Aveust 9, 1856.] TH 
E GARDENERY’ 
CHRONICLE. 
531 
DUTCH FLOWE 
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Is now Published, and may = - a free, on application ; it contains, in Addition to the usual Prieed Lists 
& SON’S 
TALOGU 
other Florists’ Flowers. 
= ln G. H. & SON 
A, First Quali 
Ditto Recon e A A 
CINERARIA, Choice 
eed SINENSIS FIMBRIATA” 
TO SUPPLY 
. 5s. Od. per packet. 
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o.. we oe a 6 n 
ARE GIVEN IN ADVERTISEMENT OF JULY 19, 1856. 
Wellington Nursery, St. John’s Wood, London. 
R ROOTS, &c. &&. 
= ae Se 
made by the opa to gnoes them. winged 
| and bat ants i adah over er the surface. 
nts, w does ri ac n 
| guano empl oped the smell pie ammonia was incon: 
ET owing to long keep 
o tell some of our gardening friends 
that the ais fees ee a Peach anda. NECTARINE 
“ey ti TREE, 
sme UPRESeUS AWSONIA 
SSRS Md oa AND GODFREY have much 
pleasure in offering the above fine plant raised from seed 
sent home by Mr. Mar y, who in describing it in connectio 
with other rare Bo ` h nobilis, grandis, Jeffreyi, Ben- 
thamiana, &c., “It was the handsomest tree in the whol 
says, 
expedition. It grows about 100 feet high and 2 feet in diamett ota 
the foliage is most delicate and erie fal, the branehes bend u: 
wards at the end like a Spruce and 
ostrich feather, the to 
ber is good, clear, and workable.” Seedling plants will be se 
out in Aug ust upon the sare ed terms, and orders executed 
Mtietiy in Totattot One phang 21s. ; six plants, 47. 10s.; 12 plants, 
71. 10s.—Knap Hill Nursery, Wokin e butter, 
CHOICE NEW VERSENAS ke, ETC., OF 
ENBE ALTON, wen “fend, ig Pane Pi near 
ri 
per dozen, or r 6s. Sha less 
‘eam 
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Paekets, 2s. 6d. each, payable i in Tottiigs stamps. 
le 
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GEORGE CLARKE | bogs £ a Announce that Seed of | Were} 
his fine’ Collection is now 
Stre: ath: am am Place end Brixton Hi! Hill, hear London. — 
SEED 
f the gern mond a ai by 
cultivation er the a Mr. 
Kmsicur, the singed President of “the Horti- 
ultural notion that the 
mmon Almond and t the "Peach ‘constituted only a 
io species, 
GOOD SEEDS, CARRI AGE FREE. 
SEEDS DIRECT FROM THE GROWERS THE MOST CERTAIN MEANS 
OF PREVENTING DISAPPOINTMENT. 
wong of FARM anD 
1 Sard an pe: 
Agriculturists residing in the most ramet parts of the kingdom 
can procure good Seeds at very moderate prices from this E; 
—For particulars, apply to 
N & Sons, d Berk 
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TON anp ae i SEED Growers, Reading, | MI 
a “thro many successive generations be 
ultimately cover into a Peach or Nectarine. 
So im with this idea that he deter- 
his 
spring, 3s. 6d. each, or 34 for 15s., post rank 
PETUNIAS—Turne s, Smith’s, = Peo re varieties sa 
this spring, 12s. per di oi six for 7s. 63.; m less than si 
Gonocalgie Pie. iUa ta. M 
b pulchra, 104. each; Meyenia eet and 
; 7s. 6d. ; Sonera irge o r 3s. êd. and 7s. 6d., strong; 
+ Cy uuphea emi Guile fiorsbunts, 2s. 6d. 
HRY SA! EMOR Alfred Salter, 2s 
Descriptive Ties may be had on apco For parti 
and names i Fuchsias, &c., see previous advertisements. 
_ Pos' t-office Orders payable at Marsden, Lancashire. _ 
HORTICULTURE. 
NEW AND RARE PLANT: 
WEEKS ane CO., King’s Road, Chelsea. | 
tablishment tis an unlimited source of 
Bo llections af STOVE and GREENHOUSE PLANTS, 
he es of growth and in endless variety, include | 
every pect i that pa worth cultivating, 
A large stock of GRAPE VINES, struck 
strong for Planting and Forcing in Poi fts: 
FRUIT TREES and SHRUBS of every kind 
THE SEED BUSINESS is condneted upon an ‘extensive scale, 
every article warranted true to its kind, and of genuine good 
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£8 
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gre SIE, and. diiadittinniaTeicments ot all circumstances ye < =e will be the same. He 
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description, all of the best make, a grapin article kept. "Y | found it useful to the pep o slightly after 
CAST-IRON VASES and FOUNTAINS, a great variety of 
en purposes 
ental Garden 
The Nobility and Gentry are most respectfully invited to pia 
from eyés, very 
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“ The Gaaeners Chronicle. i 
TURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1856. 
