December  13,  1900. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
525 
3xr  E  yjsT- 
DESSERT  CHERRY 
NOBLE. 
r.C.C.,  R.H.S.,  JULY  25,  1899 
(UNANIMOUS). 
GROWERS  SHOULD  NOT  MISS  THIS 
STERLING  NOVELTY. 
PRODIGIOUS  CROPPER, 
SWEET  HIGH  FLAVOUR, 
REMARKABLE  SIZE, 
ATTRACTIVE  &  VERY  FIRM  FLESH. 
UNEXCELLED  am  )ngst  the  late  dark  varieties, 
either  lor  Market  or  Private  Uardens. 
This  Valuable  Novelty  is  now  being  distributed. 
Price  List,  with  Illustration,  Post  Free. 
Can  also  be  obtained  of  Me.ssrs.  BUNVARD,  Maidstone  ; 
Messrs.  DICKsONS,  Chester  ;  .Messrs.  J>KARSOXS, 
Lowdham,  Notts  ;  and  all  principal  Nurserymen. 
Mount  Pleasant  Nurseries, 
TE  YTVH  A3VE,  KEINTT. 
RIVERS’ 
FRUIT  TREES, 
Roses,  Vines, 
FIGS,  ORANGES, 
AND 
Orchard-House  Trees. 
A  LARGE  AND  SELECT  STOCK 
ALWAYS  ON  VIEW. 
ILLUSTRATED  ANV  DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE, 
Pos'  Free,  3d. 
THOMAS  I1VERS  &  SON 
SAW  BRIDGE  WORTH,  HERTS. 
HAHLOW  STATION  G.E.R. 
HEDGE  PLANTS! 
HEDGE  PLANTS! 
Millions  of  them  in  the  most  useful  and  orna¬ 
mental  varieties  ;  very  stout,  and  with  extra 
good  roots. 
1-year  seedlings,  3/0  ;  good  S-year  Quicks,  10/0  to  In/- ; 
stout,  li  to  2ft.,  2.1'-;  2  to  2ift.,  80/-;  2j  to  3ft.,  40/-. 
GAPPING  QUICKS,  .10/  ,  00/-,  and  80/-  All  per  1000. 
^  Very  tiu  >.  with  ixtra  goo  1  rooto. 
COMMON,  1  to  2ft.,  25/-  ;  2  to  3ft.,  35/  . 
OV  ALIFOLUM,  a  very  extri  quality,  having  been  cut 
down  and  much  more  busliy  than  what  is  u-u  iby 
sold.  12  to  iSiii.,  35/-  :  18  to  24iu.,  45/-  ;  2  to  2^ft., 
65/- ;  2^  to  3ft.,  75/- ;  3  to  4ft.,  120/-.  All  per  1000. 
Lest  quantitie.s  than  500  of  Thorns  or  Privet  are  charged 
6d.  per  100  extra. 
SWEET  BRIAR 
BOX  OR  HOLLY 
MYROBELLA  . 
LAUREL  OR  YEW.. 
HORNBEAM  OR  BEECH 
AMERICAN  ARBORVITA; 
All  these  can  he  supplied  for  Hedges  at  prices  and  in 
sizes  as  per  <  'atalogue,  free  on  application. 
CLIBRAN’S,  ALTRINCHAM, 
And  10  &  12,  MARKET  STREET,  MANCHESTER.  | 
GREENHOUSES  from  £3  5/-;  VINERIES, 
CONSEBVATORIES,  FRAMES,  SUMMER  HOUSES,  &C. 
Illustrated  List  Free.  Makers  to  H.M.  THE  Queen  and 
&.R.H.  THE  Prince  of  Wales. 
EB.  HAWTHORN  &  CO..  Ltd.,  London  Works, 
•  READING.  (Name  Paper,) 
FOR  HEDGES. 
JOHN  WATERER  &  SONS,  Lm, 
AMERICAN  NURSERY, 
BAGSHOT,  SXJBBEY, 
Beg  to  call  attention  to  their  magnificent  stock  of 
HARDY  RHDDODENDRDNS,  AZALEAS, 
CONIFERS,  EVERGREENS,  DECIDOODS  TREES,  to. 
Intending*  Planters  would  do  well  to  Inspect  the  Nurseries. 
CATALOGUES  ON  APPLICATION. 
THURSDAY,  DECEMBER  13.  1900. 
London  Parks. 
Caledonian  Critique. 
E  had  heard  so  much,  and  read  more, 
regarding  the  many  wonderful 
things  relating  to  horticulture  and 
floriculture  which  were  to  be  seen 
in  and  around  London,  that  it  was 
with  undisguised  pleasure  that  we 
accepted  the  geqerons  offer  of  a  kind 
employer  to  spend  a  week’s  holiday  in  the 
metropolis.  We  would  here  express  our 
deep  gratitude  for,  and  sincere  appreciation  of,  the 
thoughtful  kindness  and  generous  aid  that  enabled 
us  to  spend  so  pleasant  and  so  profitable  a  week 
under  so  congenial  circumstances.  iMany  employers 
might  follow  this  good  example,  and  we  have  no 
hesitation  in  saying  the  results  would  be  mutually 
benehcial,  as  it  is  by  such  considerate  acts  that  the 
bond  of  unity  between  employer  and  employed  is 
firmly  knit. 
Leaving  the  “  Fair  City  of  Perth”  late  one  beau¬ 
tiful  balmy  evening  in  August  by  express  East 
Coast  train,  we  arrived  early  on  the  following 
morning  at  King’s  Cross,  whence  we  drove  to  the 
hotel  in  which  our  room  had  been  previously 
secured  (another  considerate  act  of  our  employer, 
who,  by  the  way,  resides  in  the  metropolis).  After 
the  necessary  preliminaries  had  duly  been  gone 
through,  sight-seeing  at  once  commenced  in  real 
earnest.  It  is  not  our  intention  in  these  notes  to 
enter  into  anything  like  a  full  account  of  the  many 
wonderful  sights  we  saw  during  those  seven  busy 
days,  but  will  chiefly  confine  ourselves  to  what 
struck  us  more  particularly  from  a  gardener’s  paint 
of  view. 
The  public  parks,  with  their  beautiful  summer 
bedding,  had  for  us  a  peculiarly  fascinating  attrac¬ 
tion,  consequently  we  determined  to  visit  several  of 
these  and  thus  look  with  our  own  eyes  upon  the 
beauties  that  had  been  so  often  and  so  graphically 
-ictured  to  us  by  others. 
The  gardens  at  the  Victoria  Enabankment 
vere  the  first  to  be  visited.  Taking  a  cursory 
dance  around  us  we  were  immediately  struck 
>urin»  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  have  rendered  the  price  old-fashioned, 
and  hence  in  order  to  meet 
present  generation  of  Gardeners  the  JOURNAL 
OF  HORTICULTURE"  will  hereafter  be  sold  for 
TWOPENCE  instead  of  Threepence. 
No.  1068.— VoL.  XLI.  Tmrd  Series. 
