MISCELLANEOUS. 
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Mr. WILLIAM BULL’S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF 
NEW PLANTS. 
This is the best and most complete Catalogue of Plants published ; everything priced ; the Illustra- 
tions aro by first-rate artists, and most of the newest introductions are accurately described, so that it 
is an invaluable book of reference. Price Is. 
BULB CATALOGUE. 
Published in September, contains selected descriptive priced lists of all the best Dutch, English, and 
various other Flower Boots, including Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, Narcissi, Liliums, &e., &e. 
WILLIAM BULL, F.L.S., 
RESPECTFULLY INVITES THE NOBILITY AND GENTRY ABOUT TO FURNISH 
CONSERVATORIES TO AN INSPECTION OF THE 
MAGNIFICENT SPECIMEN ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 
WINTER GARDEN, 
SOME OF WHICH ARE THE MOST HANDSOME IN EUROPE; 
THEY COMPRISE 
VARIEGATED ALOES AND YUCCAS 
UNIQUE MACROZAM1AS AND ENCEPHALARTOS 
NOBLE PALMS AND MUSAS 
BEAUTIFUL CAMELLIAS AND LAPAGE1UAS 
CURIOUS CYCAS AND AGAVES 
PICTURESQUE PHORMIUMS AND DRACAENAS 
AND 
THE LARGEST AND BEST STOCK IN EUROPE 
OF 
TREK FERNS, 
Well-established, with handsome and graceful heads. 
THE COLLECTION OF 
CYCADACEOUS PLANTS 
IS UNEQUALLED IN EXTENT, AND IN TIIE SIZE AND BEAUTY OP THE SPECIMENS. 
SYMPHYTUM ASPERRIMUM, OR CAUCASIAN PRICKLY 
COMFREY. 
Roots of this excellent forage plant are supplied in cases at Five Guineas each ; and in cases con- 
taining half the quantity at Three Pounds each. 
A case of roots when started and sub-divided will plant nearly a quarter of an acre. 
The roots should, on arrival, when taken from the case, he planted and kept shaded and damp until 
the leaves appear, and the fibres get hold of the ground. The roots may then he sub-divided, and the 
smallest pieces will germinate. There should be 3 ft. left between each set in planting. 
1 1 is perennial, and the plants spread in size of crown each time they arc cut, and the forage may be 
taken all the year round. It is advisable not to cut the fodder too near the roots— say 3 inches up. 
The yield is largest if cut just before the flower opens. It likes clay, loam, or moist boggy places, and 
the roots will tap down 8 ft. in open soil to moisture. 
