December  25,  1902. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER, 
577 
CARNATIONS,  PICOTEES, 
and  PINKS. 
CATALOGUE  of  all  the  Best  for  Exhibition  or 
Border,  post  free. 
Carnations,  5/-.  6/-,  and  7/6  per  dozen  ;  Laced  Pi^ks,  3/6 
per  dozen,  mv  selection;  Carnation  Seed,  1/6  and  2/6  per 
packet;  Choice  Alpine  Auricula  Seed,  1/6  and  2/6  per 
packet.  All  free  for  Cash. 
T.  LORD,  Carnation  Grower,  TODMORDEN 
ORCHIDS-ORCHIDS 
QUANTITY  IMMENSE. 
_ _  Inspection  of  our  Range  of  Houses 
to  His  Majesty 
The  King.  is  cordially  invited  by 
HUGH  LOW  &  CO., 
PEED’S  “GOLD  MEDAL”  BEGONIAS 
W  e  have  harvested  the  finest  lot  of  Seed  this  year  that  we 
have  ever  managed  to  secure. 
Single,  mixed,  per  packet,  2/6  and  5/-. 
Single,  in  the  following  colours,  Pink,  Scarlet,  Crimson, 
Yellow,  White,  Salmon,  each,  2/6  per  packet. 
The  Collection  of  six  colours,  12  6. 
Extra  choice  double  mixed,  2/6  and  5/-. 
JOHN  PEED  &  SON,  WEST  NORWOOD,  S.E. 
By  Special 
Appointment 
Great  Private  Sale. — Removing. — Estate  Sold. 
In  Quantities  and  Selection  to  suit  Buyers. 
FRUIT  TREES. 
40,000  VERY  CHOICEST  KINDS. 
{Standard,  Pyramids,  and  Wall-trained)  Apples,  Pear3, 
Cherries,  Peaches.  Plums,  and  Damsons.  190  kinds. 
An  opportunity  like  this  has  never  oceuired  for  intending 
planters  co  secure  such  splendidly  grown,  transplace  , 
•c.tremily  pruned  lruitin  trees.  No  starvelings  or  cld 
stunted  rubbish,  but  cultivated  for  tenants.  See  Catalogue 
for  dcz.  or  1000,  how  and  what  kinds  to  grow.  The  trees 
average  5  years  old  and  just  ready  for  removal.  Thousands 
Currants.  Gooseberry,  Raspberry  and  Strawberry,  Shrubs, 
Roses,  and  Rhododendrons.  All  young  and  guaranteed 
true  to  name.  10,000  Filberts,  6ft.  high,  very  bushy  and 
been  transplanted. 
4000  Magnificent  Standard  Damsons,  King  of  Damsons. 
J.  P.  JONES,  Churchfield  Estate, 
CRADLEY,  near  MALVERN. 
Price  2/6  ;  Post  Free  2/74. 
The  pine  apple  manual 
By  Contributors  to  the  “  Journal  of  Horticulturs .” 
ILLUSTRATED  WITH  ENGRAVINGS. 
Being  a  Guide  to  the  Successful  Cultivation  of  that  Fruit, 
and  to  the  Construction  and  Management  of  the  Pinery. 
Office  :  12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street,  E.C. 
RIVERS’ 
FRUIT  TREES, 
ROSES,  VINES, 
FIGS,  ORANGES, 
AND 
Orchard  =  House  Trees. 
A  LARGE  AND  SELECT  STOCK 
ALWAYS  ON  VIEW. 
ILLUSTRATED  &  DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE, 
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HARLOW  STATION,  G.E.R. 
SPECIAL  OFFER. 
CLIBRANS 
TUBEROUS  BEGONIAS 
Our  Tuberous  Begonias  are  renowned  for  their  strength 
and  vigour,  their  upright  habit,  and  the  rich  and 
varied  "colouring  of  their  flowers.  We  have  a  grand 
stock  of  Dry  Tubers  on  hand,  and  offer— Single, 
choice  mixed,  3/-  per  doz.,  20/-  per  100;  Double, 
choice  mixed,  6/-  and  9/-  per  doz.  ;  to  colour,  12/-,  Is/-, 
24/-,  and  30/-  per  doz.  ;  Cristata,  the  lovely  crested 
form,  to  colour,  12/-,  IS/-,  and  24/- per  doz.  ;  mixed, 
9/-  per  doz. 
CLIBRANS 
GOLD  MEDAL 
CALCEOLARIAS 
Unequalled  for  the  brilliancy  of  their  large  flowers, 
their  dwarf  habit,  and  strong  constitution.  Extra 
strong  plants,  in  3-in.  pots,  SI-  and  47-  per  dcz.  ;  in 
5-in.  pots,  6/-  and  9/-  per  doz. 
