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1851.1 



T H E GARDENERS 1 CHRONICLE. 



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BKK SKBDL1XG PELAKHUNILM^ AND 

 111 IB HIT UF orOBEi RAl-BH*' ▼ UURTlfi-. 



rtatplaats, remd, f >r sWilii* iato Urge pott: tweUe for two 

 ^flJSl Inclu Jiof carriafe to London aod the packin.'-ca«e. 

 KtalV Ae proper tin, for purchasers to ,*ure then 



XaelMiie* mar be bad on upplic .tion to J. Doaion Wurton 

 SJulxo Uleworth. Middled! . The stock wa« new finer, *t 



Sisters oiij rely on the b-st eelectir- >-' *- «- 



Seo, if tOSf ctnn t choose for themseleea 



TJVl KbON and SON have still on hand a limited 

 • auvutyofthc Improved KIDNEY POT A <>. at 7f 6d. 

 ra-bosbel aud^olden Dwarfs at 01. W (an eicellcnt Early 

 rams Po'ato) ; for the parti ulars of their merit fee 



fj-iniirnr*' Caroai* of **» l* th or il§t Dec tuber. 



iHfld Son, haTin< the largest stock in the country of 

 Texodium semperrirens are enabled to offer them at the 

 moving low «««• '.-Fine plants, 2 feet hi|rh, 2s. M. ; 6 fe< 

 tu • iotermediate sixes at proportion atety low pries*. For- 

 SBt.ia ¥ indismma, 3 feet trgh full of 11 >wer-buds, 2s. 6d. ; and 



I other general >uraery Stock at equally low prices. 



Hursery, Kingston, Surrey, March 15. 



BARLY AND CATTLE CABBAGE. 



STOUT BEDDED PLANTS, of Superior true Sorts, 

 U. 6o\ per 1000, package included, delivered fros of car- 

 wimMt t» the Edenbridge Sea-ion, South-Eastern RaU* f ; aUo 

 CATLIFLOWER PLANTS, Bariy and Lite. 4$ per 100 ; and 

 KEU CA8BA'. B, Stout Bedded, Is per 100, or 7s. 6d. per 10m0. 

 Address t » J«> nw CsTTKLL. We-terham. K >t. 



UTTON'S RENOVATING M1XTI RE, cowAsLiiiz 



of Pete iQisl CLU VERS and fine GHA-^ES, for improving 



Old Pa«tu-e§. 



JoM Scttow and Sows hare the pleasure of intimating that 

 thaw hare ink season REDUCED THE PRICE of these Seeds 

 •J 5 per cent., vis , to lOd. per pound— 6 to 8 pounds being suffi- 

 cient to mend an acre of old Pasture. 



Also NATl'RAL OKA ES and CLOVER fr pnaanent 

 Tasture, miied ex essly to su't the soil, 2 8s. per ac-e, 



n n ee of carria , as see Messrs. Sut- 

 ton's A (hvrtisement in the last page of the Gardeners' 

 Chronicle on March 1. 



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ESTABLISHED 1786. 



WILLIAM E. RENDLE and CO., Seed Merchants 

 by special appoinrment to the Sooth Devon aqeicfl- 

 TDEAL Association, and sereral influential Members of the 

 Roral A ■ultural m iety. Union Road, Plymouth. 



\\ I this season a choice and well assorte 1 Stork of all 

 the best FARM SBBDS. They hare been grown and "eleotsd 

 witu the greatest oate, an<) i-iu be highly iec»mn>end.d as 

 bsin^* of the most jrunuiiie quality. Our s*le of Turnip Se 

 alone last season esceedfi i one thousand bushels; our extent* 

 4ealief s therefore enable ub to sell at the lowest remunerating 

 prices, and at the same tune is the atr mgeet evidence « Da 

 offer of tlis large and increasing patronage beet »wed upon us 



which we hare to return our most grateful acknowledgments. 



UR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE of FARM 

 SEEDS is *st pMalud, and can be had in 

 exdusngejor <>ae Ptnny >unp. It< dains a description 

 of all the best var ks of Turnips, Carrots, and Mang d 

 Wun , with prices afixed to evert/ article. The list of 

 Grasses is peculiarly comprelunsive, and contains sftort 

 descriptions oj all the leading kinds. There is also some 

 nsrful advice relative to the sowing of Grass Seeds for 

 permanent pasture, concerning which Mr. Kemp, of Bir- 

 hmkead Pwric. in a letter to us says:—" J am glad that 

 you repudiate the practice of towing Corn with Grass 

 Seeds, a custom J have often lutd to combat" 



All Orders above %L Carriage Free, (See Catalogue.) 

