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NEW SEEDS 
OF THEIR CHOICE STRAINS OF 
FLOW 
RESENT SOWING, 
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FOR 
VIAVIONOTVS geaadns 
‘SNOLLOAS 
hes 
BUTTONY SUPERB CALCEOLARIA. 
Our Stock of this favourite Greenhouse Flower has been saved 
from the finest strains only, Price, 2s. 6d. per packet. 
-~ DOBSON’S, JAMES’S, THOMAS’S, 
And other. Strains can be supplied at the advertised p 
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ONS’ CHOICE CINERARIA, 2s. 6d. per packet. 
ONS’ CHOICE PRIMULA, 2s. 6d. per packet. 
ONS’ CHOICE CYCLAMEN, 6 varieties, ss. 
‘Particulars of other CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS 
for present sowing, gratis and post free, 
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FOR PRESENT SOWING, 
SPRING AND SUMMER USE. 
t Cabbage for Spring and Summer use is 
SUTTONS’ IMPERIAL, 
it Cabbage is the finest in cultivation, and the 
mı Winter, and Spring use. Good head 
aed rm, of mild 
the middle 
Price rs. per oz. 
The following 
Sorts are also 
suitable for pre- 
@ sent sowing :— 
EARLY York. 
NoNPARETL, 
WHEELER'S 
IMPERIAL 
ENFIELD 
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EARLY 
BATTERSEA 
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gala, Tormentilla, and Thyme, &e., 
SATURDAY, ¥ULY 18, 1874, 
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PLEA FOR WILD PLANTS —11 
EING mortified at finding myself uncertain 
as to one or two common wayside plants, 
in their undeveloped states, I resolved to refresh 
my knowledge amongst those by the seaside, 
and also on moor, bo 
before they were i 
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was favourable for my object, and by the shore 
the plants were not so far on as usual, and th 
same with regard to the upland district I went 
over during the very first days of June. In this 
paper I will keep to the seaside. The first plant 
I came to was a fine lot of Geranium lucidum 
(Shining Crane’s-bill), 2 yards square, quite 
distinct in its transparent red stalks and clear 
shining look ; and a little further inland was 
G. pyrenaicum (Perennial Dove’s-foot Crane’s- 
bill), more confusing, and a variety one likes to 
o 
(Hemlock- 
Geraniums. Of this I found only a single flower 
o 
Hawthorn, an 
me as earlier than 
their respective red and yellow varieties. Ina 
patch of Ajuga reptans I have found the white 
spike in bloom while the rest of the patch was 
only in bud ; true, there were other blue patches 
not far off fully expanded. 
I had to search for Thalictrum minus, the dark 
purplish tops of which were just protruding abov. 
the sand, and to which the long blanched roots 
first found led up. Then came Ononis repe 
(Rest-harrow),'more viscous and less fcetid than’ 
when showing its pretty pink Pea-flowers ; and 
Lotus corniculatus (Bird’s-foot Trefoil), with 
bright red buds—no yellow visible as yet. 
prettiest of all the common Hieraciums, H. pilo- 
sella (Mouse-ear Hawkweed), was in plenty, but 
one missed its neat sulphur flowers, red streaked 
in bud, or when shut up in the afternoon. 
In the chinks of the rocks, at times wet with 
the sea spray, were tufts of Plantago maritima 
(Sea Plantain), and Statice Armeria (Thrift), the 
tight flower-buds as yet stalkless. The young 
botanist is always attracted by the fact about 
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mountains. an 
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gala vulgaris, Linum catharticum, Astragalus 
arenarius (?), or Anthyllis Vulneraria, and must 
go back to see if they are lost to that particular 
f the two Elymus 
Lyme-grass), with blue-green 
sharp leaves rolled inwards, and the tall flower- 
stalks of last year still on, were also found here. 
The honey-smelling Cochlearia officinalis 
(Scurvy-grass) was in full flower, those patches 
that were not luxuriating in the sand being of a 
purple tinge all over. Yet still further down on 
the shore, growing in the dry pure sand, was Are- 
naria peploides (Sea Chickweed), with its square 
juicy tops ; no white flowers open. i 
repens | 
more 
hotter and drier be the weather. 
Seasons like the present, I may remark in 
will teach many things to the amateur : 
their two favourite practices, raking too much 
and watering too little (surface work, in short), 
must be avoided ; and the value of properly. 
and deeply worked ground and mulching (where 
that has not been practised) will be very appa- 
rent even to the prejudiced, who think neatness 
get a great 
impetus, and also I hope that of Scotch Roses. 
Here in the poor sandy soil were Rosa spinos- 
sissima and four other Briars in bud, sufficiently. 
far advanced toexpand in water. Wehavea large 
j ene ee i ee ee E eee EY 3 Sie. 
Fem, amen 
of these delicious little Roses. They have more 
perfume than any of the grand hybrids or Teas, 
shortlived asthey are. The bushes (3 feet high) 
are loaded with flowers, grow in the poorest 
portion of the garden, require no pruning, no 
solid or liquid manure, and have 
pillar or aphis about them. ; 1i 
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son in a high Ivy-covered wall hard by. We 
usually take their eggs twice in the spring, and 
brood fully sufficient to cover our Pea 
find one > 
rows and peck every pod, and in spring we are 
provoked at the destruction of our Yellow Crocus - 
edgings, and of our mossy Saxifrages or Sedums, 
which they pull up for their nests, also the sand 
baths that go on in our seed beds that are not 
netted ; but this year we are envied by all our 
neighbours for our freedom from insect p 
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The little yellow Stonecrop (Sedum acre) was 
also well covered up in the sand but was not in 
bloom, though Saxifraga granulata, with its tall 
stalk and fine white blossom, was in beauty. The 
double variety of this Saxifraga makes a lasting 
patch for the last lot of plants to flower in the 
spring border, but is still better placed among 
grass, where one does not miss its quickly dried 
bare soil ; it is useful for cut flowers, but beware 
of pulling up the whole plant when gathering it. 
It is possible to mistake the tubercles for 
of the Celandine — yellow, faded leaves, and 
exposed grain-lik all that is 
visible of that e 
now 
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