. The Gardeners' chronicle and agricultural gazette . .,, this ? Queon of ..^...?XoS ot , It is tho flower garden, the conservatory, and nnrivalled The whole EoRlish floral world, „.. ubUanl rtth delSt, haillne its advent as an »^»™«wv°ity todiscovery of a star of the flrst magnitude; and in morjcitymEurope and America it has received ovat ens ^uoh as would havebeen Sear to tho heart of tho most il?, ^LmfnJ^ worth?most successful conquering hero. And ^=,>if„?J^°„f jri^JeaKof the encomiums bestowed upon it, and ™n)»s3Uig the greatesternoctations of Its most ent
. The Gardeners' chronicle and agricultural gazette . .,, this ? Queon of ..^...?XoS ot , It is tho flower garden, the conservatory, and nnrivalled The whole EoRlish floral world, „.. ubUanl rtth delSt, haillne its advent as an »^»™«wv°ity todiscovery of a star of the flrst magnitude; and in morjcitymEurope and America it has received ovat ens ^uoh as would havebeen Sear to tho heart of tho most il?, ^LmfnJ^ worth?most successful conquering hero. And ^=,>if„?J^°„f jri^JeaKof the encomiums bestowed upon it, and ™n)»s3Uig the greatesternoctations of Its most enthusiastic admirers. Specimen plantsS?rbeen exhibited with from 30 to HO blossoms eac^ oss™ from10 to 18 mchos in diameter ; and when, in oddilion to its peauty, usfragrance is considered, the Liliiuu auratnm mawith the Rose as a flower of universal AUBATUM, Fl» Koots,j;ach 2s. C<i., 3s. 6fi. Lai-g s introduction, v V justly be classed ENGLISH AWARDS AT THE PAEIS EXHIBITION. f/c CKolltiHo of (picdili/. The Gladiolus. Tho6anie writer who dilated so eloi|uoiitl^ on tho Lilium auratumthinks we hnve a fine illustration of Darwins Theory of Selectionin the Gladioli, varieties of Gandavensis. The type, G. natalensis, __,__ : rkablefor take rankThe parent flower _ • their exnu 13 by no means an a^reeablo combinationyellow, while the children graduatt flery red, the deepest cand yellow; while tho increased size oigreat a contrast to those of the parent a tho colours. The price has ceased to bo a hiudranoe to a placo even in the garden ot tho peasant, and yet what do e garden io 60 can boast of having a display -* ?-—--?• e find?—not1 Gladioli. If any of ourreaders have a doubt on their minds regardingthem perch themselves on the Vnifeboard statement, let busses on a glorious day in September, and ttgav-coloured Geraniums, and dreary lielts cscarcely a coloured plant in the borders to relind perhaps among 50 villa residences
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