





THE GARDEN K 



CIIKOXICL] 



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JAM KMblll, ^eedbman, eta, ; ^ e g« JO call J x^^ •* tbe Tooting Nureeriet : 



b q to this fine variety, which is unsurpaased for its 

 V:f being of ft very superior flavour, and a certain 

 has never been know to run to seed before heading: 

 1 -iLi tr iv hardy, standing the test of the last winter with- 

 - As a certain crop for spring use it is invaluable, 

 JJ^Tjiwro ftt auy time without risk, and it will produce 

 ** " ?%mn Seed is now ready to send out in packets Is. each, 

 * ***3*M ^r 3., post free 



$j High Street. Battle, Sussex. 



Pnunmondi 



ixSRS E G. HENDERSON and SOX beg to 



M^nonnea that their NEW SPRING CATALOGUE for 



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



1 a BfWtiful Coloured Plate, representing the following 



plants — 



Affibroise Yerschaf- Delphiuium Hendersoni 



Genetyllis naacrostegia (fuchsi- 

 oides) 



I Fuchsia Queen Victoria 

 „ Mrs. Story 

 mm* «/»*»— , » Pnnce Albert 



Andrews, the fir floricultural artist of the day has had 



■■ of this Plate, so that full reliance may be placed 



of the flowers represented and the superior 



gtjk j/srif"ring ! --^ jHington Nursery, St. John's Wood. Jun e 30 . 



""■LANTS oFcABBACE, SAVOY, KAIL, BROCCOLI^ 



CELERY, AND CAULIFLOWER. 



JOHN CATTELL begs respectfully to inform the 



• ' pablk that he has a plentiful supply of Plants of his superior 

 trot isofti of the above, which will be forwarded to order on 

 «f Postage 6t pa, or Post Office Order made payable 

 at the folloiring prices, package included : — 



All ths sort* of Early Cabbage, Savoy, and Kail, including 



Um:**] Sprouts, &/. per 100, is. 6d. perlOOO: all tlie sorts of 



Proceoli,8d. per 100. 55. 6tf. per 1000 ; all the sorts of Celery, bedded 



M, id. per 100, 5a. 6d. per 1000; Cauliflower, early and late 



lttptr 100: Red Cahhagc, 1*. per 100; Drumhead, or Cattle 



Cabbage, is. per 1000. A fine stock of autumn-bedded early 



abbege still to dispose of at 6s. per 1000; for large quantities, 



prlre on application. Packages containing plants to the value 



if V. and upwards will be delivered carriage free to London 



to the Edenbridge Station of the South Eastern Railway. 



remittance must accompany orders from unknown correspond- 



8eed of CattelVs Dwarf Barnes, and of his superior Dwarf 



Miaaot Cabbage, may be had in packets by post, for 12 penny 



taapt per picket, the former containing one ounce, and the 



half an ounce.— Nurseries, Westerha m, Kent. 



ERICAS. 



MESSRS. Y0UELL and CO. beg to submit the 

 fallowing list of choice ERICAS, which can he supplied in 

 pod beany and healthy plants, in large and small 48s, at 125. 



K£1CA6:-Aggregata, ampullacea, ampullacea carnumbrata, 

 ampullae** rubra, aristata major, Archeriana, Bandoniana, 

 Wcolor. Cavendish!, cerinthoides, cer. coronata, Clifford^ colorans', 

 < ■■rentryana. daphnoidea, Devoniana, depressa, denticolata 

 ■oechata, echiflora, data, Eweriana, eximia, exurgens coccinea, 

 rncilif, grandis. Hartnelii, hyemalis, hybrida, hyacinthiflora. 

