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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 
AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
A Stamped Nowapaper of Rural ri ge and General News.—The Horticultural Part Edited by Professor bem 2 
No. 51—1846.] 
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19. 
2 Pres 6d. 
INDEX, 
AES rod Pu Englend -  - 848 c | Heating, Foma H 
ks and “vegetation 840 a — churches - £35 x E 5 Sa 
LM prletella . 6 entroy B Misty ct 
Andromeda; = 840 ¢ | Ho:bollia latifvlia - 
Apple, Court of Wick - = 886 b | Hort. Soviety’s Garden - En 
Bees 's in a bed ^ . 889c | Hygrome tor, Simmonsa /, - 987 
feat-root and flour bread - 88a | Ivy, to plan NUM 
Bread, Beet-root and flour - 835a | Lease, Scotch form of ^2. Aeta È 
Cabbage, p waered-wing in Janure, salt as - Bit 
sect - - 888b — superphos, oflimeas + 837¢ 
aledoni Soe - 838 8 | Mushroom-house, uses of  - 840 b 
alendar, Horticultural - 840a | Nustard, white | ~ - 84 
atte, to house feed - = 248 c Odontoglbseum 1 membyanaceum 39a 
halle solls, plants for -  - 839b Pinespoles culture of 36 c 
hameleon I 840a| Plants, foodof = - - = 839b 
harca, t Du fooa of plants © -= 839 b lanting and wot - + 836 c 
37a | Polmalse heating — - 837 c, 838a 
ventnple hewa tom = 838a | Potaro diseass in Poland — 7 835 b 
oping for w: - 838a | Rhododen = 840c 
OPpice wi | 845b | Roses, eve M0 c 
m -iede “advantege of yle's Materia: Medica, rev. 839a 
Ps in - 846a He as manure nb 
D zen By evergreen 840 c | Sheep, prevention of foot-rot in 
orking Farmors’ Club- Cop" shed foeding 843a 
D foods - 815 b | Sidaey on Blight s cf Wheat,rev. 846 c 
Baer tiie of - 843a | Simmons’s Hygromete 837 b 
farmers’ Club—Ten- Smühfeld Barmers" Club — 
pant Rights 45a | Tenant-rights - Bite 
‘arms, arable and half arate, Solis, gie tes, Sos for = 8396 
Rec 80 b | Si + 81b 
Flies, to xm ee ee EIE ME PoE liina meaty O37 ¢ 
ood did 9 b | Tenant-righta, - Gil a, 949 c, B13 
Fruit tre mem make - I OR b | Tree: Pr chalk soils 39 
ari den-farm to cro i 846 c | Vegetation and Alkali Wo: E 10 a 
Gitling (Mr), dea 8a | Walls, coping for 38 a 
Sr qns Selentiho Phencmena Wea'herin Cornwall = — - ‘837 ¢ 
G of Domestic life, rev Bc inchester church heating - 835 e 
(am poni As St. Sa < 2 c | Wood, management of - 836 
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araway, Mayes, | 0., 
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RIZE- VIGHTER ER CUCUMBER. Fifty Seeds of 
this hardy and most useful CUCUMBER will be sent free 
of postage for 12 Benny stamps. It is an excellent bearer, and 
Brows 16 inches 
UNDE YES, Neca West:street, T 
DER A PATRONAGE OF HIS GR/ 
oiu Ies qos COENDO 8. 
FERGUSON, 
neglected plantations &c. DR he intends see a great 
P: i o that branch of his profession. From the 
Opportunities he! has had of-gaining experience in the course of 
DUE TS 
Rursery stock,—Expe ecommended. — — 
n ITALIAN N TUBEROSE SE ROOTS, 4s, per 
m SUEDE Mo p ies Februavy or March, as the weather 
Ere t,—For par habe apply, post paid, stating price 
jos quality of the dd to Messrs, WILLMER and SMITH, 
-iverpoo| 
by Mr. Haywanrp, Lymington, Ha: r. H. eon quan- 
tity of this Valuable Seed, which he is us should be distri- 
buted as widely as possible. He will forward a packet to any 
Address on receipt of 13 postage "anam 
PROLIFIC PEA 
JOEN CLARKE, of Long Sutton, has about 20 qrs. 
oe Prolific Pea to dispose of. Price 20s. per bushel, 
This Pea has been adapted to field culture by Mr. C. from 
the E recommendation of a PSU amateur qim 
Itis a white Pea of dwarf variety, but now from culture grow- 
ing from 3 to 3} fect high, and exceedingly productive.— Orders 
l be carefully attended tos 
TO NOBLE MEN, NURSERYMEN & OTHERS 
JE 
ABLES CANADENSIS, or HEMLOCK SPRUCE 
G BAKER, NURSERYMAN, Bagshot, Surrey, having 
* the Largest Bone in Europe, of various sizes and in fint 
condition, can with c ence recommend this noble tree to 
the notice of the dubie, at the Sono prices :— 
»— Transplanted pec s per 100 
» t» j n s » 
3048. y LE EAEE 
Proma d BALSANEA. 
