^larcli  3,  1904. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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WARES 
FLOWER  SEED  NOVELTIES  AND 
SPECIALITIES  FOR  1904. 
Barr's  Grand  “Ditton  Hill”  Strain  of  Dei- 
phinlums  . 1  8  &  2  6 
Barr's  Shirley  Poppy,  Extra  Selected  Strain  l  - 
Barr’s  Grand  Prize  Strain  of  Feathered 
Celosia,  ‘•Magnlflca” .  2  6 
Barrs  Grand  i\ew  East  Lothian  Stock, 
“Snowdrift”  . 16&26 
Barr’s  Beautiful  Star  Primula, “Rose  Brilliant”  16  &  2  6 
-  6  &  r- 
-  6  &  II- 
1  -  &  1  6 
ALPINE  OR  ROCK  PLANTS 
(GOLD  MEDAL). 
HERBACEOUS  BORDER  PLANTS. 
Immense  Collections,  embracing  all  the 
mo.st  recent  Novelties  and  Introdnctioas 
of  approved  merit. 
New  Water  Lilies. 
BOG  PLANTS.  BAMBOOS.  I  xif  gar%Itui[C. 
Begenias  Dahlias 
THURSDAY,  MARCH  3,  1901. 
(GOLD  MEDALt. 
(GOLD  MEDAL). 
1  6 
1 
1,6  A-  2  6 
Barr's  Giant  Fancy  Strain  of  Pansies 
Barr's  Giant  Mignonette,  Covent  Carden 
Favourite  ” . 
Barr's  White  Tree  Lupin,  “Snow  Queen’’  .. 
Barr’s  New  Hybrid  Everlasting  Peas 
Barr’s  “Ditton  Hill”  Strain  of  Single  Holly¬ 
hocks  . 
Barr’s  Grand  Prize  Strain  of  Double  Holly¬ 
hocks  . 
Barr’s  Long -Spurred  Columbines,  fpeciallv 
saved  at  “Ditton  Hill”  from  mostly  long'- 
spurred  varieties . 
Barr’s  Single  China  Aster  sinensis,  the  true 
original  type  from  China 
BARR’S  SEED  GUIDE  FOR  1904 
contains  a  List  of  the  best  V egetables  and  I  he  most  beautiful 
Flowers  for  Garden  and  Greenhouse.  It  is  full  of  Practical 
Hints,  invalnable  to  Gardeners,  Amateurs,  and  Exhibitor’. 
SENT  FREE  ON  APPLICATION. 
BARR  &  SONS, 
ii,  12,  &  13,  King  Street,  Covent  Garden,  London 
SEAKALE. 
Extra-extra  strong  for  forcing  ..  21/-  per  100 
Extra  strong  for  forcing  . .  14/-  to  18/-  per  100 
Strong  planting  ..  ..  7/6  to  10/G  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  . .  15  -  to  21/-  per  100 
DICKSONS  Nurseries,  CHESTER 
CLEMATIS  and  other  Climbers. 
ROSES  in  Pots. 
All  .Strong  Plant.s,  'True  to  Xame. 
NEW  CATALOGUE  FREE  BY  POST, 
rail  or  Write  for  it 
London  Show  Rooms— 
26,  YORK  ROAD, 
Nr.  Waterloo  Station. 
Nurseries— 
FELTHAM. 
MIDLL3iEX. 
Thomas  s.  ware 
(1902),  Ltd. 
BLACKMORE  &  LANGDON’S  BEGONIAS. 
Awarded  6  Gold  Medals,  1903.  List  Free.  Seed, 
double,  2/6  and  5/-  per  packet;  single,  I/-,  2/6  and  5,-.— 
Twerton  Hill  Nursery,  Bath. 
T  AXTONS’  NOVELTIES  IN  VEGETABLE 
-I — i  AND  FLOWER  SEEDS.  —  New  fully  Illustrated 
Catalogue  Gratis. 
^  L.4XION  BROTHERS,  BEDFORD. 
Begonias  a  speciality. — Large,  erect- 
flowering  Singles,  12  for  2/3  ;  mo,  12/-.  Doubles  same 
juice  for  cash.  List  free.  — J.  WELLS,  Begonia  Nuiasry, 
Ryarsb,  Mailing,  Kent. 
Asparagus  plants.  Palmetto  and 
Connover’s  Colossal  ;  two  years  old,  well  rooted, 
2/6  per  100.  What  offers  for  large  quantities? 
'THOMAS  WOODCOCK,  Moss  End  Farm,  Ormskirk. 
Heating  apparatus  for  Greenhouses  and 
other  Buildings.  Catalogue  free  of  all  kinds  of  Hot 
water  Pipes,  Wrought  and  Cast  Iron  Boilers,  Radiators, 
Cisterns,  Pumps,  Baths,  &c.  — JONES  &  A'TTWOOD, 
Stourbridge. 
OAK  SHRUB-TUBS  and  WATER-BUTTS; 
IRON  TANKS  and  PUMP.S.— Half-tubs  from  1/ 
each;  244  gal.  Vats,  20/-  each;  378  gal.,  26/-.— DAVID 
ROBERTS  &  SON,  Cooperage,  Tottenham,  London. 