 JolUna, Linna?oides nova, L. superba, longiflora, metulseflora 

 Mj*r, orata, perspicua nana, pinifolia discolor, princeps, pro- 

 P*5J": P- tubiflora, pyriformis, primnloides, rubens, retort* 

 major, ftariUeana, Shannoniana, Shannoniana (Turnbull), Sin- 

 #ryana, splendens, tricolor, tri. rubra, umbellata, ventricosa alba, 

 v. alba tincta, v. breviflora, v. carnea, v. coccinea minor, v. cor- 

 *••£■». T.curtaruba, v. densa carnea, v. dependens coccinea, 

 r. aiaedtta longiflora, v. f. rosea, v. f. superba, v. globosa, v. 



vMiaZTSr 1 v \ cucclliea » v - c - teniunora, v. tulgida, v. rosea, 

 ™*«. W estcoth, Westphalingi, Wilmoreasuperba/walkeri. 

 oaaooveare well grown, and of a suitable size for making 



ns. rhe usual discount to the trade when taken per 100. 



i' ^yal N ursery, Great Yarmouth. 



E \Y 



vrr^ BBAGE, " THE CHAMPION OF 



MJLAND, which has surpassed everything of its kind 



mfilmA?* A Ye Z" Winter ^ Then nearf y evei 7 oth er has 

 hTJ^LT^ W *} 1 mt0 Cabba ?e this spring. This Cabbage 



Saii ?^ Warf a T? 1 COm ? A€thabit ' and <l uite equal in flavour 

 •JgT yet grown. It has been in the hands of a very excellent 



SMJL.i.-°. r i SeYeraI y ?* rs > and lie has thoroughly proved its 

 SSnMimSfj 8 Jl d g T* *«*»««. The stock of seed purchased 

 taLWt^f'. l he « for i n ? e can be sold b ? «^ Pound or in 

 CSa?£ ! tbe T r ade this ? ear ' E * T ' fee] * confident, 

 Si^Swif- 8 ^ en ,? f tbe Cabbage, that it will give the 

 « • J2 1 i?° n t0 aU P I,rcba sers. Sold in packets of 1 oz., 



kai St« W, LD B ^ TH C0SS LETTUCE, which Lettuce 



IT TM? £ ?Urpa f Sed hj an ? other 5^ grown. Is. per packet. 



»*Ws of p!2L S,l J? r _°? er J im . e ( or _«owing the following 



^fcBowing 



n tn " T i derm entioned varieties will give the greateS 

 fmmimmt^ purclia - sers a ^ they have hitherto dune for many 



•"S^SliiSri 1 ^ 1 ^^ SEED-Saved from 50 of the choicest 



■^fcirtSai^ ^ ?^. LD ~Saved from all the striped, spotted, 

 S»*rb Hm ! ?v iJ^nt 8 ' !*• P^ packet. ^ 



i ^*^o^l.l? CK SEED - Saved from a]1 the be6t 



^^KI . CUNT BROMPTON F STOCK, extra fine. 



Hrp^ket. ew packets from selected varietiej. 



^nffi A f 0R COLUMBINE SEED-Saved from 12 



— Either 7f ik " Per P acket - 



aitttnr^ rt**?™ Packets of Flower Seeds three for 2: 

 P«*to twi accom rany every order either in cas 



ifi?** T l F ? ) v lU be forwarded ' 

 A ^ChordiY;^^ ur ? firyman » Seedsman, and Florist, 

 """ iard » l ? ath, Somerset 



1^. 



U. 



dis- 



Az.ilpa indica, gem, new 

 BRrkeria melanocaulon, new 

 Cypripedium caudatum purpu- 

 reum, new 



h species; this truly mag- 

 nificent new plant has been 

 discovered hy onr collector, 

 Mr. John Henshall, in Java, 

 growing at an elevation of 

 7000 feet above the level of 

 the sea 



Erica obbata pulchella, new 

 „ tricolor magnifica, new 

 „ ventricosa flava, new 



brides Larpenta?, rare 



Geranium umpn , new. ThU 

 variegated variety farexceedg 

 both in foliage and blotto m 

 any other of this claas, and is 

 admirably adapted - her for 

 bedding or pot culture 

 Gloxinia Adamis ocuiata, new 

 Meyenia erecta: this unques- 

 tionably is the gem of the 

 season in new plants 



Rhododendron Stamfordiana, 

 new 



n pavonia, new 



r Shakespeare, new 



Uropedium Lindeni, rare 



Messrs. William Rollisson & out will be happy to forward 



tneir Priced Catalogue of New and Rare Plants.* post free on 



application. They will also be forwarded throughout the 1 w- 



nig countries, post free -.—America, Austria. Belgium. France 

 Germany. Holland, Prussia, &c. »■■•>'» 1 



CHOICE NEW AND RARE PLANTS OF THIS SEASON 



H^^ T ^^ At Redivfd Prices. 



