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HORTICULTURAL 



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THE LARGE GOLD MEDAL. 



To Mr. May, Gardener to Mrs. Lawreoce, F.H.S., for a 

 collection of 20 Store and Greenhouse Piants 



To Mr. M>lam, Gardener to 3. Rucker, Esq., jun., F.H.S., 

 for 20 speck s of Exotic Orchids 



THE GOLD KNIGHTIAN MEDAL. 



To Mr. Cole, Gardener to H. Colyer. Esq , of Dartford, for 

 a collection of 20 Stove and Greenhouse Plants 



To Mr. Green, Gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart., F.H.S., 

 for a collection of 15 Stove aid Greenhouse Plants 



To Mr, Blake, Gardener to J. H. Schroder, Esq., F.H.S., 

 for 20 species of Exotic Orchids 



THE GOLD BANKSIAN MEDAL. 



To Messrs. Fraser, of Lea Bridge-road, Essex, for a collec- 

 tion of 20 Stove and Greenhouse Plants 

 To Mr. Taylor, Gardener to J. Coster, Esq., of Streatham, 



for a collection of 15 Stove and Greenhouse Plants 

 To Mr. Carson, Gardener to W. F. G. Farmer, Esq., F.H.S., 

 for a collection of 10 Stove and Greenhouse Plants 

 4^To Mr. Williams, Gardener to C. B. Warner, Esq., F.H.S., 



for a collection ot 20 species of Exotic Orchids 

 5 To Messrs. Veitch and Son, of Exeter, for a collection of 15 

 species of the same 



S To Mr. Franklin, Gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., for a 



collection of 10 species of the same 

 To Mr. Smith, Gardener to W. Quilter, Esq., of Norwood, 



for a collection of 10 varieties of Cape Heath 

 To Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, for the same 

 To Mr. Terry, Gardener to Lady Puller, of Youngsbury, 



Herts, for 12 varieties of Roses, in pots 

 To Mr. Francis, of Hertford, for the same 



To Mr. Green, for a collection of 12 varieties of Greenhouse 

 Azalea 



To Mr. Ivison, Gardener to the Duchess Dowager of North- 

 umberland, F.U.S., for a collection of Indian Rhodo- 

 dendrons 



THE LARGE SILVER-GILT MEDAL. 



To Mr. Speed, of Edmonton, for a collection of 10 Stove 

 and Greenhouse Plants 



To Mr. Kinghorn, Gardeaer to the Earl of Kilmorey, F.H.S., 



for six Stove and Greeuhouse Piants 

 To Messrs. Rollisson. for 15 species of Exotic Orchids 

 To Mr. Carson, for 10 species of Exotic Orchids 

 To Mr. Kinghorn, for six species of the same 

 To Mr. May, Gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., for a 



collection of 12 varieties of Greenhouse Azalea 

 To Mr. Carson, for six varieties of the same 

 To Mr. Green, for Tall Cacti in flower 



To Mr. Cole, for a collection cf 10 varieties of Cape Heath. 

 To Mr. Epps, F. U.S., for the same 



To Mr. Smith, Gardener to W. Quilter, Esq., for 10 varieties 



of Cape Heath, in 11-inch pots 

 To Messrs. Rollisson, for the same 

 To Mr. Roser, Gardener to J, Bradbury, Esq., of Streatham, 



for 12 varieties of Roses in pots ' 



To Messrs. Paul, of Cheshunt, for the same 

 To Messrs. Veitch and Son, for Cantua dependens 



THE CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE. 



