February  4,  1904. 
JOURNAI,  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
89 
All  Seeds  sent  Carriage  Paid  an  receipt  of  remittance. 
NOW  READY. 
BARRS  SEED  GUIDE 
Fox*  1.904, 
Contains  a  select  List  of  the  best  Seeds  for  securing  a  supply 
of  Vegetables  ‘  the  year  round,”  and  a  full  Descriptive  List 
of  the  most  beautiful  Annuals  and  Perennials  for  keeping 
the  flower  garden  always  gay  ;  also  many  practical  hints  on 
cultivation,  valuable  to  gardeners,  amateurs  and  exhibitors. 
BARR’S  COIiLBCTIONS  OF 
Superior  Vegetable  Seeds, 
6  6,  7  6,  12,6,  21/-,  42/-,  63/-  to  105/-. 
Full  particulars  on  application. 
BARR’S  COLLECTIONS  OF 
CHOICE  FLOWER  SEEOS, 
FOR  ALL  PURPOSES. 
2  6,  6,6,  7/6,  10/6,  15/  ,  21/-,  30/  ,  42/  ,  &  63/  . 
Full  particulars  on  application, 
BARR  &  SONS, 
11, 12,  k  13,  King  Street,  Covent  Carden,  London 
Nurseries  :  Ditton  Hill,  Surbiton,  Surrey. 
Dicksons 
'  HARDILY  -  GROWN  \ 
FOREST,  FRUIT, 
AND  ALL  OTHER 
TREES& PLANTS 
EVERGREENS, 
ROSES,  &c. 
Stocks  quite  unequalled  for 
‘QUALITY,’  ‘VARIETY,’  &  ‘EXTENT.’ 
Priced  Catalogues  Post  Free. 
Nurseries  500  Acres.  j 
Chester 
ASPARAGUS  PLANTS,  Palmetto  and 
.XA-  Connover’s  Colossal  ;  two  years  old,  well  rooted, 
2/C  per  100.  What  offers  for  large  quantities? 
THOMAS  WOODCOCK,  Mots  End  Farm,  Ormskirk. 
TAPANESE  LILIES.— AURATUM,  12,  ;i/G  ; 
tf  large.  12,  6/6;  LONGIFLORU.M,  12,  2/6;  large,  12, 
3/6;  ALBUM  or  RUBRUM,  12,  6/-;  TIGER,  12,  5/-; 
BKGONIAS,  Gold  Me’al  Strain,  26,  4/- ;  100,  15/-  ;  Double, 
2.5,  6/- ;  loo,  20/- ;  GLADIOLUS  Gandavensis  (large),  25,  3/-; 
100,  10/- ;  Scarlet,  25,  2/6;  ICO,  8/-.  Carriage  Paid.— W. 
PERRY,  5,  Brickhill  Lane,  Upper  Thames  Street,  London. 
PURE  WOOD  CHARCOAL,  Specially  Prepared 
for  Horticultural  use.  Extract  from  the  Journal  of 
EorHeulture :  ‘  ‘Charcoal  is  invaluable  as  a  manurial  agent ; 
each  little  piece  is  a  pantry  full  of  the  good  things  of  this 
life.  There  is  nocultivated  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, 
No.  1232. ~V0L.  XLVIIL,  Third  Series. 
/'CUBRUS 
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,  Bello  Lyonnaise,  Bouquet  d’Or, 
Cheshunt  Hybrid,  Celine  Forestier,  Climbing 
Kaiserin  Anguata  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  Banksian, 
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  each. 
POT-GROWN 
Bush-Trained  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  be  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  Gifford,  Francois  Dubreuil,  In- 
nocente  Pirola,  Isabella  Sprunt,  Jean  Ducher, 
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,  Marie  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,  Souvenir 
de  S.  A.  Prince,  Souvenir  d’un  Ami,  Souvenir 
de  la  Malmaison,  The  Bride,  Waban,  Vis¬ 
countess  Folkestone,  White  Maman  Cochet. 
For  Complete  Llst  oe  all  Varieties  of 
Roses,  see  our 
J-fiEE  AND  SHRUB  LIST, 
GRATIS  AND  POST  FREE, 
GRAPE  VINES. 
"TT/re  offer  strong,  healthy,  short- jointed, 
V  V  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, 
Trqntham  Black. 
OUTDOOR  VARIETIES,  7s.  6d.  each. 
GAMAI  NOIR.  RHINE  OLGA. 
in  Choice  Variety, 
2/6  to  10,6  each. 
WRITE  FOR  OUR  LIST  OF  FRUITS. 
THURSDAY,  FEBRUARY  4.  1934. 
A  Plea  for  Small  Orchards. 
ALTRINCHAM  &  MANCHESTER 
I  ravelling  swiftly  through  the 
country,  it  is  impossible  for  the 
close  observer  to  avoid  noticing 
the  number  of  small  places  that 
'  appear  to  be  springing  up  in  all 
directions,  now  sparsely  dotted  over 
the  landscape  in  the  rural  districts 
or  standing  in  rather  near  proximity  to 
each  other  on  the  outskirts  of  crowded 
areas.  Compare  some  of  these  with  the  older 
homesteads  noticed  by  the  traveller,  and,  while 
allowing  for  their  comparative  newness,  one  is 
forced  to  the  conclusion  that  the  old  farm¬ 
steads,  for  picturesque  beauty  and  visual  suit¬ 
ability  to  their  natural  surroundings,  are  far 
ahead  of  their  spick-and-span  neighbours,  far 
ahead  of  what  they  can  ever  hope  to  be. 
The  old  farmhouses  may  not  contain  the  com¬ 
forts  of  these  new  and  commodious  residences, 
but  tlie  appearance  of  many  of  them  nestling 
in  their  grassy  orchards  is  far  more  restful  and 
pleasing  than  the  new  erections  with  their 
diminutive  fronts,  and  tenuis  courts,  with 
the  rectangular  lines  of  the  latter  striking 
across  one’s  vision  with  an  almost  unbearable 
aggressiveness.  A  few  Conifers  dotted  here 
and  there,  with  perhaps  a  straight  border  of 
an  indehuite  muddle  of  herbaceous  plants  and 
the  usual  glaring  beds  of  “  Geraniums,”  here  is 
the  too  frequent  setting  of  the  modern  dwell- 
ing~at  any  rate,  of  that  aspiring  to  be  some¬ 
thing  larger  than  a  villa,  and  yet  not  sufficiently 
pretentious  for  a  mansion.  What  fruit  planting 
is  done  is  usually  on  a  small  scale  in  the  kitchen 
garden,  where,  as  a  rule,  every  portion  of  avail¬ 
able  space  is  needed  to  obtain  a  sufficiency  of 
vegetables. 
It  is  no  part  of  our  mission  to  condemn  any 
i  branch  of  gardening,  rather  the  opposite  ;  all 
that  is  asked  is  that  greater  attention  may  be 
given  to  the  wisdom  contained  in  the  old  saw, 
‘‘  A  place  for  everything,  &c.”  The  times  call 
Readers  are  requested  to  send  notices  of  Gardanini 
Appointments  or  Notes  of  Horticultural  Interest, 
intimations  of  Meetings,  Queries,  and  all  Articles  for 
Publication,  officially  to  “  THB  HDITOR,”  at 
12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street, 
London,  H.C.,  and  to  uo  other  person  and  to  no  other 
I  address. 
