September  11,  1902. 
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BARRS';;::;  DAFFODILS 
Have  received  Twelve  Highest  Awards,  1902,  including 
Descriptive  Catalogue  of  all  the  finest  sorts  in  cultivation 
free. 
BARRS’ TULIPS 
Have  received  FIYE  COLD  MEDALS  from  the  Royal 
National  Tulip  Society;  SILVER  CUPS  at  the  Great 
Temple  Flower  Shows,  1900  and  1901,  and  GOLD  MEDAL 
1902. 
Descriptive  Catalogue  of  the  finest  kinds  for  pot  culture 
and  for  forcing,  and  for  beds  and  borders  outdoors,  free. 
BARRS’  HYACINTHS. 
THE  FINEST  SELECTED  BULBS  for  the  green¬ 
house,  sitting  room,  or  exhibition,  and  specially  selected 
varieties  for  bedding. 
Descriptive  Catalogue  Free. 
BARR  &  SONS, 
II,  12,  &  13,  King  Street,  Covent  Garden 
Losroonr. 
STRAWBERRY 
PLANTS, 
All  the  Leading-  Varieties  from  the 
open  ground  and  in  pots. 
Priced  Descriptive  Circular  Post  Free. 
DICKSONS  Nurseries  CHESTER 
RIVERS’ 
FRUIT  TREES, 
Roses,  Vines, 
FIGS,  ORANGES, 
AND 
Orchard-House  Trees. 
A  LARGE  AND  SELECT  STOCK 
ALWAYS  ON  VIEW. 
ILLUSTRATED  AND  DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE, 
Post  Free,  8d. 
THOMAS  RIVERS  &  SON, 
OSAWBRIDGEWORTH,  HERTS." 
HARLOW  STATION.  G.E.R. 
CARNATIONS. 
THE  POPULAR  FLOWER. 
The  undernoted  are  two  exceptionally  fine  new  vaiieties, 
suitable  either  for  pots  or  outside. 
SIR  R.  WALDIE -GRIFFITH. — A  striking 
novelty  of  a  perfectly  unique  shade  of  colour,  being  a 
rich  orange-scarlet,  with  a  sheen  of  amber ;  Clove- 
scented.  Several  Certificates.  Per  dozen,  40 /-. 
DUCHESS  OF  ROXBURGHE  — Primrose 
ground,  striped  with  a  lovely  shade  of  terra-cotta  and 
heliotrope.  Several  Certificates.  Per  dozen,  18/-. 
MALMAISONS,  and  many  other  varieties. 
Full  Deicriptive  Priced  Catalogue  Free  on  application. 
LAiNG  &  MATHER ,  Nurserymen, 
KELSO,  SCOTLAND. 
EXTENSIVE  COLLECTIONS  OF 
HYACINTHS,  TULIPS, 
NARCISSI,  LILIES, 
SNOWDROPS, 
CROCUSES,  ^  ^ 
SCILLAS, 
All 
best  qualities 
and  at  most 
moderate  rates. 
Delivered  Free  by  Hail 
or  Parcel  Post. 
Ililltllllllllllli 
Descriptive  Catalogue  No.  563 
post  free  on  application. 
JIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIh 
DICKSONS  o-- Chester 
GOLD  MEDAL  COLLECTION  I 
Four  Gold  Medals  and  Four  First  Prizes  in  1901. 
THE  BEST  COLLECTION.  SEE  OUR  CATALOGUE. 
e.  #7.  DAVIS  &  SONS , 
Yeovil  Nurseries,  YEOYIL,  SOMERSET. 
TARPAULIN. — 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. 
trf  garticitltu^. 
THURSDAY,  SEPTEMBER  11,  1902. 
Wanted— Inventors. 
ERHAPS  in  no  other  trade  or 
profession  are  there  such 
golden  opportunities  for  the 
inventive  genius  as  exist  in 
the  improvement  of  imple¬ 
ments  and  apparatus  for  use  in 
the  garden.  If  we  make  hut  a 
cursory  examination  of  the  tools  which 
a  gardener  uses  in  his  work — such  as 
the  spade,  the  hoe,  rake,  and  fork,  and  others 
too  numerous  to  mention — we  cannot  fail  to 
notice  how  primitive  and  old  fashioned  these 
are,  most  ungainly  in  these  days  of  labour- 
saving  devices,  for  the  work  which  they  have 
to  perform. 
While  the  hybridists  have  been  making 
such  vast  strides  forward  by  the  raising  and 
selecting  of  new  varieties,  and  the  improve¬ 
ment  generally  of  existing  kinds,  it  may  be 
safely  asserted  we  are  not  only  up-to-date  in 
this  respect,  but,  compared  with  other 
branches  of  horticulture,  even  in  advance  of 
the  times.  The  same  may  be  said  of  the 
cultivator  and  his  methods,  which  have, 
during  the  last  decade,  certainly  undergone 
a  change  for  the  better  :  This  probably  being 
brought  about  by  the  greater  facilities  enjoyed 
by  young  gardeners  of  the  present  day, 
through  the  medium  of  schools,  books,  and 
gardening  papers,  these  giving  him  a  distinct 
advantage  over  his  predecessors,  whose 
attempts  at  self-education  will  stand  out  for 
all  time  as  marvels  of  patience  and  perse¬ 
verance  in  the  face  of  almost  insurmountable 
difficulties,  and  a  worthy  example  indeed  to 
all  succeeding  generations  of  gardeners. 
Yet,  while  we  have  advanced  so  far  in 
these  directions,  the  improvement  of  garden 
apparatus  seems  to  have  been  entirely 
neglected  ;  in  fact,  the  mechanical  part  of 
horticulture  is  almost  at  a  standstill,  and 
the  importance  of  improving  the  ordinary 
READERS  are  requested  to  send  notices  of  Gardening 
Appointments  or  Notes  of  Horticultural  Interest, 
intimations  cf  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. 
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