To Mr. Croxford, Gardener to H. H. Barnes, Esq., of Stam- 

 ford-hill, for a collection of 10 Stove and Greenhouse 

 Plants 



To Mr. Hamp, Gardener to J. Thorne, Esq., F.H^S., for a 



collection of six Stove and Greenhouse Plants 

 To Mr. Green, for six species of Exotic Orchids 



T %\ Ir Hel a ct7su^ dener t0 J ' C ° Ster ' ■*■ for a «*«*« 



*°$ G^^ E65e *> for s - Pieties 



T °in pote * 1 ^ ESq '' r,H,S " f ° r 12 varieties of Eoses 

 To Messrs. Lane, of Great Berkhamstead, for the same 

 io Messrs. Fairbairn, ot Claphain, for a collection of 10 



varieties of Cape Heath 

 To Mr. Over Gardener to W. M 'Mullen, Esq., of Clapham 



for 10 varieties of Cape Heath, in 11-inch pots Uiapnam ' 



™ !° ¥ r * E W B > F - ff - s » for the same 

 1- To Mr. Smith, Gardener to W. Quilter, Esq., for 

 m 8nnch pots * 



To Mr Roser, Gardener to J. Bradbury, Esq., for a col 

 lection of Cape Pelargoniums 



To Mr. Ayres, of Brooklands, for a collection 

 Pelargoniums 



To M. Baumann, of Ghent, for Deu?zia gracilis 

 T0 S a l2a aUd 3 ° D ' for a ^ £ * ecime ° of Medi- 



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8 To Mr. Ambrose, of Battersea, for a collection of Fancy 

 Pelargon : ums 



To ?° }5 r ' Loddi - es . F.II.S., for Aeridea sp. 

 10 lo Messrs. Veitch and Son, for a single specimen of Erica 

 elegans 



To Mr. Bray, Gardener to E. Lousada, Esq., of Peak-house, 

 Sidmouth, for a Queen Pine Apple, weighing 3 lbs. 3 oz. 



To Mr. Davis, Gardener to Lady Bridport, of Cricket St. 

 Thomas, Crewkerne, for two Black Prince Pine Apples 

 in a pot 



To Mr. Davis, Gardener to Lord Boston, at Iledsor, Bucks, 



for a Providence Pine Apple, weighing 8 lbs. 4 oz. 

 To Mr. Fleming, Gardener to the Duke of Sutherland, 



F.H.S., at Trentham, for Black Hamburgh Grapes * 

 To Mr. Davis, of Oak-hill, East Barnet, for the same 

 To Mr. Jackson, Gardener to H. Beauf oy, Esq., of South 



Lambeth, for Dutch Sweetwater Grapes 

 To Mr. Davis, of Oak-hill, East Barnet, for the same 

 To Mr. Bain, Gardener to B. Bernasconi, Esq., of Harrow- 

 Weald, for White Fronti^nan Grapes 



THE SILVER KNIGHTIAN MEDAL, 



To Mr. Dods, Gardener to Sir J. Cathcarfc, Bart., F.H.S., 

 for a collection of 10 Stove and Greenhouse Plants 



To Mr. Stanly, Gardener to H. Berens, Esq., F.H.S., for a 



collection of six Stove and Greenhouse Piants 



To Mr. Ivieon, for a collection of six species of Exotic 

 Orchids 



To Mr. Roser, Gardener to J. Bradbury, Esq., for a col- 

 lection of 10 varieties of Cape Heaths in 11-inch pots 

 To Messrs. Rollisson, for the same, in 8-inch pots 

 To Mr. Robinson, Gardener to J. Simpson, Esq., of Thames 



Bank, Pimlico, for a collection of Cinerarias in 6-inch 

 pots 



To Mr. Bragg, of Slough, for a collection of Pansies 

 in pots 



To Messrs. Henderson, of Pine- apple-place, for Broughtonia 

 violacea 



To Mr. Cole, for Allamanda neriifolia 



To T. B. Graham, Esq., ot Lavender Sweep, Clapham 



Common, for a Bingle specimen of Erica Sindryana 

 To Messrs. Veitch and Son, for Nepenthes Rafflesiana 

 To Mr. Barnes, Gardener to Lady Rolle, of Bicton, for a 



Queen Pine Apple 



To the same, for a Prickly Cayenne Pine Apple, weighing 

 4 lbs. 10 oz. 



To Mr. Jackson, Gardener to H. Beaufoy, Esq., of South 



Lambeth, for a Providence Pine Apple, weighing 7 lbs. 

 9 oz. 



