COMPANION TO THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 
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LIST OF PLANTS IN FLOWER IN THE VICARAGE GARDEN, 
ILFRACOMBE, ON CHRISTMAS DAY, 1862. 
The following list is contributed by the Rev. J. M. Chanter, to show 
the extraordinarily mild character of the present season :— 
Genista atleana. 
Coronilla glauca. 
Scarlet Horseshoe Geraniums. 
White ditto (Boide cle Neige ). 
Phlox Drummondii. 
White and Scarlet Verbenas. 
Veronicas. 
Penstemons. 
Abelia fLoribunda. 
Ceanothus azureus. 
Nasturtiums. 
Berberis dulcis. 
Daphne. 
Fuchsias (four varieties). 
Sweet Pea. 
Oenothera. 
Candytuft ( semjpervirens ). 
Anemones. 
Violets. 
Campanula. 
Roses (Souvenir de Malmaison, 
Sofrano, Opliirie). 
Chimonanthus fragrans. 
Hydrangeas. 
Heaths. 
Tacsonici mollissima and Mandevillea suaveolens retain their leaves 
quite unprotected. 
CATALOGUES. 
Sutton’s Amateur’s Guide and Seed Catalogue for 1863. 
Turner’s Catalogue of Seeds for the Kitchen Garden , etc. 
Cattell’s Kitchen Garden and Flower Seed Catalogue. 
Barr and Sugden’s Guide to the Kitchen Garden. 
William Wood and Son’s Catalogue of Seeds, etc. 
Catalogues now form really a garden literature of their own, and one 
cannot but admire the industry and skill with which so much information 
has been thrown together for the guidance of cultivators. Sutton’s 
‘ Guide ’ contains a selected list of the very best varieties of kitchen and 
flower seeds, besides a full list of agricultural seeds, both of root-crops, 
grasses, etc. The world-wide celebrity of this firm, and the sterling qua¬ 
lity of the seeds always sent out by them, are sufficient guarantees of their 
excellence. There is in the present catalogue a fine illustration of their 
magnificent collection of flowers, root-crops, etc., exhibited by them at 
the Royal Horticultural Society’s International Show in October last, 
engraved from a photograph taken by the London Stereoscopic Company, 
and another of the Student Parsnip. 
Turner’s contains, as usual, a judicious and selected list, and also 
notices of Dr. Maclean’s celebrated peas, sent out by Mr. T. Mr. Cat- 
tell adds to his an almanack, and an excellent monthly calendar of ope¬ 
rations. Messrs. Barr and Sugden’s is replete with information of 
the most varied character. The cultural directions are written by one 
thoroughly conversant with his subject, and the list, though numerous, 
contains all varieties of acknowledged merit. 
