





THE GARDENER 



CHRONICLE 



[URMP SEEDS FOR PRESENT SOWING 



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"» tinds of Tura.ps produce mucti heavier crops and of more nutritive properties than others, Me^n. 



preference to all others. 



■RON 



A GALLON OF TURNIP SEED WEIGHS ABOUT 



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lb! 



•rrtoyn EARLY SIX-WEEKS TUEXIP, the earliest 

 Tuniip known.- Jo be_ sownJnjJutie. Jul y, Ao gMj, and 



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Ik Ht. vtr gallon. 



MERAMAN WHITE GLOBE, very large. 

 .wlJnly. 1*. per lb., 6». per gallon. 



PRICES FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 



8UTTOVS PURPLE TOP YELLOW HYBRID, an excellent 



substitute for Swedes.- Sow in June and July for winter or 

 "Pnng feeding, 1,. «i per lb., 9*. per gallon. wmtero J- 



SUT Ye?iow S ^REEN TOP VEI.I.OW HYBRID, equal to a fine 



It;„J, S r de -, Sow in Jul y and A nst for winter and 



1*. Gd. per lb., 9s. per gallon. 



Society « exhibition c i W found. Scattered 

 ere and there, broken into detached line* and 

 placed in extended order, that breadth of colour and 

 form which is produced I skilfully grouped 

 was lost. rrL - ' * "■ F 



lor early feed, and for winter and spring, is. per 



--Sow in June 



spring feediug." 



tire 



pergUlo 



SLTTON'S IMPERIAL GREEN GLOBE, very fine best for 

 tbemam crop.-To be sown in June and July for autumn 

 and winter net. Is. 2d. per lb., 7s. per gallon. 7 



SUTTON & SONS, SEED GROWERS, READING 



NEW SCARLET VERBENA— " MRS. WOODRCFFE." 



AKTHUK HENDERSON and Co. can now supply 

 fin* strong plants of this very fine new Scarlet Verbena, 

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

 taritMd. fit for immediate planting out, at the following reduced 



frim,vU.:— i Plant U 6d. 



12 Plants 12 



26 Plants 22 



50 Plants 40 



100 Plants 70 



fl w dH rP i of blooms can be sent per post in tin cases (on receipt 

 of 6 Pontage Stamys) to those who are desirous of Wring and 

 Judging for themselves of the merits of tbis splendid variety. 

 \ pple Place, Ed g ware Road, June 9. 



■/>$ am- liROWN have published a Supplement 



- to their Catalogues, with extracts and descriptions of a few 

 and aelect plants, which may be had free on application. 



BEDDING PLANTS.— An extensive stock of the finest and 

 ill popular, strong and well established, at low prices. 



'•URANIUMS, GLOXINIAS, ACHIMENES, STOVE, 

 GBEKNHOUBB, and HERBACEOUS PLANTS, in splendid 

 eoUettioaft, for which see advertisements in Gardeners' Chronicle 

 «f April Si and 28, and May 5 and 12. 



B«efl and Horticultural E stablish ment, Sudbury, Suffolk. 

 NEW WHTE BEDDING CALCEOLARIA. " 



pHARLES TURNER, begs to recommend this 



yj beautiful new plant for bedding purposes or for conservatory 

 decoration; ariotir pure snowy white, dwarf habit, and an abun- 

 dant bloomer It. 6d. each. 



irtpJc^c* 180 SUppl7 good plants of the Allowing NEW 



fa ij r. IS A & ! — *" 



Wammvu-The finest and most attractive varietv ever offered: 

 Iteh plum-purple, with large white centre. Fine truss, and a 

 rb variety for bedding. 55. each. Also— 



Lord Baglan 

 I Boule de Feu 

 Silistria 

 Violacea 



_ TURNIP SEEDS FTC 



pETER LAWSON and SON sL dsmen to the 



leave ft™^ Highland Agricult.hai. Society, beg 

 URNIP rn V at V-t a , re sw,di,, « out " ie following 



They are an o? nfp ^f Wh ' Cb ^h.™**?™* 6olicit <"**£ 

 i uey are all of the most approved kinds of last year's growth •— 



SELECT STOCKS. 



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Swedish— p er lb. 



Lothian Purple top 

 Green- top 



Laing's Purple-top 

 Skirving's do. 

