

Oct. 27, 185 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



707 



N EW ROSES. 



WOOD and SON have 



much 



"ILLTAM wuujli and suln nave again 



Treasure in recommending their beautiful Seedling Rose, 

 4 v A Perpetual DUCHESS OF NORFOLK ; the colour is a very 

 7,1 viv id crimson, the underside of the petals shade-1 with lively 

 n -nk ff ; Tins' the flowers an exquisite shell-like appearance, 

 pints' price for g tan( j ar ds, or Dwarfs, 3s. 6d. each. 



Williams' Evergreen Climbing Rose, Is. Gd. each— This Rose 



seedling from the Ayrshire Splendens fertilised with the 



ellow Tea Rose; its flowers are creamy white, deliciousiy 



eet-scented. 



N 13. The New Rose Catalogue and Supplement may be had 



on application. 



\yoo d lands Nursery, Maresfielq, near Uckfield, Sussex. 



— ' " TRAINED FRUIT TREES. 



WILLIAM WOOD and SON have much pleasure 

 in recommending their very extensive and superior stock 

 f Dwarf two-years-trained PEACHES, NECTARINES, and 

 APRICOTS, which they feel assured cannot be excelled. The 

 \, e s are remarkably healthy, and furnished with well ripened 

 ioo they will be supplied at 60s. per dozen, 

 pyramidal Pears on Quince stocks, per doz. ... 24$. Od. 

 Pyramidal Plums, extra fine do. ... 20 



Pyramidal Apples, do. do. ... 16 



Catalogues forwarded on application. Extra plants presented 

 with each order, to compensate for distant carriage. 



Woodlands Nursery, Maresfi eld, near Uckfield, Sussex. 



NEW STRAWBERRIES AT REDUCED PRICES, 



Grown and Offered for S*le by 



rrriLLIAM J. NICHOLSON, Egglescliffe, near 



W Y arm) Yorkshire. — The following splendid varieties have 

 been "well proved this season and given complete satisfaction, 

 viz,, Sir Harry (Underbill's), 100 plants, U. ; 40, U. 18s. ; and 20, 

 U; or 125. 6d. per dozen. Omar Pacha (Ward's), 12. per 100; 

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

 100; U. per 50; 12s. per 25. Sir Charles Napier (Smith's), 11. 

 per 100; 12s. per 50; 7s. per 25. Admiral Dundas (Myatt's), 11, 

 per 300; 12s. per 50s.; 7s. per 25. Nicholson's Ajax, Ruby, 

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

 Wales, Nimrod, Eliza (Rivers 1 s), Surprise (Myatt's), and Bic r on 

 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 4s. per 100: Crystal 

 Palac i very large and late variety, 10s. 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. 



Plants kept in frames for spring planting. 



EOFUiE JACKMAN begs to state his PRICED 



CATALOGUE of choice CONIFERA, HARDY EVER- 

 GREENS and ORNAMENTAL TREES, which are well grown, 

 and constantly removed, also Roses, Standard, Dwarf, and 

 dwarf- trained Fruit Trees, and Forest Trees, can be had on 

 application by enclosing one Postage Stamp. 



G. J. respectfully invites persons planting to pay a visit to his 

 extensive nursery, one and a half mile from Woking Station, 

 South Western Railway, where all trains stop, and conveyances 

 c an be had. — Woking Nursery, Woking, Surrey. 



PLANTING SEASON. 



JOHN C ATT ELL respectfully invites an inspection 

 of his extensive Stock of Fruit, Forest, and Ornamental Trees 

 and Shrubs, American Plants, &c, &c, consisting of the most 

 esteemed varieties of each kind of Fruit Trees in standards and 

 dwarfs, trained and untrained. Also the best varieties of Goose- 

 berries, Currants, Raspberries, Strawberries, Filberts, Spanish 

 or Kentish Cob Nuts, &c. A general collection of Evergreen and 

 Deciduous Trees and Shrubs, Coniferse, &c. 



The American Plants are particularly well grown, containing 

 selections of the richest and most distinct varieties of Ghent and 

 other Azaleas, Sikkim, Hybrid Scarlet, and other Rhododendrons. 