 Apply to William E. Remdle and Co., Seed Merchants, 

 Plymouth. ^^ 



\\ HAMILTON, S man and Florist, 156, 



" Chpapside, London, advertises the following i it the 

 beeefit of those who may not b • in possession of his Catalogue. 

 They are really fine, sod hare for *ucoassive years given the 

 highest satisfaction, beiug superior to the geuerai run of 

 Oerman Seeds. 

 25 tarietiea of HAMBRO 1 TEN-WEEK STOCKS... 



AUTUMN or latcHowering SI QK9 



finest double BROMPTON STOCKS... 



superior GLOBE ASTERS 



,, pvramidal ,, 



Extra fine double dwarf BALSAMS 



double dwarf mottled ,, 



double dwarf Rocket LARKSPUR 



double till ,, ,, 



aiNNI \ ELE0A9S very fine)... 



extra fine double HOLLYHOCKS 

 11 stinct varieties of WALLFLOWER ... 

 10 variJke of *p endid MIMt'LUS 

 li „ ornamental GRASSES 



U' Jt beautiful CLIM HERS 



Any of the aoove forwarded post free. 

 The following may be had in 6d. packets, or tl 



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 «on's Superb Broccoli, Snow's Early and La'e White Broccoli, 

 WsJcheren Brocc 

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A General PRICED and DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



«»ay be had on application.— Address, 155, Cheapside, London. 



K.B. Agent for ih e rea ered Rose Girdle Label. 



'"EW AND CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS, GERMAN STOCKS, 



VEGETABLE SEEDS of , the most approved kinds. 

 m*s Superb Broccoli, Snow's Early and La'e White B 



GERMAN ASTERS, &c. 



C. WHEELER and SON, Nu 



T C. WHEELER and SON, Nurserymen and 



*J • Seedsmen, by Oflicial App >intmen', to the G >ucester- 

 shire Agricultural Association, 99, Nortbga'e-street, Gloucester, 

 have selected, out of a large collection of Flower Seeds, 20 ot 

 the most beautiful and showy varieties, each sort distinct in 

 colour, and calculated to produce a fine effect when planted 

 out in b <ls or groups in the flower border. Each variety is 

 distinctly marked with its Botanical and English n <me, height, 

 toe of flowering, colour of the flower, manner of growing, 

 whether erect or trailing, &c, die, the time it should be sown, 

 and other valuable hints as to its cultivation. la selecting 

 Hi**? ^ varieties, care has been taken to exclude all which ai 

 •"J-oiQomers, or have an Insignificant appearance ; so that the 

 collection will comprise only those which are really sh »wy ami 

 handsome, and which, it is believed, would prove to the entire 

 iatlsfactiou of any lady or gentleman who niuht be disp >sed to 

 order them. The German >cks and Asters especially are 

 njos: superb.— The 20 1'acketa are neitly packed up in » ne 

 Paper, and will be sent free by post, to any part of the Kingdom, 



T<> Sl'KSKKYMrN, Fl.OIU-l v A'C. 



JLINhi.N, \, ChauaBte dJ - haerbeek, Hruasela 

 • an! Luxembourg. bcK- to in'ortn \mm and the Trade 



that his C afiogoe of New 1' salSS for 18 M ,. r. i rj and 



may be obtained tcrati« of his Agents. Rethui and bVlsokiT! 

 Custom House and General Forwardi \gents, Cox's Quay, 

 .ower Thames-street. 



J. 1 solic ts attention to the new and remarl \ 'rcbideous 



Plants with which the C italogue abounds, as aUo »o the fol- 

 lowing, a description of which will be found on the first and 



FUCHSIA VrNr-TA. H.B K. strong plants, 5s. to Is. CJ. 

 F 11*1 \ NIGRfCAVS, Ltsden Ditto 8s. 

 BOMAREA EDULIS PittO Is M. 



