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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE 
AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
A Stamped Newspaper of Rural Economy and General News.—'Fhe Horticultural Part Edited by Professor Lindley. 
No. 15.—1846.] 
SATURDAY, APRIL 11. 
[Price 6d. 
INDEX 
Aprteutearal Chemistry DRE e| Land, tenure of, in Irelsnd -~ 
L Chem, Association 214 a | Lincolas ing E 
Aj. Bribe ition 3 c | Linnean Soc doy” T E 
T pale, to brew ` Dupbusleomla 2 77 7 Tay i 
Arracacha a9 food . alle on aH, rev, Eis U dla 
Aspare Simp inen foro ~ Maize sok -= = 838 
Barley cro, 945 on seed, mix ed - = 987a 
Beans and lghate ‘of soda = $44 b | Micro-ce Be al Soctety - - 239b 
Bas-hive £87 a | Muth, Wood-Leopard - = 286 a 
Beetle, bla ck Pine < + 839 c y dealers - o. 3876 
ewig + - 9370, 348a Plans foc b bedding out > . sana 
Calendar, * 239 c | Polmaise hea-ing 235 b, EE 
— auri - 26a | Po'ato jante . 337 c 
Caraway, to eo - 26a) — Mosam in 1813 243 h 
Carcot tops - Nia n pamphleis s on ~ + 236b 
Chemiser E am joda 7 ait ¢ | Porat aces, proes of = 987 a 
Education, + 9436 subst UNA for - < 8 8486 
Blower garden planis < - $a soot fo: 244a 
Food, acraea J £85 a | Rhododend one, tos 340 c 
E ii ances Rhus, some sp, not. "polsónons 239 c 
used 229 c | Smut in Wheat 242 c 
Exp ME Eo cordis Rone wc tannin Hoo Lco co aas 
Gaiden g wslp 230a | Syston Park, Glycine sinensis 
G arman Pamphlets o on Potato at 239 c 
236 b | Timber, to p-eserve 240 c 
d en nensis at Syston: pe "k 939 € Ius artifivial preparation of, 
Guano, analysis oí 244 245 a 
— Pe eruvian Burnie, checking ~ 5) e me 
Heating, Polm: Vetche: 243 c 
Hosein ral ocio Vegesablo nbstances used as 
Hylurgns piniper. food, rev. - 239 c 
Ireland, ténure of land in Wheat, smut in e 2 0 gate 
Irish Wasto Land Weather + e y Se 
repor Yeast, ar Arr redde 
Isle of Thanet Farmers’ Club Zeuzera A ei AP UNS et SOE 
A ROILS0LO GICAL INSTR OF GREAT 
TAIN AND IRELA 
The next MEET ING of the Subscribing Mes will be held 
on FRIDAY, the Ist of MAY, at the Rooms of the Institution 
of Oi sath Engineers, 25, Great George- OM Westminster, 
"The subject for special discussion 
M PIOTILE MANUFACTURES, including Pottery and Por- 
celain of all countries and of every period.” 
ers who cannot personally attend, are invited to for- 
any friend, odas which they may consider as likely 
to bear on the subje 
Tasti itur 
Attendance from 12 to 2 daily. 
12, H: 
UDSON TURNER, Secretary. 
The ANNUAL ween m the INSTITUTE will take 
"d at York, under the patronage o Grace the Arch- 
hop; P resident, e Eun FITZWILLIAM, commencing 
TUESDAY, | JULY 21s! 
O THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE 
ARDENERS BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. 
x —SECOND APPLICATION. e favour of your VorE 
i INTEREST is earnestly solicited h in behalf of ANN PRATT, 
63 years, She has been five years a Widow, without the 
Tica of suppa Her husband, the late Henry Pratt, was 
regularly brought up to tho profession of Gardening, and was 
well known in the Horticultural world. He lived as Head 
Gardener with Sir [s Duckett, Bart. ; then with W. Wingfield, 
Esq., Master in Chancery ; and, fina) liy, 14 years with the late 
W. Harrison, Esq., Qc. of Cheshunt, in whose service he 
died. Ho was a Subseriber to m Institution from its com- 
mencement to the time of his 
"he case is strongly Vicit ade by the MEMOIRE pu 
Of your Institution, who will kindly receive pro: —Mr. 
Richard Atle ce, Clapham-road; Messrs, Hurst and ^re ‘Mullen, 
Leadenhall- street nj Mr. Hugh Low, Clapton; Mr. 