ENRY WALTON, Florist, &c, Kdge End, 

 Marsden, near Burnley, Lancashire, will be prepared to 

 send out nice healthy plants of the following new novelties at 

 the reduced prices as annexed, after the first week in .July. 

 „ T F y c *J T SI AS.— Story's Mrs. Story, 3s.6d.; Queen Victoria, Ss.fcf.: 

 \\ ater Nymph, 3^. 6d.\ Empress Eugenie, 3.9. r*/.; Lady of the 

 Lake, 3s. 6d. ; Snowdrop, 3s. 6d.; Banks' Beaut \ of the Bower, 

 25.64.; Prince Albert, Ss.6d.: Maid of Kent, '3s. Gd.i Climax, 

 25. 6d.; Grand Sultan, 2s. ft/.; Omer Pasha, 2t.6d.; Smith's Omer 

 Pasha, 25. 64. ; Violaeflora pleno, 3s. GJ. each, or 305. per dozen 

 post free where two or more are ordered. 



Each.— 5. d. 



Hydrangea hortensis ... 5 6 



j, flora pleno ... 5 6 



Begonia oppnlrefolia ... 2 6 



Tydea Warczewiczi, new 



and fine stove plant ... 5 6 

 Geranium Pretty Polly, fine 

 bedding vai iety 3 6 





x ■— appointment Flohist ra 

 following line and new plants:— 



„ „ i:ach-5.<f. 



Fuchsia Queen Victoria 



„ Prince Albert... 

 Heliotrope Beauty of tl 



B'Uidoir 



Verbena Mrs. Woodrotti 



Wonderful 

 Blue Beard 

 Calceolaria Purity... 



Salvia granditlora Ski 



™ri ... 



Salvia Gesneneflora 



LysimachiaLeschenaultii 

 Deutzia crenata 



„ gracilis... U. to 



ImpatieBg Hooker! 



Auracaria Lindleyana ..106 



. CUpham 



NEW HANTS. 



IOOM, Cianliam Hise. near 





JdAJasTt, begs to offer 



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 Pen >;mioo Wrighti ... 

 Weigeia amabilts ... 

 Cyclamen Atkiusi 



,. hungaricum . 



H repaudum , 

 Iierberis Darwini Is. 1 

 Cerasusilicifolia,2».6<f.l 

 ! ritonia aurea 



1 1' tindo4tn4iiQfi IM§» m\ h i 



5*. to 10 

 „ canipTlocarpnm,5#. to 10 

 ^ niveum ht. to 7 



p frlMMB ... lj.6rf.to t 



HipueMtrum auHcun, 



3*. 64. aad 

 ValloU purpurea, ti.60.4b 



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T*7 HEELER and SON'S MlORT SELECT 



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

 ing Descriptions and Price* of the beet GARDEN and WL WEB 

 B£ED>. will be forwarded free by post. It is our earnest e*tea* 

 vourtosend out all Seeds, whether for the Garden I arm, < 

 the very best quality and true to name ; and as many of the Seeds 

 are our own growing, and are proved lwtoe sending we 



generally succeed in giving entire satisfaction to our ci omen. 



We are in daily receipt <tf most gratifying Utter* and renewed 



orders from those 



kammir cf aefvfc* Utst pemr ; and 



Early orders are respectfully 



Each .-*•*. d. 

 Phlox omniflora compacts 

 dwarf white 2 6 



CalceolariaPuritv,finewhite 8 fi 



Wildfire ... S 6 



Maggiore ...3 6 



Vezzossa ...8 6 



PetuniaSingularity. Smith's 2 6 



solicited for the above, which 



as we deliver ir Seeds Caiiuuuk 1 wm, we v< ry respectful Iy 

 solicit the honour of an order from those who have not gi 

 us a trial.— J. C. Wurfi.rr & 8ok, Gloueeiter. Seedsmen to tbe 

 Gloucestershire Agricultural {Society. 





