TH 
CHELSEA, 
December 27, 1856. | 
ROYAL EXOTIC NURSERY, 
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2 ra Pae AE 
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i AMES VEITCH, Jun., reapectially announces that 
i his CATALOGUE "of eee GARDEN, AGRICUL- 
j SEEDS for 1857, with a List of 
Requisttes is now published, and | 
be forwarded he. free on application. 
EJ. Y., Jun, fevogng, his PERSONAL attention to this ue, 
keg business can warrant his seeds TRUE TO NAME and of th 
ost GENUINE DENERI 
SM 
PERB B 
np A. SMITH beg to announce to e public 
that they are sending out hen superb BALSAM SEED 
jn seale readies containing eight separate and distinct colours 
} of six seeds each, 2s. 6d. per packet. 
| Also mixed do. in prt of unequal proportions, but the same | 
in number, 2s. per packet. 
The above have been selec from the most 
able of a stock of atte eens "much pen 
} mended during the flow m by those who them. 
They were exhibited + ‘ost oe the Metropolitan "Shows ond 
egen 
ted with great care 
| Pine, and nave be 
| 
eke the First Prizes at the Botanic Gardens, Ri s Par 
} and the Crystal Palace, 
_ F.& A. 5. have received many testimonials of the excellence 
of the varieties ant out by them last season. 
A List of Agents will be advertised in a short time. 
4 Dulwich, Surr 
5 JA ERSCHAFFELT, Norserrman, Ghen 
e (Belgium), begs to announce that bis NEW CATA. 
| LOGUE, No. 63, ner ay ear 1857, is now ready, and can be 
obtained on gumta pe s Agent's, Mr. R. daper, 5, FTE 
ondon, 
His Catalogue contains all 
Novelties. 
E GARDENERS’ 
DICKSON’S EARLY FAVOURITE PEA. 
side 
eens AND ciapa DICKSON anp Pe cm a fair "pay ie is pes uite nec 
fain 
SEED MERC: ester, have great pleasure 
satisfaction in a; Yelling attention to this a and cd 
valuable ey Sea admitted a: 8, p be o hav ni wn it, 
| to o be the most prolific and best int roduee 
grows 
CHRONICLE. 851 
es of the stove. d say that in order to 
essary to 
east 6 feet under the oe to 
ke the 
excavate a! 
I a ught ake ~— li 
man P 
te beat öd, 
testimony o 
had it 
comes in very few days chee the Relies wariehies, 
about 4 feet high, and Drone s 
| containing, on an average, nin 
and flavour. 
Independent of its excellence as an Early Pea, it has proved | 
| invatuabie as a Late Pea, having been found to resist mildew 
He T 
a wonder iiie profasion of pods, 
to ten of first-rate quality 
aura tility which they 
wedging Cte t 
few days later, he 
“ T may as well add something rig i what 
have 
tion, he 
which the nearly every counter in 
Britain into which they last spring i “pee net more than bear 
riggs oe has z therto been said ii 
Ag Testimonials to the above it, ee aaae s of Fifty of the 
first Gardeners i in the Kingdom, will russ toward on on application. | 
| hat n fro ordered lasi 
5 rend he 
LED PACKETS, 80 Bto prevent 
recurrence of Abe atiae te hlera ate cabstitution of mete 
sorts caused many purch: s last 
The RIE firms EK n LA a Sas from F. and A. D. | 
and Sons, and a their authorised agents. Those marked * are | 
wholesale agents. 
*Messrs. Hursi t& M‘Mullen, 6, Leadenhall Street, London. 
peers, Beck, Hondersyne Oll, Adelphi ph London. 
rs. Charlwood & C Co mt Garden, London 
Mediis, Nutting & Sons e, London. 
*Messrs. Flanagan & Son, Mansion-House Street, London, 
*Messrs. Noble, Cooper & Bolton, Fleet Sireet, London 
*Mr. J. G. White, 181, High Holborn, London. 
*Mr. Henry Clarke, King Stree mi rrp Lo London. 
