THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



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bookseller. The sixth volume of the 

 Floral World is now ready, cloth gilt, 

 price 6*. Complete sets may also be had 

 in cloth gilt, at 36s., in numbers, 24s. — The 

 " Garden Oracle " for 1864 is now ready. 

 It contains a list of about 5l'0 succulents, 

 arranged to show their order of blooming 



throughout the year. Also complete lists 

 of new plants, flowers, and fruits, selec- 

 tions of florists' flowers, fruits, vegetables, 

 etc.; numerous original articles on sub- 

 jects interesting to all classes of gardeners, 

 together with a review of horticultural 

 affairs during the past year. 



TO COEEESPONDENTS. 



Catalogues Received. — " George Ed- 

 wards, 1, King Street, Castlegate, York. 

 Catalogue of Fruit Trees, Roses, Pelar- 

 goniums, etc." One of the most useful 

 and carefully-prepared of all the north- 

 country catalogues. Mr. Edwards an- 

 nounces his intention to sell all his spe- 

 cimen pelargoniums, having discontinued 

 growing for exhibition. — " Nutting and 

 Sons, 60, Barbican, E.C. Trade Cata- 

 logue of Garden and Agricultural Seeds." 

 A capital trade list, priced for quanti- 

 ties. — "Sutton and Sons, Reading. Au- 

 tumn Catalogue of Bulbous Flower 

 Roots, also Geraniums, Carnations, Fruit 

 Trees, etc." An excellent list of useful 

 bulbs, and a selection of the best gera- 

 niums, fuchsias, ioses, etc. The list 

 of fruits comprises all the well-tried and 

 useful varieties. — " Spring Catalogue 

 and Amateur's Guide." A very useful 

 and full list of seeds for the kitchen and 

 flower-garden, with excellent cultural 

 notes and directions, calculated to be of 

 great service to amateurs. — " William 

 Dean, Bradford Nursery, Yorkshire. 

 Catalogue of English and Fancy Pan- 

 sies." An important contribution to the 

 literature of floriculture. The present 

 issue is not overloaded with novelties, 

 none being entered unless of sterling 

 merit. — " Butler and M'Culloch, South 

 Row, Covent Garden. Autumn Cata- 

 logue of Dutch and Cape Flowering 

 Bulbs." A capital list, accompanied 

 with short cultural notes. There are 

 also good lists of chrysanthemums, 

 vines, and other subjects usually bought 

 in in autumn. 

 Books Received. — "The New Zealand 

 Handbook; or, Guide to the Britain of 

 the South. London: Edward Stanford, 

 6, Charing Cross." Nothing could be 

 plainer or more useful to the intending 

 emigrant than the information contained 

 in this little book, and indeed the general 

 reader cannot glance at it without be- 

 coming at once interested in the state of 

 thearts and manufactures, the perils, diffi- 

 culties, and comforts of the voyage there, 



and the various 'methods resorted to for 

 living after the passengers have arrived. 

 An impression of 40, OOOcopies having been 

 already disposed of, will show how much 

 this little book is already appreciated. 

 An Appeal.— As we can always beg for 

 others with better assurance than for our- 

 selves, we do not scruple to make an 

 appeal to our readers in behalf of a poor 

 botanist whom adversity has nearly 

 crushed, and to whom a little timely help 

 will make all the difference between 

 comparative comfort and extreme want. 

 We make this appeal on our own re- 

 sponsibility: knowing the case to be most 

 deserving, and being intensely anxious 

 to render some assistance, we think it 

 right to withhold the name of the person, 

 but the case may be stated in a few 

 words. Our poor client is a man of im- 

 mense experience among British plants, 

 and has several times filled important 

 public appointments as curator, botanist, 

 etc., etc., at various public institutions. 

 After years of hard work he finds him- 

 self unable to provide for his family, and 

 his friends are endeavouring to collect 

 sufficient to enable him to take a shop, 

 and make for himself a trade in dried 

 plants and natural history collections. 

 Many of our readers may feel disposed 

 to assist him, and we shall gladly receive 

 any contributions, large or mall, and to 

 every contributor we will forward an 

 acknowledgment, and the name of the 

 person for whose benefit the money is 

 collected. If this were not a most de- 

 serving case, we would not obtrude it 

 upon the notice of our readers. 

 Greenhouse. — I have a corner in my gar- 

 den, 32 feet by 30, where I want to put a 

 greenhouse for the protection of plants 

 during winter; in spring to propagate a 

 few bedders, tender annuals, vegetable 

 marrows, cucumbers, etc.; and, if a few 

 vines and dwarf "fruit trees in pots" 

 could be grown in it, all the better. I 

 want to use as little firing as pos- 

 sible, and the fire to require attention 

 only morning and evening. Will you 

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