May  26,  1904. 
JOURNAI,  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
443 
FORBES’ 
GOLD  MEDAL 
SPECIALITIES. 
CHEAP  CASH  OFFER. 
ORDER  NOW  AND  PLANT  AT  ONCE. 
In  IS  to  50  Finest  Named  Sorts,  all  my  selection. 
ANTIRHHINUMS  .. 
ASTERS  (Michaeliras  Daisips) 
BEGONIAS,  Single  or  Double 
OARNATIONS 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS,  EurlyF.owe  iu 
DAHLIAS,  an?  class 
DELPHINIUMS 
FUCHSIAS,  Single  or  Double 
UAILLARDIAS 
MI  M  ULUS  . 
MONTBRETIAS 
PANSIES,  Show  or  Fancy 
VIOLAS . 
PELARGONIUMS,  Zon  1  or  Ivvleavtc 
PENTSTEMONS 
PETUNIAS . 
PHLOXES.  Early  or  Late  . . 
PYRE  I  HRUMS,  Single  or  Doub  e 
VERBENAS  . 
HARDY  BORDER  PLANTS 
Packages  Free  and  Carriage  1 
CATALOGUE  OF  180  PAGES  FREE  ON  APPLICATION. 
..5/- 
dcz.,  3 76  ICO 
. .  5- 
37/6  ,, 
..  12/- 
..  6/- 
<0/-  ,, 
owe  iug  4/- 
30/-  ,, 
..  5/. 
35/.  .. 
..  6/- 
'V-  ,. 
.5/. 
3  /■ 
..  6/- 
4"/-  ,, 
, 
7/6  ,, 
4  /- 
t  1 
3  /-  ,, 
..  3/6 
■51-  ., 
..  i/6 
1  /-  ,, 
•leaved  6/- 
3//6  ,, 
“  /•  ,, 
..  5/- 
37  6  ,, 
..  6/- 
4  /-  ,, 
5/- 
37/6  ,, 
..  3  - 
2.  /-  , , 
..  5/- 
V  * 
33/-  ,, 
id  for  Cash  with  Order. 
By  Special 
Appointment 
100,000 
JOHN  FORBES,  Nurseryman, 
HAWICK,  SCOTLAND. 
ORGHIDS-ORCHIDS 
QUANTITY  IMMENSE. 
TO  His  Majesty  Inspection  of  our  Range  of  Houses 
The  King.  Is  cordially  invited  by 
HU&H  LOW  &  GO.,  BUSH 
PEIMULAS!  PRIMULAS!  PRIMULAS! 
34th  Year  of  Distribution. 
Williams’s  and  all  the  best  strains  of  sinensis  fimbri  ita, 
also  obconica  grandiflora,  grandiflora  alba  and  stellata. 
CINERARIA,  finest  strain  and  stellata,  1/6  per  dozen,  10/- 
ICO.  Double  White  Primulas,  6d.  each.  Carriage  and 
Package  Free  for  Cash  with  Order. 
JOHN  STEVENS.  The  Nurseries,  COVENTRY. 
BLACKMORE  &  LANGDON’S  BEGONIAS. 
Awarded  6  Gold  Medals,  1903.  List  Free.  Seed, 
double,  2/6  and  6/-  per  packet;  single,  1/-,  2/6  and  6/-.— 
Twerton  Hill  Nursery,  Bath. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS.  — Early  Flowering. 
Largest  and  cheapest  collection.  12,  3/- ;  100.  10/-. 
Spring  List  ready,  with  latest  Cultural  Directions. 
Bedding  Begonias.  12  1/3 ;  100,  7/6.  Cash  with  order. 
-  JOHN  DUTHIE,  Superintendent  Trinity  Cemetery, 
Aberdeen. 
GiWILLIM’S  BEGONIAS,  Splendid  Strain, 
r  Growing  Plants,  mixed,  6  colours,  Singles  2/6  doz. ; 
Doubles,  4/-  doz.  In  pots,  carriage  forward  ;  not  in  pots, 
post  free.  List  of  higher-priced  varieties,  free. 
A.  LI.  GWILLIM,  Begonia  Specialist,  New  Eltham.  Kent. 
SPRING  SOWN  PLANTS 
9  .Fidler’s  Early  Eclipse  Cabbage, 
3/-  per  1000  ;  Drumhead  Savoy,  3/- ;  Sutton’s  Giant  Drum¬ 
head  Cabbage,  3/-;  Dalkeith  Brussels,  3/-;  Johnson’s 
Exhibition  Brussels,  3/- ;  Early  Eclipse  Cauliflower,  4  - ; 
Early  Erfurt,  4/6;  V.A.G.  Cauliflower,  3/6.  1000  of  the 
above  sorts,  mixed,  packed  and  carriage  paid  on  receipt 
of  6/-  Postal  Order. 
W.  HORNE  &  SONS,  Cliffe,  Rochester,  Kent. 
Begonias. — Testimonials,  repeat  orders,  and 
recommendations  prove  our  strain  to  be  the  be.st  up 
to  date  in  existence.  Tubers  and  Plants.  See  the  “Best 
Catalogue,’’  free.  —  B.  R.  DAVIS  &  SONS,  Yeovil 
Nurseries,  Yeovil,  Somerset. 
