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BARR & SUGDEN'S AUTUMNAL 



[1868. 



ALPINE SUCCULENT PLANTS; 



Atid others u-Jtich may he Ofisociuted v:ith Ihtm in the new style of Miniature and Grotesque Gardeninrj. 



Last .year, in Battersca Pavk, a few beds were planted with Echevei'as and Semperviviims, and the 

 groi'.nd clothed with various coloiuvd Sedums. These, on account of their singular and grotesque beauty, 

 and representing a new feature in gai dening, excited a large amount of interest and consideraVile dis- 

 cussion. Some of our liest gardeners have this year i)roduced, in their leaf gardens, curious and beautiful 

 designs with the above plants; wliDe Mr. Gib.' on, the talented superintendent of Battei-sea Park, has 

 given us, \\-ith considerable success, a miniature Alpine landscape, which would ))robably have been 

 jierfect had lie shown the snow on the mountain to]i instead of in the valley, and the massive forms of 

 the Echevera Metallica lower down the mountain sides. The subject, however, is one which admits of 

 the greatest possible diversity of taste, so that perhaps what appeared to us a misconception in Jlr. 

 Gibson's aiTangement, may have simply been on his part a copying of nature. Still, we think if th'^ 

 Antennaria tomentosa (which, by jiermission, from its snow-like aspect, we might call the Snow-plant) 

 had been on the top of the pseudo-Monte Rosa, the effect would have been more pleasing. 



The jilants we have been ixfen-ing to are admirably adapted for a Multum-in-parvo Window Garden. 

 Invalids, and those who are confined much indoors, and whose desire after the jileasures of gardening \i 

 strong, can have it gi-atilied to a veiy considerable extent outside their sitting-room windows ; and as 

 many of our readers will naturally ask how this may bo accomplished, we feel we cannot do Vietter than 

 describe what we have ourselves done in this way. The sitting-room of our private residence has a largj 

 bay window with a good broad sill, the outer edge of which we ni'^ticated, and inside we placed soil 

 consisting of road scrapings and loam ; this we moulded into mounds and ridges of various fonris. 

 Along the depressions or valleys wo planted the VjUic Sedimi ; the mounds and ridges we covered with 

 distinct masses of different coloured Sedums and Semper\'ivums ; close to the rustication we planter! 

 Saxifrages, iSrc, to droop over; and in the crevices of the nistication any little plant that would grow. 

 So that instead of having, as is customary in places of this kind, a blaze of a few gay colours for a month 

 or two, we have groups of ujiwards of fifty distinct ))lants — in fact, a vegetable microcosm on which we 

 can feast our eyes again and again all the year round with untiring interest. The subjects being all 

 perfectly hardy, with the exception of Echevera secunda glauca, which must be replaced in the Winter 

 by some other plant. In Autumn a few Snowdrops and Scilla Sibirica might be introduced. 



THE rOLLOWING PLANTS ARK IN P0T5 : — , 



S. (1. 



1669 Echevera secunda glauca, the most useful of the Echeveras for edgings to beds, for 



forming devices, <tc. Special prices for large quantities, on application . , per dozen 12 0 



1670 Echevera metallica ; '2s. Grf. each and upwards, according to size. 



1671 Echeveras. Other species and varieties each, \s., 2s. Gd., and 3 fi 



1672 Saxifraga, 100 in 40 to 50 varieties, all perfectly hardy G3 0 



1673 „ 50 in 40 to 50 „ „ 35 0 



1674 „ 25 in 25 „ „ 21 0 



1675 „ 12 in 12 „ „ Gs., Os., and 12 0 



1676 Sedum (Stonecrop), 100 in 40 varieties, all perfectly hardy 63 0 



1677 „ 50 in 40 „ „ 35 0 



1678 „ 25 in 25 „ „ ... ... 21 0 



1679 „ 12 in 12 „ „ ... Gs., 9s., and 12 0 



1680 Sempervivum Californicum, the most extensively used of the House Leeks, and certainly 



the most beautiful, quite hardy per dozen Gs. and 9 0 



1681 „ 12 in 12 varieties, all hardy 12s., 18s., and 21 0 



1682 Sundry close-growing dwarf plants, wliich associate well in devices with the plants above 



quoted, such as Antennaria tomentosa, &c., 100 in 50 varieties 63 0 



1683 „ „ „ 50 in 50 „ 35 0 



1684 „ „ „ 25 in 25 „ 21 0 



1685 „ „ „ 12 m 12 „ ... 6s., 9s., and 12 0 



FINE SORTS OF HARDY ALPINE PLANTS FOE EOCKWOEK, &c. 



d. t. d. 



1689 50 in 50 varieties . . . 30s. and 35 0 



1690 25 in 25 „ . . . 15s. and 21 0 



1691 12 in 12 „ . . Gs., 9s., and 12 0 



FINE SORTS OF HARDT HERBACEOUS BORDER PLANTS. 



d. s. d. 



1695 50 in 50 varieties . . . 30s. and 35 0 



1696 25 in 25 „ . . . 15s. and 21 0 



1697 12 m 12 „ . . Gs., 9s., and 12 0 



1686 100 in 100 varieties . GOs., 70s., and 80 0 



1687 100 in 50 „ . . 50s. and GO 0 



1688 100 in 25 „ . . 42s. and 50 0 



FINE SORTS OF HARDY 



s. d. 



1692 100 in 100 varieties . 60s., 70s., and 80 0 



1693 100 in 50 ., . . 50s. and GO 0 



1694 100 in 25 „ . . 42s. and 50 0 



HARDY DWARF FOLIAGE AND OTHER PLANTS, SUITABLE FOE PERMANENT EDGINGS. 

 1698 Assorted or one kind, 9s. and 12s. per dozen. 

 CARNATIONS. 



1699 Choice Named Varieties per dozen, 12s. and 15s. Fine ditto, 9 0 



PICOTEES. 



1700 Choice Kamed Varieties .per dozen, 12s. and 15s. Fine ditto, 9 0 



PINKS. 



1701 Choice Named Varieties per dozen, 9s. and 12s. Fine ditto, Gs. and 7 G 



FERNS. 



Hardy British and Exotic Varieties, 15s., 18s., 24s., and 30s. per dozen. 

 Indoor Varieties, for Plant Cases, itc , 18s., 24s., and 30s. per dozen. 



PALMS, for Hall and Drawing Room Decoration. 



We are continually having consigimients of these from the Continent. Prices range from 10s. Gd. to 

 42s., according to size and variety. These, with a great variety of other Foliage Plants, we have always 

 at our Warehouse. 



