APRIL 4, 1 
THE, GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
PLANTS 
RER the Exhibitor of the above 
at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Regent’s Park, London 
his CATALOGUE of RHODODE NDRONS, 
OHN 
favourite kinds of Pinuses, Roses, 
The American ery. Bagshot, Sure, 
to announce that his 
Gp SCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE of cae PLANTS, 
FER moe ree = FOREST 
ad on pie 
from fined Stat ion; kirai 
S 
gr BE >DED CABBACE PLANT 
OHN ‘CATT TELL can now supply good Plan of his 
superior early cyo pe CABBAGE, 3 at 68 a oe 
era pty s. per 1000, 
must accompany orders 
ond ts.— Nurseri ter Westerham, Kent. 
N, JUNR., area Å meag London, 
* is now sending out choice-named INDIAN AZALEAS, 
bushy heads full of flower buds nora colour, ex 35s. per dozen ; 
poy exe plants at 37. per r do Sm aller plants and more 
backw: u per varieties, showing 
colour, from 
ig IS, to 30s. 
CYTISUS or GENISTA A FRAGRA NS, bushy soe full of 
flower showing colour, in 48-pots, 9s.; in 40-pots, v ery fine, 12s. 
per dozen, Choico-named GHENT AZALEAS, full of flower 
18s, per do 
(YHARLES | “NOBLE; of the late firm of STANDISH 
Nos te, has still to offer fine selections of STANDARD 
es ES, incleding rma ee re ae ne Dijon, &e. 
also 
a oe cy oa A ne insignis, S Bonthamiang, 
-mpz ` We ellingtonia: gigantia, as well as most of the 
a kinds of Conifers, H. yargi, &e., for’ which the 
late firm has been so long celebrated. a April 4 
HOLLYHOCK SEE 
AM anp WARD beg to offer their HOLLY- 
HOCK SEED in er at 1s. 6d., 6d., and 5s. each. 
This Seed is mac S e best hd ai g in cultiv. vation, and 
B. & W. will warran rods Jepaunep of superior quality 
that will give aagi ar mk Ae to all purchase: 
Suffolk April 4. 
GEED POTATOES.—The Undersigned have now in 
Stock the true and healthy, which 
undertake to eee pa at an don Railway Station :— 
Ash-leaf Early Shaws per bushel 6s. 
New Boston DSS ooo se. 65. Regen e Vee Oly 
he, ee a, Bags included. 
remi sccompan ying Orders is respectfully req 
A ttance accom 
from unknown ee 
_ Hooper & Co., = smen eee Sardon Market, London, W. n, W.C. 
NDERHILL’S \ EA aien STRAWBERRY “ SIR 
rranted true, 
ftia Kt Tah to nite 8. YAT 
Manches 
a n GIGANTEA, 
yy T F CALIFORNI 
SKIRVING, of. “Walton Tinei , Liverpool, 
* begs to announce the safe arrival of many pe apa of 
of this “ MONARCH of the WOODS,” ve 
y are fine well grown little specimens, two. pe nd 
three Tears old, ami ‘oie be sold at Map esos ~ e prices per 
uantities. 
W. Ss. ong and 5 Jarse qu ira ne "ARAUCARTA 
IMBRIGATA a “GEDRU EODARA, of all sizes, from 1 t 
10 daen high. The as hve! are particula rly well adapted for 
or ornamental 
Puen madrats, 
anting when immediate effect i is wanted. 
“Solon et laa mm 
CLOUGH NURSERY, 
MOT TRAM; CHESHIRE, 
i o ar reis WHITHAM begs leave to 
bl 
inform his 
few more hundreds of 
'ALOGUE for 1857, conitaltating 
rench and Scarlet Gera- 
aaron Pet ona psia; gak ceolaries 
n ants, &e., may be had on prepaid 
Et yepe es for one postag diez 
Haa SEEDS OF TAT Burani 
SS anp BROWN’S best assorted COLLEC- 
TIONS OF FLOWER SEEDS are very select, and as 
containing 
Logs VAN HOUTTE’S New NÆGELIA 
habit or ABILIS, pure white, with a lemon blotch on the re 
era zebrina ; LE Dg Seat aa at PRET. 
(six sorts), to London free, 
contain the richest scarlet, eon maroon, 
el ee that can be seen; they are mottled, ma etr oe 
nine mo inte ee has oth ehna nearly 
, Hugh Lo & Co., R. Glendinning, J 
leg g, James a Moroes jun., 
eae opinion ae areg ese Achimenes, ha’ en them 
pasen Loudon, M Mr | Re Sitbenaien, 5, H 
ae Belgium, April 4. arp ii, wate 
PETUNIAEFLO 
Lous A HOUTTE begs to advo tise that 
ht the stock of this pl t Mr. W.E. 
ne grower of dithis desire to bu k 
Some samples the price 
riagi mr niy on 
to buy the <a ‘stock, 
e stock, In 
lot ’ 
— 
three 
sjid, ‘more than 130 years. 