Purchase  Roses  from  a  Cold  Climate. 
COCKER’S/C^r 
FAMOUS 
Scotch  Grown 
AND 
Herbaceous 
Plants 
s> 
They 
thrive 
where 
others  fail. 
60  Gold 
Medals  Awarded. 
CATALOGUES  FREE. 
JAMES  COCKER  &  SONS, 
l^OTICE. — Don’t  Stake  joiir  Carnations  till 
you  have  seen  the  PATENT  IMPROVED  COIL 
STAKE.  No  tying  required;  st.akes  last  a  lifetime.  The 
greatest  boon  ever  offered  to  growers.  Only  wants  seeing. 
7/6  per  100;  simple  dozen,  1/-.  Carriage  Paid.  Cash  with 
order.— A.  POR’TER,  Stone  House,  Maidstone. 
Garden  nettings,  shadings, 
Tiffany,  Scrims.— RIGBV,  WAINWRIGIIT  &  CO., 
Manufacturers,  Neptune  Works,  Manchester.  Samples  on 
application. 
BENTLEY’S  VINE  BORDER  COMPOUND. 
For  making  new  and  renovating  old  borders.  Used 
by  most  leading  growers,  and  pronounced  unequalled. 
JOSEPH  BENTLEY,  Ltd.,  Chemical  Works,  Barrow-on- 
Humber. 
TUINE  CULTURE  UNDER  GLASS.— 
V  By  J.  R.  Pearsox.  Piice  1 -,  post  free,  1/1. 
Offici ;  12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street,  E.C. 
PURE  WOOD  CHARCOAL,  Specially  Prepared 
for- Horticultural  use.  Extract  from  the  Journal  of 
Horticulture:  “Charcoal  is  invaluable  as  a  manurial  agent ; 
sdch  little  piece  is  a  pantry  full  of  the  good  things  of  this  i 
life.  There  is  no  cultivated  plant  which  is  not  benefited  by 
having  Charcoal  applied  to  the  soil  in  which  it  is  rooted.'  ! 
4.pply  for  Pamphlet  and  prices  to  the  Manufacturers —  i 
HIRST,  BROOKE  &  HIRST,  Ltd.,  Leeds.  I 
Shows  and  Showing. 
tlie  yearly  increase  of  horti¬ 
cultural  societies  and  exhibitions 
there  is  likely  to  be  an  upward 
vrv  movement  in  the  tone  of  the 
exhibitions  held  by  them. 
Shows  and  showing  have  been  the 
means  of  developing  a  knowledge 
of,  and  love  for,  plants,  and  fruits,  and 
flowers  such  as  none  of  us  can  correctly 
[  estimate ;  and  we  have  very  prominent  evidence 
I  of  the  truth  of  the  statement  in  the  present 
I  success  of  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society. 
The  fortnightly  exhibitions  have  been  the  great 
mainstay  of  that  body,  as  they  have  of  some 
j  kindred  societies  ;  but  on  the  other  band  the 
shows  have  been  disastrous  to  the  exchequer 
of  other  societies,  uotably  the  Royal  Horti- 
_  cultural  of  Ireland.  Imitation  of  the  methods 
j  employed  by  flourishing  bodies  does  not  always 
succeed.  Possibly  if  all  the  features  of  the 
'  unsuccessful  cases  were  impartially  investi- 
j  gated,  good  and  satisfactory  reasons  for  their 
unprosperous  condition  ^could  be  adduced. 
They  may  attempt  too  much  in  some  cases ; 
or  there  may  be  local  competition  in  place  of 
I  co-operation  ;  or  the  body  of  management  may 
not  be  suflBcieutly  tactful  or  of  notable  organ¬ 
ising  ability— all  of  which  things  detract.  More¬ 
over,  often  the  best  laid  schemes  do  not  always 
terminate  as  they  were  intended  to,  and  bad 
meteorological  conditions  for  one  or  two  days 
may  ruin  the  patient  work  of  mouths.  These 
cases  'VN’liere  this  occurs  are  especially  to  be 
regretted. 
But  shows  and  showing,  as  we  have  said, 
have  been  huge  factors  in  making  horticulture 
known  and  loved.  From  the  early  days  when 
the  Norwich  weavers  nursed  their  Tudps  to 
the  present  time,  when  a  dozen  flowers  claim 
a  society  each  to  their  credit,  the  work  has 
been  progressing.  In  an  admirable  paper  on 
this  subject  before  the  Scottish  Horticultural 
EEADERS  are  requested  to  send  notices  of  Gardening 
Appointments  or  Notes  of  Horticultural  Interest, 
intimations  of  Meetings,  Queries,  and  all  Articles  for 
I’ablication,  officially  to  “  THS  EDITOR,’’  at 
12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street, 
London,  E.C.,  aud  to  no  other  person  and  to  no  other 
address. 
No.  1236.— VoL.  XLVIII.,  Third  Series, 
