142 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. aiaa 18, 1860, 
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SEED BUSINESS ESTABLISHED UPWARDS - OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET, LONDON, W.C. 
NOW READY, AND FORWARDED FREE AND POST PAID ON APPLICATION, 
BUTLER AND McCULLOCH’S 
ANNUAL SPRING CATALOGUE 
OF 
FLOWER, TREE, SHRUB, AND VEGETABLE SEEDS, 
CCUPYING 96 8vo pages, and arranged on a Ee — ae plan, giving the Natural Order of each Genus, together with a short 
iment ee 
note indicating its character or adaptation. To eac ch s varici are given, “the colour, duration, height, and native country, and to sorts of recent 
introduction or of more than ordinary value are ati attached eel. deschiitive note: 
Amongst the numerous species and varieties will be found novelties of a e ho highest merit not quoted in enyd r Seed List. 
To the amateur and professional gardener, therefore, wè doubt not his Catalogue will be found one of nia most useful guides of the sort ever published, far- 
nishing as it does the kind of es we have felt from long pa to be necessary in a work of this description. 
i Suth Seeds as require for their maturation a warmer climate than that of Ingen m, been saved for us in Italy by that distinguished Amateur (whos Carnations, 
j] Picotees, Ipomesas, Tropwolums, EIo iea, Acacias, and other choice Flower Sèeds, h at r many years TN such universal satisfa xction), the mae Sardi 
Correspondent of Messrs. James Carter & nie who has appointed us his representatives in ‘his untry. The following we quote from our SPRING CATALOGUE :— inian, 
The favour with which this splendid class of plants is now be eing regarded by all lovers of flow and the great desire manifested by amateurs for raising new and improved 
have induced our Sardinian Correspondent to turn his oe eens to this oy The list published i in Gardeners’ Chronicle of Feb. 4, and to which we again invite attention, kae 
varieties which have been sa cea by him with the greates e; and as it will be seen that they consist of the very best sorts on ly, in each class at Sa in favour, new and rare'kindsof 
the very highest merit may T ably be sapeca from an. RES 5 
To enable our Erai e "dga of the merits of the flowers they may expect to raise from the seed we Att, p th P of Seedline 
Pelargoniums raised by him during the past sults and which may be seen at our establishment. gett mea 
See Sd 
THE FOLLOWING WE EXTRACT FROM OUR CATALOGUE :— ae 
: IPOMEA HEDERACEA SUPE CAMELLIA JAPONICA. AUBERGINE TOMATE (New). 
=a Fro m the fin est double selfs, per packet 1s. striped 1s.. Thes ahs oe gees for its brilliant carmine fruit, form 
GRAND TFLORA A ATRO- VIOLACE A, e been saved by our Sardinian ase pondent, x who has one bes eae ; ery handsome and ornamental peers | 
(illustratéd in the “Florist” of February under the el. of ‘the finest bea go colipenone À fine opportunity is | Packet. 
timbata elegantissima, v deep coleety parle, b $ broadly thus afforded of raising something ne AGROSTIS NEBU ULOS A 
margini ith clear white, (see our Spring Catalogue for 
and’60) For useful remarks on the be gee of this splendid PEIRE SINENSIS FIMBRIATA RUBRA:| An exceedingly craaoiental species, and cirio 
Jass, see the “‘ Florist” of February. 9.4. per packet. k ery large, violet rose aded carmine | Most assostat of ee team A dried specimen 
aoe, we variet; ered: ia Il others of | OU" establishment. 6d. per packet. 
Lahore SPLENDIDIS ISSIM Tree sek EPOE ng Ha osaty al others o 
white, exquisitely ate i 
a SOL. TEXANUM (New). 
— INEA asea panes eoa 
si x ss Gath oo È g oi ese cross Seg e 
.. (For descript eCa 1s. per packet. ‘as am ornament for some time; | most delicately beau 
Saso kaa very handsome, gront n ovelty. 6d. | establishment, 
. per packet. 
Another charming var. of eg yng class of flowers; in PeR PYR IPOLIT 
colour it somewhat -re esembles but is a few shades AUB UBERG INE TOMATE (Ne w). A handsome shrub, with nene of wa 
deeper, givi ng = another aod distinet effect: Theyare both} Remarkable for its brilliant carmine fruit, form and size of Tis t-shaped flowers (rare). 2s. 6 iey metic 
very hard. o Snot ota wth, Pasea oe ssion of pate egy; a very handsome and ornamen ntal plant. 4d. per 
blossoms t! oug oul Nate dittire year. 1s. 6d. per pack : Ag ALVI A BI BICOLOR. 
