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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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THE PAMPAS CRASS, 



"Gynerium Argenteum." 



LUCOMBE, PINCE, and Co. have now for sale a 

 healthy stock of well established Plants of the above, which 

 .« bioom finely this autumn, varying from one to two and three 

 flnwer stems. Few Plants are more ornamental than this gigan- 

 tic Grass, the leaves (which are more than 7 feet in length curving 

 ffracefuliy outwards) grow in large tussocks, thereby producing 

 f very fine effect, and from the midst of these numerous flower 

 stems arise to the height of from to 6 to 8 feet surmounted by 

 elegant panicles of inflorescence nearly 3 feet long, resembling 

 beautiful waving plumes of silvery feathers. It is perfectly 

 hardy and is also easy of cultivation. A grand specimen of 

 this noble plant is now in the Exeter Nursery, pushing up nearly 

 twenty large flower stems and numerous small ones, and will 

 continue to be an object of great attraction for a considerable 

 time. Prices and full particulars may be had on application to 



LUCOMBE. PINCE, & Co., Exeter Nursery, Exeter. 



Est ablished 1720, > 



SPLENDID NEW BEGONIA, 

 SEMPERFLORENS SAUNDERS I. 



GARAWAY, MAYES, and CO. are now prepared 

 to execute orders for this fine Seedling Begonia (raised by 

 Mr. F. Saunders, Gardener to W. Miles, Esq., M.P., Leigh Court), 

 which is, without exception, the most useful and beautiful variety 

 in cultivation. The origiual plant first bloomed in May, 1854, 

 when only 6 inches high, and has continued without ceasing to 

 produce from the axils of every leaf its splendid panicles of 

 transparent vermilion buds, which develope to fine clear brilliant 

 rose flowers, emitting a most agreeable odour. Its habit is close 

 and compact, seldom attaining more than 3 feet ; foliage small 

 and extremely bright, forming altogether an object of beauty 

 -unrivalled by any other variety in its class. Price 10s. 6d. each, 

 with an allowance to the trade of one upon every three ordered ; 

 also a few extra sized plants atr 15s. and 21s. 



Durdham Down Nurseries, Bristol. 



MESSRS. WILLIAM ROLLISSON and SONS are 

 desirous of directing the attention of the Nobility and 

 Gentry, who are about to plant or make alterations in their 

 Ornamental and Pleasure Grounds, to their immense Stock of 

 AMERICAN PLANTS, in all sizes, which extends over an area 

 of several acres i In large plants there are several thousands, 

 and of such as Rhododendron catawbiense, Kalmia latifolia, 

 Bhododendrum ponticum in varieties, and other choice hardy 

 hybrids ; many of them stand 5 to 6 feet high, and the same 

 through, and literally covered with flower-buds. 



Messrs W. R. and Sons are happy to say that their Dwarf and 

 Standard trained, and other Fruit Trees, are this season 

 remarkably fine ; they have also a splendid lot of fruiting plants 

 of PeacheB, Nectarines, and Apricots in pots, which can be recom- 

 mended as being exceedingly fine. 



NEW PLANTS. 



Messrs. William JIollisson and Sons are now prepared to 

 offer the annexed : — 



COLEUS ^ BLUM EI PECTINATUS.-This variety is a great 

 acquisition ; the foliage is variegated similar to Coleus Blumei, 

 but the leaves are beautifully laciniated ; 7s. 6d. each. 



MANDIROLA ROEZLI.— A very fine flowering gesneraceous 

 plant, producing fine spikes of lilac coloured blossoms, 155. each. 



ORTHOSIPHON SPICATUS.— A beautiful new greenhouse 

 plant from Oeano, much to be desired for its foliage alone, 

 which is deliciously fragrant; the flowers are large and white: 

 10s. Gd. each . 



MANDIROLA LANATA.— A very curious free flowering ges- 

 neraceous plant of a delicate violet colour inside the mouth of 

 the blossoms, and shaded lilac outside ; 155. each. 



NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



The Undermentioned can be supplied at 245. per dozen. 

 f ur £ 0,e > Aigle d'or, Arc-en-ciel, Adele Prissette, Alexandre 

 reie, Comtesse de la Chastnes, Creole, Duruffe, Danais, Eldo- 

 rado, Fortunio, Figaro, Fimbriata rosea, Homene, Iris, II 

 ^rasiero, Io, La Promise, La Carmelite, General Lafont, Mdlle. 

