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Establishes 1841. 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
A WEEKLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND ALLIED SUBJECTS. 
NEW 
No; 52.—Vor. Ispan 
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1874. 
Registered at the General 
Price 5d. 
Post Office as a Newspaper. Post FREE, lma nats 
CONTENTS. 
se | a ee Esparto 
812 
B08 Pine-apple, Charlotte 
nas trees .. a. OO Rothschild 4 
{ zatory, heating a. 8r3 | Plants, new, certificated 
meria Roezlii (with at the Royal Horticul- 
: is we ec, tural Soniery o5 
Decorations in the house- so new kande (with 
E es ; oe 4 
Pike objections to 
dyed... .. pi . I4 
12| Pomona Palace show, the 815 
811 | Potting .. š E] 
808 | Prize gardening 813 
814 | Roses, some new, what 
Royal” Bene- are their merits? 814 
volent Instituti i 14 | Royal Agricultural S 
en operation: 817 ciety p the Potato : 
n frats, new w (with disease,-t 806 
) -804 Sa condition of vil- 
815 lages, t 814 
Slow-worms v. mic 808 
12 | Solanum Careless: 814 
o4 | Soldiers’ gardens 811 
308 | Stephanotis floribunda, 
04 et of 814 
sotis voe oh 11 | Unpopular Gra 15 
history . o8 Villa R the. 808 
aa O8 Mages i the sanitary con- 
16 ition 814 
ossum 1 madrense o4 | Weather cies «+ 816 
. the Dou 13 Year, the, events “of 8rr 
__ Important Notice to Foreign Subscribe 
FOREIGN UBSCRIBERS 
_ @Fé PARTICULARLY REQUESTED, when sending Post Office 
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Post Office Orders should af sag Bs tad at the King 
eet ae Coar races 
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ency at the time, 
AND CO:,. Drawer No. II, 
Count ; and 
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ubscriptions may be sent. 
YRAN ND SPRING FLOWER SHOW, 
MARCH roand rr, 1875, inthe Large Hall, Leeds Hott. 
tural Gardens C AMES HIKBEC ® A aeren a 
= Hs ae SE lanager 
ficë, 103, 
R S wae T 
è that 
announce 
to SUPPLY SEED of 
this season. Plan 
r Paradise ‘Nar = ut Upper Holloway, London, N. 
ILIUM ry MaMa ag The annual 
mapertaticien from Japan have now arriv rer ioe bulbs 
n the finest pear ce possible, Price 125., 18s. 
oS I a soe Oze: for Ne cal lt 
Ms MMILiLAM RULE;-Establishment for New and Rare 
la nts, King’s Road, Chelsea, London, S.W. 
SeMPERVEVUM ae 6d. and 
LLIAM E. DIXON, Not fecal” Nursery, Beverley. 
AJ HITE CAMELLIAS, and other CUT 
à OWERS. 
pam E. DIXON, Norwood Nursery, Beverley. 
pet SON SERPELL 
Nerstrvman nike te SEED Ml a Plymouth. 
ANT sh of the ee —Strong 
bloomin 
5 roots, 2s. per dozen, 12s. 6d. per 100, package 
£C OLING, Mile Ash Nirien Day. 
IS. 
Sandata. LIMES. 
THOMAS S. WARE, Hale wen Ne Tottenham. 
No Reasonable 
HORSE CHESTNI UTS ( 
(THOMAS S WARE. can A still supply strong 
well-rooted Ea! S in ndards, Half-standards, me 
Dwarfs ; also n MOSS a CLIMBERS. Price 
application. 
Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, London. 
MATEUR’S BUNDLE of ROSES 
warf Roses, including packing, 
andards, 30s. Selected by purchaser 
foni Siete ea excepting the new sorts of 18 874. 
VISON anp WHITTEM, White Cross, Hereford. 
É gl BE SOLD; brå oaa CRE NG 
ES, ro feet high, 8 — 
e, trained on ii under 
al Niel, eg de Dijo 
las s for we years. rege 
i © Falco eg de 
la Mal sania, 
and Climbing aid 
MONRO, “Potter's: Bar, N. 
Roses of 1874. 
COOLING ¢ offers nice healthy plants s 
the above, budded low o apaa from open groun 
at.2s. “eal, 21s. per doze pe ag free. Also splendid pant 
of older sorts, Standards, aah S, TOs. tas per 
New CATALOGUE fre 
Mile As h Nurs rb 
s, Fruit Trees 
USH AND SON'S stock of 
A 
purchasers. CATALOGUES post fre 
Hig e Nurseries, Toat N. 
IOLETS, TIES Mathini REGINA, 
Mat ong, 6s. an 
To E TRA SN Saig POLYANTHUS SEED, 
superb pond ee pa oz. Also, LEICESTER RED CELERY, 
s r” per oz. Cheaper in quantity. he extra. 
B. R. DAVIS, Seed Warehouse, Yeovil, Somerset. 
Mi ESS ES Jony, "STANDISH Lann. o. 
bove to off 
EWS. Man ny thousands, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; oe 9, 
to to r5 feet. All recently transplanted. 
Sine T WATERER, Knap Hill Nursery, Woking, 
and Poplars. 
THOMAS S. . SWARE can oe ot well-grown | 
‘abc of sorts, 12 to 20 
y are 
e SYCAMORE, 12 feet ; 
(1000), 5. t0 6 fet 
ENGLISH r F fee 
PRINT 000), 4 to t, all 
Vines. 