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will be executed in rotation as received, the stock of some of the 

 varieties being rather limited. A remittance requested to accom- 

 pany all orders, payable at Marsden, Lancashire, unless a refer- 

 ence is given. 



Every article in the Nursery and Florist Trade on the lowest 

 remunerative terms, also a choice collection of large flowered and 

 Pompone Chrysanthemums, new varieties. Strong bushy plants, 

 ready to go into blooming pots, 6s. to 95. per dozen. 



C ELECT NEW PLANTS at REDUCED PRICES. 



^ —For Descriptions of many, see BASS and BROWN'S 

 CATALOGUE and SPRING SUPPLEMENT. 



s. d. \ t. d. 



5 



THE GARDENERS' . CHRONICLE 



AND 





AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



UNDER THE NEW STAMP ACT. 



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Aphelandra Porteana 

 Arbutus croniea ... 



,, magnifica 

 Achimenes picturata 

 „ gigantea ... 55. to 

 „ Mdme. Randatler ... 

 „ Ambroise Verschaffelt, 



bs. to 

 „ Tydea (Warscewiczi), 



55. to 

 Azalea indica Beali 

 „ crispiflora 

 „ Admiration (I very 'g), 



7s. 6d. to 10 6 

 Criterion (Ivery's), 



75. 6d. to 10 6 

 Begonia Thwaitesi ... 10 6 

 Cassia floribunda 7 6 



Cereus McDonaldi, 



10s. 6d. to 15 



Clematis patens Sophia, 



3s. 6d. to 



monstrosa, 7$. 6d. to 

 lanuginosa 



„ longipptita 



Cyclamen Atkinsi 



MISCELLANEOUS, 



HARD? 



Bouvardia Van Houtti, 



3s. 6d. to 

 longiflora alba vera, 



2s. 6d. to 

 birtella, brilliant and 



free 



Geranium Keynes's Prettv 

 Pollv 



If 



If 



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7 6 

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3 6 



Eugenia (Myrtus) Ugni, 



3$. 6d. to 

 Escallonia pterodadon, 



7s. 6d. to 

 Ixora coccinea grandiflora, 



2s. 6rf. to 

 Libocedrus chilensis, 



3s. 6d. to 



Maranfa sanguinea, 5s. to 



vittata ... 7s. 6d. to 



albo-lineata 



Monocbsetum umbellatum 



Passiflora Decaisneana ... 



Philesiabuxifolia 



Rhododendron Grisewoodi- 



anum 



album speciosum ... 



javanicum (Rollis- 



son T B) ... 6*. to 



Hhodolea Cbampioni. 



7s. 6d. to 10 6 



Siphocampyloe Ne Pins 



Ultra ...2s. 6d. to 3 G 

 h bicolor rosea, 2s.6i.to 3 6 

 Wellingtonia gigantea, 



7s. 6d. to 10 6 



. SOFT-WOODED, AND 

 KINDS. 



Heliotrope Jno. Catteli ... 



Lobelia Ghiesbrighti. 



Pentstenion magnifica ... 



Petunia Singularity 



(Smith's) 



British Queen (Tur- 

 ner's) 



Phlox omniflora compacta 



5 

 10 6 



3 6 



7 6 

 7 6 



10 6 

 7 6 

 5 

 3 6 



10 6 



15 

 10 6 



10 6 



In consequence of the Repeal of the Newspaper 

 Stamp, the price of this Journal will be on and 

 after this day 5rf. unstamped, and 6d. stamped. 



An unstamped copy can be sent by post by 

 affixing a Id. postage stamp upon each transmission. 

 A stamjyed copy may be sent tree as often as desired 

 during fifteen days from the date of the paper, pro- 

 vided the paper be so folded that the stamp may 

 be visible. 



Subscribers will please to inform their Agents 

 whether they desire stamped or unstamped paper*. 



