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ORNAMENTAL 
TREES 
AND  SHRUBS. 
^TUEDY,  well-matured  growth,  and 
a  sufficiency  of  fibrous  roots,  are 
two  cardinal  points  that  are  always 
kept  in  view  by  planters  when  making 
selections  of  trees,  shrubs,  itc.  To  these 
points  (with  others)  we  give  special 
attention  in  our  cultivation  of  these 
subjects.  We  invite  special  attention  to 
the  following  as  containing  the  choicest 
and  best  varieties  in  strong,  healthy, 
well-rooted  and  well-balanced  plants. 
TREES  (Ornamental). 
12  choice  distinct  sorts 
.  # 
12/- 
18  - 
50,  in  25  choice  kinds  . 
•  •  • 
40- 
50/- 
6  choice  and  distinct  weeping 
Trees 
.  . . 
9- 
15/- 
0  do.  do. 
do. 
12/6 
18  6 
6  do.  do. 
Avenue 
Trees,  specially 
grown 
and  selected 
1  •  •  • 
12/- 
18/- 
12  do.  do. 
do.  . . 
24  - 
36/- 
SHRUBS  (Ornamental). 
6  lovely  Evergreens,  in  6  sorts  4/6  ti  12/ 
12  do.  do.  12  sorts  9/  -  to  24/ 
50  do.  •  do.  25  sorts  42/ 
<>  deciduous  dowering  G  sorts  3/ 
12  do.  do.  12  sorts  6, 
50  do.  25  or  50  sorts  21  -  to  63/ 
100  do.  2.5  or  50  sorts  42  -  to  100 
tolOO  - 
to  12 
to  24  - 
AMERICAN  PLANTS. 
12  choice  and  lovely  distinct  sorts  for 
6/-  9/-  or  12/- 
100  choice  and  select  plants  in  variety  for 
40  -  or  50/- 
RHODODENDRONS. 
Extra  selected,  specially  choice  Hybrid 
Seedlings,  1ft.  to  l£ft.,  15/-  per 
doz. ;  100/- per  100;  1A ft.  to  2ft., 
21/- per  doz.  ..  ..  140/-  per  100 
Ail  the  above  are  in  our 
selection  only . 
CATALOGUES  GRATIS  AND  POST  FREE. 
Altrincham  &  Manchester 
DY 
ROYAL  WARRANT 
GROWER  TO 
H.M.  THE  KING. 
HUGH  DICKSON’S 
Royal  “Irish  Roses,  Belfast 
ROSES. 
Descriptive  Catalogue  on  application,  the  most  up-to-date 
iu  the  trade,  containing  valuable  article  on  Rose  culture. 
The  Finest  ansS  Cheapest  Lot  of 
Plants  Bn  the  Country. 
My  stock  of  Rosas  is  unsurpassed  by  any  in  the  trade,  and 
unequalled  for  quality  and  abundance  of  fibrous  roots, 
Splendid  Plants  at  from 
6  -  to  18/-  per  doz. 
40  -  to  120/-  per  100. 
PILLAR  ROSES  and  Roses  for  any  and  every  soil  and 
situation  in  which  a  Rose  can  he  grown. 
HYBRID  PERPETUAL  ROSES 
,,  TEA  ROSES 
TEA  SCENTED  ROSES 
CLIMBING  'JEA  &  NOISETTE 
ROSES 
POLYANT1IA  ROSES 
CLIMBING  POLYANTHA 
ROSES 
CHINA  ROSES 
RUGOSA  ROSES 
MOSS  ROSES 
WICHURIANA  CREEPING 
ROSES 
STANDARD  ROSES 
New  Descriptive  Catalogue  on  application.  I  will  be 
pleased  to  supply  any  information  required  and  advise 
intending  planters  on  any  matter  on  which  they  require 
assistance. 
HUGH  DICKSON, 
Royal  Nurseries,  BELFAST. 
SEAKALE. 
