October  3J,  1901 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
395 
BARRS'.;*"  DAFFODILS 
GOLD 
MEDAL 
Have  received  Twelve  Highest  Awards,  1902,  including 
IKEED 
Descriptive  Catalogue  of  all  the  finest  sorts  in  cultivation 
free. 
BARRS’  :=:v  TULIPS 
Have  received  FIVE  GOLD  MEDALS  from  the  Ro; al 
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, 
11, 12,  &  13,  King  Street,  Govent  Garden 
loktdokt. 
GEORGE  COOLING  &  SONS 
REVISED 
ROSE  AND  FRUIT  TREE 
IS  NOW  READY,  and  will  be  forwarded  Gratis 
and  Post  Free  on  application. 
GARDEN  AND  OLD-FASHIONED  ROSES  HAVE 
ALWAYS  BEEN  A  SPECIALITY. 
GEORGE  G00LING  &  SONS,  BATH. 
RIVERS’ 
FRUIT  TREES, 
ROSES,  VINES, 
FIGS,  ORANGES, 
AND 
Orchard  =  House  Trees. 
A  LARGE  AND  SELECT  STOCK 
ALWAYS  ON  VIEW. 
ILLUSTRATED  &  DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE, 
Post  Free,  3d. 
THOMAS  RIVERS  &  SON, 
SAYVBRIDGEWORTH.  HERTS. 
HARLOW  STATION,  G.E.R. 
No.  1163.— Yol-  LV.,  Third  Skuies 
B.  R.  CANT&  SONS 
ROSES 
DIRECT  FROM  THE  ORIGINAL  FIRM 
ESTABLISHED  137  YEARS. 
WINNERS  OF  THE 
Champion  Challenge  Trophy 
NINE  TIMES. 
AND  TWO  GOLD  MEDALS  FOR 
NEW  SEEDLING  ROSES,  1901. 
For  Catalogues  of  Roses  for  all  purposes 
apply  to— 
BENJAMIN  R.GANT&  SONS 
THE  OLD  ROSE  GARDENS, 
COLCHESTER. 
Dicksons 
/  HARDILY -GROWN  ' 
FOREST,  FRUIT, 
AND  ALL  OTHER 
TREES & PLANTS 
EVERGREENS, 
ROSES,  &C. 
Stocks  quite  Unequalled  for 
‘QUALITY,’  ‘  VARIETY,’ 4‘EXTKHT.’ 
Priced  Catalogues  Post  Free. 
^  Nurseries  800  Aobeb.  y 
Chester 
CARNATIONS. 
Strong  Hardy  Plants  from  a  Cold  Climate. 
All  the  leading  varieties  in  Selfs  and  Yellow  Grounds,  also 
MALMAISONS  in  variety. 
PRICED  CATALOGUES  POST  FREE. 
JYI.  CAMPBELL  &  SON 
Auchinraith  Nurseries,  HIGH  BLANTYRE,  N.B. 
GOLD  MEDAL  COLLECTION  I 
Four  Gold  Medals  and  Four  First  Prizes  In  1901. 
THE  BEST  COLLECTION.  SEE  OUR  CATALOGUE. 
B.  R.  DAVIS  &  SONS, 
Yeovil  Nurseries,  YEOVIL,  SOMERSET. 
Jjmtptl  of  horticulture. 
THURSDAY,  OCTOBER  30,  1902. 
A  New  Era. 
TICK  to  your  task  and  all  will 
come  right  in  the  end.  A 
homely  and  well-worn  phrase 
is  this,  but  it  is  also  one  which 
contains  a  great  truism  ap- 
V  plicable  to  nations  and  individuals 
alike.  Dark  times  may  come — 
— and  they  often  will  come — but  in  the 
face  of  all  drawbacks  the  man  who 
“  faints  not  by  the  way,”  but  still  presses 
onward,  must  inevitably  achieve  a  fair  amount 
of  success.  As  a  nation  we  have,  during  the 
last  few  years,  been  passing  through  a  time 
of  sore  trial  and  great  danger,  for  while  our 
energies  were  concentrated  on  the  stem  con¬ 
flicts  of  the  battle  field,  our  commercial 
competitors  were  forging  ahead,  by  improving 
their  methods  and  doing  their  best  to  capture 
our  trade,  both  at  home  and  abroad.  In. 
many  instances  they  have  unfortunately 
succeeded  to  a  great  extent,  but  signs  have 
lately  been  apparent  which  go  to  show  that  a 
“  new  era  has  dawned  upon  the  British 
people.”  Recent  trade  returns  show  con¬ 
siderable  improvement,  and  on  all  sides  there 
are  welcome  evidences  that,  as  a  nation,  we 
are  ‘‘girding  up  our  loins”  to  fight  with 
might  and  main  the  competition  which  meets 
us  at  every  turn  ;  true  there  are  hosts  of 
difficulties  before  us,  but  if  they  are  faced 
with  an  undaunted  spirit  and  with  strenuous 
endeavour,  they  will  disperse  like  the  mists 
of  an  autumn  day. 
Now  let  us  turn  to  the  realm  of  horticulture 
and  see  what  is  being  done  to  keep  pace  with 
the  needs  of  the  times.  Great  efforts  are 
undoubtedly  being  made  to  see  that  those 
whoare  beginning  their  career  shall  startwith 
a  sure  foundation.  With  this  object  in  view 
many  educational  establishments  have  sprung 
up,  at  which  the  teaching  of  both  the  theory 
and  the  practice  of  horticulture  go  hand  in 
hand.  The  Royal  Horticultural  Society  now 
READERS  at}  requested  to  send  notices  of  Gardening 
Ap;  ointments  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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