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NEW PLANTS OF 1864 ; 



BEING A SELECTION FROM 136 SPECIES AND VARIETIES DESCRIBED IN 

 THE "GARDEN ORACLE" OP 1865, OP KINDS LIKELY TO BE USE- 

 PUL TO AMATEUR CULTIVATORS. 



Acer jiolymoi'jpha variegata.— A 

 very distinct form of variegation, the 

 colour being a curious and beautiful 

 mixture of light fawn and pink ; a 

 very beautiful tree. — Mr. B. S. Wil- 

 liams. 



Acer pseudo platanus, var. Leo- 

 poldi (" L'lllust. Hort.," t. 411).— 

 Aceracese. — -This fine tree has beauti- 

 fully variegated foliage, the variega- 

 tion consisting of crimson, carmine, 

 and rose-red, intermingled with dark 

 green. It will no doubt prove of the 



highest importance for its rich tones 

 of colour when judiciously intro- 

 duced to our plantations. — M. A. 

 Van Geert. 



Adiantum cardiochlcenum (" R. H. 

 S. Proc," III.) — One of the most 

 beautiful of the tender Maidenhair 

 ferns. The stipes are black and 

 polished, and the fronds large, spread- 

 ing, and tripinnate, the pinnules being 

 obtusely oblong, almost a parallelo- 

 gram, and elegantly lobato-crenate. — 

 Mr. Bull. 



A SELECTION FOR THE KITCHEN GARDEN", 18G5. 



Peas. — Early, Milestone's Early, Early 

 Emperor. Second early, Advancer, Dick- 

 son's Early Favourite, Piincess Royal, 

 Nonpareil Wrinkled Marrow. Main crop, 

 Prizetaker, Champion of England, Veiteh's 

 Perfection, Paradise Marrow, Auvergne 

 Marrow. Late, British Queen, King of the 

 Marrows, Victoria Marrow, Ne plus Ultra. 



Beans Early, Early Hangdown, 



Early Longpod. Main crop, Minster Giant 

 Longpod, Monarch Longpod, Broad 

 Windsor. The last is the finest llavoured 

 and handsomest of all beans. 



Kidney Beams. — Early, Perkins's 

 Early Warwick, Newington Wonder, Sion 

 House. Main crop, Canterbury, Early 

 White, Dark Dun or Liver-coloured, Negro 

 Locg-podded . 



Runner Beans. — Scarlet, Eclipse, White 

 Giant. 



Cabbage. — Early, Cattell's Reliance, 

 Atkins's Matchless, Early Dwarf York. 

 Main crop, Battersea, Early Emperor, 

 Enfield Market. Winter and spring, Sut- 

 ton's Imperial, Fearnought, East Neuk of 

 Fife, London Colewort. 



Broccoli.— For Dec, Jan., and Feb., 

 Snow's Winter White, Early Purple Cape, 

 Mitchiuson's Early Cornish, Adams's 

 Early White, Beck's Early Dwarf White. 

 For March and April, Early White, Malta, 

 Knight's Protecting, Brimstone, Dilcock's 

 Bride, Snow's Nonpareil. For May and 

 June, Coaning's Reliance, Foster's Cham- 

 pion of England, Elletsou's Mammoth, 



Chappel's Cream, Veitch's Wilcove Im- 

 proved, Miller's Late Dwarf, Sutton's Pro- 

 tecting, Carter's Champion. For July and 

 August, Early Purple Cape, Early White 

 Cape, Grange's (sow in Feb. and March, 

 and pot separately, so as to be strong 

 for turning out). For Sept., Oct., and Nov., 

 Early Purple Cape, Walcheren, White 

 Cape, Cattell's Eclipse, Dancer's Late 

 Mottled Cape. 



Broccoli, eight best for succession, 

 Snow's Winter White, Early Penzance 

 White, Early Purple Sprouting, Elletson's 

 Mammoth, Sutton's Protecting, Walcheren, 

 White Cape, Cattell's Eclipse. 



Brussels'Spkouts. — Roseberry,Sciyrn- 

 ger's Giant, Dalmeny, Albert. 



Beet. — Nutting's Selected Dwarf, Cat- 

 tell's Crimson, Henderson's Pine Apple, 

 Whyte's Black (very large). 



Borecole. — Dwarf Green Curled, Tall 

 Green Curled, Cottager's Kale, Imperial 

 Hearting Kale. 



Capsicum. — Long Red, Long Yellow. 



Carrot. — For forcing, Dutch Forcing, 

 French Short Horn. Borders early, Early 

 Short Horn. Main, crop, Long Surrey, 

 James's Intermediate. For market, Im- 

 proved Altriugham ; shallow soils, Mer- 

 riott Scarlet ; for cattle feed (and not to be 

 despised for table), White Belgian, Yellow 

 Belgian. 



Cauliflower. — Forforcing,'Fx:ogmove 

 Forcing, New Mammoth. Early, Leonor- 

 mand, Early London White. Late, Lato 



