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11, 1S55.] 



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SPLENDID HERBACEOUS CALCEOLARIA AND 



* r SWEET WILLIAM SEEDS. I 



WILLIAM BARNES has now ready for sending 



V t out 4 small quantity of the above Seeds, the former of 



unrivalled, and has given the greatest satisfaction to 



JTHj GARDENERS' ( I1R0MCLE 



tfl uffb i 

 gWEET WILLIAMS, grown from the same stock as the 

 *w ofced, may be seen at the present time in full bloom 

 Nursery, where they are pronounced by all who have seen 

 to be unequalled. Is. 6d. per packet Payment can be 

 bv poitign stamps. 



Camden Nursery, Camberwell, London. 



CHOICE NOVELTIES OF THE PRESENT SEASON 



HENRY WALTON, Florist, &c., Ed-e End, 

 Marsdtn, near Burnley, Lancashire, is now sending out 

 Wealthy established Plants of the following at the reduced 

 lorii annexed. 



fUCHSIAS.with white corollas, at 3s. 6d. each :— Story's Mrs 

 itary, Q«*en Victoria, Water Nymph, Empress Eugenie, Lady 

 of thaLake, and Snowdrop. Other varieties of this season:-- 

 Bank's Prince Albert, 3s. 6d. ; Beauty of the Rower, 2s. 6d • 

 Maid of Kent, 3s. &1.; Climax, 2s. 6d.; Grand Sultan, 25. Gd' : 

 Oatr Pacha, 2*. &f.; Smith's Omer Pacha, 2s. 6d.; Nimrod' 



|4; Coronet, _-. __., ----- — , -- - — -, — - » *vi«:uui i i pieno, 



»64, or 30*. per dozen ; post free, where two or more are ordered 

 VERBK N AS:— Wonderful, Blue Beard, Lady Lacon, Commander- 

 iB-€aief. Empress of France, Florence Nightingale, Rose of 

 England, Tynan Prince, Eva, Boule de Feu, Lord Raglan, Em- 

 •nis, Mrs. M'Neil, Violacea, Silistria, and Mrs. Woodroflfe at 

 U U. each or ISs. per dozen, post free. ' 



A remittance respectfully requested to accompany all orders 

 (antes* reference is given), payable at Marsden, Lancashire. 

 For list of Choice new Achimenes, and other novelties of this 



tee Advertisement in Gardeners 1 Chronicle of July 21 and 



• Nnmbers. 



NEW FUCHSIAS AND VERBI . _ w *,__«,„ 



AT REDUCED PRICES. 



I0SEPH COURCHA, Florist, Wellington Row 



•J Hart's Lane, Bethnal Green Road, London, has now ready 

 '-••ding out nice healthy plants at the following prices-— 



FUCHSIAS. 



T°f S 8 ?l PLANTS WITH HANDSOME FOLIAGE 



by surpassed It tu exhibited at the Rovaf Bota, icXctet 



S'nl'd 1 ^ »! terexhi , bi,ion ' th.Jbllo wing brief descr-Xta 



Dlurt <£ «~ f ", m, * ht J* 88 off tV le * T «* of «>»* beautiful 

 and ninn.^ . fro ? d , s ° f f. h*>"isome Feru rhey are wmZJ 



amon vtl' JUSt ll ^ e teTn ,Mve8 - X do *" recollect, ev,n 



W. ma^SHf' * ^' ant *' Uh more ^"tifal !«*«» than this." 

 W e may add that it is of pood habit, and eaailv cultivated ■ and 



from betng a native of Valdivia, it may po«rfbly S hardy ' 

 ti,» u ■• , Strong plants. -2li. each. 



will be tor^rZT* k just P" b "* hed * *ew Catalogue, which 

 will be lorwarded free by post on receipt of a penny stamp. 



"he Nurseries . B asrshot — An ?. 11. 



