THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



THE CHOICEST BEDDIHG OUT PLANTS 



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TH_E_P RES ENT SE ASON. 



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EG to refer to their Advertisement of the above in the last and three preceding publications of the 



Gardeners' Chronicle, 



BOYAI. NURSERY, GREAT YARMOUTH 



ASS akd BROWN have published a Supniemwt 



^ffi&sr ^naaaws SEP-* 



_^^M«^a!t S raiE ! to^hmennj ! ,db . Sutfo.k. 



W^E^^^N'SSHOR/f .ELECT SEED 



■i ANTS OF CAB8ACE, SAVOY, KAIL, BROCCOLI, 

 ** H1 * AND CAULIFLOWER. 



JOHN CATTELL begs respectfully to inform the 

 —uv. t b*t be has a plentiful supply of Plants of his superior 

 i^i* inrta of tbe above, which will be forwarded to order on 

 *«f P<*toge Stamps, or Post Office Order made payable 

 atitofclPrfog prices, package included :— 





N E f ROSES FOR 1855.— Strong flowering Plants 



for p ackin- followin & 12 New Perpetual Rcses for 3J. No charge 



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^^Suwii &* P« r 10 °, ^- ^ pe'r'lOOO ; ail the sorts of 



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8* per 100, 5s. Gd. per 1000 ; Cauliflower, early and 



1<M. per 100: R*d Cabbage, 1*. per 100; Drumhead, or 



IS. outage, 4* per 1000. A fine stock of autumn-bedded 



ISri Cdiaci still to dispose of, 65. per 1000 ; for large quanti- 



tt, price on application. Packages containing plants to the 



p U and upwards will be delivered carriage free to 



md to the Edenbridge Station of the South Eastern 



■aftvay. A remittance must accompany orders from unknown 



nits. Seed of Cattell's Dwarf Barnes, and of his 

 _ Dwarf Reliance Cabbage, may be had in packets by 

 far 12 penny stamps per packet, the former containing one 

 tad the latter half an ounce. 

 Nurseries, Westerham, Kent. 



NEW AND CHEAP PLANTS. 



HENRY WALTON, Florist, &c, Edge End, 

 Mareden, near Burnley, Lancashire, has now on hand a fine 

 of the following, which may be had at the extremely low 

 |*aiaiiii«d:-Acbimenes Carl Walforthi, U. Gd.; Cherita, 

 klaV, Look Van Houtte, Is.; Gigantea, 5s. ; Madame Ran- 

 • 3#.; Mr.Parparet,ls.; SirTraherne Thomas, Is. ; Hender- 

 tt . ; or tbe lot post free for 125. Gloxinias, choice varieties 

 1 1. &L to 3*. 6*. each. Verbenas of this season, viz., Wond erful,' 

 Beard, Lady Lacon, Commander-in-Chief, Empress of 

 Florence Nightingale, Rose of England, Tyrian Prince. 

 ra, Bonle de Feu, Lord Raglan, Empress, Mrs. M'Neil, Violacea, 

 ttbtrit. and Mrs. Woodroffe, Is. Gd., or 18s. per dozen post free. 

 O fc a t h a i magnifica, 2s, 6d each. Begonia Prestoniensis, superb. 

 2j. 6d ; extra strong, 5s. Eugenia Ugni, 2s. Gd. Fine Show 

 and Faacy Geraniums, 60s. per 100, or 50 for 32s. Gd. Scarlet 

 aad White, and older kinds of Geraniums, 3s. Gd., 4s. Gd. and 6s. 

 par dozan. Dahlias, strong plants, 3s. Gd. per dozen. Bedding 

 riant* of §ort* equally cheap. Descriptive List may be had for 



.0 stamp. 



It ifmpectfjilly requested that orders be accompanied with 



Office Order payable at Marsden, Lancashire, unless 

 -"• if given. ' 



; Madame Theodore. 

 Beaute de Lyonnais. 

 Comtesse Vailliant. 



Madame de Cainbaceres. 