PROTECT  YOUR  FRUIT.— TANNED 
GARDEN  NETTING.  25  by  8  yards,  50  by  4  yards, 
100  by  2  yards,  8/-  each.  Prompt  delivery.  Only  best 
quality  supplied. — L.  WREN  &  SONS,  Net  Merchants, 
139,  High  Street,  Lowestoft. 
Begonias  a  speciality.— Large,  erect- 
flowering  Singles,  12  for  2/3  ;  100,12/-.  Doubles  same 
price  for  cash.  List  free.  — J.  WELLS,  Begonia  Nuisery, 
Ryarsh,  Mailing,  Kent. 
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 
having  Charcoal  applied  to  the  soil  in  which  it  is  rooted.’’ 
Apply  for  Pamphlet  and  prices  to  the  Manufacturers — 
HIRST,  BROOKE  &  HIRST.  Ltd.,  I.eeds. 
No.  1248  — VoL.  XLVIIL,  Third  Series 
/^CLIBRANS^ 
Choice  Plants. 
A  FEW  only  of  the  many  special  lines  contained 
^  in  our  New  Catalogue  are  noted  below.  We 
make  a  feature  of  the  choicest  varieties  of  both 
indoor  and  outdoor  [ilants.  Send  for  List. 
ACACIA  PUBESCENS.  the  rarest  and  most 
beautiful  of  the  Acacias ;  sweetly  scented, 
2/6  to  7/6  each. 
BEGONIAS,  Rex  Varieties,  the  finest  col¬ 
lection  in  the  country ;  our  selection  of 
choice  sorts,  9/-.  12/-  and  18/-  per  doz. 
BOUVARDIA  “KING  OF  SCARLETS,” 
A.M.  K.H.S.,  crimson  scarlet  flowers  in  large 
misses  ;  younar  plants.  9d.  each,  6/-  per  doz. 
CALLA  ELLIOTTIANA,  the  lovely  golden- 
flowered  Calla,  foliage  spotted  white  ;  flower- 
ina  size.  7/6  each. 
,,  PENTLANDII.  intense  deep  yellow  spathes, 
I  ark  green  toliage  ;  flowering  size,  7/6  and 
’ o '(j  each. 
,,  TAYLORII,  a  hybrid  raised  by  ourselves; 
1  tie  .SI  athe  is  a  lovely  primrose  yellow; 
flowering  size,  7/6  each. 
CARNATIONS.  Malmaison  vars  , the  finest 
collection  in  the  kingdom  ;  our  selection  of 
choice  sorts  in  5-in  pots,  throwing  up  for 
bbinm,  18/  per  doz. 
CELOSIA  PYRAMIDALIS,  our  famous  strain; 
strong,  sturdy  plants  in  pots,  red  and  yellow, 
6/-  doz. 
DRAOENA  DOUCETTII.  Of  this  rare  and 
beautiful  variety  we  hold  an  exceptionally 
fine  stock  ;  fine  plants  from  7/6  to  42/-  each. 
KALANCHOE  FLAMMEA,  a  highly  decora¬ 
tive  cool-house  plant,  producing  large  heads 
of  orange-red  flowers ;  plants,  showing  flower, 
1  /-  to  2/6  each. 
KENTIA  SANDERIANA,  a  new,  distinct  and 
very  beautilul  Palm,  highly  ornamental,  3/6 
each. 
NEPHROLEPIS  PIERSONII,  the  loveliest  of 
all  the  Nephrolepis  ;  each  separate  pinnse  is 
■subdivided,  so  as  to  foim  a  perfect  miniature 
frond,  giving  the  plant  a  very  beautiful  and 
ornamental  appearance  ;  strong  plants  2/6  to 
5/-  each.  For  other  new  varieties  of  Nephro- 
leois  see  our  list. 
PRIMULA  KEWENSIS.  anew  hybrid  Primula 
pr.'ducing \ellow  flowers  in  whorls  on  long 
soikes.  good  grower  and  free  ;  2/6  to  5/-  each. 
PHYLLOCACTUS  “GERMAN  EM¬ 
PRESS,”  A.M.  R  H.S. ,  a  lovely  blush 
pink  variety,  rdma,rkabl,v  fiea  aud  lasting; 
S'  rong  plants,  2/6  and  3/6  each. 
VERBENA  MISS  WILMOTT,  lovely  pink 
ttoweis  With  a  white  centre;  strong  plants, 
( /-  dcz. 
CHOICE  OUTDOOR  PLANTS. 
ARABIS  ALBIDA,  fi.  pi.,  “Snowdrift,” 
lovely  double  white  flowers,  closely  resem¬ 
bling  a  double  white  Stock,  exceptionaliy 
liardy  and  free  ;  in  pots.  3/6  per  doz. 
AUBRIETIA  CAMPBELLI,  Improved,  a 
(■  harming  violet-coloured  variety,  6d.  each, 
4/6  per  iioz 
AUBRIETIA  “  DR.  MULES,”  intense  deep 
violet  purple,  the  richest  coloured  of  all  the 
Aubrietias,  9d.  each,  6s.  per  doz. 
