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FLOWER  SEED  NOVELTIES  AND 
SPECIALITIES  FOR  1904. 
Barr  s  Grand  “Ditton  Hill”  Strain  of  Del- 
phinlums  . i;6  &  2/6 
Barrs  Shirley  Poppy,  Extra  Selected  Strain  1,- 
Barr's  Grand  Prize  Strain  of  Feathered 
Celosia,  ••Magniflca” .  2  6 
Barrs  Grand  i\ew  East  Lothian  Stock, 
“Snowdrift”  16&26 
Barr’s  Beautiful  Star  Primula,"  Rose  Brilliant”  1/6  &  2  6 
Barr's  Giant  Fancy  Strain  of  Pansies  . .  l,- 
Barr’s  Giant  Mignonette,  “  Covent  Carden 
Favourite” . -16  &  ij- 
Barr’s  White  Tree  Lupin,  “Snow  Queen”  ..  -/6  &  1/- 
Barr’s  Now  Hybrid  Everlasting  Peas  ..  l/-  &  1  6 
Barr's  ‘  Ditton  Hill”  Strain  of  Single  Holly¬ 
hocks  .  16 
Barr’s  Grand  Prize  Strain  of  Double  Holly-  I 
„  hocks .  . 1/6  &  2/6 
Barrs  Long -Spurred  Columbines,  s-pecially 
^aved  at  “Ditton  Hill”  from  mostly  long-  I 
spurred  varieties .  2  6 
Barr's  Single  China  Aster  sinensis,  the  true 
original  type  from  China  . 
_  -/6  &  1/- 
BARR^S  SEED  GUIDE  FOR  190^ 
containsa  List  of  the  best  Vegetables  and  theinost  beautiful 
Fl.iwers  for  Garden  and  Greenhouse.  It  is  full  of  Practical 
Hints,  invaluable  to  Gardener.-i,  Amateiir.s.  and  Exhibitor". 
SENT  FREE  ON  APPLICATION, 
BARR  &  SONS, 
11, 12,  &  13,  King  Street,  Coyeat  Garten,  London 
Set  it  O  O  tested,  GUARANTEED,  and 
"  t  O  •  CARRIAGE  PAID, 
SEND  FOR  OUR  CATALOGUE. 
It  contains  a  full  list  of  Novelties  and  Specialties  for  1901, 
Post  Free. 
ALEXANDER  &  BROWN,  PERTH,  N.B 
WARES 
Finest  Stocks.  Tested  Growth. 
Collections  for  Small  or  Large  Garden.^,  2  6  to  105/- 
yarticul'irs  upon  Application, 
ALL  SEED.S  SSNT  GARllIAGE  PAID. 
WARE’S  FAMOUS  GOLD  MEDAL 
BEGONIAS. 
SINGLE.S  ..  from  2/6  per  drz.,  18/- pir  IC'O. 
DOUBLE.S  ..  ,,  3/6  ,,  25/- 
WARE’S  BEGONIA  SEED 
CHOICEST  MIXED. 
Saved  from  our  Exhibition  Collection  from  Pot- 
grown  Plants. 
Single,  1/-  &  2/6  per  pkt.  Donble,  2/6  &  51-  per  pkt. 
NEU'  CATALOGUES  FREE  BV  POST. 
Call  or  Write  for  it. 
London  Show  Rooms — 
23,  YORK  ROAD, 
Nr.  Waterloo  Station. 
Nurseries — 
FELTHAM, 
MIDDLESEX. 
THOMAS  S.  WARE 
(1902),  Ltd. 
/•tUBRMIS^ 
CHOICE  ROSES. 
NOW  IS  THE  TIME  TO  PLANT 
TEA  AND  HYBRID  TEA  ROSES.  The 
undernoted  choice  sorts  of  these  and  miscellaneous 
Ro.ses,  in  good  plants,  grown  on  high  exposed  land 
in  this  northern  district  (10  miles  from  Manchester) 
may  be  expected  to  do  well  in  any  Rose  garden. 
Being  so  hardily-grown  tliey  will  succeed  if  planted 
in  cjlder  districts,  whilst  if  the  climate  is  more 
favourable  they  quickly  respond  to  the  improved 
conditions  and  do  well. 
TEAS  AND  HYBRID  TEAS,  choice  varieties, 
strong  open  ground  plants  at  12/-  per  doz. 
Anna  Olivier,  Beaute  Inconstante,  Dr. 
Grill,  Ernest  Metz,  Etoile  de  Lyon,  Fran- 
cisca  Kruger,  Homer,  Hon.  E.  Gifford, 
Innocente  Pirola,  Madame  C.  Guinoisseau, 
Madame  de  'Watteville,  Madame  Falcot, 
Madame  Hoste,  Madame  Lambard,  Marie 
d’Orleans,  Souvenir  de  S.  A.  Prince,  Sou¬ 
venir  d’un  Ami,  Bardou  Job,  Grace  Dar¬ 
ling,  Irish  Glory,  Rubens. 
SWEET  BRIARS.— Lord  Penzance,  Lady  Pen¬ 
zance,  9/-  doz. 
