THE GARDENERS' 
Frsnvanv 13, 1884] 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
147 
*s Hollyhock Seed. 
agri pow 
YY BEELER LITTLE BOOK on SEEDS. 
pe pe^ 2 distr m at the first great show to 
1 
» € ARTER’S GARDENERS  VADE-MECUM. 
e held at South un ngton on the 1st and 2d of 
aden kind of drawing-room ill be 
admissible. It is understa that the plants 
“Genuine Seeds, Carriage 2 i 
AK Usb Ti h 
NURSERYMAN ue SEE 
Pan ET and Victoria Nurseries, Ho llos 
Neg: “PRICED dnd DESCRIPTIVE 
orwarded Post-free pplica 
A M $, 
nee at "ados: N. 
CATALOGUE for 
S. 
is now 
oming one 
whieh are to be sen for competition shall 
have -— really altivated by ul Fas by 
om they may be exhibited, and n th 
persons employed fnr the purpose ; no x ther 
LADIDLUS SEEDLINGS a ipsia NSIS 
but 
condition as to the production of the a aa will be 
em os " 
e stock of FINE PLANTS now rea 
" A larg Saffro n Wa Iden. py- 
: i XE is ARIAS.— 
icited to send 
ot of y hundreds of 
will be forwarded 
| k: Nurseries, 
ELARGONI IUMS 
are res 
for yo Bischurrive CATALOG 
varieties, 2 moderate pr 
m 
MIO ort 2 
50 in 50 "—- varieties 
25 in 25 
12 in 12 
Extra choice ped 3s. 6d. per 
Fine mixed, 2s. 6 
m 
um doz. A. 00 
» 
iad 
We said that any kind of drawing-room 
plant vill be admissible, by whichi is to beunderstood 
that th open to be competed for 
by ‘plants whieh are interesting either on account 
er doz. 
Po eo GANDAVENSIS, pe i roots, 2s. 6d. per 
t doz 
...J. Dosso & Sons, Woodlan , Isleworth, W. BRENCHLEYENSIS, ext. draps 3s. p. doz 
Boooooocf* 
Bok 
series ar ires of  juljeete, i this year at least 
£, 
[: 
TES mHoMAS METHVEN | o 071 to infinito that his 
R & Miki PUR rchants, Covent 
NEW CATALOGUE of a aged POWER. ning EL w.o. 
1864 is 
Manet, London 
EDS, &e., for 1. w ready, 
Ae cs n application. 
seriei a e , Nursery fala. Leith Walk, Edinburgh, | 
Glad o e 
os ELL 4 » CO. 
the pede LARUM. unequalled um -— other me 
t the PRU of its colour. The B unusually fine. 
‘rice 
; 208. per 
“Frade price on application, 
Royal Nurseries, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. 
OHN WATERER, of The American Nursery, 
Surrey, is the EXHIBITOR of RHODODEN- 
DRONS at the al Botanic Gardens, Regent’s Park. 
His CATALOGUE, descri cain. e ken prices, &c., can be 
obtained by letter addressed to the Nur: y as above, 
gT For detai detailed Advertisement or “CONIFERS, ORNA- 
MENTAL SHRUBS, &c., refer to page 1151 for 1863. 
Gladioli. 
UELL were awarded the following 
Prize 
Y (0) AND CO. 
wo 2 for kd Leges in EA A k Pina mn 
Finse ree 
T PRIZE, BRIGHT: 
TON. 
OATALOGUES of this collection will be forwarded on 
applicatio: Roy 
jt cl diria iocos NK. 
Rhododendrons. 
— WHITE, PURPLE, AND SCARLET. 
6G HA » E O BLIE 
has RECEIVED the f the Royal Hortieul- 
tural Society as Saat FOR RHODODENDRONS, rseries, Great Yarmouth, Norfo| 
mid rem in offering je 
n 
| He iotropes, Gloxinias, Achime à eool O 
Vallotas, and such Of folia. 
e 
pretty leaves, 
hit gli pretty, and suita ble 
FIRST PRIZE, 186 
piove PRIZE, 1663. 
RST T PRIZE, 1863, 
CATALOGUES A ed, "an en anda Sen s Apu: inthe| 
most perfect ud of os Bho 2d uit all 
OBSON = OICE 3:771 
Quality In sealed 
DOBSON'S SUPERB CALCEOLARIA, 
DOBSON'S SUPERB CINERARIA, 1s. 
DOBSON'S SUPERB PRIMULA, 15, 2s. d., 
S SUPERB PANSY, 1s.. 2« 6d. 
DOBSON'S SUPERB SHOW PELARGONIUM, 2s. 6d., 5s. 
DOBSON’S SUPERB FANCY PELARGONIUM, 28, Gd. às. 
DOBSON'S SUPERB BALSAM, 1 
DOBSON'S SUPERB ANTIRRIINUM, 1s, 95. 
DOBSON'S SUPERB LOBELIA SPECIOSA, 1 
DOBSON’S SUPERB HOLLYHOOKS, 1s., 2s. 6d., 5s. 
