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4, 1855.1 



THE GARDENER 



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AZALEAS AND ERICAS. 



EPPS has much pleasure in offering the 



following fine, bushy, well-grown plants, and of the 

 tnd be varieties, in large 48 and 32-size pots. 

 AZ A LEAS 18*. per dozen ; 51. per 100. 

 ERICAS 12*. and 18*. per dozen; 41. and 51. per 100. 

 will make very pretty specimens tor the ensuing season; 

 flilofffl *° t* »c coro P ftI " e( * witn a remittance from unknown 

 Bits.— M a i d s ton e , A ii^JL. _________ 



IKES FROM EYES.— Fine Plants of BLACK 



BARBAROSSA and the leading sorts in Cultivation are 

 in a fafficient ripeness to pack. Sorts and price upon appli- 

 Boyal Nnrsery, Stratford-on-Avon. August 4. 



THE GEM OF THE SEASON. 



ERANIUM CYDONIA CARMINIA.— This is 



the roost beautiful variety ever sent out, either for the On- 



CHROMCLf 



A VE11SCHAFFELT, Nubsi 



Gioxiuia ei ta Adamas oculata I Gloxinia erecta Mars coruleus 



1 nn cease de Prussa I n 



C.Flaacke " Hauptmann Wiithe 



Rex igneus I n «L Schafer 



ram**. Castilloni I Stellata 



plants arestronar 



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and in full bloom. 



, ATTXT ^EW AND RARE PLANTS. 



JOHN and CHARLES LEE have a fine stock of 



hand. 





the following to offer: 



THUJA GIGANTEA.— A noble hardv evergreen tree, from the 

 _____ /JjHi of California. From seed, Sit. &/. ; graf 



terra tory or Bedd 

 of each petal v 



Only to be seen to be admired. Now in bloom, and 

 y m ma at the Nursery, Notting Hill. 



^ Towxskn'd will nave a few strong plants, full of flower, in 



8-inch pots, 1/. U. each ; In 5-inch pots, 155. each ; and in 4-inch 



M|a 7$. M. each. The two first will be ready for sending out 



5t middle of August, the young plants first week in September." 



Post Office Ord ers to be made payable at Ba yswater. 



"TO LOVERS OF PLANTS WITH HANDSOME FOLIAGE. 



tlM ESSRS. STAN DISH and NOBLE are now send- 



iVJ in* out the fine new Greenhouse Evergreen, "WEIN- 

 MANMA TRICOSPKRMA, which for beauty of foliage cannot 

 bs wrptssed. It was exhibited at the Royal Botanic Society's 

 Meeting in June last, and also at the Crystal Palace. From the 

 report of tbe latter exhibition, the following brief description is 

 cotttansed :-' * You might pass off the leaves of this beautiful 

 pltat for the fronds of a handsome Fern. They are compound 

 and pinnate, just like Fern leaves. I do not recollect, even 

 among Mimosas, a plant with more beautiful leaves than this." 



m jj *____* :* :- __£ ~^r.J ImkWIa .»___ :i_ ___i.» . m 



frost . _ 



Strong plants, 21s. each. 



The Advertisers have just published a new Catalogue, which 

 will be lorward« d free by post on receipt of a penny stamp. 

 The Nurseries, Bagshot.— Aug. 4. 



NEW FUCHSIAS AMD VERBENAS OF THIS SEASON 



AT REDUCED PRICES. 



JOSEPH COURCHA, Florist, Wellington Row, 



• ' Hart's Line. Bethnal Green Road, London, has now ready 

 for sending out nice healthy plants at the following prices:— 



FUCHSIAS. 



THUJOPS1- BOREALIS.-A 



from Bearing's Strai: . 



J.iota glauca 7 6 



Thuja Doniana ... 5s. to 7 6 

 AVellingtonia gigantea, 



5s. to 21 



grafted 

 beautiful hardy evergreen 

 drafted, strong, 2U. 



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Podocarpus nubigena 



T . chilina 



Berberis Jamesoni 



„ Neuberti, fine ... 



