Barr and Sugden, 1872.] 



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Violets — continued. 

 Arborea (Tree Viol^j 



f/^blur, each, gd. 

 jible white, each, gd. 

 Brandyana, dark purple striped whit^and pink, each, is. 

 Crimean, fine, gd. 



Devoniensis, dark purple, large flowers, each, gd. 

 King of Violets, dark indigo-blue, very large double 



flowers, each, gd. 

 Maria Louise, lavender-blue, white centre, perpetual 



bloomer (new), each, ix. 

 Neapolitan, lavender - blue, large double flowers, 



each, gd. 



Odorata pendula, from New York, azure blue, flowers 

 large and very double (new), each, is. 6d. 



Queen of Violets, white shaded blush, very large and 

 double, each, gd. 



Rubra plena, pale red, double, each, gd. 



,, simplex, red, single, each, gd. 

 Russian, double blue, each, gd. 

 ,, single blue, each, gd. 

 giant blue, each, gd. 

 Suavis, pale lavender, large flowers, each, gd. 

 Scotch, dark purple, large double flowers, each, gd. 

 Striata obliqua, purple and white, each, gd. 

 The Czar, dark purple, very large flowers, each, gd. 

 The London, fine, gd. 

 White, double, each, gd. 



,, ,, compacta, each, gd. 



,, single, each, gd. 

 One each of the collection, 15.1. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



Less quantities than 50 of a sort will be charged a 



per 100 *. 



Admiral Dundas, large 5 



Alpine, red or white 3 



Aromatica (new), fruit large, 

 glossy red, with an agree- 

 able aroma resembling that 



of the A Ipine Strawberry. .. 10 



Belle de Paris, large, late ... 5 



Bicton Pine, white, large ... 5 



Black Bess, large 3 



Black Prince, early 3 



British Queen 5 



per 100 s. d. 



Formosa, dark fruit, hand- 

 some 5 6 



Frogmore late Pine 7 6 



Goliath 3 6 



Grove End Scarlet 3 6 



Haquin, vety late 3 6 



Hautbois Royal 5 6 



Hautbois (Myatts) 3 6 



James Veitch, superior flavour 10 6 



John Powell, very distinct ... 5 6 



Keen's Seedling, early 3 6 



La Chalonnaise, full size ... 5 6 



Le Constant 5 6 



Cockscomb, large 7 6 



Comte de Paris, large 3 6 v ^ 



Dr. Hogg, very la rge .V 5 6 ' 'Le^n defit. •Lannier,^/*^ r.. 5. 6 



Eclipse, early >.' ^3: -6 I Lucas" Za&pr ^ 6 



Eleanor, very late 5 



Eliza (Rivers), early 3 



Elton Pine, late 3 



Empress Eugenie, early 5 



Fairy Queen, recommended... 5 

 Filbert Pine, extra fine 



7 6 



.ucas, 



Marg\ierite, forces well... .:> T . 



Mr. Radcliffe, excellent ...... 



Ne plus ultra, dark fruit ... 

 Newton Seedling, wry prolific 



Oscar, large a?id firm 



Premier, great cropper 



little higher. 



per roo 



President, great cropper 



Prince Arthur, fine 



Prince Charlie, late 



Prince of Wales, early 



Princess Alice Maud, early... 



Princess Dagmar.^yo^ quality 



Princess of Wales, early 



Refresher 



Royalty, pale crimson, hand- 

 some fruit. 1st class certifi- 

 cate from Fruit Committee 



Sabreur, dark crimson 



Scarlet Pine, prolific 



Sir C. Napier 



Sir Harry .! , 



Sir Joseph Paxton, extra 



Srirling€astle\ a useful variety 



The Amateur, fine flavour... 



Vicomtesse Hericaut deThury, 

 heavy cropper 



Wonderful, heavy cropper ... 



5 6 

 3 & 



SUB-ALPINE MOUNDS. 



One yof the latest and most interesting features which have been developed in gardening is the Sub-Alpine 

 aspect, wherever such can be introduced. Mounds are thrown up and planted with an Alpine vegetation, and, where 

 possible receding, giving various heights and depressions, such as are to be found in natural landscapes — a kind 

 of semi-wild Alpine garden where every tint of Alpine foliage and every variety of Alpine flower may be associated 

 as in nature, while up the pseudo-mountain-side some of our pigmy firs can be planted ; and, in the summer-time, 

 Echeveria metallica, arborea, and arborea purpurea, and yother^' sr^ch^Ti^si^e-lf aved plants, and the whole of the 

 intervening spaces covered with hardy Alpines which 'remain uninjured during our severest winters. As the 

 verdure graduates, so the distant peaks may be capped with the silvery-foliaged Antennaria tomentosa, which, 

 during the summer and winter months, at a distance, looks as if the summits were covered with snow. The more 

 Antennaria is exposed the whiter and more beautiful it is. Those who may not have seen works of art in this 

 way would do well to visit Battersea Park, undoubtedly the finest public ornamental garden in Europe. There, 

 has been cradled, nurtured, and developed the finest features of our leaf-gardens. 



SELECTIONS OF HARDY PLANTS FOR SUB-ALPINE MOUNDS. 

 s. d. 



1671 200 in 200 species 120/, 140, and 160 o 



1672 too in 100 60/, 70/, and 80 o 



1673 100 in 50 ,, 50/, 60/, and 70 o 



30/, and 40 o 



1675 50 in 25 species 25/, 30/, and 35 



1676 25 in 25 ,, T2/6, 15/. and 21 



1677 12 in 12 ,, 6/, 9/, and 12 



1674 50 in 50 



1678 Antennaria tomentosa (the Snow Plant), 100/ per 1000 ; 15/ per 100 ; 3/6 per dozen. In pots, 6/ per 



dozen. This is one of the indispensable plants in all classes of Alpine work. 

 1S79 Senrpervxvum montanum (the Mountain house-leek), 7/6, 10/6, and 15/ per 100 ; 2/6 and 3/6 per dozen. 



1680 „ Californicum (the Californian house-leek), 10/6, 15/, 21/, and 25/ per 100 ; 3/6, 4/6, and 



6/ per dozen. 



1681 „ tictonim (the English house-leek), 10/, 15/, and 20/ per 100 ; 2/6 and 3/6 per dozen. 



1682 Lithospermum prostratum, the most intense blue flower in cultivation, 50/ per 100 ; 9/ per dozen. 



iSSf 2 * We have quoted the above plants in quantity at a cheap rate ; they should be used largely in all Alpine 

 work. As edgings to beds, Sempervivum californicum and montanum are matchless for neatness and beauty. 

 Tictorum, if the brood is removed, becomes a plant of massive and beautiful proportions ; we have seen it 

 Lithospermum is matchless in its intensity of colour, and Antennaria for its silver foliage. 



nine inches in diameter. 



Y/INDOW GARDENS. 



The progress of Horticulture as exhibited in Window Gardening is very pleasing. Turn where you will, in 

 town or in country, there is a healthy rivalry in the maintaining of a floral display at the parlour, dining-room, or 

 drawing-room window, and this is not surprising as there is in the tending of plants a softening and refining in- 

 fluence which no other pursuit seems capable of imparting to the mind. But Horticulture is one of tho^e subjects 

 whose length and breadth is the universe. Every country of the world pours in annually its offering. ATen with 

 their lives in their hands scale the most dizzy heights to secure additions to our choice Alpine gems ; and they 

 traverse the virgin forest with only the trail of the native savage for their guide, and risk their health in the 

 malarious districts of Africa, and their lives in the wilds of North America, and for what ? Not for gold, verily, 



