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PEARS. 



RKNi; LAXGELIER, Nurseryman and Florist, 

 Clftrendoa Woraery, St. He Her, Jersey, Channel Islands, 

 bezsto r the follow! n i? new TEARS, of the tirst merit: 



BBORKE CL URSGEAU, bearing the name of the raiser of 

 this valuable Pear.— A very lar^e fruit, perfectly melting, and 

 » late fruit f first merit Price b$. 



BEURRE D'HIVER.— Also lanje, and keeps till April, per- 

 fec melt z. hardy, and £reat bearer. Price os. 



BEt E SAXTAIS.— The earliest Pear known, excellent, 

 and grev bearer. Fnce2s.Gd. 



The above R. L. can strongly recommend. None will be for- 

 warded to unknown correspondents except on the receipt of 

 or reference. 



MESSRS. STANDISH and NOBLE'S new de- 

 fcripriveO\TALOGUE OF SELECT BARDY ORNA. 

 MEXTAL PLANTS i* just published, and may be had for four 

 postage stamps. Besides a Treatise on the cuMvati .n of 

 Ameriem Plants, it contains a Plate and Description of the 

 Fnnebral Cypress, Notices of Cephalotaxis Fortunii, Crypto, 

 merift japonica, Quercus sclerophylla and inversa, Viburnum 

 plicatum and macr cephalum, with many r- cent introductions 

 from the north of China, quite new to English gardens. 



Messrs. S. and N. take this opportunity of stating that they 

 give Deigns for Laying out New Grounds and Plans for Im- 

 provements ; also Estimates for all kinds of Planting, whether 

 ornamental or Pcononv V. — Bagsbot Nu rseries. Feb 15. 



BxUTIFUL, USEFUL, AND~~CII EAP~! 

 warranted to please. 



The f»llow1n2r COLLECTIONS of SEEDS and PLANTS are 

 deserving especial notice, and are important to all who hare a 



Garden. 



Xo. 1.— 100 varieties of HERBACEOUS PLANT 



SEEDS, hardy PERENNIALS, comprising rhe mo»t select and 

 beair 'ul sorts from our unrivalled Collection— never before 

 offered— purchaser's selection, free by post, II. 5*. 



No. 2.— 50 varieties fine do., purchaser's selection, 155. 



No. 3.-25 do. do., 85. 



A list containing height, colour, and time of flowering, with 

 much other useful information relative to their culture, may be 

 had on application. 



ANNUAL FLOWER SEEDS— post free. 



No. 4.— 100 vars. purchaser's selection, from list containing 



the newest and showiest sorts of hardy, half-hardy, and tender 

 Annuals, 18*. 



No. 5.— 50 vars., purchaser's selection, 105, 



No. 6 —25 do. do., 8s 



Or we shall be happy to make selections for purchasers of the 

 quantities at the above prices. The Annuals will be contained 

 in Ayres and Moore's descriptive cultural labels. 



The following are WARRANTED GENUINE, and are verv 



superior : ' 



HOLLYHOCK, from a most superb Collection of 



named rfouMe flower*, per packet, I5. 



*♦* 



LARGE SURPLUS STOCK OP *MRB<T TREES. 



SHRUBS. <fcc.. NOW ON SALE AT 

 RUBLE'S YURSBRY. PLYMOUTH. Established 178(5. 



ITTILLIAM E. RENDLE and Co., Plymouth, km 



* * a large SURPLUS STOCK of the following 



TREES a < Hit UBS; and as t/ie ground is required 



for of her purposes, they will be sold at the following low 



prices : 



V CARRIAGE FREE (See below). 



LARCH FIRS.— We have a very large stock of fine stuff, 

 about 3 feet in height ; the price will only be 18s. per 10U0. 



BERBERIS AQUIFOLIUM— A large 'quantity of fine stuff, 

 18 inches. I65. per 100. This is a fine shruh for underwood. 



SCOTCH FIR. -Large stock ot fine stuff, 24 to 30 inches in 

 height, 155. per 10U0. 



PINUS AUSTR1ACA.— We have an extensive stock of this 

 valuable tree, of the finest possible growth, 13 to 18 inches, fine 

 and stout, 35*. per 1000, 



This is a most excellent hardy Pine, Icing very 

 superior to the Scotch Fir. 



PINKASTER.— 18 inches, good stuff, 18*. per 1000. First- 

 rate Pine for tJw sea coast. 



ASH.— 4 feet, 28a, per 1000. 



