July  31,  1902. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
95 
FOR  PRESENT  SOWING. 
CLIBRANS 
TESTED  SEEDS. 
l'KK  PKT. 
CLIBRANS  SUPERB  AQUILEGIA  ..  6d. 
CLIBRANS  PRIZE  CALCEOLARIA  1/6  &  2/6 
CLIBRANS  CANTERBURY  BELLS  ..  6d. 
CLIBRANS  Choicest  CINERARIAS  1/6  &  2/6 
CLIBRANS  LOVELY  DELPHINIUMS  6d. 
CLIBRANS  SELECTED  DIGITALIS  ..  6d. 
CLIBRANS  Superb  Double  HOLLYHOCK 
1/-  &  2/6 
CLIBRANS  SELECTED  MYOSOTIS  ..  6d. 
CLIBRANS  LOYELY  PANSIES  ..  ..  1/- 
CLIBRANS  Choicest  PENTSTEMONS  6d.&  1/- 
CLIBRANS  GRAND  POLYANTHUS  ..  1/- 
CLIBRANS  EAST  LOTHIAN  STOCKS  1  /- 
CLIBRANS  SWEET  WILLIAM  ..  ..  6d. 
CLIBRANS  CHOICE  WALLFLOWER 
Mixed,  or  in  distinct  colours  and  vars.  6d.  &  1  /- 
CLIBRANS  SEED  LIST  contains  all  particulars 
relative  to  Vegetable  and  Flower  Seeds,  Manures. 
Insecticides,  Sundries,  &c  ,  post  free  on  application 
ALTRINCHAM  &  MANCHESTER 
SCHIZANTHUS  WISETONENSIS,"™ 
HUGH  LOW  &  CO. 
ARE  NOW  BOOKING  ORDERS  FOR  THIS  CHARMING  NOVELTY. 
Bush  Hill  Park  Nursery,  Middlesex. 
CaOICEST  STRAINS  OF 
FLOWER  SEEDS 
FOR  PRESENT  SOWING. 
DICKSONS  SUPERB  PANSY,  1/-.  1/6,  and  2/6  per  Packet 
Giant  and  Gold-Laced  POLYANTHUS,  each,  1/-  per  Packet 
Mixed  Alpine  AURICULA,  1/-  and  1/6  per  Packet. 
Extra  choice  Stage  AURICULA,  1/6  and  2/6  per  Packet. 
ANTIRRHINUM,  3d.,  6d.,  1/-,  and  1/6  per  Packet. 
AQUILEGIAS,  3d.,  6d.,  and  1/-  per  Packet.  [Packet 
CANTERBURY  BELLS,  double  and  single  vars.,  3d.  &  6d. 
WALLFLOWERS,  single  and  double  vars.,  6d.  &  1/-  Packet 
CINERARIAS,  1/6,  2/6,  and  3/6  per  Packet, 
MYOSOTIS,  3d. ,  6d.,  and  1/-  per  Packet. 
PRIMULAS,  1/6,  2/6,  and  3/6  Packet.  VIOLAS,  1/-  Packet 
DICKSONS  gr1^os5s\”  CHESTER. 
RIVERS’ 
FRUIT  TRESS, 
Roses,  Vines, 
FIGS,  ORANGES, 
AND 
Orchard-House  Trees. 
A  LARGE  AND  SELECT  STOCK 
ALWAYS  ON  VIEW. 
ILLUSTRATED  AND  DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE , 
Post  Free,  «W. 
CABBAGE  SEEDS. 
The  best  and  hardiest  variety  is — 
Dicksons  Perfection,  <;a.  Pkt„  i/g  oz. 
Also  highly  recommended — 
DICKSONS  NONSUCH,  4d.  per  pkt.,  1/-  per  oz. 
ELLAM’S  EARLY  SPRING,  4d.  per  pkt.,  lOd.  oz. 
MEIN’S  No.  1,  3d.  per  pkt.,  9d.  per  oz. 
WHEELER’S  IMPERIAL,  3d.  per  pkt.,  9d.  per  oz. 
MYATT’S  EARLY  OFFENHAM,  3d.  pkt.,  9d.  oz. 
PRICED  CATALOGUE  post  free  of  all  other  Seeds 
for  present  and  later  sowing. 
DICKSONS  GROWERS,  CHESTER 
Clean  Healthy  Plants  at  Low  Prices. 
Always  worth  a  visit  of  inspection.  Kindly  send  for  Catalogue, 
NEW  LIST  NOW  READY. 
Exotic  Nurseries,  CHELTENHAM. 
HARDY  WATER  LILIES 
AND  OTHER  AQUATIC  PLANTS. 
Great  Speciality.  — New  and  Old  beautiful  varieties 
delivered  by  Parcel  Post  during  the  Spring  and  the 
Summer,  which  are  the  best  seasons  for  planting  them. 
B.  LATOUR  MARLIAC,  Nurseryman, 
TEMPLE  -  SUR  -  LOT  (Lot-et-Garonne),  FRANCE 
Lowest  Prices.  Catalogue  free  on  application. 
PRIMULAS!  PRIMULAS!  PRIMULAS! 
30th  Year  of  Distribution. 
Williams’  Superb  and  other  fine  strains,  also  CINERARIAS 
and  BEGONIAS.  Primula  Obconica,  P.  Ob.  Grandiflora, 
P.  Ob.  G.  Alba.  All  above  1/6  per  dozen,  10/-  per  100; 
25  at  100  rate.  Double  White  Primulas  6d.  each.  Carriage 
Paid  for  Cash  with  order. 
