70 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE,  [Janvany 28, 1860. 
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MESSRS. E. G. HENDERSON & SON 
RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCE THE 
SEED CATALOGUE FOR 1860, 
NCLUDING comprehensive and Select LISTS OF FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS, in — of Hardy,, Half Hardy, and Tender Annuals an 
I phon heer R erba aceous Alpine and Tr ee species, ti scriptive Notes of the most novel and beautiful 
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SPERGULA etre nA 
as an efficient substitute for Grass (without mowing) on Lawns, Terraces, &c., dobdiier with an able defence of Alpine Vegetation in its most essential conditions for 
surfaee-growth in garden embellishment. 
Seed packets, 6d., 1s., 2s, 6d., and 5s. each. Established tufts or plants, 8s. and 16s. per 100, 
d Biemnials, 
varieties fop 
crimson and m and these ground colours are in many | PYRETHRUM HYBRIDS. —Single and double-flow, 
ee — = First-class Quality. of the pacer Ay giant the greatly enhanced in beauty by the | Catalogue. These are a Sani the paanan PN ra 
The continued adva improvement which has taken light ones being erate ly stain a ith ro: se and — rayed species and which a t the 
place in Horticulture ‘amongst that class of nena Flowers, » | aies v mee = sci om fine efe ctive with mottled | prettiest of hardy e: SEA r-flow ing perennisis with aa 
= ays te Ars tion of the a — — a | veins and streak It is well "adapted ‘or E pot c culture and elegant Chrys: i Aine abi tike Asisi Ly and rich verdur 
asg na ction of s Fair Conservato! ens tinder n during the early green delicately winged leaves, a group of Thich is figured in 
duction should be propertionstaly afd with rogard pi their and forms a fine effect in ‘ow wer. = agia oi Bey = tal ae — oe. forthcoming Part VIII. of the “i 4 “Dus ted Bouquet” 
respecti Substance, colours and doublen: without | thro oughout summer ont a a thing in ordinary good | Mixed packets, 2s, 6d. ; separate, 
whieh, a aa pierna po es vanh TnS trotible i poki in | garden soi a inin; orous growth throughout the 
their growth, and involve the sacrifice of time, money, and | Season. Seed patkbte, 1 Ts., See ed., ‘and: 5e. cach. Further deserjptive notes of the isthe may be seen on 
interest. un ANTHUS HEDDEWIGI. — This Srl liantly-flowered va- referring to a ne — in — Catalogue 
The following kinds are saved from first class selections, in- eat, dwarf, compact habit, from 9 to 12 inches in Acronting um atro; -12.0 
chuding the finest foreign and home raised’ varieties, pa are height with, muinerous large even-margined blossoms ne Apo Em Sg a 
offered as genuine a obtained from the most eo mehes in diameter, of an sally rich colour as the foregoing | Anagallis Eugenie ie 
mental and efecti species and varieties in each section piney val in violet, and carmine-crimson, with » Napoleon III... eset pd 
maroon i nde, in sll self and parti: -coloured varieties, the latter | Arctotis grandiflora i en ae 
NIUM.—The seed here offered has be ved = be arked with marbled white stains. This highly | Ageratum, new dwarf, 6 inches 6d, 
own collection, and as it contains only the. Dest i in cultiv. poner eae: meme plant is also Sira inan adapted for pot- Candytunt, new blushcolourod 
tion, the amateur — ator is sure to obtain flowers equal to culture in greenhouse and conservatory decoration during the | Celosi yramidalis 