ADOW AND PASTURE GRASS SE 
EORGE GIBBS anp Co., 26, own. Street, 
Piccadilly, ye A hl ca age that their MIXTURES OF 
GRABS SEEDS @ w ready for delivery at the following 
prices 
achat for laying Land down to permanent Grass, for light 
he ale and other soils (allowing 2 bushels and 12 ig to the 
acre s. per 
Mixtures for Park or Field Lawns (allowing 2 bushels wri 
12 Ibs. to the ac s. per acre 
oo for i improving ‘and "renovating ‘old Grass Land, 
er Ib. 
r/adbores ( — sorts) for forming lawn w is. 3d. per lb. 
Gé s New Priced pasam ernn En CATALOGUE 
Sarad on mii be forwarded free on application.—GEORGE 
Gr ee a Co., Seedsmen, 26, Down Street, Piccadilly, London, 
ASS AN Zy AGRICULTURAL SEEDS, "i TER 
= 
T dn ae arD CO., THE SEEDSMEN TO THE 
AGRICU E Béorety o F ENGLAND, beg to an- 
e that their bats ral GRASS EDS are hae Fenishea 
SE 
ply i rap vee on come a Land to 
Permanent Mead Irri or Water Meadow: nay 
Parks or pes near aaae ronin pilas Lawn 
&e, Also onde at “MIXTURE. Bd a eb old 
swards, Italian and other asses, Clovers, White Belgian 
and other Carrots, Drumh A oe other AA, Yellow Globe, 
Eea Red an a aue Mec Warzels Swedes, Hybrids and other 
PPU ae allk of Farm 
KIT N GARDEN SEEDS, either no a ge ready 
isise sas or s aiin arate. Grass Seeds for Gard 
FLOWER SEED Oe tree a pac! ate ats nse sor ice 
. o draw ve tl e hear “GIBBS tr 
pledaindy and ret i can 
aah Pas 
Deta ail : rra b sent ro 
cation.—THomas GIBBS “& Co., Seedsmen to the Royal 
Agricultural eag Aa England, corner of Half-Moon Street, 
Picca: sie Lond 
RASS SEEDS FOR tue O00 © vented 
HOMAS KENNEDY a mnfrie: NB. 
beg to call special attention to pais MIXTURES for laying 
down land to oe Pasture, which have hitherto given such 
universal satisfaction. 
eea for Permanent Pasture, 25s. to 30s. per acre. 
Mixtures for Trea re Ba n Pasture, 26s. to 31s. do. 
Mixtures for 8, Terr: wling Greens, &c., 31s. to 368. do. 
Thei t PRICED ‘LIST cad AGRICULTURAL SEEDS is now 
ready, thi may be had Postage Free on application. 
FREE DELIVERY. —Seeds to the value of 27, delivered Free of 
Carriage to the principal Railway Stations and Steam Ports in 
the kingdom. 
SUTTON’S GRASS SEEDS AT THE ROYAL FARMS, 
NEAR meag AND IN THE ISLE OF WICHT. 
OHN WEEKS anp CO., King’s Road, Chelsea, 
ne produce of 
eminent growers, évery article being true to sans and of the 
first quality. 
Their unrivalled selections of ASTERS, STOCKS, LARE% 
SPURS, WALLFLOWERS, and ZINNIAS are the "result of 
the superior system of culture adopted at their establishment in 
ermany, and respectively comprise the cream o various 
continental collections, as well as those of this country. 
DS.— BUTLER RIPT 
& M hie moe DESCRIPT 
Py. post. 
Row, or Strand Side, 
7; UCHSIAS.— ROYAL VICTORIA CEEE s), one 
of the finest neu d, 10s 
CEDO sit LI (Powp’s), one of the finest. ‘dark varieties 
ever — wh 
HN port orist, Castle Street, Salisbury. 
Plants = lag by the ist of May, | e tuai aiii 
LOW anv CO. alee the CONIFERAi under- 
PI) NUS BENTHAMIANA: "nndouptediy the handsomest of 
w grow- 
all the long-leaved species w large specimens no 
ing in English rbet afford i neontestable proof of its being 
hardy as the Scotch Fir. G s from Seed, 1 foot, per 
dozen, 54s.; each, 5s, 
NTEA, a magnificent tree from California, 
where it attains the height of 140 feet, with a trunk T feet in 
— 
imbri It is quite hardy, and we confidently recommend it. 
Str trong eni from eal. 18 to 24 inches miii each, 31s. 
2p ay | CONTORTA or CAL NIAN MOUNTAIN 
PIN very rare species, belongin : a pi two-leaved section. 
Plante non Jeet, 9 inches high, per dozen, 42s. 
Upper Clapton Nursery, London, N. E.—A pril 4. 
G EORGE SMITH begs: v Pagal to the cultivators of 
and ser v 
„the GERANIUM fine and healthy plants, from 
the at (a of odon. H a show 
rieties, at from 12s. to 18s. and 30s. per d 
S, the finest varieties, from 4s. to 8s. per padi 
b s.-per dozen. 