 Uemence, Nerelde, Precarieuse, Parpaillot, Rachel, Robert 

 £ruce, Rose Bouquette, St. Agathe, St. Flore, St. Thais, Stellata 

 yiooosa, Trophee, Uranie, Vieomte de Caumont, Yicomte de 

 Macarthy, Zenobie. 



. The Nurseries, Tooting , Lond on. • 



ARANGES AND CAMELLIAS, suitable for ^o, 



^ ducing an immediate effect in . Conservatories and large 

 Greenhouses, 75. Gd. to 1055. each. Many of the Orange Trees 

 are covered with fruit, and all the Camellias with bloom buds. 



CAMELLIAS, in large variety, with flower buds, of choice 

 imbricated kinds, 305. to 425. per dozen. 



Otaheite and other small-growing ORANGES -at 305. to 425. 

 per dozen. 



. Choice free flowering AUSTRALIAN and CAPE PLANTS, 

 in strong healthy specimens, at 18*. to 425. per dozen. 



HEATHS, in fine autumn-flowering sorts, strong plants, in 

 ^ varieties, 125. per dozen; do. in 25 other sorts, strong, at 18s. 

 per dozen ; do. in 25 different and more rare sorts, at 245. per 

 <™zen ; do. fine hard-wooded kinds, strong plants, at 30s. to 425. 

 Per dozen ; half-grown specimens of the above, well adapted for 



a 7 A Cial exhibiti <>ns, at 25. 6d. to 7s. Sd. each, 

 froti E A8, in great variet y> fine bushy plants, that will flower 

 Jh 7 ^ ext 8 P rin £> at 12*. to 425. per dozen ; large plants of the 

 above, 3 5 . 6d. to 215. each. 



chnZZ:?™*b and other GLOXINIAS, in small plants, of the 

 C ™ t «, at 185. to 805. per dozen. 



flntoi" i NES ~Chirita, Gigantea, and other fine sorts, strong 



P P a rWo5 t8 ' at 1Ss < to 42 *' P er dozen - 

 305. per do 8tron & plants, and of the finest sorts, at 125. to 



QOW^^!^^^ ^^^ six vars -> 9* t0 12 *- P^ doz. 

 wwM^f° LB PLANTS, including many of the best and 

 moderafo ? 0U \ in J°™S plants, mosUy raised from seed, at 

 forniaW p. pnces > deluding Araucarlas, Libocedrus, new Call- 



CuniELc J 68 ' J 11 sevcn or el & ht varieties, the Thuja gigantea, 

 & e ^? ] sa, and many others. 



siderahl ' G . REE NHOUSE, and HARDY CLIMBERS, in con- 

 kind, oil . 7 ' ^^sting of free flowering and sweet scented 



APHP?pV lant8 ' at ls - W - t0 **• M - 

 as RT*cimo« F; in five leadhl £ sorts, fine young plants to train 



PPRp??S 8 T\ a i U t0 *• **• eRch - 

 well ad* t * HERBACEOUS PLANTS, in showy species, 



at 42* 5 iAA t0 make a d ^play in the flower garden in autumn, 



ALPTSri°SV per 100 * Established in pots. 



A laril PLANT S»suitableforrockwork T invariety,505.perl00. 

 gated and T 501 ?™ 6 "* of Show » Fancy, new French Spotted, Varie- 



best kinds, both 



Nei wJ5 CArlet GERANIUMS, at moderate prices, 

 and otw « te P oroI,a and double FUCHSIAS. Prince Albert, 



Vfrpi^ST,?"* vari «ties, at 3s. 6d. to 5s. each 

 EneiUh ^ S ' deluding all the new and be* 



Larlo S d Fren ch, at 95. to 185. per dozen. 



flowerSL ! ? werin S an <* Pompon CHRYSANTHEMUMS, strong 

 J*n*g Plants, 95. to 125. pit dozen. B 



*>0 bo^^I^ 611 ? of Topical and Hardy FERNS, of about 

 Voldivia «W cludin & ^e of the Arborescent *-*-*- m ~ 

 other F,„T uan Fe mandez, which are not to be 

 e **pt in . P6 r an ^"ecWon, prices from 15. 6d. to U. *~. „«,„, 



21 0». each . the rare sorts ' which wi0 ** from 106s ' t0 



the ieadTn^^f 01 ! 011 of ORCHIDEOUS PLANTS, of most of 

 P0Tt ^ during;! t Cu l tivation » man y of *hich have been ira- 

 y er »ezu e u t L w .t six mnnth * f rom Guatemala, Orizaba, 

 **»! and *r« ,« J/ 68 ! Indiefl r Borneo, and Assam, in large num- 

 * h *t i 8 , wu aZ ? M !S eref0 JS ^ 0ff6red at v «ry different prims from 

 HUGH 1 n *xZ Qtd f0r tbe 8ame cIass of Plants. 



