THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



[April 





AGRICULTURAL 



SEEDS, 

 GRASSES, Xc. 



MEADOW X .M ST U g RE - - - ^^ ftml 



1> * * -^ ite«f-»,-iWoo 



X London, the Q > * ^Jro lN|) AgriCULTUBAL Socimn 



FoBF ; and to t. • Hl« HLAM A * ^ ^ ^ 



''^/•^^ FARM SEEDSofewy 



*T!?G«* ^£2 Flower Seeds, Garden Implements, 

 Drlintng To . and everything connected with their trade. 

 Catalogues will be sent on application. 



London Brand reat George Street, Westminster 



P. L. & S. are always able to recommend experienced Bailins, 



Gardeners, aj res ^ — 



' SUTTON'S LAWN GRASS S_E.U5, 



At the Crystal Palace, Sydenham. 



SUTTON and SONS have had the honour of supply- 

 ing to the Crystal Palace Company the Grass Seech 

 hi which so many acres of Arable Land have been cov- 

 vetled into the ta 'if id Park and Lawns, now so much 

 admired at Sydenham. 



The following letter has b*»en received, besides many others:— 

 <m Prof^sor hind Horticultural & ty, 21, Regent Street, 

 London.- " We have f. y made trial of your Lawn Grass 



Seeds, and it is only jt ce to Bay that they have proved the 

 bestwehav sown for i ny years." 



Price Is. per lb. ; 25. * par gallon ; or 20s. per bushel. Quan- 

 tity required for forming new Garden Lawns, 2$ bushels, or 60 lb?. 



Addr m* Button & Soys. S*>ed Growers. Reading . Berks . 



"""EVERGREEN GRASSES FOR CHURCHYARDS, ETC. 



SUTTlLN and SONS have had the honour of supply- 

 ing many clergymen and others with Grass Seeds for 

 Churchyard I < tnries, which have triven great satisfac- 



tion. Price of S I, is. per lb., or l&r. per bushel. 

 From many similar letters we present the following:— 



From Mr. C.Judd, Gardener to his Grace tike Archbishop of 



Canterbury. 



"The Grass Seeds received from you succeeded admirably, and, 

 although sown late, th w»h was such that we were enabled to 



mow the churchyard in the autumn, and it ha* now the appear- 

 ance of an established lawn of some years standing : my employer, 

 the Archbishop of I nterbury, is quite satisfied with its appear- 

 ance.— Addington Park, Jan. 7." 

 Addrefi John Si ss, Seed G rowers. R ea din g, Berks. 



IMPROVEMENT OF CRASS LANDS. 



SUTTON'S RENOVATING GRASS SEEDS FOR 

 IMPROVING OLD I' . STURES.— Many old upland pas- 

 tures, parks, and meadows are nearly destitute of Clovers, and 

 the finer and re nuritions sorts of Grasses: in which case 

 these seeds should be sown early in the season, when the im- 

 provement in the pasture will be very great, and at a small 



ezpe e. 



the following is similar to many other letters received from 

 former purchasers, showing the benefit derived from sowing 

 these seeds. 



From Sir David ( synch ame, Bart., "Welle sbourne, "Warwick. 

 M The mea os that wete renotti I with your seeds are looking 

 very well. I cut nearly two tons of hay to the acre, and three years 

 ago the same land hardly produced half a ton per acre'' 



Quantity of seed required, 8 to 12 lb. per acre. Price, 9cf. fer 



POUND, CAM-TAGS FREE. 



Ad ; 9 John Sutton & Sons, Seed Growers, Reading, Berks. 

 THE PAMPAS CRASS "GYNERIUM ARCENTEUM." 



LUCOMBE, PINCE, and CO. have a fine healthy 

 stock of this highly Ornamental Plant, well established in 

 ) IS, and fit to send out immediately. It is universally admitted 

 that few plants produce a more beautiful effect than this gigantic 

 Grass. See Woodcut and description of it in the Gardeners 7 

 Chronicle of November 4th, 1854. Sizes, prices, and all parti- 

 culars may be had on application to Lucombe, Pincb, & Co., 

 Exeter N m geter .— Establishe d 1720. 