Dammara obtusa 



Begonia Thwaitesi 



„ Lapeyrousi 

 Echites Pelleri 



Aphelandra Leopoldi 



m Porteana ... 

 Ixora Lobbi 



,, alba, true 



Sciadoca x Warsoewirzi 



21 



21 

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 7 6 



31 6 

 7 6 

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10 6 

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5 

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6 

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IDg Blimwa, e_ piuui. »»_»<•- __jv»_*> i-auuiui JCilVCM Uia.Il U11S. 



may add that it is of good habit, and easily cultivated ; and 

 1 being a native of Valdivia, it may possibly be hardy. 



Episcea mellita?flora 

 Arancaria excels*, from 



seed 25s. to 



Arancaria Bidwilli 



„ Cunninghami... 

 „ Cooki ... 



„ gracilis 



Bejariaspsiiiaus ... 

 Anophyllum venosum 

 Boronia Dmnimondi 

 Glycine sinensis alba 

 A zalea amu ma, hardy, fine 

 <K\ylobioBl Osborni 

 Eugenia ugni 



cutellaria villosa 



in hi ana violacea... 

 Swainsonia Osborni 



tree. 



s. d. 

 3 6 



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*il,bjj.kt MEKAKILLK DE i:n LW YLI.KR, larp 

 m__ -, v«'iy prolific. 7*. «. 



The Trad e supplied.— Nursery, Hammersmith. 



"MEW INDIAN 



42 

 31 6 

 31 8 

 ...105 

 ... 42 

 10 6 



7 6 

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J 6 

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a gularly oeiutilul spot about 1000 4cei u * low 



I jeehng and 6000 fret ..bove the sea, occupying a 

 mountain spur oveihai ing the steep forest -clad 



gorceof the great Runjeet river. .0000 feet below. 

 «nri h— t nd lng in gteep j ungly fi]ope8 on ehher 



Ihrouph these forests he had caused the 

 natives to cut paths, directing all their operati 

 with all the taste and judgment of an experienced 

 and skilful landscape gardener. These opening* 

 led through the tangled jungle and wound amo t 

 tall trunks of giant timber trees, which were clothed 

 with chmbmg 1 1ms, wild Vines, Pothm, /fodosonia, 

 and Ipomoea, and laden wi»h masses of Orchids and 

 f eras, suddenly emerging on eminences commanding 

 views of 2 ) miles of snowy mountains, rising 

 range behind range in dazzling beauty, and again 

 descending by zigzags to cascades tringed with 

 I' eras and Mosses, and leading thence along the 

 margins of rippling streams, overshadowed bv 

 Tree Ferns. _J_mr>nnR a ud 



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Ferns, Bamboos, aud wild 

 Surely this must be a scene in Fairv 

 uch retreats were collected the 





PlanUins." 

 land ! In 

 were collected the materials out 

 of which has been made the selection of drawings 

 now laid J>, fore the public ; aided, however, 1 

 Dr. Hooker's own sketches, and redur 1 to an 

 artistic form by the inimitable ptncil of Mr. Fitch. 

 Of the merit of the plates it is difficult indeed to 



*P e ak too highly. Undoubtedly tit are the finest 



AZALEA, "EULALIE VANIthat have ever yet been pre] 1 by any Knglish 



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Mrs. £ 7 

 <?UMB Victoria... 

 Prince Albert 



uafftelle ... 

 Witer Nvmpb . 

 KmpreM Eugenie 

 l.k&j of the Lake 

 ^nowdrop 



OaerPac 



Umax 



' «onet ... 

 Verbenas, 



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Nimrod 

 Orlando 

 Maid of Kent 

 Grand Sultan 

 Beauty of the Bowei 

 Napoleon... 

 Violififlora pleno 

 Princess of Prussia 

 Macnlata superba, beauti- 

 ful variegated foliage 3 

 Or 225. per dozen. 



