August  14,  19C2. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
143 
VE1TCHS’ 
BULB  CATALOGUE 
For  1902 
IS  NOW  READY 
And  will  be  forwarded  Post  Free  on 
application. 
JAMES  VEITCH  &  SONS,- 
Royal  Exotic  Nursery, 
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,  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 
KENT,  THE  GARDEN  OF  ENGLAND. 
GEO.  BUNYARD  &  CO. 
ARE  N0AV  SENDING  OUT 
EXTRA  FINE  POT  PLANTS  &  RUNNERS 
OF 
Strawberries. 
CULTURAL  AND  DESCRIPTIVE  LIST  FREE. 
The  ROYAL  NURSERIES,  MAIDSTONE 
THE  FINEST  CABBAGE  IN  THE  WORLD. 
DANIELS’  DEFIANCE. 
AVERY  fine,  short-legged,  compact,  mid-early  variety, 
growing  to  the  weight  of  10  lb.  or  12  lb.  each ; 
exceedingly  tender  and  of  the  most  delicate  marrow  flavour. 
A  grand  Cabbage  alike  for  the  market  or  private  grower. 
We  offer  £20  in  cash  prizes  for  two  heads  of  this  variety 
grown  from  Seeds  sown  this  season.  All  purchasers  of  not 
less  than  one  ounce  of  Seed  will  be  eligible  to  compete. 
Competitors’  vouchers,  conditions,  and  full  cultural  direc¬ 
tions  sent  with  seed.  Our  own  specially  selected  stock, 
per  oz.  Is.  6d. ;  per  packet  6d.,  post  free. 
Catalogue  of  the  best  Cabbage,  Onion,  and  other  Seeds 
for  present  sowing,  choice  Strawberry  Plants,  Bulbs  for 
early  forcing,  &c.,  post  free  on  receipt  of  post  card. 
DANIELS  BROS.IZ-0 
BY  ROYAL  WARRANT  K|ADlAflf*l4 
TO  H.M.THE  KING  I  lV/rvYlf  IV* M 
ESTABLISHED  1832. 
No  connection  with  any  other  Arm  of  a  similar  name. 
Successors  to  the  late  BARON  VAN  PALLANDT. 
CATALOGUE  for  1902 
—  OF  - 
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. 
Sir  Watkln  , 
Horsefeldil 
Double  Daffodils  5  - 
Single  Lent  Lilies 
L  Trumpet  Narcissus  . 
Glory  of  Leiden,  pxtra  choice  flower 
King-  Edward  VII  (new)  , 
Sweet  Scented  Pheasant  Eye 
IgA  i  5  -  4t  7  6  1000 
'  MB  Snowdrops  5  -  &  7  6  1000 
Mixed  Narcissus  5  -  1000 
tfCSBS  Strawberry  Plants  1  -  100 
5  -  4t  7  6  100 
5  -  <St  6  /-  100 
■  &  to  -  1000 
3  6  1000 
7  6  1000  j 
1  -  each  f& 
-  each 
Daffodil 
Nurseries. 
LONDON  FERN  NURSERIES, 
Loughboro’  Junction,  London,  S.W.— Stove  and  Green¬ 
house  Ferns,  large  and  small,  in  var.,  Aralias,  Grevilleas, 
Cyperus,  Ficus,  Ericas,  Palms,  Dracienas,  Aspidistras,  Roses, 
Azaleas,  Carnations,  Crotons,  Camellias,  Chrysanthemums, 
Cyclamen,  Bouvardias,  Asparagus,  Araucarias,  Solanums, 
Aspidistras,  Cinerarias,  Genistas,  Marguerites,  Geraniums, 
Primulas,  Orange  Trees,  &c.  Trade,  send  for  Wholesale 
List.  Special  Retail  Catalogue,  free.— J.  E.  SMITH. 
GOLD  MEDAL  COLLECTION  I 
Four  Gold  Medals  and  Four  First  Prizes  in  1901. 
THE  BEST  COLLECTION.  SEE  OUR  CATALOGUE. 
0.  R.  DAVIS  &  SONS , 
Yeovil  Nurseries,  YEOVIL,  SOMERSET. 
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. 
JourLtwl  uf  ^articitltiqe. 
THURSDAY,  AUGUST  14,  1902. 
Garden  Fruits  in  Warwickshire. 
HE  present  time  seems  a  very 
apposite  one,  not  only  for  sum- 
riling  up  and  chronicling  results 
to  date,  but  for  gauging  the 
practically  assured  autumnal 
crops,  or,  rather,  what  there  are 
of  them,  some  being,  I  fear,  con¬ 
spicuous  only  by  their  absence.  Tout 
lasse,  tout  passe,  tout  casse,  as  the 
French  saying  is — nothing  indeed  endures, 
everything  is  ever  in  a  transition  stage, 
increasing  at  its  zenith  for  a  tiny  span,  and 
finally  decreasing.  We  have  reached  a 
period,  taking  England  generally,  betwixt 
and  between,  as  it  were,  the  summer  and  the 
autumn.  That  bugbear  the  weather  is,  un¬ 
fortunately,  of  the  very  essence  of  the  whole 
business,  and  it  may  be  a  wholesome  thing  to 
get  rid  of  one’s  inevitable  grumble  at  this 
early  stage  in  these  notes. 
The  English  summer  is  credited  by  a  wag 
with  beginning  the  31st  of  July  and  ending 
the  1st  of  August.  Probably,  anyhow  for 
low  temperatures  generally,  this  season  is  a 
record.  Even  in  the  last  lap  of  July,  morning 
after  morning,  the  quicksilver  on  the  wall  has 
refused  to  start  affairs  higher  than  52deg  to 
56deg  Centigrade,  with  a  preceding  night 
temperature  no  doubt  considerably  less  ;  par 
consequent ,  the  ungenial  conditions  all  through 
the  germinating  and  growing  time  have  borne 
a  good  deal  of,  figuratively,  bitter  fruit,  which 
may  be  taken  to  mean,  in  fact,  no  fruit  at  all 
in  many  cases. 
Whether  or  no  Royal  Warwickshire  may  he 
taken,  as  a  type  I  know  not ;  but,  speaking 
from  our  coign  of  vantage  in  what  is  almost 
to  a  mile  generally  reckoned  as  the  exact 
centre  of  England,  the  writer  ventures  to  give 
the  following  points.  Generally  speaking,  all 
fruit  against  walls  not  only  set,  but  so  far  has 
matured  very  well.  Thus  Apricots,  Plums, 
EADERS  are  requested  to  send  notices  of  Gardening 
appointments  or  Notes  of  Horticultural  Interest, 
intimations  cf  Meetings,  Queries,  and  all  Artioles  for 
Publication,  officially  to  “  THE  EDITOR  1  at 
12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street, 
London,  E  C.,  and  to  no  other  person  and  to  no  other 
address. 
No.  1155. — Vol.  XLV.,  Third  Series. 