 Madame Vidot. 

 Prince de la Moskowa. 





Jules Margo ttin. 



S ale t (Moss). 



Madame Place. 



Pan ache" d'Orleans. 



Souv enir de Leveson Gower. 



Mad ame Domasre. 



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FLU AVER 



5Hft2P * *5?W ^e by pes. It „ our esmest endes- 



her for the Garden or Farm, of 

 name ; and as many of the Seed* 



Apply to J. and S. Fhaseb, Nurserymen, Lea Bridge Road, 



Essex. 



\\7ILLIAM KNIGHT, F 



« the following Select Bedding Plants, post free*- 

 12 fine varieties Antirrhinums, 3s.; 12 extra ditto 

 10 " Verbenas, 2s. Gd. ; 12 extra ditto 



J* » Phloxes, 4s. ; 12 extra ditto 



". " Pansies, 4s.; 12 extra ditto 



12 hne Chrysanthemums, Pompones, or large flowered 

 12 fine varieties Mimulus, 4s.: 12 Belgian Daisies 



_67, High Street, Battle, Sussex. 



to 



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 Gloucestershire Agricultural Society. "^ 



Z „„„, CHOICE CINERARIA SEEL 



£UCOMBE f 1 J INCE, and CO. have now ready for 



*-* sending out Seeds of their wry superior CINERARIA 

 which have heen saved with great csV* f£a the fi> eit wktti 



Zl\rT U 8,lti r faction * ,lich Sir Cineraria; ha^ ?g£„ Z 

 several successive years, enables them to wm,. , d their \» 

 of the present season witli much confidence. I':«cketa maledl3 

 warranted by then, at 2s. «, free by post ^^ "* 



Exeter Nursery, Exeter.— Established 17 



130BERT 



PARKER 



. , begs to inform ma inenas i fmm* ^*. «. 



Descrip n fi VC he „ n p d ub ^d a ^s o N fTheU n w g in^ Iosue «**-»-» Cfit ®atlreitevtf Ctu'om'cle 



«, ., ^ 1 EW AND CHEAP FIRST-RATE 

 SHOW AND BEDDING PLANTS. 



Wvff^^SJr .r TABLISHMENT IN THE KINGDOM IS AT 



ENRY WALTON'S, Florist, &c, Edge End, 



Marsden i near Burnley, Lancashire, where there are pro- 

 - "Minally for sale from 20,000 to 30,000 plants, which, for 



hulihj 7 ' "* n0t t0 ^ e ^ UAlled > beicg robust and 



»A^S«""n tr ? ng S°T ing P Ian ts,of varieties of 1853, 

 22L^l£ P Zi Car ?°5' N « atness ^ Glow-worm, &c, 25.. per 

 ST» fc?5fll JnZ?"f h€ ?> 9s '> 12s '> and 15 *- P er doz ^ 5 25 for 



CINERar?^ V a . rieti ^ ?f last season, Gs. to 9s. per dozen. 



vil Fm n «.V h01 ?; varieties, such as Advancer, Etoile de 

 ▼tut, Empress, &c., 10«. 6tf. n«r ^^«. ^m* llJzl „5 



3b. 6rf. per dozen. 



Exotic Orchids 



Ferns—stove, greenhouse, and 

 hardy 



G eraniums— show,fancy,scarlet, 

 variegated, and hybrid bed- 

 ding varieties 



Chrysanthemums— large flower- 

 ed, and Pumpone varieties 

 Petunias 



Antirrhinums 



[varieties 

 and fancy 



Koses in pots 

 Dahlias — show 

 Fuchsias 



Selaginilias or Lycopodiums 



Gloxinias 



Cinerarias 



Calceolarias— bedding varieties 

 Verbenas 



Miscellaneous bedding plants 

 &c, &c. 



aurrninums & Ci ^ c# " ' 



Is do w ready and can be had Post-free on application. 

 Paradise ^ursery, Ilorns^ey Road, Holloway, London. 