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and which l.as been admired by all the .amateurs who saw it in flrnuinflB ^ f 4Htt ^l^k...*^ I.... t> i^__ 



bloom. It is of free growing and robust habit. The flowers of 

 the largest are of good form and ;l*Unce ; colour rose and white, 

 spotted with bright rose. Plants will be sent out next spring at 

 7s. 6d. and 21s. each, one over for every three taken; the hrst 

 subscriber will, of course, obtain the best plants. Orders II 

 also be received at my Agent's, Mr. R. Silbf.rrad, 5, Harp Lane, 

 Tower Street, London, from whom my Catalogue of Plants may 

 be obtained on application.— N.B. The plants will be delivered 

 free to London; see opinion in Gardeners' Chronicle of May 26th 

 and it will be figured in the works of Messrs. "San lloutte and 

 A. Yerschaffelt of next month. 



A. V. G. also begs to offer the following new and recommend- 

 able plants at reduced prices. 



6 



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s.d. 

 3 6 



5 





_15^_per doz. New P hlox, Qu een Victoria^ 6rf. 



Jft M ^ SEEDS FOR PRESENT SOWING! * 



OHN CATTELL has the following now ready to 



i iJFI d Q <mt ' post free ' at the P rices annexed. The CALCEO- 

 S f, re vei 7 8»Perior, and warranted to give equal satis- 

 faction to those sent out by J. C. for so many years. 



^ceolaria.. saved from the finest vars., carefully hybridted 



anT^f^ e !J ,rely T V lass > of Yei 'y rich colours, large, 

 and extraordinary fine blooms 

 Unerarla, from finest varieties... 



cranium, from first rate florist Vnriwiw 



fl-k- \i_ d0, fancy varieties 



senizanthus retusus and albus, each 



Anemone singlP Poppy, extra fine 

 M mulus, from hnest varieties 

 Mignonette, New Giant .. 



^^eriaacutif<,lia splendid scarlet conservatory- climber 



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Win— .*u ' o,unea varieti 



f ^known e cowsnZ 8 £ ot, ;? rwise m « s t accompany orders 

 « olT^T^^^n^ttrMnw^e^WMterhMn, Kent. 



'^ 2« .iJi R K"~ To this STRAWBERRY~hSs 



K «^t holn^where iftl / be Hort i eu,t "™l Exhibitions the 



Aphelandra Leopoldi 

 Agnostus sinuatus 

 Asplenium bnlbiferum 



(Fern) per dozen 

 Azalea beaute de l'Europe, 



per dozen 



iEchmea fulgens 



Ardisia crenulata fructu 



albo 



Alsophila nova sp. (Tree 

 Fern) 



Amaryllis Josephinse, 

 strong bulbs 



Achimenes, the four new 



varieties, each 



Berberis Hookeri 



„ Neuberti 



Blechnum Corcovadense 



(Tree Fern), fine plantt 



Bilbergia thyrsoWe* 



„ Liboniana 



Begonia biserrata 



Clematis Helena ... 



Sophie ... 



monstrosa 



Clianthus magnificus 



Clivia nnbilis, strong plants 5 

 Chamserops humilis,strong 



piants 21*. to 42 



Citrus sinensis, per dozen 18 

 Cleyera japonica, hardy, 



per dozen ... ... 12 



Camellia Archiduchesse 



,oneofthe finest red 5 



CamelliaDuchesse de Berri. 



s.d. 



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prime white 

 Daphne Auckland! 



,, oleoides variegnta 

 Illicium religiosum, hardy, 



per dozen 



Do. do. strong plants, each 



Inga ferru-inea 



Kennedyaeximia, perdoz. 

 Isoloma trianea 

 My it ns Ugni 

 Magnolia macrophylla 



„ Lenne, splendid 



Marica tricolor 



Primus sinensis, fl. albo 

 pleno 



Pa s si flora princeps, strong 

 Pourretia mexicana 



Phryninm san^ruineum „. 



1 ■ i m el e a N e i ppe rgi ana, pe r 



dozen 



Rhododendron Camille de 

 Rohan 



„ Due de Brabant 

 „ Alstr.emeriflora 



Strelitzia regime 



Thuja gigantea 



f.'amellias, well set with 

 bloom of the leading 

 varieties, 6Z. per 100. 



Indian Azaleas, 57. per 100. 