 Matson's do. 



Fettercairn Green-top '.'.'. 

 White-fleshed ... , 



Red— Round, or Norfolk 

 Tankard 

 Globe 



„ "Wool ton (superior 



variety) 



Green— Globe, improved 



Round, or Norfolk 

 Tankard ... 



White— Globe ... 

 Do. Pomerain, true 

 Round, or Norfolk 

 Six-week, or Stubble 

 Tankard . . . 



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 9 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 9 

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10 

 9 



9 

 9 

 9 

 10 

 9 

 10 

 9 

 10 

 10 





Yellow— ^ 



Bullock, Green-top ... 1 

 „ Purple-top ... l 

 Gordon of Ayrshire, 



Green-top i 



Gordon of Aberdeen- 

 shire, do 2 



Hood s Imperial, do. ... 1 



LaurencekirkTankard,do.2 



Cambridgeshire do. do. 2 



Skirving's Pnrple-top 



Yellow Bullock 



Border Imperial Purple- 

 top do. ... 



Dale's Hybrid 



Tweeddale Purple. top Yel- 

 low Bullock 



Cruickf-neld Green- top 

 Hybrid, new (between 

 Swede Turnip and Kohl 

 Rabi) 



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27, Great George Street, Westminster/" 



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B*ard 



O — i nueiH'n-Chief 

 ■ Mpra a t of France 

 Florence Nightingale 

 Tynan Prtuce 

 Bom of KnpiiTwi 



• Mrs. Woodroffe 

 . , Empress 



*U the new continental varieties. Prices on application. 



Royal Nursery, Slo ugh. 



f "f^ LE n R ^^ON^ SHORT SELECT SEED 



l-rj€acn D h : 7n?«nf ? C - 6d ^^ Seeds for this season, contain- 

 RT^wm ^ and Fnces of the best GARDEN and FLOWER 



StoW om^U U1/ ra ? ft P ° S c t - U j8 ° Ur ---t ei^ 

 •llwSt!! i S€ e<3s, whether for the Garden or Farm, of 



l^iUy snccf Tin *■ ? ar ? proved bfetore sending out, we 



l^TSti**? 1 !* 5 nt,re satisfacti ™ *° our customers. 

 ^fatkmJZIZ! ,f T St V rati fy in 9 lett ^ s ond renewed 



•^ffikS^^^^ Seedsman fo the 



HarHdJn ^ WA l3 LroN > Florist, & c ., E^ffe End 



f^^^T^A^! Ch T Yhe hftd at the extremely low 

 t>;Wvun A te^^ r > 1^.; Che^ita, 



Origantea, 5s. ; Madame Kan- 

 . -*4 iTtbeTor 1 ^. 1 '/*- ' f rTrabe ™ Thomas, Is. ; Hender- 

 fc«* •• *•• £ £f° V^ f ° r X l'- GIox *ni^ ehoice 'varieties, 

 SlfM. lX't Jl rbe ^i°I ^^ «-son, viz.,_Wonderf„i; 



Eiu iBKvlstnttg ©firontcle 



SATURDAY, JUNE 



1855. 



MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 

 flEBSMPii, June 13— Royal Botanic 2i.it. 



ti.. i The eye had 'nothing to rest upon ; in 



the language of art ts there wag neither keeping 



JlTl; a P °* ,nts ; U wou,d have reminded as of 

 a multitude of precious gems thrown overa caudr 



rubSh. ^ n0t maDy ° f the P knl8 been 5*2 



the A effe h ,7 .f C Tr nC u Vh , idl mast ah ™y g ^Poil 



S! u n hort ' cu ' tural exhibition in "such a 



place as the Crystal Palace is the magnitude and 

 splendour of the surrounding objects. \he eve"s 

 irresistibly u,,hdrawn from little plants in pots to 

 the brilliant decorations of Alhambras and Medieval 

 Courts, and the gigantic forms that meet the observer 

 wherever he goes. The eye cannot but compare 

 one lung with another ; and a plant which seems 

 a noble specimen of cultivation beneath a tent in a 

 garden, where nothing equal to itself can be found 

 is lost among lofty columns and high over-archine 

 roofs, covering lines of glittering palaces. The* 

 same bad effect upon plants w i served in 

 the original building in Hyde Park, and is inse- 

 parable from all combinations of the gaudy and 

 gigantic with the small and unpretending. We see 

 it in another shape in even the usual garden exhi- 

 bitions, where Tulips and Pannes, however beau- 

 tiful in themselves, are lost in the m hbouihood of 

 great buihes loaded with brilliant fl\.w<.rs. 