NEW SCARLET VERBENA 



TOBEN AS ^i mCt ^ 8h0W vari eties, Gs. ; 25 fine vars., 12s. 



tfc. w ■ dS«. .ImS? ,ea ^ n ?^ow kinds of last season, 9*. to 

 SwM£ ' 0Wer Vaneties 45 ' «* t0 «»• Pev dozen, extra 



sftfelXes &ff iUg v S ? rlet and other Geraniums 

 H W •. it • ^ .' **■» e( l uall y cheap. 



» toiilffiX ^1 "^ K^ for one penny stamp. 

 tBJ385^r 7 Sl!S!!5 i? at al1 °£ der9 be accompanied with 



A RTHUR HENDERSON aroCa ?2°no^ swply 



7 Z\, - fin t e Str 1 °?" plants of this VG1 7 fine new Scarlet Verbena, 

 4 to 6 inches high, with numerous side branches, and all well 



hardened, fit for immediate planting out, at the following reduced 

 prices, viz. :-. t piant u ^ 



12 Plants 12 



25 Plants '22 



50 Plants 40 



100 Plants 70 



Specimens of blooms can be sent per post in tin cases (on receipt 

 of 6 Postage Stamps} to those who are desirous of seeing and 

 judging for themselves of the merits of this splendid variety. 



Pine Apple Place, EdgwareRo ad, June 2. 



TURNIP SEEDS, 



OETER LAWSON and SON 



leave to intimate that they are sending out the" "follow Fnc 

 TURNIP SEEDS, for which they respectfully solicit orders. 

 They are all of the most approved kinds of last year's growth :— 



SELECT STOCKS. 



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"» PUnts mSf " Ta L T 1 a™?. u * e distan «s, or more 

 -p-igggflgllfcJg gg.End, Marsd en, June 2. 



rxL^DTCO^ COMPOSITION FOR THE 



A DESTRrrTTAv 7.T, „Y ""^OAA-IUH rOK THE 

 mix TREES rrrrv^FF UPON K0SE S. WALL- 



tSP G *EENHOUSE V?5ntI \ EL0NS > VIN 'ES STOVE 

 "■*"« to iwJ» foi , PLANTSj-Extra Strong, 4«. per gallon, 



"•.*ni*r Ten /Ju FS a ? d Barrels «*»)• Directions for 

 .Aftwfc^re'f"^ 1 ' ^ and upwards carriage free to London. 



!*• kingdoT thp ^ Ve " S? . by 4 , he most eminent Gardeners 

 22!?»«nON i i n«m PM !? nt *., 0f PAGE & Co -' s BLIGHT 

 S**»tt-ml ^ "fo? 1 ??^* - 16 ' re< l uirin S onl y « trial to 



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*K|^d°n C0 '' Kae " 

 fc - pj ?$?*». Sudbury 



USSI? 4 ' 8 ?*. Chester 

 > -«kU^ 0ration Street; 



JjSSS | ^ s - fading 

 *• J »»Sv^* h , -i? Kymouth 



S?!*- Wlie«i e r * fester 



**■ WS!?^ Ed «nbBrgh 

 ^•ktfi^att. St. j oh |. s . 



I***"*??? Da *ies & Co 

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JJr. J. Perkins, Northampton 

 Mr. W. F. Smith, Rivershead 



Nursery, Sevenoaks 

 Messrs. Wood & Ingram, Nur- 



series, Huntingdon 

 Mr. Baskerville, Bristol 

 Mr. Burham, Hastings [north 

 Messrs. Leake & Smith, Bridge- 

 Mr. Davison, St. Peter's Street, 



Hereford [Hert 



Mr. W. Garraway, Welwyn, 



Mr. Thos.Cridland, Willington, 

 near Taunton 



Mr. Henry Home, Market Place, 



Henley-on-Thames [Bourn 



Mr. R. M. Mills, Market Place, 



Mr. Husbands, Talbot Street, 



Nottingham 

 Mr. Caparn, Seedsman, Newark 

 Mr John Cattell, Seedsman, 

 Westerham 



Mr. Morgan, Nursery, Kidder- 

 minster 



Messrs. Ivery & Son, Nursery- 

 men, Dorking and Reigate 



Messrs. W. Drummond & Sons 

 Dawson Street, Dublin 



Messrs. Mappleback & Lowe, 

 Birmingham 



Mr. W. Bower, Moorgate House, 

 East Retford ' 



Mr James Allen, sen., Bothwell 



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SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1S55. 