VERBENAS.— A Set of Twelve of the most extraor- 

 dinary Seediin? Verbenas ever ofl\?red. As a proof of 

 heir excellence, they have b*en awarded 30 first-class certifi. 

 cites ; three ot them will be figure i in the " Gardener's Maga- 

 zine of B -tany." April 1. G. S. begs to say that they are ver 

 distin- sad far surpass an \ previously r 1. The set in 



strong planu, the third week in April, at 21., or 55. p>r plant 

 F-.rde-criptions, see Catalogue, which will be fjrwarded>a 

 the receip of one po-rage stamp, with th » description of the 

 heeun Fuchsis <lonia. figured i*i ihe •• trdener'sMagasine 

 of H 'T.«ny," n»r March. Alsn his new Petunias and Heltotro 



elec ^, with prices ot Verbenas, Fuchsias, Dahlias, Chry- 

 sinthe'nnms, -raniums, \c, at u^dapte priees.— Gk »sge 



mith, Toll in fure rv, II .r u eY«roaarl ^lin gt m. London 



\J EWTA LIABLE FLOWER SK KU.S.—Portulaca 



-*A . aroea, new Rose var., very handsome, li. per pkt. 



Ipomoc? i Q lamoclit alba, h ilf-hardy Is. 



Burrhiffii, splendid hardy ... ... %d. 



Saponaria C* rica, var. uiuliiMora 6<J. 



Xo garden should be without this most valuable 



Annual. 



Mart Mii a angulan-, new nud handsome 

 (;l xii» . hjbridi 1 by a first-rat t> gr »wer 

 Calendrinia umbellata, new a«id Laudsome 



ha f hardy Annual 



A few packets of Lisianthus Ru4*ellianu* 



Trop;e duoi *>!»• -ciosura, very handsome 



DuaCiM H Alas' obj ct, in selecting the above fw Seeds from 

 his collection, i< to dr r the p irticular attention f those who 

 are fon f novelty and beauty. Amongst oth-r - ments 



of hi* bus'ii *\ 1) 1L pri himself on having som first-rate 

 Seeds ri>t Fl.wers— via , Calceolaria, Coieraria Hearts- 



ease, Dahlia, ferbena, Oarnsxions, I'mk, Oa^Lsoombs, tad 



HaNams, Arc.,in6<i and Is. pa kets. 

 G-rinan Stocks and Asters in c<>! ecu »ns, 2s. to 5s. 

 109, St. Martin's-iane, C wing Cross, Loudou. 



Catalo^ue^ per p ost free. 



SEEDS FOR THE FARM, THE KITCHEN-GARDEN, AND 



Tlli KLOWER-GARDBN. 



JAMES SALTER having tested the Growing Quali- 

 ties the Seed* he is now aeD ng out, can with confidence 

 warrant I ;m to be as good, and a- low in price, as at any 

 respectable Seed Establishment in the Kin,/ m. All the m 

 aourored v "i ties of CUCUMBER and MELON, If. per packer. 

 Flower S l« forward <l {(re") by post. Descriptive Lists, with 

 instruci >ns tor lowiog, ?ent on application. 



N.B.-Ju t Imported, a fine collection of CONTINENT \L 

 FLOWER SEEDS ; also, nne double ITALIAN TUB HOSES. 



>ked Establ'^hm ewt ?, New Bond - eat. Hath. 



NEW SPRING CATALOGUE. 

 WOODLANDS NURSERY, M ARKSFIELD, noar UCKFIELD, 



SUSSEX. 



WM. WOOD and SON have now published a New 

 CATAL'WUE OF GK ENHOU8E AND BEDDING 

 PLANTS, coi Hof which will be torw irded freeon applicati >n. 

 W T . W. and S N beg to off :r strong pi, mts horn their superb 

 collecti m « f Hollyhocks, at 6s.. 9*., and 12 . per dozen ; Cape 

 Hetths, !)i,12*.,and 18s perd.z n, strong and bushy ; Chinese 

 Azakas y.^., 12s., and 18s. per d.zen, strong and bushy. 

 Chr\saMthemums, best Cooti alal vars, 6s, 9s. t V2s. ; 



Phloxes, Gs , ds., 12s 



Ex r i p an's will be presented with each order, as compensa- 

 tion lor can- asje. 



CUCUMBER «PHE_>o.\lENA," AND 

 "13ROMUAM HALL" MELON. 



