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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mithode. 1 2 3 4 5 6 iJ_- Ji3v I IHM I W II — r t fl T^ MT J_ Victoria Nursery and Seed Establishment: PBJCl LIST FO'l '18?8, OF AGRICULTURE, GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS, HORTICULTURAL REQUISITES, &c. FOR SALE BY P. T. JOHNSTON & CO., • SUCCESSORS TO MITCHELL & JOHNSTON, NURSERYMEN, SEEDSMEN AND FLORISTS, Victoria, British Columbia. NURSERY— Cadeoro Bay Road. SEED STORE— Occidental Building, Fort Street. VICTOEIA: ALEX. B08E, BOOK AND JOB PRINTEB, FORT BTREKT, 1878. Victoria Nursery and Seed Establishment. LIST FOE 18T8, OF AGRICULTURAL, GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS, HORTICULTURAL REQUISITES, &c. FOR SALE BY P. T. JOHNSTON & CO., SUCCESSORS TO MITCHELL & JOHNSTON, NURSERYMEN, SEEDSMEN AND FLORISTS, Victoria, British Columbia- NURSERY— Cadbouo Bay Road. SEED STORE— Occidental Building, Fort Street. VICTORIA: ALEX. ROSE. BOOK AND JOB PRINTER, FORT STREET. 1878. ;'■■ <, ^-. In presenting to the Public the following List of Seeds, &c. we may remark that the name of our firm has been changed for various reasons to P. T. John- ston ';i,-»,R| 2 2 4 4 4 6 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50 50 50 2 00 i CAULTFLOWER-Farly London. ^'' '"'■ P" '»>. "alcijei-fii, 75 10 0(1 Iw.'y Krfiirt. trup.......". ^^ « 00 Thorburn '8 Nonpareil '^^ -^ ^^ t^-KLLRl - Cole's Crystal White. ^ ^^ CHIC011Y-I,a,.ge Kooted ^0 fijOO COllN-Kftrly Sugar, 25 2 00 Early Canada, " ' '^""^ " ^^^- ^^ "" 2r, CRESS-Fino Curled,...'..". " ^^ 25 A nstralian, grows again' after being 'cut ^^^ ^ ^'^ Water ^ ^' 25 2 00 CUCU.MHER, -Early 'cluster ^^ Long Green, 371^ 4 00 Hlio-t Prickly (English) ^^'^ 4 00 ; Lor.g Ridge, (En-lish). ^^'^ 4 00 English Prize varieties, 5 sorts ^^ '' °0 EGG PLANT-Long Purple' ^'' '''^^ ^ ''' ENDIV'';-Greei. Curled ' 75 ^OBLI\A^'I--D^.^r{ Green,... '...[["[ ^0 6 00 LEEK— Largo American ^0 j LETTUCE- White Cabbage! .'.'.' .'..'.'.' ^^ " ^° Tennisball, very hardy, ' "^^^ 4 00 Paris White Cos, .' '^'^Va 4 00 Bath Cos, hardiJ«t sort ^^^ 4 00 MELON- Water-Ice Creai .'.'.'..' .'.,'.' ^!^ ^ '^" Strawberry ^'2 ^"0 „ Citron, for preserving, fj ^ °^ Musfc-CuntelopP ^5 3 00 MUSTARD-WhiteS::^:^^^'^'^"-^^''-^^^ '''' ' "" NASTURTIUM-For Picklino ^^J/ 1 OO ONION- Yellow Danver.s, . . . !' 25 3 00 Large Red .' , 25 3 50 Silverskin, 25 3 50 Large Giant Rocca, . . ^7/« 4 00 White Portugal, '^'^'A 5 00 PARSLEY-Extra Curled 37'» 4 00 PARSNIP.. ' 25 3 00 PEAs-ExtraEariy-uttie'Gen.;::'. :::::::: -s'lbs;-'!'