January  10,  1901. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER . 
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(STr-**  receipt  of  remittance. 
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Exhibitors,  sent  Free  on  Application. 
BARR’S  21/-  COLLECTION  OF  VEGETABLE 
sttps  contains  a  liberal  assortment  of  the  following  useful 
Vegetables:  Beans  (Broad  and  French),  Beet,  Borecole, 
Broccoli,  Brussels  Sprouts,  Cabbage,  Capsicum,  Cauliflower, 
Carrot,  Celery,  Colewort,  Corn  salad,  Cucumber,  Cress, 
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Parsley,  Parsnips,  Peas,  Radish,  Salsify,  Savov  Cabbage, 
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411  Se9ds  sent  Carriage  Paid  on  Receipt  of  Remittance. 
BARR  &,  SONS, 
11,  12,  &  13,  King  St,,  Covent  Garden,  London. 
Nurseries :  Long  Ditton,  near  Surbiton,  Surrey. 
VEITCHS’ 
BROCCOLI— VEITCHS’  MODEL. 
First-class  Certificate,  R.H.S. 
This  splendid  variety  well  merits  the  high  encomiums 
so  frequently  expressed  in  the  Gardening  Press,  being 
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PER  PACKET,  1/6. 
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(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/- 
perdoz.;  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,  <fcc.,  Forest  Hill,  London,  S.E. 
CUTHBERTS’  Specialite  MUSHROOM  SPAWN 
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CUTHBERT,  Seed  Merchants  and  Nurserymen,  Southgate, 
Middlesex.  Established  1797. 
BEGONIAS  !  Awarded  Three  Gold  Medals. 
Our  New  Catalogue  for  1901  ready  now,  free.— JOHN 
PEED  &  SON,  West  Norwood,  S.E. 
C GLOXINIAS. — Our  Collection  of  100  Varieties. 
~W  unsurpassed.  Catalogues  free.— JOHN  PEED  and 
SON,  West  Norwood,  S.E. 
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J  mailed  free.  Many  large  Exhibition  Bulbs  for  Sale. 
Highest  Award  given  to  our  group  at  the  great  show  held 
in  August  last.  New  York,  U.S.  A.—  JOHN  PEED  &  SON, 
AVest  Norwood,  S.E. 
FOR  SALE,  GREENGAGE  TREES,  on  own 
roots.  Standard  and  Half-standard  two-year-old 
Trees,  60/-  per  100  ;  four-year-old,  1/-  each.  Half-standard 
DAMSONS,  6d.  each.  Strong  trees,  come  into  bearing  at 
-once. — GEO.  PALMER,  Meldreth,  Cambs. 
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Water  Pipes,  Wrought  and  Cast  Iron  Boilers,  Radiators, 
Cisterns,  Pumps,  Baths,  &c.  —  JONES  <fe  ATTWOOD, 
Stourbridge. 
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, 
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H.R.H.  the  Prince  of  Wales. 
EB.  HAWTHORN  &  CO..  Ltd.,  London  Works, 
•  READING.  (Name  Paper.) 
No.  1072.— Vol.  XLII.,  Third  Series. 
ESTABLISHED  1832. 
No  connection  with  any  other  firm  of  a  similar  name. 
SPRING 
CATALOGUE 
For  1901, 
OF 
Vegetable  &  Flower  Seeds 
AND 
BULBS  &  PLANTS. 
IS  NOW  READY. 
Will  be  sent  Post  Free  on  application  to  their  Offices  at 
OVERVEEN,  near  HAARLEM.  HOLLAND,  or  to  their 
General  Agents— 
Messrs.  MERTENS  &  CO., 
3,  CROSS  LANE,  LONDON,  E.C. 
THURSDAY,  JANUARY  10,  1901. 
A  Burning  Question. 
HE  question  of  the  hour  in  the 
^  gardening  world,  now  that  the 
“Mums”  have  waxed  and  waned, 
appears  to  resolve  itself  into  the 
ways  and  means  of  economic 
heating.  Indeed,  as  far  back  as  when 
big  buds  began  to  bloom  some  of  the 
more  enthusiastic  growers  of  the  popular 
plant  were  wont  to  emphasise  this  by 
exchanging  the  old  familiar  greeting  of  “  How’s  the 
Mums,”  into  “  What  are  you  burning,  and  what  do 
you  pay?”  Such,  at  least,  has  been  the  writer’s 
experience,  who  also  ventures  to  think  that  there 
is  no  more  important  matter  ripe  for  discussion,  or 
any  more  disagreeable  fact  to  he  faced  as  we  enter 
the  new  century,  whether  it  be  in  the  commercial 
or  in  the  private  phase  of  gardening,  than  that 
of  the  burning  question. 
Under  normal  conditions  of  the  coal  mirket 
this  item  in  a  gardener’s  balance-sheet  is  too  often 
a  source  of  friction  ;  now  it  is  presented  to  us 
under  a  more  serious  aspect  than  has  ever  before 
obtained.  In  view  of  recent  events,  and  wth  a 
future  pregnant  with  possibilities  and  probabilities, 
the  heavy  drain  upon  our  coalfields  by  the 
voracious  appetite  of  gigantic  navies  is  a  fact  r 
which  cannot  be  ignored ;  being,  as  there  is,  not 
only  an  alarming  increased  home  consumption,  but 
an  open  door  through  which  British  coal  goes  to 
feed  the  distended  stomachs  of  our  quondam 
friends’  ironclads.  If  an  army  fights  on  its 
stomach,  so  surely  does  a  fleet  as  represented  by 
its  coal  bunkers. 
Fuel  supplies  must  to  a  certain  extent  depend 
upon  local  situation  or,  at  least,  facility  of  transport 
to  the  consumer.  Hitherto  the  City  of  Dublin, 
being  practically  a  non-manufacturing  centre  with 
the  advantages  of  a  seaport,  has  supplied  suburban 
gardens  at  a  reasonable  rate,  coke,  breeze,  and 
slack  having  probably  been  the  most  in  demand 
and  the  most  economical  for  the  purpose.  The  price 
of  these  products  has,  it  is  needless  to  say,  risen  in 
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  “  JOURNAL 
OF  HORTICULTURE"  will  hereafter  be  sold  fox 
TWOPENCE  instead  of  Threepence. 