If an exhibition is to be effeaive, everv sur- 

 rounding object must be ubordinate to it. In the 

 Crystal Palace it is impossible but that the exhi- 

 bition should be subordinate to surrounding objects. 

 To fruit we have not yet adverted. "When we 

 saw that so large a sum as SS( U. was offered for 

 fruit on this occasion, we certainly 

 that the power of English gardeners would 

 be shown in a manner before unheard of. Judge 

 then of our surprise when we found that for this 

 250/. there was nothing to show beyond a very 

 shabbily arranged shelf in a back court, crowded 

 with no very considerable quantity of specimens, one 

 half of which ouj;ht to have been refused admission. 

 Some excellent examples of growth were, doubtless 

 present, as there always is ; and we presume that 

 the prize list will indicate from whom thev came • 



thought 



We presume that the Directors of the Crystal 

 Palace are satisfied with their experiment in m p,™ ,«* w .,i mu.caie irom wnom tjiey came • 

 flower-showmg for hey collected a very great crowd but as for the « ruck" the greatest favour that can' 

 of visitors last Saturday; there were objects in be shown them is to be silent, 

 abundance to look at, and, to do the spectators' 

 justice, they appeared to marvel at the many things 

 that were set before them. 



Never did the Palace itself look to greater ad- 

 vantage ; everything was clean and in its proper 

 place; the painting was fresh, the gilding untar- 

 nished, the trees and shrubs belonging to the place 

 full of health and vigour ; the tanks were well tilled 



d while there was nothing to 



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Ladv r .;„„?. " 1S season . V| z-, Wonderful, 

 ^iinM^iPT maD ^- in :C^ie^ Empress of 



cST*-** Mi^VLT 1 !' impress, Mrs. M 'Neil, Violacea, 



l^S* i»*fn?fict a^iS^ l*' %'' ° r 18 *- P^ dozen post free 

 * ^ ^tra^S\^ each - BegeniaPrestoniensis, superb, 



&* Gerani um* ifo ^ Ugni ' 2s ' 6d ' Fi " e Show 

 ,* £*«•. and olde^in Jl nf^ 10 °; ° r 60 fcr 32s ' w - Scarlet 

 R*?». Dahl as st rf > " f 1 Geranium8 . 3 5 . 6d. f 4b. 6d. and 6s. 



2S 2 •Wtu, eq^ll^chean^T S ' ^ ^ P6r d ° Zen ' Beddin & 



liu!^ ^'y Cfl eap. Descriptive List may be had for 



^° S T^^^^ ^ b6 • CC0 »P»»W •« 



i^^payaDle at Marsden, Lancashire, unless 



m* H o w EX a t*£ cheapfirst-rate" — 



J*** ChhaLJ*** D BEDDING PL A NTS 



Xi ¥*mdea n#m : L p l0Ns . Florist, &c, Edge End, 



J for K*?n y ' Lancashire, where there are pro- 



WrfST" ^ ^Sty are w f ^ l0 3 ° l000 P ' ants ' *«*?£ 

 •*t*j. "y, are not to be equalled, being 'robust and 



^^^.^Stron 



n*CHsrAs'; g00d Pints'. 



with water plants, .«-*„, 



oifend good taste, except the ethnological absurdities, 

 the spectator encountered at every step something 

 upon which the eye could rest with pi 



The gardens and terraces, green with the first 

 burst of foliage, exhibited the ground to much 

 advantage, and were the resort of thousands during 

 the afternoon, for there was no cold air to chill, nor 

 long hours of sunshine to oppress. Even the beau- 

 tiful landscape, spreading away into indefinite dis- 

 tance, was less hazy than usual. The fountains 

 were the admiration of all who saw them; but they 

 played for so short a time that although they began 

 only at half-past 4 those who arrived at 5 saw 

 nothing of them. Let us hope that it is not the 

 intention of the directors, after their enormous out- 

 lay upon hydraulic works, to limit their water 

 display to a few minutes' sparkle. 