JOHN  STEYENS,  The  Nurseries,  COVENTRY 
GOLD  MEDAL  COLLECTION  I 
Four  Gold  Medals  and  Four  First  Prizes  in  1901. 
THE  BEST  COLLECTION.  SEE  OUR  CATALOGUE. 
B.  Rm  DAVIS  &  SONS , 
Yeovil  Nurseries,  YEOVIL,  SOMERSET. 
CUTHBERTS'  SPECIALITE  MUSHROOM 
SPAWN.  New  Spawn  now  ready.  We  continue  to 
receive  the  most  gratifying  testimonials  as  to  the  produc¬ 
tiveness  and  good  quality  of  our  Spawn.  Per  bushel,  6/-. 
—  R.  &  G.  CUTHBERT,  Seed  and  Bulb  Merchants, 
Southgate,  Middlesex. 
rpARPAULIN. — I  have  a  great  quantity  of  large 
pieces  of  Tarpaulin,  some  new,  but  all  of  the  best 
Navy  Canvas,  purchased  from  Government,  useful  for  covers 
for  carts,  waggons,  and  machinery,  at  25/-  per.  cwt. ;  lot 
suitable  for  covers  for  buildings,  at  12/-  per  cwt.;  cash 
returned  if  not  approved  of.— H.  J.  GASSON,  Government 
Contractor,  Rye. 
PURE  WOOD  CHARCOAL,  Specially  Prepared 
for  Horticultural  use.  Extract  from  the  Journal  of 
Horticulture  :  “  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.” 
Apply  for  Pamphlet  and  prices  to  the  Manufacturers— 
HIRST,  BROOKE  &  HIRST,  Ltd.,  Leeds. 
VINE  CULTURE  UNDER  GLASS.— 
By  J.  R.  Pearson,  The  Nurseries,  Chilwell,  ueai 
Nottingham.  Price  1/- ;  post  free,  1/1.  Fifth  Edition. 
Office  :  12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street,  E.C. 
THOMAS  RIVERS  &  SON, 
SAWBRIDGEWORTH,  HERTS.O 
HARLOW  STATION,  G.E.R. 
N'lQUAS,  absolutely  the  cheapest,  safest,  and 
most  effective  Insecticide  known.  A  perfect  remedy 
for  Red  Spider  Foliage  much  improved  by  its  use.  Sample 
gratis  for  trial  if  necessary.  Prices  :  pint,  1/- ;  quart,  1/9  ; 
half-gall.,  3/-;  gall.,  5/-;  6  galls.,  22/6.-CORRY  &  CO., 
(Limited),  FINSBURY  STREET,  LONDON. 
Seedsmen. 
Sold  by  all 
Joitr/tiil  4  horticulture 
THURSDAY,  JULY  31,  1902. 
Wasted  Forces. 
wr^^1ISDIRECTI0N  of  energies  and 
lamentable  waste  of  force  in 
gardens  are  actualities  that 
are  continually  being  brought 
before  our  notice.  Ecouomy 
teaches  us  to  make  the  best  use  of 
everything  we  have  at  command. 
It  very  often  happens,  however,  that 
forces  are  simply  frittering  themselves 
,way  to  waste,  which,  if  diverted  into  a 
iseful  channel,  would  prove  to  be  of  immense 
-alue.  This  sort  of  thing  is  going  on  in  the 
ommonplace,  every-day  routine  of  both  gar- 
len  and  farm.  It  is  frequently  unseen, 
tecause  the  persons  most  interested  hav  e  not 
aken  the  trouble  to  look  into  it.  Only  a 
mall  stream  of  water,  continually  running 
n  a  wrong  direction,  would  soon  flood  and 
poil  a  meadow  ;  but  by  concentrating  its 
orce  into  one  channel,  it  possesses  power 
A  striking  illustration  of  wasted  energies 
came  before  my  notice  only  recently.  In 
company  with  a  farmer  friend,  I  was  exam¬ 
ining  the  fruit  trees  in  his  orchard  near  the 
homestead,  which,  by  the  way,  were  showing 
a  clear  want  of  force.  Natural  conditions 
for  growth  were  not  so  favourable  as  they 
might  have  been,  and  in  the  shallow  medium 
the  long  drought  of  last  summer  was  being 
felt  in  its  consequences.  The  farmer  was 
perturbed,  because  only  a  few  seasons  before 
he  had  spent  a  considerable  sum  of  money  in 
planting  the  orchard,  and  naturally  was 
hoping  for  some  return.  The  fate  of  the  trees 
seemed  to  hang  in  a  balance,  though  the  case 
was  far  from  being  a  hopeless  one.  A  suitable 
fertiliser  was  wanting,  something  to  build  up 
and  support  the  trees,  and  without  the  neces¬ 
sary  material  there  was  a  likelihood  of  them 
going  the  wrong  way.  We  passed  out  of  the 
orchard  into  the  farmyard,  and  there  was  the 
READERS  are  requested  to  send  notices  of  Gardening 
appointments  or  Notes  of  Horticultural  Interest, 
intimations  of  Meetings,  Queries,  and  all  Articles  for 
Publication,  officially  to  “  THE  EDITOR  "  at 
12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street, 
London,  E  C.,  and  to  no  other  person  and  to  no  other 
address. 
No.  1153.— Vol.  XLV.,  Third  Series. 
