JANUARY 24, 1863.] 
RARE iB ME iucti n imi 
SCOTT'S DESCRIPTIVE FRUIT CATALOGUE, 
s own saving ; 
ROSES, 
ее о: p dimit to 
J. Soo T, Merriott Nurseries, Crewkerne, Somerset. 
DWIN HOLLAMBY begs m his Pa 
and Friends that his DESCRIPTIVE PRICED CATA. | 
LOGUE of Mores E FLOWER, 
SEEDS, and GL LUS is po may be had 
gratis and post тар on application. 
Nursery and Seed Establishment, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. 
read 
wed Seeds 
ONS* (Successors to the 
азл) O CATALOGUE of Up 
i FLOWER SEEDS is 
$, % ned 
GARDEN, AGRICU ULTURA. 
ent; those who 
ere 
like ruby ме ает, with Te: idis aroma would 
prefer. the old sample, as was the ease with the 
majority on this occasion ; those is o like 
selves, prefer vinous juice as well as sugar in the 
ready а у be had on re de 
wick Nursery. Londo: s о. —January, 1863. 
d SFIELD SONS beg to announce 
e that their LIST of BRITISH FERNS for this season, in- 
dluding the New and Rare varieties, at reduced prices, is now 
ready, and may be had on application, enclosing t stage 
stamps. Alsotheir GENERA LIST, No. 6, for4 postage 
stamps, which na c may deduct, 
Vale Nurseries, Todmorden. 
fruit of the Vine, would rather xh those whic 
had been newly ripened. 
T M quist, we therefore “ши, 18 Loy an open | 
gon sev ard- 
do you 
Tag 
Gr tapes арр; w sweetmeats in 
pring 
Early 8 Flow 
GIANT POLYANTHUS; ditto COW- 
8 
other Váttéties, of. "Lid h — 
RICHA: 
D WEBB ardens, Reading. 
; which hav 
perties, or do you " er that the ета should 
be tempered by the presence of а ant vinous 
juice? In the са bens by all sperm "chon eio 
e bee dues аА the of t 
us idt 3 ^ ien 
judiciously M kept, s "he later, case, start you 
s ina o as to have the fruit freshly | 
те... om 'GODFREYS O CATALOGUE is| 5 
now ready, and will be sent on app ; itgi 
fair price and description of Rhododendrons and other 
American Plants worth growing, as well as a general s 
of the most олу ursery Stock in Europe. 
The Exhibi of American Plants in the Royal Horticultural 
EE s Garin, » South Ken e redi were supplied by WATERER 
& бор 
F GARDENERS 
INSTITUTI 
At a GENERAL MEETING аео f this Institu- 
tion, held cn tho 15th inst., for the purpose p ELECTING 
0; 
ROYAL BENEVOLENT 
— ‚Йе 
Нар ihis Value with the cost of ; Production, 
lie ba T A] 
is or kipra s er 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE., 15 
bunches and shrunken berries, Жо о AUSTRA 
g the Culture and Character of nearly 800 sorte, lusters and m" чу fruit, Ав to what w Victoria. .—Melbourne Botanic Gardens: Dr 
‹ tasted, we say ol rapes rera good—| F. Mueller, F.R.S., F.L.S., Director ; Gippsl d 
5 арбын ТЕГ RANTS: decidedly good, LM been well kept, their flesh | Botanie биш, Mr. Sale. rs 
und and firm, and their flavour rich and sugary ; | Sydney — Botanie биен: Charles Moore, 
while in diit pisos the new Grapes were much| Esq., d. S., Superintende 
to infor оге juicy, somewhat less sugary, though in the Queens]. and. са Bofanie Gardens : Mr. 
 OBIGULTUEAT LORS e not ded Nonis am below the others, | Walter Hill, Direct 
a and havi South Australia ин? laide Botanie Gardens: 
г. G. W. Francis, Superintend 
Tasmania, — Roya Society's Gardens, 
Hobarto Mr. ў, Abbott, Jun, Superin- 
tende 
FRIC 
pe of Good Hope.—Botanie Gardens, Cape 
Town: Directorship vacant by the decease of 
Dr. L. Pappe. 
al.—Botanie Gardens, D'Urban: Mr. 
МеКеп, d nt 
сан ritius.— Botanie Gardens: Mr. 
ames жа Superintendent, 
ты, INDIE 
Jamaica “Bath Botanie Gardens: Мт. N. 
Wilson, Superintenden 
Trinidad—St. Anne’s Botanic Gardens : Dr. 
ets d Cruger, Director, 
Сах 
A 
"Tingstón Botanie Gardens: Dr. Lawson, 
Director (Honorary ?) 
“Іх sealed packets as imported." So, at this borse 
of the year, it is on all sides announced, with an air of - 
Not anent collections of раг дүй ын. 
In опе seedlist lying befor which in this 
particular. isn much like ап the rosty во fashionable has 
it for into buy: ing these 
interminable foreign | collections —in "this seed list we 
Í the Which is the 
most expensi ripen good Grapes in 
autumn and keep tkom M. afterwards, or to 
grow them so as to come fresh into use ein New | 
sDay? Тһе market value we о be 
W | the lengthy document of s ела sinks into insignifi- 
cance. Ț The c catalogue we refer to reads something 
kno 
т of the bd crop, which sells at let us вау 
г Ib., against 10s. рег lb. for 
TWO PENSIONERS on the Funds, the following was We 
t of the BALLOT :— in 
CANDIDATES. 
