February  ]1,  1904, 
JOURNAT^  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
HI 
Of  FinestSelectedStrains 
AND.  Tested  ‘Growth 
FOR  THE 
VEGETABLE  GARDEN. 
Uarr’s  First  Early  Dwarf  Marrowfat  Pea,  s.  d, 
“The  Herald”  ..  per  qt.  2  6 
Rarr's  Eai  ly  Dwarf  Cabbage,  •' Little  Queen  ” 
per  pz.  1  6 
Darr’s  “Lightning”  Runner  Bean  ..  per  pi.  2  0 
Barr’s  Exhibition  Cucumber,  “Pride  of  the 
Market"  .  ..  ..  perpkl.  1  6 
Barr's  Fine  Cabbage  Lettuce,  “Green  Fa¬ 
vourite"  . per  I  kt,  1  0 
Barr’s  “Early  Ruby”  Tomato  ..  ..  perpkt.  1  0 
D.iri’s  First  Early  Olive  -  shaped  Radish, 
“Jewel”  . perpkt.  1  0 
Barr’s  Dwarf  Thick-leaved  Summer  Spinach 
per  oz.  4(1.,  ptr  pkt.  1  9 
Barr's  “Long  Keeper”  Onion  ..  per  oz.  1  fi 
Barr's  Selected  Miniature  Cos  Lettuce,  per  pkt.  1  0 
Bari’s  Earliest  Dwarf  Cauliflower,  “Best  of 
All "  .  per  pkt.  1  6 
Barr's  Model  Ca;  rot,  ‘  New  Intermediate,”  oz.  1  0 
For  full  descriptions  see  Barr's  Seed  (luide  ( free). 
BARR'S  SEED  GUIDE  FOR  1904  contains  a  select  li.st  of 
ihe  best  Vegetables  and  the  most  beautiful  Flowers  for 
Garden  and  Greenhouse.  It  is  full  of  Practical  Hints 
invaluable  to  (fardeiier.s.  Amateurs,  and  Exhibitors. 
Sent  Free  on  Application. 
BARR  &  SONS, 
11, 12,  &  13,  KiDg  Street,  Covent  Garden,  London 
NUR.SER1E.S:  DiTTO.N  lIlLL,  St'RBlTON,  SlRREY. 
DOBBIE’S 
SCOTCH  GROWN  ROSES. 
Hybrid  Perpetuals,  7  /  1  ;  Ilybri  I  Teas,  12;'-;  Tea  Scented, 
15/-  :  Climkcr  ',  9/  to  12  -  ;  Boiubon,  Mosse.^,  and  Penzance 
Biiars,  O  '-  per  dozen.  Our  Selection,  Carfingo  Paid. 
DOBBIE  &  CD.,  Rothesay,  Scotland. 
Hew  Chbisihthemiims. 
See  Special  Novelty  List— now  ready, 
A’so  get  eral  Catalogue,  1  otb  post  free  on  application. 
Tlionsa'(ils  of  strong  healthy  plants,  specially 
prepared  for  Exhibition,  in  all  the  leading  varieties, 
from  4s.  per  dozen,  ready  in  February, 
HORMAN  DAYIS, 
Chrysanthemum  Nurseries, 
FRAMFIELD,  UCKFIELD,  SUSSEX. 
TAPANESE  LILIES.— AURATUM,  12,  3/0; 
f)  l  irge  IZ,  f>/G:  LONGIFLORU  il.  It.  2/0;  large.  IZ, 
:s  0;  ALBUM  or  RUBitUM,  12,  6/  ;  'I'ltiMll,  IZ,  5/-; 
BEGONIAS,  Gold  Mo  al  Strain,  25,  4/-  ;  100,  15/-  ;  Double, 
•J.5,  0/- ;  loo,  20/- ;  GLADIOLL'.S  Gandavensis  (large),  25,  3/-; 
I'K),  10/-;  Scarlet,  '25,  2/6;  1  0.  8/-.  Carriage  Paid.  —  . 
fKRKV,  5,  Brickliill  J.ane,  Upper  Thame.s  Street,  Loudon. 
