July  12,  1900 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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CHOICE  FLOWER  SEEDS 
Saved  from  the  Finest  Selected  Strains. 
OUR  STRAIN  OF  CALCEOLARIA  TOOK  FIRST  PRIZE  AT 
YORK  GALA  SHOW  THIS  YEAR. 
our  Strains  of  Florists'  Seeds  equally  suqyerb. 
CALCEOLARIA,  Clibrans’.  —  The  tinesb  strain  in 
existence,  1/6  and  2/6  per  Packet. 
cinerarias,  Clibrans’  Superb.— Acknowledged 
the  finest  inived,  1/6  and  2/6  per  Packet. 
WALLFLOWER,  Clibrans’  Black.— A  lovely  strain, 
1/-  per  Packet. 
MYOSOTIS.— 3d.,  6d.,  and  1/-  per  Packet. 
PANSY.— New  large-flowered,  1/-  and  2/6  per  Packet. 
strain,  6d.  and  1/-  Packet. 
PRIMROSE.— Choice  mixed.  1/-  per  Packet. 
SWEET  WILLIAM.— Superb  mixed,  3d.  and  6d.  per 
Packet ;  Auricula-eyed  ditto,  6d.  per  Packet. 
•^l^I^ICULA. — Choice  Alpine,  6d.  each  ;  choice  Stage, 
very  fine,  1/6  and  2/6  per  Packet. 
DELPHINIUM.— Mixed  Hybrid,  choice.  6d.  Packet. 
HOLLYHOCKS.— Superb  double,  1/6  and  2/6  Packet. 
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Tropasolums,  Yellow  and  White  Marguerites,  Geraniums, 
<fec.  Trade,  send  for  Wholesale  List.  Special  Retail  Cata- 
logue,  free.— J.  E.  SMITH. 
Price  2/6  ;  Post  Free,  2/7i. 
The  pine  apple  manual 
By  Contributors  to  the  '■'•Journal  of  Horticulture." 
ILLUSTRATED  WITH  ENGRAVINGS. 
Being  a  Guide  to  the  Successful  Cultivation  of  that  Fruit 
, .  and  to  the  Construction  and  Management  of  the  Pinery. 
Journal  of  Horticulture  Office,  12,  Mitre  Court 
Chambers,  Fleet  Street,  E.C. 
RIVERS’ 
FRUIT  TREES, 
Roses,  Vines, 
FIGS,  ORANGES, 
AND 
Orchard-House  Trees. 
a  large  and  select  stock 
always  on  view. 
ILLUSTRATED  AND  DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE, 
Post  Free,  3d. 
THOMAS  RIVERSlt  SON, 
SAWBRIDGEWORTH.  HERTS. 
BARLOW  STATION,  G.E.R. 
No.  1046. — VoL.  XLI.,  Thirb  Series. 
WEBBS’SEEDS 
WEBBS’ 
EMPEROR  CABBAGE 
THE  EARLIEST  .4ND  BEST. 
6d.  and  1'-  per  Packet;  1 '6  per  Ounce. 
From  Mr.  F.  MILLER,  West  End. 
‘  ‘  The  Emperor  Cabbage  .seed  was  sown  at  the  end  of 
July,  and  I  cut  splendid  Cabbages  on  the  10th  April. 
Some  of  them  weighed  t^lbs.  each,  although  they  only 
received  ordinary  treatment.  The  quality  was  excellent.” 
WEBBS’,  WORDSLEY,  STOURBRIDGE. 
PRIMULAS!  PRIMULAS!  PRIMULAS! 
Williams’  and  other  superb  strains,  also  Primula  Obconica, 
CINER.4RIAS  and  BEGOIsIAS,  1/6  per  dozen,  10/-  100. 
Double  White  Primulas,  6d.  each.  All  the  above  fit  for 
3  and  4-in.  pots,  and  carriage  free  for  cash  with  order. 
JOHN  STEVENS,  The  Nurseries,  COVENTRY. 
By  Special 
Appointment 
to  H.R.H.  the 
Prince  of  Wales. 
0RCHIDS.-0BCHID8. 
QUANTITY  IMMENSE. 
Inspection  of  our  New  Range  of  Houses 
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“WEST’S  Patent  VAPORISING 
FUMIG ATOR.  —Best  and  Cheapest,  for 
being  made  of  brass  and  zinc,  will  last  for 
years.  The  stove  only  requires  a  little 
spirits  to  saturate  the  asbestos,  so  may 
he  used  thousands  of  times  without  wick 
or  further  trouble.  Price  complete  with 
Stove  and  Bottle  of  .Spirits,  9d.,  post 
free,  to  vaporise  up  to  2500  cubic  feet. 