B. S WILLIAMS h: eae a e and fine stock 
of FRUITING and 
Asparagus, aragus, Asparagus. 
QPECIAL OFF ER of the above, two, three, 
To the Seed 
Ne UTTING AND SONS T WHOLESALE 
Oe ak ce and wait habe ee peg ag oe EA CATA- 
UE will be published t 
ree seg 
Seed Warehouses, 60, Barbican, E.C. 
G CANES, of all the 
s. Prices on applica 
ei and Paradise N atari: Upper Holloway, N. 
1873.. Cir 
se = branches from r 
E TWO PEACH CAES, 
Noblesse or Royal agg trained for a 
2 feet, 6 feet high, fen at. fruit. 
oH ee ake eee Reepham, » Norfolk. 
s Supreme Pea. __ 
WANTED, a a ae ‘quarters of the above, of 
to P., Gardeners’ Chronicle Office 
p tate lowest i ce and quantity 
WE 
Fruits Cultivated in the United United Kingdom. 
DESCRIPTIVE L1IS.T, by 
LITTLE ann BALL oat _ Knowefieid 
Carlisle, free, by post, for twelve stam 
EN aT fine Brice, 2 feet to 
, eith el 
taeda eit er epom ro SE : 
NTS for hale Fn FORCING — 
One desirous 
a Stains: Winter Mon Mole.. Rater. 
ANDISH A AND ane fora LIST ould apply ar 
hpa 
LANTS 
La 
4 fee 
allowing ae :—Lord Suffield, H 
Keswick Codlin, Stirling Castle, ethers Greening, Beauty 
of Kent, Small’s "Admirable, Quote | 
who give highest Prices for the Seed of those that are of stering 
value and merit. 
gargs WANTED.—Half-standard, 3 to 
stems, or 2-yr. to 3-yr. _ unpruned Trees o “oly, 
and o 
and Red d Astrachan. owest 
re ee 
FUL in RAISIN 
ORIST FLOWERS or VEGETABLES, 
are invited to communicate with F. ay 
New and Hare Seed Importers and Growers, St Albans. 
ahead tr a we 
ORE PORE” eT REFUSE 
ber bushel, or 
Farm Lane, Walham Green, S.W. 
R. A he ve EW BEAS Unig 
oe 
For descrip- 
pri ma rainn at p. 769 otia week’s Gar- 
HURST anp SON, 6, Leadenhall Street, London, E.C. 
OUNG’S NONSUCH PEAS.—A List 
of Names of all Firm: Beton sh ordered a supply will 
shortly be severe. For p pp 
CHARLES YOUNG, m k Balham Hill, S.W. 
i Pen ky PHILIP “DIXON? S Wholesale 
TALOGUE of GARDEN and FARM 
now ready, and may be ha an free, on applica: 
S Seed oo, 75, 76, ‘and 77, High Street, tad 57, Queen 
treet, 
PHE NEW AMERICAN POTATO, 
THORBURN’S EARLY PA 
Combining more superior qualities in a egy degree than 
any of the early sorts of late introduction. 
For Sale by all the leading London Seedsmen. 
EED TATOS.—All the leading kinds 
PO 
own + second for seed from carefully selected stocks, 
gr 
Prices on Re gs 
J. A a sets Seed Merchants, Chester. 
anD F. SHARPE: ESN Phd ge! 2 -Special 
ced raped ny ony ba 
cular. ht at ag all ae 
e adean, and the prices 
found Set moder 
Seed Grawhie: Establishment, Wisbech, 
HITE SPANISH O E 
A large quantity of the above, — wad doce ‘ak 
nett growth of 187 74 now on offer, apply, stating 
quantity required 
WOOD AND INGRAM, Seed Merchants, &c., Huntingdon. 
= Wonersh, near Guildford. 
the Trade. 
l Sate ERRY" "BRUSSELS SPROUTS, 
nae 
HOMAS ew WARE. can supply Maiden 
APPLES, PEARS, and CHERRI — me 
NECTARINES, ‘aaa on application 
at 
to applicants, 
EWING an AND CO. OS ’S PRICED, DESCRIP- 
and ILLU: CATALOGUES are 
h , _ and a and General 
ew Apple—Lady Henniker. 
gt AND Spee a The Royal he 
“ge Norwich, are now sending out stro 
plan sclendid Pey, tt obtained R Pinte Hil 
gia eh T the Royal Horticultural Socie! ocisti, Di 
culars with testimonials es 
Ba gy ome Epist N R oo 
or Orchards, es f tr feet, butts 2 
to 8 inches round. igen ier aes a 
nour TREES fimes Ho ne Chestnuts, 
t and E Elms, ores, Norway Ma 
sake ae —_ Wi 
Weeping I d E iige 
rees fi or particu ars an prices a y to 
EWING A pb OU, The Riyal Norfolk Nurseries, Norwich, 
y EBB’S PRIZE COB FILBERTS, 
and other PRIZE COR NUTS and FILBERTS. 
varieti y EBE » Reading. — 
V a eae NEW pat POLYANTHUS, 
Flower, oe ae 
al Of all the arides, th Do 
different colours; AURICUL LAS, both ops 
with every sort of veg Fo cg Flowers 
Mr. B, Calcot, Senin 
*“DAGNALL AND amp T ILBURY, Steam Cocoa-nut oe 
