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V IOLETS — continued. 
Arborea (Tree Violet), double blue, each, i. 
,, ,, double white, each, gd. 
Brandy an a, dark purple striped white and pink , each, is. 
Crimean, fine , gd. 
Devoniensis, dark purple, large flowers, each, 9 d. 
King of Violets, dark indigo-blue, very large double 
flowers, each, 9 d. 
Maria Louise, lavender-blue, white centre, perpetual 
bloomer (new), each, ij. 
Neapolitan, lavender - blue, large double flowers, 
each, 9 d. 
Odorata pendula, from New York, azure blue, flowers 
large and very double (new), each, is. 6 d. 
Queen of Violets, white shaded blush, very large and 
double, each, 9 d. 
Rubra plena, pale red, double, each, 9 d. 
,, simplex, red, single, each, 9 d. 
Russian, double blue, each, 9 d. 
,, single blue, each, 9 d. 
,, giant blue, each, 9 d. 
Suavis, pale lavender, large flowers, each, 9 d. 
Scotch, dark piirple, large double flowers, each, 9 d. 
Striata obliqua, purple and white, each, 9 d. 
Tile Czar, dark purple, very large flowers, each, 9 d. 
The London, fine, 9 d. 
White, double, each, 9 d. 
,, ,, compacta, each, 9 d. 
,, single, each, 9 d. 
One each of the collection, 151. 
STRAWBERRIES. 
Less quantities than 50 of a sort will be charged a little higher. 
per ico 
Admiral Dundas, large 
Alpine, red or white 
Aromatica (new), fruit large, 
glossy red, with an agree- 
able aroma resembling that 
of the A Ipine Strawberry. . '. 
Belle de Paris, large, late ... 
Bicton Pine, white, large ... 
Black Bess, large 
Black Prince, early 
British Queen 
Cockscomb, large 
Comte de Paris, large 
Dr. Hogg, very large 
Eclipse, early 
Eleanor, very late 
Eliza (Rivers), early 
Elton Pine, late 
Empress Eugdnie, early 
Fairy Queen, recommended... 
Filbert Pine, extra fine 
5 
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10 
5 
5 
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3 
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7 
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per loo a. 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 
Leon de St. Lannier ,Jinc ... 5 6 
Lucas, large 5 6 
Marguerite, forces well 3 6 
Mr. Radcliffe, excellent 5 6 
Ne plus ultra, dark fruit ... 5 6 
Newton Seedling, very prolific 3 6 
Oscar, large and firm 5 6 
Premier, great cropper 5 6 
per loo 9 . 
President, great cropper 5 
Prince Arthur, fine ... 3 
Prince Charlie, late 3 
Prince of Wales, early 3 
Princess Alice Maud, early... 3 
Princess Dagmar, quality 5 
Princess of Wales, early 5 
Refresher , 3 
Royalty, pale crimson, hand- 
some fruit. 1st class certifi- 
cate from Fruit Committee 7 
Sabreur, dark crimson 5 
Scarlet Pine, prolific 5 
Sir C. Napier 5 
Sir Harry 3 
Sir Joseph Paxton, extra 5 
Stirling Castle, a useful variety 3 
The Amateur, fine flavour... 10 
Vicomtesse Hdricaut deThury, 
heavy cropper 5 
Wonderful, heavy cropper ... 3 
d. 
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SUB-ALPINE MOUNDS. 
One of the latent 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, 
Kcheveria metallica, arborea, and arborea purpurea, and other such massive-leaved 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. 
8 . d. 
1671 200 in 200 species 120/, 140, and 160 o 
1672 100 in 100 ,, 60/, 70/, and 80 o 
1673 100 in 50 ,, 50 /, 60/, and 70 o 
1674 50 in 50 , , 30/, and 40 o 
8 . d. 
1675 50 in 25 species 25/, 30 /, and 35 o 
1676 25 in 25 ,, 12/6, 15/, and 21 a 
1677 12 in 12 „ 6/, 9/, and 12 & 
1678 Ante nn a r ia tomentosa (the Snow Plant), 100/ per tooo ; 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. 
1679 Sempervivum montanum (the Mountain house-leek), 7/6, 10/6, and 15/ per 100 ; 2/6 and 3/6 per dozen. 
1680 ,, Califomicum (the Californian house-leek), 10/6, 15/, 21/, and 25/ per 100 ; 3/6, 4/6, and 
6/ per dozen. 
1681 „ tictorum (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. 
I 83 T* 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 califomicum 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 
nine inches in diameter. Lithospermum is matchless in its intensity of colour, and Antennaria for its silver foliage. 
WINDOW 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 those subjects 
whose length and breadth is the universe. Every country of the world pours in annually its offering. Men 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. 