Extra-extra  strong  for  forcing  ..  21/-  per  100 
Extra  strong  for  forcing  ..14/-  to  IS/-  per  100 
Strong  planting  ..  ..  7/0  to  10/0  per  100 
LILYWH1TE,  extra  strong  far  forcing 
18/-  to  25/-  per  100 
LILYWHITE,  strong  planting 
10/—  to  12/6  per  100 
ASPARAGUS. 
Extra  strong  for  forcing  . .  12/6  to  20/-  per  100 
DICKSONS  Nurseries  CHESTER 
CORDON  PEARS  &  APPLES.— Fruiting 
trees,  well  spurred.  5  to  7  feet. 
PEACHES  &  NECTARINES.  —  Standard 
and  Dwarf- trained,  well  rooted,  and  well  ripened. 
DAMSONS  &  PLUMS.-Extra  large,  trans¬ 
planted  Standards. 
MORELLO  CHERRIES.— Trained  for  walls, 
.  8  feet  across. 
GRAPE  VINES  &  FIGS. 
TRANSPLANTED  FRUIT  STOCKS  — 
Apple,  Plum.  Samples  on  application. 
Catalogues  and  Testimonials  Free. 
WILL  TAYLER,  HAMPTON,  MIDDLESEX 
TO  SEEDSMEN  .  .  . 
Preparing  their  Catalogues  for  coming  season, 
DO  NOT  OMIT 
“BITTER  OIL” 
Circulars  sent  with  your  name  on  for  distribution  with 
your  Catalogues  -HULL  CHEMICAL  WORKS,  Ltd 
Joui[mil  of  /fmlicultm/e. 
THURSDAY,  DECEMBER  11,  1902. 
Old-time  Gardening. 
( Continued  from  page  447.) 
iNE  might  build  theories  on  the 
essay  “On  Gardens”  by  Bacon; 
but  it  will  be  better  to  trust  to 
more  sober  writers,  from  whom 
we  gather  that  English  garden¬ 
ing  in  the  last  year  of  Elizabeth 
was  iu  a  less  splendid  condition, 
though,  on  that  account,  no  doubt  on  a 
more  sure  footing.  All  about  Loudon, 
for  instance,  were  fields  devoted  to  vegetable 
culture  for  the  supply  of  the  metropolis,  others 
in  which  quantities  of  Boses,  Clove  Gilliflowers, 
and  other  plants  were  cultivated  for  medicinal 
.mninsM  and  for  sale  to  the  lietres  for  their 
private  uses. 
Among  market  growers  who  paid  as  much 
as  £6  an  acre  for  land,  the  question  of 
mauuring  was  assuming  proportions  that  called 
for  something  further  than  that  supplied  by 
the  lay-stalls  of  London  streets,  and  so  we 
find  saltpetre,  soot,  rags,  bones,  and  many 
other  kinds  of  material  being  used  as  manure. 
The  employment  of  vegetables  among  the 
working  classes  was  becoming  more  and  more 
common,  and  we  gather  from  a  later  writer 
that  at  this  period  few,  if  any,  cottages  iu  the 
South  of  England  were  without  gardens 
attached.  Iu  the  western  counties,  Carrots 
and  Turnips  were  used  instead  of  bread,  the 
value  of  Potatoes  being  as  yet  uurecoguised. 
Farmers  are  said  to  have  been  further  iu  the 
rear  as  regards  gardening  than  any  other  class. 
The  dwellers  in  towns  and  cities  who  could  not 
afford  gardens  in  the  suburbs  making  up  to 
some  extent  the  want  by  cultivating  flowers  in 
boxes  aud  pots.  At  this  period  the  first  really 
English  work  on  fruit  culture  appeared,  the 
production  of  a  Yorkshire  gentleman,  and 
which  shows  a  remarkable  state  of  progress  in 
the  northern  counties.  An  interesting  fact  is 
noted  in  this  book,  “  The  New  Orchard,”  to 
READERS  arj  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 
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