August  27,  1903. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
187 
ESTABLISHED  1832. 
No  connection  irith  any  other  firm  of  a  similar  name. 
Successors  to  the  late  BARON  VAN  PALLANDT. 
SPLENDID 
HYACINTHS, 
TULIPS, 
AND  ALL  OTHER 
DUTCH,  CAPE  AND  EXOTIC 
BULBS  &  PLANTS 
Our  Descriptive  CATALOGUE  of  the  above,  containing 
Full  Cultural  Directions  and  particulars  as  to 
Free  Delivery,  will  be  sent  post  free  on  application 
to  our  Offices  at  Overveen,  Haarlem,  Holland,  or 
to  our  General  Agents— 
Messrs.  MERTENS  &  CO., 
3,  CROSS  LANE,  LONDON,  E.C. 
By  Special 
Appointment 
ORCHIDS-ORCHIDS 
QUANTITY  IMMENSE. 
Inspection  of  our  Range  of  Houses 
to  His  Majesty 
The  King.  cordially  invited  by 
HUGH  LOW  &  CO., 
DUTCH  BULBS 
FRENCH  BDLBS !  and  ENGLISH  BULBS ! 
SEE  OUR  SPECIAL  CATALOGUE  OF  BULBS. 
Containing  List  of  all  the  Best  X’arieties  of  HYACINTHS 
TULIPS.  CROCUS.  LILIUMS,  DAFFODILS,  SNOW¬ 
DROPS,  IRIS,  PASONIES,  &c.,  free  on  application.  Please 
compare  our  prices  before  sending  your  orders  abroad. 
WATKINS  &  SIMPSON, 
,  Seed  and  Bulb  Merchant.s, 
12,  TAVISTOCK  ST.,  COYENT  GARDEN,  LONDON,  W.C. 
The  Royal  Nurseries,  Maidstone,  Kent. 
GEORGE  BUNYARD  &  CO.,  Ltd., 
Are  now  Booking  Orders  for  early  delivery  of  the 
very  best 
""  J™  STRAWBERRIES 
In  pots  for  forcing,  or  as  runners  for  open  culture 
true  to  name. 
They  offer  the  Largest  Stock  .and  the  Best  Plants  in 
the  Trade. 
REVISED  CATALOGUE,  including  the  New 
Perpetual  Bearing  Kinds,  now  ready,  free. 
No.  1209.— VoL.  XLVII.,  Third  Series. 
^CLIBBIIIS^ 
BULB  CATALOGUE 
Contains  a  choice  and  selecL'  List  of  all  the 
best  varieties  of  Bulbs  for  indoor  and 
outdoor  growth ;  descriptive  and  priced. 
GRATIS  AND  POST  FREE. 
CLIBRANS 
STRAWBERRY  LIST 
The  newest  and  best  novelties  and  all  choice 
and  standard  varieties  are  described  and 
priced  ;  cultural  hints,  &c. 
GRATIS  AND  POST  FREE. 
ALTRINCHAM  &  MANCHESTER 
STBAWBEBKY  PLAMTS 
H.  CANNELL  &  SONS 
Beg  to  announce  their  New  List,  also  BULBS, 
(sent  free)  of  just  the  cream  of  the  many  varieties 
now  cultivated.  Apparently  there,  never  was  a 
better  season,  for  our  runner  plants  are  excep¬ 
tionally  tine  (30,000),  layered  in  pots,  and  any 
quantity  of  ordinary  runners.  Our  neighbourhood 
is  well  known  as  the  home  for  these  and  all  other 
hardy  fruits,  and  our  cultural  directions  always 
lead  to  success. 
SWANLEY,  KENT. 
* 
1,500,000 
BULBS. 
VVhite,  and  Blut:  7  0  per  1000. 
5  *  per  1000. 
5  *  per  100. 
5  »  per  100. 
7  0  per  1000. 
Cd. each. ^ 
3 •  each. 
Spanish  Iris,  Vclh 
Crocus,  .01  colors 
Sir  Watkin  Narcissus 
Horsefeldii  .... 
Trumpet  Narcissus  .  . 
Glory  of  Leiden  Narcissus 
Madam  de  Graaff 
Sweet  Scented  Pheasant  Eye 
Narcissus  . 5  *  &  7  Oper  1000. 
