FEBRUARY 26, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
271 
NOVELTIES 
WORTH HAVING. 
ASTER “COMET.” 
ASTER, “ COMET” (New Class).—The shape of the flowers 
resembles ve ry closely a large flowered Japanese Chrysan- 
themum; the petits being long and somewhat twisted. 
Well Ev n produce from 25 to 30 perfectly kr oe уры. 
measuring from 3 i ur is 
К lov lovely delicate pink, p^ with white. p pe isha, 
e rece (Perennial). —A very showy 
Рн of the princi merits of this Lobelia is the 
n this tri unknown, colouri uring of the 
ow ual, 
and produce their flower-spi 1 
in pian dante. The colour of theindividual flowers is 
purple, str HM and shaded with rose, yellow, and crimson, 
Per packet 
PHLOX Ete DE ALBA fl. PL 
really Double Phlox ever offered, 
introduction of great im porta née among popu ar 
— This, _, the first 
ap о 
з. Рег packet, 15. 6d. 
AVER PAVONINUM (Peacock Poppy).—The present 
novelty isa pu annual of dwarf habit. A co рош 
lossy black z ed 
ands formin cA mplet ing, which shows i e ad- 
vantage on the brilliant. “stat rlet grou olo 
fully сае they are eg e firm etes 
average vill produc flow: 
in any iA garden на. E i is je of Turkes 
and Afghanistan. Per packet, 1s. 
PAPAVER NUDICAULE. — White and yellow. Hardy 
perennial Poppies, Capital Rock Plants. Each, 1s. per pkt. 
NEW SWEET PEAS. 
DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH.—The standard light scarlet, 
flushed with crimson, slightly marbled o © — hed at the 
edge with creamy white; wings deepr 
ER BL This effective йр pen bright blue 
wings, slightly shaded with mauve, the standard being 
rich геш. ш sh-crimson. 
ISA ECKF — A most charmin 
o a p. creamy-white, 
ink, 
variety, the flowers 
eavily suffused with 
bus —The most distinct variety ever sent out 
аз been arded a First-class Certificate by the Floral 
Cunimiittes of the Royal Horticultural Society. The 
кшш is ages corange-pink, flushed with scarlet, 
ings bright rose, 
: QUEEN.—A very pubes and p variety, the 
ight 
wings, which are li ght m 
(Each of the ap — т бэт pe 6d. per packet, “ collec- 
on of five varieties, бз. each.) 
ECKFORD'S sew PEAS.—This Special 
Strain of mixed Sweet Peas is saved from choice — and 
f Mr. Eckford's raising. These are of 
various ‘colours, and the mixture includes i great 
merit. Per packet, 15. 
Prices to the Trade on application. 
CATALOG pes y^ aa Varieties of Vegetable 
er Seeds, 
including ias Ea [ Novelties, Free by Post. 
k; extremel 
WATKINS & & SIMPSON, 
Merchants, 
EXETER STREET, STRAND, 
I WO 
DURING 1886 
I WAS AWARDED 
90 FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES 
for New and Specially Meritorious Plants; 
SIXTEEN MEDALS, 
IN ADDITION TO 
NUMEROUS PRIZES; 
AND WAS PRESENTED WITH A 
COMMEMORATIVE DIPLOMA 
BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE 
COLONIAL AND INDIAN EXHIBITION, 
ra cii e Display of Hardy Cut Flowers 
dudo the time of the Exhibition, lasting from 
May until Octobe er, commencing with enormous 
reo of Showy Flowering хет, consisting of 
е variety Nar also Ane- 
mones, Hyac sc Tuli ips » » and xu other 
Spri аф wering Bulbs; ed a later 
n тн т, the fiint ару of. Penica 
n Exhibition, к Tree Varieties 
bn: conte Пу admired. These were succeeded 
by Double — Single Pyrethrums ms, Pinks, 
how, Self, and Yellow Ground Carnatio ns 
and Picotees, aid Hardy ае in great 
variety; also "Lili 
fo 
some time, and including the leading 
species Rr varieties ir a cultivation. The Exhi- 
bition wa eoe lp ma of 
Dahlias, т both d ancies, 
ре ns, am dte and Cactu tv 
c 
ing many n ж ука, which 
will i offer ais in my next Сайда of Dahlias. 