OLD  BLUSH  CHINA,  for  edging  beds,  <tc  ,  5/-  doz- 
CLIMBING  ROSES,  12/- per  doz. 
Cheshunt  Hybrid,  Climbing  Cramoisie 
superieure,  Gloire  de  Dijon,  Madame 
Berard,  Pink  Roamer,  Princess  May. 
Progress.  Reine  Marie  Henriette,  Wm.  A. 
Richardson,  Waltham  Climber  Nos.  1  and 
3,  Paul's  Carmine  Pillar. 
FOR  BANKS  AND  UNSIGHTLY  PLACES, 
at  6/-  per  doz. 
Helene,  Queen  of  the  Belgians,  Splen- 
dens.  The  Garland. 
CHOICE  NEW  AND  RARE  ROSES  IN  POTS, 
2/6  each. 
Alice  Lindsell,  Ards  Pillar,  Lady  Batter¬ 
sea,  John  Ruskin,  Duchess  of  Portland, 
Mamie,  Madame  Levavasseur  (the  new 
dwarf  growing  form  of  Crimson  Rambler), 
Blush  Rambler,  3/6.  The  following  at  1/6. 
each  —  Queen  Alexandra,  Climbing  Mrs. 
W.  J.  Grant,  Lady  Clanmorris,  Exquisite. 
Gladys  Harkness,  Irish  Beauty.  The 
lovely  China  Alexiua  at  1/-  each. 
VERY  DISTINCT  ROSES  IN  POTS  at  2/- each. 
H.P.  Frau  Karl  Druschki,  the  grand  snow- 
white  perpetual  Dorothy  Perkins,  makes  growths 
10  to  l'2ft.  long,  lovely  shell-pink  flowers,  one  of 
the  finest  Roses  for  garden  adornment  or  for  cut¬ 
ting  introduced  of  late  years.  Souv .  de  Pierre 
Netting  (Gold  Medal,  N.K.S.,  1902),  a  cross 
between  Mareehal  Niel  and  Mamam  Cochet, 
apricot  yellow  shaded  orange. 
All  our  pot  Roses  are  in  unheated  houses  and  may 
be  planted  in  the  open  with  perfect  safety. 
Catalogues  Gratis  and  Post  Free. 
ALTRINCHAM  &  MANCHESTER 
THURSDAY,  FEBRUARY  2j,  1904, 
Spring  Frosts. 
The  Choicest  Flower  Seeds. 
Catalogue  Free  on  Application, 
JOHN  PEED  &  SON, 
WEST  NORWOOD,  S.E. 
S  harvest  is  the  most  anxious 
time  witli  the  farmer,  so  spring 
is  the  most  critical  time  with 
the  fruit-grower's  prospects. 
Indeed,  the  risk,  if  a  man’s 
livelihood  depends  upon  it,  is  much 
greater.;  for  whereas  it  takes  a 
week  or  two  of  ordinarily  bad  weather 
to  spoil  a  harvest,  a  single  frosty  night 
may  spoil  the  fruit  season.  But  though  we 
are  only  dealing  here  with  amateurs  and  the 
wall  and  dwarf  trees  they  grow,  the  dis¬ 
appointment  is  none  the  less  when  the  prospects 
of  the  whole  coming  summer,  in  the  way  of 
the  choicest  fruits,  are  spoiled  by  one  night’s 
frost.  With  trees  on  a.  wall,  as  well  as  with 
dwarf  trees  in  the  open,  there  is  no  reason 
why  a  fair  crop  of  fruit  should  not  be  obtained 
nearly  every  year,  say  four  years  out  of  five, 
if  two  conditions  are  fulfilled— the  proper 
feeding  of  the  tree  and  protection  from  frost. 
It  is  the  latter  only  that  we  are  concerned  with 
here. 
If  one  has  some  experience  in  foretelling 
frost,  and  also  is  prepared  to  take  some  risk, 
the  trees  need  not  as  a  rule  be  covered  up  or 
protected  in  any  way  more  than  a  half  dozen 
nights  in  a  spring,  except  with  those  very 
early-flowering  trees — Apricots,  Peaches,  and 
Nectarines.  A  thermometer  in  a  garden  is  an 
absolute  necessity  for  anyone  who  intends 
protecting  his  trees.  One  may  be  hot  with 
walking  or  working,  and  have  no  idea  that  the 
temperature  of  the  air  is  rapidly  falling,  with 
the  result  that  the  trees  may  be  left  uncovered 
ou  a  critical  night ;  or  one  may  be  chilled  from 
standing  about,  or  have  a  cold  oneself,  and 
may  go  to  the  trouble  of  protecting  the  trees 
when  there  is  no  need  for  it.  Then  tho  ther¬ 
mometer  puts  the  matter  beyond  doubt.  It 
should  register  the  minimum  temperature 
during  the  night;  for  only  by  noting  the  lowest 
Readers  are  requested  to  send  notices  of  Gardening 
Appointments  or  Notes  of  Horticultural  Interest, 
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Publication,  officially  to  “  THE]  BDITOR,**  at 
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No.  1235.— VoT,.  XLVIII ,  Third  Sekie.v 