PURE  WOOD  CHARCOAL,  Specially  Prepared 
for  Horticultural  use.  Extract  from  the  Journal  of 
Horticulture  :  “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 
fiaving  Charcoal  applied  to  the  soil  in  which  it  is  rooted." 
Apply  for  Pamphlet  aei  prices  to  the  Manufacturers — 
HIR.ST.  BROOKE  &  HIRST,  Ltd.,  Leeds.  . 
No.  1233.  -VoT..  XLVIII ,  Third  Seiiiks. 
rCUBRMS 
POT-GROWN 
CLIMBING  ROSES. 
WE  offer  the  following  well-known  and 
useful  varieties  in  strong,  healthy, 
well-grown,  thoroughly  ripened  and  matured 
plants,  in  Tin.  pots,  averaging  four  growths, 
8  to  12ft.  in  length.  With  ordinary  care 
they  will  produce  quantities  of  bloom. 
2)6  and  3  6  each ;  30/-  and  36  -  per  doz. 
Aimee  'Vibert,  Belle  Lyonnaise,  Bouquet  d'Or, 
Cheshunt  Hybrid,  Celine  Forestier,  Climbing 
Kaiserin  Augusta  'Victoria,  Climbing  Sou¬ 
venir  delaMalmaison,  Climbing Devoniensis, 
Crimson  Rambler,  Climbing  Perle  des  Jardins, 
Climbing  Mrs.  W.  J.  Grant,  Climbing  Ni- 
phetos,  Gloire  de  Dijon,  Gipsy,  Marechal 
Niel,  Fortune’s  Yellow.  L’Ideal,  'Wm.  A. 
Richardson,  Reine  Marie  Henriette,  Reve 
d’Or,  Madame  Isaac  Pereire,  Queen  Alexan¬ 
dra,  'White  Banksian,  Yellow  Eanksian, 
Dorothy  Perkins  (of  this  gloriously  beautiful 
shell-pink  rambler  we  hold  a  grand  stock  of  similar 
size  to  the  foregoing),  price  3/6,  5/-,  and  7/6  e.ich. 
POT-GROWN 
BusH-TtiiNED  ROSES 
OUR  stock  of  Bush-Trained  Pot  Roses  is 
without  equal.  The  plants  are  in  Tin. 
Pots,  possessed  of  strong,  healthy,  well- 
matured  growth,  trained  round  four  stakes. 
They  may  ba  relied  upon  to  furnish  a 
plentiful  supply  of  bloom.  We  offer  in  the 
following  varieties : — 
2  6  and  3  6  each  ;  30/-  and  36/-  per  doz. 
Adam,  Alexandra,  Anna  Ollivier,  Boadicea, 
3.6  ;  Bessie  Browne,  Catherine  Mermet,  Elise 
Fugier,  Francisca  Kruger,  Grace  Darling, 
Hon.  Edith  GifiTord,  Francois  Dubreuil,  In- 
nocente  Pirola,  Isabella  Sprunt,  JeauDucher, 
Liberty,  Lady  Battersea,  3  6;  Lady  Moyra 
Beauclerc,  Lady  Roberts,  5/-  ;  Madame 
Charles,  Madame  Chedane  Guinoisseau, 
Madame  de  Watteville,  Madame  Cusin, 
Madame  Hoste,  Madame  Hippolyte  Jamaine, 
Madame  Pierre  Cochet,  Mario  Van  Houtte, 
Medea,  Miss  Ethel  Brownlow.  Mrs.  Bosan- 
quet,  Mrs.  Pierpoint  Morgan,  Niphetos,  Papa 
Gontier,  Perle  de  Lyon,  Princess  cf  Wales, 
Rubens,  Souvenir  de  Paul  Neron,  touvenir 
de  S.  A.  Prince,  Souvenir  d  un  Ami,  Souvenir 
de  la  Malmaisoii,  'Ihe  Bride,  Waban,  Vis¬ 
countess  Folkestone,  White  Maman  Cochet. 
