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Horticulture and Allied Subjects.
VOL XI.-NEW SERIES.
JANUARY TO JUNE, 1879.
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JANUARY TO JUNE, 1879.
Abutilox Daiwiiiii tessellatiim, 652
Acacia platypten, 406
Academy, the Royal, notes from, 685
Acid fruits, 306
Acineta sulcata, 652
Adelges abietis, 248
Adiautum bellum, 172 ; A. farleyense var.
alcicorne, 503 ; A. graciUimum, 506 •
A. graciUimum as a greenliouso Fern,
662 Adonis vernalis, 566 ; A. vernalis major,
620, 662 ; A. vernalis and A. pyrenaica,
695 .ii^'amea Maria: Regina;, 305 .•EAmea, the genus, 724 ^ichynomene asp.ra, 637 Agave, lateral inflorescences of, 50 Age, effects of, oa fertility, 569 Ageratum Zulu King ! 623 Air temperature, Mr. J. K. I^oughton oa,
SI Alabamt, the foreits of, 604 .'\lchemilla vulgaris, pecuUar dislribution
of. 339 Algiers, Oued el Kalia, 592, 654 Aloysia citriodora as grown at Ashridge,
302 .Alpine flowers at York, 566 iMsace, game laws in, 592 Alternanthera atroparpurea, 784 .Vlton Towers, Calanthe Veitchii at, 116 .\maryllis, 502 ; A. Mrs. Baker, 411 ; A.
Mrs. Morgan, 636 ; A. Dr. itasters,
86 ; A. Duke of Connaught, 474 ; A.
Virgil, 345 ,\maryllis, prizes for, 306 Amateur gardeners' councillors, 210 American Canvillias, 406, 439 American markets, early vegetables for,
the, 470 .\merican Peach prospects, 503 .American plants at Knap Hill, the, 781 Anterican Pomological Society, the, 759 American progress, 598 .\miricar. Spruces, Dr. Engelmann on
the, 334, 409 ^ m-rica. Tomato preserving in, 637 .\micia zygomeris, 178 .\nnectochili at hom3, 631 Andaman. Marble-wood, 630 .■\n-nione, 695; A. (Hepatica) angulosa,-
3 13. 376 ' •^' Pulsatilla, 341 ; oa the
culture of the, 12 .\aimals and plants, 661 .\nona Cherimolia in Italy, 598 .\ntennaria plantaginifolia, 7S4 .■\nthurium Scher/erianuni, 534. 630 .\nts, 695 ; criclceti, and cockroaches,
40; ; how to destroy, 181, 697, 733,
7J3 i in an Orchid-house. 664 ; Peac!i
blossoms destroyed by, 212, 245
.\r'r.\RV : — Early swarming, 754, 7^6 ; notes for June, 722 ; spring work, 336 : winter managemjnt, 14
.\picra and Haworthia, a cl.issified list of,
717 .\ponogeton Hildebrandtii, no, 146 .\pple,agood late-keeping, 600; tlie B.ild-
win, 275 : the Dieu, 440 .\pple crop, the, 819 Apples, F"rencli, 275 .\pricots, the sl.aughter of the, 793, 820 Aquilegia arctica, 503 .■\ralias for t.able decoration, 471 .\raucaria e.xcelsa. 407 ; imbricata. 458 -\raucaria at Bicton, the niDncecious,
470 : at Feltham, the, 277 .\rboretum. Prof. C S. .Sargent on form- ing an, 140 .\rbutes, the, 23 .\rcca Alicce, 760 ; A. sapidi, fruiting of,
441 .\renga saccharifera, 309 .\risa;ma nepenthoides, 407 ; note on the
genus, 789 Aristolochia promissa, 494 Arnebia echioides, 636, 689 Arnott Hill, Orchids at, 343 Aroid, a new Bornean, 138
.Artificial flower-makers, 3o5
An in the garden, 556, 539, 728
Arum macula turn, 730
■\rundo5 and Pampas-gr.ass, 794^
.\sh, on the disease of the, 182, aoS
.\sia. Central, Russian explorations in, i3
.-\spar.tgus plumosus, 538
Asparagus sown under glass and trans- planted, 730
.\stilbe barbata, 438, 504
Auricula, the, 434, 553, 561
.-Vuricula .\cme, 663
.\uricula Society, the National, 532
-Auriculas, as decorative plants, 632 ; at Manchester, 601 ; during and alter frost, 114; notes on, 141, 539, 594; properties and qualities of, 666, 697, 729 ; what to avoid, 561
Australia, International .Exhibition in, 500 ; forest resources of Western, 790
Autumn-planting evergreens, 245
.Azalea indica Duke of Connaught, 411 ; Empress of India, 3 jg
Azalea mollis, Comte de Gomer. 636
.Azalea pontica var. narcissiflora, 568, 636
Azaleas, Indian, early flowering, 473
.Afale.as, young, oa planting out, 739
Azara microphylla, 340
Azorean Tea, 567, 631
B
B.\ck:house'.s, Messrs., nursery, 8r2 Bagshot Rhododendrons, the, 628 Balfour. Prof., presentation ot a testi- monial to. 17 Btlsamodendron Myrrha. 470 Bambjas, 180 ; on the cultivation of, 50 ;
for paper-making, 331 Bamboo shading, the new, 805 Basket plants, two good, 796 Bath and West of England Society's
Show, 724 Beadon, the Rev. Canon, death of, 766 Bean, OsbDrn's forcing, 441 Bedding plants, 5^6 ; h.trdening off, 634 ;
summer, 303 Bees and bee-keeping, 598 Bees, and fruit blossoms, 408 ; and their
produce, 726 ; as fertilising agents, 138,
204, 218 ; the utility of, 564 Beetle injurious to Cocoa P.tlms, 85 Be.-des in the Severn in 1574, 569 Beet, the sugar, 433 Bigonia Comtesse H. de Choiseul, 636 ;
B. Nellie May, 19. 752 ; B. Roezlii,
S33 ; B. Sedeni, 636 B.'lvoir Castle, the frost at, 83 ; spring
gardening at, 569, 814 B-Mtham, Mr., hoaours conferred on,
694 Bequests to gardeners, 342 B.-rberis Darwinii, 6d2 ; B. stenophylla,
664, 788 B_-rkeley. the Rev. M. J., F.R.S., with
portrait, 788 Birkhimpsted Muscats, the. 502 Berried plants for winter decoration, 11 Bicton, the monoecious Ar.tucaria at, 470 Bifrenaria H.tnisania: Euchaniana, 430 Bignonia venusta, 274 Billion, a, 784 Birds and fruit trees, 213 ; and GoDse-
berry crops, 507 ; and the fruit-buds,
84, IIS, ISO Birds from New Guinea, 502 Bird scarer, the " Infallible," 149 Blights, fungus, how to deal witli, 400 Bog land, draining, 477 Boilers and pipes lor hothouses, 6j2 Boiler, what shall we use, 408 BolbophylUun Beccarii, 374 ; B. minu-
lissimum, 789; B. niDnilcforme. 55 Bolus, Mr. H., on the dislribution of
Sotith African plants, 4 1
Books Noticed : — .Andre's .Art in the (Jarden, 556, 589 ; Asa Gray's Botanical Text-Book, 753 ; Bentham and Hooker's Genera Plantarum, 816 ; Boulart's Or- nithologie du Salon, 336 ; Britten and
Gower's Orchids for .Amateurs, 370 ; Brown's The Forests of Nortliern Europe, 754 ; Clark's Fuel : its Com- bustion and Economy, 402; D.^Jubain- ville and Vesque, The Diseases of Culti- vated Pl.ants, 498 ; Dickens' Dictionary of London, 753 ; D'Ombrain's Ro- sarians' Vear-Book, 238 ; Dybdahl on Kitchen Gardening, 754 ; Familiar Wild Flowers, 336 ; Field's Memoirs of thJ Botanic Garden at Chelsea (ed, Semple), 56 ; I'isli's Bulbs and Bulb Culture 336 ; Flower Lore : the Teach- ings of Flowers &-c., 336 ; Ville's Artificial Manures, their Chemical Selection, and Scientific .Application to Agriculture, 689 ; Gevaert's Sur la Structure et les Modes de Fecondation des Fleurs, 603 ; Glenny's Kitchen Gardening made Easy, 466 ; Greenhouse Favourites, 7S4 ; Hooker's Icones Plantarum, 238 ; Journal of the Linnean Society, 78 ; Journal of the Royal Horticultural So- ciety, 78 ; Le Breton's -A Travers Champs, 302 ; Leighton's Lichen Flora of Gre.at Britain, &c., 238; Les Insectes, 336 ; Meehan's Native Flowers and Fernsol the United States, 142; Mid- land Naturalist, the, 78 ; Midler's (Ba- ron) Forests of Western Australia, 790, Mycographia sen Icones Fungorum, 530; Notes of Observations on Injurious In- sects, 26s ; Paul's Rose Annual, no ; Pink's Potatos : How to Grow and Sho.vThem, 302 ; Revue Mycologique, 142 ; Routlcdge's Bamboo and its Treatment, 331 ; .Smith's .Adam Spade the Gardener, 142 ; Soubeiran's Ele- ments de Matiere Mi5dicale, 498 ; Sou- beiran's Traite de Botanique Elemen- taire, 498 ; .Soubeiran's 'Traite de Minenalogie, 370 ; The Pleasures and Profits of our Little Poultry Farm, 466 ; Todaro's Relazione suUa Cviltura del Cotoni, no ; Zurcher and MargoUe's Le Monde Sidiral, 402
Bor.ages and their allies, 563
Borneo, Ferns from the North of, 177
Borneo, the Pitcher-plants of, 2i
Bjscobel O.tk, the, 21
Bjston, Mass., notes from, 731
Botanic Gardens, Bath, Jamaica, 508 ; Edinburgh, 335 ; P.ilermo, the aqua- rium in the, 20S ; the Palm walk in the, T77 ; Sydney, 400 ; Wellington, .\ew Zealand. 796
Botanical Certificates, 404, 439, 468
Botanical appointments, 695
Bot.anical diagrams, 535, 693
Botany class, ladies'. 502
Botany, economic, popular errors in, 633 ; prizes in, for young women, 502
Botanische Zeitung, the, 146
Bottom-heat, 203, 300 ; in plant culture,
73. 105 Bougainvilleas on snigle stems, 441 Boulton & Paul's combined fowl-house
and aviary, &c. , 17 Bouquets, tropical, 242 Boussingault, M. Jean Baptist?, memoir
and portrait of, 45 Boussingaultia b.aselloides, hardiness of,
503 Bouvardias, a disease in, caused by an
Alga, .Anabaina, 338 British Guiana, the Kaieteur Fall, 122 British Museum, the, 243 Broccoli, h.ardiness of, 309, 343, 409, 441,
Broccoli, hardy varieties of, 277 ; Veitch s
Self-protecting, 213 Brownea Azara, 725 ; grandiceps, 470 Bruchus granarius, 310 Brussels Sprouts and Early Cabbage, 170 Brussels Sprouts, the rival, 210, 276 Bulbophyllum Beccarii, 41 Bulbous plants, new and rare, 397 ; on
the treatment of, 212 Bunyard, failure of Messrs., 406 Burbidgea nitida, 752 Burghley, gardening at, 399 BuUer's Court, 137
C.\BB.\OF„ early, and Brussels Sprouts, 170
Cabbages, the value of, 727
Cactuses, M. Courant's, 178
Calanthes in shallow pans and pots. 309
Calanthe Veitchii at .Alton Towers, 116
Calceolaria, the, 722, 795 ; at Langport, 760
Calceolaria Crystal Palace, 816
California raisins, 82
California, the " Taro " plant in, 210; the winter in, 146
Calla cethiopica, 696
Callirhoe involucrata, 732
Callixene erecta, 662
Calypso borealis, 302
Camassia Leichtlinii, 738
Camellia, a miniature flowered, 374, 433
CameUia Ceres, 469 ; C. H. Hovey and Mrs. Hovey, 411 ; C. Lady Hume's Blush, 82 ; C. rosreflora, 406 ; C. Triomphe de F'lorence, 213
Camellia, hardiness of the, 369, 600
Camellia, a miniature white, 374, 433
Camellias, American, 406, 439
Camellias and Camellia culture, by Mr. William Paul : the botany of the Camellia, 461 ; its history, 462 ; the floriculture of the Camellia, 493 I general remarks on cultiva- tion, 324 ; on propagation, 523 ; on their growth in pots and tubs, 337 ; pruning, 538 ; on planting out and cultivating in conservatories, 558 ; on forcing, 393 ; on renovation of debili- tated and unsighdy plants, 593 ; descriptive list of the best varieties, 656, 687
Camellias at Dalkeith, 343 ; at Gunners- bury House, 438 : at Kew, 631 ; at Tredrea, 212 ; at Walton Lea, 536
Camellias, blue, 373 ; early, 247 ; planted out zr. in pots, 308 ; sporting of, 441,
472. 50s Campanula rotundifoha, 732 Camphor, production of, in China, 243 Campi Elysii. the ten last parts of, 241 Camptopus Mannii, 631 Canadian notes, 238, 603 Canary creeper, &c. , 663 Canterbury Rose Club, 304 Canton, culture of the Jasmine at, 114 Caoutchouc, imports of, in 1878, 604 Cape Town : Musa Ensete, 603 Cardamine pratensis, 632 Cardinal Haynald, 660 Carex Gr.ayi and C. pendula, 784 Carlisle, the Knowefield .N'urseries at, 495 Carnations and Picotees, 141 ; effects of
the winter on, 626 ; phenomena in the
cultivation of, 53 Carnations, tree, 174, 341 : dressing, 117 Carob Bean brandy, on the manufacture
and use of, 24 Carpet bedding two centuries ago, 340 Carpinus Betulus var. quercifoha. 716 Carrots, M. Spach's classification of, 750 Cassia fistulosa washed up on the East
Coast of Yorkshire, 662 Cassia lignea, 242 (■asu.arina snmatrana, 440 Cattle poisoning by Yew, 404, 333, 367 Cattleya Mendelii, 233 ; x C. Mitchelli,
732 ; C. Skinneri, 180 ; C. Skinneri
alba, 660 ; C Triana; at Burton Hall,
84 ; C. Trianre Dodgsoni, 406 ; C.
Trianac Hardyana, 366 Celery culture at (Jlay worth, 332 Celery, which is the best, 84, 149 Centaurea Cyanus, 80 Central Nevada, on the forests of, 782 Cereus tuberosus, 739 Certificates, botanical, 404 Ceylon, the produce of, 140 ; Tea, Coffee,
and Cinchona in, 788 Chamajcyparis nulkaensis, 360 Chamoepeuce di.acantha, 397 Chamai-rops e.xcelsa or Fortunei, 308,
632 Champion Potato, presentation to the
raiser of the, 82 Charcoal stove, a cheap, 633
IV
Th« Gardeners' Chronicle. )
INDEX.
[June 28. 1879.
Cherries, Morello, on wired walls, u6
Cliiinonaiitlnis fragrans, 83
China, jirotlnclion of camphor in, 243 ;
slr.iw plait from, 114; the '^'!\ trade
of, 369 Chinese Ijolanicil literature. 369 Chinese hats, European trade in, 114 Chinese method of raising weeping trees,
790 Chinese Primulas, 374 Chionodoxa discussion, the, 404, 471 Chionodo\a Korbesii, 439, 468 ; C. I-uci-
>ia-, 339. 375. 474 Chiswick, grafting experiments at, 632 ;
the new rockery at, 375 Christmas Koses in pots, 210 Chrysanthemums, 120; experiments in the
culture of, 37O ; when to propagate, 22 Church, Professor, proposed testimonial
to, 273, 338 ; and the Royal Agrieul-
cullural College, 373 Churchyards, Vmes planted in, ii3 Cibotiums, the Sandwich Islands. 430,
•>94 ^ ,
Cibotium Chamissoi, 495 ; C. glaiicum, 494 ; C. .\Ienzicsii, 430 ; C. prninatum,
43 <
( !igar trade of C uba. the, 662
("inchona in India, 622
Cineraria, the (witli coloured jjlate), 532
Cinerarias, 470 ; double, 506 ; from seed, 506, 537 : new, 411 ; the Isleworth, 468
C'irrhopetalum Makoyanum, 234
Citrus, the genus, and the Italian Govern- ment, 242
Clay, action of frost on, 345
Clayworth, Celery culture at, 332
( 'lematis verticillaris, 726 ; WiUisoni, 665
Clim.Ue, inlliieuce of forests on, 335
Clover, Japanese, 662 ; Mexican, 660
("nicus altissimus, 436
Cobham, the rainfall at. 247
Cobs and Filberts. Kent, 605
Cockroaches, .Ants and C'ricliets, 407
Cocoa-nut beetle, the. 215
Cocoa-nut husks, i3i ; for Orchid growing, 212
Coelogyne, a distinct and beautiful, 374 ; C. cristata, 246 ; C. cristata alba, 376 ; C'. ocellata maxima, 474, 524
Coflea liberiea, 369, 243, 630
Coffee in Ceylon, 88 ; in Costa Rica, 79T : in M)sore and Ceylon, 564
Coftee leaf disease, Mr. Morris' experi- ments on the. 564
Colchicaceo:, Mr. B.aker on the, 113
Coleus, new varieties of, 748, 793
Colorado beetle, the, 694
Colour in leaves and the sunlight, 564
Columbine, a stellate. 761
Combe Abbey G.ardens, plants in (losver at. 204
Combe Cottage, Orchids at, 30G
Combinations, chance, 559
COM.MITIEE, the Scientific, of the Royal Horticultural Society ; suljjccts brought before tiic : — .\sh, disease in, 216 ; Ccrcis siliquastrum, curved twigs of, 700 ; Chionodoxa I.ucili;e, 474 ; cl.ay, action of frost on, 344 ; Cjcoa Palms, beetle injurious to, 86, 215 ; fasciated Ruscus. 410 ; Fischeria, fruit of. 344 ; fruit blossoms and the frost, 700 : fungus on a (iowcr-bed, 636 ; (ialium sp. , g.alls on the leaves of, 410; Hyme- nocallis macrostephana, 474 ; Iris, insects injurious to, 86; meal on Auri- cula leaves, 636, 700 ; .\Iistleto, andro- gynous, 344 ; Narcissus 'I'azetta var. aureus. 86 ; Orchis latifolia, pollinia of.' 763; Oryctes monoceras, 215; Passi- flor.i, excrescence from, 344 ; I'entlandia mini.ita, 215 ; ])lants exhibited, 86, 216, 344. 410, 474, 635, 700; Primroses, monstrous, 700 ; Ranunculus auricomus 763; Robinia, dise.tse in the stem of a ^344 ; root-hairs, 700 ; Salep, 635 ; Taxodium sempsrvircns, excrescence from the root of. 344; vegetable ivory, 636 ; vegetable remains from gmvel, 86, 344 ; Willows, ch.ingeof sex in, 763
Commercial statistics, 275
Comoro Palm, the. 406
Comparcltia macropleclron, 398
Compensation case : Carter 7'. The Metropolitan District Railw.ay. 375
Composts for pot-grown plants, 240
Cones, a new use for, 306
( onfirmation fruit trees. 748
Congress, jiroposcd horticultural and botanical, at Brussels, 661
Coniferine and \*anilline, 115
Conifers, concentric rings in, 306 ; excres- cences on the stems of, 404 ; excres- cences from the roots of, 503 ; new miniature, 82 ; pruning of, 358
Conservatories, damage done to, by snow 274. 343
C onservatory. how to heat a small, 246
Conservatory w.iUs, a hybrid Pelargonium for, 630
Continental horticultural exhibitions, 724
Convolvuli.-e:v. Mexican. 48
Coorongite in South Auuralia, 240
Coppice managenient, 85
Coptis orientalis, 338
Corbet, .Mr. Henry, death of, 57
Cork O.ik, the old. at Kulh.im P.dace,
>44 Cornllower, the, 80 Cornw.all, a plague of weevils in, 628 ; the
early Potato crop in, 502 Corsia ornata, 170 Corylus .Vvell.ana pendula, 114 Costa Rica, Coffee cidtivation in. 791 Cotton reels, how they are made, 601 CoveiU Garden flower market, 275 Cow tree, the. 114, 148 ( "ranberries at home, 307 Cranston's Nurseries, king's Acre. 726 Crassulace;t, tlie inflorescence of, 274 Creepers, cutting .and training, 87 Cress, on the roo -growth of. 782 Crinum Macowani, 636 Croci, notes on new, 234 Crocuses in the wild garden, 660 Crocus aluppicus, 234 ; C. B,alans.T?, 234 ;
C. Boryi, 235 ; C. cilieieus, 235 ; C.
etruscus, 235 ; C. karduckharum, 235 ;
C. Kirkii, 234 ; C. nudiflorus, 235 ; C.
Orsinii, 234 ; C. Pallasii. 235 ; C. pclo-
poniiesLxcus, 235 ; C. sativus, 341 ; C.
vilellinus, 234 Crops and ground, evaporation of water
from, 630 Crops, early, 440 Crotons, 568 ; for winter use, 508 Croton albicans, 411 ; C. glandulosus,
84 ; C. Williamsii, 411 Crystal Palace Company as nurserymen,
599
Crystal Palace, gardenmg at the, 569 ; resignation of the garden superintend- ent at the, 534
Cuba, sugar in, 341 ; the cigar trade of, 662
Cuckoo and nightingale, arrival of the,
567 Cuckoo flower, the double-flowered, 632 Cucumber disease, the, 277 Cucumber growing on a large scale, 502 Cucumbers, curious scale on, 504 ; tape- worm in, 306 Culford Vine sport, the, 2r, 147 Cultivation as a test of species, 240 Cupressus Lawsoniana or Chamn^cyparis
Boursierii, 726 Currant trade of Patras, the. 789 Cuttings, improved method of striking,
376 Cyclamens at Ealing Dean, 340 Cyclamen persicum Crimson King, 345 ; (.). Duke of Connaught, 411 ; C. Queen of the Belgians, 411 ; C. pieturatum. 3 15 : C. Reading Gem, 86 ; C. Gem, 411 Cymbidium Lowianiim, 332, 345. 404,
'472 Cyperus, ornamental species of, 784 Cyphokentia macrocarpa, 216 Cypress, Pryal's golden, 146 Cypripedium Ainswortiiii, 748 ; C. Cal-
ceolus. 630, 812 ; C. Calceolus and
spectabile. 398, 665, 761 Cytisus Ardouini, 727 ; C. Laburnum,
poisonous properties of, 568 ; C. supl-
nus, 694
Daffodils, 567 ; double, 472 ; the wild,
376 Dahlias, notes on, 476 ; single, 7S4 Daisies, 633
Dale, Mr. Joseph, death of. 20, 179 Dalkeith, tlie Camellias at, 343 Damsons, unfruitful, 84, ir6 Dangstein. the gardens at, 74 ; the sale
at, 789 Daphne Blagayana, 502 ; D. japjnica
variegata, 503 D.irwinia tulipifera. 784 Datura (Brugmansia) arborea. 143 Davallia M,ariesii, 345 ; D. Moorcaiia,
406 Davcnham Park. Orchids at, 373 Davidsonia pruriens, 411 D.iwson, Mr. .A., death of, 120 De Bary, M. .Anton, with jwrtrait, 237 Dendrobium Brymerianum, 438, 475 ; D.
Cambridgeanum, 50, ; D. chrysantiuini
niicrophthalnmm. 366 ; D, crassinode
v.ir, album, 376, 474; D. Kaleoneri,
758 : D. leucochlorum. 202 ; D.
micans. 332 ; D. nobile, 180, 507, 564 ;
D. rhodostoma. 636 ; D. Smiljiiv. 106 ;
D. splendidissimum, 298 ; D. Wardia-
num at Ormiston House. 308 Derbyshire, spring gardening in, 696 Deulzia gracihs in small pots, 504 Di.igrams, botanical, 535, 695 Dianthus, hardy, 820 Dicksonia antarctica, 758 Digging and trenching, 87 Directory, the Horticultural. $63 Diseases, of Hyacinths, on the, 43 ; roots
of Rubiace.Te, 535 ; in Bouvardia, 338
Donn's Hortus Cantabrigiensis, 441 Doronicum caucasicum, 5O5 Dracxna schizantha, 146 Dracunculus vulgaris, insects in the
spathe of, 599 Draining bog land, 477 Dressing flcrists' flowers, 204 Drosera longifolia and D. rotun<lifolia.
feeding ex|)eriments on, 790 Drosophyllum lusitanicum, 621 Drury, New Zealand, notes from, 120 Dublin, effects of the past winter on
plants at, 526 Duboisia myoporoides, 568 Dnrian, the, 6B3
E.M.ING Dean, Cyclamens at, 340 ICiling District Gardeners' Society, 374 Ealing Park, Epacrises at, 438 ; Orchids
«t. "533 ICbermaiera, nitida, 812 Echium fastuosum Decaisneanum, 538 Echeveria retusa, lit Edelweiss, the, 759 Edinburgh Botanic Gardens, the, 335 ; the
Curatorship of the, 17, 82, 116 Edinburgh, the Professorship of Botany
at, 304 Education of gardeners, the, 463, 496,
527 Egypt and its flora, 12 Encephalartos acantha = Friderici Git-
liclmi, 631 England, early history of floriculture in,
687 ; Grape wine in, 662 ; the May-bug
in, 470 Epacrises, 506, 559 ; at Ealing Park, 438 Epidendrum ciliare, 150 Epping Forest, 10, 53 ' Eranthcmum pulchellum, 473 ; E. tuber- culatum, 759 Eranthcmunis, specimen, 409, 440 Eranthis hyemalis, 244 Erianlhus Ravennas, 784 Erica codonodes, 376 Escaltonia fioribunda, 752 Esparto-grass, the introduction of, into
the colonies, 791 Essington, Mr. W. E., death of, 120 Eucalyptus, the, and the frost, 18 ; as a
fever destroying tree, 404 ; in Hong
Kong, 662 ; in the midland counties,
600 Eucharis Candida, 375 Euchla^na luxurians, 18, 407 Eulalia japonica, 784 European trade in Chinese hats, 114 Evergreens, autumn planting, 245 Excrescences on the roots of .Sequoia
sempervirens, 372 ; on the stems of
Conifers, 404, 503 Exhibition purposes, classification of
gardeners for, 245 Exhibitions, continental, 758 Exhibitors, erring, 726 Exochorda grandiflora, 694 Experiments in cross-breeding plants of
the same variety, 751 Exploded notions, 630
F.\I.KL.\ND Islands, the peat flood in the, 469, 626
Fallowfield, the Orchids at, 307
Familiar garden flowers, 275
Farmers' L'lub, the, 147
Fencing, iron and wire, 561
Ferns, comparative hardiness of, 276, 309 ; filmy, &c. , comparative hardiness of, 344 ; from the north of Borneo, 176 ; New Z::aland, 178 ; wintering,
244 Fertilising agents, bees as, 138 I'tTtility, effects of age on, 569 ; nutrition
and cross-fertilisation as effecting, 631 Fieus P.u'eelli, 503
Fig, the Indian, 83 ; the Early X'iolet, 818 !■ igs, on transplanting and root-pruning,
795 Fiji, prospects of, 340 Flagging of cut flowers, the, 595 Flax, New Zealand, 791 Floors for stoves and greenhouses, 568,
634 l''lora of British India, the, 695 l''loraI Committee, awards of the 50^ „ 503. 535 ■
Moras, origin of existing, 176 Floriculture, earlyhistorv of, in Eniflmd
687 • o .