.;;, '' ' ^ f. Alpha ^'^ „ Sangster's No. 1 • -> ,, 2r, Daniel O'Rourke, " " ''^" Second Crop-Laxton's supreme, ' ^^ McLean's Prolific, . "' " " ^^ " 1. Air J , , " >> 25 Wonderful,. , '• .1 , 25 5 PEAS-Thira Ci-o- 1 50 1 50 1 50 1 50 3 00 3 00 I'er oz. Per lb. -Veitch's Pcrfoction per 5 lbs., $1 25 ti Cli inipiou of Englniul, ,, ,, S5 ,, Kiiif^'of Marrows, ,, „ 25 SuKiir, EdiblR Poas „ „ 85 PEPPKR or CAPSICUlI-LoiiK Cayi.nue, 75 Small Pied Cherry, 75 PUMPKIN— Large Cheoso, . ., 9.5 3 oO Mammoth, 50 RADISH— Sfiuk4 Olive Shaped, 121^ Turnip _ 12i/ Loiif.^ (Short' Top) 12J/^ Wood's Early Fiamo, Viy^ Black Spanish 25 Chinese Winter, 25 RHUliAllB— Linnaeus ..............'. 50 SALSIFY or OYSTER PLANT 37^^ SEAKALE 50 SPINACII-Round, 25 I'lif^lily, 25 SQUASH— Boston Marrow, 25 Hubbard 25 Largo Valparaiso, 25 Summer Crookneek,) Ornamental), 37 J^ Yokohama, (Turban Shaped), 37^^ Mammoth Chili 50 SUN FLOWER, 25 TOMAtO-Large Smooth Rod : 37J.^ Red Cherry, 37 Largo Yellow, 371^ TOBACCO— Virginia 1 Oo"^* Connecticut Seedleaf , 1 00 TURNIP— Early Flat White Dutch, . . 25 Early American Rod Tqp, 25 Early White Stone, 25 Robertson's Golden Ball, for late use 25 VEGETABLE MARROW-Choice English 373^ NoTK.— .Vll the above can also be had in 25 cent packets. A liberal discount to those in the trade, and to buyers of large quantities. Per oz. -1 00 00 00 50 50 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 50 50 HERB SEEDS. Etc. -Vngelica, Burnet Borage. Balm. Lemon, Catnip Chervil, Carraway, for sowing, . 100 1 00 lOo 1 GO 100 26 6 HERB SEEDS, Exc-Coviftiulfr, Dill Fennel, Fenugreek, Hyssop Laventler, . . Liquorice, Pot Miirigold, Pot Mivrjonini, Rosemary, Rue, Sage, Scurvy Grass, Sorrol, Summer Savory Swoet Biisil, Sweet Marjoram 'I hyme, Tansy, Winter Savory, Wormwood, Or in 12% and 25 cents packets. Per 07.. 25 50 50 1 Oi) 1 00 75 2 IM) 50 1 00 75 1 (0 75 1 00 50 76 75 75 00 75 00 1 Seeds for the Farm. Per lb. Per 100 lbs. BROOM CORN, «« 25 market price BUCKWHEAT ^ "^"'^^* P'"^^" CLOVER - Common Red ^^^ English Perennial or Cowgrass, ^^ Alsike , ^5 Alfalfa, ^'/^ White Dutch, ""^ ^ Yellow or Trefoil, ^^^ GRASSES -Perennial Rye, • ^'''Vs Italian Rye ^''« Kentucky Blue, ^^ Orchard or Cocksfoot, ^^ Redtop, American, 37% Hungarian ^"^ Mesqait, very productive, 37% Swoet Scented Vernal, '^''^ Meadow Fescue, '" Meadow Foxtail, '^ $30 00 40 00 40 00 30 00 GO 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 40 00 40 (10 30 00 20 00 30 oO 60 00 60 00 GO 00 -JlFJll \ Per lb, GRASSES— Timothy Lftwn (iriiHs CO LTNSKKD, 2"> LUC'EUNE-Iniportcd Frenc! 50 MAXr.OLn WURTZEL— Long Red, 1 00 1 GO Ppv 100 lbs. market price 15 40 75 76 Yi'llow Globo White Sugar Reet, 1 00 MILLKi', 25 FIELD PEAS, sorts— RAPE- 25 RYK— SAINFOIN— oxwllcnt for 'V- ^'rouiul. (milled) 37% SORGHUM— or Chinese Sugar Cane 1 00 TARES or VET ■f'ES-if procurable TURNIPS— Early White Stono 1 50 White Pomeranian Globe, 1 00 Purple Top Yellow Aberdeen, 1 00 Fosterton's Hybrid 1 00 SWEDKS— King of Swedes, 1 00 Sharpe's West Norfolk, 1 00 Cnrtt-r's London, 1 00 Waitc's Shamrock, 1 00 SEED OATS, Wheat, Rarley, and other Grain, procured to order for Net Cash N. B. r.uyprs of 25 lbs. will bo charged at 100 lb. rates. 