January  3,  1901. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER \ 
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HARR’S  SEEDS  sent  Carriage  Paid  on 
receipt  of  remittance. 
THE  BEST  SEEDS  IN  THE  WORLD  for  securing 
a  supply  of  Vegetables  “  the  year  round,”  and  for  keeping 
the  Flower  Garden  and  Greenhouse  always  gay,  and  with 
abundance  of  FI  iwers  to  cut  for  vases  and  bouquets. 
BARR'S  SEED  GUIDE  contains  a  select  List  of  the 
best  Vegetables  and  the  most  beautiful  Flowers  for  the 
Garden  and  Greenhouse.  It  is  full  of  Practical  Hints, 
and  will  be  found  invaluable  to  Gardeners,  Amateurs,  and 
Exhibitors.  Sent  Free  on  Application. 
BARR’S  21/-  COLLECTION  OF  VEGETABLE 
SEEDS  containsa  liberal  assortment  of  the  following usetul 
Vegetables  :  Beans  (Broad  and  French),  Beet,  Borecole, 
Broccoli,  Brussels  Sprouts,  Cabbage,  Capsicum,  Cauliflower, 
Carrot,  Celery,  Colewort,  Corn  salad,  Cucumber,  Cress, 
Endive,  Herbs,  Leek,  Lettuce,  Melon,  Mustard,  Onions, 
Parsley,  Parsnips,  Pea*,  F-adish,  Salsify,  Savoy  Cabbage, 
Scorzonera,  Spinach, Tomato, Turnip, and  Vegetable  Marrow. 
MOTHER  COLLECTIONS  of  BARR'S  VEGETABLE 
SEEDS,  5/0,  7/6,  12/6,  42/-,  63/-,  and  105/-. 
Full  Particulars  on  Application. 
BARR’S  CHOICE  FLOWER  SEEDS.— The  “Seed 
Guide”  contains  a  Select  List  of  all  the  most  beautiful 
Annuals  and  Perennitls.  Special  Collections  for  all  pur¬ 
poses,  and  many  Sterling  Novelties. 
All  Seeds  sent  Carriage  Paid  on  Receipt  of  Remittance. 
BARR  8L  SONS, 
11,  12,  &  13,  King  St.,  Oovent  Garden,  London. 
Nurseries :  Long  Ditton,  near  Surbiton,  Surrey. 
ALL  ABOUT  SWEET  PEAS. 
By  MR.  ROBERT  SYDENHAM, 
200,  TENBY  STREET,  BIRMINGHAM. 
PRICE  SIXPENCE. 
This  little  book  contains  a  useful  description  of  every  known 
variety  and  how  to  grow  and  exhibit  them. 
A  List  of  the  best  varieties  in  each  colour,  as  voted  by  20  of 
the  best  known  growers. 
The  best  three  in  each  colour,  as  adopted  by  the  Classification 
Committee  at  the  Bi-Centenary  Exhibition  in  July,  1900. 
A  List  of  all  the  varieties  and  the  number  of  times  each 
variety  was  shown  at  the  London  Exhibition,  and,a  List 
of  all  the  varieties  shown  at  the  Principal  Provincial  Ex¬ 
hibitions  in  1900,  with  the  number  of  times  each  variety 
was  shown. 
The  names  of  the  best  40  varieties  for  Exhibition,  and  other 
useful  information  for  growers  and  exhibitors. 
The  40  varieties  mentioned,  50  seeds  of  each,  will 
be  sent  post  free  for  5/-. 
All  should  buy  a  copy  ;  any  profit  a  fter  cost  of  printing, 
will  be  given  to  the  Gardeners'  Royal  Orphan  Fund 
Dicksons 
Vegetable  &  Flower* 
Seed  Potatos,  Garden  Tools  &  Sundries, 
All  of  BEST  QUALITIES, 
At  Most  Moderate  Prices, 
Delivered  Free  by  Rail  or  Parcel  Post. 