Florists' Flowf.rs :— Auricula, the, 434. 561. 666 ; .VuricuLas in Scotland, 594 ■ Calceolaria, the, 722 ; Carnations and Picotecs, cfiects of the winter on, 626 ; Carnations, tree, 174 ; Chrysanthe- mums, 120 ; Dahlias, notes on, 476 ■ the new, of 18-8, 77 ; Polyanthus, the.' 401 ; season.able notes on. 141. 270 530. 690, 8t5
Florists' flowers, dressing, 204 ; reminis- cences of old, 696 : the philosophy of,
54 Florists' societies, the national, 178
I''lore des Serrcs, 438
I'lorvita, the life of flowers, 666
Flower gardening at Stoke Rochford. 44
Flower garden plants, preparation, &c. of, 599
Flower makers, artificial, 306
Flower-pots, the trade in, 178
l-'lower show in Paris, a, 763
Flower show rules, &c. , 145
Flower shows, spring, 470
Flowers, and insects, interrelations of, 535 ; and their unbidden guests, 48 ; cut, the flagging of, 595 ; dried tropical, 759 ; forcing in Germany. 243 ; for evening wear, 406 ; hardy, 243. 408, 440, 8t2 : paper, 146 ; sweet-scented, for the London trade, 788
Flowers, florists', the new, of 1878, 77
Foliage effects, 725
Forage grasses, the queen of, 18
Forest, an antediluvian discovered in Germany, 177
Forester, presentation to a, 81
Forests, Indian, and their relation to climate, 306
Forests of Alabama, 604 ; of Central Nevada, 782
Forests of Western .\ustralia, the re- sources of, 790
Forestry : — Coppice management, 85 ; hedge plants, 562, 602 ; hedges, 475 ; influence of forests on climate. 335 ; protection of trees from ground game. 14 ; pruning, 173, 269, 370 ; tap-roots, transplanting, 205 ; wire fencing, 657
Forget-me-Not and Violets, 436
Forsythia suspensa, 535
Foster, Mr. Le Neve, death of, 277
Fota Island, the frost and its effects at, ISO
Fourcroya, a synopsis of the species of, 623, 656
Fowl-house, aviary, &c. , a combined, 17
I'Y.agrance in flowers, absence of, 730
I' ranee, the May-bug in, 469 ; the Potato trade with, 788
F'r"ezing rain, 339
French and German agricultural and horticultural products, 242
French Institute, the, 535
Friends, old, under new names, 297
Fritillaria Burneti, 685 ; Y. Karelini, 752
Fritillary, the common, 761, 793
Frost, the, 107 ; action of, on clay, 345 ; at Belvoir Castle, 83 ; and its effects at Kew, &c. , 41 ; and the Pansies, 307 ; and the Pentstemons, 376 ; and the Potato disease, 80, 116 ; and the roads, 83 ; and the vegetables, 211 ; damage done by the, 179 ; destruction of plants by, 208 ; effects of. on garden plants, 211 ; effects of the. on herbaceous plants at Manchester, 507 ; effects of the, on the vegetation, 16, 112, 150. 246, 274, 471. 507 : in June, 660 ; in the winter of 1739-40, 147
Frost, John, lines on, 499
Frosts, list of severe, 398
Frost, \'eronicas and the, 375
Fruit and vegetables, drying for winter, 507 ; foreign, 693
Fruit blossoms and bees, 408
I'ruit buds and destructive birds, 84, 115
Fruit crops and the weather, 663, 73O ; our, 304 : the prospccti\'e, 756
Fruit culture in Japan, 115
Fruit iiuporters, important to, 123
l-'ruit lore. 720
I-'ruit nomenclature, 567
Fruit prospects, 2o3, 376, 404. 473. 601, '^34 793 .' ''> Kent, 566 ; in Vdrksliire, 567
I'ruit plantations, the Kentish, 598
Kniit trade in the City, 8i3
Fruit trees and birds, 213
F^ruit trees, confirmation, 748 ; flow of the sap in, 308 : protection of, 408, 441
Fruits, acid, 306
Fruits, the new, of 1878, 51
Fruits, tropical, 683, 728
Fuel, cost of, in nurseries, in winter, 407
F'uel, economy of. in horticultur.il estab- lishments. 749
I'"ulham Nurseries, herbaceous plants in the, 796
Fulham Palace, the Black Walnut at, 373 : the old Cork Oak at, 144 ; the old Robinia at, 112
Fumigating machines, 407
Fungus blights, how to deal with, 400
F'ungus on Maples, 341
F'ungus spores, vitality of. 662
Fusion of two flowers, 275
G.\L.\NTIIUS, 309; G. Elwesii, 236: G. Imperati, 237 ,■ G. laiifolius, 237 ; G
June ^S, 1879.]
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[The Gardeners' Chronicle. V
nivalis, 237 ; G. nivalis var. Melvillei, 41 r : G. nivalis var. Shaylo:;lvii, 276, 342 ; G. plicatus, 236
Galloway, Mr. G., death ot, 183, 247
Game covert, Rhododendrons as, 51
Game laws in .\lsacc. 592
Garaway, Messrs., presentation to, 40*5
Garden, art in the, 556, 589, 728
Garden lore. 299
Garden, lost and saved in a lady's (Mid- land Counties). 664
Garden, old favourites in the, 53 ^
Garden plans, 528, 624, 664
Garden reel, a good, 697
Garden structure, a novel, 16
Garden tools in Russia, 657
Gardens, tropical, 523
Garden walls, on wiring, 52
Gardens, economical, for Londoners, 341,
374 Gardens, piiblic, iu crowded localities,
436 , . .
Gardeners, bequests to, 342 ; classihca- tionof, for exhibition purposes, 177,245: on tile education of, 463, 496, 527 ; lodges for young, 54 Gaitlener, presentation to a, 567, 758 Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Institution,
816, 819 Gardeners, villa, suggestions to, 531 Gardening at the Crystal P.xlaoe, 569 ; at Saigon, 341 ; in the west-end parks, 758 ; landscape, 438 ; spring, in Derby- shire, 695 Gardenias, 567, 602 ; in small pots, 309,
342 Gardenia Fortunei, hardiness of, 244 Garrya Fremonti, 343 Germ.any, an antediluvian forest disco- vered in, 177 ; forcing Howers in, 243 ;
free trade in, 81 Gesnera oblongata, 49 Glasnevin, Orchids in flDwer at, 375 ;
Pitcher-plants at, 689 Gleichenia dic.arpa longipinnata, 411, 781 Glendower's Oal< at Shelton, 464 Gloire de Dijon, flower of, on Mareclial
Nicl, 662 Gloxinia, Mrs. Bause, 538 Goldie. Mr., travels in New Guinea, 597 ; Gooseberry and Currant bushes, and tlie
birds, i3 : destruction of the buds of,
55 : protection of, 115 Gooseberry crops, birds and the, 537 Gooseberry trees, standard, 242 Gorse, double-flowered, 730, 763, 793 Grafting, on, 365 ; experiments at Chis-
wicii, 632 : natural, 112 Grafting old \'ines, 106 Grape culture at Henbury Hill, 625 Grape, Golden Champion, 211 ; Gros
Colmar, 54 Cirape wine in England, 662 (irapes, bottling, 341 Grapes, large bunches of, 756 ; on the
change of colour in, 338 ; setting, 651,
762, 795 ; tlie influence of light on tlie
ripening of, 14 [ Grasmere, Woodberry Dosvh, 693 Grass, a new forage, 407 Grass banks. Snowdrops on, 376 Grass, peculiar distribution of a, 339 Grasses and Sedges, list of ornamental,
734 Gray, Dr. A. , on the self-fertilisation of
plants, 793 Greece, ancient trees and slnaibs of, 2|2 Greenhouse, arrangement of the interior
of, 762, 793 Grisebach, deatli of Professor, 631 Grosvenor Gallery, the, 12, 591 Gulf States as a Tea country, the, 107 Gunnersbury House, Camellias at, 438 ;
the Orchids at, 790 Gynerium saccliaroideuni, 470 Gymnothri.x latifolia, 784
H
H.\D1)0 House, the gardens at, 299
Hammerfest, llie vegetation of, 727
Handicaps, Horticultural, 233
Hardening off bedding plants, 634
Hares, destruction of yonng wood liv, 14O
Hawarden Castle, 619
Haworthia and Apicra, a classified list of, 717
Heaths, hardiness of, 601
Heating power, 119: errors in the ap- plication of, 80
Hebeclinum ianthinum, 275
Hedaroma tulipiferum, 784
Hedges, 697J management of, 475 ; quick, 244, 267, 304 ; in Russia, 274 ; plants for, 562 ; planting of, 635
Hc;dysarum humile, 695
Helenium tenuifolium, 752
Helix Pomatia, 570, 590
Hellebore powder, 697
Hellebores, a chapter on, 431
Helleborus niger var. major, 242
Henbury Hill, Grape culture at, 625; the Orchids at, 634, 729
Henderson, deith of Mr. .A., 637 Herbaceous plants at Fulham, 796 ; at
Manchester, effects of the frost on, 507 Hibiscus coccineus, 752 ; H. roseus, 752;
II. rosa-sinensis schizopetalus, 538, 568 Hig^s, Mr. C. J., death of, 57 High Cliurch at the H jrlicullural, 441 Highways, our, 19
Hiniilayau Primulas, 374 ; Rhododen- drons, 731 Hinds, Mr. W., presentation to, 275 Hobbies in horticulture, 689 Hogs, destruction of plants by, 242 Hollyhock fungus, the origin of the, and
how to destroy it, 209 Holmes, Mr. John, death of, 57 Holzneria Poschingeri, 48 Home, Orchids at, 429 Home prepared man n-e, Mr. Moule on.
108. 140 H :ing Kong, the Eucalyptus in, 662 Hop-growers, good news for, 472 Hornbeam, tlie cut-leaved, 716 Horses drawing mowing machiues, b?ar-
ing reins to, 762 Horticultural and BDtanicil Congress
at Brussels, 661 Horticultural Club, the, 113, 375 llorticultur.rl Directory, the, 568, 6oo Horticultural establishments, economy of
fuel in, 749 Horticultural e.\hibitions, the payment of
judges at, 506 Horticultural handicaps, 233 Horticultural report and fruit prospects,
473 Horticulture, hobbies in, 689 Horticulture in Japan, 242 Hortus EuropiEus, the formation of a.
Hotbed frames, 341
Hothouses, boilers and pipes for, 602 ;
Lord Petre's, 624 Hot-water apparatus, good and bad
stoking, 116 House, hardy plants for the, 246 How to do it, 598
Humphreys, death of Mr. H. Noel, 766 Hjacinth, the, 434 ; a proliferous, 463 ;
new certificated, 411 ; on the dise.tses
of, 43 : something like a, 373 Hydrangea Thomas Hogg, 752 Hymenocallis macrostephana, 430, 474,
S03. 535. 538, S70 Hypo.-cidacea", Mr. B.iker's synopsis of,
■792 Hypsilophora destructor, 299
InRRis, as a forcing-plant, th.», 502
Iberis semperfiorens, 242
Icicles, trees weighed down with, 604
Imperial corn averages, 17S
Inarching, natural, 277
India, an exhibition in, 121 ; British, the
Flora of, 695 ; Cinchona in, 622 Indian .\/.aleas, early flowering, 473 Indian forest appointments, 83 Indian Forester, the, 307 Indian plants adapted for commercial
jiurposes, 374 Indian Rhododendrons in the open air,
440 Indigo in Salv.idor, 114 Insect, a new, found on Norlh .\merican
Firs, 48 Insects, and Orchids, 760, 795 ; destruc-
tio.i of, by frost, 933 ; exhibited in the
.Mbert Memorial Museum at Bath, 724 ;
injurious to Iris, 86 ; in the spatlie of
Dracunculus vulgaris, 599 ; observ.i-
tions on injurious, 265 ; the paraffia
remedy fgr, 473 Insecticide, another, 54 International Exhibition''in .Australia, 500 Inventor's Record, the, 406 I)iverary, the weather at, 408 Ipomce'a decora, 755 ; leptophylla, 752 Ipsea speciosa, 345 Iris fimbriata, 114; I. iberica v.ir. insig-
nis, 694 ; I. reticulata, 500 Iris, insects injurious to, 80 Iron and wire fencing, 561 Island of Ascension, the, 19 Isleworth Cinerarias, the, 468 Italian sugar refineries, 788 Italy, Anona Cherimolia in, 598 ; imp:ir-
tation of living plants into, 81 Ivory, vegetable, 787, Ivy leaves, poisoning by, 599 Ivy seeds, raining, 477
J.\M.\ic.\ Botanic Gardens, Mr. Morris
and the, 756 Jamaica : Orchids at home, 570 ; the old
Botanic Gardens, 508 ; the Potosi
Tobacco estate in, 603
Japan, fruit culture in, 115 ; horticulture in, 242 ; Primulas, 620 ; Clover, 652 ; Pears, 532
Japanese gardens, 796
Jasmine, culture of, in Canton, 114
John Frost, lines on, 499
" jack Frost," 695
Judges, on the payment of, 506
|une, frost in, 633 ; a Roseless, 793
K
1'Ci;nncdy, death of Right Hon. T. F.,
442 Kensington Gardens, the trees in, 210 Kent Cobs and Filberts, 605 Kent, fruit prospects in, 566 ; Primroses
in. 534 Kentish fruit plantations, the, 598 Kew Gardens, early opening of, 210, 338 ; the Economic Museums at, 795, 8ig ; Camellias at, 631 ; Orchids at, 179, 340 ; the boilers at, 82 ; the Palm-house at, 438 ; the Pinetum at, 566 ; the temperate-house at, 564 Kilburn, the Royal Agricultural Society's
show at, 566 Kitchen garden plans, 528 Kl.aboch, Mr. F. , de.ath of, 304, 369 Knap Hill, the .\merican plants at, 781 Knowefield Nurseries, Carlisle, 495 Koch, Prof. Karl, death of, 694 Kubanka and Saxonica Wheat, experi- ments with, 652
L.VBIAT.K, the Portuguese, 369
Lachenalia, a proliferous, 502
Lachenalia pendula, 338
Ladder for the orchard, a, 8ig
Ladies' botany class, 502
Laelia acuminata alba and L. anceps
Dawsoni, 118; L. anceps alba, 11;
L. flammea, 538 ; L. harpophylla, 407 ;
L. pumila, 752 ; L. virens, 716 Lancashire garden, notes from a, 535,
590 Landscape gardening, 438 Langport Nurseries, Calceolarias at the,
760 Lantanas, 752, 762 Lapageria alba, hardiness o(, 599 Lapagerias and Solanums, 116 Lapagerias, hardiness of, 568 Lastrea marginalis var. cristata, 758 Lawns, 630 ; new and old, 472 Leaves and the sunlight, colour in. 564 Leaves, can they absorb water, 72^3 Legion of Honour, the, 532 Leguminous plants, nature and cause of
the swellings on the roots of, 239 " Letter of the law," the, 340 Lettuce disease, M. Max Cornu on the,
146 Lettuces, winter, 307 L">ucojuni vernuni, 399 L'-vy, M., oa the influence of light, &c.,
144 Liberian Coffee, 243, 630 Light and heat, action of, on plants, 727 Light, on the influence of, in the rip.ening
of Grapes, 144 Ligustrum sinense latifolium robustum =
L. luciduni, 18 Ligustrums, notes on, 22 Lilac alba grandiflora, 538 Lilium avenaceum, 752 ; L. concolor,
752 ; L. maritinium, 752 ; L. Maxim 3- wiczii, 7S2 : L. medeoloides, 752 ; L. nion.adelphuni, 753 ; L. nepilense,
753 ; L. o-xypetalum, 753 ; L. pardali- num, 753 ; L. Parryi, 753 ; L. tigrinuju flore-pleno, 342
Lily of the Valley, 246, 276 ; at Twickea-
hani, 655 Limitodes labrosa, 202 Lime groves of Montseirat, 178 Linnean Society, the, 630, 695 Lip.rris tricallosa, 684 Liriodendron tulipifera, 23, 409, 440
471 Literature, Chinese b3t.anic.1l, 369 Livistona Maria?, 790 Loasa Wallisii, 753 Loch Kander, notes of a visit to, 23 Lodges, young gardener's, 54 London central fruit, vegetable, and
flower niirket, 243 Londoners, economical g.ardens for, 341,
374
London Internation.al Horticultural Exhi- bition for 1880, 410, 439, 471, 506, 532, 536, 692, 695, 728, 759, 794
London parks, the superintendents of the, 755
London, the vegetation immediately north of, 632
Lopezia grandiflora, 753
Lord Petre's hothouses, 624
Lost and saved in a lady's garden, in the west midlands, 762
Lowther Castle, notes from, 399
Lycaste locusta, 524
M
M.\ci.:.vv.\ bella, 475, 628
Miggot, Pear and .\pple. 760
.M.ignolia conspicui, 621 ; M. grandiflora
ferruginea, 114, 149, 507; M. Soulan-
geana, 758 M.ignulias, deciduous, 725 Manchester Botanictl and Horticultural
Society, 565, 725 Manchester, effects of the frost on Iier-
b.iceous plants at, 507, 595 Manchestei-, the Auriculas at, 6or ; the
Tulips at, 663 Manchester Whitsuntide show, 757 Manchuria, southern, notes from, 537 Mangoes, Indiaii, 791 Mauley Park Company, the, 1(4 Manure, home-prepared, Mr. Moule
on, 108, 140 Manuring land with fossil shells, 604 Miples, hingus on, 341 Marble-wood, .Vnd.inian, 630 Mart'chal Niel, flower of (iloire de Dijon
on, 662 Market gardens, the winter in the, 274 Market, the new, for the City, 307 Marnock, Mr., retirement of, 628; the
presentation portrait of, 566 Marriage of the Duke of Connaught, 338 Marsilia quadrifolia, 753 Masdevallia B.iokhousiana, 716 ; M.
bella, 474 ; -M. H.irryana teta, 716 ;
M. Parlatoreana, 172 ; M. Shutde-
worthii, 631 Missowia and Spadiiphyllum, 268 M.itheson, Sir James, death of, 50 Maund's BDtanic G.irden, 506 May, an Orchid-house in, 665 May-bug, the, in France and England,
469 May Shows at South Kensington and
Manchester, 240 May, the " Merrie " month of, 600 McDonald, de.ath of Mr. J., 412 Meahes = Indian Corn, 816 Mealy-bug on \'ines, 54, 84 Meconopsis nep.alensis, 757 Melbourne, notes from, 344 Melon, Davenhani Early, 633 Melon nomenclature, 730 Melon seeds, old, germination of, 470,
537 Melons, failure with, 632, 633 Mentha Pulegium gibr.iUarLca, 375, 409 Mentni3re Towers. 747, 779 Mentone Horticultural Society, 534 Meteorological elements in 1878, summary
of the, 143 Meteorologic.il Society, the, 275 Meteorological statistics, 119 Methven, Mr. T., death of, 83 Mexican and Central American Orchids,
a list of the, 202, 235, 267, 334, 367,
433. 559. 686, 719 Mexican Clover, 660 Midland counties, lost and saved in a
lady's garden in the, 664, 762 ; the
Eucalyptus in the, 600 Mignonette for the million, 8t8 Mildew on forced Roses, 472 Milk, a new source of, 114 Miln, death of Mr. R., 667 Mimulus, the, 664 Mistleto, androgynous, 344 Mistleto and Mountain Ash, 146 Mitchella repens, 508 Monnina xalapensis, 50 Monstera deliciosa, 635 .Montserrat, the Lime groves of, 178 Moore, the late Dr.. of Glasnevin, 756 Moorhens, how to dress, 23 Moor, the first day on the, 76 Morello Cheries and wired w.alls, 84 Morinda citrifolia, 332 Mortality, 398 Mortola, plants flowering in May at, 693 ;
on New Year's D.ay, 55 Moss, pl.anting seeds in, 343 Moth Orchids at home, 587 Mottos in gardens, 245 Mowing machines, bearing reins to horses
drawing, 762 Mudd, the late Mr. W., 558, 729 Musa Ensete, at Cape Town, 603 .Muscari, 564 ; M. p.ar.adoxuni, 635 Muscats, setting, 730 Muscats, the Berklmiiipsted, 532 Mushroom culture, 566 Mushroom spores, germinating on sand
and glass, 602 Mushroom stools, 213 Mushroom stool, how to make a, 309 Musk, Harrison's, 760 Mustard, on the root growth of, 782 Myrrh of commerce, the, 470 Mysore and Ceylon, Coffee in, 564
N
Narcis.sus calathinus, 730 Nasturtium, double-flowered, 663 National .\uricula Society, the, 506 National Florist Societies, the, 208 National Rose Society, 147, 759
VI
The Gardmicri' Chronicle..
INDEX.
(June 18, 1879
Natural Historv : — Common sparrow, the, 626 ; Helix Pomatia, 570, 590 ; slu^s eating worm-;, 476. (Sse uhcLt TestaccUa. )
Xectarinos and 1 'cache.-) blistering, 72;}
Xep.'nthes saiiguinea, 12
Xepcnthes, the, of Bjrneo, 21
Nepeta spicata, 753
Nettle, culture of the, as a fibre plant,
716 Nettles, a gossip about, 759 New Granada, Orchid collecting In, 171 ;
Orchids from, 341 New Guinea, buds frora, 502 ; Mr.
