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18, 1855.1 



THE GARDENER 



NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



JOHN and CHARLES LEE have a fine stock of 

 the following to offer : — 



THt'J^ GIG ANTEA.— A noble hardy evergreen tree, from the 

 bills of California. From seed, 31s. 6d. ; grafted, 21s. 



TflL'JOPSIS BOREALIS.— A beautiful hardy evergreen tree 



from Behring's Straits. Grafted, strong, 21s. ' 



s.d. 



CHRONICLE 



Biota glauca 

 Tbui* Doniana 

 "IVcllifl&tonia 



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... 5s. to 

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5s. to 21 



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Podocarpns nubigena 



chilina 



Jameson i 



Neuberti, fine 



Dtmmara obtusa 



Begonia Thwaitesi 



Lapeyrousi 



Echitss Pelleri ... 



Apbelandra Leopoldi 

 " Porteana 



Ixora Lobbi 



alba, true ... 



flpadocalyx 



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Episcea mellitaeflora ... 

 Araucaria exeelsa, from 



seed 25s. to 



Araucaria Bidwilli 



Cunninghami... 

 Cooki ... 



gracilis 

 P>ejariaa*stuans ... 



Acrophyllum venosum 

 Boronia Drummondi 



Glycine sinensis alba 

 Azalea amoena, hardy, fine 

 Oxylobium Osborni 

 Eugenia ugni 

 Scutellaria villosa 

 Fabiana violacea ... 

 Swainsonia Osborni 



s.d. 

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42 

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FILBERT MEEVEILLE DE BOLWYLLEE, large and 



very prolific, 7s. 6d. 



The Trade supplied.— Nursery, Hammersmith. 



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\yiLLIAM YOUNG begs to call the attention of 



Noblempn, Gentlemen, Public Companies, and planter- in 

 £???£!. t0 hfi "tensive fAiek of tHftini riSXSSZ I? 

 HARD\ EVERGREENS, 



recommend them to transplant with perfect safety. 7 



wwi, } B ' l nV1 i eS P ersonB about t0 P^nt to inspect his stock 



MUnL S ^?\ n *?™l™^ M of ground, in which will be found 

 a 1 kinds of plants adapted to every description of ornamental 



someof^A fiLT B18t ? ° f J ? AKOV CONIFERS, containin 

 some of the finest specimen plants ever offered. 



A1 _. ^ Peethfrh. 



Abies Douglas! 6 to 8 by 6 to 6 



8 to 10 by 7 to 8 



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SUPERB NEW STRAWBERRIES. 



«* | a VD OkfIWU) wm. 8 I LE ST 



%riescIifTV 



V\7II.L1AM J. NICHOl -ON, 



and Captain Cook, 6# 

 16. Omar Pacha (Ward 



nderhil. 

 5«. per I 



,.ngram'H), 10s.p«r 100. fear], mpareil rp^tterlTn^ 

 12s. per dozen ; 2, 1>er 50. Sir Charle. £iwfi&£ 



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10 to 12 by 8 to 9 Chinese J uniper 



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Menziesi 



ni^ra, Black Spruce i{ to 5 

 alba, White Spruce 6 to 8 

 canadensis, Hem- 

 lock Spruce.. .6 to 8 by 7 



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Pinus austriaca 



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SEEDS FOR PRESENT SOWING. 



JOHN CATTELL has the following now ready to 

 ■end out, post free, at the prices annexed. The CALCEO- 

 LARIAS are very superior, and warranted to give equal satis- 

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



Per packet 

 Csloeolaria. saved from the finest vars., carefully hybridised 

 Do. from an entirely new class, of very rich colours. lar^A 



and extraordinary fine blooms 

 Cineraria, from finest varieties... 

 Geranium, from first rate .florist varieties 



Do. do. fancy varieties 



Schizanthus retusus and albu*, eai 

 Anemone, single Poppy, extra fine 

 Mimulus, from finest varieties 

 Mignonette, New Giant ... 

 Alsuuimeriaacutifolia r splendid scarlet conservatory climber 



Do. Van Houtte's, superb Chilian hybrids, mixed 

 Tropaohm tricolorura grand i riorum 

 Heartsease, from fine named varieti __ 

 Helianthemum, or dwarf rock Cistus, from 30 vars.",' mixed 

 » varieties, fine showy hardy Annuals, for early spring 



flowering, in the open ground 



12 varieties, from showy half hardy Annuals, for eariy 



flowering, in the greenhouse 



A remittance in stamps or otherwise must accompany orders 

 from unknown correspondents.— Nurseries, Wester ham. Kent. 