Ml I TINGS FOR THE ENSUING WK k 

 ToiajftAT. Juue 5 > Horti cultural ....;.. 3 r „ # 



The opinion of practical men concerning the meri 

 of bringing the Mangosteen fruit to maturity in 

 this country has now been pronounced in the 

 strongest manner possible by the award of the 

 expenenced Judges of the Horticultural Society 

 on the 16th nit, when a GoH Banksian Medal 

 was assigned to the beautiful specimen sent 

 from Syon to Gore House by order of his Grace the 

 Duke of Northumberland. We believe there is 

 no other instance of a medal equal in value to the 

 Horticultural Society's Gold Banksian having been 

 awarded to a single fruit, nor could anything have 

 justified so great a departure from custom except 

 the combination of the greatest skill in gardening 

 with results as important as those obtained by the 

 production of a fruit like the Mangosteen. Had the 



Seedsmen to the I rf^tw'"^ diffi «"^ a Jn^n Aiwer or the quality 



QiF.EN and to the Highland Agricultural Society, beg °5 l J? trult been below the highest, the advent of 



the Mangosteen could not have been celebrated in 

 such a manner. 



It is not surprising that those who have had no 

 opportunity of tasting this delicious fruit should be 

 incredulous as to its excellence. It is difficult 

 indeed to speak of it without an appearance of 

 exaggeration. Nevertheless it will be found that 

 the statements of every traveller who has written 

 about the Malay island assign it the highest place 

 at the dessert ; and, so far as our own taste can be 

 trusted, we wholly concur in that opinion. Not to 

 occupy space with quotations from English works 

 we will merely cite the words of Rumphius, the 

 celebrated Dutch Governor of Amboyna, who speaks 

 of it in these terms : " When ripe the fruit is as 

 delicate and agreeably sweet as the finest Lansehs 

 (another famous Malay fruit tree, of which a variety 

 called the Duku is the domesticated representation 

 which ought next to engage the attention of the 

 wealthy), and may even be mistaken for ripe Grapes, 

 It is at the same time so juicy, that many people 

 can never eat enough of it, so delicious is its fra- 

 grance and agreeable its sweetness; and it is be- 

 lieved that the sick, when appetite or the power 

 of eating has wholly gone, are nevertheless delighted 

 with this fruit ; or at least if they will not take 

 to Mangosteens their case is indeed hopeless."* 



The question still to be considered is whether—- 

 the ducal garden at Syon having proved equal to 

 the ripening this fruit, and its excellent quality 

 having been ascertained beyond dispute — it is likely 

 to engage the attention of others, and to become of 

 importance as a general addition to the dessert. 



To this, we think, one answer only can be returned ; 

 and that in the affirmative. Now that the great 

 preliminary difficulties are overcome, there should 

 be no more reason for failing in obtaining a crop of 

 Mangosteens than of Peaches ; the difference con- 

 sists in the expense, which however most certainly 

 need not exceed that of a house of Pine Apples. 

 During a period of 22 years the Dukes of 

 Northumberland have patiently 

 result of various costly experiments instituted to 

 determine under what conditions the plant can be 

 kept in health, well knowing that in the end it 

 would bear its fruit : for it is as certain as anv 



Swedish — Per lb. 



Lothian Purple top . 



Green-top 



Laii s Purple-top 



Skirving's do. ... 



Matsoirs do. 



Fettercairn Green-top ... 



