1868.] CATALOGUE OF BULBS AND PLANTS. 
ARTICLES USED TO PROTECT FROM SUN, FROST, AND BIRDS. 
Brittain’s Garden Netting, for protecting fruit-trees from frost. This fabric is unquestionably 
the best ; it is also useful for shading; purposes. No. 1, 10 yards long, 65 inches wide, per piece, 65. G</. ; 
this is manufactured with cotton and wool. No. 2, 10 yards long, 55 inches wide, 7 3 . $<l., ditto: this is all 
wool. No. 5, 10 yards Jong, 55 inches wide, 9s. ditto; all wool, and heavier than No. 2. 
I* rig 1 Homo Netting.— M anufactured 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 wide and 5 yards wide ; either sort, Is. per square yard. 
1 IFF ANY. — A light, cheap, shading material for conservatories, greenhouses, <tc. ; can be stretched 
outside or inside of the glass. No. 1, 20 yards long by 38 inches wide ; per piece, Gs. No. 2, the same as 
No. 1 but manufactured with a patent mineral solution, 7s. per piece. No 3, double strength, 18 yards 
° n £ *?y GG inches wide, per piece, 8s. No. 4, treble strength, 18 yards long by 3G inches wide, per piece, 
lOtf. No. .), thick twilled, for mounting on rollers, Is. 9 d. per yard, 10 inches wide. 
Canvas Shading. — T his is manufactured from hem]), and much more durable than tiffany, but not 
so ornamental. No. 3, 34 inches wide, Id. per yard run ; this quality will be very useful where heavy 
shading is not required, also to protect trees and seed-beds against the depredations of birds. No. 10, 
31 inches wide, 9 d. per yard run, also manufactured from hemp; this will be found valuable as an inter- 
mediate quality of shading, between the thick twilled tiifany for roller blinds and the light tiffany. 
Iannf.d 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; 21.?. per dozen. 
Cuba Bass for tying, best quality, 3?. per lb.; small bundles, 1?. each. 
New Japanese Bass or Flax for tying. Wc 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. 1 ; 
VEGETABLE SEEDS FOR 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. 
Collections, 2s. Gr/., 3s. Gd., 5s. Gd., 7s. 6d. } 10s. Gd., 15s., 21s., and upwards. 
ANNUALS FOR AUTUMN SOWING AND SPRING FLOWERING. 
Collections, 2s. Gd., 3s. Gd. y 5s. Gd., 7s. Gd ., 10s. Gd., 15s., 21s., and upwards. 
A FEW CHOICE SEEDS WHICH MAY BE SOWN IN AUTUMN. 
Pvretiirum, Golden Feather; this comes perfectly true from seed, and being one of the most 
useful bedding plants, and withal being perfectly hardy, 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 International, very choice, saved by Mr. James, 2s. G(L^ 3s.. Gd., and 5s. Gd. per 
packet. 
Cineraria, Ban's very choice, 2s. Gd. per packet. 
Primula, Barr’s beautifully fringed red\ 2s. Gd. per packet; white, 2s. Gd. perpaCket ; mixed, 2s. GJ. 
per packet. 1* ern-lcaved, mixed or in colours, 2s. 1 Gd. per packet. Magenta, double; this comes true 
from seed; 2s. Gd., 3s. Gd., and 5s. Gd. per packet. Double white conie3truo from seed. Many other 
Primulas are quoted in our Spring Catalogue. 
Cham.epuce Deacantha, a Thistle of extraordinary beauty, leaves and spines ivory white, 
margined with glossy green, and shaded- with snow-white down, exceedingly picturesque in centres of 
beds, vases, &c. Fresh seed, Is. and 2s. Gd. per pack,et. 
A R alia Sieboldii, fine sub-tropical plant, also a splendid plant for sitting-rooms, conservatories, 
<fcc. Fresh seed, Is. and 2s. Gr7. per packet. 
, . Centaurea Candid i&s 1 m a (syn. ragusina). — We offer English-saved seed of this most beautiful 
white foliage plant, Is. and 2s. Gd. per packet. 
Pansy, Cliveden, yellow, purple, and white , or mixed ^ each Is. and 2s. Gd. per packet- 
\ iola, Sweet Scented, in G var., 2s. G</. ; Viola CaLoauata, tho darkest and earliest, Is. per (packet. 
GRAYSON’S COVENT GARDEN GIANT ASPARAGUS. 
s. d. I ?. d. 
2 years old per 100 3 G 4 years old . per 100 7 G 
^ u f> ,, 5 G I Extra strong for forcing „ 10 6 
SEA KALE ROOTS. — Per 100, 7& Gd., 10s. Gd., and 12s. Gd: Extra strong* 15s. 
RHUBARB ROOTS. — Linnaeus, Prince Albert, or Victoria, 9s. per dozen ; Is. each. . 
MUSHROOM SPAWN. — Gs. per bushel. 
BOOKS ON GARDENING. 
Robinson’s Gleanings from French Gardens, with numerous beautiful Hlustratione of desirable 
Plants. Price Gs. — 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 amatetu*, 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 arc apt to be looked upon as not available. Amongst the subjects treated 
of and illustrated* are the following: — Sub- tropical Gardening, and how its best features may ibe intro- 
duced with advantage; Hardy Plants,- showing how a Flower Garden can be beautified with these alone; 
a description of how r Floral Decorations are accomplished at Paris; the public Parks and Gardens of 
Paris ; Culture of the Oleander and Orange Tree* by a Parisian ; what the Cordon. System of F ruit Culture 
is, and what its value is in relation to our wants; Asparagus Culture; Salads in Winter and Spuing; a 
cheap way of erecting Trellises ; the French Cloche, under which the French grow. their Salads in .Whiter 
and Spring; the Ivy Edgings in ‘Paris; an improved mode of Protecting Pits and Frames; anew and 
cheap) method of building Garden Walls ; a method of keeping Grapes throughout the Winter (illustrated) ; 
a description of Lc Muette, where the plants are grown which supply the Parks and Boulevards of Paris ; 
with much move that is useful and interesting. 
Fob remaining Books, see. Order 'SlUtt.i 
