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Haeata eneen a 
Aprit 11, 1857.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE, 251 
XES. —An extensive e and select collec- | 
greatest surface to the action of sulphur. Th may 
IAS 
re, Sh 
PHL 
N ar. the ‘tes beautiful showy tribe of Herbaceous Plants, JOBS, KEYNE Salisb ` obtained be effected by cutting them into thin Fy having 
rising -ak fine and newly introduced varieties from the VEN pe had at the National Exhibition of Seed-| an eye on them, or by using mere p ings, or by 
ont. M or. at 10s. per doz — ee wee | lings. se iak OUR other Certificates were awarded for Dahlias és h z Th d eat h 
w Re —A fine gga vee of all the and First- | the whole season, These. wae splendid athe wers will ready | scooping out t eyes. us prepared sets mig t 
iios Py atdies by name. Plants, well “established | rs distribution the pae week : eh — First-rate plants 2 Epi be thro mong fiowers of sulphur for a few 
in small pots, 10s. per dozen, p neluded. | Deliee Fee eee aon cation Gaatlo Street, Salisbury.” | hours, so that when removed a ng of it may 
‘a et ee Nursery, Grent a — zO. Royal Scarlet 10s. 6d. } Carnation vc ee stick to them. It might even be advisable to dust 
EW AS FO SU pr B phe grin ae | Fanny Dodds Me © jes a Perry 2 e E the sets with sulphur after having been put into the 
ie Mrs. Edwards 0 6 onqueror tee s ; 
the four following Calceolarias, feeling assured they will g aa a os but) ideas Pant ” jo ¢ | drills. Everybody ought to set about meie 
is higest satisfaction; They were, acledtad vith Mie gtROE i Dake of Devonshire 10 6 m Sha 10 6 |of this king without a ver s delay, and should vary 
upw: ards of 20 00 Hybridized eae i s oa Lord Cardi 10 6 À en 0 A na onsistent with the 
roving their 
sar 7 for 
have me no pesitation in ‘stating they are wo ae, superior “ Poni 
red. 
EXCELSIOR: —Brilliant crimson, shaded with plum, habit 
cellent, flowers ree Beh formed and very smooth, 
decidedly 1 the best of i s, 5s. each 
enes sett Some pene wee and ‘crimson, with yellow 
yood, and first-rate pedir a great improve- 
es upon MAGNI IFICENT, 5s. 
h crimson, with a priest broad belting of rich 
Hov; quite distinct, ae one of the handsomest 
Čaleeoiarias Ag offered, 7s. 
CHUS.— Deep a p~ te large flowers well-formed, 
u: reat improvement on CRIMSON 
: ogg usual discount allowed 
Co., Royal vale sat Great Yarmouth, 
HE  SUBSCR IBERS are prepared to eg veri 
ealthy plants of the following kinds, at the price 
12 NEW.GERANIUMS of 1856 for 42s. :—Leopard, Floretta 
Seah. Iris, Admirable, Countess, Sparkler, a ne Du val, 
Elise Mielle ez, Van een gre Edouard Miellez. 
1856 for 5s. gr d-Marshal 
Victory, Loveliness, Cherie. Dickenn, Blue Bonnet, King of 
Sardinia, Impéra cae en ete Dr. McLean, Mrs. Holford, 
Silistria, Auguste, 
12 NEW rothatis of 1856 for 15s.:—Venus d i 
Favourite, Admiral Boxer, Conqueror, Prince of Wales, Impéra- 
trice Eu ugenie, Donna Jacq ge "thai revoluta, General 
Williams, Charlemagne, Wonder: 
| 
them in every pos 
Keds) principle that the agg must be 
nter 
Mar, 1 
fed whole ot these ‘obtained Certificates at the National, with 
ota brought into contact with the inside of the Potato, 
| the exception of Fanny Dodds and Lord Cardigan. 
FARM AND GARDEN SEEDS. Should they fail the loss ma be too insignificant to 
mention. Should they succeed we shall have 
ann important painin deiin for the terrible cattle 
murrain which seems to be hanging over our heads, 
PENA AWSON is SON, WP ag tha aha? Mrs. Hyactntua CarswELL says she cannot make 
, Edinburgh and sA Fae intimate tha h 
their AN NAL PRICE vist © of “AGRICULTURAL and other vel seeds of ANNUAL PLANTS grow ; she has. bought 
SEEDS is now ready, a 
The prices. this year 
p pp em of Carter, and of WReNca, an 
are. pia a aig te moderate, and will bear é . 
those of any other house. = ae 
Sex: IER, and is 
Ev 
for E ngland sent direct from their London Honse, 27, Great | Even Mig aotiotes refuses to at her bidding. 