Goldie's travels in, 597 ; plants and
birds from, 341 New Zealand Flax, 791 Nicotiana noctiflora, 753 Nightingale And cnckoo, arrival of tlu,
567
Niven, Mr. Ninian, death of, 277
Norris Green, the gardens at, 718
North American l^itcher-plants at Glas- nevin, 638
Novelty, a gr::at, 623
Nursery and Sjed Trade .Vssociation, the, 173
Nutrition and cross-fertilisation as effect- ing fertility, 631
Nuttallia cerasiformis, 534
Nut, the Weeping, 114
Oak, destruction of an ancient, in Wind- sor Park, 146 Oak, the Boscobel, 21 ; Glendower's, 464 Oakfield, fate of shrubs, &c., at, 568 Ochna multiflora, 698
Orituauv : — Beadon, the Rev. Canon, t 766; Corbet, Mr. H., 57; Dawson, Mr. A., 120; Essington Essington, Mr. W. , 120; Foster, Mr. Le Neve, 277 ; Galloway, Mr. G., 183 ; Hender- son, Mr. A., 637 ; Higgs, Mr. C. J., 57 ; Holmes, Mr. [., 57 ; Humphreys, Mr. H. Noel, 766 ; Kennedy, Right Hon. T. F., 442 ; Koch, Professor Karl, 694 ; McDonald, Mr. John. 412 ; Methven. Mr. T., 88 ; Miln. Mr. R., 667 ; Moore, Dr. D., 757 ; Niven, Mr. Ninian, 277 ; Reichenbaeh, Professor, 4-J2 ; Sage, Mr. T., 88 ; Stevenson, Mr. J., 442; Tillery, Mr. W., 593; Tremble, Air. J., 572 ; Trevelvan, Sir W. C, 412; Tye, Mr. G. P., 151; Walton, Mr. H., 57a
Odontoglossum Andersonianuni lobatuni, 74 ; O. aspersum, 266 r O. cirrosum, 406 ; O. confertum, 298 ; O. elegans, 462 ; O. Hallii xanthoglossum, 716 ; O. hebraicum,462 ; O. Londesboroughi- anum, 298, 342 ; O. maculatum erojum, 266 ; O. madrcnse, 342, 374 ; O. oligan- ihum, 556 ; O. orientale, 366 ; O. Pha- la^nopsis var. solare, 494 ; O. pul- chellum majus, 213 ; O. Rossii, 138 ; O. vexillarium, 567. 662, 759 ; O. vcxil- larium roseum, 602 ; O. zebrinuni, 299
Oil of Perilla ocimoides, 340
< ).nbu, the, 497'
Oacidium cryptocopis, 377; O. fimbri- ntum. 29S ; O. Forbesii Borwickianum, 524 ; O. pictum, 730 'One shall be taken and the other left," 209
Oaion. the (iiant /.ittau, 120, 148 ; the Trcbons, 212
Oaions, spring, 600
(J,)ium Poppv, .Mr. Scott's report on the, 623
Opuntia Rafinesquiana, 376 ; O. vulgaris,
83
Orange wines, Spanish, 11
Orchid collecting in New Granada, 171
Orchid-house, ants in an. 664
Orehid-house, plants in flower in an, 245, 665
Orchid, the smallest in the world, 55, 149
Orchids, and insects, 760; at Arnott Hili, 343: in flower at Mr. Boruiek"s, 662 ; at Chelsea, 374 ; at Coonibe Cottage, 306 ; at Davenhani Park, 373 ; at Ealing Park, 533 ; at Fallowfield, 307 ; at tUasnevin, 375; at Henbury Hiil, 634, 729 ; at home. 429 ; at home, in Jamaica, 570 ; at Kew, 340, 592 ; at Stamford llill. 247 ; at Sudbury House, 758 ; at Sunbury House, 344 ; at Tredrea, 211 ; at the Victoria ar.d Paradise Nurseries 80, 146, 408 ; at Messrs. Veitch's, 210, 374, 438; at Wilton House, 275; Mr. VVrigley's, 759, 818 ; Dr. Paterson's, 146; Lord I>ondesborough's, 304 ; for decoration, 343 ; from New Granada, 34T ; hardiness of, 599 ; in bloom in January, 50 ; at York Nurseries, 812
Orciiids, Mexican and Central American, a list of. 202, 235, 267, 334, 367, 433, 559, 6S6, 719
Orj'iids, m:)th, at homj, 587
Orchids, notes on, 298
Orchids on cocoa-nut husks, 212
Oroliids, the prices of, 534
Ormiston House, Dendrobium Wardia-
nuni at, 308 Ornithogalum arnijiiiacuni, 748 ; lacteuni,
758
Ori)bus vcrniis, 566 Oiyctci inonoccras, 215 Otiorhyiichus sulcatus, 1S4 Oucd cl Katia, Altjiers, 592, 654 OiU'iraiidra HildcjIjraiuUii, 149, 753 Oxalis cniieapliylla, 631 Oysters, plants flavoured witli, 819
pAi:KiNG plants, 760
['■iliirmo Botanic (iardens, the Afiuarium in the, 2o3 ; the Palm walk in the, 176
Palm, Hildebrandt's new Comoro, 406
Palm-house at Kew, the, 43S
Palms, Cocoa, beetle injurious to, 86
Pampas-grass v. bees, 308
Panipas-grass plumes, 76
Pandanus I.ennei, fruiting of, 441
Panicum, ornamental species of, 784
Pansies, the, and the frost, 307
Paper-making, Bamboo for, 331
Paper protectors, 84
Paraffin remedy, the : insects, 473
Paris, a flower show in, 763
Paris Exhibition, the, 82 ; the awards at the, 48
Paris, planting in, 724
Parks, the West lind, gardening in the, 758
Partridge berry, the, 508
Passiflora, excrescence from, 344
Passion-flower, the, and the frost, 178
Patras, the Currant trade of, 789
Paulownia imperialis, 54, 84, 819
Peach blossoms destroyed by ants, 149, 212, 245
Peach culture in Michigan, 50
Peach-houses, bees in, 181
Peach prospects in .\merica, 503
Peach tree dressing, and I^each setting, 84, rrS, rSi, 2tl, 246, 343
Peach trees injured by wire, 245
Peach Vioiette Hative, 694
Peaches and Nectarines blistering, 729
Peaches and \'incs, on \vinter dressing, 20
Peaches, early, 731 ; fertilising early, 308, 440 : setting, 376, 408
Pear and Apple maggot, 760
Pear, Beurre Giftard, ']^'>t\ Vicar of Wink- field, 119, 150; origin of the latter, 181, 212
Pear tree disease, a, 299
Pears, Japanese, 502
Pearls m Pea-pods 1 240
Peas, Carter's Telephone and Culver- well's Telegraph, 116, 148, 180, 2ro
Peas, the first dish of, 663 ; for exhibi- tion, 308 ; market, 758 ; prizes for, 695
Peat flood in the Falldands, 469, 626
Pelargonium, a hybrid for conservatory walls, 630
Pelargonium album multiflorum, 22 ; P. Lady Scarborough, 55 ; P. (double zonal) Vesta, 661, 694, 729
Pelargonium growing for market, 366
Pelargoniums, Dr. Denny's, 113 ; for forc- ing, 634 ; tricolor, 666
Pentas rosea, 472
Pentstemons and the frost, 376
Peperomia prostrata, 716
Perak, the vegetation of, 301
Perilla ocimoides, oil of, 340
Pernettya mucronata, 753 ; new forms of, 48
Perry Hall, the rainfall at, 120
Pescatorea Gaireana, 684 ; P. Klabocho- rum, 684
Petroleum, heating by, 729
Phakijnopsids. rare, 472
Phatenopsis antcnnifera, 399 ; P. Cor- ningiana, 620
Phlox divaricata, 695
Plilox Drummondii General Radetzky, 83
Pliosphatic nodules, 634
Phyllostachys bainbusoides, 784
Phylloxera, measures taken to eradicate the, 212, S95
Phytolacca dioica, 497
Phytelephas macrocarpa, 787
Picea alba var. Worlitziana, 82 ; P. Mari- ana var. Juhlkiana, 82
Picolees, yellow ground, ti6, 150
Pigeons, carrier, and gardening, 757
Pine-apple, Lady Geatrice Lambton, 82,
.753 Pinc-apjiles. notes on, 22 Pines from the Azores, 275 Pinctum at Kew, the, 566 Pinus insignis and the frost, 794 Pipes T'. tanks, 182 Piptospatha insignis, 138 Pitcher-plants at Glasnevin, 683 Plagues of the gardener, 788
Plantain, a proliferous, it7
Planla universalis germanica, 433
Plans, garden, 624, 664
Plants flowering in February at Combe .\Ijbey, 2D4
Plant growth, curious illustrations of. 112
Planl-liouses, effects of the frost in, 206
Plant-houses for the tropics 796
Plant portraits, 752, 784
Plant shading, 2r, 107
Plants, .action of heat and light on, 727 ; a new natural order of, 170 ; and ani- mals, 66r ; and birds from Xew Guinea, 3.^1 ; and trees, how to make them grow to large size, 335 ; berrieil, for winter decoration, ir ; destruction of, by frost, 2o3 ; effects of the late winter on, 600 ; on the self - fertilisation of, 790 : flower-garden, preparation, &c. , ol. 59? I flowering in the Edinburgh Botanic Gardens, 694 ; increase in the weight of, from seed, 599 ; in flower at Mr. Ware's nursery, 502 ; in fresh soil, extraordinary luxuriance of, 727 ; in- teresting stove, 527 ; New Zealand and .Vustralian, growing in the open air at .\rran, 23 ; odd notions about, 593 ; experiments in cross-breeding, 751 ; self-defence among, 169, 201 ; South -Vfrican, on the tlistribution of, 41 ; the new, of 1878, 9, 39 ; the re-christening of, 297 ; useful notes on, 594 ; flavoured with oysters 8x9
Planting, the best season for, 21, 83
Pi,.\NTS, Nkw Gakdkn, DicsCKiiUin :— Acineta sulcata, 652 ; Adiantum bellum, 172 : Aristolochia promissa, 494 : Bifre- naria Harrisonia; Buchaniana, 430; P'Ulbophyllum Beccarii, 41 ; Cattleya Mendelii, 234 ; C. Trianas Hardyana, 366 ; Cibotium Chamissoi, 495 ; ■ C. glaucum, 495 ; C. Menziesii, 430 : C. pruinatum, 431 ; Cirrhopetalum Ma- ko)-anum, 234 ; Comparettia macro- plectron, 398 ; Cu-'logyne ocellata nraxima, 524 ; Crocus Kirkii, 234 ; Cypripedium Ainsworthii, 748 ; C. ver- nixium, 398 ; Cymbidium Ldwianum, 332 : Dendrodium chrysanthum mi- crophthahnum, 366 ; D. leucochlorum, 202 ; D. micans, 332 ; D. Smillias, 106 ; D. splendidissimum, 298 ; Ebermaiera nitida, 812: Encephalartos acantha, II : Hymenocallis macrostephana, 430 ; La;lia anceps alba, 11 ; L, virens, 716 ; paris tricallosa, 684 ; Limatodes la- brosa, 202 ; Lycaste locusta, 524 i Masdevallia Backhousiana, 716 ; M. Harryana laata, 716 ; ^I. Parlato- rcana, 172 ; Odontoglossum Ander- sonianuni lobatuni, 74; O. aspersum, 266 ; O. confertum, 298 ; O. elegans, 462; O. Hallii xanthoglossum, 716; O. liebraicum, 462 ; O. oliganthum, 556 ;
• O. orientale, 366 ; O. PhaL-enopsis, var. solare, 494 ; O. Rossii, 138 ; Oncidium I-'orbesii Borwickianum. 524 ; O. fini- briatum, 298 ; Ornithogalum armeni- acum, 748 ; Pescatorea Gairiana, 684 ; P. Klabochorum, 684 ; Phalasnopsis antcnnifera. 398 ; P. Corningiana, 621 ; Piptospatha insignis, 138 ; Polystachya rufinula, 41 ; Ranunculus Lyallii, 620: Selaginella perelegans, 173 ; S. Victori?e, 74
Plough trials in Bohemia. 603
Poinsettia pulcherrima, 118
Poisoning by Ivy leaves, 599
Poly.anthus, the, 401, 780
Polyanthuses, gold-laced, 622, 726, 819
Polypus, a, S16
Polystachya rufinula, 41
Poppies, hybrid, 598
Poppy, a, die most northern flowering plant yet collected, 630]
Poppv, the opium, Mr. Scott's report on the', 628
Popular errors in economic botany, 633
Porthgwidden, Cornwall, 686
Portugese Labiatx, the, 368
Potato, the Champion, 55, 118, 182, 213 ; Ronald's Early Frame, 119 ; School- master, 54, 114. 118, 246; history of die, 148, i3o ; Turner's Union, 8.(, 118
Potato crop, the Early Cornish, 502
Potato disease, 818; and the frost, 80, ii6
Potato Exhibition, the International, 274
Potato haulm, burning, 149
Potato measures, 406
Potato planting machine, a, 497
Potato prospects, 757
Potato seed, vitality of, 600
Potato trade with I'rance, the, 788
Potatos at the Paris Exhibition, awards for, 150
Potatos, diseases of, 502 ; early planted. 666 : for exhibition, 438 ; "improved," 84 : late planted, 729
Pothos canncefolia, 268
Potosi Tobacco estate, Jamaica, the, 603
Pot plants, composts for, 240
Pots, washing, 87
Pot \'inrs for late work, 246 ; for table
decoration, 204 Posoqueria longiflora, 759 Poultry keeping, a lady's experience in,
658, 721
PoL'i.iKV \'.\Ki) : — .\ lady's experience in poultry-keeping, 658, 721 , 786
Preston House, die garden at. Sir Preston, the provijicial show at, 373 Prevention better than cure, 307 Primrose, a monstrous, 729 ; a new, 665 Primroses, double, 497 ; lineson, 466; in
Kent, 534 ; under cultivation, 697 Primula Allioni, 438 ; P. ciliata, 538 ; P. cortusoides anicena, 696, 759 ; P. dcn- ticulata var. concolor, .^II ; P. Golden Gem, 636 ; P. marginata, 502 ; P. nivea, note on, 535 ; P. platypetala plena, 538; P. rosea, 375, 411, 438, 441 : P. sinensis, 54, 566 ; P. sinensis finibriata, 178 : P. sinensis Ruby King, 86 Primulas, 150, 182, 344 ; Chinese, 374 ; at Headfort House, the, 85 ; Hima- layan, 374 ; Japan, 620 Privets, the, 22 Prostanthera lasianthos, 411 Protection in winter, 55 Pruning forest trees, remarks on. 173 Prunus puniila, 695 ; triloba, 566 Ps\chotria jasminiflora, 538 Pteris serrulata meltonicnsis, 567 Public gardens in crowded localities, 476 Pugionum cornutum, 789 Puschkinias, 502
Pyrus intermedia Hosdi, 686; P. flori- bunda. 663 ; P. Malus floribunda, 694, 762 ; P. Maulei, 145, 630
Q
QL-EENSL.\N'n, Rice cultivation in, 788 Quickset hedges, 244, 266, 30S, 344 Quinine, influence of, on silkworms, 50
Rabbits barking trees, how to prevent,
27s. 309 Raddish trials at Chiswick, the, 792 Rainfall in Jersey, the, 44 Rain, freezing, 339 Ranunculus Lyallii, 620, 636, 665 Ra\'enea Hildebrandtii, 406 Reading-room in the garden, 20 Reading, the Sarsen stones at, 53, 120,
149 Reel, a good garden, 697 Reels, cotton, how they are made, 601 Reichenbaeh, death of Prof., 442, ^^-j Renanthera coccinea, 305 Rhaphis humilis, 243 Rhexia virginica, 536 Rhinopetalum Karelini, 276, 310 Rhododendrons, 720, 751, 785 ; as game covert, 54 ; the Bagshot, 628 ; Hima- layan, 731 ; Indian, in the open air, 440 ; of the Malayan .Archipelago and New Guinea, 178 ; Messrs. \'eitch's new hybrid, 785 ; sweet scented, 598 Rhododendron Falconeri, 305 ; Hodgsoni,
306 : lepidotum, 753 Rhodoleia Chanipioni, 266 Rhubarb for market purposes, 306 Rhubarb, Stott's Monarch, 55, 694. 7C0 Rice cultivation in Queensland, 788 Rice weevil, the, as a corn destroyer,
Right man in the wrong place, the, 116
Roads and the frost, 83
Robinia, disease in the stem of a, 345
Robinia, the old, at Fulhani Palace, 112
Rochca falcata, 470
Rockeiy, the new, at Chiswick, 375
Rogicra cordala, 440 ; gratissima, 20, 50
Rollisson's Nursery, the sale at, 114
Roman Hyacinth, history of the, . 145, 277. 341
Root-growth of Mustard and Cress, on die, 782
Rosa lucida, -j^-^
Rose budder, the automatic, 820
Roseless June, a, 793
Roses, Ntr. Bennett's hybrid, 632, 692, 729
Rose, Thd Bon Silene, 55 ; the old Cloth of Gold, 504 ; Cloth of Gold, 536, 729
Rose forcing and sunshine, 40G
Rose, Conitesse Nadaillac, 784 ; the Macartney, 566 ; (hybrid Tea) .Madame Alexandre Bernaix,' 411 ; Duchess of Bedford, 784 ; Jean Liabaud, 784 ; Madame Lamb.ird, 784 ; Marie Van Houtte. 7S4 ;Marechal Niel, 537 ; Ma- recl al Niel, on the Borders, 21; .Noisette Drap d'O.', Chromatella, and Clotl. of (iold, 85 ; Souvenir de Madame Pernet, 78 \
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Rose Society, the National, 82
Roses, brief hints ^on the cultivation of, 792, 8i3 ; mildew on forced, 473
Royal Academy, the, 685 ; winter exliibi- tiot. of the, 43
Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution, 81S
Royal Agricultural Society's Show at Kilburn, 566
Royal Botanic Saciety, 146, 374
Royal Botanic Society of Belgium, 65i
Royal Flora Society of Brussels, 307
Royal Horticultural Society, 82, 113, 147, 176, 2o3. 372, 471 ; Chiswicl-; Gardeni, 374 : committees, the, r jS ; constitu- tion of the, for 1879, 121 ; exhibitions, 632 : future of the, 244 ; great summer show, 660, 692
Royal National Tulip Society, 662 ; Man- chester show, 722
Rubiacea;, diseased roots in, 535
Rubus deliciosus, 695 ; R. rosa^folius, 76, 332 : R. rosasflorus var. coronarius, 216
Rudgea macrophylla, 530
Ruseus racemosus, 179
Russelia juncea as a basket ant 796
Russia, garden tools in, 657 ; hedges in, 274
Russian explorations in Central Asia, i3
Sadler, Mr. John, with portrait, 76
Sage, Mr. T., death of, 8cl
Sago Sugar Palm, tiic, 309
S.aigon, gardening at, 341
St. Paul's Churchyard, improvements in,
"5
Salads, French, 630
Salisbury Nurseries, the, 51
Salix mascula pandula, 114
Salvi<ior, indigo in, 114
Salvia splendens, 20 ; S. splendens Bru- antii, 470
Sand and glass. Mushroom spores ger- minating on, 5o2
Sandwicli Islands Cibotiums, 430, 491
Sanguinaria canadensis, 566
Sap, flow of, in fruit trees, 308
Sapindus, the genus, and its allies, 50
Sargent, Prof., on the forests of Cen- tral Nevada, 782
Sarmienta repens, 502
Sarracenia Drummondii var. alba, 55
Sarsen stones at Reading, 23, 53, 120,
' 149
Saxifrages, 566 ; at Chiswick, 818
S.ixifraga Burseriana, 374 ; S. granulata,
760 ; S. granulata flore-pleno, 724 ; .S.
hieracifolia, 685 ; S. peltata, 723 Scale, a curious, on Cucumbers, 504 Schimper, the late Mr. W., 752 Schomburgkia tibicinis, 63 j Scirpus natalensis, 784 Scottish Horticultural Association, 759 Scottish Seed and Nursery Trade .\ssocia-
tion, 82, 406 Scutellaria Wightii, 784 Saaham, leafing of trees at, 687 Seakale, the Fulham White and Lily
White, 86 Seaside shrubs, 695 Season, the backwardness of the, 690 Seats for woodland walks, 213 Sedges and grasses, list of ornamiutal,
784 Sedums for winter carpeting beds, 341 Seed, increase of weight in plants from,
599 Seed, the age of the, 307 Seedsman's bill of former days, a, 18 Seeds, old Melon, germination of, 537 ;
planting in moss, 340: the adulteration
of. 112; the prices of, 118; vitality,
&c., of, 122 ; weight of, 178 Selaginella Kraussii, 375 ; S. Kraussii
aurea, 375, 470, 636 ; S. perelegans,
173. 533 i S. Victoria;, 74 Self-defence among plants, 169, 201 Semine, discovery of a perfect plant in,
630. 664 Senecio concolor, 630 Septinotarsa decemlineata, 50 Sequoia sempervirens, e.wrescences on
the roots of, 372 Severn, beetles in the, in 1574, 569 Sexes of tlie Willow, the, 569 Shading, the new Bamboo, 505 Shells, fossil, manuring land with,, 604 Shelton Oak, the, 461 Shola, the, 637 Shrubland borders, 500 Shrubs, &c,, at Oaklield, fate of, 568 Shrubs, effects of the late winter on, 441 Silene stellata, 784 ; S. virginica, 784 Silkworms, influence of quinine on, 50 Slugs, the ^plague of, 789; wild ducks
destroying. 818 Snails eating worms, 476 Snow, damage done to conservatories bv,
343
Snowdrops, 236, 34a ; au natunl, 53a ; double and single, 270 ; in early spring, 274 ; more about, 341 ; on grass banks,
376 Snowfalls and conservatories, 274 Snowllakes, a chapter on, 399
.SociivTiKS : — B.ith and West of Kngland Agricultural, 764 ; Bristol Chrysanthe- mum and Spring Show, ^,\l ; Crystal Palace, 700 ; Ealing, Acton, and llan- well Horticultural, 442 ; Edinburgli Botajiical, 23, 86 ; Falmouth Horti- cultural, 798 ; Manchester Botanical and Horticultural, 121, 377, 570 ; Great Wliitsuntide Show, 731 ; National -Vuricula (Southern Section), 538 ; (Northern Section), 570 ; Newcastle- upon-Tyne Botanical and Horticultural, 509 ; Reading Horticultural, 733 ; Royal Botanic, 411, 539, 667, 797 ; Royal Caledonian Horticultural, 4p ; Royal Horticultural, 86, 213, 34+, 410, 474. 53S, 635, 697. 763, 820 ; .\nnual General Meeting, 213 ; Spring SIiow, 345, 410, 474, 538 ; Great Summer Show, 697 ; Whit-Monday Show, 734 ; Royal National Tulip, 764 ; Scot- tish Horticultural Association, 86, 183, 345, 510, 636, 765 ; South Essex Klori- cultural,797 ; West of England Pansy, 765 ; York Horticultural, 821
Sod-cutler, Prof. B-'ale's, 537
Soil, aerating the, 118
.Soil, fresh, extraordinary luxurianje of
plants in, 727 Soils, heavy, treatment of, in winter, 50 Solandra grandiflora, 470 Solanums and Lapagerias, 116 Soldanellas, 502 Solomon's Seal, 633 Soluble Phenyle as an insecticide, 55 ;
how to use, 473, 535, 567 Sonchus platylepis, 630 Sorghum halepense, 784 .South .\frican plants, on the distribution
of, 41 .South Kensington, awards at, 438 South Kensington, the Whit-Monday
flower show at, 595, 635, 655 Southern Manchuria, notes from, 537 ;
vegetable products of, 567 .Southport, spring show at, 405 Spach, the late M. Edouard, 727, 750 Spanish Orange wines, 11 Sparrows, 626, 664 ; should they receive
protection, 438 .Sparrows and tomtits, iSr .Spathiphyllum and iNIassowia, 268 Spathiphyllum lanceolatum, 269 Species, cultivation as a test of, 240 Sphasria sinensis, 89 Spirrea alba, 752 ; S. decumbens, 752 Spiranthes autumnalis flowering in Janu- ary, 20 Spring, 332
.Spring bedding, the, 30S Spring flowers, 338 ; at B.-Koir, 569 ;
hardy, 243 Spring llower shows, 470 Spring, the. Willows, 536 Spruje Fir, insects on, 248 Spruces, American, 408 ; Dr. Engelmann
on the .\merican, 334 .Stakes, preserving from decay, 342, 409 Stamford HiU, Orchids in flower at, 247 .Staphylea colchica, 86. 116 .Stapleford Roses, the, 729 Stauntonia latifoHa as a pot plant, 438 ;
hardiness of, 535 Stevenson, death of Mr. J., 442 Stock and the scion, the, 595 Stoke Rochford, flower gardening at, 4 ( Stove, a cheap charcoal, 633 Stoves and greenhouses, floors for, s63,
634 .Stove plants, interesting, 462, 366, 527 Straits Settlements, Tea and Coffee in the,
24 Strawberries, e.irly, 376 ; forced, 299,
343, 652 ; for forcing, 761, 794 ; forcing
of, 24s ; in pots, 819 Strawberry blossom, the, 724 Strawberry prospects, 408, 473 .Strawberry, something new about the,
696, 730, 762, 795 Strawberry Oueen Marie Henriette, 694 Straw plait from China, 114 Succulent plants, hardiness of, 409 .Succulent plants, Mr. Peacock's catalogue
of. 756 .Sudbury House, Orchids in flower at, 758 Sugar-cane disease in British Honduras,
122 Sug.xr in Cuba, 341 Sug.ir refineries m Italy, 788 .Sulphate of ammonia, 735 .Summer bedding plants, 305 Summer cloud, 731 Sunhury House, Orchids at, ^\\ .Sunshine, the lack of, 240 Sutherl.and, Mr. W., presentatioi to, i3 .Sweet-scented flowers for the London
trade, 788
Sydney Botanic Gardens, 400 ; Doryanthes
excelsa in the. 338 .Svdney, New Soutli Walos, notes fro.n, '182
TAiiLic decoration, .\ralias for, 471 ; pot
N'ines for, 204 Tanks v. pipes, 182 T.ipewonu in Cucumbers, 306 " Taro " plant in California, the, 210 Tea and Cofl'ce in the Straits Settlements,
21 Tea, Azorean, 567, 601 Tea country, the Gulf States as a, 107 Tea Roses, seedling, 406 Tea trade of China, the, 369 Temperate-house at Kew, the, 564 Temperature, the range of, during the
frost, 115 Tenant-farmer's alliance, 565 Testacella haliotidea, 669, 756, 793 Tetranemi mexicanum, 784 Tliibaudia pulcherrima, 631 Thismia ophiuris, 720 ; T. neptunis, 720 Thistle, only a ! 436 Thyrsacanthus rutilans as a basket plant,
Tiilandsii streptophylla, 784
TiUery, death of Mr. W., 593
Tomato preserving in America, 687
Tomtits and sparrows, i8r
Town trees and shrubs, 536
Transplanting, 205
Tredrea, Camellias at, 212; Orchids at, 211
Trees and shrubs of ancient Greece, 242
Trees and siirubs, town, 536
Trees, at the West ICnd, 375 ; the flower- ing, 789 ; giant, 758 ; how to prevent rabbits barking, 275, 309 ; leafing of, at .Seaham, 687 ; self-reproduction of, 22 ; weeping, Chinese method of raising, 790 : weighed down with icicles, 604
Tremble, death of Mr. J., 572
Trevelyan, death of Sir \V. C, 412
Trillium grandiflorum, 602
Trithrinax acanthocoma, 784
Tritonia Brilliant, 790
TropLieolums, double, 408, 472
Tropical flowers, dried, 759
Tropical fruits, 683, 728
Tropical gardens, 523
Trump spades, 657
Tuberoses, 820
Tulip mania, a reminiscence of the, 209
Tulip Society, the National, 532
Tulip tree, the, 505, 535, 568
Tulips at Manchester, 663
Turf cutter. Prof. Beale's, 537
Turnip bread, 468
Twickenham, Lilies of the Valley at, 655
Tydea, Madame Heine, 631
Tye, death of Mr. G. P., 151
Usi-.i'i'L plants, notes on, 59^
V \i.EKi.v>JA Pint aurea, 696, 762 Van Houtte's memorial bust, 788 Vegetable albinism, a chemical study of,
83 \'egetable caterpillar, the, 89 Vegetable ivory, 787 Vegetable products of South Manchuria,
537. 567 Vegetable remains from gravel, 86 Vegetables, and the frost, 2it ; dried,
306; early, for American markets, 470 ;
the new, of 1878, 51 Vegetation, effects of the frost on, 471 Vegetation immediately north o! Loud in,
632 Vegetation of Hammerfest, the most
northern town in the world, 727 Vegetation, weather mirks on, 83 Veiteh's nursery, royal visit to. 375 Veitch's, Orchids at, 238 Verbenas, the diseases in, 85, 181 Verbena venosa, 601, 6g6 Veronicas nnd the frost, 375 Veronica Hulkei, 566 ; V. longifolia var.
subsessiUs, 784 Veronicas, shrubby, 408 Victoria, the native plants of, 177 Victoria and Par.idise Nurseries, Orchids
in flower at the, 80, 407 Villa gardeners, suggestions to, 531 Vinery, a new, 85
Vine bleeding, a simple remedy for, 308 Viae border, the formation of a, 57 Vina borders, unprotected, 182 Vine roots, distance to which they ex- trad, 51
Vine sport, the Culford, 21, 147
N'ines and Peaches, winter dressing, n8,
211 ; are they impoverished through,
213 Vines bleeding, 118, 213, 244 \'ines, bottom-heat for, 53 ; grafting old,
106 ; mealy-bug on, 54, 84 ; planted in
churchyards, n8 ; pot, for late work,
246 Violas, bedding, 666 \'iolet, the, 66t
X'iolets and Forget-me-Nots, 436 \'iolets, double, Venice, 470 Violets in pots, 406 Violets, Neapolitan, 472 \'itis indivisa, 784 Vriesea imperialis, 784
W
W.\ii'.s and strays, 662
Wallflowers, colours of, 666
Walls, wiring garden, 149, 180
Walls, wired, and NIorello Cherries, 84,
116 Walnut, the black, at Fulham Palace,
372 Walton, death of Mr. H., 572 Walton Lea, Camellias at, 536 Walwich Bay, 50 Wardrobe powder, recipe for a fragrant,
234
Ware's Nursery, plants in flower at, 502
Washingtonia, 727
Watch, a wooden, 724
Water, can leaves absorb, 726
Water, evaporation of, from various crops and fallow ground, 630
Water for garden fountains, 50
Water, hard and soft, 630
Weather, the, 211, 275 ; a comparison, 472 ; and its effects, 19 ; the fruit crops, 663, 730 ; at Inverary, 408 ; at Kelso, 21 : in North Notts, 277
Weather foreaists, 375
Weather marks on vegetation, 83
Weather maxiins, 565
Weather of 1878, the, 1T9
Weadier, summary of the, in 1878, 143
Weather, the birds and tiie snails, 17
Weeds, absence of, 400
Weeping trees, Cliinese method of rais- ing, 790
Weevils in Cornwall, a plague of, 628
Weights and Measures Act, the, ig, 275
Weight of seeds, 178
Wellington Botanic Gardens, New Zea- land, 796
Wehvilschia mirabilis, 694
West End, trees at the, 375
Wheat, experiments with Kubanka and Saxonica, 652
Whit-Monday flower show at South Ken- sington, 595, 635, 666
Wilder, ihe Hon. Marshal P., accident to, 470
Wild garden. Crocuses in the, 660
Willows, some new or little known, 757
Willow, the sexes of the, 569
Willows in spring, the, 536
Wills', Mr., nursery. Royal visit to, 407
Wilton House, Orchids at, 275
Wimbledon House, Sir Henry Peek's garden at, 242
Wine saus.age, a new, 86
W'inter .Aconite, the, 246
Winter, the, a list of surviv.ils, 730 ; a second. 505. (Sec effects of.)
