November  6,  1902. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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BARRS'."  DAFFODILS 
Have  received  Twelve  Highest  Awards,  1902,  including 
Descriptive  Catalogue  of  all  the  finest  sorts  in  cultivation 
free. 
BARRS’  r,;v  TULIPS 
Hare  received  FIVE  GOLD  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, 
11, 12,  &  13,  King  Street,  Covent  Garden 
CARNATIONS. 
Strong  Hardy  f  lants  from  a  Cold  Climate. 
All  the  leading  varieties  in  Selfs  and  Yellow  Grounds,  also 
MALMAISONS  in  variety. 
PRICED  CATALOGUES  POST  FREE. 
M.  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,  YEOYIL,  SOMERSET. 
FRUIT  TREES 
A  SPECIALITY ! 
IMMENSE  STOCK.  WELL  GROWN.  TRUE  TO  NAME. 
Roses,  Ornamental  Trees  and  Shrubs, 
Climbers,  and  Herbaceous  Plants, 
IN  GREAT  VARIETY. 
CATALOGUES  FOR  EACH  DEPARTMENT  FREE. 
The  Barnham  Ncrseries  are  renowned  for  High  class 
Stock,  and  no  pains  are  spared  to  supply  the  highest  quality 
at  the  lowest  possible  rates.  Arrangements  for  the  season 
should  be  made  now. 
S.  S.  MARSHALL ,  Ltd., 
BARNHAM  NURSERIES,  SUSSEX 
GEORGE  COOLING  &  SONS 
REVISED 
ROSE  AND  FRUIT  TREE 
CATALOGUE 
IS  NOW  READY,  and  will  be  forwarded  Gratis 
and  Post  Free  on  application. 
GARDEN  AND  OLD- FASHIONED  ROSES  HAVE 
ALWAYS  BEEN  A  SPECIALITY. 
GEORGE  COOLING  &  SONS,  BATH. 
FOR.  PLEASURE  AND  PROFIT, 
Nothing  so  profitable  and 
easy  to  grow. 
8o  Acres  of  Saleable  Trees. 
THE  BEST  PROCURABLE. 
j  Lists  Free. 
HUNDREDS  of  THOUSANDS. 
Bushes  in  variety.  Packing  and 
Carriage  free  for  Cash  with  order. 
8/-  per  doz.,  GO/-  per  ICO. 
All  other  Nursery  Stock 
carriage  Jor~wa>d. 
L§inP0TS  From  15/-  a  doz. 
Ornamental  Trees,  91  Acres, 
A  Superb  Collection  cf 
Herbaceous  Plants, 
Four  Acres  of  Glass, 
Clematis  eO.CCOIfrcm  15  doz. 
N.B. — Single  Plants  are  sold  at 
slightly  increased  prices. 
cfifral  catalccue 
(Nearly  190 pages)  of  Nursery  S’ock, 
artistically  produced  containing 
aome  hundreds  of  illustrations, 
and  full  of  valuable  information, 
free  on  receipt  of  3d.  for  postage. 
Please  mention  tliis  Paper. 
RfftlfARDSMITH  SCP.  WORCESTER, 
INTENDING  PLANTERS 
ARE  INVITED  TO  INSPECT 
LANE  &  SON  S 
STOCK  OF 
ROSES,  RHODODENDRONS, 
FRUIT  TREES  of  all  descriptions, 
ORNAMENTAL  TREES  &  SHRUBS 
FOREST  TREES  &  CLIMBERS, 
Extending  over  150  Acres, 
VINES,  FIGS,  &C. 
£3"  Descriptive  Catalogue  Free.  Carriage  paid 
to  London  on  orders  over£2.  Free  delivery  within 
20  miles  of  Berkhamsted  when  sufficient  for  a  load. 
H.  LANE  &  SON , 
Nurseries, 
BERKHAMSTED,  HERTS. 
Jmtimal  of  ;§ortii[uIture. 
THURSDAY,  NOVEMBER  6,  1902. 
How  Orchards  are  Formed. 
F  anyone  has  doubts  about  the 
future  of  hardy  fruit  culture 
in  this  country  he  may  have 
_  them  dispelled  by  looking 
round  and  observing  the  young 
orchards  and  plantations  that  are 
springing  up  on  almost  every 
side.  I  do  not  mean  to  say  that  they 
will  be  found  everywhere,  for  in  some 
counties  scarcely  any  movement  is  being 
made,  but  I  do  not  take  this  as  being  a  bad 
sign,  because  fruit  culture  is,  and  must  be, 
confined  to  certain  localities.  I  have  no 
patience  with  that  incessant  cry  of  plant, 
plant,  plant,  irrespective  of  soil  and  situa¬ 
tion,  and  people  know  better  than  to  believe 
that  the  growing  of  fruit  necessarily  means 
riches.  We  do  not  want  the  whole  country 
to  be  turned  into  a  vast  orchard,  it  would 
not  be  possible  if  we  did,  but  it  is  on  the 
extended  planting  in  districts  naturally 
adapted  for  fruit  culture  that  the  future  of 
this  important  industry  depends. 
Because  an  Apple  or  Plum  tree  dees  well 
in  a  certain  place  it  does  not  follow  that 
another  branch  of  cultivation  should  be  done 
away  with  in  order  to  grow  fruit  on  an 
extensive  scale.  We  might  as  well  try  to 
upset  the  whole  system  of  agriculture, 
because,  broadly  speaking,  fruit  may  be 
included  in  this  branch.  Some  people  in 
Kent,  for  instance,  keep  cows,  but  it  would 
be  useless  to  go  in  for  dairy  farming  such 
as  it  is  practised  in  the  Midlands  and  else¬ 
where  ;  and  it  is  the  same  the  country  over 
Nature  has  settled  the  question  by  rendering 
one  part  of  the  country  suitable  for  dairying, 
another  for  grazing,  a  third  for  sheep,  a 
fourth  for  fruit,  and  so  on.  There  is  no 
need  for  aDy  revolutionary  methods,  but  let 
everything  be  done  in  each  district  to  improve 
the  cult  of  whatever  particular  crop  or 
agricultural  industry  that  locality  may  be 
naturally  adapted  for. 
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