July  9,  1903. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
23 
For  Present  Planting, 
ON  THEIR  OWN  ROOTS. 
Strong  .Plants  in  5  inch  Pots  of  leading  Hybrid 
Perpetual,  Hybrid  Tea,  Tea,  and  other  Classes, 
10/C  to  18/-  per  dozen,  75/-  to  £G  per  100. 
DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE  FREE  ON  APPLICATION. 
N.B. — Many  of  the  choicer  varieties  can  now  be 
supplied  which  are  not  available  on  their  own  : 
roots  from  the  open  ground  in  the  autumn 
and  winter. 
WM.  &  SON^ 
WALTHAM  CROSS,  HERTS. 
HARDY  WATER  LILIES 
And  other  Aquatic  Plants. 
GREAT  SPECIALITY  —  BEAUTIFUL  COLLECTIONS. 
LOWEST  PRICES.  Consignments  are  sent  by  means  of 
Parcel  Post  during  the  spring  and  the  summer.  We  supnly 
12  varieties  of  WATER  LILIES,  our  own  selection,  for  20,  - 
B  LATOUR-MARLIAC, 
NURSERYMAN, 
Temple-sur-Lot  (Lot-et-Garonne),  FRANCE. 
Catalogue  free  on  application. 
PRICE  lOd.t  POST  FREE. 
WINDOW  GARDENING 
FOR  TB£  MART 
Or  Instructions  for  Managing  Plants  in  rooms  throughout 
the  year,  with  Special  Directions  for  their  Propagation  and 
Culture. 
Office :  12,  Mitre  CouBT  Chambers,  Fleet  Street,  E.C. 
By  Special 
Appointment 
TO  His  Majesty 
The  King. 
ORGHIDS-ORGHIDS 
QUANTITY  IMMENSE. 
Inspection  of  our  Range  of  Houses 
IS  cordially  invited  by 
HUGH  LOW  &  CO., 
BUSH  HILL  PARK, 
MIDDLESEX. 
^CLIBRMIS^ 
Man  HTun 
1/^  OR  many  years  we  have  made  the  above  a  very- 
special  line.  Owing  to  the  high  standard  of 
quality  at  which  they  are  maintained,  our  sates 
largely  increase  each  year.  They  now  amount  to 
hundreds  of  thousands  of  bulbs  annually. 
WE  APPEND  EXTRACTS  FROM  A  FEW  RECENT 
TESTIMONIALS:- 
Leeds,  .Tune  1th,  1903. 
The  Roman  Hyacinths  supplied  the  last  two  years 
have  been  very  tine  indeed.  They  were  admired  by 
everyone  who  saw  them. 
Warkworth,  May  2oth,  1903. 
The  Roman  Hyacinths  supplied  by  you  last  year 
were  entirely  satisfactory,  as  I  have  invariably- 
found  chem  to  be. 
West  Hartlepool,  May  26th,  1903. 
I  cannot  speak  too  highly  of  the  quality  of  your 
Roman  Hyacinths  which  we  got  from  you  last 
autumn. 
Newcastle-on-Tvne,  .January  6ch,  1903. 
It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  inform  you  that  the 
Roman  Hyacintlis  supplied  by  you  have  been 
remarkably  fine,  and  I  am  well  pleased  with  the 
same. 
Harrogate,  .June  3rd,  1903. 
Bulbs  supp’ied  by  you,  especially  the  Roman 
Hyacinths,  turned  out  excellent,  and  were  much 
admired  by  visitors  to  the  hotel. 
Co.  Limerick,  May,  1903. 
Having  grown  for  several  seasons  a  good  quantity 
of  early  white  Roman  Hyacinths  supplied  by  you,  I 
feel  it  my  duty  to  say  I  always  found  them  of  first- 
rite  quality.  I  have  often  counted  as  many  as  five 
and  six  spikes  on  a  single  bulb. 
Keighley,  October  16th,  1902. 
The  white  Roman  Hyacinths  received  from  your 
firm  in  July  are  now  in  full  bloom  and  are  very  fine 
indeed  ;  never  had  a  better  lot. 
West  Hartlepool,  June  8th,  1S03. 
I  have  great  pleasure  in  informing  you  that  the 
Roman  Hyacinths  I  had  from  you  last  year  were 
very  fine,  and  the  best  I  saw  in  the  district. 
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HIGHAM  HILL, 
LONDON  N.E. 
j0ui[nRl  4  g0rtu[ultin[e. 
THURSDAY.  JULY  9.  1903. 
Co-operative  Banks, 
(Concessions  recently  granted  by  the  Treasunj.) 
.  . - 
is  streuotli  ”  Las  been  a 
recognised  truism  from  remote 
times,  but  altbougb  mankind 
bas  for  ages  grasped  tbe  idea 
to  some  extent,  and  applied  it 
in  various  forms,  it  is  equally 
certain  that  tbe  grand  possibilities 
of  anion — co-operation — are  only  begin¬ 
ning  to  dawn  upon  tbe  people  of  this 
country ;  and  when  later  these  possibilities  shall 
be  fully  realised,  tasks  which  seem  impossible 
to-day  will  be  successfully  carried  out  with 
comparative  ease.  Tbe  value  of  co-operation 
might  be  illustrated  in  many  ways.  Here  is 
one :  tbe  numerous  threads  of  a  rope  are  weak 
and  insignificant  in  themselves,  but  when 
hosts  of  them  are  woven  together  they  form 
a  mighty  whole  of  surpassing  strength. 
Many  who  are  interested  in  rural  jiursuits 
can  see  clearly  that  the  time  has  now  arrived 
when  co-operation  in  its  various  forma  is  im¬ 
peratively  necessary,  in  order  to  secure  for 
small  holders  the  fullest  reward  for  their  labour. 
Among  other  methods  of  combination,  village 
co-operative  banks  —  if  started  on  business 
principles  and  conducted  with  proper  safe¬ 
guards — may  be  made  the  means  of  bringing 
prosperity  to  many  rural  districts  where  at 
present  the  land  “crieth  for  the  tiller,”  and 
where  waste  and  ruin  stalk  abroad.  The  co¬ 
operative  bank  movement  has  long  passed  the 
experimental  stage,  as  a  society  was  founded 
in  this  country  as  long  ago  as  1894,  which  has 
been  highly  successful,  and  is  now  appreciated 
more  than  ever.  The  promotion  of  such 
societies  in  England  has  hitherto  been  greatly 
hampered  by  the  registration  fee  of  £1,  modi¬ 
fication  of  rules  fee  10s.,  and  other  regulations. 
Early  this  year,  however,  a  memorial  to  the 
Treasury  was  drawn  up  by  the  Co-operative 
Readers  are  requested  to  send  notices  of  Oardsnioc 
Appointments  or  Notes  of  Horticultural  Intorast, 
intimations  of  Meetings,  Queries,  and  all  Articles  for 
Publication,  officially  to  “  THE  HDITOH," 
12,  Mitra  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  BtraaL 
London,  E.C.,  and  to  no  other  person  and  to  no  otiMe 
Address. 