Winter decoration, berried plants for, it
Winter dressing Peaches and Vines, 84, i8r
Winter, drying fruit and vegetables for,
507
Winter, effects of the late, 334 ; at Man- chester, 595 ; on Carnations and Picotees, 626 ; on shrubs, 377, 441 : on plants, 600 ; on plants at Dublin, 526
Winter Gardens, Southport, spring show at, 409
Winter, protection in, 55
Winter, the, in the market gardens, 274
Winter, the latest, 501, 724
Winter use, Crotons for, 508
Wire fencing, 657
Wire walls, 464
Wiring garden walls, on, 52, 212
Willoof, 117
Women, young, prizes in botany for, 502
Woodland walks, 500 ; seats for. 213
Wood, preserving underground, 300
Wynnstay, 715
Yew poisoning, 66r
Yew poisonous to cattle, the, 533, 567
York, alpine flowers at, 566
\'ork Nurseries, the, 812
Yorkshire, fruit prospects in, 567
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1ST OF
LLUSTRATIONS.
Adelgks abietis, 248
Adiantum bellum, 172
Adonis vernalis, 621
Aloysia cilriodora as grown at Ashridge,
301 American garden nt Norris Green, llie,
735
Anemone angulosa, 343
Anton de Bary, portrait of, 241
Aquarium in the Palermo Botanical Gar- dens, 209
Arnebia echioides, 689
Aroid, a new Bornean, 139
Aviary, dovecote, Sc, a combined, 17
B
Bamboo shading, 505
Bary, Anton de, portrait of, 241
Berkeley, the Rev. M. J., portrait of.
(See number for June 2T.) Bignonia venusta, 273 Bird scarer, a new, 149 Botanic Gardens, Palermo, aquarium in
the, 209 ; the Palm walk in the, 177 Boulton & Paul's combined fowl-house,
aviary, &c. , 17 Boussingault, Jean Baptiste, portrait of,
49 Bruchus granarius, 310
Cai.cf.OLARI.V, Crystal Palace, 8t7 Camellia, Mr. E. J. Lowe's miniature
while, 433 Carpet-bed at Stoke Rochford, 45 Cascade in the Park of I,a Rochette, i;39 Charcoal stove, a cheap. 633 Chionodoxa Forbesii :;: C. Luciliae, 469 Cibotium Chamissoi, 495 ; C. glaucum,
495 ; C. Meniiesii, 431 ; C. prninatum,
43 « Cinerarias, new, coloured plate of, see
No. for April 26 Cnicus altissimus, 437 Coleus, Mr. Bull's new varieties of, 749 , Conservatory, groimd-plan of a, 793 Cork tree, the old, at Fnlham Palace,
145
Cotton reels, how they are made, 601
Cress, diagram illustrating the root- growth of, 783
Crocuses in the wild garden, 601
Cymbidiuni Lowiamun, 405
( ypripediimi Calceohis, 813
Dai-e, Mr. J., portrait of the late, 21 Darwinia tulipifera, a specimen plant of,
735
Datura (Brugmansia) arborea, 141 Dendroijium Brymerianum, 475 Dendrobium nobile at Rushton, 56^ Doryanthes excelsa in the Sydney Botanic Gardens, 339
Ekanthis hyemalis, 245
Fir, Spruce, infested with Adelges abietis,
248 Flower-bed at Stoke Rochford, 45 Flower garden at Haddo House, 305 Fowl'-house and aviary, &c. , a combined,
17
FritiUary and Marsh Marigold, the, 761
Fritillaria Burneti, 685
Fulliam Palace, Juglans nigra at, 373 ;
the old Cork tree at, 145 ; the old
Robinia at, 113
Q
Gai-Anthus Elwesii, 236 ; G. Imperati, 237 ; G. latifolius, 237 ; G. nivalis, 237 ; G. nivalis var. Shaylockii, 342 ; G. plicatus, 236
Garden reel, a, 697
Garden seats, 213, 309
Garden wall, a wired, 52
Gleichenia dicarpa longipinnata, 781
Glendower's Oak at Shelton, 465
(inaur on the root of Taxodium distichum,
372 Grafting, examples of natural, T08, 109 Cirape Vine grown for table decoration,
205
H
Hadiio House, the flower garden at, 305 Hurdles for cattle fencing, 560 Hyacinth, a proliferous, 463 Hypsilophora destructor, 299
I
lN.\RrinNr,, natural, 277 Iris iberica, var. insignis, 603 ; reticulata, 501
J i-'Gi..\NS nigra at Fulham Palace, 373
K
KlTCHKN garden, plan for enclosing a,
with glasshouses, 625 ^ Kitchen garden plans, 528, 529 Klaboch, the late Franz, portrait of, 369
L.\nDER for use in orchards, 819
Leucojum vernum, 399
Lime-tree, natural inarching in a, 277
M
MackAVA bella, 629
Moore, the late Dr., portrait of, 757
Morinda citrifolia, fruits of, 333
Moth Orchid at home, the, 597
Mushroom stools, 210 ; how to make them, 309
Mustard, diagram illitstrating the root- growth of, 783
N
Nr.PENTHES sanguinea, 13 Norris Green, the American garden at, 7=5
0.\ic, Glendower's, at .Shelton, near
Shrewsbury, 465 Oncidium Forbesii, 525 ; var. Borwick-
iantuu, 525 Onions, spring, a market bunch of, 6jo Orchard ladder, 819 Otiorhynchus sulcalus, 184
P.M.ERMO Botani: Gardens, the aquarium in the, 209 ; the Palm walk in tlie, 177
Pare de la Chassagne. the, 1,89
Park of Bois Rena\ilt, the, 588
Peperomia prostrata, 717
Phalrenopsis at home, 597
Piptospatha insignis, 139
Plan, ground, of a conservatory, 793
Potato planter, Murray & Ferguson's patent, 497
Pothos cann.nefolia, 268
Primula, a monstrous, 729
R
Reel, a garden. 697 Reel. Cotton, manufacture of, 60T Robinia, the old. at Fulhant Palace, 113 Root-growth, diagrams illustrating. 7S3 Rubus rosoefolius var. coronarius, 77
Russian spade, a, 653 Russian Wheat, diagrams illustrating two varieties of, 653
Sadler, Mr. John, portrait of, 8t Sandwich Islands Cibotiums, the, 431,
495 Seats for woodland walks, 213 ; how to
make them, 309 Selaginella perelegans, 173 ; S. N'ictoria;,
75 Sequoia sempervirens, excrescence from
stem of, 377 Snowdrops an vattirel, 533 ; illustrations
of varieties, 236, 237, 342 Snowflake, the. 399 Sod-cutter. Prof. Beale's. 537 Sp.ade, a Russian. 657 .Spathiphyllum lanceolatum. 269 Sphreria sinensis, 89 Spiraea alba, 753 ; S. decumbens, 752 Staphylea colchica, 117 Stoke Rochford. a carpet bed at, 45 Stove, a cheap charcoal. 633 Sydney Botanic Garden. Doryanthes
excelsa in the. 339; the director's old
house in the. 401
T.\BLE decoration. Grape Vine grown for.
205 Taxodium disiichnm. gnaur on the root
of, 372 Test.acella haliolidi'a, 669 Thismia neptimis. 721 ; T. ophiuris, 720 Tillery, the late Mr. W. , portrait of, ^93 Trees, naturally grafted, 108, 109 Tropoeolum majus fiore-pleno. 665 Turf-cutter, Prof. Beale's, 537
\'iNE grown for table decoration, 203 \'inery and border, section of a, 85
W
\ViiE.\T, Russian, diagrams illustrating
two varieties of, 653 Willow stamens changing to carpels, 569 Winter Aconite, the, 245 Wired garden wall. a. 52 Wire netting for mbbit fencing. 561
Zki'ZER.i aesculi, 413
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THE
GARDENERS' CHRONICLE,
(iBstablisbc^ 1841. A WEEKLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND ALLIED SUBJECTS.
No. 262.-V0L. XI. \m..\ SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1879. )
Registered at the General \ PriCG Od, Post Office as a Newspaper, \ POST FREE, ^\d.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. With this Number Is issued, Gratis, a COLOURED ALMANAC for 1879.
CONTENTS.
Anemone, the .. .. 12
Apiary . . . . 14
Arbutes, the • ■ 23
Begonia Nellie May 19 Berried plants for winter
decorations .. .. 11
Bird-i and the weather .. 17 Chrysanthemums, when
to propagate . . ..22
Culford Vine sport, the . . 21 Dale, ihe late Mr. J. (with
portrait) .. ..21
Drury, New Zealand,
notes from . . .. 19
Egypt and its flora .. 12
Encephalartos acantha .. 11
Epping Forest . . . . 10
Eucalyptus and the frost 18
Euchlaena luxurians .. 18
Florists' flowers .. .. 13
Forestry . , , . . . 14
Frost, the effects of the . . 16
Garden operations .. 14
,, structure, novel (cut) 16 Gooseberry and Currant
bushes, look to ..18
Grosvenor Gallery, the .. 12 Ground loreman again,
the ,. ..19 Hanover, proposed exhi- bition at . . . . • ■ 17 Highways, our ., .. 19 Island of Ascension, the . 19 Kelso, the weather at . . 20 Lselia anceps alba .. 11 Liguslrum sinensc lati-
fohum robustum .. iS
Liriodendron tulipifera . . 30
Moorhens .. .. ■■ ^3
Nepenthes of Borneo . . 20
,. sanguinea (with cut) 13
Nursery, sale of an old .. 19
Oak, the, at Boscobel .. 21
Orange wines . . . . 1 1
Peaches and Vines, winter
dressing . . .. . . 20
Pelargonium album mul- tiflorum .. .. ..22
Pine-apples, an answer
concerning . . . . 22
Planting, the best season
for .. .. . . 21
Plant sliading . . 21
Plants, new garden .. n
,, new, of 1S78 .. 9
Privets, the .. . . 22
Readvng-room in garden . 20
Rogiera gratissima .. 20 Rose Marcchal Niel on
the Borders . . .. 20
Royal Horticultural So- ciety, the . . . . 18
Russian explorations in
Central Aiia .. .. 18
Salvia spiendens .. .. 20
Sarsen atones at Reading 23 Seedsman's bill of former
days, a .. . . .. iS
Society —
Edinburgh Botanical .. 23 Sutherland, Mr. W., pre- sentation to .. . . iS
Testimonial to Professor
Balfour .. . . , . 16
Trees, reproduction of .. 22 Weather, the . . --23 Weights and Measures
Act 19
CRYSTAL PALACE.
FLOWER SHOWS in 1879. SATURD.'VY. May 24, GREAT FLOWtR SHOW of the Season : SATURDAY. June 28, GREAT ROSE SHOW. Schedules on application to Mr. THOMSON, Crystal Paiace.
ICHMOND HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY. President— H.S.H the Duke of Teck, G.C.B. The SUMMER EXHIBITION will be held on JUNE 26, and the FIRST AUTUMN SHOW of CHRYSANTHE- MUMS, &c., on NOVEMBER 18 and 19, 1870.
ALBERT CHANCELLOR, Hon. Sec. I, Kine Street, Richmond, Surrey.
Beautiful Lily.
L ILIUM NEILGHERREN.se gives flowers nearly a foot long, deliciously fragrant. Fine bulbs that will rtower, los. 6./. each, free by post.
Being an annual importer of many thousands of Lilies direct from their native habitats, Mr. William Bull can supply the best sorts in large or small quantities.
Establishment for New and Rare Plants, King's Road, Chelsea, London, S.W.
Trade Price Current- Seeds-1879.
THE LAWSON SEED and NURSERY COMPANY (LIMITED), have issued their ANNUAL CATALOGUE of SEEDS and if any of their Customers have been inadvertently overlooked, copies will be sent on application. I, George IV. Bridge, Edinburgh ; 106, Southwark Street. London. S.E.
Dahlias, Pot Roots.
He AN NELL begs to offer these, in large • _ or small quantities, from 6s, per dozen, all the best in cultivation, in 250 varieties. H. C.'s selection, 30^. per 100.
Healthy Plants In Pots of
L ILIUM AURATUM, the Golden-Rayed Japanese Lily, per dozen, iSs., 24s., and 301. BARR AND SUGDEN, 12. King Street. Covent Garden, W.C. Special Offer to the Trade.
WOOD AND INGRA.M have just compiled a Special LIST of NURSERY STOCK, including a fine lot of extra transplanted BRITISH OAK, which they can offer in quantities, at a reduced rate Free on application. The Nurseries, Huntingdon.
T IBERIAN COFFEE SEED.— A large
J— ^ consignment of this season's fresh seed, in the cherry lU5t arrived in splendid condition. Can be viewed and purrrhased in original Liberian packages THOMAS CHRISTY and CO.. .55, Fenchurch Street, E.C.
QEAKALE, ASPARAGUS and
K-/ RHUBARB Roots, for forcing, exceptionally fine. For special quotations apply to H, THORNTON, i. Maxwell Road, Fulham, S,W.
To the Trade. &c, SPARAGUS, GIANT. -Splendid Roots
for Planting and Forcing in immense quantity EWINO AND CO., Norwich.
Five
Gold
Medals,
Paris, 1878.
Now Ready, price Is. 3d , BARTER'S ILLUSTRATED
c
_ VADE MECUM for 1870, containing Beau- tiful Lithographic Plates and lllubtr,itions of the best sterling Vegetable and Floral Novelties of the year.
Gratis to Purchasers. The Queen's Seedsmen, High Holborn, London.W.C.
To the Trade.-American Tuheroses.
HURST AND SON have now received their consignments of the above— both the ordinary Double variety and the Improved Double Pearl, and will be happy to send lowest price on application; alsoGLADIOLUS BRENCH- LEYENSIS. The samples are good, and in fine condition.
6. Leadenhall Street. London, E.C.
ORCHIDS (winter flowering).— For Sale, cheap, a few plants of Ccelogyne cristata and a quantity of Pleione Wallichiana and Calanthe vestita rubro occulata. Price on application to
S. WOOLLEY, Cheshunt, Herts.
WELVE CAMELLIAS, full of buds, 2Ij;.,
beautiful plants, i to ij^ foot high, all finest sorts, in 5-inch pots. Also AZALEAS, finest sorts, full of buds, sarae price. Extra sizes of both, remarkably fine, 305., 42s., and 60s. per dozen. Packages gratis for ca^h with order.
JOHN H. LEY, Royal Nursery. Croydon.
To the Trade.— Erica gracilis, in good colour.
WM. CUTBUSH AND SON have a very fine lot of the above, in 40-size pots, suitable for Christmas Decorations, 7$^- P^r »oo.
Highgate. London. N , and Barnet, Herts.
Lj^WING and CO. forward gratis and post-
-J-J free to applicants. CATALOGUE^ of iheir extensive and weil-grown stock of Standard and Du'arf Ro^es, Pot Roses, Clematises, Vines, Fruic Trees, (Jrnaniental Trees, and Coniferae. The Royal Norfolk. Nurseries, Newmarket Road, Eaton, near Norwich.
ARDY EVERGREENS.— The hardily-
grown, thoroughly transplanted, therefore well-rooted stock ot Messrs. JAMES DICKSON & SONS, "Newton* Nurseries, Chester, is unequalled for variety, quality, and extent. Intending planters are invited to inspect.
Priced CATALOGUE and all information post-free.
OREST TREES, Seedling and Trans-
planted. — The very extensive stock of the above is this season in splendid condition.
CATALOGUES on application. The Lawson Seed and Nursery Company (Limited) Edinburgh.
English Yews— English Yews.
ENGLISH YEWS, 3^ to 4 feet, 12s. per doz., Zcs. per 100 ; 4 to 4J4 feet. i8.r. per doz., 100^. per loo. All recently transplanted. Every plant a perfect specimen.
JOHN PERKINS AND SON, 52, Market Square, Northampton.
PRUCE FIRS for Christmas Trees, well
formed, 2 to 3 feet high, 301. per 100. RICHARD SMITH and CO . Nurserymen, Worcester.
O LL I E S. — A quantity of the Common
Green Holly, from 2V3 10 4 feet high, for Sale cheap. Apply to S. WOOLLEY, Cheshunt, Herts.
LARCH. — 30,000, well transplanted, for Sale, 2'^ to 3 feet. H. PARSONS. 4, Eldon Place, Exeter,
For Every Garden.
THE NEW FRENCH MANURE, LE FLORAL, surpasses all others. FOR VEGETABLES LE FLORAL
increases the quantity. FOR FLOWERS LE FLORAL
increases size and brightens colour.
FOR TREES, &c LE FLORAL
increases verdure and luxuriance.
For testimonials, prices, and full particulars apply to
The Sole Agents for England,
SUTTON AND SONS, The Queen's Seedsmen, Reading.
s
H
Y
^EWS. — 3-| to 4i feet, 90J. per 100;
_ to
4 leet. 845 per ico : well adapted for hedges, &c.; also some prime well-rooted Green HOLLIES, i to 3 feet : all recently moved in good condition.
JOSEPH SPOONER, Woking, Surrey,
UICKS— QUICKS — QUICKS.
Strong Whitethorn Quicks, 15 to 24 inches. JOHN PERKINS .\nd SON, 52, Market Square. North- ampton.
BOX EDGING.— Large quantity for disposal, extra fine stuff. For price apply to WILLIAM MILES, West Brighton Nurseries, Cliftonville. Sussex.
EBB'S PRIZE COB FILBERTS
AND OTHER NUTS. Persons desirous of obtaining Trees of the above, grown by the late R, Webb, of Calcot, should give early orders to
THE MANAGER, Calcot Gardens, Reading. CATALOGUES post-free on application.
WEBB'S CHOICE POLYANTHUS AND OTHER SPRING PLANTS. Early orders are solicited for the above choice plants. Apply to THE MANAGER. Calcot Gardens. Reading.
ANTED a quantity of OAK ACORNS
for sowing. State price per bushel to Messrs. LEVAVASSEUR et FILS, Nurserymen, Calvados, France.
Rhubarb. ANTED 2000 or 3000 good STOOLS
for Planting. Must be cheap. Apply to Mr. CLARK, Goldstone Farm, Hove, Brighton.
w
BLACK HAiVIBURGH VINES, and other leading sorts, in Fruiting and Planting Canes. Prices, £:c., on application to
F. R. KINGHORN, Nurseries, Richmond, Surrey.
Vines —Vines— Vines, T COWAN, The Vineyard, Garston, near
f_* • Liverpool, is now olTering a large and splendid stock ot strong, short-jointed, and thoroughly ripened GRAPEVINES, suitable for fruiting in pots and planting Vineries. Catalogues free. The Trade supplied.
AMPTON COURT BLACK HAM-
BURGH VINE.— Strong fruiting well ripened Canes of this well known Grape, ss., js. GtL, and lor. 6.t each ; Planting Canes, 3^, 6d. each. Also a good stock of most of the best kinds. T. JACKSON AND SON, Nurseries, Kingston, Surrey.
To the Trade.
EDMUND PHILIP DIXON'S New Trade CATALOGUE of Garden and Agricultural Seeds. Sent free on aoplication.
EDMUND PHILIP DIXON, Seed Merchant. Hull.
To the Trade.
NUTTING AND SONS having now posted their Annual Wholesale Garden, Agricultural and Flower Seed C.'\TALOCiUE to all their friends, it not to hand, on application another shall be immediately forwarded.
NUTTING AND SONS, Seed Merchants, 60, Barbican, London. E.C.
Fit for Immediate Working,
ROSA MANETTI and R. MULTIFLORA DE LA GRIFFERAIE, 25s per loco, .£10 per 10,000. A. M. C. JONGKINDT CONI.VCK, Tottenham Nurseries, Dedemsvaart, near Zwolte, Netherlands.
Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, Fruit Trees, Roses, &c. rpiHE LAWSON SEED and NURSERY
-L COMPANY (Limited), Edinburgh, respectfully request the attention of intending planters to their most extensive and superior stock of the above,
CATALOGUES on application.
EOSES, Moss, for Sale : about 20,000. — Apply to H. THORNTON, i. Maxwell Road. Fulham, S.W.
Superbly Illustrated Chromolithographlo
GARDENING GUIDE and SEED CATALOGUE for 1S79. The most beautiful Chromolithographic Gardening Guide yet published. Post-free 12 stamp.*. To be deducted by purchaser when ordering.
C. R. FREEMAN and FREEMAN, Economic Seedsmen, Norwich.
Planting Season.
JAMES DICKSON and SONS beg to draw attention to their very superior and very extensive Stock of hardily-grown and well-rooted TREES and PLANTS of every description. Priced CATALOGUES post-free. "Newton" Nurseries, Chester.
OLD MEDAL BEGONIAS.— Seed saved
from our unrivalled collection of named varieties, in sealed packets, is. 6d. and 2S. 6d. post-free. Special offers to the Trade.
JOHN LAING and CO., Nurseries, Forest Hill, S.E.
HE DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE
of FRUIT TREES is now ready, and will be forwarded free by post, on receipt of three penny scamps.
CATALOGUES of ROSES and ORCHARD-HOUSE TREES post-free on application.
THOMAS RIVERS and SON. Sawbridgeworth, Herts.
XT' R U I T I N G PLANTS
X' of PEACHES, NECTARINES. APRICOTS, and
GRAPE VINES, a large and fine stock, now offered for Sale,
THOMAS RIVERS and SON, Sawbridgeworth, Herts.
To the Trade. pnOICE GARDEN and FARM SEEDS,
\-J of reliable quality, for Market Gardeners and Seedsmen. Our Priced LIST is now ready, and will be sent post-free. Apply to HARRISON and SONS, Seed Growers, Leicester.
EW CUCUMBER.— Stanstead Rival is
a genuine novelty, and will take its place as the best Cucumber grown. Sealed packets 2^. td. each. The Trade supplied. JOHN LAING AND CO., Seedsmen, Forest Hill, S.E.
To the Trade.
SEED POTATOS.— Our SPECIAL LIST, containing all the best English and American varieties grown by us the past season, may now be had. post-free, on application.
H. AND F. SHARPE, Seed Growers, Wisbech.
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE.
[January 4, 1879.
SALES BY AUCTION.
Consignment of Plants from Ghent.
MR. J. C. STEVENS will SELL by AUCTION, at his Great Rooms, 38, King Street, Covent Garden, W.C., on WEDNESDAY, January 8, at half- past 12 o'clock precisely, choice large double-flowered CAMELLIAS full of buds, specimen Indian AZALEAS, choice named RHODODENDRONS, DRACVENAS, PALMS, t'tc. from a well-known Nursery in Ghent : Standard and Dwarf ROSES. Pyramid FRUIT TREES, HERBACEOUS PLANTS. Specimen CONIFERS, and Hardy and Ornamental TREES and SHRUBS. GLADIOLI and LILIUMS, SPIR^AS and LILY of the VALLEY, BULBS from Hollaod, &c. On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had.
Lilium neilgherrense.
MR. J. C STEVENS will SELL by AUCTION, at his Great Rooms, 38, King Street. Covent Garden. W.C, on THURSDAY. January 9, at half- past 12 o'clock precisely, a quantity of CHOICE LILIES and other BULBS ; including good flowering bulbs of Lilium neilgherrense. The white flowers of this magnificent Lily are deliciously fragrant and of great substance. It bears several flowers on a stem, each flower nearly a foot long. Also good flowering bulbs of Lilium neilgherrense flavum : this is similar to the typical form, but of a deep cream colour, and decidedly more yellow ; Lilium neilgherrense tubiflorum : this variety has the tube much narrower up to the mouth, where it reflexes ^ddenly >oas to display more of the inner surface — figured in Wight's Icones PlantanuK Indite Oriaitalis. Lilium neilgher- rense tubiflorum luteum : the flowers of this variety are much yellower than in preceding type. All the varieties of Lilium neilgherrense are most beautiful, and are remarkable for the freeness with which they produce blossoms. The rare Lilium columbianum, L. Krameri, the beautiful L. speciosum, the new L. Batemannia, and some large bulbs of that large and remark- able Aroid, Godwinia gigas : and some good bulbs of the rare and handsome Crinum australe.C. giganteum, C. americanum, &c. ; 10,000 Lilium auratum, and other Lilies just arrived from Japan in splendid condition ; consignment of HARDY PLANTS and BULBS from North America ; 3000 TIGRIDIA GRANDIKLORA from New Jersey; and a consignment of BULBS from Holland. On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had.
Valuable OrcMds.
MR. J. C. STEVENS has received instructions from Mr. William Bull to SELL by AUCTION, at his Great Rooms, 38, King Street, Covent Garden, W.C, on FRIDAY, January 10. at half-past i2 0*Clock precisely, some good established plants of the new and beautiful white-flowered L/ELIA, ** L. ANCEPS ALBA:" some fine specimens of the new and handsome DENDROBIUM SUPERBIENS ; good plants of the new and pretty Laelia-like ARUNDINA BAMBUS/EFOLIA. the dehciously fragrant TRICHOSMA SUAVIS, DENDROBIUM McCARTHI^E. and other choice ORCHIDS : also CCELOGYNES CORYM- BOSA, GLANDULOSA, FLACCIDA, CRISTATA. and OCELLATA. These white-flowered sweet-scented CCELO- GYNES are most useful where cut flowers are required, or for general decorative purposes. And at the same time will be sold a dozen good plants of the far-famed and handsome DRACAENA GOLDIEANA. On view the morning of Sale, and Catalogues had.
Tooting, S.W.
