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THE GARDENER 



CHRONICLE 





T^pALL'S PROLIFIC RHUBARB.— In sub- 



l;»rinr tbe above to the public, E. R. begs to state, that 



nine 



^fl^jjit; <* sup©iii>r flavour; upright in growth, and 



<w*^TT Ttrge stems ail of equal size. Roots 2#. 6d. each. 

 IJ^JJSsiaed of the principal seed-Douses in London, and at 

 JM* juhdall's, Lroughboro' Gardens, Brixton, Surrey. 

 pf^T ^^OHipanied with a remittance will be promptly at- 



' discount to the trade. 



ASS a* d BROWN beg to refer to their Advertise- 



*ZL t of CHOICE OERAXIUMS, in the 2d paee ot each 

 »", „_ i > Cjfcrowwjk, of Sept OM - - - — 



I JOSE A WATERED Deacr ^i^ 



StedftBti are exceedingly tine and vigorous. With immediate 



*^-- they will make good specimen plants for exhibition 



a, with abundant blooms, and will be found very 



tj also, in the same Advertisements, beg to refer to 



^ectlitt of NEW PLANTS. Also NEW CHRYSAN- 



JwEiTr3lS. AZALEA INDICA, <fcc, of which they have a 



assortment, strong and vigorous, and offered at low 



SZfcndid Stove Plants, for winter and early spring flower, 



Jl2 beautiful Greenhouse Plants, for do., 15*. 

 dialogues on application. Goods free to London, or any part 

 ^^l^wichline to Norwich, and extra plants, gratis, for 

 timt * f i{]£ - aQ( * upwards. Remittances from unknown cor- 



m no Q dcntS. 



TJSdtnd Horticultural Establishment, Sudbury, Suffolk. 



SCARLET GERANIUM M THE AMAZON." 



HUGH LOW and Co. having purchased from Mr. 

 Carpenter, of Bath, the entire stock of the above-named 

 — SCARLET GERANIUM, have great pleasure in offering 

 * w all sd mire rs of 6howy ornamental plants. It is of robu3t 

 HP*, mMt brilliant colour, and a very tree bloomer; and 

 jsfttbe encomiums which have already been passed upon it 

 jTeompetent judges, who had opportunities of seeing it in 

 paction in the nursery of the successful raiser, H. L. and Co. 

 fc^toDDdent it will be considered as ornamental an addition 

 mr flower garden plants as its prototype was to the Great 

 lifcbition. The following is the report of the Floricultural 

 jgtor of the Gardeners 9 Chronicle, and H. L. and Co. do not 

 tait&te to tay, it is the best Scarlet Geranium ever offered to 

 fci public:— 



PuAiooNiCiis : E Carpenter. An excellent scarlet, robust 

 fclibit, and a profuse bloomer ; trusses very large ; each pip 

 if tteellent shape; petals substantial; together forming a 

 jMur head, rarely deformed by seed vessels ; colour bril- 

 SttfL A variety which is sure to become a favourite." 



Strong well-established plants 7s.Ga\ 



Extra ditto, with flowering buds 10 6 



Usual discount to the Trade. 

 Clapton Nursery, London, Nov. 15. 



^] • -RS. J. MY ATT and SONS have a Stock of 

 I the VICTORIA or RABY CASTLE CURRANT, andean 

 mppljfood strong Plants at 255. per 100 ; extra strong, 2 years 

 old, £i. per dozen. Also, a good Stock of 2 year planted 



BUbarb roots. 



MYATT'S LINNJ3US 10*. per dozen. 



HYATT'S VICTORIA ... ' ... 10*. 

 MITCHELL'S ROYAL ALBERT 



Smaller 1 year planted Roots, at 50*. per 100. 



Manor Farm. Dentfnrd Nnr is 



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TULIPS, HYACINTHS. LILIUM LANCIFOLIUM, AND 



BUTCH BULBS GENERALLY. 



HThis being: the season for planting these Bulbs, 

 ENRY GROOM, Clapham Rise, near London, by 

 appointment Florist to her Majesty the Queen, and 

 II his Majesty the King of Saxony, begs to state that he 

 Dphei sthe above FLOWERS of the finest quality, at very 

 uderate pnees. H is Catalogue may be had on application. 



