August  23,  1900 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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THE  EXPORT  NURSERIES. 
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BULB  AND  PLANT  GROWER, 
HEEMSTEDE,  near  haarlem,  I^ETHERLAN^S, 
'Has  the  honour  to  announce  that  his  Illustrated  Price  List 
in  English,  Autumn,  1900,  at  lowest  prices,  will  be  sent  post 
free  on  application.  No  Charge  for  Packing.  Orders 
OF  10/-  AND  ADOVE  E.NTIRELA'  PreE  TO  DESTINATIONS  in 
England,  Scotland,  Ireland,  &c.  First  quality  guaranteed. 
Some  sorti  of  Bulbs  noted  out  Price  Lists,  p0j.  jqq,  1000. 
•Hyacinths  in  fine  lui.'cture,  for  bedding  or 
forcing  . 
•Hyacinths,  .“ingle,  first  size,  named,  in  several 
leading sorts,  red.  white  and  blue  varieties, 
^  equal  quantities,  my  selection 
®**'’'*y  Tulips,  in  the  finest  mixture 
Double  early  Tulips,  in  the  finest  mixture  . 
Due  Van  Thol  Tulip,  mixed,  excellent  for 
early  forcing  . 
Sparaxis,  in  mixture 
Triteleia  uniflora,  pure  white,  very  fragrant 
Ixias,  in  the  finest  mixture 
■Crocus,  first  size,  in  the  finest  mixture 
Crocus,  second  size,  in  the  finest  mixture  . 
Crocus,  yellow,  third  size 
Spanish  Iris,  in  the  finest  mixture 
Iris  Kiempferi.  mixed  Japanese  varieties  . 
Ins  sibirica,  all  sorts,  in  mixture 
Montbretia  croco.smi8eflora,  orange  scarlet. 
Narcis,  Double  Incomparabilis,  primrose  . 
.Narcis,  Single  Van  Sion,  yellow  trumpet  . 
Narcis,  Stella,  white,  yellow  cup 
Narcis,  bicolor  princeps  .. 
Gladiolus  Marie  Lemoine,  cream,  blotches 
purple  . 
■Gladiolus  Brenc'ileyensis  deep  scarlet 
Ecilla,  Sibirica,  intense  blue 
Hyacinthus  candicaiis  (Galtonia)  white 
Snowdrops,  Galanthus  Elwesi,  giant  flowered 
Tritoma  Uvaria  (Red-hot  Poker) 
Lilies,  in  fine  mixture 
Narcis,  Pheasant’s-eye  (poeticiis) 
Single  Anemone,  The  Bride,  pure  white 
Smgle  Anemones,  in  the  finest  mixture 
Ranunculus,  French  varieties,  mixed 
Ranunculus,  Persian  varieties,  mixed 
•Gladiolus  Colvillei  alba,  pure  white  . .  ..  -  _  - 
260  Bulbs  of  the  same  kind  will  be  charged  at  the  1000  rate  ; 
25  at  the  price  per  100  ;  6  at  the  price  per  12. 
■Collection  D  for  spring  garden,  containing  1330  Bulbs, 
£1  1/-:  half  of  this,  11/-. 
(Collection  B  for  indoor,  containing  630  bulbs  for  9-2  pots 
or  glasses,  £1  1/-;  half  of  this  for  11/-. 
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BEGONIAS 
FOR  BEDDING. 
"H.  J.  JONES’  unrivalled  strain  in  great  varieties 
of  colour,  erect,  vigorous,  and  free  flowering ; 
good  stuff,  ready  for  planting.  Singles,  4/6  dozen  ; 
60  for  16/-  ;  100  for  28/-.  Doubles,  6/-  per  dozen. 
FOR  CASH  ONLY. 
RYECROFT  nursery,  LEWISHAM. 
HARDY  FRUITS 
A  Practical  Treatise  on  the  Planting  and  Management 
of  Orchards,  Selection  of  Varieties,  Pruning  of  Trees, 
Marketing  of  Fruit,  Manuring,  &c.  Also  a  few  notes  on 
Insect  Pests  and  their  Remedies,  by 
A.  If.  PEARSON,  aTASAI  lOWDHAM,  NOTTS 
Price  7d,,  post  free. 
KENT,  THE  GARDEN  OF  ENGLAND. 
GEO.  BUNYARD  &  CO. 
ARE  NOW  SENDING  OUT 
Extra  Fine  Pot  Plants  and  Runners 
OF 
STRAWBERRIES. 
Cultural  and  Descriptioe  List  Free. 
THE  ROYAL  NURSERIES,  MAIDSTONE. 
No.  1052.— VoL.  XLI.,  Third  Series. 
BENJAMIN  R.  CANT,  Deceased. 
WE,  the  undersigned,  Executors  of  the  above- 
named  Benjamin  R.  Cant,  late  of  Colchester, 
in  the  County  of  Essex,  Rose  Grower,  who  died 
on  the  17th  day  of  July  last,  in  thanking  our 
numerous  customers  for  their  patronage  and 
support  during  the  last  50  years,  beg  to  state 
that  the  business  hitherto  carried  on  by  our  late 
Father,  jointly  with  ourselves,  will  in  future  be 
carried  on  by  us  trading  as 
BENJAMIN  R.  CANT  &  SONS. 
All  Persons  having  any  claims  or  demands  upon 
or  against  the  old  firm  are  requested  to  send 
particulars  to  us,  addressed— 
BENJAMIN  R.  CANT  &  SONS, 
The  Old  Rose  Gardens, 
CECIL  E.  CANT. 