In Liquidation.— /if Wm. Rollisson & Sons. HIGHLY IMPORTANT CLEARANCE SALE of INDOOR STOCK at the Nurseries. Tooting. ^ of a mite from Tooting Junction, and i mile from Balham Station
MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS having been instructed by the Trustee to SELL by AUCTION the whole of the INDOOR STOCK (the contents of Fifty-si.\ Greenhouses and Pits), without the slightest reser- vation, purpose holding the first Sale on the Premises, the Nurseries. Tooting, S.W. , on MONDAY, January 13 and four following days, commencing at 12 o'Clock precisely each day. The stock to be oflered will comprise the whole of the e.vtensive and beautiful collection of established ORCHIDS, including several fine specimens, amongst which may be specially named Cattleya quadricolor, Mendelii, gigas, Trian^:, Regnelli and others ; Lrelia flava, purpurala, autumnalis, Perrinii ; Oncidium sessile, Cymbidium eburneum, Odonto- glossum vexillarium Roezlii ; Saccolabium guttatum, Cypri- pedium Sedeni, Harrisianum, Parishii, villosum, and super- biens : many fine Vandas, Cffilogyne cristata, Dendrobium Falconeri, filiforme ; aUo upwards of 7000 medium-sized and smaller plants, including complete collections of VANDAS, including Parishii (very rare), suavis, Veitchii, and Rol- lissoni, tricolor, formosa, meleagris, 50 coerulea, 50 ccerulescens. 50 Gower^ (rare) ; Dendrobium Wardianum, 100 cambridgeanum, crassinode, suavis^mum, thyrsiflorum and Farmeri : Camarotis purpurea. 100 Saccolabium ampul- laceum, 200 S. curvifolium ; 100 Aerides Lobbii. afline. superba (the finest variety bloomed in this country) ; 200 Cattleya citrina, 200 L.'ciia autumnalis. and a large and rich assortment of other Cat- tleyas and Laslias. complete collection of Miltonias, Masdevallias, Cypnpediums, Lycaste Skinneri, Odontoglossums in great variety, including 36 O. Phal^enopsis, 200 O. Alexandra;, 300 O. cirrhoRum, 40 O. citrosmum, 200 O. Insleayi leopardinum ; Ansectochilus of sorts, Spathiglottis Lobbii, and other rare and valuable kinds ; a quantity of Phala^nopsis Schilleriana and rosea ; also a fine assortment of STOVE and GREENHOUSE PLANTS, including 50 handsome Tree Ferns, with splendid trunks and well-developed heads, ranging from 4 to 8 feet ; also a beautiful assortment of Crotons and Dracaenas, including all the recent novelties ; several choice Palms and Ferns, including Cyphokentia macrocarpa, Verschaflfeltia splendida, Kentia. Wendlandi ; Todea intermedia, grand specimen ; several T. pel- lucida, Nephrolepis Duffii ; a considerable number of Camellias and Azaleas, mostly set with flower-buds ; also the entire col- lection (believed to be the most complete of its kind) of half- specimen and quarter-specimen hard-wooded HEATHS; also the entire stock of young Heaths in No. da pots and stores, including 22,000 E. hyemalis, 15,000 E. gracilis, 7000 E. Wil- moreana, and other soft-wooded species ; also 2000 choice hard-wooded Heaths in 60-pots in great variety, together with a selected assortment of NEW HOLLAND PLANTS, includ- ing Boronia elatior, Grevillea Pressii, Pultcunia rosea, Leschen- aultia formosa, Aphelexis macranlha purpurea, Genetyllis tulipifera, Lapageria alba and rosea, 500 Fruiting VINES in pois. together with collections of Vegetable and Flower SEEDS.
The stock may be viewed at any time. Catalogues may be had on the Premises ; of Mr. GEORGE WHIFFIN Accountant. S. Old Jewry. E.G. ; of Messrs. LEWIS, MUNNS AND LONGDEN, Solicitors. 8. Old Jewry, E.C. ; and of the Auctioneers and Valuers, gS, Gracechurch Street, E.C, and Leytonstone, E.
Note.— One week will be allowed for the clearance of the stock, but in the event of frost setting in the time will be extended to one month. Purchasers can arrange with the Manager, Mr. Gower, to have their lots packed and despatched. Gentlemen who cannot attend the Sale can have their commis- sions attended to by the Auctioneers.
By Order of the Mortgagees.- Tooting, Surrey, S.W.
^ of a mile from Tooting Junction, and 1 mile from Balham Station.
MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS are favoured with instructions from the Mortgagees to SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, Tokenhouse Yard, London, E.C. on THURSDAY, Janiuary 9, at i for 2 o'clock precisely, the very attractive and almost unique FREEH(.)LD ESTATE, of 5 a. or. 25 p., or there.ibouts, distinguished as " The Nurseries." and known also as " RoUisson's Nurseries." Tooting, Surrey, S.W., established for nearly a cen- tury, enjoyiuK a world-wide reputation, and considered to be one of the leading Nurseries in the kingdom, and offering as a going concern to any one desirous of embarking in a high- class Nurseryman's and Florist's Business an unprecedented opportunity. Comprises an excellent detached Residence, contammg seven Rooms and Offices, spacious SEED WARE- HOUSE, with capital Office and Store-room over — ver>' large and handsomely designed Conservatory adjoining ; the extensive ranges of GLASS, containing altogether 29,000 feet super, of Glass and Woodwork, and consisting of 26 GREEN- HOUSES, and several Brick-built PITS, the ivhole m good repair, and heated on the most approved principles by about ("1500 feet of hot-water piping ; 16 BOILERS, three ol which have been recently fixed, suitable Tanks. Propagating Cases, and all requisite appliances for growing to the greatest per- fection every class of Plants : 3 COTTAGES, PACKING SHED fitted with Crane, .STABLING for 4 Horses, COACH- HOUSE, range of WORKSHOPS and other Outbuildings, the whole being brick-built and most complete in all their arrangements.
Particulars may be obtained at the Mart, of Messrs. GATLIFF AND HOWSE. Solicitors, 8, Finsbury Circus, E.C. ; of Messrs. LEWIS, MUNNS and LONGDEN, Soli- citors, S, Old Jewry, E.C; of Mr. GEO. WHIFFIN, Account- ant, 8, Old Jewry, E.C: and of the Auctioneers and Estate Agents, 98, Gracechurch Street, E.C.
WANTED TO RENT, a small NURSERY with Seed-shop and Dwelling-house attached, within easy distance from London.
Address, T. C, Gardeners' Chronicle Office, W.C.
O ii DISPOSED oi\ a. CUT
FLOWER NURSERY, with immediate Possession, nine miles from Covent Garden. Twelve thousand feet of newly-erected Glass. Apply to
Mr. T. A. DICKSON, Covent Garden, W.C. ; or Messrs, PROTHEROE AND MORRIS. Gracechurch Street, E.C.
To Florists and Nurserymen.
TO BE LET, with immediate possession, the GARDEN, forming the centre of Princes .Square. Kennington Cross, S.E., with the Glasshouse thereon, fitted with Hot-water Piping ; also a small DWELLING HOUSE adjoining, with extra Land (if required). Apply,
Messrs. WARING and NICHOLSON, Surveyors, 53, Parliament Street. Westminster, S.W.
Old Leake, near Boston, Lincolnshire.
TO BE LET, with immediate possession, about 2 acres of NURSERY GROUND, well stocked with young thriving stock, and also 3 acres of ORCHARD, planted 12 years with best market sorts. The Nursery Stock consists of Roses of all the best sorts. 2000 common Colchic, coaliflora, microphylla, and other Laurels : 1000 Fruit Trees of the best kinds, 1000 Ligustrum coaliflora : fine specimen Shrubs in sorts, and a stock of young Evergreen and Ornamental Trees. There is a Dwelling-house and Premises adjoining on the land. The Stock to be taken at a valuation. Rent ;C3o per annum. For further particulars apply to
Mr. GEORGE JAY, 8, Bank Street, Lincoln.
Fifty Nurseries, Market Gardens, Florist and Seed
BUSINESSES to be DISPOSED OF.
MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS' HORTICULTURAL REGISTER contains full particulars of the above, and can be obtained gratis at 98, Gracechurch Street, E.C.
Transit Agency for Plants, Seeds, &c.
CJ. BLACKITH AND CO. (established • 1822), Cox's and Hammond's Quays, Lower Thames Street, London, S.E. — Forwarders to all parts of the world.
R. GEORGE BUNYARD, Horticul-
TURAL Valuer, Nurseryman, Seedsman, and Florist (of the firm of Thomas Bunyard & Sons), IMaidstone, Kent, ^ Valuations made for Probate, Partnership, Incoming or Outgoing Tenants, or other purposes. Terms on application.
p ATALOGUES. — His Excellency Pierre
Vy Wolkenstein will feel greatly obliged if Nurserymen and Seedsmen will kindly send him their Catalogues. They should be forwarded (by post) to
S. E. PIERRE WOLKENSTEIN, Secretaire de la Societe' Imperiale d'Horticulture de Russie. St. Petersburg.
/CHRISTMAS ROSES. — Helleborus niger,
V-/ strong blooming plants. Sample and price on application to THOS. KITLEY, Oldfield Nursery, Bath.
RAPES THIS YEAR.— Splendid well-
ripened short-jointed Canes for immediate fruiting.
Apply to
JAMES DICKSON and SONS. Newton Nurseries, Chester.
To the Trade-Seed Catalogue.
HAND F. SHARPE bei,^ to announce that • their SEED CATALOGUE has been ported to all their customers. Any one not having received it will oblige by applying at once to
Seed Growing Establishment, Wisbech.
ODEAS.— Healthy young plants of T.
superba and T. hymenophylloides (pellucida), free and safe by post, is. 6d. each for prepayment. Trade price (low) per 100, or lesser quantities, on application.
ROBERT SIM, Sidcup Hill Nursery. Foot's Cray. Kent.
Coming into Flower.
He AN NELL has now a great quantity of • the following, in fine condition, which will be sure to give satisfaction : — PRIMULAS, showing flower, 5^. to -js. per dozen ; CALCEOLARIAS, Spotted, 2.^. per dozen by post, established 6s. per dozen ; CYCLAMEN, 55. and loy. per dozen, full of flower-buds ; HYACINTHS, two in a pot, 6.?. to 125. per dozen ; TULIPS, three and iour in a pot, 6s. per dozen. Special prices for large quantities.
Economy in Gardening.
TO PURCHASERS OF LARGE QUANTITIES.
Asylums, Unions, Hotels, and Public Institutions.
SUTTON AND SONS are prepared to place purchasers of large quantities on favourable terms. Apply stating quantities required, to SUTTON AND SONS, The Queen's Seedsmen. Reading."
To the Trade. Tj^ASTLOTHIAN STOCK. —
'^-^ A splendid sample of Pure White, very fine, grown apart from all others : also Scarlet Brompton ; and Dr. Masters Pelargonium and New Coleus, Prices on application. Radway Nurseries, Ardleigh, Colchester, Essex.
TAMES FARRAR and CO., beg to an-
f* nounce the publication of their Wholesale CATALOGUE of SEEDS for the present season, which will be forwarded post-free on application.
Seed Warehouse, 86, Golden Lane, Barbican, London, E.C.
T7*ENTISH FRUIT TREES of every
-*-■*- description, in 300 varieties, including some dwarf Pyramid Fruitin- APPLES suitable for windy districts, at extraordinarily low prices. Before purchasing elsewhere send for Special LIST to
T. EVES, Gravesend Nurseries. — Established 1810.
OR SALE, CHEAP for CASH.— Green
and Variegated HOLLIES from i foot to 4 feet, YEWS
1 foot to 6 feet, LIMES 5 feet to 7 feet, Portug.il LAURELS
2 feet to 5 feet. 2-yr. APPLES, and other NURSERY STOCK. Also Sutton's Magnum Bonum POTATOS, warranted true. W. TRIGG, Hook Hill, Woking Station.
East LotMan Stocks.
TODD AND CO.. SEEDSMEN, Maitland Street, Edinburgh, offer SEEDS of these splendid Stocks, saved from very carefully selected strains, in the following colours ; — Crimson (very superb). Purple, Rose, Scarlet, White, and White WalUlower-leaved, in packets at i^. and 2S. bd. each. Amateurs' packets (>d. each.
Planting Season.
E BURGESS begs to offer the following : • Strong Standard APPLES, PEARS, ROSES, Standard and Dwarf Trained APRICOTS. Turkey and English OAK, English and Scotch ELMS, LIMES up to isfeet, BEECH up to 7 feet, SWEET BAYS, APPLE STOCKS, and a general NURSERY STOCK.
Prices on application. The Nurseries, London Road, Cheltenham.
To tlie Trade —Immense quantities of extra fine
SEEDLINGS and TRANSPLANTED PLANTS— Quicks, Scotch Firs. Alders, Fruit Trees, Shrubs, &c. For Descriptive CATALOGUE, apply to
LEVAVASSEUR and SON, Nurserymen, Ussy, Calvados. France; or to their Agents. Messrs. R. SILBERRAD and SON. 15, Harp Lane, Great Tower Street, London, E.C.
To the Trade.
LIMES, 4 to 6 feet, 20,f. per loo ; 6 to 8 feet, 30J. per TOO. ASH, Mountain, 4 to 5 feet, 3aj. per 1000. WALNUTS, 6 to 8 feet, 30^. per 100. PINE, Weymouth, 2.yr., 2'yr. out, 25^. per 1000.
General Nursery TRADE LIST on application. W. P. LAIRD AND SINCLAIR, Nurserymen, Dundee, N.B.
QUTTON'S MAGNUM BONUM
k-? POTATO, warranted true, sound, and a good sample.
SNOWFLAKE, just imported from America. A few tons each of the above to be sold cheap. A sample sack (i68 lb.) of each sort on receipt of 27^. dd., new sack included.
Trade List of other Seed Potatos on application.
D. BRINKWORTH and SONS. Seed Potato Growers. Reading.
M. KNIGHT, of the Floral Nurseries,
Hailsham. Sussex, offers from his large Stocks of Standard and Dwarf ROSES. FRUIT TREES of all sizes. Scarlet and other RHODODENDRONS well set with buds CONIFER/E and EVERGREENS, and DECIDUOUS TREES for Avenues, by the dozen, 100 or 1000. at very low prices for well-grown stuff.
O THE TRADE.—
PEARS, Williams' Bon Chri^tienand Hessell, Standards, 75r. per too ; PLUMS, Victoria, Dwarf-trained, nos. per loo : CHERRIES. Standard, 751. per 100 ; also trained PEACHES, APRICOTS, and APPLES.
CAT.\LOGUES on application to WILLIAM FLETCHER, Ottershaw Nursery, Chertsey, Surrey.
SPARAGUS ROOTS.— A superb lot of
extra strong Connover's Colossal, for forcing ; also a large quantity of i, i and 3-yr.
RHUBARB. — Linnxus, Victoria, Scarlet Defiance, Prince Albert, extra fine stools,
CHARLES R. FREEMAN and FREEMAN, Seed Growers, Norwich.
pONIFERS, GREEN HOLLIES, and
V^* TREES.— Cedrus Deodara. 3 feet. 2^.6*1'.: C. Libani,
3 feet, IS. 6d. ; Thujopsis borealis, 5 feet, is. 6d. ; Thuja gigantea, 4 feet, ^s. 6d. : Cupressus Lawsoniana viridis, 4 feet, 2s. 6d. ; Swedish Juniper, 4 feet, is. 6d., 6 feet. 2s. 6d. i Golden Retinospora, 2 feet, 2s. 6d. ; Ericoides, 2 feet, if. ; Gold and Silver Hollies, 2 feet, 2s. ; Picea nobilis, 3 feet, js. i Pinsapo, 3 feet, 2s. 6d. ; Nordmanniana, 3 feet, 2s. 6d., 4 feet, 4^., 5 feet, 5^. ; Limes, 15 feet, 2s. 6d. ; Birch, 15 feet, is. ; Chestnuts in variety, i^. each ; Scarlet Oak. 15 feet, xs. ; Araucarias, 4 feet, 20s. ; 5 feet, 301. ; Rhododendrons, scarlet, rose, white, 2 feet, 2s. 6d. \ Green Hollies i to x% foot, 25*. per 100.
E. WALKER, Famborough. Hants.
One Penny Each.
GLADIOLUS BRENCHLEYENSIS. — The finest scarlet Gladiolus in cultivation, also FLDRI- BUNDUS. nearly pure white, fine sound Flowering Bulbs, any quantity, from i to 10,000, at the above price. A few thou'iand Smaller Bulbs, mixed, at 5^. per 100. Also HOLLYHOCKS, fine seedling plants, at -^d. each, 2s, 6d. per dozen. £1 per 100. Double DAISIES. Red, White, and Hen-and-Chickens, 5s. per 100 : Double dark Crimson, 6s. per roo.
CATALOGUE for 1S79, containing 500 Illustrations, post-free for IS.
BIDDLES AND CO., The " Penny Packet Seed Company,* Loughborough.
January 4, 1879.]
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE.
To THE TRADE.
MUSSEL STOCKS, 451. per jooo. CRAB STOCKS. 35J. per icxxi. Samples of the above may be had on application to JOHN STANDISH and CO., Royal Nurseries. Ascot.
MERICAN GROWN TUBEROSES.—
The undersigned offers Double Tuberoses, first-class Bulbs, packed and free to Liverpool at £,s per 1000, in quanti- ties of not less than 1000.
JOHN SAUL, Washington. D.C.
Roses. Fnilt Trees, and General Nursery Stock.
WB. ROWE solicits the inspection by • Nurserymen of his extensive stock of the above, which are well-grown, and fit for removal.
Barboume Nurseries, Worcester.
Roses. Fruit Trees, &o.
WILLIAM FLETCHER'S CATALOGUE for the present season is now ready, and may be had on application. The stock is very large and most healthy. The Ottershaw Nursery, Chertsey.
To the Trade.
HAND F. SHARPE beg to announce that • their Special LIST of GARDEN and AGRI- CULTURAL SEEDS is Now Ready, and may be obtained on application.
Seed Growing Establishment. Wisbech.
RAPE VINES. — Fine strong planting
Canes of most of the leading sorts, 31M. and 365'. per dozen for cash.
T. MILNER AND SON, Nurserymen, Bradford, Yorkshire.
O THE TRADE.— VEGETABLE,
FLOWER and AGRICULTURAL SEEDS, of sterling quality only. Our own, and other carefully selected Novelties of the season. — SANDER and CO. , Seed Growers, St. Albans.
To tlie Trade.
NEW POTATO. " PRIDE of ONTARIO."
Hand F. SHARPE are now sending out • the above most prolific and handsome shaped new Potato. Full description and price may be had on application. Seed Growing Establishment, Wisbech.
WELVE NEW GLOXINIAS for lis.,
including the grand new novelties shown at Paris Exhi- bition, small growing Bulbs in 2-inch pots, or dry, free by post : also large-flowering bulbs of fine AMARYLLIS, imported from Peru, 42,r. per dozen,
JOHN H. LEY, Royal Nursery, Croydon.
FRUIT TREES.— Pyramidal Pears, fruiting trees, 6 to 8 feet, my selection, iSj. per dozen ; Currants. Black Naples, fruiting bushes, i6,r. per ico ; Standard Morello Cherries. 6 feet stems, bushy heads, in flower-bud, 18^. per dozen ; Standard Plums. 6 feet stems, bushy heads, in flower- bud, \Zs. per dozen; Medlars and Walnuts, bushy heads, i%s. per dozen.
Fruit Tree CATALOGUE gratis. J. GEORGE HILL (late John Scott), The Royal Nurseries, Merriott, Somerset.
EE'S NEW VIOLET ODORATISSIMA.
— Habit dwarf and compact, quite distinct from any other variety ; colour, purplish azure, changing to pale azure when fully developed ; form, fine ; scent, exquisite. As the opinions of the Press, &c., were given last spring, they will not be repeated here. Plants at any lime when the weather is favourable, at the following rates ; — 15^. per dozen, Ss. td. per half-dozen, 55. per quarter-dozen. The Trade supplied when one dozen or more are taken on the usual terms. — GEORGE LEE, F.R.H.S., Market Gardener, Clevedon, Somerset.
Established Upwards of a Century.
DICKSONS AND CO., Nurserymen, Seedsmen, and Florists, i, Waterloo Place, Edin- burgh, beg to call the attention of those about to plant to their extensive Stock of FOREST TREES. SHRUBS for Game Coverts, FRUIT TREES, &c.. which have been grown in exposed situations.
D. & Co. are now sending out their Bedding VIOLAS and PANSIES (of which they hold the largest stock in the country), Early and Late PHLOXES, &c.
Descriptive CATALOGUES free on application.
To the Trade.— Vines— Vines— Vines.
WG. CALDWELL and SONS have • still extra strong fruiting Black Hamburgh VINES to offer, excellent stuff, at 5^. 6<f. each. Also AZALEA AMfENA CALDWELLII, well set with buds,
i8j. and 24J. per dozen. APPLES, Standard, 40J. per 100.
,, Pyramid, 6oj. per 100, in all leading varieties. General CATALOGUE of Fruit Trees, Conifers, Roses, &c., post-free on applicatioa
The Nurseries. Knutsford, Cheshire.
STRAWBERRIES and RASPBERRIES. — From the fact of my being located in the midst of hundreds of acres of all the best and most profit- able kinds enables me to offer unusually fine Plants and perfectly true to name. All those who wish to grow for gain should have the Kentish well-known varieties. STRAW- BERRIES, in 6-inch pots, extra strong for forcmg, and smaller for planting, to give a crop at once, are very tine. Having them from a distance, together with change of soil, is the very secret of success.
CATALOGUE, with valuable information, post-free. H. CANNELL, F.R.H.S., Home for Flowers (adjoining Station), Swanley, Kent.
FECIAL OFFERS
TO THE TRADE. LIMES, 8 to 10 feet, 75J. per 100 ; 10 to i* feet, looy. to 120J.
per 100, extra fine. ASH, Weeping, 8 to 10 to iz feet, straight stems, 3-yr. old
heads, extra fine, 24J. per dozen. COB NUTS and FILBERTS, from layers, 2 to 3 feet, 35J.
per 100 : 3 to 4 feet, 45.?. per 100. PEACHES and NECTARINES, Dwarf Maidens, fw. per
100.
ROSES on the Manetti, Dwarf, all the very best sorts.extra fine,
own selection. 35J'. per 100. YUCCA RECURVIFOLIA, all traiftplantcd last year, very
fine plants, 3'^ feet, 425. per dozen. MULBERRIES, fine trees, 215., 30J., 42J., and 6oj., per dozen,
a few extra large do., fine heads, is. &d. each. KINMONT AND KIDD, Exotic and Vauxhall Nurseries, Canterbury, Kent.
NOW READY.
Greatly Enlarged and Improved Edition.
Post-free One Shillmg. Gratis to Customers.
ALL WHO WISH TO GKOW
THE BEST VEGETABLES
THE CHOICEST FLOWERS
SHOULD SEND FOR
Profusely illustrated with beautifully executed Coloured Plates, and hundreds of high- class Engravings, and containing
A SELECT LIST OF
THE BEST
VEGETABLE and FLOWER
SEEDS
(AT VERY MODERATE PRICES),
Complete Instructions for Successful Cultivation.
*' This publication is alike remarkable for its extreme elegance and thorough usefulness." — Gardeners^ Magazine.
" A most excellent specimen of the modern seed list and horticultural guide to successful cultivation." — Midland Counttcs Herald.
All Cijods Of 20s. value and upwards Carriage Free. Five per Cent. Discount for Cash.
THE QUEEN'S SEEDSMEN,
WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE.
TUBEROUS ROOTED BEGONIAS.— Extra fine mixed Seed from the best named varieties, including Massange de Louvre.\, Etna, Paul Masarel, Vesuvius, Magenta Queen, Aurora, Velours, S;c.
In packets post-free for i8 stamps ; large ditto, 30 stamps. T. JACKSON AND SON, The Nurseries, Kingston-on-Thames.
AUCUBAS, 50,000, I to 3 feet.— For price per 100 or 1000 — H. C. BROWNE, The Nurseries, Truro.
VINES, VINES. — Splendid Canes for fruiting next year. Sample and price on application. JOHN HOUSE, F.R.H.S., Eastgate Nurseries, Peterborough.
tKitchen Garden and Flower Seeds, Seed Potatos,
,u,=i GARDEN REQUISITES, &c.
IRELAND AND THOMSON'S Descriptive and Priced CATALOGUE for 1879 sent post-free on application.
Seed Warehouse, ao, Waterloo Place, Edinburgh.
To tlie Trade.
SPECIAL PRICES ON APPLICATION.
GEORGE COOPER, Seed Merchant, Hertford, begs to offer the following, of the choicest stocks ;^
BEET, Red.Cooper'sExcelsior BROCCOLI, Hill's June CUCUMBER, Improved Tele- graph [Matchless PARSLEY, Curled, Cooper's SWEDE, Cooper's Improved
Large Purple-top TURNIP, ImprovedAberdeen Green-top Yellow
ONION, White Spanish „ White Globe ,, Bedfordshire Champion CELERY, Cooper's Improved
White BROMPTON STOCK,
Giant Scarlet CYCLAMEN PERSICUM, from large flowers.
To Gentlemen, Builders, and the Trade.
r>OBERT AND GEORGE NEAL, ^ Wandsworth Common and Garrett Lane Nurseries, beg respectfully to call attention to their large and varied Stock of HARDY. ORNAMENTAL, FOREST, FRUIT TREES and SHRUBS, which are grown at their Nurseries, especially those Trees, &c., which are most suitable for growing m or near large towns. An early inspection invited. All goods delivered free on rail in London, or at own residence, within five miles of the Nurseries.
CATALOGUES free by post on application.
Planting Season.
MESSRS. JOHN STANDISH AND CO. beg to call the attention of those engaged in planting to their e-xtensive and well-grown stock of EVERGREEN and DECIDUOUS PLANTS. FOREST TREES. &c. All are without exception well rooted and in fine condition for removal. The following list comprises a few of those Trees, of which they grow immense quantities : —
LAUREL, common, 2 to 2>^ feet. ,, ,, 3 to 4 feet, ,, caucasicum,
feet, ,, obovata, ij^ to 2 feet. ,, latifolia, I to 1% foot. ,, Portugal, 1% to 2% feet. ,. ., 3 to 4 feet. HOLLY, Green, i to 1% foot ,, hybrid, i^^ to 2 feet. „ ,, 2 to 3 feet. ,, variegated, in variety. ROSES, H.P., in variety. Standards. „ ,, Half-standard .s. ,, ,, Dwarfs. „ Tea, in pots, in great
variety. ,, Gloire de Dijon, extra
strong. „ Maiechal Niel, extra strong.