 The Andromeda floribunda and Kalmia latifolia are remarkably 

 fine. Roses are also extensively and well grown; the collection 

 contains all the newest and most select of the older varieties. 

 Priced Catalogues of the various descriptions of stock are now 

 ready, and may be had on application. 



NEW PORTUGAL LAUREL. 



Crrasus Lusitantcus Myrtifolius. 



JOHN C ATT ELL has much pleasure in informing his patrons 

 and the public that afrer the 1st of November he will be prepared 

 to send out plants of this very desirable new hardy Evergreen ; 

 theh^bit of growth is quite upright, like a Bay, and the whole 

 plant is densely covered with beautiful shining leaves. As a single 

 specimen it is quite distinct from any other hardy evergreen. 



Strong Plants, 3 years old, 7s. 6 i. each 80s. per doz. 



Da. do., 2 years do., 5s. each 50s. per doz. 



A few extra strong Plants 10s. §d. each. 



Nurseries, Westerham, Kent, Oct. 27. 



TO PLANTERS. 



T SCOTT, Merriott, Crewkerne, Somerset, offers the 



'* • following:— Deodara Cedars, from 3 to 8 feet, by 6 to 16 

 round, at 3s. &£. to 30s. each ; Cedar of Lebanon, same size and 

 price: African Cedar, 2 to 3 feet, 3s. 6d. each; Red Cedar, 3 to 6 



v;. iiini-uris, i to a reet, is. oa. tu ox. o«. ts»^u. * »uj» 

 3 feet, 5s. to 7s. 6d. each ; T. aurea, 1 foot high, 3 feet rou 

 each; Juniperus chinensis, 4 feet, fine, 5s. each; J. s 



10 feet, 2s 6d. to 10s. 6d. each; Cupressus macrocarpa, 2£ to 5 

 feet, 2s. 64. to 5s. each ; C. Govineana, 2 to 3 feet, 3*. 6d. each; 

 C. fimebris, 1 to 3 feet, Is. 6d. to 3s. 6d. each: Thuja pendula, 



nd, 3s. Gd. 

 sqiiiunata, 

 5 feet, 5.9. each; J. excelsa', 3 feet. 7s. 6d. each ; J. t^tragona, 18 

 inches, 2s. 6'/. each ; Irish Yews, 4 to 7 feet, fine, 3s. ScL to 10s. 6d. 

 L ch; Taxus adpresss 2 to 3 feet, 6*. to 7s. 6'i. each; Siberian 

 Arbor-vitas, 3 to 6 feet, 1 s.6d. to 3s. &/. each ; Pinus excelsa, 2 to 7 

 feet, Is. 6* to 7s. 6 I. each ; P. insignls, 2 to 5 feet ; 2s. (yd. to 7s. M. 

 ft ach; Standard Portugal Laurels, 4 to 6 feet stems, 3s. 6d. to 

 7t. 6d. each. Apricots, Peaches, and Nectarines, drop trained, 

 42s. per dozen: Pears and Plums, do., 24s. per dozen; Pears, 

 p lums. and Cherries, dwarf Pyramids, 18s. per dozen. These 

 fruit Trees are all healthy and young, including every Fruit 

 *orth growing. 150 sorts, large and Pompone Chrysanthemums, 

 *" 6-incli pots, at 6s. per dozen.— Oct. 27. 



HARDY FERNS. 



WILLIAM HUSSEY begs to offer the undernamed 

 Collection of FERNS for 14s , package included, viz. :■— 



Ad i an turn 

 . Veneris 



Allosorus crispus 

 Asplenium virida 

 „ trichomanes 

 „ adiantum nigrum 

 Athyrium iilix- 



femina 



Blechnum bore ale 

 Do trie inum lunaria 



capiilus Ceterach officiuarunt 



Cystopteris fragilis 



Hymenophyllum 

 Wils <ni 



Do. Tunbridgense 



Lastrea cristata 



spinulosa 



dilatata 

 Thelypteris 



V 



If 



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Polystichum aculea- 



tum 

 Do. an in! art 



munda regal is 

 Polypodium vulgare 



dryopteris 

 phagopterts 

 „ calcareum 

 Scolopendrum offici- 

 narura 



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Horticultural Gardens. Norwich. 



