NEW 
N O: 49.—VOL. I I, { SERIES. 
GARDENERS CHRONICL 
Establishes 1841. 
A WEEKLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND ALLIED SUBIEOTS, 
SATURDAY, DECEMBER s, 1874. 
Registered at the General 
$ pioniere atthe General, 
Price 5d. 
Post FREER, sid. 
CONTENTS. 
ng in | ge ega garden, notes 
; 720 II 
Scherzeri- Masdevallia Davisi 710 
F 718 | Natural h 14 
714 Obituary oe as 
-. 709 | Opun csi . 718 
basel- Orchids, the best se ID 
es wee 7s6 oo kerit 720 
-. 720 | Peach, the yellows i in 
Clap- an 718 
Plants, 710 
cut, 711 Plants, patair air pani 720 
s 710 Plants, Ei pons hed 
on the French portraits 715 
w. 713 | Portrait of Mr. M. au 
arm bird, thë. 714 derson . «+ 720 
e best Sanitary science 717 
721 | Societies :— 
Pomona Gardens, Man- 
712 chester i 72 
Royal Horticultural 721 
. 720 Soyal Jersey’ . 23 
A SL „n a a 720 
ER 714 | Sugar-can Carthagena 719 
= roots of Oak a, the viviparous .. 714 
ES 714 Aloes of South 
723 P 5 720 
719 | Trees v. rabbits . ee ig 
720 ot melanoxylon < J20 
riei , the $ 923 
719 gigantea . ++ 720 
Willows pollarded (with : 
k 721 +. 718 
ültural section of Wimbledon Lane .. 720 
“Vienna Esp Window = in 
718 ent 718 
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ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION | F 
S 
ARTER’S List" Of NO NOVELTIES, con- 
Flowers of the 
AND Wi KE Royal Seedsmen, 
237 and 238, High a — 
URST a p SON. beg eg to nf their LIST 
of NOVELTIES in pon R SEEDS 
is now ready, and can be had on appli Bon = rg 
HURST anD ‘SON, 6, Leaden l Street, London, E.C. 
EECH, 3 feet, very fine and well rooted, 
6d. per 1000. 
WILLIAM IRELAND, Pilton Nurseries, Barnstaple, Devon, 
S.—Many oa 3, 4, AEA 6, 7, 8, 9, 
ro to 15 feet. All recen! wf op epee 
Ste a ATERER, ten ursery, Woking, 
PECIAL oe of PLANT COLLEC- 
TIONS, al Winter Decoration of Apartments or Con- 
servatory, free fr 
a. H. "LEY, Royal Nursery, Croydon. 
A Bargain. 
i pe e wiper icia TREES, 5 ah 6 fent; 
3; 7to 8 Tos, per 100, or 
OAKS, 4 4 to o 5 fect, a 6d. pa oo, for cash. 
LKIN, Tipes Kelvedon. 
P O BE SOLD, t00,000 SPANISH 
CHESTNUTS, 12 to 18 inches, stout, well-rooted, 
transplanted. Wi 
or. Midhurst, Soet 
I R; fine, from 4 to 9 feet ; 
H PR os ee” from” 6 to 9 fee AR Bogs nicer 
other Sta 
ndard and Dwarf ROSES, 
Trees 
Sta: a a variety y ii Trees 
suitable for ge a Planting, Forest Trees, &c. 
W. GROVE, Tupsley and St. Owe ee Hereford. 
na 
LE.— 
ch, Sp ; cotch co 1% to 2% feet; also 
trong Quickwood for fencing. Apply 
BEAN, 's Nursery, peitti York. 
Twelve Graceful 
| H S on young mvt rn to grow om ix 
~— a ot ne dy in about six m 
for diate wi ding choice and many 
Tinia DAA Bad) sind È 
J. H. LEY; S Royal Nursery, Croydon. 
S. WILLIAMS oat a. ans e and fine stock 
e of FRUITING and P. G CANES, of all the 
best kinds, Prices on a nino 
Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, Upper Holloway, N. 
PE VINES kan -o Rape 
and short-jointed , in pots, 
425. = 60s. ee “ever Extra 5 mig Fruiting Cini; 7s. 6d. to 
Ios. each. ong Fruiting Canes of Duke of Buccleuch 
and Walthan ton at 21s. each. 
RICHARD SMITH, St. John’s Nurseries, Worcester. 
Sas VINES.—Strong and aa beg ties 
for 
i lhe ppi 
Boa immediate Fruiting and 
carALoouS and 
Janes -DICKSON i 
o 
Anp SON, 6, Leadenhall Street, London, E.C. 
