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Acacia  pubescens,  a  rare  and  heauti-  e.vch. 
ml  sj.eii  s  ;  tlowers  a  lovely  yellow, 
foliage  highly  ornamental  .. 
Calla  EHiottiana,  the  Ibvely  Golden 
Cilia;  foliage  heaulifiilly  siiotted 
whit  >:  strong  plants'to  bloom  ..  7/6  &  10/6 
Clematis  indivisa  and  lobata,  flowers 
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Coleus  thyrsoideus,  produces  a  mul¬ 
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Cupressus  funebris,  one  of  the  love¬ 
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Dracaena  Doucettii,  ore  ot  the  love¬ 
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Hidalgoa  Wercklei,  flowers  hrilliart 
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Kalanchoe  flaminea,  a  new  and  lovely 
plant  ;  flowers  produced  in  barge 
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Malmaison  Carnations,  grand  plants, 
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Anthurium  Fletcherianum,  a  gr.md 
variety, belonging  to  theAudreanum 
section;  snathe  a  rich  dark  glossy 
crimson,  Siiii.  across,  7iin.  long  ..  5  -  to  31/6 
Urceocharis  Clibrani,  a  wonderful  bi- 
generic  hybrid;  flowers  intermediate 
between  Eucharis  and  I  rceolina  ; 
bio  tins  jirofusely  ;  invaluable  for 
cutting  .  . .  3/6  to  10/0 
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JBCA.'WICKL,  SGOTX^.A.N’D. 
No.  l241.~VoL.  XLVIIL,  Third  Series. 
T  AXTON’S  NOVELTIES  IN  VEGETABLES 
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Catalogue  Gratis. 
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price  for  cash.  List  free.— J.  WELLS,  Begonia  Nursery, 
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ENTLEY’S  VINE  BOEDEE  COMPOUND. 
For  making  new  and  renovating  old  borders.  Used 
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JOSEPH  BENTLEY,  Ltd.,  Chemical  Works,  Barrow-on- 
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and  Operations  required  for  the  Kitchen  Garden, 
Fruit  Garden,  Flower  Garden,  and  Florists’  Flowers. 
Illustrated  with  Engravings  and  Plans.  By  the  Editors 
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T3UEE  AVOOD  CHAECOAL,  Specially  prepared 
i  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 
having  Charcoal  applied  to  the  soil  in  which  it  is  rooter. 
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E 
by 
Gardening  for  the  Youni 
5  T  the  present  time,  when  what 
‘  may  I>e  termed  a  great  w  ave  of 
horticultural  interest  isswcepiug 
ever  the  land,  it  is  gratifying  to 
note  that  all  sections  of  tl.e  com¬ 
munity  seem  to  be  in  real  earnest  in 
resrard  to  fostering  and  developiu  g  the 
gardening  instinct  in  the  young..  It  is  now 
generally  recognised  on  all  sides  tlnit  the 
teaching  of  the  past  has  had  too  proat  a 
tendency  to  divert  the  attention  of  the  young 
from  the  engrossing  interests'  of  country  life 
instead  of  causing  them  to  take  an  intelligent 
interest  in  the  w'onders  of  Nature’s  open  book. 
The  country  is  often  voted  dull,  but  with  eyes 
to  see,  and  intelligence  to  understand,  every  leaf, 
evexy  tree,  every  blade  of  grass,  and  the  simplest 
operations  of  garden  or  field  are  invested  with 
new  life  and  charm.  It  is  undoubtedly  gool  for 
all  to  know  something  of  Nature’s  work,  and  to 
study  her  in  some  of  her  many  moods;  iOr  no 
matter  w'hether  the  after  life  of  the  indivioual 
is  spent  in  town  or  country,  the  lessons  leai  ned 
in  early  days  will  prove  a  source  of  constant 
pleasure  in  later  life. 
As  recreation  for  leisure  hours  the  pursuit  of 
gardening  is,  by  reason  of  its  soothing  influence 
of  immense  benefit  in  combating  the  disastrous 
effects  of  the  rush  of  modern  days.  Brain  fag, 
indigestion,  and  kindred  ailments  seem  to  be 
spoken  of  every  day  as  being  the  penalties  some 
must  necessarily  pay  for  existence ;  but  I  am 
firmly  convinced  of  this,  that  in  the  next  genera¬ 
tion  we  should  hear  but  little  of  such  ailmeuts 
if  everybody  from  the  present  time  took  to  spend¬ 
ing  some  of  their  leisure  hours  in  the  pursuit  of 
o-ardening,  or  in  obtaining  similarly  healtl’.fnl 
exercise  in  the  open  air. 
The  great  thing  now  is  to  get  the  young  in¬ 
terested  in  matters  which  will  make  f'*r  their 
future  health  and  happiness,  and  help  t..i  m  to 
become  useful  members  of  the  community.  Up 
to  the  jiresent  time  but  little  has  been  done  in 
this  country  to  encourage  gardening  in  {lemen- 
tary  schools,  but  an  improvement  in  this  icspect 
Readers  are  requeAed  to  send  notices  of  Gm-i’euiug 
Appointments  or  Notes  of  Horticultural  Interest, 
Intimations  of  Meetings.  Queries,  and  all  Aili.  es  for 
Publication,  cffieially  to  “THE  EDITOR.”  at 
12,  Mitpe  Count  Chambers,  Fleet  Street, 
London,  E.C.,  and  lo.no  other  person  and  to  no  other 
address. 