SUPERB NEW STRAWS Eft Rt IS, 



\yiLLIAM J MCHOLSON, 1 sleacliffe, near 



'' \*™»*orR-8hire.-Nichol8on's Ajax. Kubv Kill-basket 

 25 OmaV Pac°ha k Vw ^ \°°V H *"» P«*«M 2 " £ 



Q :- e p n er ,' To 1 : : ; : r r r C s - ir ?r ? SKffi ; 



aozen , i/. 10^. p*» r 50. Admiral Dundas (Mvatt'g^ lfi* dpi '» • 

 11 10,. per 50. Nimrod (IWs . lo*. per 1^ plants P ' 



A SKLKCTIONof the BEST <>I.l R STRAAVHrrnrq 



n&SrrSEyV / V' ' M S " r| "- ''■ '■ Victcri » (Tr.!l. u ■ 



rolial. (kitley's),4».; Bicton rine (Whit/s) fit • KeeiV H««l' 



hng, true, 4,. ; Old iMseherry. 4*. per 100 piinta" B x neb, 1 

 The above prices will be reduced when.veV a reduction is made 

 by the ra.se™. A descriptive Circular of the above 'enTon 

 application A 1'ost < ..bee Order pavable at Yera Yorkshire 

 is requested with the order. ' orKf,nlre ' 



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Nimrod 

 Orlando 

 Maid of Kent 

 Grand Sultan 

 Beauty of the Bower 



Napoleon 



VI : ?keflora pleno 



cess of Prussia ... 

 a <tculata superba, beauti- 

 ful varieeated foliage 3 

 Or 225. per dozen 



25. Od. 

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3 

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6 



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New Phlox, Queen Victoria. 25. 6rt. 



Story 

 Victoria ... 

 Prince Albert ... 



Eanaelle 



Water Nymph ... 

 F.mpreM Eugenie 

 Lady of the Lake 

 teowdrop 

 >mer Pacha 

 -Climax ... 

 Covroet ... 



V^rfctnas, lfi 

 , ATt „ NEW AND RARE PLANTS^ 



JOHN and CHARLES LEE have a fine stock of 



v the following to offer : — 



THl lni a G n I f G p A r7 E ^*~"^ noble hard y ev ergreen tree, from the 



TUT I OP w nnp^ t t J r °? l eed ' SU - w - 5 Z™ f ^> 2U 

 THLJOPSISBOREALIS.— A beautiful hardy evergreen tree 



from Behring's Straits. Grafted, strong! IZf ' 



Episcea mellitffiflora ... 8 6 

 Araucaria excelsa, from 



seed 255. to 42 



Araucaria Bidwilli ... 31 6 



Cunninghami... 31 6 

 Cooki 105 o 



glauea 

 Thuja Doniana 

 Wellingtonia 



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s.d. 



7 6 

 7 6 



"**arpug nubige 



oeroens Jamesoni 



Neuberti, fine ... 



lobtusa 



*fHiia Thwaitesi 



fchitea Pelleri 



Api^andra Leopoldi ... 



f ♦♦ Porteana ... 



Ixoa Lobbi 



v alba, true ... ... &u 



•Ciadocalyx Warscewiczi 5 



• a. 



55. to 



gigantea, 



55. to 21 



21 



21 

 5 

 7 6 



31 6 

 7 6 

 50 



10 6 

 5 

 5 

 76 

 50 



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* S^ HAR p."-To this STRAWBERRY has 



Y been awarded at all the Horticultural Exhibitions the 

 highest honours, where it has compiled, namely- 



1854.- j Chiswick, first HasB certificate: 21, Recent Street hlffhlv 

 commended ; Botanical (hardens, Kdgbaaton, first ^7™' * J 



185o.-Edgb nS fon !!otanic»l Gardens, first prize, in not! 



forced ; I lands worth and Lozells. JIampstcad Park/first prii 



( /rT ed) J ?*&***** Botanical Cardens, first prize- th" J,,d«5 



declared it the best Strawberry in every point on the tabC 



T^Ll ♦ T' fr'i2 ll ?r» first P ri ze, and pronounced bv the 



Judges to be the finest and best tasted Berry in cultivation • 

 Preston, first prize : Carlisle, first prize; Wol/erhamnton first 

 pnze, and certificate of merit; Watford, first priae Avlesl V U rv 

 Horticultural Society, first class certificate. P ' } Ty 



Plants are ready for sending out (not less than a score). 



anll^^T Pl Pl V ttB ' 4? - ; 5°'?i 3 f" 6,l - ; •**•*«•.; 40 17.1S.V.; 



2? each D m<ly P ° tS (DOt leM th *» 10), at 



Apply to Mr Richard Uxoerhill, Sir Harry's Road, Bdff- 

 baston Birmingham. F.ach application to be accompanied with 

 a Post Office Order (on Birmingham), to receive attention. 