GRASS SEEDS for PERMANENT PASTURE, 

 24a. to 30a. per acre. 

 IMPORTED ITALIAN RYE-GRASS. 



FACETS PERENNIAL RYE- GRASS. 



LAWN I . RA - S SEED. 1*. per lb. 



TRUE PERI NNIAL RED CLOVER, OR COW GRASS, lOd. 

 p< lb. — Delivered carriage free. 



J. CVS ncuat& Sc Seed Growers, Gloucester, Seedsmen 

 to the Gloucestershire Agricultural Society. 



Establ ied In the early t of t he 18 th century. 



MEADOW AND PASTURE CRASS SEEDS. 



GEORGE GIBBS and Co., 26, Down Street, 

 Piccadilly, beg to announce that their Mixtures of Grass 

 -eeds are now ready for delivery at the following prices :— 

 fixtures for laying Land down to permanent Grass, for light, 



heavy, and other soils (allowing _ bushels and 12 lbs. to the 



, acre) 30a. per acre. 



fixtures for Park or Field Lawns (allowing 2 bushels and 12 lbs. 



to the acre) 32a. per acre. 



Mixtures for improving and renovating old Grass Land, la. per lb. 

 ^Mixtures (finest sorts) for forming Lawns... i. <w ***- \v. 



Tankard the root bein 



Swede although the leafis similar to a common Turnip. It is c 



mud k™ consequently adapted for the earliest and late. 



THE FORWARDEST TURNIP KNOWN. ) 



OUTTON'S EARLY SIX WEEKS' TURNIP 



O should now be sown for feeding off early. Excellent new 

 seed la. 2d. per lb., 6s. per gallon, or 42a. per bushel. 3Ir T. 

 Hickman, of Brirapton House, near Newbury, in a letter dated 



Le »ruary 1, says :— 



" / must mention the Six Week? Turnip as the lest sort I have 

 ever seen for eo test and latest sowings. I have grown them several 

 years, and have invanobly found them to produce more >e f d in less 

 time than any other Turnip. I have had them after K heat of a 

 good size, within six weeks from the time of sowing. 



\ B Carriage free, except parcels under 20a. value. 



K ^ d ' rps<8< j, SrTT ^___^_goy__j ppd Growers. Reading , Berks. 



■""" ' i^W~T7TRlLrY _ SWEDE. 



mHE YELLOW TANKARD SWEDISH TURNIP 



L is valuable for early sowing instead of the common Whit. 



, * ♦*_ rnnf hpinff eaual in quality to the best lellow 



It is of 



rapid growth, consequently auaprea rorum <¥»"> »«« hlt(i f 

 sowings. Price 2a. per lb. Carriage Free, except very small 

 narcels ' 2 lbs. • f seed per acre is sufficient. 



Address, SUTTON & SONS, Seed Growers, Reading. 



MANGOLD WURZEL AND SWEDE SEED. 



TOHN SUTTON and SONS, Reading, Berks, have 



'J a fine stock of the best kinds of SWEDES, MANGOLD 

 WURZEL and CARROT SEED, similar to those supplied 

 last ^eason, the produce of which gained Prizes at all the principal 

 Root Shows throughout the kingdom. • 



At the Annual Root Show held at Basingstoke, Hants, in 

 December, at which 16 prizes were awarded for root crops, 13 

 were gained with the produce of our seeds. 



SMITI1FIELD CLUB.— CHRISTMAS SHOW. 



We had the honour of exhibiting at the above show a stand 

 containing some of the finest Roots in the Bazaar, all grown from 

 our own seeds. The Editor of Belts Weekly Messenger in his 



report of the show say s :— ..,.., _jv___i 



"At Messrs. Sutton's Stand the principal articles exhibited 



were Sutton's Lincolnshire Red Globe Turnip, Sutton's Green 



Topt Hybrid Turnip, Yellow Globe Mangold, and Ashcroft 



Swedes, all of which were particularly fine." 

 A Priced List, with Hints on Cultivation, may be had post free, 



in return for two penny stamps. 



