THE GARDENERS 7 CHRONICLI 



WE W AND RARE CONIFER/E. 



FR LARSON a.vd SON, the Queen's Seeds- 



■^ cjinhnr«»h and London, have still on hand a small 

 '. "2e St of the following RARE CONIFERS, &c. : 



* uHiuu.50 £ «. d. Taxus Lindleyana (quite 

 jjtltrtiao*, i g new) 5{) Seedfl ^ 2 



u Club-headedWheat (cul- 



2 tivatedbytheoldCali- 



2 fornians) 200 grains 10 



2 Wheat (a variety of 



5 I Triticum durum) do. 



f—^t- entire cone 2 

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do. ... 2 



do. — 2 



, u— nArnrrens, do. 1 





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STn^cffh? Hon swill be found in the last page of the Gardeners? 

 •^SfFfb. 3 —Orders may be addressed to Peter Law- 



jo Edinburgh ; or to their London House, 27, Great 



REDUCED PE1CK. 



WARD'S OMER PACHA STRAWBERRY. 



IT'ILLIA-M JAMES WARD respectfully informs 



\\ his friends and the public that he has still a few well- 

 ■lants to offer of the above excellent Strawberry, which 

 tJJeJJronrt Medal at the Royal Botanic Garden Exhibi- 



n wis submitted for opinion to Mr. Thompson, Horticultural 



Chforick ; Mr. Marnock, Royal Botanic Gardens. 



t Park; Mr. Powell, Royal Gardens, Frogmore ; Mr. 



m Bowood Gardens; and several others: all of whom 



highly favourably of it. 



The following extract, accompanied with a woodcut, appeared 



fe £t« Florist and Fniitist/' September, 1854, in the descriptive 



frtrfnt* Strawberries :— 



«0v» Pacha.— This variety is a seedling raised by Mr. Ward 



British Queen, fertilised by the old Caroline Pine, two good 



i of which the present variety seems to be a combination. 



Tl* am pies I received were fine looking fruit, and of good 



«alit?. n „ , „ 



W..LW. warrants it of very superior flavour, and well adapted 



flints 



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... £2 

 1 5 



25 Plants 

 12 



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£0 15 

 8 



Terms, cash.— Prospect Hill, Reading, March 24. 



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NOTICE. -For full particulars of EDWARD 



TILLY'S two unequalled new Cucumbers, Melons, and 

 ____'«"* Potato, see advertisement in Gardeners 1 Chronicle of 

 34th February, 1855, page 128, together with an exact repre- 

 tfotatton of the Cucumber. Sir Colin Campbell. 



Thi Two fijiist(L CUMBERS in the World, SIR COLIN 

 CAMPBELL aud GENERAL CANROBERT (for further par- 

 ticulars see Gardeners' Chronicle of February 24th), price 35. 6d. 

 p«fKket, or a packet of each and a packet of either of the 

 Melons mentioned in the advertisement of the above date (except 

 k>ld«n Drop and Scarlet King), for 6*. 



TILEYS SEEDLING POTATO, THE CHAMPION 

 KIDNEY, the best and earliest in the world, price 5s. 6d. per 

 p*k. hamper and package included, or 11. per bushel. 



UNEQUALLED NEW MELON, GOLDEN DROP (Green 

 Flesh}, price 1#. 6d. per packet. 



THE KING, a superb Scarlet Flesh Melon, Is. 6d. per packet. 

 Vpacket of Golden Drop, one of the King Melon, together with 

 apMketof any other variety mentioned in the former ad vert u 

 neat, will be forwarded post free on receipt of 35. 6d. in cash or 

 penny postage stamps. 



Edward They, Nurseryman, Seedsman, and Florist, 14, 

 Amy Church Yard, Bath, Somersetshire. 



GERMAN ASTER SEED, all saved from the finest 



^*Glohe varieties, ever yet exhibited, and which have sur- 

 puMd ril others in cultivation for their immense size and 

 amaei colours, is. per packet. 



SWEET WILLIAM SEED saved from 50 of the choicest and 

 most erb varieties, Is. per packet. 



ANTIRRHINUM SEED saved from all the finest shaped and 

 Mrtrinpties, U. per packet. 



8UPERB HOLLYHOCK SEED saved from all the best 

 M»e<i flowers, Is. per packet. 



peKet ET GIANT BR0MPT0N STOCK, extra fine, Is. 