Do. on stems, with fine 

 heads, each ... Ss.Qd. to 5 



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„ -Edkas SS r^ ar ? e ^E d ^aston, first prize. ' 



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N.P. The Ghent steamer Fleche, for London, sails now regu- 

 larly viceversd; by this way the expense of carriage is much 

 reduced. 



A. Van Geert, Nurseryman, Ghent, Belgium. 



**^ h ZuX"S Gar ? ens ' first P^^-the Judges 



fJPerior to Keens' XJu^fT 7 ln eve, 7 P° lnt "" the tahle, 

 *"• Trollop & c '. " ?* J 1 ' "J; Cremorne Seedling, British Queen 



Vs to W X' f r^nT^ ? nze i^ d P^nonnced by the 

 2?««.»IWpri2« • CarliS fi ► tS - Sted Ben T in cultivation; 

 Pn^. uid certi fic!, P n 7t\ &V £ prize ' w «I™hampton, first 



"^i^lleral So,^ e v fir ? oU '' W * f ^ ord ' first P rize ' Aylesbury 

 ^^tg lr p rnL /' * c,ass certificate. ' 



Pric«: M( ,,^;; ';>'• ^n^fr out (not less than a score). 



* *- U Plants I'j 2°' ^-i 3 ?' 6d - 5 60- «• 16». j 40 K 





^ ^ may be had in potsTno't'lVss'thaVib), aj 



fe» W^£? aA £j? TO »?ra Sir Harry's Road, Edg- 

 *m Offi^ -rder fnn «• . a PP h cation to be accompanied with 



y* umce Order ,'n„ T*- «FP»carion to ne accompanie. 

 £;«* Cnltii't^ S "Sifi^ t0 rec . eire attention. 



of 



graph 



EN R Y °WA T TO V° F JHE MttSCWf ' it* s olvT 

 _^ ^Msden „« rI ON » Flor 'ST, &c, Edge End, 

 2»kealthv esUMM, T™* 7 ' L »ncashire, is now sending on 

 >*?• wnexeS abUshed PInnts °* tlie following at the reduced 



ftt ^ Victo h na Wh w a r r0 v aS ' at 3s ' **' each ^Story's Mrs. 

 lflu Uki». .„a °?*> V at «r Nymph. Emoress En^nii T.»rW 



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m 



?**. per doz™ .' ^ rIa r do ' 2? ' w -? and Tiolaeflora pleno 



ERPpx?°*-PerdoW'nftlw a °' ™' m ' a "^ Tiolseflora pleno, 

 ^^■-Wond^rV^ 



aCfie @a rtrettE tg' €tit(mitlt. 



SATURDA Y, A UGUST 4, 1855. 



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It is a wonderful vegetation, that of the Himalayas, 

 so European yet so exotic, so mean and yet so sur- 

 passingly grand. The great illustrated works of 

 Wallicii and Royle, the Sikkim Rhododendrons of 

 Hooker, the same author's Himalayan journals, and 

 the numerous species now decorating our gardens, 

 have all contributed their share towards making 

 well-informed persons familiar with the plants pro 

 duced in that favoured region, where a tropical 

 and Alpine Flora blend their forms, and Hindostan 

 and Chinese Tartary, Burma and China inter- 

 mingle, and mutually contribute to a spectacle of 

 surpassing richness and magnificence. 



Nothing, however, has hitherto been made public 

 so well calculated to impress the mind with admira- 

 tion of the Himalayan vegetation as a thin folio 

 volume* by Dr. Hooker which has just ap- 

 his residence in India the 



late Mr. i 



drawings of the celebrated Austrian IUuers. For 

 this reason we observe with much satisfaction in the 

 subscription listth u Library, Marlborough House." 

 The high price of the work unfortui tely places it 

 far beyond the reach of many purchasers. We shall 

 therefore be doing our readers a real service by 

 bringing before them a short account of such of the 

 plants as appear to possess the greatest horticultural 

 interest. Passing by the tropical Hodgsonia 

 hctcroc/ita, a prodigious Cucurbit, with slender 

 climbing stems 100 feet long, and gigantic flowers, 

 every petal of which tenninates in half a dozen 

 corkscrews exceeding the span of any man's 

 fingers, we arrive at the following account of a 

 hardy tree of such magnificent beaut that even the 

 Victoria Lily is eclipsed in its presence. 



