December  4,  1902. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
503 
Millions  in  Stock 
CLIBRANS 
FOREST  TREES 
"ITFE  invite  the  attention  of  all  Planters  to 
\  \  our  SUPERB  STOCKS  of  the  above. 
We  make  a  feature  of  Forest  Trees,  and  our 
stock  is  characterised  by  its  hardihood,  robust 
strength,  and  an  abundance  of  fibrous  roots. 
ASH  ij  to  2ft.,  .  21/-  per  1000 
2  to  3ft.,  3/6  per  100,  27/6  ., 
3  to  4ft.,  4/6  ,,  35/-  ,, 
BEECH  1  to  ljft.,  3/-  per  100,  20/-  per  1000 
14  to  2  ft.,  4/-  „  30/- 
BIRCH 
30/- 
40/- 
£0/-  per  1000 
25/- 
30/- 
2*  to  3  ft.’,  5/-  „ 
1  to  ljft.,  3/-  per  100, 
.1.4  to  2  ft.,  3/6 
2  to  3  ft.,  4/- 
3HESTNUT,  HORSE 
1  to  lift.,  4/-  per  100,  30/-  per  1000 
14  to  2  ft.,  5/-  ,,  35/- 
2  to  3  ft.,  6/-  ,,  45/- 
3LM,  ENGLISH 
1  to  2ft.,  3/-  per  100,  20/-  per  1000 
2  to  3ft.,  4/-  ,,  30/- 
3  to  4it.,  5/-  ,,  40/-  „ 
3LM,  SCOTCH 
1  to  2ft.,  3/-  per  100,  20/-  per  1001 
2  to  3ft.,  4/-  ,,  30/-  ^  „ 
3  to  4ft..  5/-  ,,  40/- 
?IR,  AUSTRIAN 
6  to  9  in.,  3/-  per 
9  to  12  in.,  4/- 
1  to  14ft.,  5/- 
14  to  2  ft.,  10/- 
O  t  n  91ft  ovt 
14  to  2  ft.,  10/- 
2  to  24ft.,  extra  fine, 
Et,  DOUGLAS 
O  to  10i»v  a  nor  inn 
100,  25/-  per  10:0 
,  30/- 
40/-  „ 
90/- 
60/- 
per  100 
IUULA& 
9  to  12in.,  7/6  per  100,  70/-  per  1010 
12  to  18in. ,  12/6  ,,  100  - 
14  to  2ft.,  18/-  ,,  125/- 
2  to  3ft.,  20/-  ,,  150/- 
100,  25/-  per  1000 
,  27/6 
,  35/-  &  40/-  per  1000 
2  to  3 
*,  SCOTCH 
9  to  12in,,  3/-  per 
12  to  ISin.,  3/6 
18  to  24in.,  4/- 
■t,  SPRUCE 
9  to  15  in.,  3/-  per  100,  20/-  per  1000 
12  to  18  in.,  4/-  ,,  3°/-  ,, 
14  to  2  ft.,  5/-  „  40/- 
2  to  24ft.,  10/-  „  80/-  „ 
RCH,  COMMON 
1  to  14  ft.,  4/-  per  100,  21/-  per  1000 
14  to  2  ft.,  4/6  ,,  SO  /-  to  35/-  per  1000 
2"  to  3  ft..  5/-  ,,  40/-  to  45/-  ,, 
RCH,  LEPTOLEPIS 
1  to  lift.,  10/-  per  100,  90/-  per  1000 
14  to  2  It.,  15/-  ,,  125/-  „ 
2  to  3  ft,,  20/-  ,, 
IRNBEAM 
1  to  2ft.,  4/-  per  100,  30/-  per  1000 
2  to  3ft.,  51-  „  40/- 
3  to  4ft.,  6/- 
K,  ENGLISH 
1  to  14ft., 
14  to  2  ft.,  4/- 
2  to  3  ft.,  5/-  „  407-  ,, 
3  to  4  ft.,  10/-  ,,  60/- 
PLAR,  CANADENSIS  NOVA 
2  to  3ft.,  51-  per  100,  40/-  per  1000 
3  to  4ft.,  61-  ,,  50 1- 
i  to  5  t.,  10/- 
5  to  6ft..  20/- 
PLAR,  LOMBARDY 
3  to  4ft.,  51-  per  100,  40/-  per  1000 
4  to  6ft.,  61-  ,,  50/- 
5  to  6ft.,  20/- 
’  40/- 
50/- 
3/-  per  100,  25/-  per  1000 
:/-  ..  30/- 
40/- 
)RE 
1  to  2ft.,  3/-  per  100,  20/-  per  10C0 
2  to  3ft..,  4/-  ,,  30/-  ,, 
3  to  4ft.,  5/-  ,,  40/- 
For  COMPLETE  LIST  of 
TREES,  SHRUBS,  ROSES . 
RHODODENDRONS,  FRUIT,  CONIFERS, 
CLIMBING  PLANTS,  &c . 
SEE 
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ROSES. 
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assistance. 
HUGH  DICKSON, 
Royal  Nurseries,  BELFAST. 
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THURSDAY,  DECEMBER  4  1902. 
•  1  . .  - ....  «  '  <  .  . 
Fleeting  Honours. 
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^«g|^OVELTY  is  a  great  factor  in  the 
£  horticulture  of  these  day?.  If 
the  supply  of  new  varieties  of 
flowers,  fruits,  and  vegetables 
were  stopped,  in  all  probability 
the  several  committees  of  the 
Royal  Horticultural  Society  would 
cease  to  exist,  for  the  simple  reason 
that  there  would  be  nothing  for  them 
to  do.  Without  novelties  the  horticultural 
press  would  be  in  danger  of  running  short  of 
matter  and  material  for  illustration,  while  the 
gardening  world  at  large  would  have  nothing 
to  go  in  ecstacies  over,  nothing  to  wrangle 
about,  and  the  whole  thing  would  fall  flat 
and  uneventful. 
Doubtless  the  main  object  of  those  who  are 
responsible  for  the  introduction  of  new  varie¬ 
ties  of  p’ants  is  to  make  money.  This  does 
not  necessarily  imply  greed,  for  it  is  all  a 
part  of  the  great  work  of  advancement ;  and 
it  is  questionable  whether  many  who  have 
been  the  means  of  introducing  beautiful  and 
useful  plants  to  the  world  have  been  recom¬ 
pensed  to  the  extent  they  deserve.  At  the 
same  time  there  is  an  acute  business  desire  to 
get  novelties  Hall-marked  by  First  Class 
Certificates  and  Awards  of  Merit/and  the 
giving  or  withholding  of  these  honours  makes 
all  the  difference  to  the  subsequent  value  of 
the  novelties  in  question.  If  a  man  has  gob 
what  he  considers  to  be  a  good  and  new 
thing,  he  despatches  it  by  natural  instinct  to 
a  meeting  of  the  R.H.S.,  and  his  object  is  not 
so  much  fame  for  himself  as  money  for  his 
pocket.  A  committee  sits  in  judgment  over 
the  noveloy,  and  on  their  decision  its  fate 
depends.  If  an  award  is  granted,  that  novelty 
is  possessed  at  once  of  certain  value  ;  it  is 
talked  about,  written  about,  illustrated,  and 
put  into  commerce  :  in  short,  it  becomes 
famous  in  some  degree  ;  but  if  the  committee 
READERS  an  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  othur 
address. 
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