April  4,  1901. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER \ 
273 
Hardy  Perennials 
FOR  PRESENT  PLANTING. 
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per  dozen,  2/6. 
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BARR’S  HARDY  SINGLE  CHINESE  P/E0N1ES. 
STRONG  PLANTS. 
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BARR’S  BEAUTIFUL  JAPANESE  FLAC  IRISES 
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BARR’S  HARDY  CLEMATIS. 
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Joui’itiil  of  |jortti[ultm[e. 
THURSDAY,  APRIL  4,  1901. 
Scottish  Gardening. 
A  Short  Sketch. 
E  are  unfortunate  iu  Scotland  in 
possessing  no  work  on  Scottish 
gardening  earlier  than  “  The  Scot’s 
Gardener  of  1683,”  from  which  it 
might  be  inferred  the  gentle  craft 
of  flower-growing  had  not  long 
emerged  from  swadlling  clothes  ; 
because,  as  we  all  know,  horticulture 
cannot  progress  without  a  literature,  or 
8  me  cognate  means  of  diffusing  its  facts  and  the 
experiments  of  its  devotees.  It  is,  however, 
certain,  from  copies  existing  to  this  day  of  early 
English  and  Continental  works  on  gardening,  bee- 
culture,  forestry,  and  agriculture,  that  the  Scot,  if 
be  had  not  formed  an  indigenous  literature,  was  fully 
alive  to  the  importance  of  providing  himself  with 
an  exotic  makeshift.  Then  in  such  old  sooieties  as 
The  Ancient  Fraternity  of  Free  Gardeners  of 
Haddington,  which  was  instituted  well  back  in  the 
seventeenth  century,  and  the  still  more  ancient 
Adam's  Lodge  of  Aberdeen,  means  of  mutual  help 
and  encouragement  were  provided.  If  we  are  to 
accept  everything  that  the  author  of  the  above- 
mentioned  work  writes  as  fact,  and  it  is  so  largely 
original  that  there  is  no  reason  for  not  doing  so, 
the  condition  of  Scottish  gardening  at  that  period 
was  not  far,  if  anything,  behind  that  of  England. 
And  we  have  the  contemporary,  though  withal 
ill-natured  evidence  of  London  and  Wise,  to  prove 
that  “  Northern  lads,”  who  migrated  from  Scotland 
to  London,  were  certain  to  secure  situations  as 
head  gardeners.  The  education  generally  secured 
in  the  parish  kirk-schools,  though  as  yet  to  some 
extent  unprovided,  was  always  sound,  and  including 
Latin,  would  no  doubt  stand  these  voluntary  exiles 
in  good  stead,  and  in  their  employers’  estimation 
might  make  up  for  any  deficiencies  in  up-to-date 
knowledge  of  their  business,  such  as  the  writer  iu 
question  more  than  broadly  hinted,  existed. 
I  daresay  we  might  safely  assume  that  a 
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  ot 
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  for 
TWOPENCE  instead  of  Threepence. 
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