BALM OF GILEAD.— 3 to 4 feet, handsome species of Fir, 

 4s. per 100. 



LILACS, 4 feet, 6s. per dozen. 

 LAURESTINUS.— 2 feet, busby, Gs. per dozen. 

 BAYS. — 18 inches. 5$ per dozen. 



RHUBARB: MITCHELL'S ROYAL ALBERT, the earliest of 

 aU. — We have more than a thousand strong roots, IDs. per 

 dozen. 



RHUBARB: MYATT'S VICTORIA, very strong roots, 15*. 

 per dozen ; smaller ditto, 9*. per dozen. 



RASPBERRIES: RENDLE'* LARGE BEEHIVE.— This is 

 a large handsome variety, very proline, delicious flavour, and 

 has piven the most complete satisfaction to all. Strong Canes. 

 20*. per 100 ; 3*. per dozen. 



STRAWBERRIES: KITLEY'S GOLIAH, 3*. 6d. per dozen ; 

 20*. per 100. CCJTHILL'S BLACK PRINCE, 2*. per dozen 

 10*. per 100. 



SEAKALE AND ASPARAGUS in large quantities, very 

 reasonable. 



BLACK NAPLES CURRANTS, very superior to the old sort, 

 Gs. per dozen. 



CEDRUS DEODARA.— Fine stock of nice young seedling 

 plants, two vears old, in pots, Gs. per dozen. 



Our Catalogue of Forest Trees, Shrubs, and Fruit Trees 

 can be obtained for one penny Stamp. 



All orders above 51. will be delivered Cakktage Fkee to any 

 Sta'ion on the Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, or South 

 Devon Railways; or to Cork, Dublin, or Belfast. Steamers 

 from this port to Cork, Dublin, and Belfast twice a week. 



scales or rudiments of leaves, and has its whole sub- 

 s' :iice fleshy ; and so at % and a, although but one 

 leaf has left its trace behind; yet the whole branch 



has become swollen and soft, as if about to become a 

 Pear. 



From this we may infer that the same tendency 

 to change the nature of leaves, which results in the 

 combination of several leaves into a solid fleshy 

 fruit, may also operate upon the very branch i self 

 on which a fruit appears. And that in this way a fruit 

 may consist, not merely of a number of rows of trans- 

 formed leaves, but of a transformed branch in addition. 

 Of this fact, indeed, we have a well-known illustration . 

 in the Chinese tree, called Hovenia, whose fruit 

 consists of a swollen fleshy fruit-stalk, which is 

 succulent enough to be eatable, and of a hard dry- 

 uneatable capsule, formed in the usual way from 

 modified leaves. Upon this view, we must say then, 

 that the long tapering Pear is a fleshy branch, 

 hollowed out at the upper end, where it terminates 

 m . lm > m < erou s transformed leaves partially blended 

 with it into one common succulent mass. 



We have long since shown that this must be the 

 case in many instances, and that, in truth, the hep 

 of the Rose can be interpreted in no other way ; but 

 although that is so, it by no means follows that the 

 practice of the 1 rdener requires alteration in con- 

 sequence. On the contrary, the important doctrine 

 of vegetable transformations is more confirmed than 

 weakened by such examples as that of the Pear 

 tree in question. 



nvrn a -d r 4 V *~ ST~-* "\ -. , , Tte SoutJl • Devon Railway is now open to Plymouth ; 



<* tun 1 I. . °£ newest and bcst show flowers I tfc Station being within one minute's walk from our 



<wu per packPt. 1*. 6d. ( Countiw-h<MSC. 





CALCEOLARIA, do. do., splendid, per packet, 2s. 6d. 

 PANSY, do. do. do., per packet, 1a 

 PETUNIA, do. do. do., per packet, Is. 



N.B.—Tne above five unique lots may be had separate or if 

 required will be included in Collection No. 1. Tn^yh^e ail 

 been col ected fmm our own plants and purchasers may rely 

 With confidence on their quality. J J 



GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



ERICAS 50 fine healthy plants, most of them larj?e enough 

 to bloom the coming season, and all ready for *rowin ? into 

 specimens Purchaser's selection from list, in 50 superb va- 

 rieties, for 3J. IO5. ; or per doz., 21$. p 



ERICAS, 50 finest vars. as above ; larjre plants, own selec- 



U rfoand ai 11° tW.T Jfr PeF d ? Z ' A the ab ° Ve ColWion. w«l 

 £L? > to V he J ead,n * sorts of the day, selected with the 

 jrrentest care for bf»auty and display 



MISCELLANEOUS GREENHOUSE AND STOVP! 