EDWARD T1LEY wishes to inform the Nobility, 

 Clergy, Gentry, and Growers in general, that he has still 

 a Stock of good sound Seeds of the above superb CUCUMBER 

 an MELON, and other varieties, as advertised by him in the 

 Gardeners* Chronicle, Feb. : 1, 185L. Cucumber Phenomena, 

 •2s. &d. per packet; Bromh.nn Hall Melon, 15. GeL ditto; 

 Fleming's Trentham Hybrid Melon, Is. ditto; and about 20 

 other good varieties of Cucumbers and Melons, at the prices 

 mentioned in the former Advertisement. 



Anv quantity will be sent postage free on receipt of a Post- 

 office' order, or the am u »t in penny postage stamps. 



hold by Edwabd Tilet, Nurseryman, Seedsman, and Florist, 

 12, Abb^y Churchyard, Bath. 



STAXWICK NECTAR! -SALE*: of, in AID 

 of the FUNDS of the GAROENERS' BENEVOLENT 



SOCIETY. M . . 



Circumstances have rendered it necessary to miiify tn>s in- 

 tentions expressed at p. ♦ f the Qurdeners' Chronicle, respect- 

 ing e Stahwick Nectabip-e. Up n examining the young 

 plan-s in Mr. Rivebs's hand* i. tutrix ou: tha*. the number tit 

 for sale is much smaller than was anticipated, and that there 

 is a oniderabic difference in their quaiit;. Applicants a e 

 moreover anxious to obtain their plants without loss ot time, 

 and without waiting for the chauce of an auction which cannot 

 take place, t the ad age ot the charity, booner than next 



sprinjr. It has therefore been resolved to Bet a tl.: fines 

 plants for sale at from 4 to 5 guineas each, and to dispose or 

 others at 3 guineas each. Such as are unsold in the spring, it 

 there should he any left, will be brought to Use hammer ad a* 



first proposed. 



Of the selected specimens, some are beautr ii plants in pots, 

 budded on the Peach stock, aud covered with bios n-buds, so 

 that thev will fruit next yeai if repotted ; for these fire guinea 

 will b^ charged. The remainder are very fine maiden plants in 

 the open quar.er, budded on Flum stacks, and without bloa.-om- 

 buds ; Lr these 4 guineas are requi L Gentlemen desirous of 

 aiding the excellent charity to whose funds the produce of the 

 sale of these plants will be applied, by order ot his Grace the 

 Duke ot Northumberland, are reques I to apply to Mr. William 

 BBAtLSFoaD, 21, Recent-street, London, giving their exact ad- 

 dresses, and stating by what conveyance the plants are to be 

 transmitted from the station at Harlow, on the Cambridge line 

 of the Eastern Counties Railway, where they will be delivered 

 without further charge. It is requested tl 5 Post-office orde> 

 may be made payable to Mr. William Bbailsford, who. up 

 their receipt, will return an order upon Mr. Rivebs for the 



ransmi»sii>n of the plants. . , 



Appucations will be complied with iu the exact order v. w*»lcn 

 they are received, and due notice will be given when the fi 

 guinea and tour guinea plants are exhaustvd. 



May we be permitted to .xpress a hope, that although no 

 pecuniary profit can be derived by nurserymen from a sale 

 whose proceeds go to a charitable use, yet tna' they ^ , never- 

 theleas, endeavour to make knowu, wr.nin the circle of their 

 customers, the terms on which the Stanwick Nectarine may 

 I now be procured. 



SMART '^L NKlVAbLbU, l>Ol'BHi,CliliSttUAliltAMJaiN(A 



s T O C K 



JAMES SMART, Seedsman. :>G, Queea-atreet, 

 Glasgow, can confidently recommend the show, as tne best 



•r «.ffer*d H) the ] Mi fee richness of en! nir a<»d fragrant 

 our, combined wi h its graceful habit of growth.— Sold In 



Packers, at 5s. an d 2s. 6d. e* i^ 



BLACK UAHRAROSSA C. U A PE.-Fiaa flavoured 

 Git AT I :t» *> be I'b-ained ontil April growing the 



above trulyJBigniflceut v v. in*r »d -iced from th ntnent 



by C. T Wjai For further parti «rs, see <> ardours* 



Chronic 1 *, Ma a 8, lHol Good Plants from Kyes may be 



eiofJ hn Bctctieb Nurseryman, Stratford i.Avon, 

 10*. <v,f each. Lond u Aire: Mr. F. Wabweb. Seed Merchant, 

 28, CornhiU. 