TO THE TRADE. 



pLAR STOCKS, 3 years transplanted, strong and 



™ s stocks, 4 ?^:; K5;„ w , ,- --- - 



XHWS iCommon), 2 and S feet, ditto. 

 fe» mT!« v rge - 8tock „ of the above > and will sell them cheap. 

 ^k^dom 1011 " Cr and rail conve yance to all parts 



^T^ e riNNEr and C °' Gateshe *d Nursery, Newcastle- 



\7PHT ° TIC t£ UR8BRY > CHELSEA. 



i£p AW> PE ^RY beg respectfully to inform 



»b the im^i.f t 5 ons * A? d P artic ^arly those who are interested 

 ffi^^^ofNBW HARDY ORNAMENTAL TREES, 



•HdsliV c,,sf e ^ n( i w a su P erb collection of those that are 

 HidzT tLI • f °r the Park, Pleasure-ground, and even 

 initead nf rL? aimucb ** their judicious introduction there, 

 irt to Vh. k 00 prevalent Elm and Ash, would speedily add 

 lanrin/. r D t eai i t y of tne British landscape. Thev are now 

 •iiriiiLh them ' and other bardy trees and shrubs, 



Hum r PP J *° send it to those who apply for it. 

 ^Nrtft Ihnl ?i? . P * avail themselves of this opportunity to 

 **their F.» tr ^ALL-TRAINED FRUIT TREES, for 



*f*remnv i * t • ent bas been 80 lon # renowned » are n <>w 

 * Hod cm? ^" Toinsure 8 «ch specimens as they should like 



X»I6ht I'wS 6 ? wouid respectfully solicit early commands. 



^^^^^khy, Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London. 



UCINTHS AND OTHER DUTCH ROOTS 



.F* n y stamp. 



^ Bristol fl „c 



* Oar -[)**»*:„ 



^escnpuve Catalogue will 

 >ne orortd o.^i ♦,,„„! -.A**i„„ 



. p osf erTnSSSS 



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i, Seedsman, and Florist, 



r ^t^8 to t WUU * Vi oucestershire, solicits the attention of 



** fQ Uowin^ me J ery fine » weil g rown and well.rooted plants of 

 a^ u &, which will be sold low, as the ground must be 



T5« UORELS 



J^»w seWVirens 



^ H 8 AliBORESCENS, the TrueTREE BOX 



?.h-. Krow J n without peat. " - -- 



**Hor.i. , . f°oa supply of strong Q-iiclt, Larch, and Forest 



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8 to 4 feet, 

 44to6 

 3 to 4 



3 to 4 



4 4 to 5 



2 to 3 



3 to4 



M 

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4J to 6 

 •Mediterranea. atricta. and rubra, at 





* - Of »lf w- * u «upply o 



V *K to the number ( 



"ith samples, if required. 



AMERICAN PLANTS. COSiVBRS.'RUSET'Sr for 

 inning Autumn, 18 ju.t pabliahed, and may Wkt'doi 

 auon enclorinK two postage .tamp., to U,. Uo ,S 

 bke, Knap UiU Ruraery, \Tokin«r. Surrey 



branch, w tule the rema ; ler oj teaa „„} 



carpels are con, Jed within ihe summit, in the i 

 01 withered rudiments. The 



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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1851. 



Our readers have not forgotten the discussion in 



l :ie couil" lonal tendencj 



t, xi.. , a the ciiar^cteri ic of the 



Pear, is not lost, m this or either of the two other 



cases, but is preserved throughout, only diminishing: 

 towards the eye. " *— *~«6 



In No. 2 the phenomena take a somewhat different 



^ „ , v 7 Ufl » tu« leaiy tenaency being greaUr in some 



our columns a few years since, concerning what is ? • ^P^ but the ! 

 by botanists called Morphology ; how some thought if V1I j? t* P reg€ZTed 





taining 



con- 



the doctrine that flowers and fruits are made of 

 young leaves altered in their development absolutelv 

 impious, while others more charitably regarded it 

 as simply absurd. It is needless to say that no 

 enunciation of truth can be impiou- ; or that a 

 doctrine is not necessarily absurd, because it is 

 beyond the comprehension of people unaccustomed 

 to reason. It so happens that the present season 

 has enabled some obliging correspondents to furnish 

 us with evidence upon this subject of so conclusive 

 a character that we think it desirable to produce it, 

 for the sake of showing how completely monstrous 

 productions are capable of being explained by mor- 

 phological theory, while no other applies to them. 