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Efxt Satireiw rtf' ©Jtromrlr ♦ 



SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 



MEETINGS FOR TrtE ENSCLNG WMBK 

 min>Ai, Julr 4— Roval Botanic 



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A German correspondent, writing from Trave- 

 miinde, asks what is meant by vital force. We 

 said (in No. 19 of the Gardeners' Chronicle for the 

 present year) that the very different effects produced 

 by frost on plants of the same kind exposed to in- 

 fluences in every respect similar, were explicable 

 only on the supposition that each plant has iU own 

 peculiar vital force. We are asked what we mean 

 by this, and whether just the same information is 

 not conveyed by being told that some plants suffer 

 and some, apparently like them, do not, )j\it why 

 we do not know. The complaint is that no real ex- 



2 6 planation is given, and that no general law is laid 



NEW POMPONE CHRYSANTHEMUMS.- The following 

 13 best new varieties of last season for 13$.. or le. 6d. each, viz., 

 A 



Achille 

 d 



2 £ ! down, of which the different effect* can be said to 



tances. Our correspondent does not complain 



The following 7 best new varieties for 95., oris. 6d.ear]i. viz., ' r ]u r icrnorinrp which had" hptfp'i hp onpnlv 

 Auguste Mie, Annie Henderson, Hennione.I.aProphete, Madame C10aK * or ^ norai } ce > ^niCll ™a ueitei De openly 



- " "~ - avowed, and to discourage further investigation by 



referring the phenomena to a hidden cause peculiar 

 to each plant, and undiscoverable by mao. 

 To this 







Labois, Prince Jerome, and Phare de Messlue. 



GLOXINIAS.— The following set of 11 new varieties of last 

 season may now be had of good flowering plnnts, for '25,5., vi? 

 Duke of Wellington, Eleanor, Elegantissima. Erecta magnifica, 

 Eugenia, Exquisite,Grand Sultan, Ladj Franklin, Magnet, Prince 



of Wales, and Sir C. Napier. 

 WOOD'S DUCHESS OF NORFOLK ROSE, strong plants, 



3s. 6d. to 6s. each. 



Goods carriage free (not under 20s.) to all the L- ndon termini, 

 and all stations on the London and Norwich Colchester Lin> 

 Plants added gratis with orders of 40s. and upwards. 



COMPLETE CATALOGUES on appl tion for six penny 

 stamps, or the Spring Catalogue alone for three penny stamps, 

 or gratis to our customers who may not have received them. 

 Seed and Horticultural Establishment, Sudbury, Suffolk. 



COMPOSITION 



AGE AND 



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FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF BLIGHT 



UPON THE 



Sop, Roses, Wall-Fruit Trees, Cucumbers, Melons, Vines 



and Stove and Greenhouse Plants. 



.PAGE 



Extra 



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a ^d CO. haying erected additional Works, are now ready to supply any quantity of their valuable 



Composition, approved and in use by all the leading Gardens of the United Kingdom. 



Strong, 4s. per gallon, sufficient to make four (Jars and Barrels extra). 



Ten gallons and upwards Carriage Free to London. 



crop of Peaches, &c, will much depend upon tbe Aphis being destroyed, which is now merely attacking them. 



Oxford Street Seed Stores, Southampton. 



we reply that no other explanation is 

 possioie, and that vitality, whatever it may be, is a 

 force varying in intensity like other forces. To 

 ignore its existence is to deny the i idence of our 

 senses ; to attempt to explain its power by reference 

 to mechanical, or chemical, or similar agencies is 

 materialism. What agencies of that kind will 

 explain the reason why the sen.v: he plant is til 

 activity in warmth, an'i torpid in cold ; why the 

 elastic column of a Styli<iium,the delicate bristles of 

 a Dionrea, the dancing leaflets of the Hedysarum, 

 and a thousand other itive crganisn s all obey 



the same influences in the same manner % In these 

 instances heat acts upon vitality as among insects ; 

 the fly is torpid in cold, but all life and activity 

 with sufficient warmth. What again except the 

 presence of vital force, identical in its essence with 

 that of animals, but widely different in its manifes- 

 tations, will explain the undoubted fact that plants 

 are affected, just as animals, by pru&sic acid, 



and other 



chloroform 



this 



arsenic 





Upon 

 to the 



opium,' 



subject we refer 

 new edition of 



poisons, 

 correspondent 



our 

 the " Theory of Horti- 

 culture," the first chapter of which is exclu- 

 sively occupied hy an inquiry into the nature 

 of this force. And we are convinced that its 