8E?nL^ P c ERI0R / IMBRIATA SIMULA SINENSIS 

 ,rh n? * fr ° m S,X dlstinct varieties of the largest and most 

 J***. ever grown, 2,. Brf.p*; packet. 



pwpwket * P ackets from selected varieties, Is. 



totem*?* i- RD ' ? r CUSTARD MARROW; this variety 



A0n?TA 10US 0f a " the Narrows grown. Is. per packet. 

 U .SJickS ° r C0LUMBINE » of 12 di stinct varieties, 



fitl^ ^i ts of the above (except the Primula) sent post- 

 ^t«w ? °L^: **" or tbe Primula included with two other 

 £ D , ^ n ' W *' in cash or P enii y Postage stamps by 



ij T JJ; EY f Nurseryman, Seedsman, and Florist, 

 14. AbbeyChurch Yard, Bath, Somerset. 



iriTTiAur N OW READY. 



\\ 1LLUM and GEORGE DAVISON can supply 



«» the"™S^? STi 1 ^ 5 o° n !i ° f KITCHE ^ &AMM5S SEEDS, to 



No irl Slzed Garde ns, at the following prices :- 



-j Collection ...£3 00 No. 3 Collection ... £1 2 6 



FL0WFP ^ r '" 116 ° N0,4 » - ° 12 6 



kfy, and LA ? : 5< ? P ackets > including the best hardy, half 

 *•* iiSTJnS l£T*£* and Bi ennials, with printed instruc- 

 ts SFFn* dlI !?. dltt T ' *•; 12 dit to ditto, 3,. 

 8 ^fcrlairiniTJ * ine Lawn Grass Seed ls - Per lb.; Grass 

 ** perwrp p wn P € - rmane nt pasture mixed to suit any soil, 

 %• JW T* 7 T anety cf a ffn cul t«ral Seeds of the finest 



ATiBov qi?w° gu ? may be bad on application to W. 

 _^v,^eed\\ !is , s gt. peters Strei Hereford. 



*S8 and BROWN'S" CHOICE VEGETABLE 





AND FLOWER SEEDS. 



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imported 



^^ffv^^ Adverti ^ en{s ™ the Gardeners'' 

 mowvt l4 >*»9e 109, and March 10, page 149. 



JfS ?»H "SS^ 0F ********* *»^ 



►- ln * ^ ar ts of Peas, and other vegetables in pro- 



^Wfr S p " ^ glven in ^ s eed and Plant List. 

 »*v* ! ^I^vf;f )S - HE8T AND NEWli^T ASSORT- 

 jj^m. choice .stVo?^ ins , tn,ctions &* sowing, &c. 



j ^wilawM 7. «/•• i« arge P* 611618 ' snite * fo ' 



£ T »'.ehoice!S , B *- M - ;laT *« 



2 ni »- e&oiw ^! ,se * 1 «ual8, 7s. 6<f. ; 12 vars ... 



S v »«- choice ffi m * V e r en "ial8. 10s. 6rf. ; 12 rars.... 

 <lo. 7 f ' ) '™y biennials and perennials 



-TROlCE lCo«f rtiM,ln Bee Sced ar ' d PlantList.'" 



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53 v '; r mxhn , t r 1, *„ a : , „ t :. lm » catalogue for three penny 



not have received 

 Sudbury, Suffolk. 



^•^WttiSE .^^^ who mav ^ 



na Horticultural Establishment, 



PARK MR bees to offer the following, all of which 

 • are well established, and can be forwarded to any part of 



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-s. 

 60 

 18 

 9 

 12 



the Kingdom :— From per dozen. 



Exotic Orchids, distinct and beautiful species 

 Exotic Ferns 



British ditto 



Exotic Lycopodiums » „ 



Ro^es, consisting of the best varieties of Hybrid Perpetuals, 

 Teas, and Bourbons, strong plants, established in pots ... 

 inerarias, choice named varieties, strong, established 



plants, in 4-inch pots 



Cinerarias (Seedlings), from the finest named varieties, in- 

 cluding the best varieties sent out last season, strong, 



established plants, in 4-inch pots 



Calceolarias (Seedlirgs), from beautiful spotted varieties, 



strong, established plants 



Lists of Names forwarded upon application. 

 The following choice Cucumbers and Melons, in packets of 



12 Seeds, at Is. per packet :— 



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CUCUMBERS. 



Superlative Improved 

 "Walker's Rambler 

 Manchester Prize 

 Hunter's Prolific 

 Improved Patrick. 



MELONS. 



Golden Perfection (extra fine) 

 Bromham Hall 



Persian Green Flesh 



Chichester Prize 



Cuthill's Scarlet Flesh. 



A remittance or reference to accompany all orders from un- 

 known correspondents. 



Paradise Nursery. Hornsey Road, Holloway . 