UW AND CO., Clapton Nursery, London. -Sept. 8. 



seen in any 

 105. 6d. each, 



WARD ? S OMAR PACHA STRAWBERRY. 



WILLIAM JAMES WARD offers the above hand- 



* T some fine flavoured Strawberry at the following reduced 

 price:— 100 plants, 1/.; 50 plants, 125.; 25 plants, 75., strong and 

 well rooted. In addition to the many flattering testimonials 

 received last season, Dr. Lindley describes it as being exhibited 

 at Cbiswick, July 11, 1855 :— " Excellent in quality as well as 

 attractive in appearance." See Gardeners' Chronicle, Leading 

 article, July 14, 1855. The Editor of the rf Florist and Fruitist/' 

 in the August Number report of the Exhibition at Chiswick, 

 says-—" Ward's Omar Facha is a new Strawberry, and considering 

 its high flavour and comparative hardiness is a valuable acquisition." 



A few last year*s plants 5s. per dozen. 

 Prospect Hill, Reading, Berks. 



NEW STRAWBERRIES AT REDUCED PRICES. 



Grown and Offered for Sale by 



fl/ILLIAM J. NICHOLSON, Egglescliffe, near 



* ▼ Yarm, Yorkshire.— The following splendid varieties have 

 been well proved this season and given complete satisfaction, 

 viz., Sir Harry (Underbill's), 100 plants, 41. ; 40, 11. I85. ; and 20, 

 11. ; orl25.6^. per dozen. Omar Pacha (Ward's), 11. per 100; 

 125. per 50 ; 75. per 25. Scarlet Nonpareil (Patterson's), 21. per 

 100; Uper 50; 125. per 25. Sir Charles Napier (Smith's), 11. 

 per 100; 125. per 50; 75. per 25. Admiral Dundas (Myatt's), 1Z. 

 per 100; 125. per 50 5 .; 75. per 25. Nicholson's Ajax, Ruby, 

 Captain Cook and Fill-Basket, 6s. per 100 ; Ingram's Prince of 

 Wales, Nimrod, Eliza (Rivers' s), Surprise (Myatt's), and Bicton 

 Pine, a large white one, 6*. per 100 ; British Queen, Black Prince, 

 Eleanor (Myatt's), Old Pine, Trollope's Victoria. Goliah(Kitley's), 

 Keens' Seedling, Old Roseberry, all at 45. per 100; Crystal 

 Palace, a very large and late variety, IO5. per 1C0. Post-office Orders 

 payable at Yarm are expected with all orders. The plants will 

 be securely packed and forwarded to any part of the kingdom. 



VARIETIES OF BRITISH FERNS. ~~ 



T3 0BERT SIM begs to offer fine plants, in luxuriant 



-i-*' health, suitable for hardy Fernery or pot culture, of the 

 following perfectly distinct, elegant, and scarce varieties, 

 selected from his catalogue, which see for description. 



Asplenium Trichomanes var. cristatum 

 Athyrium f. fcemina var. multifidum 

 Lastrea filix-mas var. cristatum 

 Polystichum angulare var. proliferum 

 Scolopendrium vulgare var. digitatum 



j, ,, var. Endiviaefolium 



?t M var. multiforme ... 



Carriage paid to London. Post-office orders on Chislehurst. 

 Nursery, Foot's Cray , Kent. 



SPLENDID SPECIMEN GREENHOUSE PLANTS^ 



TX^ILLIAM BARNES is commissioned by a private 



▼ ' gentleman to oner for sale some of the finest specimens in 

 the country of the following kinds of Greenhouse Plants :— 



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PANSIES, PHLOX, DELPHIWJUMS, AND PINKS. 



By Name, as well as a large Stock of early Border 

 Varieties, axd true dark crimson Carnation Clove. 



TAMES MAY begs to inform the Trade and 



*J Growers in general, that be has now ready a large stock of 

 strong plants of the above; price per 100 or per 1000 on 

 application. 



J. M. at the same time begs to inform his friends that he has 



limited stock of the new white Cloves "Purity" and the 



Ghost," price per pair on application. 