B C f?i. CE FL0W ^R SEEDS FOR PRESENT SOWING."" 

 ASi> and BROWN beg to offer a few choice 

 FLOWER SEEDS for present sowing as under-— 

 GREENHOUSE PEREN- 

 NIALS. Per packet.— s. d. 

 Calceolaria, very choice ... 1 

 h from new varieties 2 6 

 Calandrinia umbellata ... 6 



Geranium, choice 10 



•• jery choice new vars. 2 6 



,. finest mixed scarlet ... 6 



n do. fancy varieties ... 1 6 



- Zouale, white bedding 6 



Gloxinia, choice, mixed ... 6 



., new and choice vars. 2 6 



iieuotropium, best, mixed 6 



ESS.? 11 **! - 06 



^wha ennus grandiflora 6 

 t, Limburtrensis, ex. 1 

 ^ophospermum scandens. 6 



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insignis 



Picea Pinsapo" 



„ nobilis 



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6 to 8 



8 to 10 

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7 to 8 



8 to 10 

 2J to 3 

 3 to 4 



5 to 6 by 6 

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Feet high.. 

 Thuja Weareana,Siberian 5 to 6 



7 to 8 



4£to5 

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 Upright „ 4 to 6 



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 Taxodiumsempervirens 6 to 

 _ », „ 10 to 12 



Irish Yew 4£to5 



»» ti ••• ... 6 to 7 



*h Q> n t 4$ Kteamr, 4*.: Old Pine, 

 Surprise, 7f. ; Victoria oUone'sV AmA 



««.» ul Riuejij,u,; Hicton Pine (White's! 



TS , iC e,4 *U 0,d ?; ^^-^100, ati . Box included 



The above prices will be reduced whenever a "- Slni 1 



by the raisers. A dascnntiTe i ircuUr ^#1^11— * ST* 

 •pplication AMOfc,' ^w&Siftg^jR 

 is requested with the on . * »rm, * orksnir% 



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Deodara 



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„ Nordmannianaf handsome 

 Araucaria imbricata . 2h by 2£ 



<j -«* "3 by 8 



2°-<J° 4 by 4 



do. do., very handsome 6 to 8 



Cryptomeriajaponica... 3 to 4 

 Cedar of Lebanon ... SJ to 4 



... 5 to 6 

 7 to8bv6 

 10 to 12 by 8 

 4Jto 5 

 6 to 8 

 9 to 10 

 10 tol 

 Lebanon aiid 

 particularly 

 handsome and well furnished ) 

 ThnjaorientaliK.Chinese 



Arbor-vitae 5 to 6 



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STANDARD ROSES, 



A LARGE Q NTITY OP FINE 



EVE] KEENS. 



Green Hollies 4 to 6 



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„ 8 to 10 by 6 to 7 

 Evergreen Oak ... 



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... 3J to 4 

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,. 6 to 8 by 4 to 5 

 Spruce and Silver Firs 6 to 8 



WARD'S OMAR PACHA SI AWttFRRv 



WILLIAM JAMES WARD offe«*X>v e h.nd- 



we.1 moted In .ddiUon'to Z %^£«£nl''t^*£ 

 received last ceeeon, Dr. Lindlkv descnb^ tt u being txb ■, l 

 a tlaswick, July U , 1H& :-" £zc*ll tnt in quality I, "^'S 



and comparative 



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Yews 



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Deodara are 



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1 to 12 

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84 to 4 

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54 to 6 

 u. us oioniensis— 



New Leucombe Oak... 6 to 7 



8 to 10 





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GREENHOUSE PEREN- 

 NIALS. Per packet.—*, d. 

 Antirrhinum, choice named 

 sorts ... o 6 



Aquilegia, three choice 

 varieties, each 



HARDY PERENNIALS. 



Latns Jacobeus 



MtndeviUea suaveolens 



^ycteriniaselaginoides 

 'inia, new and choice 



Primula sinensis, mixed ."" 6 



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Btreptocarpus Rexi 

 Verbena, mixed, choice 



Vinl choic «st new 

 >mca rosea... 



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Anenio 



*i new Russian 



Carnation, fine showy 



„ ex., from 400 vars. 

 Cistus Rock,splendid,mixed 

 Delphinium elata, bicolor, 



ma^rna, and alba, each ... 