For the Cultivation of Strawberries, refer to Mr. Underbill" 

 Treatise, which maybe obtained from a Bookseller in every prin- 

 cipal town, where also may be obtained a handsome Lithograph 

 of a plant of "Sir Harry " in full bearing. b P 



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„ gracilis 

 Bejaria restuans 



Acrophyllum venosum 

 Boronia Drummondi 

 Glycine sinensis alba ... 

 Azalea amoena, hardy, fine 

 Oxylobium Osborni 

 Eugenia ugni 



Scutellaria villosa 

 Fabiana violacea ... 

 Swainsonia Osborni 



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42 

 10 6 

 7 6 

 5 

 5 

 3 6 

 5 

 3 6 

 5 

 3 6 

 36 



FII RF»t Mrmrr, u " owainsoma Osborni ... ; 

 FILBERT MERVEILLE DE BOLWYLLER, large and 



Th.T j 6ry Pr0lific ' 7s - M - 

 \' p J^!!?- UPP ^— Nursery] rammersmith. 



^ GEER T ^ T M N fi AZALEA "' "EULALIB VAH 



ied as one'of the Lst n of fh- d ^ l8t l n ?i Va /l ety ma 5' be recom - 

 «« *hich has been \T£ ° a* v' s fine tnbe of fl°ricultural plants, 

 *^ It is of fre a S ^L r f d b y *» the amateurs who saw it in 

 *• 1^-t mAify^ g ? nd robust habit. The flowers of 



9** »*th brigh t^oai ^>. d . subst ™<* 5 c<"our rose and white, 

 -: «i aad 21 ° s n |" r< *«- Wants will be sent out next spring at 



•ptrttr win of co-, r « °7« r . for every three taken; the first 



^l»i^ive«iatmv A ' o 0b , tai ° tne best P ,ants - °rt<" s will 



£*» "teal, uSdon 7 t^\ Mr - R - s '""^*i>, 5; Harp Lane, 



teatoUndon- s P e e' "'^-T^- 8 - The plants will be delivered 

 a - .'* *«1 U fieurert ,^ »V n <******«•* Chronicle of May 26th 



*- Vewchaffeit of ne 7 t n^ works of Messrs - Van "outte and 



*"* pI ««» «&ed t0 prSs. the foIlowin S new and recommend- 

 A l*8land~*- »■* 



■ I* 8811 



Mnnatus 

 *** b «»M del-Europe; 



u «» folate fmctu 



^ "^ * (Tree 



A teryllis '" t •• 

 I*"* bulbs Jose P bin ®, 



fiSBaS 'our new 



S°° k «ri ::; 



■teainm eut>erti 



^^^/^rsoidei 



bls errata 

 Helena 



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3 6 



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36 

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2 6 

 10 6 



7 6 



2 6 

 2 6 

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2 6 



2 6 



3 6 



5 



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2 



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20 

 5 



CamelliaDuchesse de Berri, 



s.d. 



5 

 1 6 

 1 6 



prime white 



Daphne Auckland! 



m oleoides variegata 

 llhcium religiosum,hardy r 



per dozen 



Do. do. strong plants, each 



Inga ferruginea 



Kennedyaeximia, perdoz. 15 



2 6 

 2 6 



6 



18 

 3 6 

 3 6 



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3 6 



1 6 

 5 



2 6 



Isoloma trianea 



Myrtus Ugni 



Magnolia macrophylla 



„ Lenne, splendid 15 6 



Marica tricolor 2 6 



Primus sinensis, fl. albo 



„P leno 



Passifloraprinceps, strong 

 Pourretia mexicana 



Phrynium sangui neum ... 