Pansy Seed 25. 6d. to 55. per packet, all carefully gathered from 

 lOO of the best show varieties. 

 Shortland Nursery, Ilamme rsmi th . 



RHODODENDRONS. ~ 



J OHN WATERER begs to announce that he is now 



^ prepared to execute orders for his two New Hardy Hybrid 

 Rhododendrons, in good established plants, at 425. each. 

 Rhododendron JOHN WATERER, colour glowing carmine, 



large truss, fine foliage, and a most abundant bloomer, in 



perfection about the 15th June. 



Ditto, MRS. JOHN WATERER, a bright rosy crimson, fine 

 conical truss, a very free blooming kind, in flower about 

 15th of June. 



To the admirers of this justly noble class of Plants, Jomr 

 Waterer has the pleasure ot recommending the above as being 

 the greatest acquisitionsye t offered. They combine in a iked 

 degree the necessary requisites for really first-rate hardy crimson 

 varieties, viz., imposing colours, abundant bloomers, extreme 

 hardiness, and flower at a time when they are not liable to be 

 injured by spring frosts. . 



The American Nursery, Bagshot, Surrey, Sept. 8. 



PYRAMIDAL PEARS ON QUINCE STOCKS, AND 

 ORCHARD HOUSE TREES IN FULL BEARING. 



I. THOS. RIVERS begs to Announce that the 



large Collection of the above at Sawbridgewonh is now 

 in perfection. The Harlow Station of the Eastern Counties 

 Railway, about one mile from the Nursery, is the most convenient. 

 The Nurseries, Sawbridgeworth, Sept. 8. 



NEW PLANT LIST. 



JOHN and CHARLES LEE'S CATALOGUE OF 

 STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS for the present 

 Autumn is just published, and may be had, post free, on appli- 

 cation. — Nursery and Seed Establishment, Hammersmith, near 

 London. 



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Azalea delicata 



variegata 

 Lawrenciana 



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„ Gledstanesi 

 Chorozema angustifolia 



Particulars can be obtained by application to 

 William Barnes, Camden Nursery, Camberwell . 



Erica vestita alba 

 Epacris miniata 

 Pimelea decussata 



Pulteneea stipularis 

 Polygala acuminata 



8Tfte (Ba rftewrg' Ch ronicle 



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1855. 



BECK'S, WHITE'S, & DOBSON'S NEW & BEAUTIFUL 



PELARGONIUMS. 



TOHNDOBSON and SON have much pleasure in 



*J offering the following unequalled varieties, which will be 

 sent out early in October: — 



Rosa Mundi (Beck's) 

 Margaret (Beck's) 

 Constancy (Beck's) 



Quadroon (Beck's) 

 Evelyn (Beck's) ... 

 Euphemia (Beck's) 



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Sultan (Dobson)... 

 Juliet (Dobson) ... 

 Mr. White (White's) 

 Fandango (White's) 

 Delicatum (Dobson) 

 Gaiety (Dobson)... 



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 31 6 

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In his new work on Ventilation,* Dr. A 

 relates the following cases, by way of illustrating 

 the importance to human beings of constant access 

 to fresh air. 



1. "In a family living in a good house, near 

 Russell Square, one of the children aged four years 

 was observed to have a gland of the neck beginning 

 to swell, and the mother was much pained by hear- 

 ing that some person had called the affection scro- 

 fulous. She was not yet aware that the foul air of 

 a crowded dwelling is all-sufficient to produce 

 fula, as well as many other diseases. The 

 medical friend consulted on the occasion had at 



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Pretty Poll (White's) gratis to purchasers of any of the above, former times remarked favourably on the healthful- 

 All orders executed in strict rotation. The stock of one or two - - - J 



varieties being limited early orders are necessary. Catalogues, 



with full descriptions of the above, and all the best varieties out 

 may be had in exchange for one stamp for postage. 

 Woodlands Nurser y, Isleworth. 



WILLIAM YOUNG begs to call the attention of 



▼ » Noblemen, Gentlemen, Publio Companies, and Planters in 

 general to bis extensive stock of CHOICE CONIFERS, 

 HARDY EVERGREENS, ORNAMENTAL TREES, AME- 

 RICAN PLANTS, &c, which are this season particularly fine, 

 and having been well prepared for removal, he can confidently 

 recommend them to transplant with perfect safety. 