Minted  Narcissi  5  *  per  1000 
Double  Daffodils  5  «  &  per  looo. 
Tulips,  Mixed  (choice)  2  *  pei  lOO.,^ 
Single  Lent  Lilies  3  0  pci-  1000 
Snowdrops  3  >  &  7  0  per  looo 
Strawberry  Plants  1  *  per  lOO. 
rOR  Liars  acroai  osocrinc  eLSCwHini. 
Xross&Son  f  Nurseries,  WisbecL 
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  &  ATTWOOD, 
Stourbridge. 
VINE  CULTURE  UNDER  GLASS.— 
By  J.  R.  Pearson.  PtL  i/  post  free,  1/1 
Cffice:  12.  Mitre  Co"rt  Chambers.  Fi  eet  street  E.C 
PURE  WOOD  CHARCOAL,  Specially  Prepared 
for  Horticultural  use.  Extract  from  the  Journal  o) 
Horticulture  :  “Charcoal  is  invaluable  as  a  manurial  agent ; 
each  little  piece  is  a  pantry  full  of  the  good  things  of  thi> 
life.  There  is  no  cultivated  plant  which  is  not  benefited  b: 
having  Charcoal  applied  to  the  soil  in  which  it  is  tooted. 
Apply  for  Pamphlet  and  prices  to  the  Manufacturers— 
HIRST.  BROOKE  <fe  HIRST,  Ltd.,  Leeds. 
fif  gcirlii[uIttti[A 
THURSDAY,  AUGU.ST  27.  1903. 
Action. 
lias  been  said  that  every  true 
gardener  is  “a  bit  of  a  philo¬ 
sopher,”  and  it  cannot,  I  think, 
be  doubted  that  the  comparative 
solitude  in  which  many  spend 
their  lives  is  conducive  to  thought ; 
but  whether  that  thought  is  directed 
toward  solving  the  problems  w'hich  crop 
up  in  connection  with  the  daily  work,  or, 
toward  reasoning  as  to  cause  and  effect  in 
things  in  general,  depends  greatly  upon  the 
individual,  yet  each,  though  possessing  a  dis- 
tiuctly  different  turn  of  mind,  may  be  a  true 
gardener. 
A  certain  degree  of  thoughtfulness  is  un¬ 
doubtedly  absolutely  necessary  to  the  young 
man  who  wishes  to  become  a  successful  gar¬ 
dener,  but  it  is  certainly  not  essential  that  it 
should  run  in  the  deep  groove  which  tends  to 
make  the  philosopher,  who  weighs  everything 
in  the  balance,  and  investigates  again  and  again 
before  becoming  sufficiently  convinced  to  put 
ivhat  may  prove  a  valuable  idea  into  practice. 
Life  is  too  short  for  the  gardener  to  be  his  own 
philosopher,  and  the  man  who  attempts  to  do 
it  ouly  dreams  away  valuable  time,  while  the 
practical  individual  who  combiues  thought 
with  action  forges  ahead.  The  great  desider¬ 
atum  to-day  iu  almost  any  walk  of  life  seems 
to  be  intelligent  action. 
Throughout  all  the  ages  which  have  rolled 
away  since  the  dawn  of  human  life  upon  this 
planet,  there  never  was  a  time  when  so  many 
“reat  and  trained  intellects  were  devotiug  their 
energies  to  the  unravelling  of  the  mysteries 
which  surround  us  iu  every  w-alk  of  life,  and  in 
the  application  of  science  to  horticulture  and 
agriculture  great  strides  have  been  made  during 
the  last  live  years.  What  at  the  [ireseut  time 
is  more  necessary  than  auythiuff  else  in  con¬ 
nection  with  gardening  is  that  we  should  each 
keep  up-to-date  iu  regard  to  the  discoveries 
Headers  are  requested  to  send  notices  of  a&rdoninn 
Appointments  or  Notes  of  Uorticultur.al  Interest, 
intimations  ot  Meetings,  Queries,  and  all  Articles  for 
Publication,  officially  to  “  THE  EDITOR,”  M 
12.  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street, 
London.  E.C..  ami  to  no  oilier  person  and  to  no  otber 
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