of the Tree, Wood, Leaves, Flowers, and Fruit, the Period of Ripening, and all other particulars worthy of note. The whole, with a few exceptions in the early numbers, from Specimen Trees in the extensive collection of the Author, where their comparative merits, in the same soil and locality, can be correctly estimated. The Plates will not be numbered or paged, but left with a blank No., so that each Class of Fruit may be bound up by itself, arranged alphabetically, according to the season of ripening, or in any other way, when the Work is completed, or together as issued, at the option of Subscribers. Twelve Numbers will complete a Volume, which will be furnished with a Title-Page and Index. A list of Subscribers will accompany each Volume. The First Number was issued in APRIL, 1847, and the succeeding Numbers will appear on the First of every alternate month. NUMBER 11 will contain the following varieties of fruits : VICOMPTE DE Spoelberch Pear, WINTER NELIS PEAR, SIEULLE PEAR, NORTHERN SPY Apple. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: In Royal Octavo, richly colored, at $1 per number, payable on delivery. A limited number of impressions in Imperial quarto, very highly finished, $2 per number. BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY C. C. LITTLE AND J. BROWN, 112, WASHINGTON STREET. HOVEY & CO., 7, MERCHANTS ROW. SEED STORE, 562 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. The subscriber would respectfully inform his friends and the public that he has on hand a general and choice collection of Agricultural, Horticultural, and Floricultural seeds, all the growth of 1846, selected, as far as possible, by himself, with especial care as to the stocks from which they were grown. He can safely warrant them, as being, in every respect, of the very best quality, and at least equal to any seeds sold at any other establishment. In addition to the usual assortment of Seeds, Roots, Implements, &c., kept for sale in similar establishments, he will also keep for sale such articles as Guano, of different sorts, Bone Dust, Poudrette, Nitrate of Soda, Sulphate of Soda, Sulphate of Magnesia, Whale Oil Soap, Russia Mats, Bell Glasses, Flower Pots, and, as nearly as possible, every article appertaining to Horticultural and Floricultural pursuits. Orders for Fruit and Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, Hothouse, Greenhouse, and Hardy Plants, will receive special attention in the selection, package and shipment. He is also authorized, by Mr. Hitchings of this city, to receive orders for his improved Hot-water Apparatus, with conical boiler, it being pronounced, by all who have used it, as far superior to any other in use where anthracite coal is used as fuel. References, as to its capability of heating, and economy of fuel and construction, can be given to many gentlemen in the neighborhood of New York, some of whom have previously tried different other methods without obtaining satisfactory results. The subscriber will also furnish plans and working drawings for Greenhouses and other Horticultural and Agricultural buildings, and also for the laying out of pleasure-grounds, &c. His charges for such, or for advice upon subjects connected with Horticulture and Agriculture, will be moderate, and in accordance with the extent of information sought or given. JAMES HOGG. NEW WORK ON THE ROSE. On the 1st of May, 1847, will be published, PART 1 OF THE ROSE GARDEN, BY WILLIAM PAUL, OF THE ROSE NURSERIES, Cheshunt, Herts., England. This work will be published in ten or twelve Half-crown monthly parts. Each part will contain a colored plate of some new or popular Rose, executed by the most eminent artists. The text will also be liberally illustrated by Wood Engravings, to elucidate particular operations necessary to be observed in the cultivation of this popular Flower. Prospectuses are now ready, and may be had from Messrs. Sherwood & Co., 23 Paternoster Row, London, or of Hovey & Co., Boston, U. S. A. JAN. 1, 1847. FOR SALE BY HOVEY & Co. 7 Merchants Row, near State Street, Boston. IN presenting to the public our Catalogue of Seeds for 1847, we embrace the opportunity to state, that our collection is the largest and most extensive in the country, comprising, in addition to all the fine kinds of our own growth, every new and rare kind to be obtained in London, amounting, in all, to upwards of 600 species and varieties. The follow ing list of beautiful and choice kinds is subjoined :— ASSORTMENTS TO BE HAD IN SEPARATE PACKAGES. 8 splendid varieties of Double German Asters, 50 cts. of Double Balsams, 50" of Flower Seeds, comprising a good selection, $1 00 of Flower Seeds, comprising a good selection, $2 00 WITH MANY OTHER CHOICE ASSORTMENTS IN PACKAGES. SELECTION OF RARE AND CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS, IN SIN GLE PACKETS. Lisianthus Russellianus, RARE, with very large blue flowers, CTS. 25 25 Fuchsia, extra, from many of the choice new sorts, 25 Calceolaria, from the most splendid spotted varieties, 25 Pansies, very choice, selected from the best collection in England, . 