20 market price 30 market price. 1 00 75 76 75 76 75 76 76 Flower Seeds. Aeroclinium Album, everlasting, ,, Roseum, " Ammobiiim Alatum, " Alyssum, Sweet, Antirrhinum, Snapdragon, choice mixed. Aspernla Azurea setosa. Aster, German, mixed qnilled. Aster, China, mixed. Calendula Pongei, new double white. Candy tuft, purple. ,, whitf. Canterbury Bells, mixed. Catananche CaUMilea. Carnation, mixed. Clarkia Pulchella, Collinsia bicolor. Convolvulus major. ,, minor. Coreopsis Grandiflora. 8 Dianthus Sinensis. Erysimum Peroffski.inum. • Flos Adonis. Foxglove, purple anil white. Gaillurdia Picta. Gilia eapitata. Godetia insignis. Heartsease, fine mixed. Helichrysum composituui, everlasting. Hollyhock, double, mixed. Larkspur, dwarf German, mixed. • ' Liuum grandiflorum coceineum . Malope grandiflora. Marigold, lemon African. „ dwarf brown French Marvel of Peru, fine mixed. Mignonette. Nasturtium, tall, mixed. ■ ,, dwarf, mixed. ,, Tom Thumb, scarlet choice. Nemophila Insignis. Maculata Grandi."ora. Petunia, fine, mixed. Phlox Drummondi, fine, mixed. Poppy, Carnation. Portulaca, fine, mixed. Ehodanthe Maculata, everlasting. - Salpiglossis, dwarf, mixed. . . ' ' • Saponaria Calabrica. Silene Pendula. Stock, ten weeks mixed. ,, Brompton ,, Tagetes signata pumila. Tropoeolum Canai-icnse. Verbena hybrida. Viola odoriita • AVhitlavia grandiflora. Wallflower, German, mixed. Zinnia elegans, double, extra fine. Ornamental Grasses, several sorts . The above to be had in packets, 12'^^; cs and 25 es. each, or,f 1 and U 1) ! 50 3 00 ] j 10 GARDEN SHEARS, 9 mch... 3 ^g Imv P^JJfx^v^T'*' ^'""""° '^^"'''' ^"^'^^y i"e^-o"i^'euaeci; .' .' $2 to 2 50 BOW PRUNING SCISSORS, 4 iucb, ... 1 ,,,, PROPACU IING SCISSORS. . ,- GRAPE SCISSORS, , mZfVKlfvrTT-''' '"^' "^ "^'^'"'^ "'^"^^"^' -- • • • • ^^ »« ^ ^' PRU^,I.^G KNI\ LS-Sftjiior's in variety 1 f., 1 -. , BUDDING , ltol.v. AVERUNCATORS-for pr.uiiug tree^ high up,' ^ '^! on PRUNING SAWS, , m . t "- GARDEN REELS,. 1 oO to 1 /o WEED FORKS, ^ !.".' GARDEN TROWELS, ^I* SYDNEY, SEED SOWERS, ^r ,,'- WATERING POTS- Euglish make. . . ! '. . '. ''?' " l 'r, blKINcrE.^ -Ren's patent, highly reco.uineu.le J « ^j «"ialler, "" TIIERMOMErERS-Maximumregistcriiig, box wood,.'. .' 'Z '. ■.'. 5 00 Minimum „ „ 3 ^^^ " M metiil, 1 5o Ordinary Spirit, j y,, BRACKETS, carved wood, different styles, .. . '" r,A„ .^ , .>- EMPTY FLOWER BASKETS-all shapes and sizes; ! ! ' .' .' ! .' ' ' 25c' to ■> 50 EPERGNES-in variety, " ^l\^ ^ f^ SPECIMEN GLASSES-in variety, per pair, ..." " ' 75"^. to 1 oo HYACINTH GLASSES-Tye's pattern, plain, each * -htjx " >» ft hgured, each, 75f. to 1 0^ CROCUS ^ '^^ >• i» 25 GLASS SHAEZS-Bizes from G^^ to U inches in diameter, .... 