Janvary 15, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 
SEEDSMEN by ROYAL WARRANTS 
Her Majesty 
the Que mes 
WEBBS 
VECETABLE 
NOVELTIES ror 1887. 
frot Market Favourite = \ [ 
New Celery—Pearl White BIO ae 
Webbs' New Cos Let E Я 
Webbs' New e— Crite: hibition... 
Webbs’ New Turnip— dur 
Webbs’ New Pea—Chancellor i ire 
Webbs’ New Pea—Wordsley Wonder Ax 2k EE 
vo New Potato— Reno RES 
ebbs’ New PERE WE T p 
Webbs’ New Potato—Red King Pride.. x - 
FOR FULL PARTICULARS SEE 
WEBBS’ serine 
CATALOGUE, 
Post-free, 1s., 
SUMMARY OF екса. 
Four beautifully coloured Pla 
Gloxi inias, C tes illustrating 
Mimulus, Wallflower Potato s. Poppy, Chrysanthemum, 
tion of Vegetables ; 
б Articles the 
а m A of lors and ой other 3 Flowers; the Cultiva- 
nnia ois y 
CN tane i lowers for Bees; Fra- 
ш ted Lists of the 
and Pete: best Vegetables, Flowers, 
List of n 
erre. a offered by Webb & Sons at Horticultural 
—— 
WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. |. = 
3 betrewan 0 
J. C. WHEELER & SON 
SEED GROWERS, 
GLOUCESTER. 
* The Catalogue of Seeds sold by 
J. C. WHEELER $ SON, GLOUCESTER, 
appears to us to deserve notice, because 
of the stand which its authors make, in 
common with ourselves and others, 
against the useless, incomprehensible 
Seed Insts of the day. In this, as in 
all matters of taste, there cat be a 
difference of opinion as to the relative 
qualities of varieties ; yet the mass of 
buyers, who have no fancies, but who 
dislike being perplexed, and are satisfied 
with what is ezcellent, will greatly pre- 
fer a short select Seed List to an inter- 
minable labyrinth of names, which, for 
the most part represent nonentities, or 
rubbish. essrs. Wheeler's LE 
BOOK will do something to satisfy 
their | expectations." — GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
Many years ago the learned Dr. Lindley re- 
viewed our Catalogue in the above flattering 
terms, since which time we have constantly ad- 
hered to the same system we had then adopted 
of offering to our Customers the very best and 
most profitable varieties of Selected Seeds both 
for.the Farm and Garden 
Our LITTLE BOOK for 1887 describes the 
Choicest Vegetables both for exhibition and for 
the table; also the most beautiful Flowers which 
are grown from Seed, including Novelties which 
we think, will prove worthy of extensive cul- 
tivation, 
The favourable Seed Harvest of 1886 enables 
us to offer all Seeds at a cheap rate. 
The Collections of both Vegetable and Flower 
Seeds comprise the choicest varieties in cultiva- 
tion, and are arranged in sizes, to suit the Man- 
sion, Villa, or Cottage Garden, so as to secure a 
constant supply throughout the year, whilst the 
Parcels Post affords facilities for delivery to the 
most remote parts of the kingdom. 
All orders entrusted to us shall have our very 
best and careful attention. 
J. 6. WHEELER & SON, 
SEED GROWERS, GLOUCESTER 
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS :— 
<“ WHEELER, GLOUCESTER.” 
‘Our LITTLE BOOK ғов. pe 
Pen one our Customers. 
still remain, which may be ah gt tales ay 
As a Supplement to the 
“ GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE” 
for next week, Jan. 22, 
will be published an Ink- Photograph 
of the 
ROCK GARDEN 
at Messrs. Cheal’s Nursery. 
Gardeners’ Chronicle. 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1887, 
THE PAST WINTER NEAR 
BOURNEMOUTH. 
MONG the facts which would seem to have 
{ in their bearing on the 
meteorology of a country are those which result 
from a comparison of the effects of winter cold 
on the vegetation of different regions. 
These effects are not always apparent bed 
some months have passed after the end of a winter 
but as a sufficient time has now elapsed since the 
cold of last winter (1885-86) acted on the plants 
rtant meteorological relations. 
More than one element, however, must be here 
taken into consideration. Besides the variable 
factors of temperature and moisture, there are 
others which are constant for each place, and 
which are scarcely less important than the 
One of these is the nature of the soil. 
The same amount of cold will have very different 
results according as it exerts itself on the vege- 
tation of a stiff clay soil, or on that of a light 
y one, Exposure to high drying winds on 
the one hand, or shelter from their influence on 
аа in €: neighbourhood of the sea will 
succumb in more inland districts. It will thus be 
seen that the тад set before us, of instituting 
hich ] be free from fallacy, is 
by no means a simple one. 
Ав a contribution to its solution it may not be 
without interest that I should give the results of 
my observations on the effects of the cold of last | 
6. 
| winter on some of the cultivated vegetation 
of this district. In. confine 
| myself to an enumeration of the shrubs and trees 