ENDLE'S IMPROVED SWEDE TURNIP. 



_ This is the most hardy variety in cultivation, and 

 has stood the late severe winter, in the most exposed situa- 

 tions, without the least injury. Tlte Subscribers have 

 received scores of letters during the past month to confirm 

 this statement. 



It is handsome in form. Small tap roots, will keep longer than 

 any other sort, and is altogether a most valuable variety. 



It has been selected with much care for the last seven 

 years, and the present stock has been saved by growers of 

 the first respectability. Price 2s. per lb., or Is. 9d. per lb. 

 if taken by the cwt. Wholesale Dealers can be supplied 

 with a few bushels. 



For Description. Testimonials, and Engraving, see RENDLE'S 

 "FARMING PRICE CURRENT AND AGRICULTURAL 

 DIRECTORY."— Apply to William E. Rexdle & Co., Seed 

 Merchants, Plymouth. ,-. 



SEEDS CARRIAGE FRFr 



i GRICULTURAL 8BBD&LJ2L D 



l\ and Farmers who require larc W%* 

 Turnip, Mangold Wurzel, Carrot, or any*? a* 1 ** 1 

 Agricultural Seeds, will be supplied on V. **"&& 

 terms — Apply to *<* lA^ 

 William E. R Expj_sJ^o^s e ed Merchant, m 



ESTABLISHED ABOUT "T^LFX^SfS 5 ^ 



GRICULTURAL SEEDS OP THr Tu JJ Y - 



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AfcritlliUl/rUKAJb TSEfcDS OF TUP 

 SELECTED STOCKS.^, ff E 

 Mangold, some of the Turnips, _} c ., a r e fn__?* * 

 scarce on the market as was expected at th V* * 

 harvest, we submit our present prices, in %q] 'i ^ 

 will be found lower than quoted in ourSonnnn^ 



•Per lb — « A * y p**fc 



*P White Decani 

 n Norfolk Bell **. 

 Green Barach *** 



White Tankard \l 

 Red Tankard "'!£ 



Yellow Tankard *'"!. 



It 



Per lb.— s. 



Mangold Wurzel,Long Red 



„ Long Yellow 1 

 „ Yellow Globe 

 „ „ Red Globe ... 

 Carrot,LongWhite Belgian 2 

 Turnips, fine Purple Top 1 

 fine Green Top ... 1 



Skirving's 1 



Laing's Purple Top 1 



KorfolkWkite Round 



„ Green Round 



LincolnshireRed Globe 1 



Pomeranian "White 



Globe 1 



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 8 

 

 8 

 9 

 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 

 9 

 9 

 2 



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it 

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Kohl Rabi 



Q:iead 





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Lucerne 

 Furze or Gorse 

 Alsike Clover 

 Bokhara Clover 



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iuiAimes iui icimaiicui laaiuics will [>e lOUnd eqil 



which are supplied. Prices per acre, according to the nJLfj 



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T H 



E SEED 



TURNIP SEEDS, &c. 



TRADE. 



Orange Globe Wurzel 

 Broccoli, of sorts 

 Fairbeard's Nonpareil Peas 

 Cole's Crystal White Celery. 





Skirving's or Liverpool Swede 



Laing's 



White Globe Turnip 



Green 



Red Tankard 



W. J. Epps can with confidence offer the above (not large quan- 

 tities), having been grown from the best selected stocks possible. 

 — Piices sent on application. 



Seed Esta blishment, High Street, Maidstone, April 28. 



SKIRVING'S IMPROVED TURNIP SEtDS. 



\\f SKIRVING, Queen Square, Liverpool, begs to 



VV • acquaint his friends and the public that he has fixed the 

 price of his TURNIP SEEDS for the season, as follows:— 



SKIRVING'S IMPROVED SWEDE TURNIP, at ls.9d. per lb. 



IMPROVED PURPLE-TOP YELLOW BUL- 

 LOCK TURNIP, at Is. dd. per lb. 



All other kinds of Turnip and Agricultural seeds in general, of 

 the most select description, at moderate prices. A remittance, or 

 reference from unknown correspondents, is respectfully requested 

 to accompany orders. W. S. has no agent in town or country, 

 erpool, April, 1855. 