To Mr. Parsons, Gardener to A. George, Esq*, of Ponder's 



End, for Black Hamburgh Grapes 

 To Mr. Davis, of Starch Green, Hammersmith, for the same 

 17 To Mr. Grant, Gardener to G. H.Simms, Esq., of Borthwick 



Hill, Bath, for a White Fleshed Melon, named "Victory 



of Bath " 





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admirers of Koses'that'u, cSffc ««P 



Koses M now in full bloom '" 



fine spotted varieties- Q er - 



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fine spoVed varied ' ^ft*- ** «« P « 

 London. Wi * md P atr <>as that he ha, nn » k 





fj ENRY LEGGE i s n w S A3 - 



n PJower8 ot . m * 9™ s ^ing out all ^ 



from 3,-. to 4s. per down. JcateJ,,™ " per dua »; StS 8 * 

 one p ll8 tage stamp to Hehbt 8 . * C " n ** Cw W *l 



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ruby.coloured'trusse^bhfoS » »^ft 



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yERBENAS, SCARLET GERanTt^T 



V TUN1AS, DAHLIAS FUCR^T. . ILM - If 

 MUMS, and all the r opular vaiS^^ 



Many thousands of the most S^^l^ 

 Bedding Plants are now ready for sendiTl?"* 

 and cheap. Persws prepar^ Vpta^* 

 to peruse our Priced Descriptive SvZ7£?* 

 tt^ed as a Newspaper, to go % e ^ Ca ^ 



ceoas Piants, select Flowering Shroi^'l^S 

 Ac &c, see our Autumn Catalogue, tu^Sto*** 



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THE LARGE SILVER MEDAL. 



To Messrs. Pamplio, of Lea Bridae-road P««» <^~ « , 

 lection of 20 Stove and areenholse Planf ' *" a ° 01 - 

 To Mr. Williams, Gardener to C. 13. Warner Esq P IT <* 

 o T f ^ r r collection of 10 Stove and Greenhouse Plants ' 



E'* tu fiZ t ' Gard / n . er to T. Huggins, Esq., of Norwood, 

 4 To 1 w^r n n° f f StOFoand Greenhouse Plants ' 

 4 To. Mr Woolley, Gardener to H. B. Ker, Esq., of Cuefehunf 

 r; t ^ r 81x fl P €0iea ttt Exotic Orchids 4 ' ^nefcnunr, 



R T^ «: ^f^ ? r ^tectton of Heiichrysums 



pots "^ *" i0 VaHetie3 0f Ca ^ ***•, inll-inch 



7 TO i r ciSS-^^^^ **. *T a collection 



THE SILVER BANKSIAN MEDAL. 



To Mr. Over, Gardener to W. M'Mullen, Esq., for a collec- 

 tion often Stove and Greenho?ise Plants 



To Mr. Watson, Gardener to Mrs. Tredwell, of St. John's 

 Lodge, Lower Norwood, for the same 



To Mr. Fancourt, Foreman to Mr. Cant, of St. John's-street 

 Nursery, Colchester, for a collection of Cinerarias in 

 6-inch pots 



To Mr. Carson, for Trichopilia coccinea. 



To Mr. May, Gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., for 



Pimelea Nieppergiana 

 To Mr. Ivison, for a single specimen of Indigofera decora 

 To Mr. Green, for Ixora Griffithii 

 To Messrs. Veitch and Son. for Nepenthes sanguinea 

 To Mr. Hamp, for a collection of Amaryliids 



To Mr. Fleming, for a Black Antigua Pine Apple, weighing 

 3 lbs. 4 oz. 



11 To Mr. Bray, for a Providence Pine Apple, weighing 5 lbs. 

 1 oz. 



To Mr. Bain, Gardener to B. Bernasconi, Esq., for Black 



Hamburgh Grapes 

 To Mr. Snow, Gardener to Earl de Grey, Wrest Park, 



Silcoe, for a collection of Apples and Pears 

 To Mr. Ingram, Gardener to Her Majesty at Frogmore, for 



May Duke Cherries 



To Mr Tumbull, Gardener to the Duke of Marlborough 

 at Blenheim, for Keens* Seedling Strawberries ' 



To Mr. Smith, of Mogden-lane, Isleworth, for the same 

 To Mr. Robertson, Gardener to Lady Foley, of Stoke Edith 

 rark, Ledbury, for a Persian Hybrid Melon 



THE CERTIFICATE OF MERIT. 