^Magnolia Cawpbkllii. — This is a large forest 

 tree abounding on the outer ranges of Sikkim, at 

 elevations of 8—10,000 feet, appearing on the road 

 above Pacheem, and thence ascending to the top of 

 Sinchul 8000 feet, and Tonglo 10,000 feet ; though 

 occasionally seen on the central ranges at the same 

 elevations, it is much lees frequent. The trunk 

 straight, often 60 feet high, and 12 to 20 in girth, 

 covered with black 1 rk. The flowers are produced 

 abundantly in April, at the end of all the branches, 

 when the tree is as yet perfectly leafless ; they vary 

 from white to deep rose colour or utmost crimson, 

 and in size from 6 to 10 inches (in diameter). In 

 May the tree is in full leaf, and the fruit ripens in 

 October, when a few small and often deformed 

 flowers are sometimes produced. The branch repre- 

 sented by Mr. Fitch only bears three flowers and a 

 bud, and yet it is with difficulty included within 

 the space of 224 square inches. 



Meconopsis Simplicifolia. — The most beautiful 

 ancf conspicuous of all the Alpine flowers of 

 Sikkim, if not of the whole Himalaya; common in 

 rocky and gravelly places at 12,000 feet elevation 

 and upwards, where it expands its large delicate 

 deep violet coloured blossoms in May, exposed to 

 the violent winds and enow-storms of those inhos- 

 pitable regions. It would be a most brilliant addi- 

 tion to out-of-door gardens, where it " would no 

 doubt succeed perfectly, provided it be kept damp 

 and cool, and not exposed to too long sunshine." 



rand epecies 

 " This superb 



Meconopsis Nipalensis. 



we have the following account : 

 plant, when seen from a distance, resembles a small 

 yellow Hollyhock. It was discovered by Dr. 

 Wallich's collectors in Nipal, ai 1 found it in 

 the damp interior valleys of Sikkim. growing amidst 

 a rank and luxuriant herbage, on th> rts of Silver 

 Fir forests (Abies U'ehbiana), at 10—11,000 feet 



level of the sea. Tlie accompanying 



the 



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*■* H'r. y £ ,lT1 p ri"ce f Eva 



5* Li* of r5:.A" MV * n ). Parable *t 



htingale, Rose of 

 Lord Raglan, Em- 

 Ira. Woodroffe. at 



***toto 



Kwube 



rs. 



Gardens, 



peared. During 

 author became acquainted 

 Cathcart, a most zealous 

 formed at 



with 



m 

 the 



who had 

 of native 



amateur, 



a great cost by means 

 artists, and a corps of Lepcha collectors in his pay, 

 a very extensive series of drawings of the vegetation 

 th at surro unded him. His residence is described as 



* Ministrations of Himalayan Plants/' chiefly selected from 

 drawings made for the late 9. F. Cathcart, Esq., of the Bengal 

 Civil Service. The descriptions and analyses by J. D. Hooker, 

 M.D., F.R.S. The plates executed by W. H. Fitch. Folio. 

 Reeve. 5?. 5$. 





above _____ 



figure is taken from a sketch of my own of a speci- 

 men that was five feet high." We need not say 

 that the two last plants are Poppies, and no doubt 

 cultivable without difficulty. Let the reader 

 imagine a mass composed of the scarlet Papaver 

 hracteatum or orientale, surrounded by the golden 

 bells of this Me nopsis nipalensis, and bordered 

 with an edging of the intensely violet Meconopsis 

 mmplici folia , and he will form a picture w ? hich, for 

 brilliancy of colouring and magnificent breadth of 

 effect, has never yet been realised. 



JDecai .*ka Insignis inhabits wooded valleys in 

 the central regions of the Himalaya. Dr. Hooker 

 first gathered it in the Lachen and Lachoong valleys, 

 at elevations of 7000 to 8000 feet, and afterwards 

 at Chola, where it ascends to nearlv 10.000 feet. 