George Mi ersbury Park, Ealing ; Mesirs. alge Fleet- 
street ; aries Palmer, Esq., Shacklewell ; 3. Paul and 
Son, Cheshunt ; eward Snow, West Park, Beds, 
OYAL SOUTH LONDON FLORICULTURAL 
pet MUR RUP Patronage of Her Most Gracious 
Qu FIRST BXIIDUTION of the abov: 
will ta ue iP io) AS us Horns Tavern, K 
to all Exhibitors. 
value 5i 55. Mr. James Dickson, wil ahs Ehe for the 
best Hone ANUS viz., Green, Grey, White-edged, and Self- 
^ Mili itary, Band will be in attendance. Admission 
from 1 to 6 o'clock, a hilling each. List of Prizes, and 
the Rules of the Society, may be obtained from 
AYLOR NEVILLE, Secretary. 
Ebenezer House, pectsudta: 
es 
ECK'S PELARGONIUMS.—It may save iu- 
quirers and myself some trouble to inform the public that 
T have NO PLANTS TO DISPOSE OF. mmediately after 
the Exhibitions have closed, I shall ds prepared to supply the 
fol nn varieties in 4-inch pots :—Arabella, Bellona, Mustee, 
y Circle, Desdemona, Othello, and Marc Antony My 
Scedtines of 1845 will be ready i in October next, 
E. SS Worton Cottage, Apr 
.B. The whole of the ee gent out by me in the 
autumn A wil be exhibited during the season. 
DUDAS ME 
SELECT AND CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS, with 
s for sowing, treatment, height, colours, &c. 
104 Node choise Annuals, including the most `s. d. 
appre ew .. a E Té e 15 0 
50 vars, itto ditto ditto .. 8 6 
30 vars, ditto Eus ditto e 5 6 
20 vars. ditto dit ditto rear 
20 vars, pest dwarf Sen E ier packets, suited 
filling peas on law: GOLA 7.6 
ditto m A) 
20 vars. best geeenkodks m $ WC eee STG 
20 vars. choice greenhouse Perenni is 10 6 
20 vars. choic ardy Biennials and Perennials 5 0 
Remittances in franks or Post-ofüce orders from unknown 
correspondents. 
be Catalogues of Flower and Vegetable ee pesei the 
est in cultivation, will be sent pre-paid to aj 
Sudi Ass and Brown, Seed and Hi SEM andi piene 
bury, Suffolk, —Ápril 11, 
an 4 Nun SLL anp CO/s 
| ARAUCARIA IMBRICATA, or CHILIAN PINE. 
Stock of the above magnifi- 
cent hardy tree will be found unequalled in this country 
oe the Continent either for extent or luxuri "ance of growth ; anc 
hey beg to call the attention of planters in patel 2 the pu 
id Hosp d they offer are not nursed plants or drawn up 
pits, but fine sturdy plants possessing dark rich green foliage, 
and such as have stood the e severity of the winter for 
years in this the most eastern point of England, proverbial for 
its excessive cutting winds. owing is the scale of prices 
or plants in pots, and may be planted out with advantage at 
the present season. 
2 years old E m m 
Bored ae he ET 
d ann RIS NUS GET UE AIL sd 
5 AMD Nov $2; ORDO SU 
Geare’s Deodar, Uyear, fi fine Be 5 
‘oot mn oo 
Pinus excelsa, 3 ER eS . m 
a d to 5 inche: 
8 inch, fine bushy plant 
Abies Khutrow, 2 ye: 
Also fine apemon iens of older dei “from 10s. 6d. to 
2L. 2s. per plan: 
Agents in Te Messrs. FLANAGAN and Son, 
house-street. 
reat Yarmouth Nursery, April 11. 
CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES. 
YSO ano SON, Frortsts, Wallingford, Berks, 
to offer assortments from their Choice and Select 
9, Mansion- 
Stock as under: £ s.d 
Carnations, 25 superb show varieties, 1 pair ofeach.. 3 0 0 
25 very fine do. o. Babet (0 
Picotees, E Superb show varieties = s480 0 
. d 0 0 
5 very fin o. 
SEEDLING POTATOES.— The NO "stock of Seedl 
one year old, raised from the ‘‘Ohaimore Kidney,” mers for 
30 sorts i zs separate bags, 
raliDesctiptive: Priced Catalogue of Florists’ Flowers 
sent on recat of two postage labels. 