PLANTS. 



All Orders will be executed in strict rotation. 

 *** We have a few fine Trained Yews for Red^e work, 3 to 4 

 feet in height, and will spread as much, 24j. per dozen. 

 William E. Rendle and Co., Nurserymen, Plymouth. 



Established 1786. 



2Tfte (BdLvUmtxg Chrimfcle 



SATURDA Y, FEBRUARY 15, 1851. 



MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 



Mo ir dat, Feb. 



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f Horticultural ., 



18^ Qne * n « 8 P.*. 



i- f Chemical , ....8 p m 



17 1 statistical ......:.::::::::;;:: s 



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the 

 kinds. 



50 superior varieties, purchaser's selection, comprising 



Sl^« J^^S! rietto " of an the leadin * k! 



CHINESE 8 SlTasSo"' Ve° S - ° rl5 '- P6r d ° Z - 



TciSDAT, 



Wbdnbsdat, 

 Thubsdat, 



Feidat, 



Satubdat, — 32 [ 



) £«vil En^ineera ; 8 p.m. 



C PatholoRical 8 p.m. 



39- Society of Arts s p.m. 



20 1 Antiquarian g PM# 



J5° y . a L-; 8*»- M « 



IGeoloa^cal (Anniversary) l p.m. 



21 -J Philological 8 p.m. 



Royal Institution S*p m. 



Royal Botanic 3^f.m. 



Medical ......8 p.m. 



pur- 



■ V.-\* V/BA. 



■Purchaser's selection, 



v , . — — w varieties, 



chaser's selection, for 255., or 185. per do Z . p 



^ ^p5' own 8el ^tion. for 21 5 ., or 155. per dox. 



^£Tr^»£^ S ° rtS Sta " dard ^ «wn selection, 



tff&3SS£ Dwarfd ' in 10 ° sort8 - * 10 <- ; or »• p« 



CALCEOLARIAS.— Fine healthy, established Plants 



from the most eminent growers, per doz., 305., own select-on, 

 of best sorts When the selection is left to ourselves pur- 

 chasers are desired to furnish lists of such plants, geeds &c 

 as are already m their collections, that duplicates of an'v 

 article may not be sent, every wish will be strictly complied 



HOLLYHOCKS, No. 1, fine double named kinds, 



«nn b i^ e lr 0f colour 95 per doz., or H. 105. per 100. HOLLY- 

 HOCKS, No 2, for border display, very tf ood, Gs per doz., or 

 11. 10s. per 100. These are selected out of some hundreds of 

 seedling, and mav be cnnfidentlv relied on 



HERBACEOUS PLANTS.- 



List, per 100, 32 35. 



W. Mat's selection, extra fine, No. 1, 21. 2s. per 100 • 



„ . » . » really good, No. 2, U. 105. „ ' 

 Having an immense stock they can be furnished at these low 



lOtS'A J C( ? ,ler J ioa extends over 700 species and varieties 

 «n«A# r th ^ choicest stocks in the country (regardless of 

 nnr?,? fordl :P la y. and warranted second to none. To meet 

 of sn?h nu € ? m ever y i wa y' we h °P e ^ be favoured with lists 

 ^tesnronr 8aS , areaIready . in their Elections, that dupli- 

 left to ourSlw may DOt 8eat Where the 8eiections ^e 



•gJ'S&S SHRUBS AND ORNAMENTAL 



list, "r \7fl i y \l 3° e8t varieties » Purchaser's selection, from the 



w. Mat's selection, No. 1, extra fine, per 100, 21. 2s. 



This vi'rtoH, i, n , No ; 2 » ^ 00d kin( ^s, „ ll. 55. 



^^^M^}^^ M W*^ "t!>rity for possessing a 



wards of 600 sn er T^o^ fl0W . en . 08: 8 i irubs ' extendin & over up- 



hundreds werr 8 d p a o t d /r et i eS °£ ^ ch ° ice8t kinds ' Some 

 Birkenhead- and t bj Mr * E ' Kemp * for the Park at 

 health, not excelled bv ™™ ctness of namin ^ Q^tJ. and 



COMMON L AnpS?!?» . tbl8 ™ an opportunity seldom offered. 



