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GARDENER 
Established 1841. 
S CHRONICLE. 
_ A WEEKLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND ALLIED SUBJECTS. 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1874. |ant Cemi } | Price 6d. 
NEW 
No. 37.—VoL. II. { SERIES. } 
CONTENTS. 
: imperialis Kum-quat, the (with cut) 336 
i reda n Asso E4 Lilium Aa ya Sae Ei 
_ America, Dord ak td 333 | purpureum (with cut) . 322 
| Andrew, Turnbull vith Lycopersicum racemi- 
-portrai 329 334 
Books, notices of . ou gat Manures, chemistry of . 327 
3 I. gð 322 
2 Brunswick Fig, the- .. 334 ne Livingstoneana .. 322 
į Cal sere sep se poing + ei oe, 322 
334 322 
Chatawei rth 336 elana 7 i at Reading 340 
Cheaiietcy; centennial of, 324 cage dissitiflora ©.. 339 
Dessert 337 | Not Indian forest 
3 eae Castle (with 
3 4 | On n removing old” Apricot 
3 East Indian Today Palm 334 3 
E mucronatum 334 | enadi Fan Society, the 322 
| | Exhibition of insects 324 | Plant. 32 
Florists’ flowers .. 33° Plants, new garden Sig cae 
| } Forestry .. a 330 | Potato disease, the .. 33 
Fuchsia procumbens 322 | Potato eset of 1874 339 
Gardening operati nee tA of natural his- 
for cotton-mill © 336 
operatives te 321 | Rose show discussion 337, 338 
rmination of unripe Selection of judges 334 
seeds, onthe .. .: 329 | Societies :— 
P Goldén Champion Grape 334| Crystal Pal 349 
Gongora cass an 322 Du praal Horticultural 340 
use plan 326 | Strawberries, best va 
Horse, a vegetable (with weet Flag, the . 
339 | Villa gardening . 
gorrik criticism Lof Rose z Voice’s pasat ventilating 
ibi 33 
Jedbur; h Pan . ve 325 343 
Kew, the old walls at .. 323 Led alatum 336 
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TICULTURAL Pgh ELY.—The wake 
: INTERNATIONAL aie TA 
§ beheld in Edinbur n WEDNE 
|- § September 15 and 16. 
SDAY and aa RSDAY, 
JOHN STEWART, Sec. < 
M. YOUNG, woo „Sec. 
d GARDENS, MANCHESTER. 
GRAND. EXHIBITION. of ME ri EXOTIC 
OWERS, FLORAL 
E FE RNS, CONIFEROUS 
The Selena of Prizes will be is: shovel 
1875. 
GRAND FLORAL. FETE 
pot 4 JUNE 16.27 and 
, YORK, 
ions are received by 
Mr, THOMAS MOORE Treasurer, Botanic Gardens, Chelsea, 
Mr. HARRY ? VEITCH, Hon. Sec., Royal Exotic Nursery, 
King’s oad, Chelsea, S.W. 
ERMAN TOWN” NURSERIES, 
: THOMAS M 
: EEH. 
E orreen ven to Collecting SEEDS ‘ot AM ‘AN 
Peas fin mare SEEDLINGS f te the 
"arena ALOGU 
S. Sa icatio 
co. es ae ro mame 
d FLOWER SHOW. ott 
OYAL SOMONA PALACE: 
E THOUSAND alt ae FINEST 
NOISETTE, CHINA, r ROSES to 
select tiei all vok and healt thy, in aat sea ani priced 
LIST o licatio 
RIC ARD te ER, ar Worcester. 
WING AnD CO. 3S “iusteated ete and 
Descriptive CATALOGUE be hortls dy. All 
Rosarians should possess a copy, which will be forw: nec ever gratis 
and post free, to applicants. 
The Royal Norfolk Nurseries, Norwich. 
oas for SALE. — Five Hundred very 
fine, arse Specimen-sized trai Plants , grown in 
The Be est Varieties i in Cultivation. y 2 
lications to be addressed = 
MAS EAST, Wolveton ee ee a Dorset. 
Pore 
All a 
bi E 
Standard Tune 
EVEQUE AN "SON, Ronen YMEN, 
wis oe ine, meng: ‘Pai aris, beg to offer for aa autumn 
a splendid and large stoc TEA ROSES, compr = all the 
best s ag suse 5 ‘Niel, per hundr ed. "The p 
rice will be 
INER aero = Seedlings of the finest 
Strains, including pens and ee a arg Strong Plants 
from Seed Pans, 1s. 6d. p ozen, ros. 
T. JACKSON. AND BON, paea ai Kiron. Surrey. 
Wheeler’s Superb ei ore Calceolaria. 
ind bddromapac teers is prepar a = Spi 
acket st free, at rs hry: 2S. Pad, and 3s. ach, o 
his iG Suai ior Strain. dwarf and rob Past ae hie 
Bei 
of the Plants i is „all that c can ‘be. Renad, and may generally be 
ung plants of tps above may be sent safely by post, when 
a at 3s. res doz 
E Nuaii, Warminster, Wilts. 
inaa NEUMANN, The PN a 
er large quantities of 
beg to 
4 O “EIA A). A 
T IRD AND LAING 
intimate that all the popular VIOLAS of the present 
day may NOW be Royal Win FULL FLOWER in their Angel 
the 
Garden at their R ter Gardens, Edinbu 
Haymarket Station 
Spiræa oaa —To the Trade 
ye SMITH is now oane, ‘orders = 
trong Flowering Clumps, al 
Pii Soc, for cash. 