PERMANENT PASTURE and OTHER* GRa?*Bu!_! 

 ixtures for Permanent Pastures will be fbirn<] p™ a f; * 



oate* 



ine son, £««< iu otd. %y nuiesai« jrnces oi grasses and ot__iW 



to the trade on application. ^ 



Finest Mixed Lawn Grasses, per lb. Is., or 4s. 6_. per wck 

 <_jr* Goods Carriage Free (not under 20s.) to all thelS* 



termini, or any station on the Colchester and Norwich 11m. 

 BASS and BROW N, Seed Establishment, S u 



ACRICUL TOR A L 



JOHN SHARPE (late of Sleaford), Seed Gaowi 

 and Merchant, Bardney, embraces the earliest opprM 

 of tendering thanks for the extended patronage conferrediS 

 Mm at Sleaford, in the branches of Nursery Seedjwaai 

 Merchant; he trusts the same assiduity will meet a coBt__wi 

 of those favours. He intends connecting with the StfTnit 

 the G rowing, thereby dispensing with all doubt as to gtttem 

 of article. 



J. S. is now sending out, of the purest and best selected stichi 

 Permanent Grass Mixtures, 20s. per acre; Upland Sheep Wtl, 

 20s. per acre; Field or Lawn Mixtures, dd. per lb.; Imprw% 

 Mixtures for old Swards. 



CLOVERS.— Red, English, Dutch, German, French, 6?. to i 

 per stone; White, 8s. to 10s. per stone; Italian Rye-grass, k 

 imported, 6s. to 7s. per bushel ; Perennial Rye-grass, 25j to& 

 per quarter ; Mangold Wurzel, Sd. per lb., or 75. per stone. 



TURNIPS.— Skirving's and Purple-top Swedes, transpta*. 

 and of the purest characters, Is. Sd. per lb., or 60s. per fatM 

 50 lbs.; White Globe or Round, Sd. per lb., or 305. per boshM 

 50 lbs.; Green Globe or Barrel, Sd. per lb.: W bite sad M 

 Tankards, Lincolnshire Red Globe or Round, Early Sinwh. 

 Yellow Aberdeen, Orange Jelly, and other yellow-fit ikafc 



Rape Seed or Cabbage Cole, 3s. Gd. per peck, or 125. per Mi 



White Mustard, Spring Tares, &c. 



For quantities, Purchasers treated with liberality. 



Bardney Hall, near Lincoln, April, 1855. 



FARM "SEEDS. 



DRUMMOND and SONS have implicit e* 



These Seeds 



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Is. 3d. per lb. 



are all new, and have all been properly cleaned 

 and their growing properties fully tested. Directions for sowing- 

 accompany the seed. 



G. G. and Co/s New Priced AGRICULTURAL CATALOGUE 

 is now ready, and will be I awarded free on application. 



GEORGE GIBBS & CO., Seedsmen, 



Down Str» et, Picca dilly ^London, 



GRASS AND AGRICULTURAL^ SEEDS. 



rpHOMAS GIBBS and CO., the Seedsmen to the 



-i- Royal Agricultural Society of England, beg to inform their 

 friends and agriculturists generally that they are now prepared 

 to supply the undermentioned in any quantities required. 



Mixtures of Grass Seeds for laying down land to permanent 

 Pasture and Meadow; Irrigation or Water Meadow Mixtures; 

 Upland Sheep Walk Mixtures; Park and Field Lawn Mixtures; 

 Innovating Mixtures for old Swards; Garden, Lawn, or Grass- 

 plot Mixtures; various Permanent Grass Seeds supplied sepa- 

 rately to order; Mixtures for one year's lay, do. for two or three 

 years' lay (commonly called " seeds "). 

 CLoVEk>.— Red or broad leaved, white or Dutch, Red Suckling, 



Alsike or Hybrid, Trefoil. Cow Grass or Perennial. 

 R\ E-GRA - - S. — Italian (very fine), Annual, improved Peren- 

 nial, and other kinds. 