thenovelties sent out up to the present day. See “Seed Cata- ea an spring s g in p i 
1 ” for lists of English, French Sw rsa Sh fancy flowers.) &e, open ground planting, it 
RIMULA Sins e ines TA. Pers E she of the » l x 
most popular, and, w inged, on beau- | Seed packets, 6d., 1s, and 2s. 6d. each. An assortment of 12 | Clematis TA 
tifùlof ad winter se spring never coe. greenhouse plants | varieti S, 58. Cosmidiffin ‘re rennet orcas 
in culti vpn pends = having the true fringed DIANTHUS HEDDEWIGI GIGANTEA.— This variety, | Cuphea emin - 
wurtety, 2 sith ordin: ary Dei ura car’ 
flowers are very i inferior © continent ies “oo pe flowers that | to be PEAR Fomtthe ls gest flowered clora: pilene 
much resemble a semi-double one, we = ~ _— sapenni — tremely beautiful prototype (D. Heddewigi), and will produce Deétpiiniom Madame de Pri 
tance, all the similarly brilliant colours and shades as characterised | Dianthus rip sis giganteus, s (monstrosus) ` ēd., 1s., and 
reeoncile one’s ideas that this A s only Sbeained, by high or enleare, in the last-named reputed species, = en constitute ne of » 40h: zito and 
n for successive years selec — finest ar jaiai nto th ficent gr of fi yet in yace a ik 2s. €d, and 
Scrape White and cri crimson parato or mixed, ea altogether-unequalled by t thelr x tony Besant and F Erianthus Baveuns , ia T r ERA 
AURICUL distinguish Bet ie if oe Sea eS =a 
CALCE feai offered as a valuable addition to all flowe: + . we fa à ne 
meant oa. rn nd 2 s. 6d. iata a .. di f 
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OLARIA, Herbaceous or pat -flowered a É; 
Shrubby or bedding =, a os 
CARNÄ'TIONS, cE comprising si eek a m 
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Picot oR e x ielding a ve: werful scent. It is consi ered to aon the lilacina .. Se ea" ós 
Tree or Perpetual- -flowering ši a ongest = Tibes of any species in the genus. Per Habročhamnus Latio del del ate de Rossi = 
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P SOUVARDIA MULTT small, dwarf, sithers cide n ve - i > 
numer ne a a sani hawk Sear rek like leaves, and aea oyrot uiaro os 
With violet tubes, each 2 inches in | Ke a 
ot, 2s. T .. é ce a or 
VARBI ie othuons min a distinct plant from | Loni ane ~ r E i 
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offered, with the above species and novelties, Per | Myrtus api 
pac ket, 2s. 6d. Nasturtium Tora Thumb Beaut 
RUDBECKIA GRANDIFLORA, — A very distinct and Tom Thumb YLS 
splendid pocie ~ of perennial growth, with red tarnib Passiflora Comtessa Olara Gigliucci 
NKE, flowers r than any other known species of Rudbeckia, | Penstemon speciosum 
PI from named flowers | e ‘ as Per packet, 2s. 6d. Platycodon grandifiorum album 
oe = Se tte oe 7 i : ar PHEA ZIMAPANI.—Described as one of the most beauti- | Portulacca aurea aban 
v. ENA eS at re =" sis Is. and ful of Cuphea. speoies for bedding stool, Tinoquatied Be its | Rhodod nego si $ = pesto 
ou s : combina! -e0) ower tubes. el at, . 6d. 7 ewo ES me t% si . 
New Fl Special Interest for 1860, SPRAGUEA UMBELLATA. — A highly interes = s jasminifioram, 
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CINERARIA. + ss 
CYCLAMEN, saved from our private collection 3 mh 
GERANIUM- w Flowers . im ar 
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MIMULUS VARIEGATUS ~ >. m a e 
PANSY or HEARTSEASE, Showflowers.. .. |. 
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blotched and. striped 
panied: new, mk, vite and striped .. 