Done PELARGONIUMS. — As the bedding 
nis near at hand, P. CONWAY Pep 
the cultivators of the above that his stock and sele 
The seven following varieties he can dm. great 
e recommend as Ud desirable, very distinct, and 
e in their habits, vi 
LOR uite ne and the best 3. C. has yet seen 
jS Mr Gd. to Ss. Gd.’ or 24s. per do: 
2. PRIZE. TG NTER jmpioved = a ne buddia; 
ds. 6d. to 2s, 6d. ov lös: 
r do: 
3. GENERAL TOM THUMB (true).—Excellent for Vases, 
te; 2s. to 5s. each, or 18s. per doz, 
MRS. MAYLER.—For grouping, or planting as a Dahlia, 
A gre plant treated in this manner looks magnificent. 25. 
T. CYRUS sa to 2s. 6d. 
A few Ed specimens of Nos.4 and 5, from DA 6d. to 21s. 
each; also Curtis's e 
Ba ulis HONEYMOON, 
For C.’s 
3s. i 
.s general List md Scarlets see Advertisement in 
Chroniats of Jan. 24. Of the other variety of Pelargoniums, 
P. C. has raised a Seedling, xin for its very superior qualities 
he has named CONQUERING RO. P.C. is not offerin, 
this plant as new in colour, id Di its beautiful. Bare &c. 
Colour deep rose, with dark. spot on upper petal; a good 
grower, splendid bold truss, fine shape, and possesses the de- 
sirable "property of holding its truss of flowers complete above 
a fortnight Aiter they are fully expanded. A forced plant 
may now be seen in bom, sis will speak foritself, Fine 
plants in 5- Suh pots, at 5s. 
fine variety of. bedding-out ‘plants, consisting of Pelargo- 
niums, Fuchsias, Verbenas, Petunias, Heliotropes, Ageratum 
Mexicana, Calceolarias, Lobelia erinus grandiflora, Anagallis, 
Nierembergias, &c. &e., atv very moderate prices. 
Old Brompton, April 11, 
RR 
URNIP SEEDS. 
DRUMMOND AND SONA SrıriING, N.B., and 
* DUBLIN, have on sale a large and select stock of 
TURNIP SEEDS. Terms patay moderate. The fol- 
lowing are the most approved sorts, Bs 
pL E Sings Improved Forge. -top. 
othian, Purpl 
YELLOW ABBRD ERS with jenes top. 
qo: with Purple top. 
d 
o. 
YELLOW IMPROVED EARLY, now TOS Retre for 
sowing late in the season, 
WHITE GLOBE. 
EM TOP GLOBE, 
N.B. Delivered free in Lon don, Liverpool, Hull, Newcastle, 
Cork, Belfast, and Londonderry, when not less than 40 Ibs, are 
ordered, 
*.* Priced Sue of Tapeten Garden and Farm 
Seeds, Nursery P! 8, &c., on appli 
Agricultural TS Stirling, and? 38 Dawes Sti, Dublin. 
DISH gAn OWERS. 
xo. STANDISH A GR 
inform 
nn purplish 
flower, the das 
crimson uus 
of Standish 
m Pls PANSIES, AND MEE it tin 
OYAL N 
URSERY, SLOUG 
W. G; BROWN: S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
is ready, and will be forwarded immediately e on. ae 
cation. It contains every novelty of the season— 
has the grower's deseri Pup La oat Amongst the Hest rude 
ones are Beauty of Hants, Bohemian Girl, Captain Ms ix 
Lady Charleville, Ma: Me of Bath ( (rue), Marchioness of 
wallis, Magician, Newington Rival, Princess Radziwill, Outen 
of Perpetuals, . Antrobus, and Brown's Rose d’ Amour. 
The P "UoHsI AS are also very selec 
Delicata, Halley’s Empress, Ep 
re of em 
omona, Queen Vietoria, Ser- 
ratifolia, dre. aout the PANSIES (for which and Dahlias 
this Nursery is famous), Brown’s Cassandra and King of Sax- 
ony, Brown's Arethusa, Curion, Hannibal, Maid of "the Mil ll, 
Prior, &c., Cloth of Gol Rolla, Juno, Middleton, 
Prince Albert, Pizarro, Sulphu ea Elegans, Tom Pinch, 
Perseus, Preside nt, Bryaut’s Pantestion &c. plants will 
be sent out very (EE A remittance "expected with distant 
orders, for which the package will be allowed. 