J^ EW J3EEDS, CARRIAGE FREE; 



m . 4 t> , - « . ~ " p er lb.- s. d. 



White Belgian Carrot 



Yellow Globe Mangold TVurzel 

 Morton's Yellow Globe do.... 

 Fisher Hobbs' Yellow Globe do. 

 Elvetham Long Red do. ... 

 True Devon Evergreen Grass 

 Imported Italian h've-grass 

 Dickenson's Improved do. ... 

 True Somerset Cow Grass 

 Alsike Hybrid Clover 

 Common livd Clover... 

 White Dutch do. 



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Prices of all kinds of Agricultural Seeds will fie found in 



Rbndlkb "Farming Price Current and Garden Directory," iust 

 published. — Apply to 



W.llta m E. Rend le & Co., Seed Merchants, Plymouth. 



[V/IESSKS. E. G. HENDERSON and SON, of 



Li* the Wellington Nursery, St. John's Wood, London, will 

 commence sending out the following New Plants on the 30th 

 April next : — 



HYDRANGEA HORTENSIS, 



PHLOX QUEEN VICTORIA, 



DAHLIA EMPEROR F 

 foliage), 105. 6d. 



SHRUBBY BEDDING 



flore pleno, 10s. 6d. 

 5s. 



sCIS JOSEPH (variegated 



Brunette 

 Coreggio 

 Magtfiore 

 Minnie... 



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Is. 6d. 

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CALCEOLARIAS. 



Norma 



H^d Rover 



Vezzosa 



Wildfire 



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Is. 6d. 

 7 6 

 7 6 

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Or the set of eight varieties, 21. 2s. 

 With the permission of Mr. C. Turner they will offer his new 

 CALCEOLARIA PURITY (the best white bedding variety) at 

 7s. 6d. each, or with the above set 21. 7s. 



FUCHSIAS. 



Lady of the Lake (Story) 10s. Qd. 

 Water Nymph (Story) ... 10 6 



Kaffaelle (Story) 10 6 



Mrs. Story (Story) 10 6 



Snowdrop (Story) 10 6 



Queen Victoria (Story) 10s. 6/7. 

 Prince Albert (Banks) ... 10 6 



Perrugino (Story) 10 6 



Empress Eugenie f Story) 10 6 

 Ranunculseflora (Story)... 21 



Or the set of ten varieties* 47. 4s.' 

 FUCHSIA BANKS' FAVOURITE (Banks), 10s. 6d. 

 For full particulars of the above see back numbers of this 

 Paper.— March 24. 



UNRIVALLED SPECIMEN OF 

 HARDY ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, CONIFER/E, 



T UCOMBE, PINCE, and CO. respectfully call at- 



-*- i tention to their superior stock of the above, which is worthy 

 of the notice of those who are engaged in Ornamental Planting 

 where immediate effect combined with perfect safety in removal 

 is an important consideration. 



L., P. & Co. refer with much satisfaction to the great success 

 with which they have for many years been in the habit of 

 removing their large and symmetrically grown specimens (even 

 to very great distances), facts which fully justify them in stating 

 that such Plants as they now offer are seldom to be met with. 

 Their stock is too extensive for the limits of an Advertisement 

 a tew only of the more prominent ones being here named, but 

 sizes, prices, and full particulars of all may be had on application. 





Arbutus, of sorts 

 Abies Douglasi 



orientalis 



Menziesi 



„ canadensis 

 Araucaria imbricata 

 Biota glauca 



„ japonica 

 Birch, silver stemmed 

 Cedars of Lebanon 

 Cednis deodara 

 Cupressus macrocarpa 

 Ford's Oaks 

 Laurels, fine large, bushy 

 Lucombe Oaks 

 Magnolias 

 Pampas Grass 

 Pinus insignia 

 austriaca 



E \ < ter X ti r s o ry, E xeter. 



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Pinus cembra 

 ,, excelsa 

 Picea Nordmanniana 



„ Pinsapo [bushy 



Portugal Laurels, fine large, 

 Purple Beech 

 Irish Yews 

 Ilex Oak 

 Japan Yews 

 Juniperus excelsa 

 Libocedms chilensis 

 Scarlet Oaks 



Rhododendrons, fine large, 

 bushy, grotvn in loam, fit 

 Jo y soil or situation 

 Standard Bays, in tubs 

 ,, Portugal Laurel 

 „ Standard Thorns 

 &c. &c. &c. 



-Established 1720. 



Each— s. d 



pISHER, HOLMES" and CO. beg to otter the 



-*» following, all of which are good sized healthy plants, such 

 as they feel assured cannot fail to give satisfaction :— 



Each— s. d. 

