Decembeb 15, 1888.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



691 



STRAWBERRY PLANTS, in small pots. 

 Splendid stuff of all best kinds, and true to name. Price 

 List on application. 



FRANCIS R. KINGH0RN, Nursery man, Richmond, Surrey. 



OA AAA CLEMATIS, in Pots, of all the 



OV/^V/UV finest Double and Single Varieties (some 

 of the flowers of which become 10 inches across, and are of 

 every shade, from pure white to the darkest purple), for 

 climbing and bedding, from 12s. to 24s. per dozen, strong 

 plants ; extra strong plants, repotted into 5^-inch pots, 2s. id. 

 each ; Beauty of Worcester, a magnificent purple, excellent for 

 bedding, recently sent out by us, reduced price 2s. id. each. 

 Descriptive LIST on application.— RICHARD SMITH AND CO., 

 Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, Worcester. 



ARGE SHRUBS and CONIFERS. — 



Aucuba japonica, 1£ to 2 feet, 30s. per MO; do.. 2 to 2J 

 feet, 40s. per 100. Berberis aquifolin, 1» to 2 feet, 12s. per 100 ; 

 Box tree, 1 J to 2 feet, 12s. per 100 ; 2 to i! feet, 20s. per 100. 

 Cotoneaster Simonsii, a to 3J feet, 10s. per 100 ; Deutzia cre- 

 nata, flore-pleno, strong, Is. per du/en ; Eseallonia macranthn 

 (pots), strong, 24s. per 100; Grislinia littoralis, 1J to 2 feet, 

 35s. por 100; Honeysuckle (strong), 8s. per 100; Irish Ivy, 



4 feet, 6s. per 100 ; Laurel, common, 1£ foot, (is. per 100; 2 feet, 

 10s. per 100 ; 3 to 4 feet, 16s. per 100. Colchic Laurel, 1 to 1J 

 foot, 12s. per 100; 2 to 2± feet, 16s. per 100; 3 to 3$ feet, 

 bushy, 20s. per 100. Portugal Laurel, 1 to 1J foot. 16s. per 

 100; lj to 2 feet. 20s. per 100. Rhododendron pontieum, 1 to 

 1J foot, 22s. per 100 ; 1± to 2 feet, 30s. per 100; 2 to 2} feet, 

 3os. per 100 ; 3 feet, 50s. per 100 ; 4 to 4£ feet, bushy. 80s. per 

 100. Abies Douglasii, 3 to 4 feet, 35s. per 100; 4 to 5 feet. 5"s. 

 per 100; do., 6 feet, 70s. per 100. Araucaria imbricata, 2 to 2J 

 feet, 30s. per dozen ; 3 to 3J feet, 48s. per dozen ; 3 to 4 feet, 

 60s perdozen. Cupressus Lawsoniana, 2} feet, 20s. per 100; 

 3 to 4 feet, 40s. per 100. C. stricta, 2 to 4 feet, 40s. per loll ; 



5 to 6 feet, extra line, IS*, per dozen. C. erecta viridis, 1J to 

 2 feet, 25s. per 100 ; do., 2 to 2J feet, 35s. per 100. Picea 

 Nordmanniaua. 1}- to 2 feet. 30s. per 100; do., 2 to 2£ feet, 

 extra, 40.'. per 100. Retiuospora plumosa, 18 inches, 25s. per 

 100; 1' to 2 feet, 30s. per 100 ; 2J feet, extra, 40s. per 100. 

 R. squarrosa, 1£ foot, bushy, 30s. per 100; Thuia Lobliii, 1J- to 

 2 feet, 12s. per 100 ; 2 to 3 'feel, 21s. per 100 ; 4 feet, '.'tis, per 

 100 ; 6 feet, 18s. per dozen. Tliuiopsis borealis. 2} to 3 feet, 8s. 

 per dozen ; T. dolobrata. 1 foot, 30s. per 100; 1} to 2 feet, 12s. 

 per dozen ; 2J- to 3 feet (fine), 30s. per dozen. 



GARLIES .MITCHELL. Nurseryman. Stranraer. 