CA '.(its.- Large ^ ite Belgian, large field Altringham, 



.\d v* ®fW*?» lon g Orange or Surrey. 

 {^S 1 —Git ' large Guernsey Cattle, common large. 



~ t f*f ?, h P WURZELS.-Long Red, Orange or Yellow Globe, 

 Red G lot long Yellow. 



££S^£_i_^;___5* e Dnrailiead Cattle, Thousand headed. 

 a_S: r ^ fed, ' H ' Gre *n-top Swedes. Skirving's 



r- _?_J^^% tft l__! H ^ nd ' Red * t0 P Yellow Hybrid, 



Globes or Rounds. Tankard's sorts, Kohl Rabi. 



SUPERB SHOW PANSIES. 



JOHN HOLLAND, Bradshaw Gardens, Middleton, 

 near Manchester, will supply the following set of 20 extra 

 fine varieties, in strong, well rooted, autumn struck Plants, at 

 10s. the set, hamper, package, &c, included. 



Argo (Paton & Small) Lady Carrington (Hunt) 



Adela (Turner) Lord Jeffrey (Lightbody) 



Alfred the Great (Turner) Mesmerist (Veitch) 



Boadicea (Fellowes) [ton) Miss Talbot (Dickson & Co.) 



Countess of Strathmore CI! amp- Pandora (Hunt) 



Commander-in-Chief (Hooper) 



Father Gavazzi (Holland) 

 Fearless (Schofield) 



Great Western (Hooper) 



Lady Emily (Downie & Laird) 



Older varieties, such as Fair 



Rising Sun (Turner) 

 Sultan (Hooper) 

 Sir J. Paxton (Betteredge) 

 Thisbe (Hooper) 

 Victory (Schofield) 



Flora, France Cycole, Queen of 



the farm. 

 KITCHEN 

 the new a 



to suit difie 

 Priced Li* 

 by post on 



Moon £tree 



Beet, Peas, Potatoes, and ail' other seeds' for 



^^i^I^SSP- m >3, including all 



rreses. Assortments made up 

 y given amount. 

 Garden Seeds sent free 



? U _v*. «o _<•... _*■»»«-, _ .<*.,^« ^;<-U«5, VfUCCU Ul 

 Perth, Rubens, Caroline, Ophir, Blue Perfec- 

 tion, Euphemia, &c. &c, 4s. per dozen, strong plants. 



A few packets of very select Pansy Seed at Is. and 2s. per 

 packet. Priced and descriptive Catalogues now ready, and will 

 be forwarded on application. Post-office orders payable at 

 Middleton, Lan cashire. 



~~ ~ B^EDd1nG~AND OTHER PLANTS. 



I? and A. SMITH'S Descriptive LIST of the under- 

 • mentioned is now ready, and may be had, post e, on 

 application '.—Antirrhinums, Verbenas, Fuchsias, Scarlet Gera- 

 niums, Calceolarias, Petunias, Heliotropes, Pentstemons, Chry- 

 santhemums, Miniums, Salvias, Lobelias, &c. Climbers in variety 

 also a miscellaneous Collection of Greenhouse Plants. They have 

 now in bloom Cytisus racemosus, Roses, Verbenas, Fuchsias 

 spotted Calceolarias, Erica Hybrida, Cactus, Geraniums, &c! 

 The Trade supplied.— Dniwich, Surrey. April 28. 



S E ED POTATOE S. 



ALSTONE KIDNEY.— _!fci_ is perfectly distinct 

 from any other Potato. It is an astonishing cropper, 

 and tlte tubers are of a large size. It keeps well, a ad is 

 j good flavoured, and is altogether an excellent and profit- 

 able variety. 2s. 6d. per peck, or ds. per bushel. 



PRINCE OF WALES.-27m is an early round 

 white Potato, which, for a general a-op, ca?i be highly 

 recommended. It is a sort that gives the most complete 

 satisfaction to every one who sotvs it. 2a. Gd. per peck or 

 9a. per bushel. 