I Thave alrea ady told you. In the first p l ce, I 
garden but why t—not because it did n ter 
ectly, but because, from the situation ‘of the 
| ground, "ehich i is liable to floo ds, the stove could not 
eat. The 
a te gihe his work J“ Tettiustration Horticole,” remap Hooper Caste v8 Go, 295, High London. Tsien scape from the stove, but nothing to 
wl t t umber (Decem 1) of the 3d Volume has 
z appeared. anà contains the following coloured plates 5 Mr. T. y Brigden, 10, Railw: reade, London Bridge, be eters iy se rootathanatg 
i tual) Vict 
maa Ferenn na ) Victor Victor Trouillard. Messrs Tames Yate a & Son, Baatie Tea it 5 
. Meco! ” essrs. Pa; o., Oxfor et, Southampton, 
ror mopsis implicito ia Messrs. E izh Hathcus & Ben toe of the successful workin ng “of the ts ak of Pol- 
; 5. hadog drum BI one Poh Button & lng i maise here. acopasiten with two piada where 
| NB. The same Number contains the Gen a Pro of id i _ | Polmai called) has failed—the pi 
| the Grand Horticultural Exhibition of the Royal Boteate Soe Society ‘oe Narma, Mow fe om in ma E Pe eter sen thee ake 
| (of Ghent, open to all nations, and which will be held on the ist, E Wheeler & Son, Gloucester. 7 z h 
{2d and 3d of nator next (1857). AENA a adag aaae aak lately built at Ambleside. feos the former church my 
‘ Price of Venscuarreit’s “ Illustration Horticole,” 12s. a year. > Wood & In ao Huntingdon. te gardener nt to superintend the 
| TO GENTLEMEN ENGACED IN PLANTING. sete ern Baa & Ron iigasnta Numoriep nowt London.. pbuilding vel = ‘Ia the sare 
| PVATERER ano GODFREY beg to offer the), Thomas Wild ‘Nerueriea, $ HEAD of Py ut up of his, 
l Mowing desirable plani 9 William Chater, N Nurserie ries, Saffron Walden, stoves ; neither would work, and I will tell you the 
r caria imbrienasm ine ae PE AES 1000 » John Perkins, Market Square, Northampton. reas y—because in both air 
is op err and a feet by the 100 » Charlas Turner, Royal Nursery, i 
en 3, 4,5, 6, 7, and 8 feet high. Nothing can ex- » John Cattell, germ We ee were E a wrong. Had gardener or 
4 = the beauty of = > plants and all » J.C. Cheyne, seryman, Warwick, WHITER: e the drains, I o more doubt 
| wing in the BiS » Thomas Baylies E Birches Barn, raura AE n. that b E A Id h A i 
f Dougiasi, a splendid lot of plan 34, 6, 8 to 12 feet high » Henry Pope, aiM Heath, praana at both stoves would have answere that I 
i mas Cembra, in large quantities, 2,3, 4, 5, and 8 feet Messrs. W. Drumm ond & Sons, Seedsmen, Stirling and |am writing to you. Indeed the system cannot elp 
3 nsignis, ublin. - see r3 4 
4 » oA lata fine pane; 3 and 4 feet high te Cole & Sharpe, Beng near Birmingham, working if it nly fi play. he more simple the 
“ einen a, in jatge quantities from seed H eee = s, Sedsmen, Edi eeir plan the better. In my mind the shorter the drains 
| itto ditto p g s stream and = . 
|” avira Sitio tiio Ee d Sang & Bon, Kirkeslde, a mies P 3 let w be large ; let cold 
T Pice Taanga 5,6, and 8 feet high, and as much through. Most Mr. Thomas Rae, Whithorn, Wigtonshire ran rop to rg bottom of the 
i ons nif plants. Messrs. — Jearoaiton & Co, sei damen, Stront; Dublin. atove, and the ae tair drain have very ye kri 
ordm: ana, 2, 3, and 4 feet high and wide, all from seed arrell 0., Seedsmen, Belfast, 
nobilis, i A EEEN from seed - z [grafted ” Richard Hartland & Sons, Seedsme’ m, Cork. into the rarer to be heated, and an will go well. 
ditto, 1,2, and 3 fee sa we ith ith perfect leads, and none of them Mr. "Thomas M’Kenzie, Bredie Sork. But t good as wh para of —— s, hot pen 
gran ig, 1 yeui; bad eee jaian cape sot on » Sligo and w sag be sal popul in 
hsesDecdara, bythe Aanes, 2,3, and 4 feet high int, in sealed package: baike 2i cople 
pre hundred fine specimens, 5, 6, 7,8, & 10 ft, high | Ven eta e, Flower, ak beech tat Seeds of superior q ality, th mmon peliet "ai whist ¢ esata nae 
Lebanon, 2, 3, 4, and 6 feet and at pa tt prices, Catalogues of which may be had on appli- been j Ye st, and unha appi ily Polmaise is poi to 
some larger, re Od and 10 feet cation to Francis AND ARTHUR DICKSON & Sons. pathe old-esta- | eom; ared w ith be t t t 
p tomeria japonica, a ast blished Seed Warehouse, 196, Eastgate Street. Che: C TE seems pi 3 0 s that this in sata hee: fs 
4,6, feet 18 ement 18 0 ne small 
” ‘Govenians, 35 and 4 fo om the cost of hot water 
miana, 
t| n MacNabiana, ditto The Gardeners’ Chronicle, isan pora bar to the possession of a green- 
| Bemiock Spruce, Pinus canadensis, 3 to 8 feet house. 
+f Juniperus, parish hundreds of plants, 4, 5,6, and 8 feet high, per- ATURDA ro DECEMBER 27; 1856. 
columns . 