i too kes ds of | fruit are allied. The earliest 
Fro m thi it would appear as if we were justified i in 
nclusion that the Almond benna about the 
e Peach that tle Crab bears to 
owing in a stri 
able freak of A 
e plan M.D 
course, apa ring y wel up the ant heaps 
mo 
is gentleman regen ria gaa 
scattered over them a few | ri 
in a letter from Peter Cot 
oJ 
ia he declares it to be his nanan that’ hader 
consequence to the ants as to the 
aali 
se miss — ity but E does not appear thai tthis a 
of so much c 
= ood Cinema where Horticultural science in all its In order to test this statement we have made alrine, The tree was raised fr e ss ee agit 20 
semua slady. A rE E ween they may | few experiments with = following results :— ears ago, and was mr wor 
vire cor nected with Horticulture. 1. An the s lack ant, formed among | and is a delicious early a Sa l inen of 
Apatih MA MESNE a Soun ter |a tuft of Aubrieti well p, and the g another occasion this iden- 
OTHOUSES, GREENHOUSES, CONSERVATORIES, | eggs exposed. A small handfal of guano modiatale tical dare the ok ramp ea? each, a circumstance 
phan PITS, gg all made of the best materials, sent been s scattered over it, i wg ir which 
ny b vitae being that of a Peach 
-letirs wr C: tal of ous branches oi O 
raau s al also Pians, Models and a estimates, & ss &e, je came to a stand still, and by Sa ants | tree ican a a ecient A beautiful e; example 
Jons W Co., in = Road, Chelses disappeared. Water was "added, and the aah —_ “ this sort of fi was lately communi- 
1856. more stirred up At noon next ane a ted to us by Jonn Henry Lance, Esq., of the 
MITORELE AND >t. aa PT Niha found deserted, d th t o. ood, rking. It was on th h of a 
Town, Brighton, are prepared to Supply good stron plants| 2, x same Wi ith a stag: nan in 1 hard dry | Téton de Vénus P which cont. a 
aan an ae REOT D P S clay of Same result. ruit of that variety so remarkable for its prominent 
HENDERSON'S FUCHSIAS OF 1856.—The collection of | 3, A Ja imis a hill of the eys red ant, very ey point, an rather smaller but well 
E ORB Gerant Wilthins, Aid box er, Con- | entrenched amon lifolium, was dis-| f It so well in almost 
queror, Gloire de Neisse, Epps’ Wonderful 8 the collection for Bs. 
ee ae LONGIFLORA, the white flowering 
Tiety,— mueh cannot be said in Bi of this pont fal 
plant. Our stock is one of cowl largest in the Beemer ich 
to offer at 12s. per dozen. Trade price vpiteation 
VERBENAS. Henderson’ a Collection of 1856, roy Pet aion, 
well established in 60-si pots. 
Smith’s and Turners varieties of 1856, 6s. per dozen, ditto. 
UNIAS.—Smith’s and Turners, also the New French | 
8 um popa 
turbed, and a handful of guano thrown over it; 
al commotio: on, confusion, scamper, h helter 
skelte 
por particular with a similar production described 
one g Cortnson’s letters to Linnzvs, dated 
i, 
the a rmy of ants quickly disappeared. 
then ia > sa oe enye 
nf flower buds, our splendid col- 
— good busty be de 
E dozen 
8, per doze: 
dozen. M. and Co. strong xiy recummend this po tion of their 
to all intending pu 
CHRYSANTHI BOM a Alfred Salter, 1s. 3d. each, or 6 for 6s. 
E nett gl ae M. & Co, possess a large stock of | 
1 1s well adapted for winter flowering; 
Wh 
the ants escaped or run away could not be} 
ock wees ie 
. At 3 p.m. a pint wide-mouthed clear glass | 
bottle was fled with some hundreds of red ants, 
egg’ ; guano was 
added, pai was tied over the mouth of the 
1766, and etwas . pe work already 
oned, that we think o rs will excuse us 
for E making the following ex it oe 
2 
the Wm jar hill, time ago, 
mixe ants ok numberless te = es Mr. ‘on agg tn saw what I think a sur- 
| guano being ‘applied the result wass similar, The Bal curiosity. Ona arge Peach tree full of fruit 
there was e broen a which on one side had : 
to escape. Water was added; and the earth and | Peach and on the r side a Nectarine. 
guano mi with a trowel. Next ay a noon | grew so close "togeier th that rh touched each ear, 
| there was no.trace of life in the mixture. The eggs |I stood long perns this wonder, 
were untouched and ane brown. ether | The ostina hed tase th surface with 
abl inetanoes of Peach trees naturally and withdut 
producing Nectarines ; - st conclude 
pe oki is the mother of Where 
good plani 
Sana en sgonolatt f Foster's, Hoyle’s, and T this naturæ haj eiii Ean Aak 
ebati aie paaa 856 € i omt owa eis, 9 ESSE bottle, and the proceedings aiies As before, have a satay ag accident by T or Buri 
De, 40, tite eo | the eggs were abandoned, and the 
25; per doz. F | baci s and forwards as if in m of. ac 
Names ofthe i aces selection, 12: por d winged ones behaved like the others, making Soe a wide field o) opens inquiry. 
Reference Suara ate bad upon jewel no attempt to fly away. The bottle was left| know nothing for certain abont the origin of ie 
Soke armas Made payable to Joan Fatrenornmr, | all night in a warm roo his moment, 10 4.5., Naisia and although it is p 
PREE ne Fm a the ground is hee Bn peat -v and | obtained poling is the way Speneeles above, 
upon pon the Tandas 2i South Coast Hallway, with plants to eom apparently dead ; the tendon co | still we think i each an scare are 
Pinata prea ee with the earth, ' withont an "teat having been | closely related as we consider them to 
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