August  7,  1902. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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FOR  THE  COMING  SEASON. 
CUBRANS 
CHOICE  BULBS. 
OUR  BULB  DEPARTMENT  has  been 
an  important  feature  of  our  business  for  many 
years.  It  has  been  our  constant  endeavour  to  supply 
only  the  very  highest  class  of  both  home-grown  and 
imported  bulbs. 
We  specially  invite  attention  to  the  following: — 
Choice  Roman  Hyacinths 
Named  Hyacinths 
rr 
„  Single  &  Double  Tulips 
and  Select  Narcissus 
„  Li  Hums 
Retarded  Lily  of  the  Valley . 
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Gratis  and  Post  Free. 
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OWNROOT  ROSES 
FOR  SUMMER  PLANTING. 
A  magnificent  stock  of  several  thousands  of  the  above, 
established  in  5  inch  pots  for  present  planting,  of  leading 
H.P.,  Tea,  Hybrid  Tea,  China,  and  other  classes,  10’6  to 
18/-  per  dozen,  £4  to  £6  per  100. 
Roses  Now  Finely  in  Bloom, 
12  miles  from  London,  close  to  Waltham  Cross  and 
Theobald’s  Grove  Stations ;  frequent  trains  from 
Liverpool  Street  Station. 
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WALTHAM  CROSS,  HERTS, 
RIVERS’ 
FRUIT  TREES, 
Roses,  Vines, 
FIGS,  ORANGES, 
AND 
Orchard-House  Trees. 
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No.  1154. — Vol.  XLV.,  Third  Series. 
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Successors  to  the  late  BARON  VAN  PALLANDT. 
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CATALOGUE  for  1902 
—  OP  — 
DUTCH, 
CAPE,  AND  EXOTIC 
BULBS 
(With  CULTURAL  DIRECTIONS) 
Is  NOW  READY,  and  will  be  sent  Post  Free  on 
application  to  themselves  direct  at  OVERVEEN, 
HAARLEM,  HOLLAND,  or  to  their  General 
Agents— 
Messrs.  MERTENS  &  CO., 
3,  CROSS  LANE,  LONDON,  E.C. 
CABBAGE  SEEDS 
The  best  and  hardiest  variety  is — 
Dicksons  Perfection,  6a.  Pkt.,  i/e  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,  Bd.  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 
KENT,  THE  GARDEN  OF  ENGLAND. 
GEO.  BUNYARD  &  CO. 
ARE  NOW  SENDING  OUT 
EXTRA  RISE  POT  PLANTS  &  RUNNERS 
OF 
STANDEN’S  MANURE.  —  Established  over 
thirty  years.  The  strongest  and  most  perfect  Fertiliser 
in  the  market.  Only  very  small  quantities  required  to 
obtai  i  the  best  results,  thus  rendering  it  by  far  the  cheapest 
manure  on  offer. — Analysis  on  application.  In  tins,  1/-,  2/6, 
6/6,  and  8/-  each  ;  and  in  k'jts,  icwt.  10/6,  Jcwt.  18/-,  lcwt. 
32/-.  Proprietors  —  CORW  &  CO.  (Limited)  Finsbury 
Street,  London.  Sold  by  all  Seedsmen  j 
our 
Strawberries, 
CULTURAL  AND  DESCRIPTIVE  LIST  FREE. 
The  ROYAL  NURSERIES,  MAIDSTONE 
Journal  of  gorftpdtttip. 
THURSDAY,  AUGUST  7,  1902, 
The  Ivy. 
VY  is  a  truly  British  plant, 
and  seems  interwoven  with 
our  history  from  its  earliest 
periods.  Less  honoured  than 
Oak,  and  less  gloomy  in  ita 
associations  than  the  Yew,  it  is 
more  immediately  connected  with 
homes  than  either  of  these.  Its 
adaptability  to  all  situations  and  to 
the  climate  of  all  parts  of  the  country  is 
likewise  a  great  recommendation  to  favour. 
In  one  place  we  see  it  covering  the  ground 
with  a  dense  carpet,  in  another  ascending 
the  loftiest  tree,  and  in  both  maintaining 
itself  against  all  intruders.  It  frequently 
mantles  our  dwellings,  and,  by  the  natural 
armour  which  it  affords,  those  no  longer 
tenanted  are  to  a  great  extent  preserved  from 
the  attacks  of  time.  To  it  the  venerable 
appearance  of  many  a  ruin  is  as  much  due  as 
to  the  masonry  ;  to  it  many  a  rocky  eminence 
owes  much  of  its  beauty ;  and  an  old  tree 
acquires  a  new  interest  when  its  trunk  and 
limbs  become  clothed  in  the  evergreen 
drapery  of  the  Ivy.  I  must  now  proceed  to 
the  details  of  its  culture  and  uses,  and 
endeavour  to  name  a  few  of  the  many  pur¬ 
poses  for  which  it  may  be  employed. 
As  regards  culture,  the  Ivy  is  by  no  means 
particular,  for  it  will  live,  nay,  thrive,  in 
situations  unfavourable  to  most  plants,  and 
differing  widely  from  each  other  ;  but  in 
general  it  succeeds  best  in  a  dry  soil  contain¬ 
ing  plenty  of  stones.  I  may  here  observe, 
by  way  of  parenthesis,  that  the  utility  of 
stones  in  land  is  not  sufficiently  recognised. 
Ivy  thrives  amongst  such  materials,  but  it  is 
often  enough  found  growing  freely  on  clayey 
soils  ;  and,  in  fact,  it  is  common  to  plant  it 
in  any  situation  where  it  is  wanted  without 
any  preparation  whatever.  Shade,  however, 
seems  to  encourage  its  growth,  and  it  will 
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 
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