ILLUSTRATED  DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE 
No.  543,  Post  Tree  on  application. 
ROYAL  SEED  WAREHOUSES 
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BEGONIAS  A  SPECIALITY  —Seed  saved  from 
our  Gold  Medal  Collection.  Choicest  mixed,  single 
or  double  vars.,  1/-,  2/6,  and  5/-  per  packet.  Collections 
(Seed),  single,  12  named  vars.,  separate,  5/6;  6  ditto,  3/-. 
Tubers,  named  single,  from  18/-  to  50/-  per  doz.  Choicest 
Seedlings,  3/-  to  30/-  per  doz.  ;  Bedding,  choicest,  3/-  to  9/- 
per  doz.;  choicest  named  doubles  from  18/- per  doz.;  choicest 
Seedlings,  6/-  to  30/-  per  doz  ;  choicest  mixed  for  bedding, 
9/-  to  18/-  per  doz.  Catalogues  gratis.— JOHN  LAING  and 
SONS,  Begonia  Growers,  <ftc.,  Forest  Hill,  London,  S.E 
CUTHBERTS’  Specialite  MUSHROOM  SPAWN 
New  Spawn.  Now  ready  for  delivery.  Always  alike. 
Most  productive.  We  continue  to  receive  numerous  testi¬ 
monials  in  praise  of  our  Spawn.  Per  bush.,  5/-. — R.  and  G. 
CUTHBERT,  Seed  Merchants  and  Nurserymen,  Southgate, 
Middlesex.  Established  1797. 
HEATING  APPARATUS  tor  Greenhouses  and 
other  Buildings.  Catalogue  free  of  all  kinds  of  Hot 
Water  Pipes,  Wrought  and  Cast  Iron  Boileis,  Radiators, 
Cisterns,  Pumps,  Baths,  <ftc. —  JONES  &  ATTWOOD, 
Stourbridge. 
JC.  STEVENS’  HORTICULTURAL, 
•  SCIENTIFIC,  and  NATURAL  HISTORY  SALE 
ROOMS,  38,  King  Street,  Covent  Garden,  London. 
Established  1769.  Sales  by  Auction  nearly  every  day. 
Catalogues  on  application  or  post  free. 
COTTAGE  GARDENING  ;  being  an  Essay  to 
which  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  awarded  Mr. 
W.  Egebton  Hubbard’s  Prize,  February  16th,  1870.  By 
E.  W.  Badger.  Third  Edition.  Price  3d. ;  post  free,  8jd. 
O-fice  :  12.  Mitbe  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  street.  E  0. 
PURE  WOOD  CHARCOAL,  Specially  Prepared 
for  Horticultural  use.  Extract  from  the  Journal  of 
Hortic  Iture :  “  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.” 
Applv  for  Pamphlet  and  Prices  to  the  Manufacturers — 
HIRST,  BROOKE  &  HIRST,  Ltd.,  Leeds. 
ALL  WHO  WISH  GRAND  RESULTS  should 
use  THOMSON’S  IMPROVED  VINE,  PLANT  and 
VEGETABLE  MANURE.  This  valuable  Manure  is  yearly 
growing  in  public  favour.  Can  be  had  of  all  Nursery  and 
Seedsmen,  or  direct  from  the  makers,  WM.  THOMSON  and 
SONS,  Ltd.,  Tweed  Vineyard,  Clovenfords,  Galashiels, 
X.B.  Price  Lists  and  Testimonials  on  Application.  1  cwt. 
and  upwards  Carriage  Paid  to  all  stations  in  Britain  and 
Ireland.  London  Agent— Mr.  J.  George,  14,  Redgrave 
Road,  Putney.  Agent  for  Channel  Islands— Mr.  J.  H. 
Parsons,  Market  Place,  Guernsey.  Also  THOMSON’S 
SPECIAL  CHRYSANTHEMUM  MANURE.  i  cwt. 
Carriage  Paid  to  all  Stations  in  Britain  and  Ireland. 