 Dianthus Dunnetti, superb 



dark dwarfSweetWilliam 

 „ nanus, new and fine vars. 1 

 Gaura Lindheimeria, new 6 

 Gentian a, three fine vars. 6 

 Gladiolus, fine early ... 6 



- from choice, named 1 

 Iris, English, splendid vars. 6 

 „ „ from named do., 



superb ... 2 6 



Lindheimera Texana ... 1 

 Mimulus, mixed, choice ... 6 

 Pansy, extra, choice ... 1 

 Piccotee, fine showy vars. 4 

 Potentilla, splendid, mixed 1 



extra, best vars. 2 6 | 



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Ranunculus, very choice 

 *>"*& to flower early. 



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AMERICAN PLANTS. 

 Azaleas, fine named sorts 

 Rhododendron ponticum (good 

 for cover). 



Do. all the new and best mtif,1 

 Kalmias, Andromeda, Ledums, 



he. &c. 



r, Dmrn m „»„-=--^ ' of all the beat varieties. 



FRUIT TREES, ORNAMENTAL DECIDUOUS TREKS 



•n^rmJH* ParkR or Aren ues t from 10 to 12 feet. 

 FOREST TREES, for Copse Planting, from 2 to 4 feet. 



Prices given on application. 

 A Catalogue is in course of publication, and may be had the 

 nrst week in September for two postage stamps. 



The Nurseries are two miles from Godalming Station, South- 

 western Railway, where conveyances can always be obtained. 

 Milford Nurseries, ne ar Godalming, Surrey. 



T>AINBRTDGE and HEWISON, of the York 



-*-^ Nurseries, beg to inform their friends that they are now 

 prepared to supply the following New FUCHSIAS, VERB S \ S. 

 &c. at the reduced prices attached:— 



NEW FUCHSIAS, 1855, 3s. 6d. each, or a dozen left to their 

 selection, 365.— Climax, Fairy Queen, Grand Sultan. Maid of Kent, 

 Beauty of the Bower, Omar Pacha, Queen Victoria, Prince Alber 

 Mrs. Story, Empress Eugenie, Raffaelle, Snowdrop, Lady of the 

 Lake, Water Nymph, Dominiana. 



FUCHSTAS, New 1851, U. 6d. each, or the dozen for 12s.— 

 Autocrat, Queen of Hanover, Telegraph, Vanguard, Omega, 

 Magni6ca, Charmer, Clio, Dukeof Wellington, Elegans, Monarch, 

 Ashfordiensis. 



FUCHSIAS.— Good older varieties, 6s. and 9*. per dozen. 



NEW VERBENAS, 1855, 25. 6W. each.— Wonderful, Blue 

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

 Florence Nightingale, Rose of England, Tyrian Prince, Eva. 

 Other select older varieties, 95. per dozen. 



GERANIUMS.— Carlos, 25. &?.; Claudiana, 2s. &?.: Duchess 

 of Wellington, 2«. 6d.; Lucy, 55.; Majestica, 25. 6J. ; Marginata, 

 25 . Gd. ; M ary, 5a. ; Regalia, 25. 6U ; Rhoda, 2«. Gd. ; Rosa, 1*5. 6d. : 

 Virginia, 25. 6d.; Zeno, 25. Gd; or 305. per dozen. Good older 

 varieties, 6s. and 95. per dozen. 



NEW FANCY GERANIUMS.— Cloth of Silver, 105. 6d.; 

 Evening Star, 7a. 6d- Exhibitor, 75. &*.; or the three for 20s. 

 Best older varieties, 6s. and 12s. per dozen. 



STOVE PLANTS. 

 5. d. 





"(Jlk II A \i\< V.»_To this J* HKKin has 



ii V rt 6 " awll^(,< ; ,1 at M the Horticultural Exhibitions the 



highest h urs, where it has competed, na: !y •— 



1854.— Chiswick,iir«f < lass certi urate: 21.1gg»iit8tratthIirhlT 

 commended : Botanical Gardens, Edgbaston, first priiT 7 



/ /^-V^ r, !. Mrol \ ,l,,l * n,cl1 ' ^ » vrim, In pots 



(forced ; ndsworth snd I, sells, H y^k. fi rat prize 



(forced); Ldgbaston Botanical (lardena, priae-Ui« Jtidw* 



declared it ti, raw berry in every point on the table! 



