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Chinese Potato or Yam, a very fine vegetable. — Tubers, 2s. Gd. and Gd. per doz. ; i$s. and cor. per 100. 



CHIVES, Tarragon, Pot and Sweet Herbs, 6d. per bunch, 0*4?. 6d. per dozen. 



Garlic, per lb., if. ; Shallots, per lb., is. ; Under-Ground (Potato) Onions, per lb., Gd. 



Tree Onions. The Air Bulbs make a fine Pickle. — Air Bulbs, per doz.,- r.r. Gd ; Ground Bulbs, per doz. y. Gd. 



Mushroom Spawn, of very superior quality, per bushel, $s. Gd. 



French Mushroom Spawn, imported, 3s. Gd. and 5s. Gd. per box. 



Rhubarb Roots, Prince Albert, Linnaeus, Victoria, etc. — Strong, is. each ; gs. per dozen. 



,, Johnston's St. Martin's, described as more agreeably flavoured than Victoria, earlier, and 

 requiring less sugar, 2s. Gd. each. 

 Sea-Kale Roots.— Per 100, 9J. and 12s. Extra strong, per 100, 15J. 



Strawberry Plants, for list and prices, see Bulb Catalogue, page 40. 

 Having a surplus stock of the following fine varieties of Strawberry plants, we offer them at 2/6 per 100 ; 



18/ per 1000. 



Elton Pine, Elton Pine Improved, Comte de Thury, Keene's Seedling, Bicton Pine, British Queen, Carolina 

 Superba, Comte de Paris, President, Sir Joseph Paxton, Sir Charles Napier, Frogmore Late Pine, & Oscar. 



MAIZE. 



The following is the substance of a paper read by Dr. Masters at the Royal Horticultural Society's General 

 Meeting on the jth of December, 1870, in illustration of the re?narkable collection of Maize exhibited by the Rev. 

 T. C. Brihaut, of Guernsey, Her Majesty's Commissioner at the Paris Exhibition of 1867, to report on the 

 present state of Fruit Culture on the Continent. The taper on Maize is given in detail in the "Gardeners' 

 Chronicle," December 10th, 1870. 



" The collection of Maize exhibited has been formed from various sources, but mainly from a selection from 

 the splendid varieties shown in the American section at the Paris Exhibition of 1867. 



" An experience of three very dissimilar seasons has been gained since 1867. A certain number of varieties 

 has been discarded, either as too small, too coarse, or as ripening too late to make them generally serviceable. It 

 has been sought to popularize the manner of eating Maize (so common in the States of America, and in other 

 regions of the world, including even Southern Europe), as "green corn," i.e., in a semi-ripened condition, when 

 the grains have acquired the consistency and size of good Marrowfat Peas, thus reproducing in the autumn the 

 flavours of the early Pea and of the Asparagus. For this the ordinary yellow Maize is not suited. The collection 

 exhibited claims not only to be the most complete which has probably ever been presented in Europe, but it 

 also shows varieties which greatly excel in size and in flavour the Maize known in this country and in France, 

 while it still fulfils the special conditions required in earliness. More than this, these ears are grown from seeds 

 acclimated by three varied seasons in the Channel Islands. 



" Culture. — The seeds should be sown in common raisin-boxes during April — early in the month in the 

 south, and later in the north of England. These boxes should be placed in a cool vinery, orchard-house, or pit, 

 and the plants hardened off before planting out. This is best done in May, earlier or later according to the 

 season or locality. Last spring, Mr. Dancer, of Chiswick, sowed a quantity of Maize in the open ground in 

 March. It was cut down by the frost, but sprang up from the roots, and yielded a heavy crop, which he showed 

 before the Fruit Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society last autumn. 



" When the plants are several feet high, secure them against high winds by stout stakes placed at intervals ; 

 with thin cords stretched between them ; by this means the rows are easily supported. 



"There are certain kinds of Maize better adapted for green fodder than others, being hardy and rapid in 

 increase, and at the same time abounding in saccharine juices, which animals will devour greedily. Even the 

 stalks when hard can be utilized by slicing them, so that there is really no waste." 

 1, 2, 3, and 4 New Georgian varieties, the whitest and the most delicate for table use ; ready in Sep- per pkt. 

 tember in mixture or separate, Gd. and 1 o 



31 Earliest dwarf white " Pop Corn," ready in August Gd. and 1 o 



6, 7, and 8 New White Flint varieties, very productive and tine for table use ; ready early in Sep- 

 tember in mixture or separate, Gd. and 1 o 



9 and 10 Early Pink varieties, early, and in flavour most delicate in mixture or separate, Gd. and 1 o 



15 Yellow Pop Corn, very prolific and early ; in addition to its value for the table, as a forage plant it is 



most serviceable Gd. and 1 o 



17 Brehaut's Hybrid Yellow, an improved variety of the common yellow Gd. and 1 o 



18 Small Grained Yellow Gd. and 1 o 



14 New Striped from Fau, raised from seed grown in Yorkshire, very hardy and most valuable ... Gd. and 1 o 



19 Brehaut's New Spotted, handsome and productive Gd. and 1 o 



27 Vilmorin's New African, very distinct, ears as large as a small pine apple, hardy and very productive 



Gd. and 1 o 



32 Boston Ten- Week, very quick -growing variety Gd. and 1 o 



26 Short Spiky Pink, curious Gd. and 1 o 



35 Giant Pale Red Gd. and 1 o 



12 Large Smooth Red Gd. and 1 o 



11 Giant Spiky Red, very large, early, and hardy Gd. and 1 o 



34 Small Grained Red, useful and hardy Gd. and 1 o 



20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25 Hybrid Mottled varieties, very ct'.riotis, exceedingly ornamental and valuable 



in mixture or separate, Gd. and 1 o 



28 Brehaut's Midseason Hybrid, brown, red mottled Gd. and 1 o 



29 Brehaut's Negro, the darkest yet raised Gd. and 1 o 



30 Brehaut's Blue, very difficult to ripen Gd. and 1 o 



33 Brehaut's Miniature, mottled red and brown Gd. and 1 o 



36 Dancer's Early Chiswick Gd. and 1 o 



37 1 packet each of the above complete collection 10 6 



38 Mixed is. and 2 6 



Sp ecial quotations for larger quan tities. 



THE THAMES EMBANKMENT. 



If the present generation of the inhabitants of London had done nothing for posterity save the Thames Embank- 

 ment, it might well be said of them, in good works they had far excelled the generations of the past. This 

 mighty undertaking is only one of many ; it :s one which the next generation will enjoy even more than 

 the present, but even to the present it is a " thing of beauty and a joy for ever." 



Thousands of our readers may not be privileged to see this wonderful undertaking, and as it will no doubt 

 be interesting to many of them who are familiar only with views of the Embankment as seen from the 

 Thames, we present them with an illustration of what may not inaptly be called the "inner circle" of the Thames 

 Embankment. On each side of the roadway — perhaps the grandest carriage-drive in Europe — are planted rows 

 of occidental planes, which in a few years will form a perfectly shady walk, extending from Westminster Bridge 



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