VINE  CULTURE  UNDER  GLASS.— 
By  J.  R.  Pearson,  The  Nurseries,  Chilwell,  near 
Nottingham.  Price  1/- ;  post  free,  1/1.  Fifth  Edition. 
Office  :  12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street,  E.C. 
Greenhouses  from  £3  s/-;  vineries, 
Conservatories,  Frames,  Summer  Houses,  &c. 
Illustrated  List  Free.  Makers  to  H.M.  the  Queen  and 
H.R.H.  the  Prince  of  Wales. 
EB.  HAWTHORN  &  CO..  Ltd.,  London  Works, 
•  READING.  (Name  Paper.) 
HENDERS’  PETUNIAS 
ARE  LOVELIER  THAN  EVER. 
The  most  retim'd  and  beautifully  tinted  strain  in  the  World. 
Double  Fringed,  1/6  and  3/-pkts.;  Single  ditto,  beautiful, 
1/6;  Single  Striped,  grand,  1/-  and  2/-. 
HENDER  &  SOBS,  F.E.H.S.,  Nursery,  PLYMOUTH 
New  Year’s  Address. 
Ny. .  _ _ 
jHILE  I  have  always  esteemed  it  a 
privilege  at  the  opening  of  the  New 
Year  to  be  able  to  address  a 
few  words  of  greeting  to  so  wide 
a  circle  of  horticulturists  as  the 
readers  of  our  Journal,  I  feel  it 
to  be  a  special  one  to  do  so  on  the 
•fj)T  opening  of  another  century.  Ah !  what 
*  a  fertile  theme  the  very  mention  of  those 
words  opens  out  to  me,  for  surely  the  past 
century  has  been  the  most  remarkable  one  in  the 
way  of  progress  we  have  ever  had  to  recall.  In  all 
departments  of  human  knowledge  advancement 
has  been  exceptional.  Think  of  what  it  has  seen,  and 
what  great  discoveries  have  been  made.  We  had  no 
railways,  no  steamships;  the  power  of  electricity, 
and  the  manner  in  which  it  could  contribute  to 
the  comforts  of  life,  were  unknown.  The  specula¬ 
tions  of  Sir  E.  Lytton  Bulwer’s  “Coming  Race”  do 
not,  therefore,  seem  at  all  so  improbable  as  we  used 
to  think  them.  And  all  this  energy  has  had  its 
effect  on  the  special  subjects  which  are  connected 
with  horticulture.  The  whole  world  has  been  over¬ 
run  to  provide  plants  for  the  adornment  of  our 
gardens  and  greenhouses  ;  the  forests  of  the  New 
World  have  been  ransacked  to  satisfy  the  demands 
of  our  Orchid  cultivators,  while  China  and  Japan 
have  yielded  up  their  treasures  also.  The  latter 
especially  has  proved  to  be  a  very  gold  mine,  and 
its  bulbs  are  so  well  adapted  for  culture  in  our 
temperate  climate  that  they  are  to  be  met  with  in 
the  gardens  of  the  wealthiest,  as  well  as  those  of 
the  poorest  of  our  land.  The  swamps  and  prairies 
of  North  America  have  also  furnished  us  with 
many  a  treasure,  and  that  paradise  of  bulbs, 
South  Africa,  has  given  us  many  beautiful  plants 
to  love  and  cultivate. 
But  I  feel  the  subject  is  too  wide  for  me  to  give 
more  than  a  pissing  glance  ;  I  must  clip  my  wings 
and  come  down  to  the  more  limited  survey  of  the 
past  year.  That  hardy  perennial,  Chiswick,  and  the 
removal  of  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  from  it. 
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  have  rendered  the  price  old  -  fashioned, 
and  hence  in  order  to  meet  the  wishes  of  the 
present  generation  of  Gardeners  the  “  JOURS AL 
OF  HORTICULTURE ”  will  hereafter  be  -old  for 
TWOPENCE  instead  of  Threepence. 
No.  1071.— Vol.  XLII.,  Thurd  Series. 