\/| YATT'S ADMIRAL IvCNDAS STRAW- 



EW. BERRY.— Strong plants packed and delivered free in 

 London, 25s. per 100. Also Myatt's British Queen, Cinquefolia, 

 Globe, Eliz*, Mammoth, 3s. 6d. per 100: K» is' Seedling, Hooper's 

 Seedling, Black Prince, Bicton Fine, 3s. 6d. per 100. 



MYATT'S BRITISH QUEEN.— In reply to several corn 

 spondents, and in confirmation of the private answers I gave last 

 summer, I be£ leave to state that the only Strawberry bearing the 

 name of M British Queen" is Myatt's, and when Mr Beach, in 

 his advertisement says "his true British Queen,' 1 he is obviously 

 in error, and arrogates to himself the credit due to my late 

 father, Mr. Joseph Myatt. who was the originator of the variety 

 in question. — W. Myatt, Manor Farm, Deptford . — Oct 27. 



THE HEAVIEST LANCASHIRE SHOW GOOSEBERRIES 



(Named). 



JOHN HOLLAND, Bradshaw Gardens, Middleton, 

 near Manchester, is now prepared to supply strong; three 

 and four years old Plants of the above at 6s. per dozen, package, 

 &c. included. 



THE FLUKE KIDNEY POTATO (Trotj). 

 Catalogues containing Lists of Gooseberries, Carnations, 

 Picotees, Pinks, Pansies, &c, on application, enclosing a postage 

 stamp. Post-office Orders to be made payable at Middleton, 

 Lanc as h i re . ( 



ANEW SEEDLING' APPLE FROM THE RIBSTON PIPPIN.' 



STEPHEN SHILLING begs to offer to gentlemen 

 and the trade Trees of his entirely new Apple named OMER 

 PACHA, it being a tirst-r ate hardy grower, strong compact habit, 

 early and productive bearer. Fruit excellent flavour (dess -rt), ripe 

 in November, keeps until May. Respectable testimonials given 

 from those who have tasted the fruit. Strong plants supplied at 

 5s. 6d. each, or 60s. per dozen. The usual discount to the trade 

 where one dozen or more are taken. Early application is re- 

 quested as the stock is limited; all orders carefully and promptly 

 attended to. Fruit of the above can be seen at the office of the 

 Gardeners' Chronicle, the British Pomological Societies' Rooms, 

 20, Bedford Street, (Jovent Garden, Messrs. Nutting & Son, 46, 



THE EXETER NURSERY, EXETER. 



LUCOMBE, l'INCE, and to. resju-ctiullv beg leave 

 to inform the Public that their :rsery is this season 

 abundantly turn .ed with a line health) Stock of all the belt 

 varieties of 



HARDY ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUBS, 

 HARDY EVERGREENS ONIFE&A, 

 FRUIT TRE1 FORE* I r&J 



RHODODENDRONS, 



&C, _C , <&C 



Their stock of every description of Nursery produce is so good 

 as well as extensive t t they are enablea to offer advantageous 

 terms to Pare stirs, for particulars of which apply as above. 



Eft* ® a rftettetg' Ch ronicle 



SA TURD A Y, OCTOBER 27, 1855. 





Cheapside, Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, Mr. C. Turner, 

 Royal Nursery, Slough, and at the North Warnborough Nursery, 

 near Odiham, Hants. 



ESSRS. E. G. HENDERSON and SON beg to 



announce that they have now received their noted collec- 

 tion of HYACINTHS in excellent condition, and for the assist- 

 ance of those persons unacquainted with the culture of the 

 Hyacinth, printed instructions will be given gratis with each 

 order they are kindly favoured with, Catalogues of which, to- 

 gether with their Plant and Seed Lists, will be forwarded post 



free on application. 

 CUCUMBER Henderson's NAPOLEON III., in packets, 3s. 



and 5s. $d each. 

 CALCEOLARIA, CINERARIA, and PRIMULA SEED of 



first qualitv, 2s. 6d. and 5s. per packet. 

 FUCHSIAS.— Banks' Favourite, 10s. Sd.; Prince of Wales, 



10s. 6d. 