W. Y. invites persons about to plant to inspect his stock, 

 which is standing over 50 acres of ground, in which will be found 

 all kinds of plants adapted to every description of ornamental 

 planting. It cousists of HARDY CONIFERS, containing 

 some of the finest specimen plants ever offered. 



Feet high. 

 ThujaWeareana,Siberian5 to 6 



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Chinese Juniper ... 4£ to 5 



5 to 6 

 4 to 5 



Taxodium sempervirens 6 to 8 



10 to 12 



Feet high. 

 AbiesDouglasi6 to 8 by 5 to 6 



8 to 10 by 7 to 8 

 10 to 12 by 8 to 9 



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„ Menziesi 4£ to 5 



„ nigra, Black Spruce 4_ to 5 

 „ alba, White Spruce 6 to 8 

 „ canadensis, Hem- 

 lock Spruce ... 6 to 8 by 7 



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Picea Plusapo 

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 „ Nordmauniana ) handsome 



Araucaria imbricata . 2J by 24 



do. do 3 by 3 



do. do 4 by 4 



do. do., very handsome 6 to 8 



Cryptomeriajaponica ,..3 to 4 



Cedar of Lebanon ... 3} to 4 



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A Large Quantity of fine 

 EVERGREENS. 



Green Hollies 4 to 6 



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 Evergreen Oak 3.J to 4 



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Spruce and Silver Firs 6 to 8 



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Weymouth Pine 



Yews 



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... 9 to 10 

 ... 10 to 12 

 Lebanon and 

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 Thujaorientalis,Chinese 



Arbor-vitse 5 to 6 



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New Leucombe Oak.., 6 to 7 



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AMERICAN PLANTS. 



A zaleas, fine named sorts 

 Rhododendron ponticum (good 



for cover). 

 Do, all the new and best vars. 

 Kalmias, Andromeda, Ledums, 



&c. &c. 



STANDARD ROSES, of all the best varieties. 

 FRUIT TRERS, ORNAMENTAL DECIDUOUS TREES, 



for Parks or Avenues, from 10 to 12 feet. 

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



Prices given on application. 



A Catalogue is now ready, and may be bad for two postage 

 stamps. 



The Nurseries are two miles from Godalming Station, South- 

 western Railway, where conveyances can always be obtained. 



Mil ford Nurseri near Godalming, Surrey. 



ness of the children and the management of the 

 mother. Now, however, within a short time, twin 

 children had heen added to the family, with 

 another servant, and low grates had been substituted 

 in the sleeping rooms far the old-fashioned grates 

 with high mantel-pieces w T hich favoured ventilation 

 by allowing escape for hot air from above the level 

 of the children's beds. All the children, therefore, 

 during the night were now breathing the impure air 

 which accumulates in the upper part of unven- 

 tilated bed-rooms. On examining the whole family, 

 it was found that the general health, not only 

 of the little patient with the swollen gland, 

 but of the others also, had of late become 

 notably impaired. There could be no doubt that 

 the new state of the atmosphere in the house was 

 the cause of the evils. Ventilating valves were 

 introduced. Not more than a month afterwards the 

 medical adviser was again called, but then only to 

 witness the happy effect of the simple remedy pre- 

 scribed—for to the new ventilation the mother was 

 attributing all the good obtained. A single fact, 

 however, remained unexplained. The nurse who 

 had entered the family long before had for more 

 than a year become so weak, and liable to what she 

 called a constant weight on her head, that she was 

 incapable of much active exertion, and was retained 

 in her post chiefly for her trustworthiness and expe- 

 rience. She also now had regained health and 

 activity, but as she had been ill for more than a 

 year, while the children remained well, and she was 

 supposed to have been breathing the same atmo- 

 sphere as the children, it was concluded that the 

 cause of her illness could not be the same as that 



nurse 

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of theirs. The truth was, however, that th 

 had not always breathed the same atmosph 

 being taller than the children, and constantly in the 

 nurseries, with her head in the comparatively stag- 

 nant air above the level of the chimneys, while the 

 children until the lowering of the grates were 

 always in a comparatively pure air below that level, 

 she had breathed the impure air much longer than 

 they. The high ventilating valve cleared away the 

 pernicious air from both nurse and children." 

 2. " There v are manv facts to show that the im- 



* On the Smokeless Fire-place, Chimney Valves \ and other m 

 old and new, of obtaining Healthful Warmth and Ventilation. 



Neil Arnott, M.D. F.R.S. &c. Svo, pp, 232. Longmans (6a.) 