B.  EDMUND  CANT. 
COLCHESTER. 
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Of  Best  Qualities  at  Lowest  Rates. 
HYACINTHS,  TULIPS,  CROCUSES, 
DAFFODILS,  IRISES,  &c.. 
For  Indoor  &  Outdoor  Culture. 
Illustrated  Descriptive  Catalogue  No.  540  Post 
.  Free  on  Application. 
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Bulb  Growers  and  Importers, 
LONDON  FERN  NURSERIES, 
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house  Ferns,  large  and  small,  in  var.,  Aralias,  Grevilleas, 
Cyperus,  Ficus,  Ericas,  Palms,  Dracaenas,  Aspidistras,  Roses, 
Azaleas.  Carnations,  Crotons,  Caladiums,  Pelargoniums, 
Tropa’olums,  Yellow  and  White  Marguerites,  Geraniums, 
Ac.  Trade,  send  for  Wholesale  List.  .Special  Retail  Cata¬ 
logue,  free. — J.  E.  SMITH. 
CUTHBERTS’  BULBS 
FOR  EARLY  FORCING. 
ROMAN  IIVACINTHS  (selected). 
FRERSIA  REFRACTA  ALBA. 
LILIUM  HARRI.SII  (selected). 
NARCISSUS,  Early  Trumpet  Major.  Flowers  in  November 
NARCISSUS,  Early  Yule  Tide.  Flowers  in  December. 
N.-YRCISSUS,  Early  Paper  White  Grandiflora. 
NARCISSUS,  Early  Snowflake. 
NARCISSUS,  Early  Double  Roman, 
TULIPS,  Early  Due  Van  Tliol.  Scarlet,  yellow,  wliite, 
and  rose. 
Our  Descriptive  Catalogue  of  Bulbs  post  free. 
R.  G.  CUTHBERT, 
Bulb  Importers  and  Growers, 
S  O  XT  T  H  C3--A.T  E,  TV. 
ESTABLISHED  1797. 
COTTAGE  GARDENING  ;  being  an  Essay  to 
which  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  awarded  Mr. 
\y.  Egebton  Hubbard’s  Prize,  February  16th,  1870.  By 
E.  W.  Badger.  Third  Edition.  Price  3d. ;  post  free,  3id. 
Office :  12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street.  E  C. 
REENHOUSES  from  £3  VINERI?:S, 
vX  Conservatories,  Frames,  Summer  Houses,  &c. 
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•  READING.  (Name  Paper.) 
Jmuuuil  Ilf  ^ortii[ultui[C. 
THURSDAY,  AUGUST  23,  1900. 
Gardening  Fancies. 
jJ 0-DAY  the  specialist  is  one  of  the 
^  strongest  forces  in  the  world  of 
horticulture,  and  many  of  the 
developments  of  which  we  justly 
boast  are  largely  due  to  him.  In 
olden  times  the  gardener  was  more 
or  leSs  an  all-round  cultivator,  and 
busied  himself  with  his  fruit,  flowers 
and  vegetables,  without  showing  any 
particular  fancy  for  any  of  them.  Of  course 
there  are  thousands  of  this  cla«s  to-day,  but 
there  are  many  others  who  are  imbued  with  a 
decided  leaning  for  one  particular  subject,  and 
this  I  call  a  fancy.  It  may  be  a  natural  taste 
that  persuades  a  man  to  direct  his  attention  to 
one  particular  flower,  for  instance,  or  he  may 
be  educated  to  it.  And  a  specialist  is  a  perse¬ 
vering  individual,  and  is  not  content  to  worship 
alone  at  the  shrine  of  his  own  pet  plant  or  flower. 
He  wants  others  to  share  his  fancy,  and  rarely  fails 
to  persuade  them ;  for  gardening  tastes  are  educated 
as  readily  as  palates. 
It  is  well  that  our  leanings  are  not  all  in  the 
same  direction,  or  our  forward  siep.s  would  be  all 
on  one  road.  But  such  is  uot  the  case.  Take 
horticulture  as  the  base,  and  collect  all  who  are 
interested  in  it  under  one  banner  there,  and  tell 
them  to  go  their  several  ways.  It  is  one  general 
scattering,  varied  tastes  leading  in  all  directions, 
with  the  result  that  no  one  path  remains  un- 
trolden,  and  no  plant  that  is  amenable  to 
cultivation  is  without  a  champion.  We  may  look 
upon  each  other  as  cranks,  but  that  matters  not, 
for  it  is  necessary  to  the  advancement  of  the 
whole  art.  The  champion  of  the  Rose  sees  little 
to  admire  in  the  monstrous  Chrysanthemum, 
and  the  man  whose  speciality  is  Daffodils  sees 
more  to  please  him  in  the  simplest  form  than 
he  does  in  the  choicest  Orchid.  Nor  is  fancy 
confined  to  flowers,  for  you  find  it  also  in  the 
fruit  and  vegetable  girden. 
During  FIFTY-TWO  YEARS  the  “  JOURNAL  OF 
HORTICULTURE”  has  been  written  by  Gardeners  for 
Gardeners,  and  in  its  principles,  its  practice,  and  its 
price  it  still  remains  the  same.  One  alteration  is  per¬ 
haps,  however,  necessary.  Our  modern  methods  of 
production  liave  rendered  the  price  old-fashioned, 
and  hence  in  order  to  meet  the  wishes  of  the 
present  generation  of  Gardeners  the  “  JOURNAL 
OF  HORTICULTURE”  will  hereafter  be  sold  for 
TWOPENCE  instead  of  Threepence. 