CLEARANCE SALE (at sacrifice) of 

 PALMS, DRAC-KNAS, &c. 

 LATANIA BORBON8CA and PHtKNIX RECLINATA, 12 

 inches high, 4s. per dozen, 30s. per 100. Package and 

 carriage free. 

 LATANIA BORBONICA, SEAFORTHIA ELEGAXS, CORY- 

 PHA AUSTRALIS, and PHUCNIX RECLINATA, 20 to 

 21 inches high, Is. id. each, 16s. per dozen ; same kinds, 

 2 feet 6 to 3 feet high. 3s. to 5s. each. 

 Handsome PALMS, 4 feet high, 18s. each. 

 ,, „ 6 feet high, 40s. each. 



Twelve assorted PALMS and DHAC-HNAS, averaging, with 

 pots, 24 inches high, in wood case, free, 18s. ; six do., 10s. 

 KENTIAS, 3s. to 21s. each. 



DRAC.ENAS, 24 inches to 5 feet high, 2s. to 40s. each. 

 Inspection invited. 

 GARDENER, Holly Lodge. Stamford Hill, N. 



CARNATION "GLOIRE DE NANCY."— 

 We are sending out for the fourth season our true strain 

 of this the grandest White Carnation in cultivation, quite 

 nardy, and for pot culture for cut bloom it has no equal. 

 Robust and free bloomer. £1 per 100, lis. for 50, 6s. for 25, good 

 rooted layers. We have a fine stock of GARDENIAS, the best 

 sorts in cultivation, from Is. to 40s. each, Cash with Order. 



E. COLLINS AND SONS, Cumberland Park Nursery, 

 Willesden Junction. 



VERGREEN HEDGES. 



EVERGREEN HEDGES. 

 YEWS, English, 1J to 2 feet. 30s. per 100; 2 to 2} feet, 45s. per 



100; 2£ to 3 feet, 65s. per 100. 

 HOLLIES, Green, 2 to 2J feet, 40s. per 100 ; 2} to 3 feet, 60s. 



per 100. 

 LAURELS, Common. 1J to 2 feet, 12s. per 100 ; 2 to 3 feet, 



lis. per 100; 2' to 3J- feet, 20s. per 100. 

 THUIA LOBBII, 2i to 3 feet, 30s. to 40s. per 100. 



We hold immense stocks of the above, all bushy and well 



rooted Plants. 



Special offer for Covert Plants. &c, free on application. 



JOHN PERKINS AND SON, The Old Established Nursery 



and Seed Business. 52, Market S.juure. Northampton. 



TELEGRAPHIC ADDRES S—" QUICK," NORTHAMPTON. 



NGLISH YEWS, 3, 4, 5, and 6 feet. 



BOS, Green, 3, 4, 5, and 6 feet. 



„ Variegated, 3, 4, 6, and 6 feet. 



PINIIS AUSTRIACA, 3, 4, 5, and feet. 



All well furnished, and finely rooted. Many thousands. 



ANTHONY WATERER. Knnp Hill Nursery, Woking, Surrey. 



To the Trade. 



VEGETABLE and AGRICULTURAL SEEDS. 



Hand F. SHARPE are now prepared to give 

 • SPECIAL QUOTATIONS for all the best kinds of 

 VEGETABLE and FIELD SEEDS grown this season from care- 

 fully selected stocks. The quality is very good, and the prices 

 will be found advantageous to purchasers. 



Seed Growing Establishment, Wisbech. 



HI (\(\(\ DAFFODILS, Double Yellows or 



ll/^Vvv Telamonius plenus, for planting in newly 



BEACON SFIELD" YELLOW PRIMROSE. 

 The large Irish Yellow variety. Trade price, 5s. per 

 ounce. Retail. id. and Is. per puck t. 



WM. BAYLOR HARTLAN D, F.R.H.S., Seedsman, Cork. 



RIMULA OBCONICA. — The best market, 



or " all the year round " blooming plant in cultivation. 

 Now is the time to sow. Seed, per packet, id. and Is. Large 

 Market Growers Packets 2s. id. 



WM. BAYLOR HARTLAND, F.B.H.S., Seedsman, Cork. 



