly  not,  for  Irish  politi¬ 
cians  appear  rather  to  regard  it  as  a  via  media 
for  other  things  to  come  than  as  a  final  settle¬ 
ment  of  all  the  grievances  the  Green  Land  is 
heir  to.  With  that  we  have  but  little  concern 
iu  the  Journal  of  Horticulture,  but  upon  that 
hangs  much  which  cannot  be  left  out  of  the 
calculation.  A  quarter  of  a  century  since, 
such  drastic — if  not  revolutionary — measures 
were  undreamt  of:  and  looking  back,  as  the 
writer  is  able  to  do,  over  that  time  in  Erin — 
from  the  days  of  the  bad  auld  lang  syne  when 
each  morning’s  news  revealed  some  fresh 
horror  ;  when  murder  and  outrage  stalked 
Readers  are  requested  to  send  notices  of  Gardoning 
Appointments  or  Notes  of  Horticultural  Interest, 
intimations  of  Meetings,  Queries,  and  all  Articles  for 
Publication,  officially  to  “  THEl  BDITOR,”  At 
12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street, 
London,  E.C.,  and  to  no  other  person  and  to  no  other 
address. 