No. NAME. | Аск. | VoTE 
1 ROBERT DOWDELL ba Tx] 61 
2 JoHN Lucas £i 63 296 
3 BARAH PH а 16 622 
5 JAMES ROBINSON 62 330 
4 JOHN SAN 67 278 
The Meeting then declared rome ns and ЈАМЕЗ ROBIN- 
SON, a8 having. бе а сз ы рулар of М-и а Җа 
Pensioners of 
Jan. 24, d avis took R Be 
on which side lance 
e hone somo 
no 
this :—Double Dwarf German, 19 finest varieties ; 
ouble lobe. еп, ы finest varieties ; Double 
ies; New Dwarf 
con 
sited A after the maid oh на 
the effect that for “appearance and нее ш tho 
palm rested with EU reshly ripene fruit. 
beautiful sample Gra а 
Е 
т. 
i Өашенгтя Chronicle, 
i 5А JANUARY 24, 1863. 
"n. 98. Tnt 
—  28—8Socie! 
МомраАү, 
WEDNESDAY 
ety of (7d E "ei 
THE battle of the GRAPES, OLD versus NEW, 
зе shown by 
ing. 
Dat. 
Ps advan tion. 
"s 
variet 
eighty three * varieties" of the Chi: 
as everybody knows there are but two, the Quilled and 
bae qa] in | respect to t the flowers while there i is 
nly ow 
t the Vina were started o 
h 
whi ch too , place during the Severe weather we 
to which, as an чородо. conflict 
и . кка ГЕ, of our last year's 
e been fought, and a 
ter 
Thus ends the 
passag 
merits of терә 
season of the en ek IIS 
publie. The decision arrived at would at irat t sight 
fires were continued till the fruit ripened, 
As we have frequen ent inquiries from persons | 
ДЕ of Opa municating with DIRECTORS OR 
SUPERINTENDENTS OF BOTANIC GARDENS abroad, 
we are d deira of obtaining an accurate list of 
are dor. joined ай be worth growing, and опу in 
өкү Сћгувапіће 
, Here 
Meri а sack'of chaff ti of corn. 
this total з “а pong at the most, of 
end to 
жыЛ Жү rubbis E hes 
flower- lovers and | glish 
gelves t 
tions," РА doubt our Continental cousins will take ding 
gardeners wi ws ен. 
these “ collec 
SCCL LO iDnaicauve that new 
and consequently their ten a question of 
little hortionltural mom вё i 
ds exac 
Jan 
"This reduced the one showing old, 
M Med x on 
avour is а 
po ofthe the üt i importance, Sy — indi- 
viduals rent notions as xcellenee of 
our, and it may- d be Фе questioned w whether a 
— з think 
ed yes, which of of the a | 
mee e [p^ uperinten 
Ji ST.  Bapsristendent, 
рейд. o ublie Gardens: Mr. W. New, 
goes ent. 
d (Ni DT Hills).—Mr. W. б. 
маа гй 
Saharunpore.—Botani P Jameson, 
b. 
— Hortieultural QE Mr. А. Т. | 2 
e 
— mi Army, Bupe yer q 
p nili a ена T. E. Ravenshaw, | Th 
foll. 
all 
such. To this end we append the follo oning list | they are forthcoming. Yet who wants 183 varieties of 
| of those that now occur to us, requestin y roa A ren me time, who t к 
| mistakes in this list, especially in official biet. ters would not wish to e net an 
tions, will be pointed out to ш, апа additional "s еы d o. iP oy ad ER hbo io paci 
s | information on this head communicated. s e purchaser quietly инә (o thé proces 
INDIA :— there is э option of buying smaller “сойо” 
,,, Calcutta, лоу, Botanie Gardens : Dr. containing fewer “varieties” than those we hav 
dent either class. But if so, the buyeér is not 
UR England on siak den); ; Dr. Thomas Ander- advantaged ; he gets at the best a Hi aeri 
Мы ndent.—Agri- ofthe really choice things, while 
hortosliural "Society' s s Nursery Gardens: A. H, | bulk, in either case, is made up of the rubbish, the 
leckynd n Быр! $i Ex chaff, we un alluded to. There is another alterna- 
жзып аө Gardens, Неша; ХГ A, | tive, indeed— the “mized seed” which is offered of 
жасу of Grape eaters would the deci- 
politet which tho ittee arriv 
At any rate we do not. It so fell out that “ we? 
ourselves (journalists are an ubiquitous race) hap- 
` pened to be present а; of 
and “we” not only saw but tasted. Аз to what 
we saw, rt is in a e 
Grapes were very far inferir 88 the new—lank |. 
Balasore. i-h Society’s Gar- 
den: Dr. A. А.М seor мөр | 
near Kandy : ‚ Н. K, Thwaites, i 
D. 
st Ten-week, 6 
М сш. 12 ii 
flowered Rocket, 6 edd varieties 