to observe, he can supply every article con- 
newer "with the Nursery kde ness. His collection of ea 
is unique. Osmundia Regalis, just imported from Ireland; 
small erowns of this magnificent Fern, 5s. each; pe 
weighing nearly 
e Nymph, Lady Julia, and 
Duehess of Suther- 
TO SEEDSMEN AN 
ae & CO. beg to offer thee allowing sorts 
TURNIPS, whieh ‘they ean confidently recommend, 
an of uel they hold large aud gi stocks. They beg, 
0, to inform their Customers one fnis Un aie of their business 
8 Ri managed entirely Mr. C. Scorr, late of Manchester, 
who was the raiser of the Sw edish Turnip Dem by the Secre- 
tary of the Royal Agricultural Society of England “Scott's 
Improved Manendstae Swede,” and with which he gained the 
irst prize of the Agricultural Society of Manchester three 
times, viz., in 1812, 1 nd 1844. Bio sorts are re- 
commended :—Scott’s s Troprov ed Manchest es, Skirving's 
nproved ditto, Laing's ditto ditto, po Swedish Yellow 
Purple top, Sut Scotch Yellow Green- -top, Large Scotch 
ell Pw le-top, Dale’s Hybrid, Swedish and White and 
Rea Tankard, and Pomeranian. 
W. & Co. have also a largó: ae japi selected stock of 
pene Mangold Wurzel, Clov. iso Genuine Bone, 
Sulphuric Acid, and other Manur 
hey also. offer Vegetable Seedsi in collections, comprising the 
newest and best of all S E in sufficient quautity for a 
year's supply, for 91, 2 
0 varieties of Saner AE cones ing all he 
newest and best sorts, ; Ja £i i 0 
50 ditto, ditto .. 91 6 
Verbenas, paitis, Gevaniums, ses for Dedding out, ». and 
6s. per dozen.— 'sery, Dor 
ELLETSON’S SUPER APRIL we Rees AND 
USHER’S NEW AND UNIQUE MA EEDS. 
V JILLIAM MAY, F.H.S., begs d on era to 
the above superior articles s (see Chronicle, March Tth), 
a are being sent out in sealed packets, the an coli at 5s., 
he Marigolds in 20 vars. at 7s. 6d., post free.—To be had 
EN ‘London of Ms: WARNER and WARNER, Comhill ; and 
Mr. C. Farnes, ohn’s-street ; in Manchester of Mr. 
m rke! ilice; and of the Advertiser, Hope Nursery, 
ed 
I! LOW anp CO. inform their friends and the 
-- publie that thete c ATALOGUE OF DAIILIAS, contain- 
ing most of the new and approved varieties, is now w ready, an 
may be had on application.—Upper Clapton, April 11, 194 
ITALIAN "TUBEROSE ROUTS» 
3s. per dozen.—R. HALL begs to advise that the above 
named Roots are veu. bly fin e this season, and may be had, 
hapel. 
H GROOM, CE ITA near 
* moved from WarwonTH), By TR du kd FLORIST To 
HER Masesa THE QU AND To His MAJESTY THE Kine or 
Saxony, begs to say his Catalogue of GERANIUMS, AURI- 
CULAS. LILIUM LANCIFOLIUM, and M dE PLANTS is 
ready, and will be forwarded by po applicatio: x 
e has a fine stock a CARN. "PIOS and PICOTEES 
ign orders executed. 
TON NURSERY, SURREY. 
E JACKSON” S SUPPLEMENTARY 
* LOGUE OF PLANTS, with prices, for 1846, 
tained free on pre-paid application. 
Kingston Nursery, Sui pril 11l. . 
CATA- 
may be ob- 
DISTINCT AND SHOWY HERBACEOUS PLANTS 
Woodlands Nursery, Maresfield, Uckfield, Sussex. 
x WOOD AND SON having for several years 
IUE attention to the cultivation of HERBA- 
crous BLAN now much pleasure in offering collec- 
tions from their very EAD Stock on the following terms; 
the selection P eR being left to themselves. 
SUM d that none but showy and. 
uH kinds "hall be 
Select sorts, one of p ‘named. . 6s. per doz. a Lg ps 
Superior do. do. 9s. ^" 
Superb New do. do. 12s. Du 
Catalogues of the above may be had, rosr FREE, on ap) 
^ THE BEST EIGHT SEEDLING VERBENAS EVER 
OFFER. 
GE. SMITH, in offering the following splendid 
kinds, feels assured that they will es the purchaser, 
as they have been so universally admired a London Shows ; 
Seven of them have obtained P Class Seedling Prizes, To 
be sent out the 20th of April, at 30s. the set, or 5s. per plant; 
viz., Duchess of Sutherland, Duc de Nemours, met Lovely 
Ann, Modesta, Miss Wai atson, Merry Monarch, and Queen of 
atalogue containing the description, with all the 
leds sorts of last year; also Fuchsias, Petunias, Dahlias, 
& 
€. 
*.* All orders from s correspondents must be ac- 
companied with money o 
Tollington Nursery, ENSURE Islington, near London, 
with RS UE Tor Zo at his Oil and It lian Warehouse, . 
63 th A 
DON (re-- 