 Pimelea Neippergiana,per 



* ozen - 



Rhododendron Camille de 



R °han 



n Due de Brabant 



n Alstroemeriflora 

 Strelitzia regina? ... 



Thuja gigantea ... 



amellias, well set with 

 bloom of the leading 

 varieties, 6J. per 100. 



Indian Azaleas, 5*. per 100. 



Do. on stems, with fine 

 heads, each ... 3*. 6d. to 5 



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7 6 

 T 6 

 76 

 5 

 7 6 



fJ*aa5^ Umills »stronif 

 CEI'"**. " 2 »'- to 42 



>** th, 9 way the expen.eoTckrna^'is" £& 

 BT ' ^waeryman, Ghent. Belirinm. 



3Ttir ©attrewttf ©ftrmttcle, 



SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1855. 



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There is nothing in the valuable precepts upon 

 Hyacinth growing on a large scale given the other 

 day (see p. 483) which is not perfectly applicable to 

 the smallest operation, if the principles that are in- 

 volved are separated from the mere details of prac- 

 tice. Those principles are— 1, never to use un- 

 sound bulbs ; 2, to provide a rich, permeable, well- 

 drained soil ; 3, never to cover the bulb with soil ; 

 4, not to expose the buds to light or warmth until 

 roots are protruded in abundance ; 5, not to keep 

 the plants in the dark after the buds have mad* 

 perceptible progress. Let us examine these maxims 

 separately in their relations to growing Hyacinths 

 in water. 



la The bulbs should be sound* The bulb of the 

 Hyacinth consists for the most part of soft cells 

 filled with organisable matter having a great 

 tendency to run into a state of putrescence. This 

 tendency is much increased by any wound or 

 bruise, which enables water to pass freely among 

 the soft tissues without being gradually imbibed 

 through the sides of the cells, and altered by their 

 vital force. It is further accelerated by the condi- 

 tion of the water itself, which in bad management 

 acquires an offensive quality that increases any 

 tendency to decay which may naturally exist in the 

 parts it touches. Perfect soundness of the surface 

 is the only guard against such accidents. 



2. When water is employed instead of earth, 

 permeability is secured, but little or nothing more. 

 There is no drainage, that is to say no exchange of 

 exhausted for fresh water, nor any ingredient pre- 

 sented to the roots equivalent to the ammonia, the 

 phosphates, the carbonic acid, the alkaline matter, 

 present in a soil composed of wholly decayed leav*-> 

 and stable manure, loam and sand. " All that is pro- 

 vided for feeding the Hyacinth is mere water con- 

 taining a little carbonic acid, and perhaps some salt 

 of lime. Such being the case, the Hyacinth, instea 

 of being fed by the soil in which it grows, is mainly 

 nourished by suckling itself. Nature lores up in 

 this plant a soluble material called organisable 

 matter, upon which leaves and flowers can subsist, 

 just as bears are said to be supported in winter by 

 absorbing the fat which they acquire in summer. 

 The result of this artificial subsistence may be 

 emaciated life, but must be anything rather than 

 vigorous health. It would seem that we must 

 ascribe to this circumstance in part, if not wholly, 



that weak, languid, drawn-up, pallid condition 

 jrhich is so usually characteristic of domestic 

 Hyacinths fed upon water. 