S, sv equal pleasure and confi “vg the most splen- 
nd FUCHSIAS an be distribu 
Poki of all whio 
est order of bea 
NS, are now sown at the 
ae the Crystal Palace, Triads leaned | 
and on most largest 
Mess Seeds being mixed expressly to 
sip the mes or which they are rear are never known 
des Cost of Seeds, 24s, to 32s. per acre, according — the 
irements of the land to be laid down.— Address, SUTT 
Sout, Sons, Royal F Berkshire > Seed d Establishment, Reading. 
AND GARDEN SEEDS. 
tay Fa 
PaE LAWSON AND SON, e QueEeEn’s SEEDS- 
&c., Edinburgh and London spect intimate that 
ned AN NUAL weasel gach of AGR LTURAL and other 
SEEDS is e capri ja be s 
Th e5 prices this r Mase I tie and will bese 
favourable compa: rison a of any other house. Supplie 
mgtand sent direct from their London Ho 27, 
Genes Street, Westminster, S. W. eo Grea 
GRASS SEEDS, 
ETER LAWSON anp SON, the reas paeng” 
MEN, &c., Edinburgh and London, have fine 
ete har E TOSE SEEDS this acca oy wile they ered 
he attention of noblemen and gentlemen who contemplate 
laying down land se PERMANENT PASTURE, A with 
— aay snag be had free on applica 
© canis published a po edition of their 
PRA rican TREATISE wd THE CULTIVATED 
the past 25 ‘years Para so eat of experiments 
a full deseri 
ses, poin a aa riran pame rp and their ada 
eileen ’soils and situations, tony Treatise also contains Tables 
sou wird dia tio ad kinds‘and quantities of Seeds suitable for 
aA ia ial s of Grasses selected by PETER 
Lawson & Sox, at prices varying from 15s, upwards per acre, 
according to the Berita 2 of so 
PR hong may be addressed to halt London House, 27, Great 
George Street, Westminster, S.W. 
RASS SEEDS FoR Kirdi s a in 
3 
free, and of excellent quality. 
J. C. WHEELER & Son, Seed Growers, ae, 
Established more than 130 years. 
GRASS S:EDS FOR PERMANENT PASTURE. 
J C. WHEELER gal phan oo om atat 
* Gloucester, beg to say that they have 
paid particular attention to the proper selection “Of t Grass 55 Seeds 
fi nt can offer a very e 
or Pi ure, 
30s. per acre, all Sabir mixed, and aas 
assortment ba 
Carria 
‘© Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, December 27, 1856, 
“J have the pleasure to inform iy that the Grins: Seeds fur- 
ni by you for the grounds of Epe ar nara ex- 
tending ato tsi acres, have irably. There is now a 
beantiful s AS JORDAN.” 
ham, December §, 1856. 
“ Blythe Court, Newn! 
“TJ think it due to you to say that all the seeds you have 
supplie 
ied ond with for the last four years ah donk exceedingly 
ana aac ayie ut pasture, it is 
y belief ‘teat it can “ Wa. Brown.” 
n. Wha & Som, Sel Groves, Coe Estab- 
b sasin due course 
bat of the tr e I think it quit quite necessary to cut 
dead boug inches from the trunk 
net t te rencia ony the patie Pid 
FRON; &e., will be bo- 
ee wea CE AND CO. very respectfully beg 
eave to. announce that oy superb specim: 
MELLIAS 
in their celebrated Camellia House ei now in flower; they are 
artic —- a oe, season, and t additions have been made 
lec hei aw i i 
to gratify those Who pay Ta nursery 2 visit, as it is now, and 
will continue for a Ion a e to be e ceedinaly brilliant and 
tt $ ith t 
N.B. Flowers for balls, go ngs, a carefully packed and 
sent to all parts of the kingdo m. Recherché Bouquets oar to 
order and duly forwarded.—Exeter Nursery, Exeter, Apri vais: 
PERMANENT PASTURE GRASSES.—Gentle- 
oh ary see Sa lay down Land to Permanent Pasture are 
recommended to communicate with us, stating the nature of the 
soil and nje pare mt sop ag as to sorts of Grass most 
pult table. ce 24s, s, per 
Further si a wili be pery post free on application, ad- 
dressed Jonn SUTTON & Sons, Seed Growers, Reading, Berks. 
Che Gardeners’ Chronicle. 
SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 
MEE FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. Pe 
Monpar, April tomo! bau ghamedensn Aap Race hiss 4 
f logical . 
TUESDAY, — if. l : beni i 
eo i 
Waen the subject of prunisc Forest Trees was 
some re ago introduced into our columns (see 
p: 36), we a to return to the inquiry 2 atm 
The momentary abse 
future op mo 
re pressing iat aez now allows us to redeem: 
ar pledge. 
“It will ae in the recollection of our r readers t 
Woods and 
ou ; 
Isit expedient that dead boughs should 
ned from growing Oak trees, or is t 
pao ay of a tree best promoted by allowing Nature 
to prune off such boughs as in due course become un- 
ay. for the support of the tree 2” j 
on the former occasion we give ia answers 
et numbers rather than names. Pe 
; der 
that th | moted by 
allowing teas 2 Prue off such kaites as gbin un- 
ne 6. L ch prefer ssp to prune off $ 
for th 
within 