V2
FOREST TREES,
Acacia, 3 to 4 and 10 feet. Birch, 3 to 4 feet and 10 to
15 feet. Chestnut, 2 to 4 feet. Pinus Laricio, i to 2 feet. Pinus austriaca, i to 1%
foot. Scotch Fir. I to ij^ foot. Spruce, ij^ to 2%, feet. Weymouth, 3 to 4 feet. RHODODENDRON, fine named varieties. ,, seedling, 2 to 4 feet, fine. „ ponlicum, 12 lo 18 inches, very bushy. YEW, English, 2, 3 and 4 feet.
„ Irish, 3, 4 and 5 feet. BOX, 2 to 2% feet, AUCUBAS. green and
variegated. BERBERIS, Darwinii. ,, Aquifolium.
CLEMATIS, IVIES, and other CLIMBING PLANTS, and a vast variety of EVERGREEN and DECIDUOUS SHRUBS. Also
FRUIT TREES.—Pyramid Apples, Pears, Plums ; Trained Apples, Apricots, Cherries, Nectarines, Pears, Peaches and Plums.
Samples and quotations on application. Royal Nurseries, Ascot, Berks.
QPECIAL TRADE O F F E R.— 200,000
O MANETTI ROSE STOCKS, clean grown and well rooted — fit, if required, for immediate working (note, not old cut-backs or old stools), 305. per 1000, £12 10s. per 10,000. 60,000 extra strong SEAKALE. fit for immediate forcing, 80s. per 1000. Good planting SEAKALE, 30j-. per 1000. For cash with orders.
RICHARD LOCKE, Rose Farm, Redhill, Surrey.
LPAILLET, NURSERYMAN, Chatenay las • Sceaux. near Paris, has to offer the following : — Roses, Fruit Trees, maiden or trained ; Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, Tree and sinensis Paionies ; Magnolia Lenne. oxoniensis and others ; Camellias, Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Clematises, Conifers, Bamboos, Yuccas, tuberous Begonias, Viola Belle de Chatenay and others : Trees for Avenues, such as Acers. Platanus, Horse Chestnut, FRUIT TREE STOCKS, FOREST TREES, and others of every description grown in large quantities : Manetti, De la Grifferaie and Brier Rose Stocks.
Send for Trade List and Catalogues to L. P., as above : or to his Agents in London, Messrs. R. SILBERRAD AND SON, 15, Harp Lane. Great Tower Street, E.C.
Australian Plants and Seeds.
EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS, PALMS, CYCADS, FERNS, and all kinds of PLANTS and SEEDS indigenous to Australia, Fiji, &c., supplied on the most reasonable terms. Priced CATALOGUES and Special Quotations on application.
SHEPHERD AND CO., Nurserymenand Seedsmen, Darhng Nursery. Sydney, New South Wales. (Established 1827.!
Agents: Messrs. C. J. BLACKITH and CO., Cox's Quay, Lower Thames Street, London, E.C. ^^
Special Cheap Offer of riHOICE SHRUBS.—
V.^THUJA AUREA, 18 inches, 14J. per dozen.
ELEGANTISSIMA, 18 to 22 inches, i+r. per dozen.
" SEMPER AURESCENS, 18 inches, 16s, perdozen.
RETINOSPORA PLUMOSA AUREA. 2feet, 20s. p.doz.
CUPRESSUS LAWSONIANA LUTEO, 2-yr. grafted,
I2J. per dozen.
Package free. Cash with orders. T. FLETCHER and SON, Nurserymen, &c., Chesterfield
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE.
[January 4, 1879.
WM. PAUL & SON,
(Succcbsors to the late A. Paul & Son,
Established 1806,)
ROSE GROWERS,
TREE, PLANT, UULB, AND SEED MERCHANTS.
WALTHAM CROSS,
HERTS.
Adjoining the " Waltham " Station, Great Eastern Railway.
Insfiection 0/ Stock invited.
Priced Descriptive Catalogues free by post,
FELTON & SONS' SEED CATALOGUE FOR 1879
is now ready. And contains the best Vegetables and Flowers, with Practical Directions for their Successful Cultivation.
Gratis mid Post-free.
ROYAL NURSERIES and SEED WAREHOUSE,
Harborne Road. Birmingham. All Seeds we Sell are New a7td Unadnlternted.
CRANSTON'S NURSERIES,
Established 1785.
EIGHTY ACRES.
ROSES, FRUIT TREES, CONIFERS,
FOREST TKEES, &c.
Descriptive and P/'iced Catalogues for 187S now ready.
Address —
CRANSTON & CO.,
KING'S ACRE, near HEREFORD.
FOR SPETNG, 1879.
For the Best JList
OF
CHOICE KITCHEN GARDEN
FLOWER SEEDS,
ms
lSEEDj|POTATOS,I&c.,|
Price Is., pObt-iree.
Gratis to Customers and intending Purchasers.
Should be in the hands of every one having a Garden.
DANIELS BROS.,
Royal Norfolk Seed Establishment y NORWICH.
BS. WILLIAMS bej^^s to announce that • his stock of VINES is this year unusually fine, and comprises all the leading kinds, including " Alnwick Seedlir^." Kor descriptions and prices, sec B. S. W.'s BULB CATA- LOGUE for this year. Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, Upper HoUoway, London, N.
The Largest Black Grape in Cultivation, GROS GUILLAUME (ROBERTS' VARIETY).
WTAIT AND CO. can now supply planting • Canes of this wonderful Grape, which is quite distinct from the old Gros Guillaume and Barbarossa. For particulars see Gardeners Chronicle, pp. 632 and 692. The Canes now offered are from eyes taken from Mr. Roberts' parent Vine at Charleville,
Planting Canes, 7*. td. each, stronger, \qs. 6d. each. W. TAIT AND CO., Nurserymen and Seedsmen, Dublin.
SPECIAL TRADE OFFER.— 50,000 Dwarf ROSES on Manetti, finest plants in the Trade, my selection, all first-rate sorts; -xos. per 100, £1-2 los. per 1000. 50,000 Strong SEAKALE, for Forcing, 40J. per 1000. 100,000 Giant ASPARAGUS, i-yr. ^s. td. per 1000, 2-yr. 135. per rooo, 3-yr. -zos, per 1000. 100,000 i-yr. cultivated seedling BRIERS, fine, 20J. per 1000. For cash with orders.
RICHARD LOCKE, Alexandra Nurseries and Rose Farm, Redhill, Surrey.
Special Offer.
WB A L L AND C O., Bedford Road • Nursery, Northampton, having a very large Stock of the undermentioned Trees, &€., m fine condition for removal, have much pleasure in offering them at the following low prices :— ASH, 2 to aj^ feet, fine, 20J'. per 1000
" 3 to 5 feet, fine, 255. per icxra BERBERIS, Aquifolia. i to i]4 foot, very good, tis. per 1000 CHESTNUT, Horse, 6 to 8 feet, fine heads, 6oj. per 100
,, Scarlet, 6 to 8 feet, fine heads, 100s. per 100 ELMS, Canadian. 8 to 10 feet, stems, with good heads, 100s. per 100 „ English (upright), 6 feet, stems, with good heads, iocs, per 100 GORSE, single, 10s. per 1000, 1% to 2 feet, strong. HORNBEAftl, 2 to 3 feet, very good, 2ar. per 1000 LIMES, 6 to 8 feet, very fine, ^os. per 100 ; 9 to 10 feet, very
fine, JOS. per 100 POPLAR. Black Italian, 5 to 6 feet, fine, 8j. per 100 ; 8 to 10 feet, fine, izj. per 100 ,, Lombardy, extra fine trees, 8 to 10 feet, 30^. per 100 PRIVET, common, 2 feet, bushy, los, per 1000
,, ovalifolium, 3 to 4 feet, 50^. per 1000 Walnuts, extra quality, 6 to 8 feet, 6as. per 100 CHERRIES, Morello, dwarf trained, 6 to 7 shooted, extra fine
20.S. per do2cn APRICOTS, Moor Park, dwarf trained, 6 to 7 shooted, strong,
24J. per dozen ROSES, extra fine Standards, with large heads, fine varieties,
A, feet stems, own selection, 70.S. per 100 APPLES, fine Standards, in variety, ovra selection, 60s. per 100 PEARS, fine Standards, in variety, own selection, 75.J. per too CATALOGUES of General Nursery Stock on application.
SPECIAL CHEAP OFFER of WINTER and SPRING BEDDING PLANTS. AURICULA. Alpine, fine strain, in 60-pois, la&r. per 1000, 155^.
per 100. DAISY, Aucubfefolia, golden netted foliage, strong clumps, 30J. per 1000, 4s. per 100. ,, Crown, fine, strong clumps, 251. per 1000, 31. per 100. „ Rob Roy, fine red, ditto, 25*. per 1000, y. per loo. „ Bride, finest laree while, ditto, 35.1. per 1000, 41. per 100. MENTHA PULEGIUM, strong clumps, 155. per 1000, 2J.
per 100. MYOSOTIS DISSITI FLORA, true, well rooted fine clumps,
40J. per 1000, 5^. per 100. PANSY, Cliveden Blue, fine healthy plants, sor. per 1000, 6s. per 100. „ Blue King, ditto, 50.J. per 1000. 6s. per 100. PRIMROSE, Single Lilac, strong, 6^. per 100.
,, Double Yellow, ditto, 85.^. per 1000. 10s. per 100. ROCKETS, Double Purple, ditto, los. per 100. ,, Double White, ditto, Zs. per 100. CATALOGUE of General Nursery Stock on application. W. BALL AND CO., Bedford Road Nursery, Northampton.
Plants, Special.
The present is the best time for planting
HARDY NORTH AMERICAN ORCHIDS, such as Cypripedium, Habenaria, Orchis, &c., in their many species, of which we offer a splendid stock of newly imported plants with strong flowering crowns. Also
DISA GRANDI FLORA, in imported clumps, full of tubers, from 5^. each. This is the most beautiful of terrestrial Orchids, and ought to prove quite hardy in England.
N. B. The North American Orchids, grown as Cool-house Orchids, are most charming ; and as their prices, for flowering plants, range from 2s. td. to 35. 6d. each (and less when more are taken) they are within the reach of every one.
CATALOGUES post-free on apolication. THE NEW PLANT AND BULB COMPANY,
Colchester.
QUEEN OF LILIES, LILIUM AURATUM. — Imported Bulbs are now arriving, and orders are solicited. This lovely Lily is quite hardy, and should be gene- rally grown. Before ordering send for Lily List, where all parti- culars are given. Prices, size No. i, 6d. ; No. 2, is. ; No. 3, is. 6d. ; No. 4, w. each.
ORCHIDS.— Special offer of the following fine Orchids. for j^s 55. : — I plant Phala^nopsis Schilleriana, 2 plants Dendro- bium formosum giganteum, i plant Phalsenopsis grandiflora aurea, 4 plants Dendrobium cretaceum, i plant SaccoLibium guttatum, I plant Dendrobium barbatulum, 3 plants Calanthe rubra and luteo occulata, i plant Dendrobium Pierrardi, i pot Limatodes rosea.
All orders to be accompanied by a remittance. Lily and Orchid LIST sent on application to
WILLIAM GORDON. 10, Cullum Street, London, E.C., Lily Bulb and Plant Importer.
LADIOLI, DAHLIA, CANNA, ACHI-
MENES, and other MISCELLANEOUS BULBS.
Our Special CATALOGUE of ithe above for 1878-70 is Now Ready, and will be handed to all Gardeners and Amateurs, post-free, on application to
Messrs. MERTENS ani> CO.. 5, Billiter Square, London, E.C. ; or to ourselves direct, ANT. ROOZEN AND SON, Overveen, near Haarlem, Holland.
GEO.
J ACKM AN & SON,
(Established 1810,)
CultivatorB of
FRUIT and FOREST TREES,
Evergreen and Flowering
TREES and SHRUBS,
ROSES, RHODODENDRONS,
Coni/cn and Hardy Climbers.
THE CLEMATIS
A SrECIALlTV.
Descriptive Priced Catato^^ues free. WOKING NTJRSERT, STTRKEY.
CHOICE HOME-GROWN SEEDS
FOR 1879.
JOra CATTELL'S
Descriptive CATALOGUE of tlie above, containing many Illustrations of Vegetables and Flowers, is now ready, and may be had post- free on application.
The following J. C. can highly recommend : —
PEAS, Cattell's Giant White Marrow, 31. per quart.
BEAN, Early Purple Flageolet, highly recommended for
forcing, ij. td. per pint. BEET, Cattell's Dwarf Purple-top, is. per packet. BROCCOLI. Cattell's Eclipse, the hardiest and latest in culii-
vation. i^. 6d. per packet. BRUSSELS SPROUTS, Cattell's five selected, is. per packet. CABBAGE, Cattell's Reliance, is. per packet. CAULIFLOWER, Cattell's Improved Walcheren, is. td. pkt. CELERY, Cattell's Dwarf H.irdy Red, is. per p.ncket. CUCUMBER. Kirklees Hall Defiance, is. td. per packet. LEITUCE, Cattell's Leviathan Cos. 2s. td. per packet.
.. Cattell's Hardy Whue Cos. 15. td. per packet. ONION. Cattell's Mammoth, is. td. per packet. PARSLEV, Cattell's E.\quisile Curled, td. and is. per packet. RADISH. Cattell's Purple Olive-shaptd, is. td. per packet. TURNIP, C.ittell's Silver Ball. td. and is. per packer.
., Cattell's Dwarf Purple-top. tii. and is. per packet. POTATO, Cattell's Eclipse Kidney, First-Class Certificate,
4^. per peck, ,, Cattell's Reliance Kidney, y. td. per peck. ,, Cattell's Advancer Kidney, -^s. td. per peck.
FLOWER SEEDS.
BEGONIA, saved from the finest tuberous-rooted sorts, is. 6d.
per packet. CALCEOLARIA, saved from choice varieties, i.r. and zs. 6d.
per packet. CINERARIA, from finest show flowers, i.r. and w. 6d. per pkt. HOLLYHOCK, from first-rate show flowers, is. and 2S. td.
per packet- MIGNONETTE, Miles' New Hybrid Spiral, is. per packet. PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA, mixed, w. and 2i-. 6^.
per packet. „ SINENSIS FIMBRIATA ALBA, is. and ^s. 6d.
per packet. „ SINENSIS FIMBRIATA RUBRA, is. and zs. 6d.
per packet. „ SINENSIS, Waltham White, if. and zs. ed. per packet.
NURSERY AND SEED ESTABLISHMENT,
WESTERHAM, KENT. The Himtlngdon Niirsery and Seed Establishment.
Established a Century and a Half.
WOOD & INGRAM'S
NEW and SELECT DESCRIPTIVE PRICED
CATALOGUE of VEGETABLE, FLOWER,
and AGRICULTURAL SEEDS
{Including tlie I'cst Xoveltics of the Season),
yrith short Cultural Instructions,
Is now ready, and will be sent free on application.
W. & I.'s GUINEA COLLECTION contains, without doubt, the most liberal assortment of the best Vegetable Seeds that can be obtained, and will be forwarded, carriase paid, to any part of the kingdom.
January 4, 1879.]]
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE.
Garden Seeds.
CHARLES TURNER'S Descriptive CATALOGUE of the above is now ready, containing several interesting and valuable novelties.
BAILEY'S GREEN-FLESHED MELON " THE SQUIRE."— Great size, delicious flavour. First Prize at the Royal Botanic Society. Per packet, is. 6(/.
NEW KIDNEY POTATO " EARLY BIRD."— Re- markably early and fine quality. Indispensable for frame work. First-class Certificate at the International Potato Show, Royal Aquaiium. Per peck, los. 6d. ; per lb., is.
POTATO " SCHOOLMASTER."— The following few Testimonials from hundreds will show that it is uniformly good in all parts of the country : —
" My opinion is that it is one of the very best Potatos we have."— A. F. Bakron, Ckiswick.
" Your Schoolmaster is the very finest in cultivation for the table, and resists disease better than any PoUto I know."— W. Naish. IViiton.
"To my taste I know no Potato equal to Schoolmaster. — Miss F. Mever, li^indcrmerc.
" I had two tubers from a friend about two years ago, and from those two tubers I have this year dug 60 bushels."— J. Douglas, Loxford Hall.
Per peck, 6^. The Royal Nurseries, Slough.
EED POTATOS from SCOTLAND.—
The following varieties have been carefully grown on newly leclaimed land, and will make an excellent change of Seed :—
Dalmahoy
Walker's Regents
Paier».on's Victoria
Prolific (Bresee's)
Early Fortyfold
Scutch Blue
The Famous Champion
American Early Rose Snowflake Climax (Bresee's) Schoolmaster While Rocks
Skerry Blues : and a'l the leading New Varieties. Price per cwt. or ton on application. KERR AND FOTHERINGHAM, Seedsmen, Corn Exchange, Dumfries,
Season 1879 TTEGETABLE and FLOWER SEEDS
V of Superior Quality. Carriage Free.
Priced Descriptive CATALOGUE, containing select Lists of these, also Potatos for planting. Hybrid Gladioli, and otlier Garden Requisites, is now published, and will be sent post-free on application.
DICKSON AND ROBINSON. Seed Merchants and Nurserymen. 12, Old Millgate, Manchester.
PRIZETAKER PEA.— About 50 quarters for Sale. Sample and price on application to THOMAS PERKINS and SONS, 34. Drapery, North- ampton.
BULBS — BULBS — BULBS. Just imported.
150,000 Splendid CROCUS, colours separate: also a large collection of fine mixed English IRIS, rid. per dozen. Early and Late TULIPS, is. per dozen. LILIUMS, from i,d. each. ANEMONES, is. per dozen. RANUNCULUS, is. per dozen. GLADIOLUS, from ij. per dozen. SNOW- DROPS, 31. per 100.
TIMOTHY BRIGDEN, F.R.H.S., Importer of Dutch and Cape Bulbs, 52, King William Street, City, E.C. ; and at the South-Eastern Railway Station, Cannon Street, E.C.
Really Choice Seeds. LOXINIA CRASSIFOLIA GRANDI-
FLORA, magnificent strain, quite distinct, leaves broad, fleshy, and re-
G
5ifr>
curvmg ; blooms very large and richly marked and coloured. Erecta and horizontalis, sepa- rate or mixed. Per packet. \s. and is. 6d.
AURICULA, extra choice, mixed. Almost every plant from this seed ^vill give blooms of exquisite colouring, distmct eye and mar- gin, and perfection m form. Per pkt.. is. hd.
PETUNIA, Double, large flowering lilo^t carefully hybridised ; yields a large percent- age of double flowers. Per packet. i.r, td.
BEGONIA, Tuber- ©us rooted. — From a bUperb collection con- taining all the splendid new introductions in this class. Per pkt., single. IS. 6d. ; double,
STEPHANOTIS FLORIBUNDA.— Free-flowering variety from t' e Mauritius. Per packet, is. bd.. Post-free.
J.\MES TYNAN, 68, Great George Street, Liverpool.
SEEDS OF SUPERIOR QUALITY.
Wm. Paul & Son
{Successors to the late A. PAUL & SQ-ii— Established 1806)
BEG TO ANNOUNCF. THAT THEIR
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF SELECT VEGETABLE,
FLOWER SEEDS, &c.,
is noiv ready, and -will be forwarded post-free on application.
^L1ny Seeds are home-grown, and all are selected with the utmost care from the most celebrated stocks at home and abroad, in order to secure their Customers the best quality that can be obtained.
IMPORTANT.— Observe Christian Name—
WM. PAUL & SON,
PAUL'S NURSERIES and SEED WAREHOUSE,
WALTHAM CROSS, LONDON, N.
MR. J. C. STEVENS has received instructions from Mr. William Bull to SELL by AUCTION, at his Great Rooms, 38, King Street, Covent Garden, W.C, on FRIDAY, January 10, at half-past 12 o'Clock precisely, some good established plants of the new and beautiful white-flowered Lslia,
LiELIA ANCEPS ALBA.
The Gardener^ Chronicle, at page 756, remarks of this Laelia :— " Its peculiar characteristic is the purity of its white flowers, which equal those of a Phatenopsis, and whose texture may be compared to that of Lapageria alba. It must be seen to be appreciated, there is something so captivating in its dazzling whiteness." Also some fine Specimen Plants of the new and handsome
DENDROBIUM S U P E E, B I E N S .
This magnificent Dendrobium produces from fifteen to twenty flowers on a spike, of a bright amethyst-purple colour. The rich hue of the flowers of this Dendrobium, together with its free- blooming character, and the remarkably persistent nature of the blossoms, lasting as they individually do nearly three months, make it a most desirable species. Good plants of the new and pretty Lffilia-like ARUNDINA BAMBUSyEFOLIA ; the deliciously fragrant TRICHOSMA SUAVIS, DENDROBIUM McCARTHI/E, and other choice ORCHIDS. Also CCELOGYNES CORYMBOSA, GLANDULOSA, FLACCIDA, CRISTATA, and OCELLATA : these white- flowered, sweet-scented Coelogynes are most useful where cut flowers are required, or for general decorative purposes. And at the same time will be sold a dozen good plants of the far-famed and handsome DRAC/ENA GOLDIEANA.
AUCTION ROOMS AND OFFICES, 38, KING STREET, COVENT GARDEN,
LONDON, W.C,
TRANSPLANTED FOREST TREES.
ASH, Common, 2, 3, to 4 feet, stout. BEECH, Common, iK to 1.% feet, stout. LARCH, Fir, i to i% foot, very fine and cheap. HAZEL. Common. 2 to 3 feet, and 3 to 4 feet, very fine. POPLAR, Black Italian, Balsam and Lombatdy, 2, 3, to 5 feet.
TRANSPLANTED FRUIT TREES.
CHERRIES, St.andards. Maidens and Cutbacks, leading sorts. APRICOTS, PEACHES, andNECTARINES,dwarf Maidens. FRUIT TREE STOCKS -.—Brussels, Mussel, Brompton, Common Plum and Pear.
TRANSPLANTED CONIFERS,
TREES AND SHRUBS.
CEDRUS DEODARA, bushy, fine, iVi. 3. S. to 7 feet. CRYPTOMERIA ELEGANS, z, 3 to 5 feel, fine. CUPRESSUS LAWSONIANA, I to 10 feet, for screens. PICEA NORDMANNIANA. specimens. 2, 3. 5. to 7 feet PINUS CEMI;RA, fine, 2. 3, 5. to 7 feet. RETINOSPORA PLUMOSA. 1, 2. 3, to s feet, line. THUJA GIGANTEA, 2, 3. s, to 6 feet, fine.
,. LOBBI. 6 to 8 feet, suitable for screens. THUJOPSIS BOREALIS, 3, 4, to s feet, fine. AUCUBA JAPONtCA, busily, i\i to 2 feet. HOLLIES, Green, bushy, 3, 6, to 9 feet.
,. \'ariegated, bushy, 2, 3, 4, to 6 feet. YUCCAS, of sorts, fine.
CHESTNUT, Horse, 7, S, 10. to 12 feet, for avenues. THORNS. Standards, of sorts. e.\tra fine. POPLARS, of sorts, 8, 10. to I2 feet. LIMES, very stout. 10, 12, to 15 feet, for avenues. PRIVET. Box-leaved, i, 2, to 3 feet, for hedges or covert. MANETTI Rose stocks, fine and cheap. AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII, in pots CLEMATIS JACKM ANNI. and others, in pots. DAPHNE CNEORUM, fine.
The whole of the above Stock is in excellent condition for removal, of first-class quality, and grown in large quantities, and offered at low prices. For particulars apply to
GEORGE JACKMAN and SON, Woking Nursery, Surrey.
THE OXFORD ROSES,
ON THK
CULTIVATED SEEDLING BRIER.
Geo. Peince
Be^'s to oft'er the following 25 choice varieties, CarefuUy packed,
Alfred Colomb Augusts Rigotard Baxan Haussmann Due de Rohan Duchess Vallombrosa Emilie Hausberg Etienne Dupuy Etienne Levet Fran';ois Michelon G^n-^ral Jacqueminot Hippolyte Jamain Jean L'labaud
package included, 21s.
John Hopper Le Havre Louis Van Houtte Madame Berard (Tea) Madame Lacharme Marie Rady Marie Guillot (Tea) Miss Hassard Moiis. Paul Ne'ron Pauline T.4labot Reynolds Hole Souvenir de Mons, BoU Thomas Mills.
GEORGE PRINCE. OXFORD. HENDER & SONS' Strain of
PETUNIA GRANDIFLORA.
The finest in Cultivation.
AmonK those who have borne testimony to the superiority of our strain are the following :-Mr. W. Paterson, Gr. to Her Majesty the Queen. Balmoral ; J. Snow. Gr. to the Earl ol Morley; Mr. Kdwards, Pentillie Castle ; J. Berry, Gr. to Lord Robartes. Lanhydrock ; Wright & Co., Airdne, N.B. : C. Brown, Kensington Park, London : Fuller & Sons, Nursery, Bnstol ; the late Mr. John Keynes, Salisbury ; and various reports in all the leading Horticultural Journals, Scaled Packets. 250 Seeds, ?s.
HENDF.R AND .SONS, Nursery, Mannamead, Plymoulh,
THE GARDENERS- CHRONICLE.
[January 4, 1879.
FLOWERS ALL THE YEAR ROUND,
AND SENT ALL OVER THE WORLD.
H. CAN NELL, F.R.H.S.,
The Home for Flowers,
SWANLEY, KENT.
TO THE SEED TRADE.
OUR WHOLESALE CATALOGUE
is now ready, and may be had on application. A copy ha^ been posted to all our Customers, if not received an early intimation will oblige. MINIER, NASH and NASH, 60, Strand, London, W.C.
RHODODENDRON PONTICUM.
3,000,000 SEEDLINGS,
2, 3 and 4 years, fine : also many thousands of stout bedded
and transplanted.
Samples and Prices on applicaiio7t.
J. J. MARRIOTT,
Highfield Nurseries, Matlock, Derbyshire.
vecetabletflowerseeds Seed Potatos.Toois&c
JAMESDICKSON&SONS
IOSEastgateStJ
•Richard Smith ^.c% & Worcester <ii).
FIFTY ACRES of FRUIT TREES.— Apples, Pclrs, Plums, Cherries. Peaches, Necuirines, Apricots, and other Fruit Trees, as Standards, Dwarfs, Pyramids, Bushes, Cordon and trained trees in great variety, all full of vigour, and warranted true to name. Descriptive Price List, containing a sketch of the various forms of Trees, with Directions for Cultivation, Soil, Drainage, Manure. Prunmg, Lifting, Cropping. Treatment imder Glass ; also their Synonyms, QuaUty, Size, Form, Skin, Colour, Flesh, Flavour, Use, Growth, Dmation, Season, Price, &c., for a penny stamp.