,,  LEICHTLINI,  crimson  rot^e  flowers,  very 
beautiful.  4il  each.  3/6  per  doz. 
GLYCERIA  SPECTABILIS,  foi.  var.,  a 
new  and  highly  decorative  ornamental  grass, 
giaiid  for  a  moist  situation,  9d.  and  1/-  each, 
c7-  and  9/-  doz. 
LAVENDER,  “Grappenhall  var.,”  anew 
variety',  much  eatlicr  aud  more  free  in  bloom 
than  ihe  type,  good  grower;  strong  plants 
iu  3-in.  nois  9d.  each,  6/-  per  doz.;  extra 
strong,  ill  5-in.  pots.  1/-  ea!ch,  9/-  per  doz. 
ROSES,  in  6  in.  pots,  s.rong,  suitable  for  out¬ 
door  planting : — 
Blush  Rambler,  lovely  soft  blush,  very  free 
and  ettective,  similar  in  habit,  &c.,  to 
Crimson  Rambler,  3/6  to  5/-. 
Dorothy  Perkins,  lovely  shell  pink,  p’o- 
duced  iu  tine  trusses,  free  and  vigorous,  a 
lovely  rambler.  21-  each. 
Mdme.  N.  Levavasseur,  the  dwarf  crim¬ 
son  rambler,  grand  as  a  pot  plant  or  fur 
budding,  2/6  ami  3/6  each. 
GLEMATIS  “VILLE  DE  LYON,”  rich  ciim- 
.•■on  flowers,  deeper  round  the  margins  of  the 
s-eDals.  strong  and  free,  2/6  each. 
JASMINUM  PRIMULINUM,  the  new  Jasmine 
producing  yellow  rowers  much  larger  than 
the  well-known  .1.  nudiflorum  ;  strong  plants 
in  fin.  pots,  2/3  and  3/6  each. 
For  complete  descriptions  of  above  and  all  other 
Choice  Plants,  indoor  and  outdoor,  see  our 
GENERAL  CATALOGUE, 
GR4TIS  &  POST  FREE  ON  APPLICATION. 
ALlRiNGHAM  &  IViANGHESTER. 
of  gortii[itItm[fi. 
THURSDAY,  MAY  26,  1904. 
Cordons, 
0  HE  fact  that  most  sorts  of  Pears 
F  and  Apples  are  influenced  by  the 
1  .ctopir  upon 
stock 
grafted 
are 
which  they 
is  important  in  every 
method  of  culture,  but  is  espe¬ 
cially  so  in  the  cordon  system, 
affording  the  fruit-grower  for  mar¬ 
ket  quick  and  sure  profit  for  capital 
expended,  and  everybody  abundance  of 
fine  fruit  quickly — so  quickly  that  op¬ 
ponents  of  the  system  have  repeatedly  declared 
that  this  very  precocity  must  lead  to  its  down¬ 
fall,  for  trees  bearing  fruit  so  early  could  never 
become  robust,  healthy,  and  fully  developed,  but 
would  soon  deteriorate,  and  either  remain  sickly, 
attenuated  objects,  quite  useless  for  the  produc¬ 
tion  of  fruit,  or  die.  But  they  are  wrong.  The 
system  is  a  triumphant  success.  Year  by  year 
the  trees  improve,  the  stem  and  spurs  becoming 
larger,  blossom  and  fruit  more  abundant.  Why  ? 
Simply  because  the  fruit  crop  has  always  been 
kept  within  due  bounds,  and  thinned  in  propor- 
it 
tion  to  the  strength  of  each  tree. 
Years  ago 
was  said  of  the  famous  Holme  Lacy  cordons  that 
they  had  been  in  bearing  fourteen  years  without 
showing  any  signs  of  canker  or  decay,  and  were 
then  as  robust  and  healthy  as  when  planted,  and 
almost  all  of  them  had  produced  large  crops  of 
fruit  every  year. 
For  Pear  cordons,  preference  is  always  given 
to  the  Quince  stock.  Some  delicate  sorts  do  not, 
however,  answer  when  budded  upon  the  Quince, 
and  for  such  double  grafting  has  been  resorted 
to  with  complete  success,  the  weaker  kind  being 
grafted  upon  a  robust  sort  growing  upon  the 
Quince.  Considerable  experience  and  sound  judg¬ 
ment  are  requisite  for  this  process.  Burbidge 
says  in  his  valuable  book,  “The  Propagation 
and  Improvement  of  Cultivated  Plants”: — It 
must  not  be  concluded  that  to  graft  a  free- 
growing  sort  of  Pear  on  the  Quince,  and  then  to 
regraft  it  with  the  desired  sort,  will  always 
answer.  Some  kinds  require  the  stock  belongicg 
to  their  raje.  This  can  only  be  found  out  by  the 
clever  cultivator — as,  for  instance,  the  J argonelle 
READER-S'  are  requested  to  send  notices  of  Gardening 
Appointments  or  Notes  of  Horticultural  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  other  person  and  to  no  other 
iddress. 