For  Complete  List  of  all  Varip;ties  of 
RoiEs,  see  our 
TREE  AND  SHRUB  LBS7, 
GRATIS  AND  POST  FREE, 
GRAPE  VINES. 
TTT'e  offer  strong,  healthy,  short-jointed, 
VV  well-ripened  Fruiting  Canes  of  the 
following  varieties,  at 
10  6  and  12  6  each. 
Alnwick  Castle,  Appley  Towers,  Black  Ham¬ 
burgh,  Black  Alicante,  Bowood  Muscat, 
Buckland  Sweetwater,  Foster’s  Seedling, 
Gros  Colman,  Gros  Maroc,  Lady  Downe’s 
Seedling,  Lady  Hutt,  Madresfleld  Court,  Mill 
Hill  Hamburgh,  Mrs.  Pince,  Muscat  Ham¬ 
burgh,  Muscat  of  Alexandria,  Mrs.  Pearson, 
Trentham  Black. 
OUTDOOR  VARIETIES,  7s.  Gd.  each. 
GAMAI  NOIR.  REINE  OLGA. 
FIGS  in  Choice  Variety, 
2  6  to  10  6  each. 
WRITE  FOR  OVR  LIST  OF  FRUITS. 
ALTRINCHAM  &  MANCHESTER 
Jfjiqiral  4 
TtlURSDAV,  FEBRUARY  1’,  1904. 
Plum  Culture. 
fc^AST  experience  has  shown  that 
tlie  consumption  of  Plum.s 
increases  quite  as  rapidly  as 
the  supply,  xirovided  the  latter 
is  jirofierly  distributed.  Next 
to  the  Axijpts  3^i4d,  Pear,  the  Plum  is 
probably  our  most  valuable  British 
fruit.  In  common  with  other  orchard 
crops,  the  requirements  of  the  Plum 
tree,  as  regards  jilant  food,  are  chiefly  nitrogen, 
phos^flioric  acid,  and  potash,  and  these  essential 
elements  must  be  jireseut  in  the  soil,  not  only 
in  fair  quantities,  but  in  more  or  less  readily 
available  forms,  if  vigorous  growth  and  an 
abundance  of  fruit  is  to  be  expected.  lu 
addition,  lime  is  frequently  of  great  value, 
since  all  stone  fruits  make  a  cousiderable 
demand  uxiou  the  available  lime  of  the  soil, 
and  this,  owing  to  natural  causes  or  exhaustive 
cropping,  may  be  reduced  to  mere  traces. 
lu  regard  to  soil  requirements.  Plum  trees 
will  succeed  well  on  a  great  many  kinds,  but 
snmp!  arnnns  n.nnfia  r  f,f)  succeed  better  OU  certain 
soils  than  on  others,  the  best  soil  depending 
somewhat  on  the  climate  in  wliicb  the  Plums 
are  grown.  In  most  districts  where  Plums 
succeed  best,  well-drained  clay  loams  have 
giveu  the  most  satisfactory  results.  Unless  the 
soil  is  well  drained,  success  iu  Plum  culture 
need  not  be  ex^iected  ;  aud  the  more  severe  tlio 
climate  iu  which  the  Plums  are  grown,  the 
warmer  the  soil  should  be.  Further,  the 
texture  or  jihysical  couditiou  of  the  soil  is 
nearly  always  more  imiiortaut  than  its  mere 
richness  iu  plant  food.  That  is,  the  i^ro- 
ductiveuess  of  land  for  Plums  is  not  determined 
wholly,  or  perhaps  not  even  chiefly,  by  the 
amount  of  fertilising  elements  which  it  con¬ 
tains,  because  jdant  food  is  of  little  value 
uuless  the  tree  can  use  it,  aud  that  quickly. 
The  soil  is  a  vast  store-house  of  jilaut  food, 
aud  the  first  efforts  of  the  fruit  grower  should 
READER.S  are  requested  to  send  notices  of  Gardening 
Appointments  or  Notes  of  Horticultural  Interest, 
intimations  of  Meeting.s,  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  aud  to  no  other 
address. 
