THE FLORA L MAGAZINE 
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VEITCH’S NURSERY, CHELSEA. 
There is no season of the year when many hours may 
not be most profitably and delightfully passed in the 
renowned “ Royal Exotic Nursery” of Messrs. Yeitch 
and Sons, at Chelsea; and in the present month of May, 
of course, the plants are to be seen at their best. 
Availing ourselves, then, of a dozen illustrations kindly 
placed at our service by Messrs. Yeitch, we propose to 
take a hasty glance at the houses and plants of this 
famous nursery, which have furnished so many new and 
grand subjects for the Floral Magazine during the last 
structive, and shows how very far the art manufacture 
of Europe is behind that of the Japanese ; this especially 
applies to wood and metal work and enamel. Passing 
to the left out of the Museum, one immediately enters 
a large house devoted to Aloes, Agaves, Phormiums, &c., 
and through a door still to the left the first warm Fern- 
house is reached, where there is always a grand collection 
of Gleichenias, Todeas, Trichomanes, &c. The next Fern- 
house is always rich in Adiantum Farleyense, Leptopteris 
superba, Platycerium grande, Davallia Mooreana, and 
TR I L MUM GRANDIFLORUM. 
CAMPE RNKLI.K .! ONQU I L . 
NARCISSUS BULBOCODIUM. 
AGAPANTI1US UMBKLLATUS. 
DOG’S-TOOTH VIOLET. 
fourteen years. On entering the Nursery at King’s 
Road, the visitor at once finds himself in a glazed avenue 
of Palms, Araucarias, India-rubber plants, Dracaenas, 
&c., ending in a large glazed house devoted entirely to 
Tree Ferns. To the left of the entrance corridor is one 
of the most interesting museums in London, embracing- 
all sorts of natural history and art productions, mostly 
brought from savage or little-known countries : some 
of these objects we believe are quite unique, and the 
collection from Japan is extremely interesting and in- 
similar plants. This leads at once to the cool Fernery, 
where Woodwardia radicans, Dicksonia antarctica, and 
Lomarias grow unprotected with a large collection of 
hardy British Ferns. The rockwork of this house, which 
is built up in the most artistic manner, is dotted all over 
with Winter Aconites, Snowdrops, Lily of the Valley, 
Solomon’s Seal and variegated Begonias. Through this 
Fernery we come to the first of the fourteen magnificent 
Orchid-houses. It would be difficult in any mere de- 
scription to do justice to these houses, the unrivalled 