Drainage may be imitated I | diurnal removal 

 and renewal of water ; but with the glasses no> in 

 tT\ lt l Can k on, - v he eff **ed by beine poured off, for 



Z *tl • • r0 ° tS 0Ut ever (iav » to b *H bruise, 

 or otherwise injure them. Wereiheglai* furnished 



TinW P !h b ° ttom > or Prided with a little 

 siphon it would be much more coi enient; very 

 frequent renewal of the water is at an rate neces- 

 sary. 1 he water itself should be impregnated :h 

 those nutritious ingredients which good Hyac th 

 soil always contains. P.obably the b<- Stance 

 that could he provided would be pure gu o water, 

 prepared by thoroughly mixing an ounce of Penman 

 guano with a pint of water, allowing it to M for 

 a couple of .1 iys, stirring it occasionally, and then 

 when perfectly clear, drawing it off car. roll A 

 teaspoonfnl of this solution might be added to \ err 

 lass, as often as the water is changed. A xseak 

 solution of phosphate of ammonia and carl nate of 



potash mix I in equal parts, might be substituted 



for the guano water ; and it Woo 1 be inter ng to 

 watch th.- difference in the effect produced I the 

 two agents. * 



3. If a hulh is cover I with water it will absorb 

 it faster than it can decompose it: of which the 



inevitable consequence is di ^ or de th. The 



parts to which Nature has limited the d, of su« - 

 lim- the leavj and flower* are the cone e surface 

 at the base of the bulb, and the roots as I m as they 

 are formed. If other paits are brought into contact 

 with water they also must absorb fl d to t lir < t 

 destruction ; for plants, notwithstanding that they 

 have a living principle like animals, | ssess no will 

 of their own They cannot refuse to take up what is 

 presented to them, although their vital energy may be 

 insufficient to enable them to assimilate it. Water 

 then should be scarcely in contact with the lower 

 part of the bulb ; it is better indeed that a space of 

 a quarter of an inch should be always left between 

 them, for the vapour arising from water is 

 enough for a bulb to feed upon u il roots shall 

 have been formed, and the powers of digestion calk! 

 into full activity. 



4. In all cases where plants behave as nature 

 intends, the root, or its equivalent, appears before 

 the leaves ; we see it in seedling plant we see it 

 in cuttin nd in layer we see it in budded or 

 grafted plants, where the cellular matter (callus) 

 which binds the scion to the stock always precedes 

 the appearance of leaves. The re on is obv us. 

 It is necessary that the organ which is to feed a 

 plant should prec le the parts that are t» be fed, 

 If then, in the c; ; of the Hyacinth, leaves and 

 flowers are permitted to form before the roots have 

 acquired their full power of action, the leaves and 

 flowers must subsist upon the organisable matter 

 contained in the bulb, not on that to be obtained 

 from the water (or soil); and debility, deformity, or 

 utter abortion are the result. Now the great stimulant 

 of leaf development is light ; the great antagonist of 

 root development is li ; therefore d tness is 

 what should be provided for the Hyacinth in the 

 beginnii . This truth is pretty p lei ly recog- 

 nised, but is as generally misapplied. People think 

 that if the roots are kept in darkness it signifies 

 little what happens to the bud. But nature does 

 not work in that manner, nor do Mr. Henderson's 



rower The buds are buried as well as the roots. 

 We have seen Hyacinth glasses carefully provided 

 with worsted stockin . while the bu«l> were left in 

 the full glare of light, instead of being furnished 

 with a good thick nightcap. Some of our readers 

 will know what is meant without more particular 

 explanation. 



5. But if it is wrong to expose the bud of the 

 Hyacinth to light until the roots are formed abund- 

 antly, it is quite as bad to withhold light after the 

 roots are ready. As soon as the lower system is in 

 full activity, the upper should be stimulated. At 

 that time the neighbourhood of a window, especially 

 an open one, if po hie, where sir is in the most 

 free motion, should be selected for the residence of 

 the Hyacinth by day— while at night it may be 

 transferred to the coolest place in the house where 

 frost gains no admission. A worse place than the 

 mantelpiece cannot be selected, except to put the 

 Hyacinth in when its flowers are formed and be- 

 ginning to open. At that time the work of culti- 

 vation is over, and the plant mav be transferred 

 to the fair hands of those who are charged with 

 the pleasant duty of making a sitting room as 

 cheerful and beautiful as the open garden. 



Thk time is evidently at hand when the true 

 position of the Stanwick Nkctaiunr among fruits 

 of its kind will he determined beyond all cavil 

 When first ripened in this country its quality was 

 admitted by some of the fi«t juaVes, to whom the 