1 25 to 3 01) ETRUSCAN HYACINTH VASES-vunou.. patterns, per pair 1 75 GLASS " " *"^^^'^' " i> II 1 'in S?n '''' '"'-''''^^ POTS-various patterns, each 75o. to 2 00 MAJOLICA , ,!. «^'^" CHINA ;; " 0?^"^'" WOODEN EXPANDING POT COVERS-varions'. aSc'^tr J" MAWS TERRA COTTA LABELS, sorts per dozen, 25c" to -".O ZINC LABELS, per dozen ^oc. to oO WIRE HANGING BASKETS -English galvanized'. '. ". '. '. . '. ". '. ". ' '. 7r,c. to 1 50 " •• California, painted green 50c. to 1 Oft VERBENA riNS-Galvanized. 2 doz. L2% cts. ; per gross. .... 5" MOSS— dyed green, in bundles, each. ... 28 MANUALS FOR MANY-KitchenGard.ning.Flo-ver' Garden- ing, Fruit Gardening, Florists' Flowers, two for 37*c each as GARDEN MANUALS-Comprising all the above, in cloth, ... 70 11 CO FTAG Ella' CALEND.VE— by Sir Joseph Paxton, new edi- tion 25 GALVANIZED CROQUET FENCING— in 50-yard lengths, per length, 15 fiO in yard lengths, per yard 40 BOUQUET.S of Everlasting; Flowers and (brasses, own raising, . 1 00 ,, of colored Grasses in various styles 37%c. to 1 00 FEATHER GRASS in bunches of Orange, Green, Crimson, etc. per hunch, 37 ^^c; per half-dozen. 1 50 EAPHIA— for tying, per lb * 1 ^O FERN CASES— 30 inches in length, each 25 00 Bronze Tables for ditto, each 15 00 „ 20 inches in length '^0 00 Bronze Tables for ditto, each 14 00 FERN PANS -Rustic and Etruscan, each 1 50 to 3 50 GARDEN GLOVES— Men's, common, per pair 60 „ ,, ., finer, ,, 75 „ „ Ladies' 50 WOLFF'S INDELIBLE GARDEN PENCILS-each liV, MAGIC BOUQUET HOLDERS-Gilt, each 2 GO WICKER „ „ 25 CARD „ „ 12J^ BOUQUET PAPERS HH WEDGEWOOD SUSPENDERS— Very choice, each 8 50 DINNER CARDS— French, comic and ornamental, per set of 8 75 FLOWER BROOCHES 50c. to 75 BUTTON HOLE TUBES— each 12% BRASS HYACINTH SUPPORTS— each 25 MASTIC L'HOMME LE lORT-New French cold grafting wf ^, in tins, each 25c., 50c , $1, $2 and $3 GARDENERS' FRIEND— A manure highly recommended for plants in pots or in the open ground, in tins, each 37% GARDENERS' INSECTICIDE— For destroying insects on plants or trees, in jars, each 50c. fo $1 FLOWER t'OTS- Common, 2 and i% inch, per dozen, 75 cento 3 inch, ,, $1 00 4 ,, , 1 25 each 12% 2 00 2 for 37%, (i ,, 2 50 each 25 7 ,. „ 3 25 2 for 02% 8 „ 400 2 for 87% Very large, each, 7i> FLOWER POT SAUCERi-'-, different sizes, perdoz. . $1 00, 1 50, 2 00, 2 50 PROPAGATIN(; GLASSES, 75c., 1 25, 2 00 WREATHS OF IMMORTELLES— Yellow-each. .. 75c. to 2 00 White, 1 00 to 2 00 12 IMPERISHABLE METAL CHAPLEIS— for Tombstones, in 8 patterns, warranted to stuud exposuic to any weather, . . 1 00 to 3 00 SUSPENDING HEAD BASKETS 1 50 TERRA COTTA : DOING Tli.ES -in several patterns, 9 inches wide, per yard, 50 Orders strictly attended to. Goods packed and delivered on board steamers, free of charge.