 Begonia Prestoniensis ... 1 

 -iE9«hinanthus splendidns 1 6 



Kogeria amcena 1 6 



Hoyabella 1 o 



„ campanulata ... 1 6 

 Allamanda neriifolia ...1 6 

 Ixora coccinea 1 6 



„ „ smaller ... 1 



Burchellia capensis ... 1 6 

 Franciscea contertifolia, 



flowering plants ls. Qd. to 2 6 



CypripediuKj insigne ... & 6 



Henfreya scandens ... l o 



Justicia coccinea l £ 



Hexacentris myosoriensis 1 6 



Eranthemnm leuconervum 1 

 Cantua dependent 



„ bicolor 



Mitraria coccinea # 

 Lycopodinm umhmsum ... 



viticulosum ... 



apothecum ... 



lousianum ... 



Puppigiarium 



caesium arbor eum 



Doodiaaspera 



Humeaelegans, strong, for 



flowering thiaseasom,ls.tol 



FuchsiaDuke of Wellington C 

 White Fairy Rose ... 



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The following smaller but rice established plants: 

 Cyrtoceras reflexa | g I Hoya picta 



Pentas rosea ... i o Tacsonia molissima 



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PRICED NURSERY CATALOCUES. 



A PAUL and SON will be happy to forward the 



±± • following priced Nurswy CATALOGUES in return for 

 one postage stamp each:- A, Roses; B, Obnamkntal Trbbs 



AND CONIFRBS; C, FRl'lT Tl D, HERBACEOUS PLANTS' F 



Greekhodbf Plan Ac; G - II. Hollyhocks; i! 



ggigs^^r^ ries, Cheshunt. II erts. ' ' 



GT7/%r»^J^^ I C A N NURSERY. 

 EORGB BAKER'S DESCRIPTIVE CATA- 



him1nth^ E ? F i, A ? I ? R i CAN PLANTS, .vc, as exhibited by 

 him in the Royal Botanic ii aniens, Regent's Park, maybe had 

 by inclosing two postage stamps. ' * 



TlSiio^r eg ? r t0 M "«tention to his fine ck of Weeping 



Snl^i w ,f T ,S 1 PlantS> ° ra «n^tal Shnibs, &c.~American 

 Nursery, Windlesham, near Bagsliot, fcurre- near Stained 



obtained S ° Uth - WestoQ Railway, g where conveVan^s may bl 



Azalea indica Apollo, Amabili* Anmnria snp< e, Decor 

 Duke of Wellington, double white, Extrani, formosa, Frosti, 

 tulL-ens, Gem, Glory of Sunning Kill, Hebe, Ignasceas, Lucombe 

 majesta. Murrayana, Optima, Prima Donna, remlgens, and 

 splendens. The above ls. to Is. Gd. each, all strong healthy bushy 

 plants. Remittances from unknown correspondents will oblige. 



Handsworth Nursery, Sheffield, March 21. 



£< EORGE SMITH'S PRICED a*d DP CIUPTIVE 



rohl CA ; rA LOGUE of first-class Verbenas, Fuchsias, Geraniums 

 (Show, Fancy Variegated, and Scarlet), Dahlias, Chrysanthe- 

 mums, splendid new Hollyhocks, very choice Petunias &c will 

 be forwarded in return for one postage stamp. ' 



The Geraniums are in extra tine condition, and require repot- 

 ting. Parties giving orders immediately will save much in 

 carnage, with less liability to damage by having them before 

 they are repotted. Choice Verbena ^eed from the iinest jw 

 flower s.— Tollington Mm - y, Hornaey Road, I slington. London. 



VI/ HEELER and SON'S SHORT SELECT SEED 



▼ * LIST.— Our Priced List of Seeds for this season, contain- 

 ing Descriptions and Prices of the best GARDEN and FLOW "KR 

 SEEDS, will be forwarded free by post. It is our earnest endei 

 vourtos*nd out all Seeds, whether for the Garden or Farm, of 

 the very best quality and true to name ; and as man th eds 

 are our own growing, :md are proved before sendi ut, we 



generally succeed in giving entire satisfaction to our custom erg. 



We are in daily receipt of most gratifying letters and renewed 

 orders from those we had the- A ttr of serving last r; and 

 as we deliver our Seeds Carriac Fri k, we very i pectfnlly 

 solicit the honour of an order from those who have not vet en 



us a tri:il— J. C. W11KKLER& Son, Gloucester, Seedsmen to the 



Gloucestershire Agr icultural Society. 