), 41. ; or per 100, 

 ra fine, per 1000, 



To the many cases of unusual structure, illus- 

 trating the doctrine that flowers and fruits are mere 

 modifications of leaves, we have now to add the 

 following, examples of which have been sent by our 

 correspondent, " A. G. N." He states that he 

 found an abundance of similar cases on an Easter 

 Beurre Pear tree, which he lately pruned, and 

 which bore, last year, a fine crop of large and 

 beautiful fruit. 



Everybody is now inquiring about the health of 

 the Elms in Hyde Park, enclosed beneath the 

 roof of the " Crystal Palace." " Will they live ? 

 Are they dead ? What will become of them ?" are 

 questions asked in every direction. The world seems 

 to be as anxious about them as if they were of value ; 

 as if they had conduced to the ornament of the Park, 

 or in themselves possessed some elements of beauty, 

 or had been associated with great events, or were 

 living records of national deeds of glory. Yet no 

 such interest attaches to them ; the greater part are 

 decrepid and stagheaded, frightful as trees, worthless 

 as timber, associated with no greater event than 

 being planted by one of King William's Dutch 

 gardeners, and records of nothing except the power 

 of what is miscalled public opinion, when brought 

 to bear upon the Houses of Parliament. 



No gardener would fear for the life of these 

 Elms, now that they are to remain for a season 

 under glass ; for their roots have the freest access 

 to air through the spaces between the flooring- 

 boards which cover the ground, and Mr. Pax- 

 ton has pledged himself to the roots being abun- 

 dantly provided with water. Two, then, of the 

 conditions requisite for their health, namely, air and 

 moisture to the roots, are amply provided. Of air 

 and light to the branches and leaves there will 

 be abundance beneath the crystal vault where they 

 are placed, and there is no reason to apprehend ill 



will perhaps turn out 



cool 



consequences from heat. 



that the building in the Park will be over 



rather than over hot. when the apparatus for 



over hot, 

 ventilation is set to work 



C 



52 



Per 10'), 15 5 . 



■^SSSSHS: a11 the finest La ™*^ show 



, ^m.°C , wTll^ , J? bUlM ? ° n , a PP" ca «on, and the faliest 

 Po»t. ft c r n r (1 , ll b< L^ e, l: . Apply to Jom Mat, to Tvhom all 



; but supposing 

 all that our sun 



the 





internal temperature to be ail tnat our sun can 

 produce in the dogdays, there is no probability of 

 the trees suffering on that account. The " English 

 Elm " is a doubtful native of Great Britain ; if 

 really wild here it is on the most northern limits of 

 its natural range. Spain and Southern Europe are 

 its favourite resort, and there is little reason in 

 fearing lest a Hyde Park summer, even beneath 

 a vault of glass, should equal in intensity that of the 

 Mediterranean. On the contrary, well watered 

 at the roots, screened from the soot and dust of 

 London bv an arch of 



by 

 of 



than 



i 



glass, and warmed by 

 usual fervour, it is to 



fervour, 

 "trees of liberty/' as 



a 



sun or more 

 be anticipated t 



some one calls them, will be penetrated by a vigour 

 they never knew before. 



And herein, in the augmented force of vege- 

 tation of these Elms, lies such danger as attends 

 their remaining where they are ; 

 die, but they may be the 



they 



of 



may not 

 death to 



Orders above 51. 



Yorkshire. T| Hope Nur8 *ne3, Leeming-lane, Bedale, 



It will be evident that the two specimens now 

 figured represent a couple of branches of the Pear tree, 

 producing three abortive fruits, out of the centre of 

 two of which twigs have grown. But that is not all. 



m may De me cause „. «w— ™ 

 others. - The truth is, they are rotten to the core; 

 a dead and decaying body is covered by a living 

 skin. A few days since, one of the most careful 

 workmen m the building was severely hurt by a fall, 

 m consequence of having trusted himself to a stout 

 limb, which snapped beneath his weight : although 

 alive in appearance, it was as brittle as a Carrot. To 

 what extent this rottenness goes, may be judged of 

 by two of the very trees over which Parliament has 

 thrown its shield, and which a few years ago broke 

 across the solid trunk, some feet from the ground, 

 destroyed by the weight of their own heads. Now 

 if it should happen that the branches of these old 

 trees become loaded with foliage more healthy 



more considerable 



than 



nWim^iw ~* 4i. 4 -a "I — "--"v^vv.uiau usual, they will have a 



ooiiquely at the extremity, where it shows a few J weight to bear; and it is by no means impro 



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