*,* We find the following description in = Serie ers’ CUPHEA EMINENS. Sky blue and white, 
Chronicle June 25th, 1859:—* Tacsonia manies plant g tubed flowers, bright red and yellow, free flowering? | frst year. 6d. per packe 
aei anita a few za, by tho Horti T Sooiety. a d ezecedinely ne r eiar E a 3 u 4 feet 
£ e mo: endid in colour of tl genus | in height branches rising one above the otherin a 
> and moreover a hardy greenhouse climber : neither horizontal manner, like those of the Norfolk Island Pine. pes PEN DULUS 
= (racemosa), the Brazilian stove alg nor | 1s. 6d, per packet. ALBUS. 
P. Le Michauxii, nor P. kermesina (all stove plants ha 
they be), equal in colour Tacsonia manicata. Its colo r is ARCTOTIS GRANDIFLORA (New). Clear white, early s and one of the 
intense orange scarlet—so identical with gy average Scarle Beautiful pale sulphur yellow, centre dark cri „ | the useful class to which it Poin 6d. per pi 
Geranium, that petal bein ‘sid upon petal, you can nardiy Gaels Jand ok init bon ee ws = sede p 
an Bet well peter whilst the rays, which a y targe q y beautiful. Is. per paek CYCLAMEN PERSIC 
ack; enbance this colour; and give the effect of a 
scarlet Anemo! one; baa it is so hardy that its ya survives even THUN NBERGIA coccl INEA. EL ORIFTOUR poke 
when run through th e ir ery f the lights, within an inch a flowering ee bo ess ; very elegant, new, and hand- Brilliant carmine striped with white. 
of the glass, in a-coo keon ome. ls. 9d. per pac | elegant and novel varieties ever raised. 3s. 6d. per 
SELECTIONS OF VEGETABLE stiai 
Containing only the most Ap ed and Choice sorts ; proportioned to suit large or small gardens. Either of the first Three Collections sent carriage paid to am: 
nee hee oo to Dublin,.Cork, Limerick, Belfast, Newry, Londonderry, or any other town on the Irish Coast where there is direct Stean 
a e di d Late Peas of the finest sorts only, and all ott ds in proporti 
No. 2. Son rere a ts Peas, and ditto, ditto 
week eee E 
Sait 15: 6 ` 
; 0 6 
Cavtio’ = oe nara . ; Ta ers” Chronicle, and other Gardening publications, the following by no mearis: courteous’ 
« James Carter wish t ion their customers da lished statem House, 
pp ye a maara are totally devoid of truth.” id zely ent of a Covent Garden in “reference to themselves in conjunction with a 
ae possible not to understand that wi lluded to in th h just quoted, and which has evidently been put forth with the è maping « 
giy. ERAD kind of ends to be placed on the ates! ma follo: eee ee the view of da ing. 
page 31. (See also Wholesale Catalogue, Autumn, 1858) :— pte td nepen S Fadiga Core nre ENS and Co.’s own 
“CARNATION AND PICOTEE SEEDS. 
kd gone Carter & Co. have again the pleasure to submit to public notice the following splendid Collection received heir Sardinii Correspondent Amateur tt 
upon an average, ame 70 to 75 per cent, of fine double flowers.” 5 Soisin ee (a of 
iit. Messrs. J. C. & Co. have the following in an advertiseni See Gardiners’ Chronicle; Feb. 26, 1859, page 167 :—“ Ha . 
connection with a “rate correspondent, pA C & is a ra it their duty to Paena to have haig- Suede ¥en, the Continental grocers 3 dire, one 
“with that ea oats O every SE e services er oe correspondent just genie eee ca cottage 
idence is -unnecessar the intimate connexion which e: . James Carter & jeu Radi Correspondent: who 
ee choice £ Seeds of Talian growth, a and we feel certain that the high reulogiam eect ope upon that Sgentieman, te an ‘Amateur of first-rate ability), is] 
arene Yoquired) that possibly offer to the public respecting the value poi. Seeds we receive from that source. 
bas appeared in in he corner: Chronicle :— Š 
en a pnr Teih PT “= ft E dad eaa 
g of our "Advertisement will be sivfficierit! viz., established upwarits of 100 years. 