The n E CATALOGUES are now being issued, 
y be had gratuitously and Post-free on 
мау os 
No. 90, HARDY PERENNIALS 
ILLUSTRA’ , credited with being one of the most useful 
catalogues pu d, and includes a pm selection of 
ublishe 
Hardy Perennials, ev E being fully descri 
illustrated. The catalogue contains over paap ngs of 
жеее selections of Tris—this highly ornamental family 
are cultivated extensively at Tottenham; Hardy Te 
Orchids—under which h 
other D ulbs in pots, Hardy Cyclamens, Begon S, &e, 
No. 91, HARDY innit eon те: 
contains Show and Border Carnations and Picotees, also Yellov 
Grounds, Trees, Selfs, and Clove танна, going ipd cons titute 
orld; Del- 
one of the finest € етн of Carnations € 
phiniums, a splendid collection, to which ma жы НӨ have 
recently been added; Dianthus or Mule Pinks, Нону, 
55 Show eA Fane v Pansies, Bedding Pansies and Violas, 
stemons—a collection of these; Potentillas, 
Double and Single ore um Sweet Violo ike an e grown 
n large quantities; Early and Late Phloxes, &с. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS: a car «олу. revised 
Азми. = this Mur mum included every ск nthe- 
'wing, and а r of new ones, exte a 
{о twenty ges, divided hetwoen "the following нЕ 
Еаг1 pum mer-flowering, Reflexed, Incurved, Erie cni 
Ана Ий Mo ompons, and Singles. This catalogue 
embellished with a “litho” of the new e. late Japanese 
` 
апегу їп 
T ACEOUS PZEONIES. 
А sepa lo f these is now A ome т-& ar pem 
of which may fairly a im to be a most complete о I have 
a fine collection of Tree bi abo forty NY 
e best vari The plants are all good stuff, estab- 
lished in pots, erbaceous "ETE poni Double and Single, 
are grown extensively by varieties are de- 
scribed in this catalogue. 
Y CLIMBERS, ORN. 
UBS, NEW FR 
e Clematis Жачаев, Аш сеа‏ ب 
cluded Clemat 
lendid imen M; ite. Post dolis, ils. ME Fruit por- 
dou conoid of Blackberriés and other modern fru 
THOMAS $S. 
HALE FARM 
NURSERIES, 
TOTTENHAM, LONDON. 
WARE, 
VEITCH'S 
CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS. 
JAS. VEITCH & SONS, 
ROYAL EXOTIC NURSERY, CHELSEA, 
LONDON, S.W. 
SUNFLOWER, NEW MINIATURE 
Exceed 
ес 
та piles: yellow pre енча with. ^ gc 
e; very decorative, and highly usefulfor cutting. 
Per Packet, ls. 
AQUILEGIA, VEITGHS NEW HYBRIDS. 
sing many nct, and pretty 
rete nip be 
Per Packet, 1 6d. 
BECONIA, reves HYBRID. | 
Carefully hybridised, a 
Per Pudet, 1 
CAMPANULA КОШТ ROSEA. 
A new i cu rose-pink ety; a most Mirum № and desi 
addition "M bis hardy border р 
Per Packet, (M 6d. 
CLOXINIA, VEITCH'S SUPERB SM 
: pem Packet. 2s. 6d. 
IMPATIENS , SULTANI. 
‘irst-class Certificates, 
— which are of a brilliant rosy- 
rlet colour. 
Per Packet, 1s. 64. 
MIGNONETTE, CRIMSON KING. 
A new, distinct, and м desirable variety for pot culture, 
ر‎ up numerous stout flower-stalks, terminated by ex- 
m Рег Packet, ls. 
PETUNIA, VEITCH'S SUPERB STRIPED. 
ected for many years wi 
preted А De beds tifu ly atas n 7 н Arr 
"Ре Packet, 
—— for its Lone над continuous flowering, and the 
gorgeousness of its 
5 
КЕР For full descriptions of the above and o 
Choice Flower Seeds see CATALOGUE 1887, 
forwarded gratis ip post-free on applica 
ROYAL 0712 NURSERY, 