__ To the Trade. 
LOTHIAN IN son applicati; 
ti 
“METHVEN ano SONS, 15, Princes Stree 
TE and WALNUT TREES 
=: , choice pei for Gardens 
eight 5 to 1r feet, butts 2 
, both 
, from a stock that never 
FORD, Market opiate, Page Green, Totten- 
transplanted, Ios.; azo 1i 
free. 
ITH AnD CO., 
'Cox’s and 
SE Rorwarer al paris of ie : 
Asparagus, Asparagus, Asparagus. 
GPECIAL sede keis the se two, three, 
ROBERT NEAL, ce pet 199 or sa S on application Common, S.W. 
Le PERKINS 1a BROCCOLI.—A gare 
Ns’ LEAMINGTON BROCCO Seed 
saved from selected hea per % Ib., 14 Ib., or lg 
aeicnaeniatee to . WALMESLY, Bore Street, Lichfield. 
NTOWN “NURSE RIES, 
6 gece ER “ee AN 
phia: THOMAS MEEH Pro 
Special cape iven to Collecting SEEDS ot AMERICAN 
S and = RUBS, and Raising SEED sect ap the 
nth Annual 0 RS ES vo 
WASTED, ge 10,000 
abe iS chee, 
peor of BOX EDGING. 
me Tsiis : ee 
Common, 
DYH ane LERONCH FLOWERING 
ULBS. w received, in splendid condition, 
one of the, choices and most re te Ripa = oe = 
= CATA 
DICKSON anp ROBINSON > 23, Sonam arket Plane, Rare 
Tulips, &c, 
K C AND SON to announce 
hat their DESCRIPT aA Ri op CATA! aleou E 
of HYACINTHS, TULIPS, OCUS and other BULBS, 
&e. It raed. Th ye usual fine palo 
which peng Fe any years held the highest reputation, Post 
free on — 
Highgate Nurseries, London, N, 
A MATEUS BUNDI DLE xf ROSES — 
Roses, including packing, 
20s.; twenty 
Sikond Sy 
ate Gata, son sr i 
Hereford, 
Hyacinths, 
UTBUSHA 
Climbing Rose 
gg MARGOTTI N, 35. eac ch, 30s, pèr 
h en. he d favourite Rose in all respects, except in 
RICHARD SMITH, artes Worcester. 
Roses! Roses !! 
tai CHOLE PERPETUAL ROSES, 
55 on recei 
g plan t varieties, sent to any address 
of Poem: Pronk Order for 21s., packai = aded, b 
JAMES WALTERS, Mount Rad Nursery, Exeter, Devon. 
OSES.—Fine rene > Dent o on Aapoy, 
30s. per giad os. » 
Half-stan pai. 
MAURICE So NG, Milford Nurseries, cats 
var oe Good strong erens pa o. g 
25 per 100,000; 
1000 ee 445 to £55 per Aiie 
SEJE YOUNG, See, Nurseries, 
agin: 
TREES, 
IANT LILY of the VALLEY Se 
l : , packa 
C OLING, Pa A a 
ree. 
f 
W Bree 3 BRYANT be bey Bo to offer, Brayton $ 
plant 
asos, in rad a a SEES” 25s. jar sag 
MRS J. SHILLING 5 Begs t0 ol to 
Pigs ohare secon Winchester. 
‘series, Dundee, Scotland. 
of SEEDLING and 
NSPLANTED FOREST and ORNAMENTAL 
TREES. SHRUBS, &c., may be had on applica’ 
” LAIRD anp SINCLAI ay 
Johnstone’ 
EARLIEST po BEST in = ‘CULTIVATION 
a for open ground ; it has a splendid and excellent 
-10,000 VER Fi ] S] : 
'S, spoon do, dar, 5 13 6 foet and 
10,000 COM Ci Ae tte Prices 
"SEPH grr The —— Garforth, near Leeds. Sool 
M. WoOoD has serv a fine pg ogee above 
Woodlands Necssry, Maresheld, Uckfield, Sussex. 
Re and BLACK CURRANTS, strong 
u slg ge at low prices, to clear the ground. Price 
on application. 
WM. { POTT SN, The Nursery, Sissinghurst, Staplehurst, Kent. 
YOCOA-NUT FIBRE REFUSE, invaluable 
Forcing, a ng, and Resistin 
Price of. per bushel ushels, 5d. 
* TOO, gE 
ie ce 
JAMES STEVENS, Files Works, High St., ieee, -o 
U pae Gata pa REFUSE — -30t 
REFUSE.— 
x 2 BRE R 
per bushel, or 6d. per bushel for quantities of 
DAGNALL, sno TILBURY, Steam Cocoa-nut Fibre Works, 
Farm Lane, W: S.W. a 