TWELVE ACRES of ROSES.— Standard, Dwarf, and Climbinj, all the popular sorts ; also 80,000 choice Tea-scented and Noisette Roses in pots ; extra strong Roses in pots for immediate forcing. See Descriptive Price List, free for a penny stamp.
GRAPE VINES and ORCHARD HOUSE TREES in POTS.— Grape Vines, extra strong, and warranted free from phylloxera, oidium, and all disease ; Planting Canes, 3^. dd. to 55-. each ; extra strong Fruiting Canes, 7,1. €d. to loj. Kid. each. Orchard-house Trees, fruiting in pots, con- .•^isting of Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, Plums, Cherries, Pears, Apples, and Figs, Descriptive Price List for a penny stamp.
WORCESTER PEARMAIN APPLE (awarded a First-class Certificate by the Royal Horti- cultural Society). — One of the handsomest and most useful Apples in cultivation. For full description see " Extract from the yournal of Horticulture" and Richard Smith & Co.'s Fruit List, which may be had for a penny stamp. Coloured Plates, 6rf. each. Maiden Trees, \s. 6d. each ; Bushes, 3.J. each : Standards, Pyramids, and Dwarf-trained Trees, 3^. td. and 5^. each.
HARDY HERBACEOUS and ALPINE PLANTS, their scientific and English names, height, colour, time of flowering, and other useful information. Descriptive Price List for a penny stamp. Collection of 100 beautiful hardy varieties for Garden Beds, Borders, or Rockeries, for 305.
LIST of all the EVERGREEN FIR TRIBE, suitable for Eritam, giving size, price, popular and botanical names, derivations, description, form, colour, foliage, growth, timber, use in arts, native country, and size there, situation, soil, and other information, with copious index of their synonyms. Free by post for six stamps.
LIST of STOVE and GREENHOUSE PLANTS, comprising the best .selections of Camellias, Azaleas, Ericas, Epacris. Ferns, &c., free for a penny stamp.
LIST of EVERGREEN and DECIDUOUS SHRUBS. RHODODENDRONS, STANDARD ORNA.MENTAL TREES, CLIMlilNG and TWINING PLANTS, with their generic, specific, and English names, native country, height, time of flowering, colour, &c., and general lemarks, free for a penny stamp.
ALL kinds of GARDEN SEEDS, of first quality, HULHS, MUSHROOM SPAWN, TOBACCO PAPER, ARCHANGEL MATS, nnd other GARDEN KEQUISITES. See Lists, which may be had on application.
Richard Smith &. c^-
^.. WORCEStEK; ^
Wholesale Seed Catalogue.
LITTLE AND BALLANTYNE beg to acquaint those of their Customers who may not liave got a copy of the above, by any inadvertence, that another will be sent on application.
Seed Growers and Nurserymen, Carlisle.
SEED POTATOS.— We have a large stock of the principal varieties, free from disease— mostly grown upon moss land. Priced LISTS and every detail on application. LITTLE AND BALLANTYNE, Seed Growers, Carlisle.
SEEDLING and TRANSPLANTED FOREST TREES.— One of the largest general Nursery Stocks in the kingdom, inspection of which is invited. Cheap through rates. Special prices to large purchasers. Samples on application.
LITTLE AND BALLANTYNE, Knowefield Nurseries, Carlisle.
QTANDAReT Ziid DWARF ROSES,
r^ leading sorts, in large quantities of strong, hardy, and well-grown plants. Price LISTS on application.
LITTLE AND BALLANTYNE, Knowefield Nurseries, Carlisle.
SELECTED STOCKS of GARDEN, FLOWER, and FARM SEEDS.— New Seed LIST fur iS7g will be ready in a few days, and will V:, jcnt post-free to any one on application.
LITTLE AND BALLANTYNE, The Queen's Seedsmen, Carlisle.
Joliustone's St. Martins Rhubarb.
EARLIEST and BEST in CULTIVATION, forces well, and has a splendid colour. Strong roots, g^. per dozen. Trade price on application. RHUBARB, Prima Donna (newl, 2J. 6d. each. ,, Princess Royal (new), is. 6f/. each. W. P. LAIRD AND SINCLAIR, Nurserymen, Dundee, N.B.
OTATOS, MANGEL WURZEL, and
SWEDE TURNIP SEED, and GOOSEBERRY TREES. POTATOS — 20 tons Snowflake, lo tons Improved Peach- blow, 30 tons Champions, jo tons Early Vermont.
MANGEL WUKZEL SEED, New— 2 to 3 tons Sutto s Oxheart. GOOSEBERRY TREES— 5000 Warringtons, 3-yr. For special low prices apply to W. COCKS, Monk's Hall Seed Farms, Gosberton, Spalding.
CALCEOLARIAS, choice Herbaceous, 2^. per dozen, post-free ; do., do., larger, 35. per dozen, post-free.
12 GERANIUMS, Zonal, select and distinct, for 6j.
12 ROSES, Standard, select and distinct, for 12s.
Post-office Order payable at Sissinghurst.
A fine lot of STANDARD FRUIT TREES. Price on application.
WRI. POTTEN, Camden Nursery, Sissinghurst, Staple- hurst, Kent,
E E D L I N G S, SEEDLINGS.
2,000,000 Native LARCH, i-yr.
500,000 Tyrolese LARCH, i-yr. j,ooo,ooo Native Scotch FIR, i-yr. 500,000 Native Scotch FIR, 2-yr. 1,000,000 Spruce FIR, 2-yr. 100,000 Silver FIR, 2-yr. 200,000 Silver FIR, 3-yr. 600,000 BEECH, I-yr. 150,000 BIRCH, I-yr. Toojooo BIRCH, 2-yr. 500,000 ALDER, :-yr. 100,000 ALDER, 2-yr.
400,000 PINUS AUSTRIACAand LARICIO. i-yr. and 2-yr. 50.000 LABURNUM, I-yr. 100,000 SYCAMORE, I-yr. 200,000 THORN QUICK, i-yr. 200,000 THORN QUICK, 2-yr. The above are generally of first-class quality. Prices and sample ^n application to
MICHAEL BURKE, Drumlargan and Garadice Nurseries, Co. Meath, Kilcock, Ireland.
pOCOA-NUT FIBRE REFUSE, as
^— ^ supplied to the Royal Horticultural Society. — Four-bushel bag (bag included), is. ; 30 bags (bags included), 205. ; truck free to rail, 255,
FINLAYSON and HECTOR, Cocoa-Nut Fibre Works, 2 and 25, Redman's Row, Mile End Road, London. E.
pOCOA-NUT FIBRE REFUSE.—
V_^ Reduced Price : — In 4 bushel bags, bags included, at is., or truckload of about 250 bushels, 25s. (truckload delivered free to rail in London). Post-office Order or Cheque will oblige with all orders.— J. STEVENS and CO., Greyhound Yard, and 134, High Street, Battersea, S.W.
/^ARDEN REQUISITES.— COCOA-NUT
vIT FIBRE REFUSE, as supplied to Her Majesty and
most of the leading Nurserymen and Gardeners.
3(/. per bushel ; too for 20s. ; truck (loose, 250 bush.), 30^.
4-bushel bags, id. each.
LIGHT BROWN FIBROUS PEAT, 51. 6d. per sack ;
5 sacks, 255. ; 12 for 45^., or 36^. per ton. BLACK FIBROUS PEAT, 5^. per sack, 5 sacks 22i, ; 12
for 4as., or 34^, per ton : sacks, 4t/. each. COARSE SILVER SAND, is. grf. per bushel ; 151. half
ton, 26^ per ton : in i cwt. bags, ^rt. each. YELLOW FIBROUS LOAM, PEAT MOULD, and LEAF
MOULD. I., per bushel. SPHAGNUM MOSS, is. 6d. per sack.
Manures, Garden Sticks, Virgin Cork, Tobacco Cloth and
Paper. Russia Mats. &c.
Write for free PRICE LIST. Goods free 10 rail. '
H. G. SMYTH. 10. Castle Street, Endell Street. Long Acrc.W.C.
PEAT and LOAM.— 1000 tons of the best Peat and Loam in England for Sale, at moderate prices. Delivered into railw;iy trucks at the best stations for transit. Apply to W, SHORT, Horticultural Depot, Reigate, Surrey. Established 1862.
EAT for RHODODENDRONS and ordi-
nary POT PLANTS, in trucks containing 14 yards or loads, put on rail at Ringwood Station, ^-^ i^s. Carriage paid to London or any Station on the L. & S. W. Railway, £$ ^s. per truck of fourteen loads. Cash or reference.
J. PRYER, Manager, Peat Stores, Vau.\hall Station and Kingwood.
B
Fibrous Peat for Orchids, &c. ROWN FIBROUS PEAT, best
quality for Orchids, Stove Plants, &c., £6 6s. per truck. BLACK FIBROUS PEAT, for Rhododendrons, Azaleas. Heaths, American Plant Beds, 15J. per ton.
Delivered on rail at Elackwater, S. E. R., or Famborough, S. W. R., by the truckload. Sample bag, ^s. ; 5 bags, 20s. 10 bags, 36,1. Bags ^d. each.
Fresh SPHAGNUM, los. dd. per bag. WALKER AND CO., Farnborough Station, Hants.
PEAT.— South of England Horticultural Peat Lands.— C. R. HOLLOWAY, Christchurch. Hants.— BROWN, FIBROUS, Light-weighing Peat, of excellent quality, for Orchids, Ferns, &c., well cut in Turfs and carefully loaded into Railway Trucks, at i-js. td. per ton, in loads of 4 Tons and upwards. Sample bag, 5^. ; five bags, 21J. ; 12 bags, 40s. Some also, of good quality, at 13J. 6d. per ton, four tons and upwards.
PEAT SOIL, PEAT S O I L.— BROWN FIBROUS, good quality, for Orchids, Pot Plants, Ferns, &c., /^fj 6s. per truck. ULACK. eood quality for American Plants, Rhododendrons. Azaleas, Heaths. Sic. l^s. per ton, or 6-ton truck for ^4 r„. Delivered on rail at Black- water, S.E.R., or Camberley, S.W.R., by the truckload. Ca.sh with order. Sample sack. 5^. 6d., or four sacks, los.
HOLDER AND SON, Crown Nurseries, Reading.
Safe and Certain.
SIMPSON'S RED SPIDER and THRIP ANTIDOTE. Per quart, condensed, 61.; per pint, 3^. 6d. Supplied to Seedsmen and Chemists.
Prepared by JOHN KILNER, Wortley, Sheffield.
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MAY NOW BE HAD OiV APPLICATION.
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It is a book of ninety-six pages, each one of which contains matter of interest and utihty to those who cultivate a garden and may be said to include everything that is required therein. It does not boast of splendidly decorated covers, neither does it contain coloured illustrations of flowers or ve-etables-exag,^erated or otherwise, and there is nothing calculated to mislead the buyer. At the same time there is abundant information to guide" and sufficient finish in its style to render it no disgrace to the table of the drawmg-room or librar>'. HOOPER'S CATALOGUE IS NOT CHARGED FOR, AND WILL BE" FORWARDED IMMEDIATELY TO ALL APPLICANTS.
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STERLING NOVELTIES,
FLORAL AND VEGETABLE,
With Concise and Practical Instructions for Cultivation.
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Wrinkled marrow, with semrdouble pods ; |
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CULVERWELUS TELEGRAPH PEA.
"The largest and handsomest Pea grown." Mr. J. GooDACRE, Gr. to the Right Hon. the Earl o Harrington.
Price in Sealed Packets^ per pint, as. 6(/.
CARTER'S CHALLENGER PEA.
'* The best dwarf Pea I have ever used." Mr. R. SowERDY, Gr. to the Right Hon. the Earl of Maccles field.
Price in Sraled Packets, per pint, 2S. 6d.
CARTER'S LITTLE WONDER PEA.
"As its name implies, a capital variety, useful for forcing."
Mr. W. FoWLE, Gr. to Sir H. Mildmay. Bart.
Price IK Sealed Packets, per pint, 2S. 6d.
KELWAY'S PARAGON CUCUMBER.
"As an exhibition variety Ai.— An enormous cropper, scarcely any neck." — Gardeners Magazine.
Price in Sealed Packets, per packet, 3^. (>d.
DELL'S HYBRID MELON.
"Amongst the many exhibited this was the only green- fleshed Melon pronounced worthy of a First-class Certificate this year by the Royal Horticultural Society."
Price in Sealed Packets, per packet, zs, 6d,
ESCH8GH0LTZIA CROCEA
FL.-PL.
First-class Certificate Royal Horticultural Society. "Harny annuals are strongly reinforced by Eschscholtzia fl.-pl., the product of the famus St. Osyth's Seed Farms."— Gardeners' Chronicle.
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ESCHSCHOLTZIA
MANDARIN.
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" A great improvement."
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EMPRESS COCKSCOMB.
" Unequalled as regards size by any we have ever seen. The comb sent us measured 3 feel 2 inches." — The Garden. Price in Sealed Packets, per packet, xs. 6d.
SWEET PEA-VIOLET QUtEN.
*' Suggestive of the beautiful Bougainvillca." — P. Gribve, Price in Sealed Packets, per packet, \s.
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FOE 1879.
NEW GIANT CYCLAMEN, Cyclamen persicum giganteum rubrum.
For icaiUiJul CoUmred Plate ml- Seed Cataiegue. This magnincent New Cyclamen is undoubtedly one of the most charminff novelties ever introduced. The flowers are equal in size and substance to my well-known strain of gigan- teum, and are \\ ell thrown up above the foliage. The colour is delicate rose, changing to a bright crimson at the base, being a tint unrivalled, and never before acquired in this giant strain. It has been awarded two First-class Certificates. Per packet, y. and y, 6d.
CYCLAMEN PERSICUM GIGANTEUM.
This variety has very broad beautifully mottled coriaceous leaves, and stout flower-stalks, throwing the flowers well above the foliage ; each flower measuring from 2 to zj-a inches m length, with broad petals of great substance, pure white, with a fine bold violet-purple eye.
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NEW SCARLET PRIMULA, Primula sinensis fimbriata coccinea.
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THE NEW PLANTS OF 1878.
THE past year has been bountiful to us, in respect to the introduction of New Plants, as most of its forerunners have also been, and there is, as we hope to show, a ful modicum of quality amongst the subjects which have been made known to the horticultural world during 1S78. Other treasures, we know remain behind, but we must not pry too closely into the future. In this paper, too, we leave out of view all the choice acquisitions of the past season amongst florists' flowers, which are by no means few, nor are they unimportant as regards the ornamentation of our flower gardens, or the pleasure to be spread over the land derived from their more disseminated cultivation when they pass out of the raisers' hands.
There can, we suppose, be no question that the most remarkable plant of the year just passed is the so-called Conophallus Titanum — so-called till the opportunity offers to decide its exact position, which will probably be in the genus Brachyspatha.. True, our summary of the more prominent of the acquisitions of the year is supposed to recount those only which are already introduced amongst us, and this titanic Aroid is not yet actually present with us, but as it has reached Florence in a living state it may for all practical purposes be regarded as being already acquired. The description of this wonder- ful plant, with a reduced figure of it in the flowering state, has been already printed in these pages {Gardeners' Chronicle, n.s., x., 596, 7S1, 788, fig. 127), but we may here briefly repeat that its tubers are nearly 5 feet in cir- cumference, and its leaf 45 feet in circumscrip- tion, on a stalk 10 feet high, while its campanu- latc spathe, measuring nearly 3 feet across, is of a bright black-purple, and its tapering spadix, of a dirty yellow at the base and livid towards the top, is nearly 6 feet long. Godwinia and Corynophallus must now hide their diminished heads ; and it is the fortunate lot of Dr. Beccari to have been the medium through which we have learned to know this Anak of the vege- table race.
Stove Flowering Plants. This mention of the Sumatran Aroid leaves us amongst the stove-flowering plants, and we therefore take up with these the thread of our story. Perhaps the most valuable plant of the year is the Ixora splendens, a cross-bred seedling raised by Messrs. Cole, of Manchester. It is perfectly distinct from all others in its blunt-tipped foliage, and remarkable for its noble heads of large-sized brilliant carmine- scarlet flowers, and is certainly A i amongst Ixoras. Another, named Ixora Duffii, with looser heads of vermilion-red flowers shaded with crimson, has been introduced from the Caroline Isles, and is said to be very hand- some, as no doubt it is, since the Ixoras generally possess that sterling quality. More strikingly novel and distinct perhaps, but a subject of which we are yet scarcely in a position to judge of its cultural capabilities, is the New Caledonian Xeroncma Moorei, a very fine lilia- ceous perennial of Iris-like habit, with a most peculiar inflorcscncc of bright crimson flowers. The scape, which is from i J to 2 feet high, is bent abruptly into a horizontal position, a little below the raceme of flowers, which thus come to
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stand erect on the upper side. If it flowers freely enough this will be a very showy plant. Both Messrs. Veitch and M. Linden have introduced it, and we have published a wood- cut of it in our vol. x., n.s., p. 8, fig. 3. The Pavonias are rather interesting novelties, so distinct is their general aspect, and so pleasing is the colour of their flowers — a deep rose-pink — which are moreover of curious form, scarcely suggestive of the Malvaceous order, to which they belong, the epicalyx being coloured. 1'. Makoyana has recently been figured by Pro- fessor Morren, and is much in the way of P. Wioti, which latter, however, is identified by Sir J. Hooker with the P. multiflora of St. Hilairc. We may also point out that the Anthurium Dechardi noticed in our summary of last year, has been since then relegated to the genus SpathiphylUim, and identified with S. cann;efolium, where also other garden An- thuriums, as floribundum, candidum, Patini, &c., have to follow it. In Ruellia acutangula, alias Arrhosto.xylum acutangulum, we have a stout-growing soft-wooded under-shrub, with quadrangular branches, large elliptic-ovate leaves, and erect cymes of bright orange-scarlet flowers, whose uncqually-lobed limb is 2 inches across and the tube an inch long. It is one of the more showy of the Acanthads, as also is Eranthemum laxiflorum, which is also half- shrubby, and free-flowering, with ovate-oblong leaves, and axillary cymes of large purple flowers, and comes from the New Hebrides. Crossandra guineensis.is another Acanthad of very different character, but a very pretty introduction never- theless. It is a low herb, with a few pairs of short-stalked elliptic-oblong leaves reticulated like the Fittonias with golden veins, while from their centre rises an erect dense spike of rosy lilac flowers. The Costa Rican Alloplectus peltatus is not only a showy Gesnerad, but also a plant of curious structure, unique in the order to which it belongs. It is of dwarfish sub- shrubby habit, with stout branches and opposite leaves, one of which is oval-oblong, six or more inches long, with a remarkaljle peltate base, while the opposite one is scarcely at all deve- loped ; the flowers are numerous in the leaf axils. Gloxinia-like in form, pale yellow streaked with orange in the throat, and having a deep crimson- purple calyx. Messrs. Veitch's Chevalliera, alias /Echmea Veitchii, from New Grenada, is a very distinct and showy Bromeliad, of acaul- escent habit, with lorate, saw-edged leaves, and a central, dense, erect, oblong head, of which the crowded recurved crimson bracts form the conspicuous portion. M. Morren reports that his plant of this Chevalliera commenced blooming in IVtay, 1877, and has continued to blossom from the same inflorescence for a year and nine months. Amongst Amaryllids we have acquired three new species of Hasmanthus, namely, rupestris, Mannii, and Kalbreyeri. They are all West African plants, flowering before the foliage is developed, dwarfish in habit, and all have showy umbellate heads of Crimson or crimson-scarlet flowers, which render them valuable as decorative plants. To the same group belongs Crinum Macowani, a plant nearly allied to C. latifolium, and which comes from No-man's Land, near the south- western frontier of Natal. This is remarkable for its large umbel of blush-coloured Lily-like flowers.
Stove Foliage Plant.=;.
In this group we feel inclined to give the first place to the Colombian Dieffenbachias. D. Shuttleworthii has upright leafy stems, the leaves a foot or more in length and about 4 inches broad, bright green, with a broad- feathered silvery band on each side of and including the midrib. The colouring is very striking and effective. D. Cardcri has its leaves handsomely marked with yellow and green blotches, and is also a fine ornamental
kind. Alocasia Thibautiana is a noble plant in the way of A. Lowii, but probably finer ; the leaves of a blackish green with white veins. A. Johnstoni apparently belongs to a different race, and it has been suggested that it is a species of Cyrtosperma or Lasia. It has a very distinct character, the stems being mottled with red and blackish green, and spiny, and the blade arrow- shaped, with reddish veins. The first is Bornean, the second is from the Solomon Isles. A hand- some plant of this class is the Cespedesia Bon- plandii, introduced by M. Linden from tropical America ; the tongue-shaped crenulated leaves attain a length of 3 feet, and render it a mag- nificent object as a foliage plant. It belongs to the Ochnacea:-, and, when it blossoms, bears panicles of large bright orange-yellow flowers. Of the Crotons or Codiajums many forms con- tinue to appear. C. Mortii, a broad-leaved form of compact habit, with yellow variegation, is one of the effective sorts. So is C. Williamsii, which has similar shaped leaves, with a red variegation. C. roseo-pictus, a densely leafy variety, has also pretty yellow and rosy variega- tion, and C. Rex has dark green leaves and red veins. C. Katoni is one of the trilobed section, and has the leaves thickly dotted with yellow spots. These are all fine plants, but there are others perhaps as good which our limited space forbids us to name. The Massangeas — a race of Tillandsias, with curiously inscribed leaves — are cropping up, and are rather taking plants of their kind. M. Lindeni is one of the hand- somest, its broadish semi-erect leaves being marked with numerous transverse irregular broken lines of a deep brownish purple, looking, as one might think, like some old-world in- scription, the marking being sufficiently abund- ant to be attractive. Finally, in Davidsonia pruriens we have a bold and distinct-looking plant, figured when first imported in our volume for 1S77, n.s., vii., p. 819. This has very large unequally-pinnate leaves, which are of a bright red while young ; the hairy leaflets, eleven to thirteen in number, are biserrate and con- nected by a narrow wing, which is also doubly- toothed. It has something the aspect of a gigantic Agrimony, is apparently half-shrubby, and has been referred to the Saxifragacea;. T. Moore.
{To he coiUinttcd.)
EPPING FOREST.
{Concluded from pa^e 8io, vol, x.)
There is no doubt but that in sheltered parts some of the half-hardy plants of the South-east United States, such as Cassias, &c., would flourish. C. corymbosa has stood the past two winters, but they have been so mild as hardly to make the experiment a test.
Passing to the second zone — the trees of Western America, they seem from the experience gained to be perfectly at home. A Pinus macro- carpa, 40 feet to 50 feet high, stands by the road- side at High Beech, and at Epping was at one time the finest (it is beUeved) Wellingtonia in England. Of course in the nursery the trees of the Conifers of that region are of com- paratively small growth — w-hat would have been fine specimens having passed to congenial permanent homes, such as the Picea or Pine woods of Pampisford (where actual woods of these, with the shelter of deciduous planta- tions to protect them in the young state, have been formed) ; but sufliciently large plants still remain to show they adapt themselves in more developed stages to the necessarily greater exposure. The Silver Firs, from the noble P. nobilis to the latest discovered P. concolor, all grow freely and with perfect foliage.
The long-Icaved Pines, not only of the har- dier northern kinds, but also those of the more southern Mexican habitats, arc a success. Roezl's introductions, Pinus Devoniana, with
its strikingly long vivid green needles, P. macro- phylla, Don Pedro, the beautiful P. Hartwegii, glaucous, long-leaved, finest of Pines, are in vigorous health and stand our hardest winters. Picea bracteata, too, rarely thriving in the valleys, on the hilltop here stands uninjured. We cite these in preference to the hardier kinds, such as Lambert's or Jeffrey's Pines and Lawson's Cypress, the Douglas .Spruce, and the Thuja gigantea and Craigiana, which do every- where, as showing how large-embracing a col- lection might be formed.
Almost indigenous are the two free-growing trees of this zone, the Pinus insignis, which Mr, Wallace speaks so highly of as the grass- green P. insignis, and Lambert's glorious Cypress — both, alas ! often shortlived in the frost-suffering valleys.
■ The deciduous trees of this zone are few, but the Liliaceous plants, such as L. pardalinum, cali- fornicum, and Humboldtii, with their creeping rhizomes, all thrive well here under the shade of the trees.
Approaching the third zone, that of Eastern Europe and Western Asia and the Mediterra- nean coasts, we have a somewhat limited choice. To select again, the sorts which have been found to thrive exceptionally may be mentioned. To begin with Conifers, we have the Silver Firs of Spain, Greece, and of the Crimea, Picea Pinsapo,. P. Apollinis, P. cilicica, and P. Nordmannianay the Cedars of Lebanon and the Atlas Moun-- tains, the latter when established growing like a. Larch. Then we have the Pyrenean Pine, and the P. austriaca and P. Laricio of the Austrian- empire. Of the other trees quoted by Mr, Wallace the Laburnums, the large family of the Brooms or Genistas, would from experience form a splendid underwood with the evergreen Arbutus Andrachne of the Levant, and the Portugal Laurels and the varied forms of the common Laurels and Bays, with Arundos or such-Hke grasses. The upright Cypress and Stone Pines of Italian gardens, the Pinaster and maritime Pines of the south-eastern French coast, we had omitted to say, like the sandy soil and exposure. The Gladioli and many bulbous plants of the Cape might be included in this zone, since they stand out uninjured in the winter here.
When speaking of the trees of the fourth zone, those of Western Asia and Japan, Mr. Wallace hopes for many further introductions, but we are already rich in variety here. The Camellia has (as he ventures to anticipate it would do) passed some winters uninjured here, and it is almost certain the Tea tree would do so. The Japanese Conifers are splendidly at home here — the dry clear air seems to approach nearer to the Japanese climate than in many other parts of England. Almos t every one of the forty-five species of Conife rs succeeds, from the glorious Golden Larch of China to the Umbrella Pine of the Sa'cred Mountain of Japan. The Cryptomerias, Rf .tino- sporas, the distinct special species of the zone, grow with tree-like vigour.
The Sophoras, in the valleys tendf.r, here stand unscathed — the Japan and Indian Daphnes grow out-of-doors, and with the glori- ous Azalea mollis. Privets, Berberis, Indian Azaleas, Raphiolepis, Himalayan "Rhododen- drons, such as Russelianum, an«£ Magnolias (M. Campbelli of the Himalayas has stood two winters out), would form an evergrefjn flowering underwood — a perfect winter gardcrn.
