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Title: The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects
Year: 1874 (1870s)
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Subjects: Ornamental horticulture Horticulture Plants, Ornamental Gardening
Publisher: London : (Gardeners Chronicle)
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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nd white ; Crimson King, deeped • Potter, white ; Rosa Mundi, delicate rose ;lussart, vermilion-scarlet (this is by far the bestledding Tulip both in colour, substance of petal, andn its power of standing longer than any other variety);/an der Heist, red and white (which is also a very contain 350 bulbs in the larger and 150 in the smallerbeds, the colours being harmoniously blended andforming a charming line from end to end. Spacewill not allow a detailed description of each bed, butamong the most prominent varieties arc Keizer Kroon,gnlden-ycllow, striped with red; Dussart holds thechief place, and Totter also is prominent; Le Cieur weeks time, when they arc planted out in the terracebeds and in the other beds in succession to the Tulips.There arc thousands of e.ich variety of Pelargonium,among which prominence may be given to the follow-ing varieties :—Mrs. Pollock, Happy Thought, Wal-tham Seedling, Violet Hill, Miss Kingsbury, MayOueen, Lord Stamford, Cleopatra, Vesuvius, Mrs.
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ir^ Fig. 116.—pyramid pear tree at chiswick : i rom a photograph, (see r. 632.; fine variety); Le Coeur de France, red and yellow (anexcellent variety). The whole of the Tulips in thetwenty-eight beds are uniform in height, and are nowin bloom at the same time, and make such a picturewhen looked at from the terrace that it is worth ajourney of miles for any one interested in spring bed-ding. Taking the semicircular walk on the left fromthe bottom of the terrace you see forty-four beds begin-ning with a small one and a larger one of variousshapes and continuing this order to the end ; these de France, Cottage Maid, White Pottebakker, ScarletVan Thol, Purple Crown, a double of a^ richcrimson colour, very effective ; Standard Royal,while striped with red ; Proserpine, rich silky rose,an excellent Tulip for beds, but rather expensive forgeneral use ; Moliere, purple-lilac ; and many othergood varieties. Leaving the charming scene andstrolling up to the houses, we see some 100,000 of the

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