White-fleshed 

 Red— Round, or Norfolk 



Tankard 



Globe 

 ., Woolton (superior 



variety) 



Greex — Globe, improved 

 Round, or Norfolk 

 Tankard 



White— Globe ... 

 Do. Pomerain, true 

 R.»uid, or Norfolk 

 Six- week, or Stubble 

 Tankard 



Bullock, Green-top 

 „ Purple-top 

 Gordon of Ayrshire, 

 Green- top 



Gordon of Aberdeen- 

 shire, do 2 



Hood's Imperial, do. ... 1 

 Laurencekirk Tank ard,do.2 

 Cambridgeshire do. do. 2 

 Skirving's Purple- top 



Yellow Bullock ... 1 

 Border Imperial Purple- 

 top do 1 



Dale's Hybrid 1 



TweeddalePurple.top Yel- 

 low Bullock 2 



Cruicksfield Green - top 

 Hybrid, new (between 

 Swede Turnip and Kohl 

 Rabi) ... 3 







27, Great George Street, Westminster. 



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A, | ESSRS. E. G. HENDERSON and SON beg to 

 A announce that their new Spring CATALOGUE for 1855 

 will be sent post free on application, and for 12 postage stamps a 

 beautiful coloured plate representing the following choice 

 plants : — 



Achimenes Ambroise Verschaf- 



felt. 

 Acacia Drummondi micro- 



phylla. 

 Boronia Drummondi. 

 Bouvardia longiflora 



Delphinium Henderson!. 

 Genetyllis macrostegia (fuchs- 



ioides). 



Fuchsia Queen Victoria. 

 Mrs. Story. 



1 Prince Albert. 



Mr. Andrews, the first floricultural artist of the day, has had 

 the getting up of this plate, so that full reliance may be placed 

 on the correctness of the flowers represented and the superior 



style of the colouring. 



Description and Price of the following New Plants will be seen 

 en reference to the Catalogue. 



Street, Glasgow. 

 *** CO; sVeT M T L^ d M * n «fecturer= 



Fuchsia Queen Victoria. 



Prince Albert. 



Water Nymph. 



RafYaelle. 



Rouge et Blanc. 



Miellt zi. 



Dominiana. 

 Maid of Kent. 



Geranium Rubens (bedding). 



Virginium. 



Masterpiece. 

 „ Rose d' Amour. 



Calceolaria Surprise. 



Purity. 



Maggiore. 

 Norma. 



Yezzosa. 

 Ajax. 



Hydrangea hortensisflore pleno. 

 Lychnis Sieboldi. 

 \ onica imperial blue. 

 „ Andersoni fol. variegata. 



Begonia prestoniensis snperba. 

 Lobelia Antwerpiensis. 



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Fuchsia Empress Eugenie. 



Lady of the Lake. 

 Snowdrop. 



Mrs. Story. 



Princess of Prussia. 



Souvenir de la Beine. 

 Climax. 



ium Favourite (bedding). 

 Silver Queen. 

 Pretty Polly. 

 Quercifolium eximium 



„ Glow-worm. 



Calceolaria Brunettia. 



Corregio. 

 Minnie. 



Red Rover. 

 „ Wildfire. 



Phlox Queen Victoria, 

 Pyre thrum Delhayi. 



„ Duchr e de Brabant. 

 Achimenes Hendersoni. 



„ gigantea. 

 Scutellaria villosa. 

 Verbena la Deesse, and others 

 recommended. 



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awaited the 



Chrysanthemum Hermine, Bole, and others 

 June 2. 



* Maturi sunt odeo ddicati et grate dukes ac optima Lansia vel 

 uva> mature excogitari possunt. Simulque adeo succosi ut multi vix 

 satiari hiac* fructibuM possint, ob excdlmttem odor em gratamftte 

 duUedirusm, putaturque, quum agpotus nullum alium ampHus 

 appetat, vel edere possit cibum, hoc delectari adhuc fructn i vero 

 hum non desiderat de ejus salute desperaudum esse, ic-^Eetbarium 

 Amboinense, vol. 1. 



