. The Gardeners' chronicle and agricultural gazette . 1^ ( CORNEB of GRASS SEEDS,AGRICULTURAL SEEDS, Trade M<irk. KITCHEN GARDEN SEEDS,FLOWER SEEDS. Catalogues forwarded post free to any address on application. April 18, 1868.] THE GARDENERS OHRONTCLE AND AGRTCU1;TURAE (iAZETTE. BARR & SUGDEN, THE METROPOLITAN SEED, BULB, AND PLANT WAREHOUSE, 12, KING STREET, COVENT GARDEN, Tho Soedsmona advortlsinn season is now drawinir to a close. Thecontest for popiUarlty Is luUiug. The sound of the weekly oharRobecomes ftilutor. Ere, however, the cornbatauts retire iroin tUobattlo-tleld to quietly


. The Gardeners' chronicle and agricultural gazette . 1^ ( CORNEB of GRASS SEEDS,AGRICULTURAL SEEDS, Trade M<irk. KITCHEN GARDEN SEEDS,FLOWER SEEDS. Catalogues forwarded post free to any address on application. April 18, 1868.] THE GARDENERS OHRONTCLE AND AGRTCU1;TURAE (iAZETTE. BARR & SUGDEN, THE METROPOLITAN SEED, BULB, AND PLANT WAREHOUSE, 12, KING STREET, COVENT GARDEN, Tho Soedsmona advortlsinn season is now drawinir to a close. Thecontest for popiUarlty Is luUiug. The sound of the weekly oharRobecomes ftilutor. Ere, however, the cornbatauts retire iroin tUobattlo-tleld to quietly burnish their armour for the , we join with our oon/reres the Nurserymen, who lire nowenterinc the nold, in contributing our quota to the novelties ofthe EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE inquiring too minutely Who? we strongly suspect that whoeversupplied the seed of the humble herb which our illustration ismeant to represent, their minds at the time must have been flsod incontemplation upon the golden fruit-bearinR treea of the Hardens ofthe Hesperides; and seeing that we are living in the iron age, theraising of a plant bearing Silver Medals must be reganJod as nosmall Hchievement; and as the mystery still remains unsolved—tohose contribution of seed produced this remarkable Grass—it is notat all sm-prising that there should be so many claimants fur the honou: 0 particularly for the possession of a plant, algreater than the value of which is no doubt feltprestige of its introduction. The Japanese Queen of Lilies. A Correspondent of the Times has the following remarks regardingthis most magniflcont of modern floral introductions:—* Llliuraauratum. this golden-rayed Queen of Lilies, is the most beautifulof the Lily family. It is perfectly


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