554 



Hints to Proprietors 



Number of Trees at Is. Qd. 



206 



£ 



s. 



d. 



£ s. d. 



Shrubs at \s. Qd. 



400 











Species and varieties 





606 for 45 



9 









All the preceding species and 













varieties, viz. 





836 





for 



55 11 8 



Trees at 25. 



2 











Shrubs at 2*. - 



5 











Species and varieties 



— 



7 for 



14 









Trees at 2s. 6d. 



247 











Shrubs at 2s. 6d. 



177 











Species and varieties 





424 for 53 













All the preceding species and 













varieties, viz. 





1267 





for 



109 5 8 



Trees at 3s. 6d. 



54 











Shrubs at 3s. 6d. 



41 











Species and varieties 



— 



95 for 16 



12 



6 





Trees at 5s. - 



39 











Shrubs at 5s. - 



127 











Species and varieties 





166 for 41 



5 









Trees at 7s. 6d. 



13 











Shrubs at 7s. 6d. 



9 











Species and varieties 



— 



22 for 8 



5 









Trees at 10s. 6d. 



8 











Shrubs at 10s. 6d. - 



5 











Species and varieties 



— 



13 for 6 



16 



6 





Trees at 21s. - 



10 











Shrubs at 21s. 



4 











Species and varieties 



— 



14 for 14 



14 









Trees and Shrubs at 30s. 



2 











Species and varieties 



— 



2 for 3 













Trees at 31s. 6d. 



3 











Shrub at 31s. 6d. 



I 











Species and varieties 



— 



4 for 6 



6 









Trees at 42s. ... 



3 











Shrubs at 42s. 



2 











Species and varieties 







5 for 10 



10 









Tree at 63s. - 



1 



1 for 3 



3 









Trees at 103s. 



2 



2 for 10 



10 







121 2 



Total species and varieties 



1591 



Total cost of Messrs. Whitley and Osborn's collection, ex- 1 



elusive of 193 species and varieties, to which, there being |- ^230 7 8 



no strong plants for sale, no prices are affixed in the catalogue J ■ 



It would thus appear that 230 species and varieties of trees and shrubs, 

 none of which exceed Is. each, may be obtained at a cost of 10/. 2s. Bd. ; 606 

 species and varieties at Is. 6rf. may be obtained for 45/. 9s. ; and 431 species 

 and varieties may be added to the above, the prices varying from 2s. to 2s. Gd., 

 for 53/. 14s. ; in all 1267 species and varieties for 109/. 5s. Sd. 



We shall not go into the details of any of the higher prices, because, in 

 general, we think 2s. Gd. per plant quite enough for all ordinary occasions. 

 It will be observed by the analysis, that the total number of species and 

 varieties of plants which are charged from 3s. Qd. to 7s. Qd. is only 283, and 

 which amount to 66/. 2s. Qd.; 13 plants are charged at 10s. Qd., and from one 

 guinea to five guineas only 28 plants. The plants for which more than 7s. Qd. 

 are charged we consider exclusively for amateurs or the very wealthy : the 

 prudent and economical proprietor will wait a year or two, till, by propaga- 

 tion, or the introduction of seeds from foreign countries, the price of these 

 plants be reduced to 2s. Qd. 



Now it so happens that there is no other collection of trees and shrubs in 



