Jure  2,'  1904. 
JOURNAJ.  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  OARDENER. 
465 
NEW  ROSES. 
Wm.  Paul  &  Son’s 
NEW  ROSES  FOR  1904. 
COUNTESS  CAIRNS  (H.T.A  Plants  in  Pots,  now 
« -  I  ready, 
EARL  OF  WARWICK  (H.T.)(  7/6  each. 
IRENE  (H.T.) 
MRS.  ALFREO  RYASS 
(Decorative  Tea). 
^  Also  a  Large  Collection  of  New  British,  Con¬ 
tinental,  and  American  New  Eoses  of  1903  and 
i.904,  21/-  to  42/-  per  dozen.  For  names  and 
descriptions  see  Descriptive  Catalogue,  post  free 
on  application. 
ROSES  ilil  POTS 
(Qeaeral  Collection). 
Many  thousands  of  Dwarf  and  Climbing  Eoses 
are  always  kept  in  stock  for  planting  during  the 
summer  months  and  for  general  pot  culture. 
These  can  be  supplied 
In  5-inch  pots,  10/G  to  18/-  per  dozen, 
T5/-  to  £6  per  100. 
In  8-inch  pots,  30/-  to  42/-  per  dozen, 
£12  to  £15  per  100. 
Sole  Postal  Addness— 
WM.  PAUL  &  SON, 
Waltham  Cross,  Herts. 
CHEALS' 
NINETY  ACEES,  ' 
FEUIT  TEEES, 
OENAMENTAL  TEEES, 
SHEUBS  OF  ALL  KINDS. 
j 
The  set  of  four 
,  varieties,  one  plant 
of  each,  for 
28/-. 
^Bedding  Plants.^ 
Extensive  &  excellent  stock  of  strong 
well-ripened  Plants  of  all  leading  varie¬ 
ties,  ready  for  immediate  planting. 
PRICES  VERY  MODERATE. 
Catalogue  Post  Free. 
Nurseries  Chester! 
 ^ 
BUY  THE  BEST  BULBS 
The  World  can  produce  from 
W.  MAUGER  &  SONS, 
Bpookdale  Nurseries,  GUERNSEY,  ENGLAND 
Our  Specialities  are— ANEMONES,  DAFFODILS,  iXIAS, 
FREESIAS,  TULIPS,  &c.  Lists  on  application. 
JN  VIEW  OF  COMING  SEASON, 
communications  invited  from  neighbourhoods  iu 
which  MUSHROOMS  grow  freely.— Address,  “J.,”  Box 
980,  Smiths’  Advertising  Agency,  100,  Fleet  Street, 
London,  E.C. 
Me.  W.  DEOVEE,  F.E.H.S.,  N.C.S.,  offers  his 
services  as  JUDGE  at  summer  or  autumn  hows  on 
reasonable  terms.  The  only  growers  who  had  the  honour 
of  submitting  48  blooms  before  Her  late  Majesty  the 
Queen,  at  Windsir,  November  16,  1898.— Royal  Nurseries, 
Farehim. 
Begonias  a  speciality.— Large,  erect- 
flowering  Singles,  for  bedding,  2/6,  3/-  dozen  ;  18/-, 
20/-  100.  Doubles  same  price  for  cash.  List  free. — JOHN 
WELLS,  Begonia  Nursery,  Ryarsh,  Mailing,  Kent. 
Dicksons 
PEIMULAS !  PEIMULAS !  PEIMULAS  ! 
34th  Year  of  Distribution. 
Williams’s  and  all  the  best  strains  of  sinensis  fimbriata, 
also  obconica  grandiflora,  grandiilora  alba  and  stellata. 
CINERARIA,  finest  strain  and  stellata,  1/6  per  dozen,  10/- 
100.  Double  White  Primulas,  6d.  each.  Carriage  and 
Package  Free  for  Cash  with  Order. 
-JOHN  STEVENS,  The  Nurseries,  COVENTRY. 
BLACKMOEE  &  LANGDON’S  BEGONIAS. 
Awarded  6  Gold  Medals,  1903.  List  Free.  Seed, 
double,  2/6  and  6/-  per  packet ;  single,  1/-,  2/6  and  51-.— 
Twerton  Hill  Nursery,  Bath. 
GWILLIM’S  begonias.  Splendid  Strain, 
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. 
CHEALS’ 
GAEDEN  SEEDS, 
FAEM  SEEDS, 
BULBS  AND  PLANTS. 
CHEALS’ 
LANDSCAPE  GAEDENEES, 
CONTEACT  PLANTEES,  ETC. 
CATALOGUES  POST  FREE. 
J.  CHEALT  SONS, 
Lowfield  Nurseries,  Crawley,  Sussex. 