To Mr. Lodd'ges, F.H.S., for Lycaste sp. 



To Mr Franklin, Gardener to Mrs. Lawrence, F.H.S., for 

 Epidendrum sp. ' 



To Mr. Turner, of Holloway, for a collection of Alpines in 



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Tn mI' w ln ?f r ' °n Su P bur y- for a collection of 24 Auriculas I 

 Xo Mr. WooJlej, Gardener to H. B. Ker, Esq., of Cheshunt 

 for a collection of Lycopods v"e.uunt, 



mm BiSSSF E8q " ° f Readin ^' for JEP'phjllum spocio. 



T^ vl~ ?f aaIy ' fo J a f r olle «ion of Apples and Pears 

 To Mr. Lltming, for May Duke Cherries 



akL U \ Garde ? er *° M"- Boothby, of Twjford 



Abbey, near Acton for Keens' Seedling Strawberries 



^5 , - B -7 M ^ 8r8 . , , Lane ' of Gr6at Berkhamstead, would have 

 obtained a Cert fioateof Merit for a collection of Cilerari^ U 

 they had complied with the regulations in regard to the J?™ of 

 pot ln which they should have hp«i K h„»„ B W tne 81ze ot 



:h of March, or not having an opportunity of flTlJ! 



bear thts season, BnwaE^Tu.Y^.^fafaSS.tt 

 ma, yet do so, he having a large stock'of sS m t5 

 in pots lor the purpose of late piaoting ; they a^uSS 

 bloom, such as will insure fruit this year, aedd a ble t ^2 

 tuy over tnose planted in the autamn for Xzt 

 They constst of the following first-rate van tie:" 



ol± h T ^ ne i. A J lTO Maud ' 0o »e'8 Prolific, aod Bnm\ 

 Uueens. Any ot which can be forwarded at is. u. p W km. 

 hamper and package included. A remittance m^aeS 

 pany the order, either in cash or penny postal 8l *a|Z 



»k^ 4R ,m Tl ^ Y » N ««eryman, Seedsman, and Plofi^k 

 Abbey Churchyard, Bath. »™» «. 



A ZALEA INDICX^YMMETR^ffiS^Sf- 



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nas Deen bestowed upon it, render it only necessary to motto 

 the opinions ot competent judges, the awards ic has newed, 

 and simply to add that it is superior in shape and substance to 

 auy variety hitherto iutrodueetl, and equal in colour aid in* 

 to the most popular kinds. In May, 1850, a first class cettifc* 

 was awarded to i: by the London Florieuitiiral Society, and 

 was thus described in the Gardeners' and farmers' JmmL 

 " Aznlea mdica Symmetry is a magnificently formed flower, rf 

 extraordinary substance ; colour salmonish-piuk, faryinjH 

 light scarlet, richly spotted in the throat with deep criM; 

 size large." At the June show, 1850, at Coiswick. itoWal 

 the Silver Banasian Medal, and was recorded in tiwflarttow' 

 Chronicle as *«a considerable improvement on Lateritia. 

 John ami Charles Lee having purchased the stock of Sj» 

 metry, intend sending out healcny Flants on the lat «f iw, 

 price 2U. each.— Nursery and Seed Establisiiment, EaiMW. 

 smith, near London.— May 10, 



NEW DAtlLlAS; E. FOSTER'S, Esq., CHUl0£ P 

 GOaMUMS; PICOTEES, CARNATIONS, HOLLYHOOH 

 PANSLES, &c. 



WILLIAM BRAGG, Star Nursery, Slough, begs to 



* w say his Catalogue of the above Flowers is iww realL 

 and can be had on application. His choice &EfiDL. 



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TIFTY-FOLD KIDSEY fOTATO. 