NEW RHODODENDRONS.— Boothi, Hookeri, Calophyllum, 



Kendricki. Eximium Windsori Leucanthum. 



GYNERIUM ARGENTEUM (Pampas Grass).- E. G. H. & 

 Son having in their possession the largest stock in the country 



In the Revue Horlicole for October we find an 

 interesting account of the vkgktation of Asia 

 Minor, by M. Balansa, a botanical traveller, already 

 dvniitageously known by his excellent collections 

 made in Spain. It appears that this gentleman has 

 been dispatched from Paris for the purpose of 

 exploring the range of Mount Taurus, and collecting 

 there whatever may be valuable in horticulture or 



botany. 



His letter is dated from Mersina, or Mersyn, a 

 place a little to the west of the Bay of Skanderoon, 

 which, although having only an open roadstead, has 

 a gooa anchorage, and is rising into importance as 

 the chief port of K aramania. The place is said to 

 derive its name from the Myrtle bushes which 

 abound in its neighbourhood ; but is not of much 

 botanical interest. It was after a residence of some 

 weeks at a Turkish village called Bouloukli, on the 

 side of some limestone hills not rising above 1200 

 feet high, that M. Balansa found himself in a con- 

 dition to give some account of the finer vegetation of 

 the country. In the neighbourhood of this place he 

 for the first time met with a grove of wild Cypresses, 

 and to his surprise found them all of the spreading 

 sort ; not an upright one among them. Whence 

 he concludes that the upright Cypress is a mere 

 variety, bearing the same relation to the spreading 

 Cypress as the Black Italian Poplar to common 

 black Poplar (Populus nigra); and we would add 

 as the Iri-h Yew bears to the common Yew, the 

 Swedish Juniper to the common Juniper, or the 

 fastig'ate Oak to the common pedunculate species. 

 M. Balansa describes the wild Cypresses as looking 



at a distance like Spruce Firs. 



Among other plants forming the vegetation of 



this district are the wild Grape vine, which occurs 



on the borders of every stream. The Fig tree is 



„-_.__._. _ M __. also common in the damp mountain villages ; and 



of this noble ornamental Grass, can supply free healthy seedling | . r. lpM i. n f Jhj r<! cilirira three thousand three 



plants, which are superior to any other at 2.. 6U each, 255. per m a lorest ot A Dies cttzctca, tnree xnousana inree 

 1 ' - -- hundred feet above the sea, pell-mell with Arbutus 



Andrachne and other woody plants of the hot 



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dozen, or 11. 10s. per 100. 



Wellington Vursery, St. Jo hn's Woo d . 



ESSRS. J. and H. BROWN offer the following 



CHOICE PLANTS, which they will forward to any part. 

 25 Azaleas, new hardy Belgian varieties, one of a sort, by s. d. 



name, on their own roots .. --- 20 



25 Azaleas, American varieties, do. do, 



Hardy Heaths, Ledums, and Kalraias, per dozen 

 25 Hardy American Plants, one of a sort, by name 

 12 Rhododendrons, including scarlet, white, and rose 



Fine hardy scarlet Rhododendrons, I to 2 feet, per dozen 1 

 New yellow Rhododendrons, in pots, each .. 35. ft*, to 5 

 Cedar of Lebanon, 2 to 3 feet, well grown, per doz., 12s. to 18 

 Cedrus Deodara, and other choice Conifer® (see List). 



6 Fine hardy Magnolias, one of a sort 10 



50 Dwarf Roses, two of a sort, on own roots 15 



Standard and half Standard Roses, superb sorts : per 

 dozen --- los. to 18 



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Fine Climbing Rom, per dozen 



Greenhouse Azaleas, best new vars., per dozen... 12s. to 



Camellias, fine double white, _c, with five to eight 



buds, pe.r dozen .. 30s. to 



50 Choice Greenhouse Plants, one of a sort .. 

 12 Orchidea Plants, one of a sort, fine species 



Fine Pampas Grass, each, 3s. 6/.; or, per dozen ... 



Hyacinths, Crocus, Tulips, and Dutch Bulbs of all kinds. 



FRUITTREES. 

