July 7, 1888.] 



TEE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



ORCHIDS A SPECIALTY. 



Quantity immense — Quality fine — Price Moderate. 



Inspection invited. 297,300 feet of glass in the Nurseries. 



HUGH LOW & CO., 



CLAPTON NURSERY, LONDON, N. 



ROSES IN POTS; 



all the best New and Old English and Foreign 



sorts, from 18s. to 36s. per dozen. 



Descriptive List free on application. 



RICHARD SMITH & CO., 



Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 



WORCESTER. 



VANDA LO WI (REN ANTHERA). 



A couple of beautiful specimens, best variety, to be Sold on 



account of want of accommodation. 

 No. 1.— Height of main stem from top of basket, 1 metre 

 90 ctm.. from which are fire breaks, making in all a 





total of 103 leav 



No. 2.— Height of main stem from top of basket, 2 metres, from 



vhich are five breaks, making in all a total of seventy-six 



Height of baskets o-5 centimetres. 



Price for the couple on application. 



Apply to 



"SERRES EXCELSIOR." HAVRE, FRANCE. 



CHOICE and USEFUL PLANTS 



AT REASONABLE PRICES. Per doz. plants. 



ASI'AR.lGl S trnuisimus. the new Asparagus Fern, 12s. & ISs. 



C ANNAS, named, choice sorts £s. & I3j. 



., u-eful ornamental sorts 4s. 8c 65. 



CALADIUM-t, in growth, our selection ... 9s., 12s. & 18s! 



CARNATIONS, for border, best named 9s. 8c ]2s. 



,, tree, small g, # & o 5 j 



„ ,, flowering plants lK*'°lc .V :;ik" 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS ' a« & (is' 



BEGONIAS, single, white, pink and scarlet bloom- 

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.. fine double , 24s & 30s 



1-ACT1S DAHLIAS, in six varieties ... '.'.'. '.'.'. ' 6s ' 



TOMATOS, in four varieties, strong plants Is. 8c os 



ORCHIDS. 

 1 2 beautiful varieties, .elected for warm orcool house 21s. & 42s. 

 100 healthy and established plants, in fifty good varieties, £10 



Amateurs may place perfect confidence in these selections. 



HOOPER & CO., Limited, PLNE-APPLE nursery 



MAJUA VA LE, and COVENT GARDEN, W.C. 



FERNS A SPECIALTY. 



The largest, most complete, and profusely 

 ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE of FERNS 

 ever published, containing over 120 Illustrations, and much 

 valuable practical information on the cultivation of Ferns, &c. 

 Is. 6d. posHree. Smaller Catalogue of over 1300 species and 

 varieties free on application. 



W. & J. BIRKENHEAD, 



FERN NURSERY, SALE, MANCHESTER. 



CYPRIPEDIUM BELLATULUM, 



Rchb. f 



This grand novelty has, on flowering, at once taken the 

 foremost place in the genus, and can be seen in flower at the 

 Clapton Nursery. Fine Plants are offered at 



10s. 6d. each ; Larger, 21s. to 105s. each. 

 Also a few extra-sized specimens are for sale. 



HUGH LOW & CO., 



CLAPTON NURS ERY, LONDON, E. 



TEA ROSES. 



rjARAWAY CO. offer 12 of the above, best 

 x - x named sorts, including MARECHAL NIEL 

 and NIPHETOS, in 5-inch pots, for 10s. cash. 



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Durdham Down, Clifton, Bristol. 



pUTBTJSH'S MILL- 



KJ TRACK MUSHROOM SPAWN. 

 — Too well known to require descrip- 

 tion. Price, 6s. per bushel (Is. extra 

 per bushel for package), or rfcf. per 

 cake ; free by parcel post. Is. 



None genuine unless in sealed pack- 

 ages and printed cultural directions 

 , enolosed, with oursignature attached. 

 WM. CUTBUSH AMI SON 

 (Limited), Nurserymen and Seed 

 Merchants, Highgate Nurseries, N. 





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ERECTED with HEATING APPARATUS, 

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and prepare 



SPECIAL DRAWINGS and ESTIMATES, 



from instructions taken on the spot, 



without charge. 



CUCUMBER FRAMES. 



Prices Post-free on application. 



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(Sardnwrtfflpirirmtit, 



SATURDAY, JULY 7, 



NOTES FROM FULHAM 

 PALACE. 

 T^EW places near London possess greater his- 

 -*- toric interest than Fulham Palace, or are 

 more noted for remarkable or rare trees. The 

 Manor House of Fulham, or, as it is now called, 

 Fulham Palace, has been the summer residence 

 of the Bishop of London for more than eight 

 centuries. The principal entrance to the Palace 

 is through a fine avenue of aged Limes ; and the 

 gardens, which are very old, have been famous 

 since the time of Bishop Grindall, who lived in 

 the time of Queen Elizabeth. It appears that 

 Grindall got himself into trouble by sending 

 some fine Grapes to the Queen, with whom they 

 disagreed, and the Bishop was accused of having 

 the plague in his house— an accusation which he 

 was able to disprove. 



According to Fuller's Worthies it was Grin- 

 dall who first imported the Tamarisk into this 

 country. This tree, writes Fuller, "hath not 

 more affinity in sound with Tamarind than 

 sympathy in extraction, both originally Arabick 

 — general similitude in leaves and operation ; 

 only Tamarind in England is an annual, dying at 

 the approach of winter, whilst Tamarisk lasteth 

 many years. It was first brought over by Bishop 

 Grindall out of Switzerland (where he was exiled 

 under Queen Mary), and planted in his garden 

 at Fulham, in this country, where the soil, being 

 moist and ferny, well complied with the nature of 

 this plant, which since is removed, and thriveth 

 well in many other places." 



Bishop Compton has the well earned credit of 

 being the great gardener at Fulham Palace. He 

 was banished to Fulham by James II., and re- 

 mained in the place for two years, attending 

 diligently to his garden during that time. He 

 planted there many exotics and trees, then almost 

 unknown in England — a great Cork tree, a cha- 

 racteristic specimen, but now much decayed. In 

 passing I may observe that this is the stage 

 which many once fine examples have now 

 reached. This tree, which was at one time the 