NEW BEDDING CALCEOLARIAS^ 



1\/T ESSIES. WILLIAM ROLLISSON awd SONS beg 



1 a to announce that they have purchased the entire stock from 

 Mr. Cole of the undermentioned Gems, and will commence send- 

 ing them out the first w. < k in May. 



CALCEOLARIA VARIABILIS, 10*. 6d. each.— As a bedding 

 plant this will make a charming variety, and in some measure 

 supply the deficiency there has been for durable and efi :ive 

 plants of a light lour for the parterre. It is an excellent grower 

 of very compact, pretty habit, and produces in great profusion 



Immense trusses of blossom, which open of a delicate primi e 



colour, and change to white. Altogether it is a most de ible 

 acquisition, and a variety thoroughly distinct to any in cultivation. 



CALCEOLARIA ECLIPSE, 10*. 6d. each.— This is the most 

 showy and brilliant coloured variety ever raised, of nice compact 

 habit, producing large trusses of glowing crimson flowers, which 

 are somewhat remarkable for tbe length of time they last iu 

 blossom; as a bedding plant its value will be inestimable. It 

 was awarded a first class certificate by the National Florieultural 

 Society, Jnue 15, 1864. also at the Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 July 5, 1854, and has been repeatedly noticed in the Cardenas 7 

 Chronicle for its good qualities and matchless colour. 



The above two Calceolarias produce such magnifleent trusses of 

 blossom, and are so extremely effective, that they will be admir- 

 ably adapted for Greenhouse and Conservatory decoration. 



Messrs. W. 11. & Sons have an excellent stock of Rollisson's 

 Unique Goraoium, which can be supplied at 51. per 100. Although 

 not new, this is a very useful and showy plaut for bedding and 

 general decorative purposes. 



Messrs. William Rollisson & Sons bee to draw attention to 

 their extensive Collection of Sp men and Half-specimen Orchids, 

 Ericas, Azaleas, Stove and ( enh se Plant &c.&c, which are 

 this season in nnusnalh fine condition. 



T he fr . Toot ing , ne ar London. 



CRASS SEEDS, CLOVERS, ETC 



*y F. WIN ST AN LEY is now ready to send out Ins 



-1 • Mixture of New Grass Seeds, for Laying down New or for 

 Renovating Old Pasture ; finest Mixtures for Lawns, &c. For 

 list of sorts and quantities, &c, see his Garden and Agricultural 

 Seed List, to be had on applies m. 



2 . c M :» rke t P i Manchester. 

 NEW EVERCREEN CUMBING ROSE^ 



WILLIAM WOOD and SON, Woodlands Nursery, 

 Maresfield, near Uckfield, Sussex, beg to intimate to their 

 friends that they are sow prepared to send out at once good 

 strong plants of WILLIAMS' EVERGREEN CLIMBIN* 

 ROSE, at 35. 6d. each, with the usual allowance to the trade, and 

 a still further reduction if one dozen or more are ordered at once. 

 Price may be had on application. 



N.B.— Single Plants will be sent free per post on receipt of six 

 penny postage stamps extp.a to defray postage. Strong Plants 

 of the above may also be obtained at the same price from Mr. 

 Charles Turner, of the Royal Nursery, Slough. 





Eftt (Barretters' ©ftrmttcle* 



S A TURD A Y, MARCH 24, 1855. 



It is to be feared that tempering stefl will soon 

 become one of the lost arts, unless our cutlers bestir 

 themselves to some purpose. Witnesses before the 

 Crimean Committee of inquiry declare that the 

 English hardware supplied to the Ordnance is of 

 the vilest quality ; that the picks won't pick, nor 

 the bill-hooks cut, nor the trenching tools break up 

 earth ; that hence we can neither mine, nor throw 

 up field works, nor even grub up roots for fuel. 

 Cavalry officers say that their men's swords are in- 

 capable of piercing a Ruwian jacket, and that for 

 an English soldier to strike a blow is only to disarm 

 himself. In sW#rt, steel is becoming an unknown 

 material, and the present age seems likely to be 

 called by future historians neither that of iron nor 

 of bronze, but of lead and brass. We trust the 

 admirers of routine will not regard the last remark 

 as being personal. 



It is no business of ours, indeed, to complain of 

 swords and military tools. Nor should we do so if 

 the public service were all that suffered : for there 

 are men enough now, active, intelligent, and resolute 

 to look after that. Our urievance 3 purely horticul- 

 tural. We complain that gardeners are treated as 

 badly as troops, a 1 that they can nowhere procure 

 the instruments peculiar to their calling. The only 