“EUREKA" 
WEED  KILLER, 
FUMIGATORS, 
INSECTICIDE. 
Ash  your  Dealer.  Write  for  List. 
TOMLINSON  &  HAYWARD,  Ltd.,  LINCOLN. 
1  SEEING  SOWN  PLANTS 
JL  \_y  VA  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,  Cliff e,  Rochester,  Kent. 
EGONIAS. — Testimonials,  repeat  orders,  and 
recommendations  prove  our  strain  to  be  the  best  up 
to  date  in  existence.  Tubers  and  Plants.  See  the  “Best 
Catalogue,”  free.  —  B.  R.  DAVIS  &  SONS,  Yeovil 
Nurseries,  Yeovil,  Somerset. 
Notice. — Don’t  stake  your  Carnations  till 
you  have  seen  the  PATENT  IMPROVED  COIL 
STAKE.  No  tying  required;  stakes  last  a  lifetime.  The 
greatest  boon  ever  offered  to  growers.  Only  wants  seeing. 
7/6  per  100  ;  sample  dozen,  1/-.  Carriage  Paid.  Cash  with 
order. — A  PORTER.  Stone  House.  Maidstone- 
PEOTECT  YOUE  FEUIT.— 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  <fc  SONS,  Net  Merchants, 
139,  High  Street,  Lowestoft. _ 
COTTAGE  GAEDENING  ;  being  an  Essay  to 
which  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  awarded  Mr. 
W.  Egerton  Hubbard’s  Prize,  February  16th,  1870.  By 
E.  W.  Badger.  Third  Edition.  Price  3d. ;  post  free,  Sjd. 
—Office  ;  12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers.  Fleet  St.,  E.C. 
UEE  WOOD  CHAECOAL,  Specially  prepared 
for  Horticultural  use.  Extract  from  the  Journal  of 
Rortieulture:  “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, 
Jfliti|iritl  df  g(rrtii[ttlttti[L 
THURSDAY,  JUNE  2,  1904. 
Unity  is  Strength, 
•  MONGST  those  who  have  known 
the  British  gardener  and  have 
learned  to  understand  the  many 
genuine  types  of  the  race  found 
in  the  three  kingdoms,  there  will 
be  no  lack  of  knowledge  as  to  the 
feeling  of  goodwill  existing  be¬ 
tween  man  and  man.  A  sense  of  hearty 
good-fellowship  prevails  ;  the  sense  of 
friendship,  which  lends  a  ready  hand  to 
help  in  times  of  trial  and  trouble,  whether  these 
arise  from  the  failures  in  the  ordinary  course  of 
everyday  life  or  at  the  more  momentous  times 
when  the  gardener  must  ask  as  to  his  future  situa¬ 
tion,  Where  next  ?  This  may  not  find  expression  in 
the  offer  of  pecuniary  assistance.  The  average 
gardener  when  in  steady  employment  is  seldom 
too  well  provided  with  all  he  needs  for  his  own 
requirements ;  but  there  is  an  eagerness  to  im¬ 
part  information  as  to  possible  and  actual  vacan¬ 
cies,  and  an  ever  ready  willingness  to  assist  in 
tiding  over  the  temporary  difficulties  inseparable 
from  the  removal  of  families  and  household  goods 
from  one  part  of  the  country  to  another.  Many 
there  are  who  could  speak  from  grateful  experi¬ 
ence  in  this  connection. 
This  may  be  said  to  be  painting  the  best  side 
of  the  picture  as  applied  to  the  gardener.  It  at, 
least  serves  to  show  the  strong  undercurrent  of 
union  between  man  and  man  in  the  ups  and  downs 
of  the  calling.  And  the  knowledge  that  this  strong 
feeling  exists  may  well  have  given  encourage¬ 
ment  to  all  who  have  endeavoured  to  form  the 
British  Gardeners’  Association.  The  chief  objects 
put  forward  by  the  provisional  committee  are 
such  as  have  called  for  consideration  for  at  least 
a  quarter  of  a  century.  They  have,  it  is  true, 
received  attention  from  time  to  time  in  horticul¬ 
tural  journals,  but  so  far  the  result  has  been 
small. 
Employers  will  no  doubt  recognise  the  desira¬ 
bility  of  an  organisation,  the  main  object  of 
which  is  to  guarantee  trustworthy  gardeners  of 
sound  ability.  If  the  association  can  get  em¬ 
ployers  on  their  side  in  the  matter  of  registra- 
READERS  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,”  aC 
12,  Mitpe  Coupt  Chamtaeps,  Fleet  Stpeet, 
London,  E.C.,  and  to  no  other  person  and  to  no  other 
address. 
No.  1249.— VoL.  XLVIIL,  THIRD  Series. 