25 Verbenas, extra, saved from 30 of the best kinds, 25 Geranium, from the very finest named flowers, 25 Geranium, superb scarlet, from the most brilliant kinds, 25 Chinese Primrose, elegant fringed, 8 beautiful shades, 25 Carnation, extra, from the most superb stage flowers, 25 Brachycome iberidifolia, with blue flowers of various shades, superb, 25 Salvia patens, a new and very splendid BLUE species, 25 Martynia fragrans, superb spotted flowers, 25 Extra fine German Picotee, from the finest flowers, 25 Alstromeria Van Houttii, elegant choice kinds, 25 Salvia Rhodenwaldii, splendid annual, 25 Petunias, extra fine, from the choicest named kinds, 123 . New intermediate stock, very large and beautiful, Nemophila discoidalis, new and rare, with black flowers, Nemophila striata, 121 124 Russell's Victoria stock, splendid deep crimson, Potentilla insignis, new and fine perennial, Lopezia racemosa, fine annual, Leucaria senecioides, fine new annual, New Large Purple Sweet Pea, fine new variety, Tetranema Mexicana, beautiful new perennial, Calichroa platyglossa, Californian annual, yellow,. 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 123 12 124 12 AND UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED OTHER NEW KINDS OF ANNUALS, PERENNIALS AND GREENHOUSE PLANT SEEDS, NEVER BEFORE INTRODUced. In addition to all the varieties which are raised expressly for us by experienced persons, selections were made from the most responsible houses in London, last autumn, of all such kinds as are usually imported, and we can recommend our seeds as FRESH and of GENUINE QUALITY. Prince Albert Peas, the most remarkable early variety, producing peas for the table in six weeks. Early Cedo Nulli Peas, a superior new early variety. New Grotto, a superior new marrow pea. Flack's New Dwarf Victory Pea, a fine new variety. Groom's New Early Dwarf: Bishop's Early Dwarf: Dwarf Scime- Palestine. Lettuce, superior. Roman Emperor Cucumber, 18 to 24 inches long. Victory of Suffolk Cucumber, 20 inches long. Weedon's Prize Cucumber, 18 to 20 inches long. Trees, Plants, Seeds, &c. packed for transportation to any part of the country. HOVEY & Co. NEW SEEDLING STRAWBERRY. BOSTON PINE. HOVEY & Co. HAVE the pleasure of again announcing to their friends, and lovers of this delicious fruit, that their new seedling, called the BOSTON PINE, is ready for sale, after the trial of another season. This variety is one of the most valuable kinds ever produced; it is not quite as large as Hovey's Seedling, but possesses the very desirable quality of being nearly ten days earlier, remarkably beautiful, equally if not more productive, and of the highest and most delicious pine flavor. The flowers are all perfect, and will always bear an abundant crop, with or without any other sort. Several large baskets of the Pine were exhibited the past season, before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and the Fruit Committee made the following report : "The Messrs. Hovey presented four large baskets of strawberries, two of Hovey's Seedling, and two of Boston Pine. The berries were very large, and the flavor delicious. Hovey's Seedling is well known to cultivators through the length and breadth of the land, and we shall be greatly mistaken if the Boston Pine is not found, in a few years, in every good collection. It is perfect in its organs, and, when grown within twenty feet of Hovey's Seedling, will ensure a certain and large crop to the latter variety. We recommend both the varieties as deserving of extensive cultivation." Strong plants are now ready for delivery, at the low price of $1 per dozen, and will be packed to bear transportation to any part of the country. Orders executed in the rotation in which they are received. Orders from a distance, remitting the amount, will be duly attended to, the plants safely packed, and forwarded to any part of the country. ALSO, THE FOLLOWING SELECT VARIETIES: Hovey's Seedling.-Well known, and acknowledged to be the finest of all strawberries. For its production, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society presented Messrs. H. & Co. with a beautiful SILVER PITCHER, of the VALUE OF FIFTY DOLLARS. Plants, $1 50 per hundred, and $10 per thousand. Deptford Pine.-A new English variety, of high reputation, which promises to be a late and desirable sort. Plants, 50 cts. per dozen. some. Princess Alice Maud.-Another new English variety, large and handFirst exhibited the past year by H. & Co. Plants, 50 cts. per doz. Together with all the common kinds worth cultivation. HOVEY & CO. April 1st, 1847. |