The quantity of plants collected for exhibition 

 from all quarters was prodigious, and for the most 

 part creditable to the growers. It is said that the 

 lines of SDecimens extended for more than a 





mile 



in 



specimens 



length. We by no means answer for the 

 of this calculation, but it does not 



Who 



per dozen ; 25 for 



»& E i* W*^ J U " rf °r ,Mt SeaSOn ' 6S - ,0 9S - ** T d02en - 



T EHB 



4* rio/£ ietie V" ch as Advancer, Etoile de 

 • Per doze?' ^ d ° Zen ' older ^"ieties, good 



1** do 



in 



dozen. 

 9s. to 



B 45. bd. to 6s. per dozen, extra 



a^g^tfull 



^2^«r, 



unhS^ and SWto^T 0f , 25s - Paid to Liverpool, 

 1** C *rii8l e: ^^3 a "<i upwards free to Rir- 



accuracy 



strike us as improbable. rva iV ^1*^™^^ muoi 

 successfully to the display will be seen in another 

 column ; who they were that failed in the contest 

 it boots not to declare. Nor, indeed, is it possible, 

 even were it desirable, to enter into details when so 

 large a subject has to be commented on. Let us 

 hope that our reporter has done substantial justice 

 in the account publi>hed in another column. 



After such a statement, the reader will be sur- 

 prised to hear that, notwithstanding all this splen- 

 dour, the exhibition w r as undoubtedly a great 

 failure. We mean that it produced no such effect 



offered for prizes, and a 



have been 



as a thousand guineas 



of 



might 



PUat >arati! h8 i e J a *d the 1 



prodigious quantity of plants 

 expected to secure. With the single exception of 

 the line of Orchids, which was unequalled, all the 

 rest disappointed us. No such banks of Roses and 

 Indian Azaleas as were formed at the last Horticul- 



Iwo inferences of practical value may be drawn 

 from this experiment, looked at in the only way in 

 which it can possibly interest any body except the 

 proprietors of the Crystal Palace, and the effect 

 which such an affair may have upon their funds ; 

 firstly, that mere money will not brin^ forth 

 excellence ; and, secondly, that the really good 

 gardeners, who are permitted to exhibit their 

 productions, are far fewer than is supposed. 

 To offer extravagant rewards for any branch 

 of gardening is therefore sure to bring before the 

 public demerit which would more advantageously 

 remain in obscurity. Premiums upon want of skill 

 operate like protecting duties, and repress the inte- 

 rests they are intended to promote. 



Guernsey has long been famous for its Lilies • 

 it now promises to become equally celebrated for its 

 Ixias. We have before us a handful of the most 

 charming flowers of that kind which it is possible 

 to imagine, for which we are indebted to Mr. Carre, 

 a gentleman fond of gardening resident on the 

 island. They are mules between arnica, longifiora^ 

 we believe scillaris, and others, and look as if they 

 had been gathered an hour ago at Cape Town, such 

 is their vigour, such their perfect health. Some 

 are white w T hh a crimson eye, some wholly crimson ; 

 • others are white and rose-coloured, golden yellow 

 1 with crimson backs, pure yellow, or cream-coloured 

 with a chocolate eye. their fragrance is that of 

 Roses. All are from the open ground, no shelter 

 being required in Guernsey. Can we have them 

 here? 



Hitherto the cultivation of Ixias and similar Cape 

 Bulbs has been a failure. The plants grow feebly, 

 flower languidly, and perish. Now and then, at 

 the foot of the front wall of a hothouse, where they 

 find damp in the spring and dry heat in autumn, 

 they maintain a wretched existence for a few years ; 

 but as ornaments they are valueless. And yet in 

 their native plains they are among the most brilliant 

 of the brilliant, springing up in myriads after rain 

 has fallen, and drying up when the parching sun 

 of Southern Africa again begins to tell. In Guernsey 

 they behave in the same manner, and we entirely 

 believe in Mr. Carre's eulogium of these exquisite 

 flowers as they appear with him. 



And are we indeed so poor in invention, so resource- 

 less, so barren in expedients that we cannot do arti- 

 ficially in London what is done naturally in 