snp« nor to K.^ens' 8eedling. ( nmome Seedling. ,h Quest 



Mrs. j r< h- pe, Ac.; L* uter, tint prtae, and pronountid by tbe 

 Judges t be the finest and best tasted Berry In cultivation* 

 Preston, first prlae ; Carlisle, fi prize; Wolverhamp l firs 

 prize, and certificate of m< t; Watford, first i as; Arlssbury 

 Horhrnltural Sn> i.tv. first class certificate. ~~*T 



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



anS 5, a l7 10 i!i ,,,, ft ,,te ' 4 '- ; J '?-]^ w -? ».2a«a; 40,1M85.; 

 ana io, \i. Plants may be had in pots (not less than 101 at 

 2s. each. * 



Apply to Mr. Kmiaud DmMbiil^ Sir Harry's Road, Edffw 



fp ♦V i irm, " K ! ,a, 1' 5j° h a PP lic *tion to be accompanied with 

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



For the Cultivation of Strawberries, refer to Mr. TnderhiliV 

 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 J 





various Annuals suited for pre- 



Seed *n* it *A? S AN DBBOW N, 



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^ ' varieties £ A Y BERRIES — The following fine 

 fTen the gr ea tl iTM? 6 ? 1 }} 0V0U ^7 Proved this season, and 



& **- Per 100 or 7, ^ aCt i° n ' Viz - : ~ Sir Harr y (Underhill's), 

 V' to. per too L ? " 6d - p ? r (lozen 5 Caroline Superb (Kitley's). 

 i W - ^ ^ Der' Sn pe J, d ? zen ; Omar Pacha ( Ward's), 11. per 



*** i& l r % a P A V e V^ perl J 00 ' or3 ^P erdozen 5 Mngmm 



v^^iea, 8 llc h a, t. « >' I f r dozen ; and a11 other nne ,,,d 

 N imrodp^ cn *^ Trollops Victoria Ai«v T?,.h^ i. !_„.,. 



Kft «f8ee«3l 



Achimenes Earl Wolforth 2 

 „ Sir Trehern Thomas 2 

 „ gigantea 2 



Aphelandra Leopoldi ...3 

 Begonia Prestoniensis 

 superba ... 2s. 6d. and 3 



„ Zanthina 5 



„ Ingrami 2 



Hexacentrismysorensis25.,3 

 Medinella magnifica ...3 





 

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TIeliocentrum roseum 

 Ilippiela atrosanguinea ... 

 Cyrtanthera magnitica 



Echites picta 



Ilebeclinium ianthicum... 2 



Passiflora amabilis 2 



Decaisneana ... 2 

 Hartwessina ... 2 

 Siphocampylosneplusultra 2 



bicolor rosea 2 



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8£ £DLI\n g «^ r 11 0theTS worth ««it^ating, at 4s. per 10o! 

 * tM «he finest 1^ L k Y ? 0CKS ' not to be surpassed, saved 



wUl bloom wVn « ♦ vaneties ™ w ^ cultivation, and such 

 ,.~ r eii next sPQc/-v», n «^- i/\r> «>. i 



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Wf-71 Mn.i — ..^o «*„„ 4J1 UUiLlVALMlII, Kill 



; e " next season, ll. per 100, or 3s. per dozen. 



vV EET Wit t t ""* F ^* * vv> V1 os * ^ Cl uoztfii. 



>r J^Il IA ? f S ' from 50 of the m °st select and choice 



. per 100, or 2s. 6U for 60. 



^Plants saved from a most splendid 



A ST lRRH r T f T T wn ' * s ' P er 1( >0i or 25. 6d. for 50. 

 llsfiin^KUMS.^Piants saved from a most 



"pea and spotted varieties, 45. per 100, or 2«. 6d. 



?**«Uon 

 fcr50. 



^ c rt£t^&i?I ANT ,S? 0MPT <>N 8TOCK.-Wl.ite 

 ^ Plant" w? J a11 ^ P er 10O i « *• 6d. for 50. 

 21 tre s «c , that m^ ™ e ntioned are now ready for planting ou 

 iZL* ^ above w?nv nSUre sati ^ction, and the whole or any 

 Ir^-officp r„o-- m ^ g ent, securely packed, on the receipt of 



penny postage stamps to the amount ; or 



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SEEDS. 



»i * tn y of tho « P«nny postal stan 



^ 0»e charge Jn T L S , trawberr P,ants can De sent by post, 



se win be 15. extra for postage 



^Htfci ?*. «^td fron. _ MW „ tv _ w _ t ««„ iU 



sweSex' wj per packet 



^TiT* LLI A M> SRVed from 50 distinct varieties, U. per 



^^^spotted^nH^T^ from a ma8t splendid collection of 

 Ti r*Tnie Old in it ^^ l3 ' ^ r P^ket 

 ^ iU Per packet °° S LET ^X'E (the best ever culti- 



H. sficfev"?' Sebdbiiax, and Florist, 

 ut *y Church Yard. Bath, Somerset. 



