Apri 9, 1887.] 
$. SHEPPERSON, 
PROSPECT HOUSE, BELPER. 
DERBYSHIRE. 
Begs to inform the readers of this Paper that 
he is ы to execute orders wl ч following 
Plants, all of which are of 
чей strains that money can i buy 
all been grown on the e — шь, and are 
therefore very hardy, strong, and warranted to 
succeed and bip om e АП neca free for 
cash with or 
DESCRIPTIVE LIST n med Flowers 
4d. stamps, or free to custom 
PANSIES.—A specialty, probably the best collection in 
England; the cream only o the most noted raisers, the 
latest new sorts, and the hele gee эр all the great shows. 
Good plants, соггес tly named, r fancy. Twelve for 
3s., I -five for 5s. 6d., 100 аа for 20s. Postal 
order fre 
50885 —Chater’s very finest and most select s 
Tw E varieties for P p. six for 1s. 6d. ; six extra Pici 
ог 2s. Postal order f 
CANTERBURY BELLS. — Unrivalled collection, grand new 
colours; double anae enge telesc open candelabrum, and 
Dihor à HU forms. e good pla 
1s, Postal order i 
CHRYSANT —A spec 
Bet ia À a rge- diera. incurved, reflexed, Jap 
early and late bloomers, pompons, &c., judiading ths era aad 
new and distinct forms by Lemoine and other raisers. 
Twelve distinct va шы named, well rooted plants, 2s. ; 
— six for 4s., fre 
CARNATI ONS.—Grenadin, the German scarlet; a fine 
decorative and distinct variety. унны; and free bloomer. 
Twelve for 1s. 6d., six for 1s., 
to bloom well, for 
ialty. The best ша —_ sed 
PHLOXES.—Unrivalled collection, early and late. varietie 
Vending the latest new Danse d Proh named 
CARNATIONS, O and CLOVES.—Strong E old 
plants, from finest Show flowers only ; will give a of 
5 jm welve beautiful varieties for 2s. 6d., six for 
8. 6 
POLYANTHUS.—The finest strain grown; fine large trusses 
and blooms, "ots гор colours. Twelve for 1з. , twenty- 
я for 25., fre 
PINKS.—Beautiful pure white garden, deliciously scented. 
een rong plants, to bloom well, six for 1s., twelvefor 
PN PICOTEES, and CLOVES. Рт pee self, 
triped, and spotte ed vari ieties, sweetly sc a M б ipe w^ Dog 
well itd layers. 
GEUM.—The new double scarlet, equal to e Geranium, 
ان‎ hardy, jue bloomer. Twelve for ls., twenty-five for 
Pe —Puresnow-white, one of the most big oi hardy 
spring flowering plants in cultivation. Two for Is., free. 
SWEET WILLIAMS, —Auricula-eyed ; Hunt's ,improv ed, 
coon в strain, double varieties, ther fine 
Good blooming plants, 1s. per dozen, rt 
new large 
's grand n 
six for 
soxGtovis. —Gl eine hk Dean 
e. Twelve for 1s. 6d., 
vg cadi varieties ; 
Жаза —Distinet hardy border flowers. Six good 
bloomin rera for 1s. 6d., twelve for 2s. 6d., free. 
AURICULA.—T 
scented, soon ton By Six = 28., two in е free 
POLYANTHUS, Novelty; beautiful new white. Strong ps plants, 
full of bloom-buds. ‘Twelve for 1s. 6d., six for 
Niger x it — BORDER PLANTS, distinct 
varieties, 2. 
want OWERS.— Double deti. Cannell's Bright Maroon, 
3 Brilliant Red, Crawford Beauty, Carter's Old Gold, 
Boon мей arbinger, and Covent Garden Dark. 
ost deliciously 
RY PLANTS. — Selected crowns, transplanted, 
Black n Improved Brown's Wonder, Alpha, Pauline, 
ШЫ Н de тошу Pa pec Edinburgh, 
sorts. 3s. per 
BEREY id of the Earlies, Mr. Laxton, grand ne 
D^ Bg Ц 4 per 100, free, Also The Captain anton), 
. ze 
S. SHEPPERSON, 
PROSPECT MOUSE, E, BELPER, 
DERBYSHIRE. 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
A75 
ESTABLISHED, A.D. 1750. 
WRENCH $ 
MANGELS, 
SWEDES, 
URNIPS, 
of all the best varieties, 
FOR PRESENT SOWING. 
Agricultural Seeds have 
given universal satisfac- 
tion for nearly 140 years. 
The policy of the House 
BEST QUALITY ONLY 
For Prices and Particulars 
apply to 
JACOB WRENCH & SONS, 
39, KING WILLIAM STREET, 
LONDON BRIDGE, 
LONDON, Е.С. 
TO THE SEED TRADE 
Our selected stocks of 
As a Supplement 
GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE 
Next Week, April 16, 
Published n ibd cae 
ОЕ 
SIR THEOPHILUS SHEPSTONE S 
GARDEN IN NATAL. 
Gardeners’ Chronicle. 
SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1887. 
HINDLIP HALL. 
N earlier house, which stood on the site of 
i ased Lord 
er for Worcestershire, and wh amily 
m Allsopp-in-the-Dale, near Ashbourne, Derby- 
shire, was t by a Catholic servant of Quee 
Elizabeth. His little niche in history would be 
empty b т the suspicious circnmstances at- 
hing is small career. в name has come 
wn to 8 со 
conspirators 'and Jesuits 
explains the extraordinary construction of his 
hollow walls, 
ed 
= 
Р.о 
Е 
of the 
chambers in the old mansion, all of f whic кч 
as Nash asserts in his History a nd Astsquifies 
of Worcestershire, were crammed with books 
spon as Protestant в. abhor—“ massing stuff" an 
pist trumpery." Twice in the time of 
d I. the stealthy occupants of these cham- 
bers were “ та by the Government and a 
search took p 
In times. er the. Jesuits lying perdus 
oors, by means 
Hindlip 
Mr. Abingdon, ists tales го harbourer, the 
own pe was offering to die on 
out, the search party having unearthed them. 
Early in the present century Guy Fawkes’ 