0 announce Tat his extensive 
R am 
Collections of TRE RHODODENDRONS, GHENT 
AZALEAS, and KALMIA LATIFOLIA, are unusually well 
set with bloom, ana Me fhi ie. Collection "Of CONIFERS in the 
07.3 
a [ éiylicntiqn at the American Nursery, 
MN. na src pos Ad nen on are i, 1l mile from 
ingdale Station, Sou tern Railwa 
The Trade supplied on liberal terms. 8e 
gura. Dozson A Woodlands E Isleworth, W. 
Goo i-e. Carriage Fre t 
ITUR SEED of the following is 
P 
Dianthus 
t" Obras, 
> Hollyhock, | Bibi 
SEED 
y V: Z7 ESTABLISHMENT 
DIRECT FROM THE GROWERS THE MOST CERTAIN MEANS 
OF PREVENTING DISAPPOINTMENT. 
ig tae nap nee SONS, SEED Kurt ema Reading, 
Berks, supply ev ery kind of FARM. and GARDEN 
SEEDS of genuine oad Sey gid ‘ty 
Agriculturists the most dr dir paris of the king- 
om ean procure good od: prices from this 
Establishment. For 
BUTTON & 
contains s summ 
of the m extensive 
for ürawing ecora' MN 
Ta order | o enam the utmost possible — to 
this nim two Aeg only, ach, will 
be awarded ; h 
morning. ng 
ei to receive and labelthe several 
We Wuah i = fuir gardeners of rie and 
es — y those of urbs, 
will, in this SI eneounter pix 
selves, duly vindicate the om had aie been 
claimed for them in vn to their horticultural 
pro 
the 
Kup Hil Nursery, near Dose Surrey. 
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1864. 
MEETING FOR THE sapi a WEEK. 
Tuvurspay, February 18—Limean 
e 
0 the Trad | 
Aims, nr BRICAS, a and EPACRIS, fine ne ye 
flower buds, at raoderate pric 
RE Sox, Nurseri Kingsto S.W. 
sig tho igitor New Station, ae Westen Ráilwa ay.” 
New om talogue, 
ie LANG G beg to intimate 
CATALOGUE of FLORIST | 
8 wer Seeds, &c., for 1864, is | 
be had f free on a plication, 
oe Edinburgh ; « and at Stanstead 
1 8 rm. 
Iw another column will be found some aceount 
of the proceedings of the Royal Horticultural 
Society. A the Aw am on - m u last. The 
was more than usually ani d, and 
eventually the = shes s jsurhed f for a fort- 
— : 
D — XD mde ion per , in 
Sequence to whi 
FRUI T 
comprises, IT "d 
is, CONTE m 6x 
on Woking ae Surr 
con- 
Che Gardeners Chronicle. um can 
t received a well written 
with bulbs of 
s, all of which poe 
8; Ac 
Tuli 
failed | ina sl man 
H p dor 
: YER iran Ir has been already announced that the pro- Ps wem other dir the 
E idi Su ets, price 94. bd. owed of the Gardeners fium e ntend to|solütion of the difficulty. Our correspondent 
hich theap sueta barre vei in previous | distribute the sum 202. a ape shal: irs — for himself, 
maintained bis DAC in peas ba an similar m ets t the Lc of IES'| ‘The eo mixture of dung and soi 
et. RIZES, for plan cultivated and shown by lady | about equ PE The dung was procured 
[rk | Saar] Plaee, Brixton Hill, S.; | gardeners at the 1 imm of the Ro c Hortieul- | from some distant stables, and while in pei ^ 
tural Society, The object of o pips these [ea mea and rather wet, was ma 
t ie i prizes is to in adyo e Ladies—many of whom, as shro m bed i in a dry shed in October z 1862, pee 
AE es we have alrea Sk marked, are most sient whestea à t in t ing of 1863 
Porus) digg "p aar rable critics of the skill| to all ban: Was gh Oe ¥ cun and 
isplayed our flower Der agea adhesive, and so retentive of moi having 
e a more t interest than that of mere/| been placed in a very dry shed in a small heap for 
ek rs On, < p oe c gen oni . cra pne fo - difficult to rab it 
d. so potent an in uence on t | through a of half-inch mesh with the hand. 
a =a diee The fair critics themselves will be thus} T was cut neig pasture 
Tes Cyro fom te Himal malzyas, Golden Chair | i — - take rete in the proceedings on such|a dry place in the autumn of 1862, "The turf was 
ute tte a mien. Primrose, | occasi and mit their own vorm |pared off, about 8 inches thick, and the soil 
E le ditto, ditto White aitninments t oa iat pede moved from where the was rai the 
Negro Polyanthus, order M the task Ay D not be depth of 4 or 5 inches, the turf being returned to 
mde Mie" > Seod of the labios, the objects to be jw into compe- | its old position. Melons were planted in it last 
or these special prizes are to consist each of a | summer, but were a total failure. Cinerarias and 
e dich plant, or at least, of the contents of a single| Primulas dragged out in it a miserable existe: 
BRID TROPÆOLUMS.— sata r-pot. They are to be illustrations of what is| where the soil preponderated in the com 
be so much | ealle ening, say, of i themums refused to flo urish. AC 
"With. da ee eae on with as is afforded by | was planted in it to e use it 
Int all sed adita indoor eonve- | to freely, and it bn not grow at all tili 
in this and. other | niences "* diio. 2 ies. The competitors Fk pri with manure 
¢, Surrey. to consist of ladies only. In the present year 
iXttention was called | tot the matter, but without 