 Fine standard and dwarf-trained Apricots, Peaches, 

 Nectarines, Pears, Plums, and Cherries, 3s. each, or, 



pit- dozen ... ••• ••• •- ••• •- 



Fiiie Apples, Figs, Medlars, Quincps, and Walnuts, each 

 Fine Gooseberries, Currants, and Raspberries, per doz. 

 Filberts, new, thin shelled, and red skinned, per dozen 

 Strong Vines from eyes, and layers in pots, per dozen... 18 

 Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, and Cherries, grown for 



pot culture, per dozen ••• ••• ••• 18 



A large stock of fine Transplanted Scotch, Larch, and 



Spruce Firs, also Evergreen Shrubs of all kinds. 

 Albion Nursery, Stoke Newington, London, Oct. 2*. 





 

 





 

 

 



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JONQUILS, sweet double 



HYACINTHS, byname 



>t mixed for beds 



NARCISSUS for Pots ... 



» for open ground 



EARLY TULIPS for Pots . 



GLADIOLUS, fine mixed . 



UUXJH LANCIFOLTUM ALBUM 



* RUBRUM. fine spotted 

 *«ESH MUSHROOM SPAWN 



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TULIPS, choice mixed 



A N E M < > N KS, double, 5s., single 

 RANUNCULUSES, fine mixed 

 CROCUS S. separate cohmrs ... 

 SNOWDROPS, double or single 



NEW SEEDS. 

 SUTTON'S EARLY CHAMPION PEA, the fn , rwar ^ 



known ... ..• ••• ••• ••• ••• * ^ 



DANIEL O'ROURKE -.. •• _'' 



FRENCH SHORT HORN CARROT ... Per ou ace 



HACK'S SUPERB EARLY RADISH ... .*___. 



BERKSHIEB CHAMPION CUCUMBER ... Per packet 



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AND EVERY OTHER APPROVED KIND OF FLOWER ROOTS AND S EEDS CARRIAGE FREE. 



SUTTON AND SONS, SEED-GROWERS, READING. 



A Reference (or Remittance) is requested from unknown Correspondents. 



region, he met with magnificent specimens of the 

 Sweet Bay. " How does it happen," asks M. 

 Balansa, " that this tree which is sometimes frozen 

 on the plains of the south of France is produced in 

 this place in so alpine a station ? Perhaps it is 

 owing to the dryness of the atmosphere, the absence 

 of violent winds from this part of Cilicia, and the 

 shelter afforded by the gigantic trunks of Abies 

 cilicica, amoni? which it grows." 



It is at the distance of five leagues north of 

 Mersyn that Abies cilicica first appears. Its lower 

 limit would seem to be 700 or 800 yards, though 

 specimens are found 300 or 400 yards lower down 

 at the bottom of a land-locked valley running east 

 and west. The middle-sized specimens were about 

 as tall as the Pinus Laricio growing in the Jardin 



des Plantes of Paris. 



Another Mersyn plant is Juniperus drupacea. 

 It occurs near the top of a chairfof mountains 800 

 yards high on the north-west of the town, where 

 it grows in company with Pistacia Terebinthus, 

 Pinus Halepensis, Phillyrea*, Phoenician Junipers, 

 and Judas trees, all species belonging to the warm 

 littoral range. This Juniperus drupacea grows 

 however much higher up the mountains along with 

 Abies cilicica. Up>n this subject M. Balansa 

 remarks that since the Cypress which is hardy m 

 the north of France is naturally associated with 

 Juniperus drupacea it is probable that the latter, 

 which is a more mountainous plant, would prove 

 equally suitable to our climate. The plant itself is 

 described as a very pretty little dioecious tree with 

 the habit of a Spruce Fir. The pulpy fruit is 

 not eaten raw by the Turks, but they make a pre- 

 serve of it, of which they are very fond. 



In addition to Abies cilicica and Juniperus 

 drupacea, these Caramanian mountains produce a 

 Pine which, although possibly a variety of P. 

 halepensis is neven heless very distinct in habit, 

 colour, and magnitude. It forms forests all over 

 the slaty slopes of Alla-Dagh, to the exclusion of 

 every other tree. What is very curious, these trees 

 seem to be all of the same age, and are separated at 



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such regular distances » that one would say they 