Acacia oleifolia elegans ... 



„ grandis (true) 

 CastPini aurantiacum 

 Cheiranthera linear. 1 

 Chorozema cordatum 



„ splen- 

 dens ... 1#. and 2 

 Laurencianum 15. and 2 

 „ varium nanum 

 Clianthus magnificus 

 Cyclamen persicum ru- 



bnim 

 Daphne indicaalba Is. 6/., 

 ,. .. rubra ls.6d., 



Dillwynia cinnabarina 



1*. 6Vf., 

 Drummondi ls.6d., 2 

 scahra ... ls.6d. t 2 

 Eugenia Ugni 2 



Fagelia bituminosa ls.6d. 2 

 Ileliotropium Beauty of 



the Boudoir 1 



Kalosanthes coccinea .. 1 



GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



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Kalosantb L. Napoleon 1 



Kennedya monophylla ... 1 



Lilium lancifolium album 1 



„ „ rubrnm 2 



„ „ nibrum 



speciosum 



Mabernia vesta 



Phlox General Radetzky 



„ depressa criterion 

 Polygala cordifolia 

 n myrtifolia ... 

 Rhynchospermum jasmi- 



noides ... 

 Statice Halfordi 

 Swainsonia galegi folia 



alba ... ls.and 2 

 Tetratheca erici folia 



2s. 6d. and 3 

 verticillata ls.6d , 2 



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Sollya Drummondi 



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MISCELLANEOUS PLANTS. 

 Per dozen.- £. s. d. 







Ericas ... 155. to 

 Camellias ... 245. to 

 Azaleas 12s., 24?., and 

 100 Herbaceous Plants 



in 100 vars.... 

 100 ditto in 50 vars. 

 100 Fine Rock Plants 



in 50 vars 



select vars., 

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Phlox Dr. Andry 

 Fanny Adam 

 Alexandrina 

 Madame Bosvilk 

 ,, Domage 

 Mr. Domage ... 

 The six for 7s. Gd. 

 ;es in good variety 

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B. & H. would call especial attention to their fine stock < 

 Camellias and Azaleas. A Catalogue of Dutch Bulbs imported 

 will be ready in September, and may be had free on application. 



7, Bridge Street, York.— August 18. 



SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1855. 



Wm once more return to tbe subject of Botanical 

 Gardens. Let it be determined that such an esta- 

 blishment should contain :— 1. A general collection 

 of hardy plants arranged according to the best 

 botanical system. 2. An arboretum spread over 

 an ornamental portion of the garden, shrubbery, or 

 promenade. 3. One or more houses for plants 

 which will not bear the climate. 4. A private 

 propagation and reserve ground. The next question 

 is : what proportion of ground should be allotted to 

 each department ? as preliminary to the ultimate 

 determination of what plants each should contain. 



The course which, judging from the results, wonld 

 appear to be the most generally adopted is this : 

 Let us have every hardy plant we can procure, let 

 us lay out the whole garden as ornamentally as we 

 can, let us have as many houses as we can procure 

 funds for building and fill them with as many plants 

 as we can cram in, and if, after that, our collections 

 starve and perish from neglect or overcrowding, the 



fault lies in the miserable pittance we are allowed 

 for maintaining it. 



A far more rational mode of putting the question 

 would be as follows : what are the means we have 

 at our command ? and what will they enable us to 

 accomplish, as most conducive to the object in view ? 

 When that is determined, let us strictly confine our- 

 selves to that, and attempt no more. Let us enter 

 into no additional outlay, nor enlarge our collection, 

 without first ascertaining that by additional funds 

 and space, or by retrenchment in other departments 

 of the garden, we can maintain these additions in a 

 state of useful health and vigour. 



I have known botanical gardens possessing a large 

 acreage with annual allowances wholly insufficient 

 to keep the ground tolerably neat, even in the cheapest 

 form of shrubbery and walk; and as even here it 

 was considered necessary for the character of the 

 _arden to make some attempt at maintaining the 

 plant-houses and botanical collection, | the greater 

 part of the ground had become a mere wilderness 

 of weeds, in such cases the only course to pursue 

 is to reduce the ground to manageable dimensions, 

 by setting out a portion as kitchen garden, pasture, 

 or some such culture, which will pay its own 

 expenses', until better times shall enable it to be 

 taken into the botanic garden. 



Having thus no more ground than can be kept 

 in order, it is again in the first instance a matter of 

 calculation what proportion can be taken for the 

 botanical collection : the result will vary according 

 to local circumstances, the elements of calculation 



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