.lamirry  14,  ISC'*. 
JOURXAT.  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GABDEXER. 
23 
All  Seeds  sent  Carriac/e  Paid  on  receipt  of  remittance. 
NOW  READY. 
BARR  S  SEED  GUIDE 
Foz*  1904, 
Contains  a  select  List  of  the  best  Seeds  for  securinfi  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  COLLBCTIONS  OF 
Superior  Vegetable  Seeds, 
5  6,  7  6,  12  6,  21  42/-,  63/-  to  105/  . 
l’’ull  particulars  on  application. 
BARR’S  COLLECTIONS  OF 
CHOICE  FLOWER  SEEDS, 
FOR  ALL  PURPOSES. 
2  6,  5,  6,  7/6,  10  6,  15/  ,  21/-,  30/  ,  42/  ,  &  63/  . 
Full  particulars  on  application. 
BARR  &  SONS, 
11, 12,  (S 13,  King  Street,  Cotent  Garden,  London 
Nurseries  :  Ditton  Hill,  Surbiton,  Surrey. 
Best  Plants. 
Best  Varieties. 
Moderate  Price. 
KEYNES’  ROSES. 
Catalogues  Post  Free. 
KEYNES,  WILLIAMS  &  CO., 
Rose  Growers,  SALISBURY. 
THE  BEST  VEGETABLE  SEEDS 
REEDS’ 
THE  CHOICEST  FLOWER  SEEDS 
Catalogue  Free  on  Application. 
JOHN  PEED  &  SON, 
West  Norwood,  London,  S.E. 
PURE  WOOD  CHARCOAL,  SpeciallyPrepared 
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  thingsof  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. 
No.  1229.--VOL.  XLVIII.,  Third  Series. 
CLIBBIIIS^ 
GRAND  NEW  Incurved 
Chrysanthemum, 
“SOUV.  DE  WM.  CLIBRAN. ’’ 
First  Class  Certificate,  N.C.S. 
Dec.  2nd,  1903. 
The  high  estimation  in  which  we  held  this  variety 
when  introducing  it  last  season  has  been  more  than 
justified  by  the  many  expressions  of  satisfaction  that 
we  have  received  from  those  who  obtained  and  grew 
it.  The  great  size  and  superb  build  of  the  flower, 
together  with  the  fact  of  it  being  a  pure  white,  make 
it  an  ideal  and  indispensable  flower  lor  exhibition 
purposes.  It  is  a  seedling  from  “  Nellie  .S.  Threlfall  ” 
of  strong  a,nd  vigorous  habit,  and  possessed  of  bold 
handsome  foliage.  Without  doubt  it  is  the  fine.st 
white  incurved  variety  raised  to  date.  It  does  best 
if  grown  on  a  natural  second  crown. 
“The  Journal  of  Horticulture,” says— 
“  Souv.  de  Wm.  Clibran”  is  best  described  as 
a  giant  form  of  ‘Nellie  S.  Threlfall,’  having 
the  same  kind  of  floret  and  colour.” 
“A  good  white  incurved  variety,  of  fine  form 
and  petal.” 
“  The  Gardeners'  Chronicle”  says— 
“  ‘  Souv.  de  Wm.  Clibran  ’  is  a  deep  large  white 
flow,  r  of  good  form,  with  rather  pointed  florets.” 
Strong  Plants  in  Spring,  2s.  each. 
CLIBRANS 
NEW  SINGLE 
CHIIYSANTHEMUMS. 
OUR  List  of  the  above  for  1904,  together 
with  the  choicest  New  Varieties  of 
otlier  classes  from  all  sources,  will  he  ready 
early  in  January. 
Gratis  and  Post  Free  on  application. 
CLIBRANS 
GENERAL  LIST  of 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Extending  to  58  Pages,  and  containing  the 
finest  selection  of  varieties  in  every  section, 
fully  described  and  priced,  together  with 
index,  is  now  ready. 
Gratis  and  Post  Free  on  application. 
CLIBRANS 
SEEDS  for  1904. 
OUR  NEW  LIST  of  the  above  containing 
THE  CHOICEST  FLOWERS, 
THE  BEST  VEGETABLES, 
IMPLEMENTS,  SUNDRIES, 
&c.. 
together  with  a 
HANDSOME  PLATE, 
Is  Now  Ready.  Gratis  and  Post  Free. 
ALTRIHGHAM  &  MANCHESTER 
TUURSDAV,  .lANUARY  14,  1904. 
Old-time  Gardening.* 
^  HE  seventeenth  century  sa’w,  ere 
^  its  close,  three  styles  of  garden. 
>  Up  till  quite  the  middle  of  that 
,  period  it  would  appear  that  the 
.  type  of  garcleu  common  during 
the  reign  of  Elizabeth  continued  to 
flourish.  Theobald’s,  which  origin- 
belonged  to  Lord  Burleigh,  and 
which  is  described  by  Lyssons,  became 
the  property  of  James  I,  by  wdiom  it  appears 
'  to  have  been  considerably  altered,  all  the  walls 
,  having  been  by  him  covered  with  trelliswork, 
and  the  walks  bordered  with  espaliers  or  else 
arched  over.  Hatfield  continued  a  place  of 
much  importance  horticulturally. 
As  already  stated,  Tradescant  searched 
Europe  for  novelties  with  which  to  enrich  its 
gardens,  and  there  is  no  surprise  excited  that 
I  Evelyn,  in  1643,  referring  to  the  vineyards  and 
gardens,  should  extol  them  for  their  “  most 
!  considerable  rarity.”  Twenty  years  later, 
Pepys  was  delighted  with  its  Grapes  and  with 
its  Gooseberries  “as  big  as  nutmegs.”  On 
Evelyn’s  return  to  Loudon  from  Oxford  in 
1654,  via  Salisbury,  be  paid  a  visit  to  Wilton, 
“  the  garden  heretofore  esteemed  the  noblest 
in  England.” 
It  was  not  only  the  “  noblest,’’  but  also  a 
most  interesting  one,  as  being  an  example  of 
the  Continental  gardens  in  the  time  of  James  I., 
when  it  was  designed  by  a  German  named 
De  Caux.  It  was  an  oblong  walled  enclosure, 
in  length  as  2|  to  1  in  breadth,  in  extent 
about  5  acres,  and  containing  in  that  limited 
space  a  curious  diversity  of  design  and  vege¬ 
tation.  The  space  was  arranged  in  three 
divisions,  with  a  broad  central  walk  extending 
its  whole  length  of  1000ft.  The  first  division, 
which  lay  next  the  house,  was  composed  of  a 
series  of  oblong  beds,  those  nearest  the  walk 
on  each  side  being  embroidered;  that  is,' the 
Continued  from  page  575,  last  volume. 
r>EADERS  are  requested  to  send  notices  of  Owdening 
^  Appointments  or  Notes  of  llorticnltural  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  otner  persou  and  to  no  other 
address. 