Po EE And yet the spares no pili ctually loys the 
gardener of a neighbouring Viscount to sow the seeds 
for her, and herself takes care that no vile slug or 
ther molluscous forager sucks them up. in 
of Mrs. DON’ of 6 
ETER LA AWSON yan SSON, "E QUEEN’sS SEEDS- 
MEN, &c., Edinburgh and tendon,’ have a very fine stock of 
ha Pact GRASS SEEDS this season, to which they invite t ri 
nt attention of noblemen and gentlemen who contemplate y l p " 
ing ¢ oo land i PERMANENT ire A List, with 
popem had free on applicatio: 
Eh 
prices up—a circumstance she 
ates ae published a new edition of their 
PRACTICA TREATISE ON THE cca 
RASSES, eer oa series of experiments ex 
had alee a to mentio 
are not surpri inl at the horticultural mis- 
Liters that hav Mr. 
tending ove 
aR AZ ZALEA INDICA ~~! Kinds of 18s. ae past 25 yea: . ee pate 2 full aod shai pe of a the e overtaken rs. HYACINTH A; 
T 12s. Gramee et ira can their qualities eir 
new do, do. 18s. + various soils and sane. The Treatise also fan irin Tables especially when we look at the advice given to 
oo CAMELLIA a irrena Pas ; specifying the various kinds and quantities of Seeds suitable for | amateurs by 2 some of our gardening ini who 
a Se ae phe A pans ul of us kinds Grasses selected by PETER taxe infini 2 lai gow beds nqog- 
f of the vai 
12 SHRUBBY Y CALCEOLARIAS of iw and bost kinds fiii Lawson & Soy, at pices varying from 15s, upwards per acre, | P , and to omit exactly that which, is the 
12 HERBACE . to 18s. | according to the — soil. essential thing to know. Before roasting a it 
12 Best NEW HOLL D ‘Plants ‘ac. do. 12s. to 188, Orders may be addressed to their London House, 27, Great | jis n ary to h it; before thinning and 
collec the most going Bedding Plants will be George Street, Westminster, S.W. th f : to 
sheets the ict Tia. from 20s. per 100, and for which early manuring at the very ent of projection, and 
orders are requested. tying plants gon gg p re or bits of bushes it is 
Pe tee yan to an ars ing oe Canterbury, and ROYAL SEED ry t s grow. How to do’ it 
an Namérý, aidstone. A remittance or regrired : 
from correspo BERKSHIRE QI ESTABLISHMENT ) is a question which great gardeners can answer, but 
THE T GLO R SEED IN THE WORLD. coop SEEDS „CARRIAGE FREE. por peris litt 
PYAR th EY bs. om rye ex the } vers of this | Skeps Dakot raom Tae G BOWERS THE MOST CERTAIN MEANS she lieved when we say that it isa 
utifal and unequalled flower tha as a fine of | EVENTING Aegan nt T. 
seed saved from 24 of the choicest varieties ever exhibited, pro- | UTTON yoy SONS, SEED ipne Reading gi affair of. temperature ? Or rather can any On 
ducing every flower perfect, the shape being two-thirds of a ball, Berk bbe kind FARM | doubt it? The seeds that will not w come 
well filled np to that form in the centre, and all the petals beau- rks, icon. euppiy svety. kind af AND | from countries in which the earth is far warmer 
tifally quilled . T. bas received numerous henipeg tora from | GARDEN SEEDS H ponpe and superior quality. 
erdi have purchased it years past, seals A ghes Agriculturists rea idin A most remote parts of the than f re; gnonette, for instance, from the 
se 0 ne varieties p wie -i “obtal d | lki d ro goo ‘See moderate prices from 
aoaie y obtained kingdom can procu very pric . of Africa, Cenias and pap am from the Cape 
Cineraria Seed from best named vaki, 1s, per pac 
Sweet Willia am S eed, saved fr rom all the choicest a most 
mp about ei we ppt es por. — 
Antirrh: f the pee A superb collections in 
ers, Ís. 
e best named flow: per pkt. 
e same, 
ozen, or “LU. per 100. 