TC A DflOC O t A grand stock, in 5-in. pots, 12s. & 18s. doz. 

 I C A II UOtO ( A grand stock, in 7-in. pots, 24s. & 30s. doz. 



('Black Hamburgh and other varieties. 

 PDA DC III II CO J Suitable forfruiting in pots, 10s. id. each 

 UnAr L ViULU ) Suitable for planting vineries, 5s. and 



(. 7s. id. each. 



FC D II * A mie stock > in 5-inch pots, 12s. per dozen. 

 £ it II O I ,\ fine stock, in small pots, 4s. per dozen. 



Catalogues on application. 



THE LIVERPOOL HORTICULTURAL 



COMPANY (John Cowan), LIMITED, 



THE VINEYARD AND NURSERIES, GARSTON, 



NEAR LIVERPOOL. 



AMA TEURS' RO SES. 



Tea Roses on Seedling Brier and Brier 

 Cuttings. 



EXTRA FINE GROUND PLANTS. 



HYBRID PERPETUALS on SEEDLING BRIER, 



BRIER CUTTINGS, and MANETTI. 



An Immense Stock. 



Special Quotation); and Descriptive Catalogues on application. 



JOHN CRANSTON & CO., 



KING'S ACRE NURSERIES, near HEREFORD. 



ANTHONY WATERER 



INVITES AX INSPECTION FROM INTENDING 

 PLANTERS TO 



THE FOLLOWING TREES, 



Having stout straight stems, fine heads, and splendid roots. 

 All have been transplanted within tuo years:— 

 ACACIA BESSONIANA. 12 to 14 feet; A. SEMPERFLO- 

 RENS, 12 to 14 feet; ACER DASYCARPl'M, 12 to 16 feet; 

 A. DASYCARPUM WIKRII LACINIATA, 10 to 14 feet; A. 

 NEGUNDO VARIEGATA, Standards, 8 to 10 feet; A. LEO- 

 POLDII, 12 to 14 feet ; A. REITEXUACHir. 12 to 14 feet ; A. 

 SCHWEDLERII, 12 to 16 feet; A. WORLEYII. Standards, 12 

 to 14 feet. ASH, Mountain, 10 to 14 feet. BEECH, Common, 

 10 to 12 feet; Purple, Pyramids and Standards, 10 to 16 feet. 

 BIRCH, Silver, 12 toll! feet. CHESTNUT, Horse, 14 to 16 feet. 

 Double White, 10 to 16 feet; Scarlet, 12 to 16 fret; Spanish, 

 12 feet. ELMS, English, 10 to 12 feet ; Guernsey. 12 feet. 

 LIMES, 12 to 16 and 20 feet ; Silver-leaved, 10 to 14 feet. 

 LIQUIDAMBAK. 6 to 10 feet. MAPLE, Norway, 14 to 16 feet. 

 OAK, English, 10 to 14 feet ; Scarlet American, 12 to 14 feet ; 

 PLANES. 12 to 16 feet. POPLAR BOLLEANA. 10 to 16 feet ; 

 P. CANADENSIS NOVA (the true variety), 12 to 16 feet; 

 SYCAMORE, Common, 14 to 16 feet ; Purple, 14 to 16 feet. 

 THORNS, Double Scarlet, 8 to 10 feet; White, 8 to 10 feet. 

 WALNUTS, Common, 10 to 12 feet. 



Weeping Trees. 



BEECH, Weeping, Pyramids and Standards, 8 to 12 feet; 

 Weeping, Purple, Pyramids and Standards, 7 to 12 ft. BIRCH, 

 Young's Weeping, Pyramids and Standards, 8 to 14 ft. ELMS. 

 Weeping, Pyramids and Standards, 7 to 14 feet. LARCH. 

 Weeping. Pyramids, 8 to 10 feet. OAK, Weeping, English, 

 Standards, lb to 12 feet. POPLAR, Weeping, Pyramids, and 

 Standards, 1" to 12 feet. SOPHORA JAPONICA PEXDULA, 

 Standards. 8 to 9 feet. 



KNAP HILL NURSERY, 



WOKING, SURREY. 