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TINE”  is  guaranteed  pure  Nicotine, 
and  three  times  as  good  as  the  best 
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not  a  chemical  substitute  for  Nicotine, 
but  will  make  a  compound  equal  to  the 
best  (if  desired)  at  2Jd.  per  1000  cubic 
feet.  Price  7d.  per  Sealed  Bottle  of 
1000  cubic  feet,  post  free. 
“WEST’S  INSECTICIDE”  can  be  proved  to  be  the 
best  and  cheapest  by  sending  for  a  free  sample  bi>x. 
“  WEST’S  POWDER  WEED  KILLER  ’—Best  and 
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WEST,  Roundhay,  Leeds,  and  delivered  free. 
Gratis,  “Orchid  Culture,”  3rd  Edition,  postage  3d. 
Gives  full  particulars  of  the  cultivation  of  Orchids. 
PURE  WOOD  CHARCOAL,  SpeciaUy  Prepared 
for  Horticultural  use.  Extract  from  the  Journal  o/ 
Sortieulture :  “  Charcoal  is  invaluable  as  a  manurial  agent ; 
sach  little  piece  is  a  pantry  full  of  the  good  things  of  thii 
life.  There  is  no  cultivated  plant  which  is  not  benefited  b' 
having  Charcoal  applied  to  the  soil  in  which  it  is  rooted  ” 
4.pply  for  Pamphlet  and  Prices  to  the  Manufacturers - 
HIRST,  BROOKE  &  HIRST,  Ltd.,  Lseds 
COTTAGE  GARDENING  ;  being  an  Essay  to 
which  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  awarded  Mr. 
W.  Egerton  Hubbard’s  Prize,  February  16th,  1870.  B) 
E.  W.  Badger.  Third  Edition.  Price  3d. ;  post  free,  3^6. 
office  :  12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  stref.t.  E  C 
Greenhouses  from  £3  i/-;  vineries, 
Conservatories,  Frames,  Summer  Houses,  &c 
Illustrated  List  Free.  Makers  to  H.M.  the  Queen  and 
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Inuiimil  Ilf  ^ortiflultiiiii!. 
THURSDAY.  JULY  12.  1900. 
The  Journal  of  Horticulture  can  be  obtained 
from  the  Office,  12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  St., 
London,  post  free  for  a  Quarter,  3/9.  Editorial 
communications  must  be  addressed  to  12,  Mitre 
Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street,  London. 
Roses  in  tRe  Past  and  Present. 
T  is  one  of  the  privileges  of  old  age 
which  our  juniors  will  not  grudge, 
that  we  are  permitted  to  look  back 
'  record  the  changes 
which  have  taken  place  during 
a  longer  or  shorter  period  as  the  case 
■>  may  be.  The  wonderful  progress  that  has 
been  made  in  our  country  during  the  last 
half  century  has  been  manifested  in  the 
realm  of  horticulture  as  well  as  in  other  places,  and 
in  none  of  its  departments  has  a  greater  advance  been 
made  than  in  Roses. 
I  am  not  one  of  those  who  sigh  over  the  past 
and  think  that  “  the  good  old  times  ”  were  really 
what  they  professed  to  be,  nor  am  I  at  the  same 
time  willing  to  back  up  all  the  pretensions  of  those 
who  claim  to  be  so  much  better  than  their  fathers. 
We  are  sometimes  challenged  by  those  who  say, 
“  Was  there  any  enthusiasm  in  the  past  equal  to  that 
which  now  prevails  among  Rose  growers  ?  ”  I  say 
decidedly,  Yes  !  I  can  recall  to  mind  that  on  a 
certain  memorab’e  occasion  two  rosarians,  the  one 
an  amateur  the  other  a  nurseryman,  chartered  a 
special  train  to  bring  up  their  Roses  from  the  West 
of  England  to  the  metropolitan  show  at  the  Crystal 
Palace,  and  that  one  of  them  won  the  coveted 
prize,  the  SO  guinea  cap. 
I  can  likewise  recall  the  fact  that  a  friend  going 
down  to  a  provincial  show  did  not  arrive  at  the 
railway  station  untd  so  late  that  even  the  rooms 
at  the  station  were  locked,  and  there  was  no  hotel 
at  which  he  could  take  refuge,  and  that  he  had  to 
sleep  as  best  he  might  on  his  show  boxes  arranged 
on  the  platform.  I  remember  also  one  of  our 
champion  growers  travelling  all  night  from  Exeter 
to  Norwich  (no  slight  journey)  and  triumphantly 
carrying  off  the  prize  for  f  rty-eight  blooms,  to  the 
astonishment  of  those  who  asked.  Was  it  possible 
that  these  flowers,  so  bright  and  fresh,  could  have 
travelled  so  great  a  distance  shut  up  in  a  railway 
truck  ? 
I  call  to  mind,  too,  that  I  once  stayed  at  the 
home  of  a  friend  in  the  north  during  the  show 
'•eason,  and  as  ho  was  an  enthusiastic  exhibitor 
No,  2702.— VoL.  cm..  Old  Series. 