36 of the 
r dozen, or 12, per 100, They m 
rally produce ane double flowe 
named va Sage ea Hollyhocks, 12s. per dozen. Any 
ofthe seed will be sent postage free, and the ‘matting hamper valk: 
A Postoffice Order, or penny postage stamps, must accompany 
"N 
arieties, 2s, 6d. pe 
bloom well this a season, and gene 
T, when any portion, or the whole, as the case may be, 
immediately forwarded. 
E. T. can still ee. seed of his unequalled new 
Perfection, at vad ee i 
Nurse rserym ney erty and Florist, 
Abbey Charels” Yard, Bat 
bey Church Yard, Bath, _ 
HARDY VIOLET, VIOLA vies as; | 
has patras of this very 
early Violet, colour a pleasing - 
dae culture i oving in in the 
Yours cover sg Aas rface pote malls, de, ki 
su k 
Fes. al oa. ee St groun ackets 
‘The fone z very choice seeds may also be had at ia | 
Prim 
e, As intermediate colours, ‘soul, finely | 
syriaca, &c. packet. 
, and mixed, n ayati iwi 
ndul 
holt cational Mimulu iei ax 
{it quieter geo la marginata; 
Drumm 
extra fine, and dit 
extra fine dark we varieties; Sweet William. 
Wahlenbergia grand 
ice and ditto extra fine dark; 
cima from finest varieties, carefully hybridized, 2s. 6d. 
Cine atia, aee raei omnes 1s. 6d. 
housand buis of 
ah, Watekna 
3c Al 
ag, mized; Geranium, new French varieties | ens wal renders it so formidable is also a fungus, in wie sete, À y to 
Sa; gapet ond ose |a 
sa [into W enmtaciwi with the inside, about w 
| this p erian e ae particulars, apply to 
& Sons, Seed Gro 
The Gardeners’ Chronicle. 
SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1857. 
TINGS FOR Kd ENAP WEEK. 
April 15—; 
ers, Reading, Berks, 
Aasmaa grow unless 
ey are submitted to a paeneie amount of warmth, 
below which they die after a a weeks’ exposure. 
In this ag they are like eggs, which are addled 
if kept in an unnaturally low seperate: Now, 
of A of M 
the saath pril, or even the e 
MEE 
WEDNESDAY, .. 8 PN. 
TEREA E 
us hope that Poraro Growers will take the 
wie them by our able friend the Rev. 
J. ELEY (see p. 190), bg hey in earnest 
bout trying the ezpan iment he ends, = 
n that di application of Sulphur | 
to the eave of the Vine and as he w. 
© prove, completely Eer ia E ailas 
a ant that a g —— About that no doubt ps a 
s also sie that n thes con- 
medy. lts expen wonder th 
alarm felt s amaer rate of ee word shou 
d that sul- early upon the chilly soil of this Sepi region. 
po Bufi complainant will moderate her ze al 
with patience till May before she ‘eels seed sowing 
i as well as her oth 
sequenees follow jive use 
is the only objection to it. For’ 
the Ho 
tek g ove the foli 
ugh the mi ae that aggravates the Potato | 
Clarkias, and Collinsias, and Godetias coming * 
where a jarem s perish, as we say, won’t grow 
Hya 
e fongus rs. THA think 
is aaki ae 
sub- 
s immediatly, 
But in the | 
grows THE SURFACE, and 
into contin ni with su ulphur the moment t 
stance is renha ver them. It acts 
me from a climate like our own, and the 
| that kills other seeds is Pepi to the 
It ex o meeta Cocoa-nut. will 
is arnasan arah plants. ‘And yet there 
cannot 38 
| no ahaa ened the Acorn, except tha at greatest 
mre’ opinion of all reasons, namely that is never warm 
enough to 
h ty the 
m e cts and if to excite its vital forces into activity. 
CULTURE OF ROSES 1 IN ged 
stem 
ttack the germs of the fungus even in the 
tuber if appii to the outside ; it must be eeri i 
tk im 
now 
ty. 
To us it seems desirable that sets shod be pre-' managed collections to 
pared in different ways, the object always monte even “t Chrismas which would 
bce ka i as possible, so as to present the i a tables 
> ta 