The following cuts represent three Pears, pro- 

 duced in different places, and in different conditions, 

 by which it will be seen that the soundness of the 

 theory in question may be proved, apart from ail 

 other proof. A Tear blossom consists of a calyx 

 composed of five sepals; within these appear 

 five petals ; next to which stand about 20 sta- 

 mens ; and in the centre of all are five carpels 

 or hollow cases arranged in a ring, and 



seeds. All these parts are regarded 

 in theory as leaves in an altered state, and the 

 whole flower as a very short branch, destitute of 

 the usual power of lengthening, or, which is the 

 same thing, as a leaf-bud, the centre of which will 

 not extend. In the beginning the sepals, petals, 

 stamens, and carpels of a Pear flower were scales, 

 placed upon a fleshy centre ; and not distinguishable 

 from those scales, which in the leaf-bud become 

 leaves. To use a gardener's language, there was at 

 first no difference between the blossom-bud and the 

 wood-bud. But, after a time, the parts which were 

 identical begin to be organised differently ; in the 

 blossom-bud they gradually change into sepals, petals, 

 stamens, and carpels ; in the wood-bud they become 

 young leaves. But if anything occurs to disturb the 

 developement of the blossom-bud as a blossom, then 

 it becomes a wood-bud, or approaches that state, 

 more or less, according to the period at which the 

 disturbing force began to act. It thus appears that 

 whether a bud becomes a flower or a branch, depends 

 entirely upon some unknown force, which acts at a 

 particular moment upon parts originally of identical 

 nature and quality, and capable of becoming leaves ; 

 if this action is complete, a flower is the result ; 

 if incomplete, a monster ; if altogether withheld, 

 then the rudimentary parts, not having their nature 

 changed, proceed to acquire the condition of leaves. 

 Hence it is that when from accidents, such as 

 unusual heat and wet at a critical moment, exube- 

 rance caused by the excessive application of rank 

 (azotised) manure, or any circumstances of a similar 

 nature, the usual order of developement is disturbed, 

 flowers are not formed — or we have them con- [ 

 verted into tufts of leaves, or even branches, as w^as 

 so strikingly the case with Roses last summer in 

 some situations. The following three examples 

 seem to offer conclusive evidence as to the truth of 

 this theory : 



i n a far greater degree ; as if 

 hatever it may have been 

 lich origin iy prevented the voung parts frc 

 coming petals, &c, and which forced the centre 

 lengthen like a branch, was eventually withdrawn 



ISO. %. 



and overcome by the tendency to become succulent, 

 which the parts had already acquired, when the 

 disturbing cause be in to act. 



In No. 3, the change advances further, and in 

 another direction. That dislocation of the ring^ of 

 parts belonging to the ilower, which was so visible 

 in the two last caaes is here carried still further: 



No. l. 



No. 3. 



and in addition, two of the young parts near the 

 middle of the whole structure have each formed in 

 their axil one bud, which has become a deformed 

 flower, and produced a deformed Pear. No organ 

 of the plant, except leaves and their modifications, 

 has the power of producing a flower from its axil. 



We have no doubt that plenty of similar cases 

 may now be found ; and we invite their possessors 

 to consider— 1, whether they may not be satisfactorily 

 explained upon the foregoing principle ; and % 

 whether they can be explained upon any other 

 intelligible principle. 



No. 1 represents a Pear, in which the calyx and 

 its five sepals are not much disturbed, but in which 

 the petals and part of the stamens, developed in 

 the form of leafy scales, adhere round the centre of 

 the flower, which has lengthened somewhat like a 





We believe that this Paper was among the 

 earliest to draw attention to the machine for extin- 

 guishing flame, now called "Phillii — Patent Fire 

 Anmiulatok," and to point out its great import- 

 ance in rural districts. Without reverting to what 

 was then said, we think it desirable once more to 

 draw attention to this important invention, in con- 