/ ^ RAPE VI N I S, strong and well-established in pots, 



^~J of The fol owing d 1^ :— Black l!am*wr*b, lack Prince, 

 Muscadine, Sweatvrater, Blaok Cluster, and liurgundy, at 18s. 

 per dozen. D< ount to th? trade. 

 TuoMis Watts, Camden Nurs ry, Osra- Surrey. 



MESSRS. STAXDISii and NOBLES new de- 

 scriptive C\TALOGUB OF S LKCi I1AR Y ORNA- 

 MENTAL i'i.ANT^ it just publislsad, an i maj 1>^ had f»r 

 four postajf« st i nps. Bt a Treatise <>n - cultivation of 



American Plants, it con' ns a Plat- and De ription of the 

 Funebral Cypress, Notices «»f Cephai ««ii' Portunil. Crypto- 



meria japonic a, Udtrcns scleffophylla and inverca, Viburnum 

 plicatum and ma ■ halum, with many i en» introductions 



from 'he north of « ,a, quite new I » Kn h le#S. 



Mes-r . 8. and N. take this opportunity • stating that they 

 give Designs for I-ayiog out New G<«u i and Plans for Im- 

 provem ; a'so Rs ira for all kin is of Pis , whether 



rnamen el or economic. — B:i »t Nurseries, Marc » 15. 



2Tfve ©avaeurr^ ©ittontcle 



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It is about two years since we drew attention to 

 the very riking figures, publish"! by Sir Wm. 



Hooker, of certain species of Rhododendron found 



in that part of the Himalayas which bears the name 



of Sikkim. Since that time Dr. IIookf.r has seat 

 home such ample supplies of their seeds, that the 

 Garden at Kew has been enabled to make liberal 



distributions, and many species are now in this 



Z; among the rest the glorious sort named 

 ord Dai.housie. The seedlings pn.ve, as 

 was to be expected, very different in ( istitution, 

 and no doubt represent peculiar races, of which the 

 management will be as different as the forms. 

 While Dalhousicanum promises to be as cultivable 

 as jar ni<- mil, others are so miff/, to borrow a 

 gardening term, as to render it prol ble that they 

 will survive only in the hands of the most expe- 

 rienced cultivators. 



People are already being anxious about the names 

 of their seedlin ; but they turn in vain to the 

 work above alluded to, which evidently contain a 

 very small portion of those whose seeds have been 

 distributed from Kew. We have, therefore, great 

 pleasure in announcing that a second part of this 

 publication has appeared,* and is to be succeeded by 

 a third. From the second part, which contains 10 

 exquisite plates, we learn that Dr. Tl KfiB has now 

 acquired no fewer than 43 species in the mountains 

 of Sikkim alone, " many of which exceed, in the 

 \ze and beauty of their flowers or their foliage, the 

 handsomest of those which had been previously 

 discovered." The work also con ins an enumera- 

 tion of the 43 species referred to. We ran only 

 spare room for a few words respecting the in kinds 



actually figured. 



The first plate represents R. Auckland?? \ a species 

 from the lower ranges, at the elevation of 7 — 9000 

 feet. It is a bush 4—8 feet high, with large Laurel- 

 like leaves, green beneath, and huge white flowers, 

 remarkable for a large broad red four-cornered calyx. 

 1 1 occurs in dry sunny situations, and above forests 

 of Abies Brunoniana. 



Next comes R. Thomsoni, with loose bunches of 

 deep blood -red flowers as large as those of arhoreum, 

 but with the foliage of R. campanulatum, except 

 that it is not rusty on the under side. It is found 

 in damp woods, where it straggles to the stature of 

 15 feet, rooting from its branches. 



Third in order is R. p ndulum, a species with 

 small white flowei hanging from the branches of 

 tall Pine trees, often covered with the Usnea lichen, 

 at an elevation of 9—11,000 feet. " Growing, as it 

 does, an epiphyte, upon the trunks of trees, in the 

 gloomy and almost impenetrable forests, it is a plant 





very di cult of detection. 7 



The fourth species is /?. pumihim, a delightful 

 Alpine species, with the habit of a Pyrola id small 



* the Ilhododsntlrons of Siki Mlwi. * • /^f/J* 



Dalto* IlooKEa J M.D.; edited by Or *< *. Hook», 

 K.ll. Part II., Polio, RKiva and Binhaw. 