H. B. SMITH, oar Dean Saag, wey London, W. 
rgh, nea 
TEW CERTIFICATED PL PLANTS, = 
Niy J OERANI NIUM OMS Captain seid Bit ote Jewe 
“Master Christine—good plant of each, 7s. oe a "BOUVARDIAS- 
I Badal Wreath, alba odorata 
ANTHURIUM SHERZERIAN 
caret get ge mtr VARIE. 
ar rE DROSERA ROTUNDI- 
pe Mine y ae mate dapt onicle, page 260. One 
AA ppr Ea phr arih geed, as. 6d. Free by Post: 
A. aik, Devon. 
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Rine SES Win Wit 
PARTALNS -NOTATU M and 
a fw = 
Finest Hardy Plant 
HEL LIANTHUS FISTULOSUS (vil.) 
goers a S s — See descrip is Re ke 
lant in report of idea ae n, Crystal Palace, &e. 
Th Packets, post a 12 atin tet ; 6 Seeds, rs. 6d. 
Oe! TANTON, F.R.H. 5; New ng Se and Seed Merchant, 
gh End ndon Bridge, S.E. 
British Fern Catalogue. 
OBERT SIM will send post free for six 
postage stamps, Part I. (British Ferns and their varieties, 
Por pages, inċluding prices of Hardy Exotic Ferns) of his Priced 
on ERNS, Ko CATALOGUE of *BRITI SH and EXOTIC 
‘oot’s Cray Nursery, Sidcup Hill, Kent. 
ED LARCH FIR, from 14 to 2 feet 
hi h. 
rice and erii ag 
GEORGE Sree Naise Fordham, near Soham. 
to E sup 
) Scnotcest EEN ELCR, FR 
Fors SALE es he son 
a > SIMP: ; i 
pled, ohana she 
of ev I ue 
UTCH and FRENCH FLOWERING 
BULBS. Fek have now sen in prere oo 
one of the, choice Pee cane nA llections of these 
T 
POCATALOGUES ¢ a s nos Nah so 
DICKSON anp ROBINSON, 23, Market Place, Manchester. 
OHN AND CHARL ES TEE have received 
their annual_supply x a eno pi and other sts 
Roots, in fine condition. arly o rders are requested, CAT. 
Royal Vineyard Amhran and Seed Establishment, Hammer- 
smith, London, W. 
Hyacinths, Tuli 
M: CUTBUSH AND SON be birt o announce 
that their DESCRIPTIVE PRICED CATALOGUE 
of gee oa be porn ~CROCUS and_other BULBS, 
&c., w ready. contains their usual fine 
which have for Selly pose ore heli the highest reputation. Post 
ication. 
cen Nurseries, ag 
” Descriptive Bul 
HOMAS- S. WARE’S NEW. BULB 
CATALOGUE is now ready, and m had free on 
application. It embraces every family srir ja cultivation, 
and is one r the most complete every Sublish e 
Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, London, N. 
HARLES TURN TERS 5. aig importations 
have arrived i in excellent condition, and he is prepared to 
ncaa, Gleick on application. 
The rik Nurseries, Slo 
HOMAS | = WARES NEW 
flowering P anad in cultivation 
rg in the autumn 
Hale amg 
ont 
HOMAS RIVERS papie and 
ustrated CATALOGUE of FRUITS is now ready. 
Also, CATALOGUE of SELECT ROSES. Post free on 
application. : 
"THOMAS RIVERS ann SON, Sawbridgeworth, Herts. 
ES.—Fine strong, eee 
Canes of best leadi S, 
xtra strong Fruiting 
Paste ruiting Canes of Duke 
and Waltham Cross at each. 
RICHARD SMITH, St. John’s Nurseries, Worcester. 
Fine Strawberries. | 
O TURNER recommends th 
pe nthe E O E Cae Sa 
ving fe ie 
of Buccleuch 
i Vicomtesse H. de Thury, Sir J. Paxton, Ro 7 
arag agerat a Lie Pine a i Di. = 
are all growers and have fine flavour. CATALOGUES on 
dlicati The Bora Nurseries, Slough. 
abbage Plants. 
Dh exrien ADS. extra fine, 3s. per 
ELD MARKET and EARLY BATTERSEA, 
do. Carefully packed and p 
payable at at Godalming 
LLAND, ‘Surrey Gardens, Godakaing, Serer. 
) Seeds for 
EED POTATOS.—T siid Gashels of 
Handsworth for Sale. For serge? za price 
apply mei S BOLTON, Wyddial, Buntingford, H 
SNOWFLAKE, EXTRA EARLY VERMONT, 
BROWNELL’S BEAUTY, COMPTON" S SURPRISE. 
gE ND CO. 
to buyers in cathe trade d Prices on woe 
HOOPER anp CO., Covent Garden, London, W.C. 
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