3 ae nd 4 re pie Hives ox E : Some observations were made in the Gardeners’ 
; t, 7, UR, tten ong ronic n 5 paper 
l ” Virginiana (Red Cedar), 2, 3, 4, up to 8 fee dsc =y w — E aa e TE x Ch le for | : Ae 740; 6 T of Dr. Cas- 
ians chilensis, 2, 3, and 4 feet (very pit ath e) por ting Pormais EATIN $ 
lew- a English, « vast quantity of all sizes, up took “plaid a these columns some years since. | of i ice on on the of certain exotic “er a The 
1i ig) 
ig ineh Tees Gb En Some very fine specimens {Although for many reasons the a was “dropped, cases in ‘which | he ste omena 
10 and 13 feet high especially on account of the dea of plants still remain ning in soil and 
hd | worked Ap oaae, ady ocate, the > late lamented Mn. Mes EEKE, yet we) capable of wi 4 Ag succession of fluid from 
» 41 . 
ed on Irish, and very o: 8 ft. i Lecomte, however, states that it may 
$ » srdatinio oe striped), in large piercing ‘3 to 3 fÈ attended its e employment t under certain ve: ry fre quent | place in half dead stems, provided they are still 
aoe 1 OF heads, 6 to 8 fest high plants, worked on stems | circumstances, provided the great difficulty, that of | green; and the abe: we = ow to bring fi 
fo hes, 2. and 3 | preventing the —s of the hot plate from which | shows that it may take place equally when there is 
| Beets ord a Standards afoot hich ana | the air derived ii armth w passing into a |not the Cee: "vestige € of vitality. A branch of 
| as toubh through, perfect gió Shee greenhou' iii ie ome. Evideiice, upon | Walnut about iameter, peel. decor- 
p ae re gee J the best plant for | which the utmost reliance ma placed, and jticated and esan i ait ad posed, attracted 
4 pat ge ‘A sare nonsiity fost adapted for the purpose, | Which has lately reached us, shows that the diffi-| our attention just before nase ie ve the 19th of 
| » Weareana, the best v: of Siberian Arbor Vite, 4,5,6, | culty in eo an longer exists; and that) December, from the dense woolly with which it 
SE Wettine et eet high this simple method of warmin sithiitede asn ed t be co d ae ligh 
aw, and 8 fi i is simp g gre y ow | seemed to be covered. O ae gonea 
ig xi . re ne "r aller wipe ment managed, rl feng A rare gr can be deman- | frost on the ground, and from its 
p ‘Cham: ariegata, t Ph hi White | ded “ot it. t liberty to mention 3 
Manca quantity 2 sed abraded SOME, correspondent name it "teal "i recognised by | but we had no cmp iy a = the e moment ror acer 
A acds pagea i y Lancashire men as one of the highest | taining the exact pei yi sae 
‘ Cianbraziliana, ditto a do not propose just now | anen Amiar, r tien, the wood w 
E > Gregori, ditto ditto any co s of our own, but merely to} beautiful. It was paral lel or E aight 
uy” Compacta, ditto ditto ‘roe the satement which has been made to us. | spiral lines, according to eg course of ga 
i pies: 3 sige e does not hear much of ‘ Polmaise’ now, ” | wood-cells, and the individual thread: ale kg pont 
py” diffusa, ditto ditto water’ our correspondent early in December, ‘ ‘but | of a pure white and lustrous as spun- “Aa were an 
hegre pumila, _ p prs ee inced than I ever was that there is inch or more lo , curling over ws after the 
gi Vttisement, we bes to me ail of them havo been continually no system of pry eect to it. I have had it at fashion of little tendrils, and sometimes marked at 
ove so aay areina $ condition to transplant and send an; work now for A moment’s 
‘ with perfect safety. di PAE RE oth ectly and last week at Wansfe l, was sufficient to refer the ph enon 
Variegated Hollies, i large quantities and great varie 3 andi pe > s e phenom 
a TA and 4 fect high Bees: on the ba nks of ih gers: I saw a greenhoi ouse | to the same series rded by LECOMTE 
r d ” a fine stock of the best G p which had been at work for | HerscHELL, Casrary, and ot 
sh. 
are large inary 
: ro as maiaa, Aucubas, ees Laan 
B i pily, Lilacs, Purple Beech, Scarlet Th iorns, Roses, 
i forwarded, free, on application to | 
Warran a Goon, A a Hill, Woking, rtm 
six or seven yea 
to look more heathy. 
HEAD, Of Preston. tirely zi have overcome 
the difficulty = oe gas. They are 
made of wrought iron, and are ~ te 5 to 6 feet high. 
sx A are „lined, with fire bricks to about half their 
ar 
suffici 
instance to account Tr it it si pro- 
see were the only agents in the other 
The half rotten wood was saturated with the 
The Nursery is abo about 40 minutes’ ride from London by |7 
Woking Station. 
moisture of the previous day, and under the 
