FEBRUARY 12, 
1887.] 
THE GARDENERS 
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SEEDSMEN by ROYAL WARRANTS 
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4 FLOWERS 
The Best Strain in Cultivation, 2 2s.6d. per packet. 
WEBBS NEW FRIMULAS. 
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Webbe” Mod d 5g. iE гад 
1 5s, 
"aec Rosy Dm я за "x 
Webbs' Scar 2s. 6 
Webbs' EXE (Mixed) 1s. fr Mad x 6d. 
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From Mr. W. W. CRUMP, eoe to the 
Right. Hon. the Earl B UR 
“ Webbs’ New Primula ‘Modest ty' is a real gem, 
most floriferous, of good habit, ey chaste in colour, 
as its appropr riate name suggest 
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Webbs’ oe сар: 2 6 perpacket 
Webbs' Superb Cineraria . „4:398. 6 
Webbs’ Dou blo 
Webbs’ Perfection Cyclamen 
Webbs' I 1510г зген 
Webbs’ Show P. 
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All Seeds Free by y Post or Rail. 
sn __WEBBS' SPRING CATALOGUE. 
t-free, 1s. dged Edition Gratis and Post-fr 
LIST OF SPECIAL PRIZES 
offered by WEBB & Sons in 1887 on application, 
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WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 
SWILLIAMS 
ROLD MEDAL 
CYCLAMEN 
AND МИША, 
MRT BREE, 
Cyclamen persicum, 
s. 6d., 2s. 6d., 
amen persicum, Albert’ Victor р D 
Cyclamen persicum, Crimson King, 25. 6d., 3s. 6d., & 
Cyclamen giganteum album 2s. 6d., Bs. 6d., & 
Cyclamen giganteum compactum, 2s. 6d., 3s. 6d., & 
Cyclame пасиба Mixed . 
Grclamen giganteum, R 
Williams’ Superb Strain, 
3s. 6d., & 
Queen 6d. & 
2s. êd., Sn ы: & 
буйашеп 5 a setema rubrum 2s. 6d., 3s. 6d., & 
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CHRONICLE. 
Primula sinensis fimbriata, Meteor .. 3s. 64. 
Primula sinensis fimbriata alba EXER 5. 6d. 
35. 6d. 
Primula T fimbriata Avalanc 2s. 6d. 
Primula si domm Chiswick. Red, 4g 6d. 
Primula sinensis fimbriata шей, 1s. öd., 2s. 6d. 
Primula sinensis fimbriata rubra violacen, 3s. © 
Primula sinensis fimbriata, Williams ? Superb Red, 
Primula sinensis fimbriata, ‘Willian’ 
Primula sinensis fimbriata, Williams s' Superb anne : 
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Primula sinensis د‎ pet ae 1s. 6d., 
ILLUSTRATED SEED. CATALO 
Gratis and Po nd Post-free оп ap ee on application, 
VICTORIA AYD PARADISE иез 
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| As a Supplement to the 
CHRONICLE” 
Jor next week, Feb. 19, 
will be published an Ink-Photograph 
of 
THE TERRACE GARDENS at 
GARDENERS’ 
ALTON TOWERS. 
Gardeners’ Chronicle, 
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1887. 
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GRAPES IN THE OPEN AIR. 
| Ei 18 still a matter of controversy whether these 
uits can be made to ripen profitably i in the 
open in in this country. That it was done in south- 
ern England away from the moist air. of the coast, 
and especially оп warm gravels, and with leas 
a distinct recollection of 
seeing whilst in fruit and tasting the Sweetwater 
Grape at two places in the western suburbs of 
London. 
sir recently oe by the Colonial Exhi- 
bition. In the first place named the then gar- 
is Vines, and Figs al on an 
ч, wall built of a deep red-colour: kirp now 
it an ndon, so that the smoke-pall was not so 
; se red-brick walls are excel- 
lent heat stores, and well adapted for out-of-doors 
fruit culture, and for tender creepers and early 
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less t thini ; for these old craftsmie: 
uch would assist to obtain fine products from 
their walls. 
In the average of years the Grapes ripened 
thoroughly, assuming when ripe h- 
yellow tint, pleasantly suggestive of lusciousness 
within. In hot years the greatest enemies to 
their preservation were the wasps, who are not 
judges of ripe and sugary fruits, At the 
other spot mentioned previously the Vines were 
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