FRUIT TREES, 



SEVENTY-FOUR ACRES. 



APPLES. TEARS. PLUMS, CHERRIES. PEACHES, 

 NECTARINES, APRICOTS, and other FRUIT TREES, as 

 Standards, Dwarfs, Pyramids, Bushes, Cordon, and Trained 

 Trees in great variety. 



VINES, excellent Canes, 3s. id., is., 7s. id., 10s. id. 



Orchard House Trees in pots. PEACHES, APRICOTS, NEC- 

 TARINES, &.C., from 5s. FIGS from 3s. id. 



DESCRIPTIVE LIST, containing a sketch of the various 

 forms of Trees, with Directions for Cultivation, Soil, Drainage, 

 Manure. Pruning, Lifting, Cropping. Treatment under Glass ; 

 also their Synonyms, Quality, Size, Form, Skin. Colour, Flesh, 

 Flavour, Use, Growth, Duration, Season. Price, &c.,free by post. 



RICHARD SMITH & CO, 



WORCESTER. 



ORCHIDS AND PALMS 



SPECIALTIES. 



The Stock is of such magnitude that, without seeing it, it is not 

 easy to form an adeq uate conception of its unprecedented extent. 



FRUIT TREES, ROSES, AZALEAS, CAMELLIAS. 



BOUVARDIAS. CYCLAMENS. ERICAS, EPACRIS, 



SOLANUMS, TREE CARNATIONS, and other 



WINTER and SPUING BLOOMING PLANTS, 



of fine quality and immense numbers. 



Inspection Invited. 



The Glass covers an area of upwards of 300,000 super, feet. 



HUGH LOW & CO., 



CLAPTON NURSERY, LONDON, N. 



NEW EDITION, 



Corrected up to Date, 



THE COTTAGER'S CALENDAR 



of 



GARDEN OPERATIONS. 



Price 3d., Post-free SJrf. 



W. RICHARDS, 41, Wellington Street, Strand, 



London, W.C. 



Now ready, In cloth, lis, 6d. 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE, 

 Vol. III., Third Series, JAN. to JUNE, 1888. 

 W. RICHARDS. 41. Wellington Street, Strand. W.C. 



THE 



SATURDAY, DECEMRER 15, 1888, 



HAMPTON COURT GARDENS. 



A MONO the few gardens of mediaeval En£- 

 ^-*- land which still remain to us, there are 

 none which can be held to vie in historic 

 and artistic charms with the Queen's palace 

 gardens of Hampton Court. Upon these gar- 

 dens the skill of many great garden artists 

 has been spent; within the precincts of their 

 walls numerous stirring events have taken place; 

 and the splendours of many successive Court3 

 have been witnessed. We are told by the his- 

 torian of the palace, Mr. Ernest Law, that it 

 was in these gardens that " Wolsey paced 

 in anxious meditation a few weeks before his 

 fall." 



It was in these gardens also that Henry VIII, 

 made love to Anne Boleyn and to Catherine 

 Howard, and George II. to Mrs. Howard and 

 Mary Bellenden. In the Privy Garden we may 

 still walk along the paths on which it was the 

 custom of Queen Elizabeth to take her daily 

 morning walk, or we may sit beneath the bower 

 where Queen Mary sat at needlework with her 

 maids of honour. Nor do the gardens lack 

 literary associations. The Lime trees in the 

 fountain garden have sheltered from the noon- 

 day sun Pope and Hervey, Swift and Addison, 

 Walpole and Bolingbroke. 



Notwithstanding, however, all these historic 

 associations of the gardens, no writer has ever 

 attempted to chronicle their past. Mr. Ernest 

 Law has, indeed, given us a few notices relating 

 to the gardens in his charming work, The History 

 of Hampton Court in Tudor Times ; but these 

 notices are far too scanty, and he has by no means 

 exhausted all the documents which refer to 

 the gardens in those times.* The work, how- 



" Mr. Law has just published a little guide (price Is.) to the 

 palace and at the end of this guide is given i short sketch of 

 the history of the gardens. To this little work the author of 

 the present paper is much indebted, 