4» . choice mixed 
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for the ensuin, yout, Messrs, E. G. HENDERSON & Son have ster Se ° 8 sp os 
selected the following species and varieties as the most desi Š horse A centre of which rise a red-crimson chaffelti 
rable from continental and home sources, flower stems, 6 to 9 or 12 inches in h ing in um- T se : 
The most valuable ee = the season, and attached to | bellate clusters of rounded : heads of densely | ” $3 wit 
the pia amoun interest and ornament will be paden small rich violet- le blossoms, each of which is ” ase * with other species 
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de eera fu ‘elow nee urrounded at the base a remarkable translucent silvery- . and hybrids 
LINUM CANDIDISSIMUM, snowy white-flowered Ti inted, circular, calyx-like fringe or collar, tee in = ee a A = 
The entire stock of this rR yt ies of Fiax was purchased queno of the great number of these florets in each head or | Sp raguea’ umbellata s pi es SS } ù 
from A. “= serge miaa ace Nursery. A | cluster, aropressed upon each other into a globular outline, kodi acsonia manicata Is, Poe) 
very handsome, d bushy sag annual plant, from the | a r collectively like silvery-hued cet -balls, tinted with | Tropæolum Sores (Crystal Palace Bedding) i 
settlement of n Areir in New Zealand ; it is disti hed valet. an appearance in EA improved ditto 
habit of growth, 12 inches in ight, bloom, well adapted for edgings to flower borders or parterres, Tritoma Bui ue, grand, and beautiful 
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on of flowers Paget sone ngs Pape but Sarer thy and for ornamenting rock-work around fountains or basins, : 
the fg int granaorum rubru d ofa pure a also producing a pretty effect upon the summits of small es 1. RIDGE cuenta — 
a sugoossion of mam ee E me rera | sews elevated ‘mounds of artistic stone work, with a a darkened | oramne or Seer a r p the 
ed admirab] adapted-as a u- P = 
and effective ” bedding plant, by its P PPONGA LIMBATA PLEGANTISSIMA —A v beautiful | having the most essential features of such in its 
exceedingly neat and graceful and rich green foliage, | hybrid between STpomoa hederacea and limbata, par- z tuni, robust growth, freedom from 
not'thin as in D. sauce , but densely clothed, so much so that of the robust and aarti constitution of | dant and "continuous fruit bearer, excellent flavour, 
ts at 18 inches apart will hide the soil on which they grow. | the former, “on m m all bittern = 
also, and small it will be found a valuable | and picturesque effect erage lengt 
‘to its section or colour: t., 1s. 6d., 2s. 6d. use wth from single Sarg t 10 to, 
W’3 SUPERB -BELTED AND AURI- | culture. Its rich green simple treatment, €: 
‘B LLIAM. — These beautiful Spanien aieka es t sto requires no pruni 
ronder owerloto ard | slepa markod M a : aj eee 
e ge ae form = Pes, ae bo sting een igor ; 
= belts welt ane E culture, it forms i ae cies is oer pected end 
violet crimson | 5 with white score a Me Sadar autos eat wis 
= pete See Sais aneurin eee aes matey ar 
Mixed pe packets, 2s. 
nme portable trellis-work, or in -I designs. } dul n wh Ba vated nnn e 
DIANTHUS LACINIATUS. —The finest importation ofi 1860, in ht, of 
as Dianthus Heddewegi was the finest for 
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HENDERSON & Son have much pleaweve tn ‘a clover for sale ee b-pyramii Prepared state) to thenotice of E. G. HENDHY 
Seeds of this very remarkable and splendid pink, ioio growth(resembling a good airina of Ft ea. Es aoe. Py an-eaioorn: ; iat fern SA yee: from 
from me nearly? P> bet = pea D. amore od It ee a taller y its ee cae ages N from the middle of the stem to | the ), and. It i yao A desirable addition 
e extremity. is hispid urface, i ~ 4 i 
from 8 to 4 ine achos in width, elegantiy divided on the | end own spaces. iat the rah arent as a sweetmeat, and a delightful 
into laciniated lobes nearly 1 inch in ee handidoùble, or ion-like, 8 or 9 inches in length, the flowers = of the Raspberry, or the pleasant 
-sized angie as in on the lateral axillary side shoots, and are pure iven it assumes a G Somewhat longer thai 
n, | white, formed of 4 or 5 distant kinceolate snow white (See ihe. Oaai e ae liko flavour, -w: 
g their | 2 to3 inches in d , and are are elegantly turbinate or re- preserving.) 1s, 
aoe E eat PaaS | arr sem aggieR tee we 
iant | mar! mt, and is 
Sokak shades of violet- | every select collection hirbadacas piini 2s. 6d. i turk 
xaos). For ful deourption ee see Catalogue. 
T Silage nn eg 
NEW eS description see DON 
