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CATALOGUE OF BULBS AND PLANTS. 



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ARTICLES USED TO PROTECT FROM SUN, FROST, AND BIRDS. 



Brittain's Garden Nettik(;, for protecting fruit-trees fi-om fi-ost. This fabric is unquestionably 

 the best ; it is also useful for shading- purjxises. No. 1, 10 yards long, 55 inches wide, per piece. Gs. Gel. ; 

 this is manufactured vnth cotton and wool. No. 2, 10 yards long, 55 inclies wide, 7s. 6d., ditto ; this is all 

 wool. No. 3, 10 yards Jong, 55 inches wide, 9s. ditto ; all wool, and heavier than No. 2. 



Fkigi Domo' Netting.— Manufactured from hair and wool ; a perfect non-conductor; keeps a fixed 

 temperature where it is applied. White, 2 yards wide and 4 yards wide ; improved make, brown colour, 

 2 yards ivide and 3 yards wide ; either sort. Is. per square yard. 



Tiffany. — A light, cheap, shading material for conservatories, greenhouses, (fee; can be stretched 

 outside or inside of the glass. No. 1, 20 yards long by 38 inches wide ; per piece, 6s. No. 2, the same as 

 No. 1, but manufactured with a patent mineral solution, 7s. per piece. No 3, double strength, 18 yards 

 long by 36 inches vdde, per piece, 8s. No. 4, treble strength, 18 yards long by 3G inches wide, per piece, 

 10s. No. 5, thick twilled, for mounting on rollers. Is. 9cZ. per yard, 40 inches wide. 



Canvas Shading.— This is manufactured from hemp, and much more durable than tiffany, but not 

 so ornamental. No. 3, 34 inches wide, 7(1. per yard rim; this quahty will be very useful where heavy 

 shading is not required, also to protect trees and seed-beds against the depredations of birds. No. 10, 

 34 inches wide, dd. per yard run, also manufactured from hemp ; this will be found valuable as an inter- 

 mediate quality of shading, between the thick twilled tiffany for roller blinds and the light tiffany. 



Tanned Netting, about 1 inch mesh. This is for protecting seed-beds, strawberries, and fruit-trees 

 from the depredations of birds ; about 2 yards wide, per yard run, 3d, 



Archangel Mats, largest and best, 2s. each ; 21s. per dozen, 



Cuba Bass for tying, best quality, 3s. per lb. ; small bundles, Is. each. 



New Japanese Bass or Flax for tying. We strongly recommend this ; it is strong, and being 

 very soft the most delicate specimens may be tied with it. 2s. per lb. ; best quality, 3s. per lb. ; small 

 bundles. Is. each. 



VEGETABLE SEEDS ECU AUTUMN SOWING. 

 Peas, Beans, Carrots, Lettuce, Endive, Radish, Cucumber, Cauliflower, Turnip, Spinach, &c. Prices 

 as quoted in Spring Catalogue. 



PERENNIAL FLOWER SEEDS FOR AUTUMN SOWING. 

 CoUoctions, 2s. Gd., 3s. Gd., 5s. Gd., 7s. Gd., 10s. Gd., 15s., 21s., and upwards. 



ANNUALS FOR AUTUMN SOWING AND SPRING FLOWERING. 

 Collections, 2s. Gd., 3s. Gd., 5s. Gd., 7s. Gd., 10s. Gd., 15s., 21s., and upwards. 



A FEW CHOICE SEEDS WHICH MAY BE SOWN IN AUTUMN. 

 Ptrethrtjm, Golden Feather; this comes perfectly true from seed, and being one of the most 

 useful bedding plants, and withal being perfectly h^rdy, it should be grown by every one. Is. and 

 2s. Gd. per packet. 



Carnation, very choice, in sealed collections, 3s. Gd. and 4s. ; mixed, 2s. Gd. 



Calceolaria, Barr's Internationa], very choice, saved by Mr. James, 2s. Gd., 3s. Gd., and 5s. Gd. per 

 packet. 



Cineraria, Barr's very choice, 2s. Gd. per packet. 



Primula, Barr's beautifully fringed red, 2s. Gd. per packet ; whUe, 2s. Gd. per packet ; mixed, 2s. Gd. 

 per packet. Fern-leaved, mixed or in colours, 2s. Gd. per packet. Magenta, double ; this comes true 

 from seed ; 2s. Gd., 3s. Gd., and 5s. Gd. per packet. Double white comes true from seed. Many other 

 Primulas are quoted in our Spring Catalogue. 



Cham.epuce Diacantha, a Thistle of extraordinary beauty, leaves and spines ivonj ichife, 

 margined with glossy green, and shaded with snow-white down, exceedingly picturesque in centres of 

 beds, vases, &c. Fresh seed. Is. a nd 2s. Gd. per packet, 



Aralia Sieboldii, fine sub-tropical plant, also a splendid plant for sitting-rooms, conservatories, 

 &c. Fresh seed. Is. and 2s. Gd. per packet. 



Centaurea CANDiDissniA (sy/(. ragusina). — We offer English-saved seed of this most beautiful 

 white foUage pjlant, Is. and 2s. Gd. per packet. 



Pansy, Cliveden, yellow, pnrple, and white, or mixed, each l.<!, and 2s. Gd. per packet 



Viola, Sweet Scented, in 6 var., 2s. 6c?. ; Viola Calca rata, the darkest and earliest. Is, per packet. 



GRAYSON'S COVENT GARDEN GIANT ASPARAGUS. 



s. d. 



4 years old per 100 7 G 



Extra strong for forcing „ 10 G 



SEA KALE ROOTS.— Per 100, 7s. 6(7,, 10s. 6rf., and 12s. «f?. Extra strong, 15s, 

 RHUBARB ROOTS.— Linnajus, Prince Albert, or YictoriA, 9s. per dozen ; Is, each, 

 MUSHROOM SPAWN.— 6s. per bushel, 



BOOKS ON GARDENING. 



Robinson's Gleanings from French Gardens, with numerous beautiful Illustrations of desirable 

 Plants. Price 6s. — This in its '■ get-up " is quite a drawing-room book ; it is replete with valuable 

 information, useful alike to the practical gardener and to the amateur, and contains a great deal that is 

 suggestive in enhancing the beauty of our flower gardens, in improving our fruit culture, and in utilising 

 and economising situations which are apt to be looked upon as not available. Amongst the subjects treated 

 of and illustrated are t!ie following : — Sub-tropical Gardening, and how its best features may be intro- 

 duced with advantage ; Hardy Plants, showing how a Flower Garden can be beautified with these alone ; 

 a description of how Floral Decorations are accomplished at Paris ; the public Parks and Gardens of 

 Paris ; Culture of the Oleander and Orang€ Tree, by a Parisian ; what the Cordon System of Fruit Cidture 

 is, and what its value is in relation to our wants ; Asparagus Culture ; Salads in Winter and Spring ; a 

 cheap -way of erecting TreUises ; the French Cloche, under which the French grow their Salada in Whiter 

 and Spring ; the Ivy Edgings in Paris ; an improved mode of Protecting Pits and Frames ; a new and 

 cheap method of building Garden Walls ; a method of keepuig Grapes throughout the Winter (illustrated) ; 

 a description of Le Muette, where the plants are grown which supply the Parks and Boulevards of Paris ; 

 with much more that is useful and interesting. ^ 



For remaining Boolcs, see Order Sheet. 



s. d. 



2 years old per 100 3 6 



3 II M 5 6 



