12 BARR & SUGDEN'S COMPENDIUM 



PERPETUAL OR TREE CARNATION, SECTION III. 



Valuable for Conservatory Decoration. 

 These are called "Tree" on account of their upright growth and branching habit, and "Per- 

 petual" because they flower several times during the season. They may easily be had in bloom under 

 glass, from November to May, while in autumn they are most attractive border plants. 



This Section consists of Four Collections. 



395 Collection H.—SEI. IP.— Contains 12 line varieties of lO seeds each, 3/G. 



396 Collection I.— FIAHE, -Contains 12 fine varieties of lO see«ls each, 3/0. 



397 Collection J,-BIXAllRE,-Containg 13 fine varieties of 1© seeds each, 



398 Collection K.—JPJLKC1T— Contains 13 fine varieties of lO seeds each, 3,6 



PICOTEE, SECTION IV. 



The Picotee is distinguished from the Carnation by the flowers being PURE white or yellow, &c, 

 elegantly margined or fringed with scarlet, purple, rose, carmine, crimson, vermilion, <tc. This 

 Section includes Three Collections. 

 393 Collection I.-WHITE OROIKI), VAlliOlOiLY MARGIKTEB- Contains 



12 superl* varieties of 1U seeds each, 3/6. 



400 Collection M-YELLOW GROIY1*, TARIOViLY MARGIKED.-C'ontains 



13 superi> varieties of lO seeds each, -A/O. 



401 Collection ]¥.-PERPETUAL Oil IR£E ; WHITE, YARIOVSIY 31AR- 



*rl I¥iH>.— Contains 13 fine varieties of lO seeds eacli, 3,6. 



PELARGONflUIVI SEED, 



Saved by our " Sardinian Correspondent " from the following classes, which include some of his newest 

 and best English and French varieties, carefully hybridized, to ensure the amateur against disappointment. 

 Dried Specimens of many of these Seedlings may be seen at our Warehouse. 



SEALED COLLECTION OF PELARGONIUM SEED. 



Many of the varieties enumerated are Seedlings raised by our " Sardinian Correspondent," and 



exclusively in his possession. 



402 COLLECTION 0 (3s. 6d.) 



Contains 12 splendid varieties, lO seeds eacli, of Uiadematum Pelargoniums. 



403 COLLECTION P (3s. 6d.) 



Contains 12 splendid varieties, lO seeds each, of fancy Pelargoniums. 



404 COLLECTION Q (3s. Gd.) 



Contains 12 splendid varieties, lO seeds each, of larg-e-flowered Pelargoniums. 



405 COLLECTION R (3s. 6d.) 



Contains 12 splendid varieties, ltf seeds eacli, of spotted Pelarg-onium*). 



406 COLLECTION S (3s. 6d.) 



Contains 12 splendid varieties of Zonale and Roseg-ay Pelargoniums. 



CUCUMIS AND CUCURBITA, Nat Ord. Cucurbita! cece. 

 Picturesque, Curious, Interesting, and Beautiful are the following Ornamental Gourds and Cucumbers. 



The varieties in this our Foreign collection have been selected either for the highly ornamental 

 character of their foliage, the singularity or exquisite symmetry of their fruit, or for the richness, 

 variety, and peculiarity of their colouring ; some are perfect monsters in size and oddity of shape, 

 while others are miniatures of most elegant formation. The colours range from white to crimson, 

 orange and scarlet, blending and harmonizing with olive green, bronze, and the most beautiful bright 

 polished glossy green ; these again are striped, spotted, dappled, or variegated in the most extraor- 

 dinary manner ; others, being self-coloured, are distinct and beautiful. The style of growth is as 

 diversified as the size of the fruit ; some are of the most gigantic structure, others are slender and 

 delicate, and these are invaluable for covering verandahs, trellis-work, or fronts of villas and cottages ; 

 where trained round the windows they are exceedingly ornamental, while in autumn their rich and 

 parti-coloured fruit is remarkably picturesque. The strong growers are invaluable for training to 

 trees over summer retreats and arbours, or trailing on rockeries and rooteries, sloping banks, by the 

 margins of ponds, woodland Avalks, amidst ruins, for large beds on lawns, in orchards, parks, fyc. 



NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE ON THE GOURD. 



" Speaking of Gourds, I must say a word of their beautiful and varied forms. They presented an 

 endless diversity of urns and vases, shallow or deep, scalloped or plain, moulded in patterns which a 

 sculptor would do well to copy, since art has never invented anything more graceful. A hundred Gourds 

 in the garden were worthy — in my eyes at least — of being rendered indestructible in marble. If ever 

 Providence (but I know it never wall) should assign me a superfluity of gold, part of it shall be expended 

 for a service of plate, or most delicate porcelain, to be wrought into the shape of Gourds, gathered from 

 vines which I will plant with my own hands. As dishes for containing vegetables they would be 

 peculiarly appropriate. 



" But not merely the natural love of the beautiful was gratified by my toil in the kitchen garden. 

 There was a hearty enjoyment, likewise, in observing the growth of the crooked-necked Gourd, from the 

 first little bulb, with the withered blossom adhering to it, until they lay strewn upon the soil, big round 

 fellows, hiding then- heads beneath the leaves, but turning up their great yellow rotundities to the noon- 

 tide sun. Gazing at them I felt that, by my agency, something worth hving for had been done. A new 

 substance was born into the world. They were real and tangible existences, which the mind could seize 

 hold of and rejoice in." — Nathaniel Hawthorne's Mosses from an Old Manse. 



The fruits when ripe make the most splendid and interesting hall and drawing-room 

 autumnal and winter ornaments. 