Many flowering trees are here : the common English Crab, which in the Forest attains 40 to 50 feet in height, guarantees the well-doing of the beautiful forms of Japanese and Chinese Crabs, P. spectabilis floribunda, and other flowering rosaceous trees.
Of the Himalayan Conifers, the Cedrus Deodara would probably prove longer lived than it has done in many ])arts of England. The P. Wcbbiana, amongst Sihcr Firs, passes with the
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glorious drooping Spruce of those mountains, Abies Khutrow mostly uninjured by tlie spring frosts. Cupressus Goveniana grows freely and finely, and doubtless many other plants of this zone might be named.
Lastly, the plants of the south-eastern hemi- sphere are to be grouped. " Nowhere," one of our best Conifer growers remarked, "have I seen the Araucarias so green a green as here ! " The Libocedrus and Podocarpus, the representatives of the Yews — like the above from Chili — the Dacrydium Franklini from Tasmania, the jointed Yew (Athrota.KUS selaginoides) from Van Die- men's Land), Fitzroya from Patagonia, are all hardy here. With the several herbaceous plants and beautiful climbers of this region the Lapa- gerias would form a choice, even though limited section.
It is to be hoped that while these foreign forests are formed, our English forests will also be cared for. Our glorious Hollies number some sixty to one hundred distinct varieties, our many forms of Yews and Junipers will compare favourably in the way of variety with some of the so-called species of other countries. We think that we have shown that Mr. Wallace's scheme, at least in the sites he proposes, has every chance of success ; and we quite agree with him that the expense need not be excessive. Most of the plants are plentiful and reasonable in price, in a state ready for planting, in existing nurseries.
It is to be hoped that care will be taken to preserve the natural state of the Forest. Many beautiful native plants exist besides those named by Mr. Wallace. The Ivy-leaved Campanula grows with the Drosera in the bogs ; here are the Sphagnum mosses, and fungi in great variety ; Ferns are nearly extinct, but the Butcher's Broom, Lily of the Valley, Achillea Ptarmica, and the Red Willow-herb, are plentiful, and have survived the browsing of cattle, the destruction of the woods, and other injurious influences. George Paul.
New Garden Plants.
Encephalartos acantka.
The Cycad which Dr. Masters described under this name in the last number of the Gardeners' Chroniele, is one which we have had under our notice at Kew for the past year and a half. Had I known that he intended publishing a description of it I think I could have satisfied him that, although a species of .some rarity in cultivation, it was not really new to either horticulture or science. Four of the specimens in the collection of the Royal Gardens came from the same source as those in the possession of Mr. Bull. They were all obtained by the energetic superintendent of the Botanic Garden at Grahamslown, Mr. Tid- marsh. The exact locality where they were found cannot be ascertained, but it was in the division of Queenstown, and therefore some distance inland and to the N.E. of Grahamstown. The stems which Mr. Tidmarsh.with most praiseworthy zeal for the botanical headquarters of the mother country, sent to Kew are very striking objects and of considerably larger dimensions than those which subsequently passed into Mr. Bull's possession. These latter in the first instance were in the hands of Messrs. Thyne, of Glasgow, in whose nurseries I recognised them on a chance visit in the autumn of 1S77. Mr. Bull was much interested in the Kew specimens of the new Cycad, and on hearing from me of those I had seen at Glasgow, with his charac- teristic energy and enthusiasm for a fine species which was new to him, lost no time in acquiring them from Messrs. Thyne.
The striking features about the plants received at Kew were in the first place their great girth com- pared with their height ; hence the tendency of the stocks to be subglobose, as noted by Dr. Masters. But the circumference, instead of being 4 — 6 inches [a misprint for 46 inches] reaches to almost as many feet — that of the largest specimen can hardly be less than 5 feet. The other point is the copious investment of their upper part with a coarse woolly tomentum, which is rather perhaps pale brown than " ash-coloured."
None of the plants at Kew have at present thrown up crowns of foliage, but a small offset taken oft' from the base of one of them has produced some leaves, and the examination of these led the present
intelligent foreman of the Palm-house to point out to me the probable specific identity of the Grahamslown plants with one which h.id long been in the Kew col- lection, and which bore the name — erroneous as it now turns out — of Encephalartos brachyphylhis. The largest of our plants, however, produced a whorl of five female cones. These, owing to want of activity of growth in the plant, were never thrown up clear of the stock, but after a time began to decay, and as Mr. Smith and myself had little doubt that this decay involved the growing tissues of the crown, we dug out the whole of the cones for the sake of securing a perfect specimen, and with little hope of saving the plant itself in which the cones were still buried some 5 to 6 inches. It is a curious instance of the immense tension under which the new structures must be deve- loped at the growing apex of Cycadaceous plants, that the whole of the immense wound which the removal of the cones left was gradually closed up during the night by the contraction of the surrounding tissue, so as to leave not the smallest trace of its previous exist- ence the following morning. The apex of the plant has since remained perfectly firm, and we are not without hopes that in due time it may develope a crown of leaves.
The cones were oblong-ovoid, about 9 inches long, and covered with a dense pale brown tomentum. They leave no room for doubt that the plant pro- ducing them is the Encephalartos Friderici-Guilielmi, of Lehmann, who described the species with stiff but characteristic figures in his Novariim et minus cogni- tarum stirpiuin. Pugillus sextus {1834). The mode in which this species has been dealt with by the two recent monographers of Cycadaceaa, Alphonse De L'andolle and Kegel, deserves some remark. The former, ontheauthorityofMiquel, identifies Lehmann's plant with Zamia cycadifolia of Jacquin (= En- cephalartos cycadifolius, Lehm.). In a very wide con- ception of a species this may be correct, but nothing superficially could be more different in ap]iearance than the glabrous female cone figured by Jacquin (Fragiiienta, tab. 25), and the densely woolly one of Lehmann's plate and of the Kew plant. Kegel, on the other hand, identifies with Encephalartos Friderici- Guilielmi, E. Ghellinckii, of whose cones I know nothing, but which has a very different looking stock, and an extremely different habit, owing to the strongly-marked revolution of the leaf-segments. E. cycadifolius, E. Friderici-Guilielmi, and E. Ghellinc- kii, are, in my judgment, three nearly allied forms, but with marked differences of habit, at any rate from the point of view of the horticulturist.
A further point which requires to be mentioned is, that the plant now known to horticulturists as Encephalartos cycadifolius, and of which Mr. Bull has a large stock, from which with great liberality he has supplied me with male and female cones, is by no means that species, but 10. brachyphylhis, Lehm. It is well figured under this name by De Vriese in the third volume of the Flore Jcs Serres, 1847; and it is further to be identified with the E. Verschaffelti of Kegel, figured in the Gartcnflora, tab. 822. IV. T. Thiselton Dyer.
L.ELIA ANCEPS ALBA.
When the glorious variety Dawsoni had a|3peared (see Gardeners^ Chronicle, lS58, p. 27) we believed we were at the end of tiiis old, well-known plant. The fresh v.ariety, Mr. Lowe's introduction, iSIr. Tucker's discovery, had creamy white flowers, the lip marked with purple streaks and some yellow ones. The excitement of orchidists was very great, and the demand for the beauty could never be well answered. Now I have at hand a new chaste beauty, a very un- expected one. It is of the purest white, the column light green, the disk of the lip yellow. Just as Daw- soni, it belongs to the blunt-shaped variety. To say a word to recommend such a variety might be like "carrying owls to Athens," viz., doing something quite superfluous.
Mr. W. Itull is the lucky importer and possessor of a small stock of this novelty. See also our columns, December 14, p. 756. //. G. Rchh.f.
Spanish Orange Wines. — From a French con- sular report we learn that only four varieties of Orange wine have hitherto been obtained in Spain, where for some years experiments on a small scale have been carried out for the purpose of ascertaining what can be done in this direction, in case the phylloxera should invade the Spanish vineyards. These wines are named Imperial, Dry, Mandarin and .Sp.arkling. It has been proved that slightly unripe fruit is l>etter than fully ripe fruit for making wine, though rather nearer perfect ripeness, it would appear, than they generally arrive in this country. The wines called Imperial and Dry are made in January, from the season's fruit ; and JIandarin is manufactured from fruit gathered in April. These three varieties of wine are of a colour agreeable to the eye, perfectly bright, of a soft slightly acid flavour, and contain about 15 per cent, of alcohol. With regard to the Sparkling wine, which undergoes a special process to render it so, it contains only 12 per cent, of alcohol.
BERRIED PLANTS FOR WINTER DECORATION.
Beautiful as these are at all seasons they are doubly valuable during the winter, when flowering plants are so scarce, and even were they plentiful there are few that will compare with the former for table decoration just at this time — a purpose for which they are specially adapted, associating as they do so well with the dessert, with which they seem to form a sort of connecting link. One of the greatest favourites is the well-known Solanum Capsicastrum, the best variety of which is Weatherill's hybrid, or rather improved forms that have since originated from it, for like most other plants continuously raised from seed, some or other of them are sure to be of superior merit ; and by always selecting the best, much may be done to perpetuate good strains of any particular kinds, and even to get great advances on them. Any berry therefore showing increased size should be marked for saving, especially if the plant bearing it appears to be of a prolific character, as then the gain is both ways, and the beauty of Solanums depends much on the crop they bear.
To have nice little specimens of them at this time next year, seed should be sown at once in light soil in heat, where they will soon germinate, and when up, the best position for them is near the glass in a stove or other warm house where they can get plenty of light to keep them from drawing. Potted and nursed on in this way they form good plants by May, after which time they do far best planted out on a warm border, where they can get plenty of sun and be well attended to with with water during the whole summer months, as dryness at the roots is fatal to success, by causing them to shed their blooms instead of setting them in the free manner they ought. Besides causing them to shed their flowers, dryness brings on red-spider, which so disfigures the foliage as to give the plants a very shabby appearance. Syringing overhead is the best remedy against these pests, and if the water used has soot steeped in it it is more potent and has a stimulating effect on the roots.
Solanums, like most berried plants, look best as standards of various heights, with clean straight stems, and in order to get these they should be trained up to neat sticks and have all the side shoots ru'.ibed oft as they show till they get sufficiently tall, when by nipping out the tops nice symmetrical heads will soon be developed. It sometimes happens, how- ever, that stray branches take the lead, but by stop- ping these the balance of growth may be easily main- tained. It is the practice with some to plunge their Solanums in pots instead of planting them out, but the danger of doing so is that they are apt to suffer from want of water, owing to the very small quantity of soil they have to live on, but if kept wet enough there can be no question that plants so treated are shorter jointed and more floriferous, which if they set result in a better display. I always find it a good plan to mulch over the border they are planted in, as then the moisture they get is altogether more uniform, which is much in their favour. To get fine large heads it is necessary to keep the plants on from year to year and cut them hard back in the spring, when if placed in gentle heat they soon break, and may then be planted or plunged out like the others and allowed to remain till the middle or end of October, when it will tie high time (or lifting and potting as the berries are rather susceptible of injury by frost. A north house or frame where they can be kept close and syringed is the best place for them for a month or so till they get hold of the fresh soil, after whicli they will stand the sun and air witliout flagging, and be then available for the winter.
Capsicums Prince and Princess of Wales are also grand decorative subjects at this season, and have a most striking effect used in conjunction with the above- named, the rich polished yellow of the pods of the one showing up in the most ple.asing contrast with the liright coral-red of the other. A centre plant of Capsicum Prince of Wales and a Solanum at each end, or vice vcrsci, is simply perfection for table deco- ration, as is 'also the former associated with Kivina humilis, that bears racemes of berries in tlie greatest [irofusion. To grow these Capsicums well the seed should be sown not later than the middle of ^L^rch, as it takes a long time to colour the pods. A Melon or Cucumber frame is a good place to raise them, but any stove or house where they can get moist heat wijl
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do till the middle of June, when a pit answers well for the summer, as there they may be phmged and heavily syringed so as to ward off red-spider, which is their great enemy, and generally assails them if grown in a dry atmosphere. Eight-inch pots are quite large enough even for tine specimens, and once these are well fdled with roots liquid manure is of great help in maintaining the foliage in a fresh healthy condition. As they are somewhat tender the plants require artificial heat after the end of September, from which time a temperature ranging from 55' to 65° is as low as they will bear without showing signs of distress.
Both Capsicums and Solanums strike freely from cuttings, but seedlings always make the cleanest and best stemmed plants, and are therefore preferable when standards are required, as they soon run up to any height desired, and the same may be said of Rivina. This most useful stove plant may be had in fine condition at almost any season of the year by simply resting a portion of the stock for a time, and then cutting them back a little, when all the young growth they make comes laden with bloom, to be afterwards clothed with long strings of berries resem- bling bunches of Currants. The graceful way in which these hang renders a plant a very striking object when standing above a white cloth, and as they can be so easily grown the wonder is they are not more cultivated. Almost any soil suits them, although fibry loam answers best, in which the potting should be done firmly so as to induce a short-jointed, stocky habit, and this may be aided by a free and full exposure to light. J. S.
EGYPT AND ITS FLORA.
With our present issue we present to our readers an Almanac in chromo-lithography, which has been designed for us by Mr. Fitch, the eminent botanical draughtsman. Mr. Fitch's pencil was apparently inspired by the upraising of the obelisk, called Cleopatra's Needle, on the parapet of the Thames Embankment. Egyptian plants and Egyptian fruits are accordingly made to form a floral framework for the monthly calendars.
For the most part the flora of Egypt is that of the Mediterranean region. Southward it passes into the flora of the desert region on the one side, and into the highland flora of Abyssinia on the other. Culturally the land of Egypt depends on the rise of the Nile, and on the power of irrigating by canals and by mechanical means. The rainfall is far too small to produce a rich vegetation, and so it happens that outside the relatively narrow slip of the Nile valley we meet with a scanty and peculiar vegetation, such as extends right across Africa from the Canary Islands to the Persian Gulf, and soon to Affghanistan. The Date Palm seen to the left in our illustration is characteristic of this region, and is a tree of the utmost value. Its deeply penetrating thick roots enable it to secure and store up water to a degree beyond that possessed by other plants. Thorny Acacias and Carob trees, spiny plants with scanty foliage, and Cucurbits, are among the peculiar features of the desert flora. Along the Nile a richer vegetation occurs— subtropical in its character. The Doum Palm shown to the right in the background in our illustration is the characteristic Palm of Egypt. Its branching stems are quite unusual among Palms, and give a pecu- liar aspect to the tree. Big Aroids and Colocasias, Water Melons, Gourds, and Grapes— these are found in similar situations elsewhere, but the Cotton-plant (the colour of whose flowers has not been quite satis- factorily rendered) is of special value in Egypt, whose commercial prosperity depends in no small degree upon the success of its plantations. The war in the United States did much to develope the culture of Cotton in Egypt, as also in India. The sorts com- monly grown are varieties of G. barbadense and G. herbaceum. The Nelumbium of the Nile is often called the Lotus, but the true Egyptian Lotus is the blue Nympha-a. The Nelumbium shown in our sketch is, however, found in Egypt, and its repre- sentation is to be found on many Egyptian monuments. It is, in fact, nearly as much connected with the religion and mythology of Egypt as with that of India.
The Papyrus shown to the left in the background is now, we believe, nearly extinct along the Nile". It is simply a tall Sedge, with a triangular »tem full of white pith and surmounted by a crown of elegant drooping branches and fine foliage.
Other plants in common cultivation in l^gypt arc the Sugar-cane, the Maize, the yellow-flowered Lupin, the blue FlaN, the Onion, the Opium Poppy, and Hemp, all crops of hot countries. Less commonly known ate the Henna, used for dyeing, as also Indigo and Madder.
Among fruit trees, in addition to the \'inc already mentioned, are the Pomegranate shown in our sketch, the Fig, and the Prickly Pear (Opuntia), the Lemon, and the Orange. Nor are the fruits of more northern climes absent — the Peach, the Plum, the Apricot, the Mulberry, all are cultivated in Egypt, ripening their fruits at an earlier season than with us. Such, in brief, are the main features of Egyptian vegetation.
The remaining portion of the Almanac is devoted to recording the dates, so far as known up to the time of going to press, of the principal horticultural exhibitions and meetings of scientific societies through- out the kingdom for the present year. In addition to the usual calendarial matter is a carefully constructed table of mean temperatures for London, based on the observations for forty years in the neighbourhood of London (Chiswick), and which will serve as a useful guide to cultivators in other districts, who will know how to make the necessary allowances for the differences between the climate of the locality in which they practise, and that of London.
THE GROSVENOR GALLERY.
There can be little doubt that the exhibition now open of drawings by the Old Masters and water-colour- drawings by artists of the British school, is one of the best, if not the best exhibition of its sort ever held in London. A visit to this remarkable collection of pictures is likely to prove more pleasant and in- structive than a visit to all the other water-colour exhibitions in London put together. Out of the 1 150 pictures and sketches now displayed at the Grosvenor Gallery, there is scarcely one that will not well repay careful and prolonged study. The large portraits of vulgar nobodies and the roughly executed "pot-boilers," which so commonly deface the walls of the Royal Academy and some other exhibitions are conspicuous by their absence. Amongst the land- scapes will be found a large number of the very best works of Boyce and Hunt. There are three excellent pictures by Wolf, one by E. H. Corbould, and five by Sir John Gilbert. In fact most of our best English water-colour artists are well represented, some by large numbers of pictures ; for instance, there are seventeen pictures by A. W. Hunt, twelve by E. J. Foynter, seven by J. D. Watson, ten by G. Fripp, eight by G. Dodgson, and six by Walter Crane.
Amongst works of deceased artists there are eighteen original sketches by Flaxman, three by Reynolds, and two by Gainsborough. There are fifteen works by Michel Angelo, fourteen by Titian, sixty-eight by Rembrandt, twenty-three by Correggio, and seventy-five studies, sketches and paintings by Ingres. Last, and by no means least, may be mentioned Sir Coutts Lindsay himself, who is represented by one work, and Lady Lindsay by five.
Distributed about the rooms are a large number of photographic reproductions of the Windsor drawings, together with various works of art in pottery, tiles, &c. It will be seen from the above that it is simply impossible for us to do any sort of justice to this admirable exhibition in this week's Gardaiers' Clironidc. We shall take an early opportunity of returning to the subject, and in the meanwhile we advise every one interested in true art to pay a visit to the exhibition, which is undoubtedly one of the very best displays of high-class pictures and valu- able sketches and studies ever brought together in London.
"Thi; Itch ok Writing." — Under the title of " Hints to gardeners on articles for gardening periodicals," a contributor to Dcr Deutsche Garten gives some capital advice to persons having the "itch of writing," It is so good that some of it will well bear repeating, although we have ofien h.id occasion to give similar advice. One of the principal things is brevity without loss of clearness. A beginner is very apt to go out of his way to exhibit the whole range of his knowledge, so that what might and ought to be expressed in a few sentences is lost in a maze of subsidiary and irrelevant questions. The writer who goes straight to the jioint and does not wander from it is safe to keep within reasonable limits, conse- quently his articles are soon printed, and, what is more, they are actually read.
THE ANEMONE.
O.NE of the most charming floral sights witnesscil last spring was a bed of mixed Anemones of various colours and of double and single flowers. It would be difficult to enumerate the variations of colour this very gay spring flower assumes. So sportive is its nature that there is a great diversity of the mixing of white with the various shades of scarlet, carmine, rose, red, violet, blue, slate, &c., especially in the case of seedlings, and from seed can be had the double, semi-double, and single varieties. The par- ticular bed under notice had no special attention bestowed on it, but a number of roots in a dry state, having been kept within-doors for something like four years, were planted out to test their vitality. It is worthy of remark that while nearly every dried root of the Anemones grew, not a single one of Ranunculus, of the same age and similarly planted, germinated. Perhaps this was in consequence of the wet and cold character of the ground, and the somewhat rough and ready way in which the bulbs were planted.
Years ago the Anemone was a leading florist's flower ; but it has almost ceased to be regarded as a fit subject for exhibition. But all its old beauty and winsome attractiveness remains, the neglect of florists notwithstanding, and it can scarcely cease to a be popular plant, for it is early to flower, free and con- tinuous to bloom, easily cultivated, and displays colours peculiarly its own.
The Anemone is an accommodating plant, in that it will grow in almost any garden soil, especially doing well when it is of a sandy quality, and possess- ing what the old florists used to call a "tolerably good heart," meaning thereby something rich and invigorating, and on which the roots could feed. It used to be held that a stiff and retentive soil tended to rot the roots in winter, and probably this was particularly true in the case of the higher bred and choicest varieties. The old growers were very pre- cise as to the composition of their soil : — " Take maiden loam from the surface of a pasture, the top spit, turf and all ; to every load of this add one of cow-dung and half a load of sea or drift sand ; blend the whole together and form it into a ridge, in which let it remain a year at least, turning it over once in two or three months." One need not wonder that such splendid flowers as were seen thirty and forty years ago were produced by these men.
The best way to enjoy the varying beauty of the Anemone is to plant a bed of them, and prepare it thoroughly at the outset, so that the plants shall have every encouragement to do well. How to prepare a bed was well set forth some years ago by one who made this flower a special study. "About the begin- ning of September is the proper time to prepare the bed for planting ; if the soil be wet the beds should be raised about 6 inches above the paths or surface of the ground, laying at the bottom some of the coarse rakings from the heap of soil prepared for the pur- pose by way of drainage ; but, if the soil be a dry one, 3 inches will be sufficient. The compost intended to plant the roots should be about i foot thick, there- fore the planter should remove some of the garden earth to make room for it. The bed should be made up at least two or three weeks prior to planting, in order that the soil may settle. Before planting is commenced the surface of the bed should be stirred to a depth of 3 or 4 inches, then, raking it to a level each way, plant the roots in the centre of the squares, which will keep them in line and at a uniform distance."
Planting is best done by means of a small trowel, or by making a hole in the soil with the fingers— it matters little which, so that the roots be properly planted. The proper depth is some 2^ inches, and the roots are placed in position ; the soil can be drawn over them to the depth required, and the soil pressed gently down.
For an early bloom planting can be done about the middle of September, and for a middle bloom in October ; finally, for still later flowering, others may be planted in December, and, though considered some- what late, in most seasons these bloom exceedingly well, but do not produce such fine increase. I have planted as late as the end of Februar)-, and the flowers were much better than might be imagined.
As a second row in a mixed border, the Anemone comes in well ; but the clumps need to be marked in some way, so that they be not disturbed during the time the foliage has died away. Such permanent clumps should be planted in good soil in the first
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instance, and they will bloom finely for a few years if treated to a little top-dressing in winter.
The double and single scarlet Anemones are very useful and effective for this purpose ; and most bulb catalogues contain a select few named varieties that are exceedingly pretty. Mixed selections of both double and single varieties furnish good and attrac- tive llowers. The new French Anemones are charm- ing things ; generally of dwarf growth and fine and varied colours. All are very useful to cut from, indeed the plants supply a large number of blooms that are valuable in many ways for decorative pur- poses.
Of the early flowering hardy species mention must be made of the pretty bright sky-blue A. apen- nina, A. blanda, the rich vermilion A. fulgens, A. ranunculoides, yellow : , and A. sylvcstris, white,
1I549, p. 5S0, and a further descriptive notice will be found at p. 542, 1S72. It was introduced from Malacca, and is remarkable for its cylindrical crimson pitchers.
Florists' Flowers.
Seaso.naule Notes : Auriculas. — The treat- ment of these will depend to a certain extent upon the weather. All dead or decaying leaves should be removed, and the lights should be drawn oft" when- ever the weather will admit of it. It is not desirable that the plants should be quite dried up for want of water, but on no account give the pots water in frosty weather, and if it is necessary to give water, pour it carefully into the pots — wet not the foliage nor allow any to run over. If the soil in the pots is quite dry
and flowers. They may be observed feeding at night, with a lamp, and can be picked off and destroyed. If they are very numerous take the plants out of the frames, and dust the surface of the soil in the frame over thickly with quicklime. The flower-buds will be formed and begin to open towards the end of the month if the weather is favourable.
Hollyhocks. — Karly in the month place the choice and scarce varieties into a temperature ol about 50° at night. This will excite them into growth, and as soon as the shoots are long enough cut them off with a heel, and pot each singly in a small pot, using light soil, and some sharp white sand just at the base of the cutting. Plunge the pots in a gentle bottom-heat, and cover with hand or bell- glasses. Water very sparingly : too much water or steam from a dung frame will rot the cuttings.
Fig. I.— nepenthes sanguinea.
These are all of great value in borders and in warm nooks ; the uses to which they can l)e put are as varied as the tints they furnish when in (lower. R. D.
NEPENTHES SANGUINEA.
In his account of Mr. O. O. Wrigley's rich col- lection of Orchids, &c., at Bridge Mall, Bury, Mr. Douglas, at p. 494 of our last volume, alludes to a magnificent specimen of this rare Pitcher-Plant, an illustration of which (fig. i), prepared from an ad- mirable photograph kindly placed at our service by Mr. Wrigley, we are now enabled to place before our readers. Mr. Douglas described the plant .as having twenty-four pitchers upon it, twelve of them very large ones, and the largest of all measuring 12 inches in length and 9 inches in circumference. The species was first described in our columns by Dr. Lindley in
and the weather mild I apply water once in this month. Fumigate the frames with tobacco smoke if there is any greenfly on the leaves. If the frost is very severe place mats over the glass lights at night.
Carnations and Picotees. — These require some- what similar treatment to Auriculas, but the mould in the pots must not be allowed to become quite so dry : the frames may be fumigated at the same time as the Auricula frames. Any leaves that become yellow or severely spotted should be removed witli a pair of scissors, nor should green mould or weeds be allowed on the surface of the soil. The plants do not suffer from frost if unaccompanied with damp.
Pansies in beds do not require much attention. See that none of the plants receive any injury. After a frost it may be necessary to press the plants into the ground with the fingers. Those in pots must also be looked over occasionally. Slugs will get into the frame, and they are remarkably fond of the leaves
Dahlias. — If it is intended to get up a good stock of any particularly choice or scarce varieties the roots should be potted and placed in the same heat as the Hollyhocks. Use moderately moist soil for potting with, but do not water it for a few days after potting, and apply water sparingly until growth is made ; keep the plants as near the light as possible : the cuttings may be taken off when 2 inches long, they strike root very freely in a little bottom-heat.
Phloxes and Pentstemons.- — In mild weather, if these or any other similar hardy subjects require to be potted it may be done. Those planted out in beds or in the open border will require no other attention than to be kept clean, the surface of the beds to be stirred ; slugs and other marauders to be destroyed.