AilES LAKE, Nubserymax. &c, Brida-ewater 



Somertet, begs to inform the Dublin th^l t S J ' 



oat bis- Seedling Fifty-fold Kidney Po ta o It tfh^ l en S n f 

 were sent to I>r. Lindley, April 29ta ilV * i Ubtl ^ of " hlch 

 quaiity T ery good ; ,ix tubers also sent "o BeeH? 1 "^ U2 > 

 and Co., at the same time, produced 580 aS ^h™'*™ ?' 



poor ground. Price is ver neck t^.i ' ^"-oagh grown in 



&'Mr*LE», 6, Leadei^aTstreet: Ja Ageata : H ' ;r E l 



J. L. having grown from 15 to 20 lights of iken^ n^ 



confidence recommend h th • isb^^Z'^ T X 



kinds iii c»l^ ; va f i(v • • ? v^ ■•*" 



\T ALtJ ABLE VEGETABLES 



uSr eM1SerMm08t desirable, Quantity ver/lu^'; 

 BRUSSELS SPROUTS, Unproved 



r To L S i & p . e . r oz • Gd - P er P ac ^t. 



CABBAGE, MITCHELL'S ENFIELD— Thm hoaK„ .• 



LETTUCE, VICTORIA OABBAOE b\it ii,^; I" P * aK i t ' 

 one of the handsomest grown and 'whil L ka °? U ' but 

 garden should be without. ' hlCh no ^ntiemin'e 



i it. MertinWw, Bbtrtng Cross, London. 



DAHLIAS will be sent out the first week in Maj at Ids. 

 each, viz. : — 



ADMIRAL, rich lilac, very constant, gained first See •;.-:: 

 prize, '2os., at the Royal aouth London Exhibition ;21«.ShaoUi' 

 well Open dhows, Ac, fourteen first class certificates ; the a* 

 Bucceaatui Mower of the year. . 



CARMINA, rich carmine, constant show flower, gained * 

 first class certificates, «fcc, shown in several winning stands. 



The lion. Ma*. ASHLEY, waxy white, tipped with 1*3 

 splendid shew rl.jwer, <fcc. \V. B. thinks it the bes£l>^itte; 

 the season ; was awarded bv Dr. Lindley a certificate of men. 

 at the Horticultural Society, <fcc. Gained five first class cere- 



QU :N OF FAIRIES. Domeyer. W.au^hf P^S 



id constant fancy DiW". ^2 

 aoove amateur, who will give 51. in prizes the next ^« 

 this llower. 1 1 gained a Seedling prize and first class cwjHJJJJ 

 with Edwai .'s Mrs. Ha«saiu>; at the Koyal douUi-i--»^ 

 Open Sho t? Exhibition five first class cerdtf«*fce*. 



W. B.'s acuck of Picotees, Carnation., and ^ ittksa ^^2 

 and good ; the best Hollyhock Seed ever sent out can ■* 

 in 2s. 6d. and bs. packets, post paid, for ^ep ayment^ 



L^ G. HENDERSOiN is now prepared to sen^ej 



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FANCY GERANIUM, Delicacum (Amoro.e'.s) ... fawi 

 SCARLET GERANIUM, Deauty of the Parterre ... » ^ ; 

 Ditto Ditto Peach Blossom ... 



Ditto Ditto Bridal Bouquet ... 



Ditto Ditto Golden Admiration 



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POTENTILLA ANTWERPENSIS 



Ditto bicolor grandifiora 



FUCHSIA, Prime Minister (Henderson**) 



Ditto Resplendent Do. 



Ditto Lord of the Tdes Do. 



Ditto Madame 1 - Do. 



CALCEOLARIA MONARCH Do. 



Ditto Queen :»$dand, Do, 



Ditto Flora M'lvor Do. 



Ditto Golden Knight Do. 



Ditto U chioness of Douro, L 



Ditto Couspieuum Do. 



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which wiu be ready for delivery early in 

 post free on application. g trt 



E. G. H. also oalls attention to the following **«™ 

 l'RftttIS*ES DE BAtiNOLET, very late, goo* V 



pots ... 

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