- fidence in recommending the following Se eds: " , 

 PERENNIAL RYE-GRASS, from the most select groittym 



ITALIAN RYE-GRASS, direct from Lombardy, irf *jg 

 the same gentleman in that country who has for «™;^J 

 been employed by us in collecting those fine P a f r™ 

 have hitherto given so much satisfaction to our ^m™' 



GRASSES FOR PERMANENT PASTURL-^jg 

 among the first to recommend the use of the ^\V^S 

 in the formation of Permanent Pastube, the m™f.rZ 

 a large share of our attention. We have carefully ^f^Z 

 composing the lest Natural Pastures, and the f es ^ Ji^i: 

 tions in culture under varied circumstances V** 1 !*!** 

 and, as the result of our observations, as well as jrvm r^ 

 satisfaction our selections have given, we feel ^ rrfl "~ HrfI rtrf 

 men> g, in addition to the Grasses usually sown, a 

 species as are known, not only to yield the greatest w^J ^ 

 but the largest amount of milking and feeding F!&™^ m 

 those species, and the proportions of each, acm *"j. mm in* 

 of the land to be laid down. From the increased dem»^ 



enabled to charge a lower price than w"^"^,. may >*¥ 

 assortment, and allowing a liberal supply ot &eeu», 

 at from 24s. to 26.?. per statute acre. nursel*** 1 



TURNIP, in all the leading varieties, saved by oun* 



full-formed Bulbs. . , Q vpr v sape^^ 



V ETCHES (or TARES), large broad-leaved *™\Jf*<&* 



Priced Lists of the above, with every other act > 

 Seeds, may be had post free on application. ^ 



Free Delivery.-AH Parcels of Seeds J »l^e£ ^ ^ 

 the exception of Grain and Vetches), ; ell ^ prrTl Afe*& 

 Liverpool, Hull, Newcastle, ^^\^fu^d^ 

 Inverness, and to all the Stations along the un 

 donian and North British Railways, &c. . ^0* 



W. DRU3MOXD & Sons, Seed and Implex 

 tirling,N.B. 



AND 



STANSF1ELD -- ^. 



following:— tt ft _dAlp ine ^ 



1000 species and varieties of Herbaceous a*a 



4s. per dozen, or 305. per 100. k at 4?. P_C 



500 species and varieties adapted for Rockww ^g^IP 1 

 200 species and varieties of Hardy Greem ' rfs 



and Lycopods, at from 6s. per dozen, ^. r lidding H»* 

 Verbenas, Fuchsias, Geraniums, and ot» licati on. ^ 



from 3*. Bd. per dozen. CaUlogn^^^.fti.y 

 %* 100 bushels of selected Fluke ^**" r stone ^ 

 ot 56 lbs. Dean's Seedling Fluke a^' ^L.^AP_i5 



ale Gardens. Todm<.rdem_LaTicasn —^pf 



VEK SEhD^.-We have . «lec^ -j 



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Seeds the .«<*« °>J* 



«- large collection of Flower &<**£ ]our a ndc^ 

 showy varieties, each sort distinc t m c o qv & 

 produce a fine effect when planted out " di3ti!it 



'U C. Wheeler & Son, Gloucester, Seedsmen to the Gloucester- 



& Co., Corner of Half- shire Agricultural Society. 



J Established n the early part of the 18th Cent? v. 



flower bi 

 with the 

 colour of 

 &c, the 



aether 



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its cultivation. In selecting u«o- — ~- ba ve p-J 

 to exclude all which are sby bloomer ^pri-e^r.^^ 

 appearance, so that the collections wui u we »■ ** 



are really showy and handsome, and ^, y or , 

 prove to the entire satisfaction m "^ a0 

 might be disposed to order them. £^ cti(Ul s « .11 

 .specially are most superb. _ The v>< ' U()frl 



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• specially are most superb. The i>< ^ {lQ 

 post to an 7 part of the kingdom .« '"V. ^nti 

 V 20 extra fine varieties, all distinct a** ^ 



50 do. ? * 



100 do. x^r«prVin«w RC 



J. C. Whi lbr & ^ y U,%_2Sibli« A S 



Gloucenter, 8 men to the G»«^ Qf TB s W 



EflTAl rSHED IK THE EAB-Y FA» 



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