CLIBRANS 
PRIZE”  CINERARIAS 
A  superb  strain  of  the  strong  pefcalled,  larje-fiowered 
type,  beautiful  and  diverse  in  their  colouring,  excel¬ 
lent  habit..  Strong  plants,  in  5-in.  pots,  9/-  per  doz. 
COLEUS  THYRSOIDEUS. -Dwarf,  strong, 
healthy  plants  of  this  lovely  blue-flowered  species, 
just  showing  bloom,  1/-  and  1/6  each. 
KAL ANCHOR  FLAMME A.— Strong  plants,  1/6 
to  3/6  each. 
Catalogues  Gratis  and  Post  Free. 
ALTRINCHAM  I  MANCHESTER. 
SEAKALE. 
Extra-extra  strong  for  forcing  ..  21/-  per  100 
Extra  strong  for  forcing  . .  14/-  to  18/—  per  100 
Strong  planting  ..  ..  7/6  to  10/6  per  100 
LILYWHITE,  extra  strong  for  forcing 
18/-  to  25/-  per  100 
LILYWHITE,  strong  planting 
10/-  to  12/6  per  100 
ASPARAGUS. 
Extra  strong  for  forcing  ..  ..  20/-  per  100 
TO  SEEDSMEN  .  .  . 
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DO  NOT  OMIT 
“BITTER  OIL” 
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THE  GARDEN  MANUAL  :  for  the  Cultivation 
and  Operations  required  for  the  Kitchen  Garden, 
Fruit  Garden,  Flower  Garden,  and  Florists’  Flowers. 
Hlustrated  with  Engravings  and  Plans.  By  the  Editors 
and  Contributors  of  the  Journal  of  Horticulture.  Revised 
Edition  now  ready.  Fcap.  8vo,  cloth,  price  1/6 ;  post 
free,  1/9.  ***  44,000  of  previous  editions  already  sold.— 
omce :  12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers.  Fleet  street.  k.C. 
PURE  WOOD  CHARCOAL,  Specially  Prepared 
for  Horticultural  use.  Extract  from  the  Journal  of 
Hor  ticultui  e  :  “  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. 
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j0tti[ffitl  of  Horticulture. 
THURSDAY,  DECEMBER  25,  1902. 
The  Craze  Against  Size. 
is  well  known  that  there  was 
at  one  time,  in  all  departments 
of  horticulture,  fruit,  flowers, 
and  vegetables,  a  craze  for 
size,  especially  for  specimens 
intended  for  exhibition,  and  among 
vegetables  I  think  this  craze  is  not 
as  much  subdued  as  it  should  be.  In 
flowers  I  do  not  think  matters  were 
ever  as  bad  as  people  tried  to  make  out ;  the 
National  Rose  Society  never  gave  way  to  it, 
never  commended  Paul  Neyron,  and  is  at  the 
present  time,  if  anything,  rather  incline^  to 
undervalue  size.  As  to  Chrvsanthemui^,  I 
will  say  nothing ;  personally,  I  do  not  like  the 
show  varieties,  but  have  not  sufficient  know¬ 
ledge  of  them  to  make  any  criticism.  In  some 
fruits  the  craze  for  size  may  have  led  to  a 
neglect  of  other  good  qualities,  and  in  many 
vegetables,  as  I  have  said,  size,  smoothness, 
and  appearance  seem  still  to  me  to  be  too  much 
thought  of. 
It  is,  of  course,  a  very  great  mistake  to  think 
that  because  a  thing  is  big,  therefore  it  is  good. 
I  remember,  some  years  ago,  at  the  cottagers’ 
show  in  the  next  parish,  someone  offered  a 
prize  for  “the  biggest  Potato  in  the  show,’’ 
which  I  promptly  met  by  offering  a  special 
prize  at  the  show  in  my  parish  for  “the  best 
Potato.”  The  tuber  thus  singled  out  was 
naturally  taken  as  a  pattern,  and  quality 
improved  immensely  in  the  next  few  years. 
There  were,  of  course,  a  great  mauy  others, 
all  over  the  kingdom,  teaching  in  a  practical 
way  the  correct  doctrine  of  quality  rather  than 
size,  even  in  show  competition,  and  their  views 
gradually  prevailed.  Unfortunately,  there  is  a 
state  of 
things  known 
as 
the 
of  the 
Pendulum,”  which  generally  occurs  in  all  cases 
of  revulsion  of  feeling  from  preconceived 
opinions.  The  Pendulum,  having  reached  its 
highest  or  extreme  on  one  side,  falls  back,  and 
READERS  an  requested  to  send  notices  of  Gardening 
Appointments  or  Notes  of  Horticub  ural  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 
address. 
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