PU MET 1 » 
3, 
G. B, having a fine ‘Stock of ‘Flowering KALMIA LATIFOLIA 
can supply them at chp following low prices :— 
eo 
18 22 inohi es .. at £2 10 Inm 
» "a » . mm 5 
ree 
"Fine > Specimen Plants from 3s. 6d to 5 cach 
N.B.— have duction.— 
“The iiam Galowance to the t uds 
FOR IMMEDI ATE AND EARLY JANUARY SOWING. 
ERBENA SEED, saved from various oppositely | N E W 
distinct new md most PORE 180, kinds of the past sea- 
, 4, St. John's Wood- 
i 
te ce, Regent’s Park, 
larger quantity than required for own sowing, offers the same 
in well ripened | condition at 2s. per 100 User Directions for 
&c., will be given if required. of winter 
adn already Den rd valuable phaemns may by 
diate e sowing (in pots placed in a cold frame) be recom 
in e t sla the usual summer display, besides 
offering the pri SN id improved varieties. 
r Fel fio y pane March Sowing. 
M. B. has also the following ; being his own Peur are like- 
wise confidently offered as correct to description 
“Per Packet. 
es Drummondii, finest scarlet and scarlet rose 
50 seeds, de 
Aiteam, from 18 distinct and best kinds, RU 900 do. 1s. 
French Marigold, fine double BON stripe ead 
1£- coloured 
mixed: T 300 do. 1s. 
Convolvulus Major, an extra large and erue fine 
wering variety Is, 
tunia, san adver 
M Discoidalis 400 
Free per post oa receipt of postage Stamps or Post-offiee 
As er-street, London 
he quantiti ame limited to a narrowed growth, early 
orders ere solicited. 
Sh Cae SEEDLING VERBENAS, PHLOXES, 
ANTIRRHINUMS, &c., 846, — Nurserymen anı 
Florists desirous of adding to their catalogues for 1847 are 
r | apprised that M. BREWER, Fronrsm, 4, St. John's Wood- 
^ 
An 
clone: a penny postage stamp. a criterion to 
novelty, M. B. begs to state rr Pera of them have haen nd 
approved, and ordered by the Messrs. Hendersons, of Pi 
Apple Nursery, in whose Gutslogue for 1847 the greater pm 
m entered, and of whom Plants may be had. They are 
also bespoke by other eminent growers. 
NOW READY FOR EARLY FORCING. 1 
7OUELL’S TOBOLSK RHUBARB (the earliest 
known), producing fine stalks of a bright transpa- 
rent pink. Roots planted in a cellar or dark closet Now, 
M m fit Eo cutting in three weeks. a strong roots, 
12s. r dozen; RE Gs. per dozen. MYATT’S 
VICTORIA” RHUBARB, $ per dozen. STRONG 
ERES Vide RAGUS, 2s. Ga. em 100; and SEAKALE, 2s. 
per doz 
The ‘TRUE FASTOLFF RASPBERRY, unequalled 
or its size and flavour, and originally sent out by UEL 
and Co., can be supplied by them in large or small quantities, 
of the same stock they-had the honour of furnishing the Royal 
Gardens at Windsor, and most of the nobility ; as well as two 
DERE by the London Horticultural Foish ty. They can also 
upply fine trained Peaches, Nectar EE Plums, 
ESC Pears, and Apples of the ie CASU kinds, war- 
ranted true to name. 
LILY OF THE VALLEY, 5s. per 100, very strong for bloom- 
ing in spring. 
TRUE ASH-LEAVED M POTATOES, 25. 6d. pee peck. 
SHILLING’S NEW Y POTATOES, 3s. per pec 
EARLY COCKNEY POTATOES, 3s. per peck. 
Warranted free from disease. 
TRANSPLANTED QUICK, OR WHITETHORN. 
A few hundred Seance of the above (in the Sheet condition, 
stout, and from 1 to 2 feet in height) at 7s. per 1! 
Steamers TH this port to Rot ios EL t twice a 
week, and to London daily, 
Youert and Co., Nurserymen, arest Yarmouth. 
ORE 
VICTORIA AND ALBERT WU URSERIES, CORK. 
AND H. Hs YCROFT beg to quom Gentlemen 
e intendin; plant, that they have this season a large 
stock of Seeding: "d Transplanted F POREST TREES, which 
they can offer on very moderate ter s a consider: able re- 
duction will be made on large quantities, it is respectfully re- 
quested that the sizes and number 1M 'ed be stated, 
N.B. packages DELIVERED FRE! m by steam packets to 
London, Plymouth, Southampton, Bristol, and sre poO, ani 
by sailing SEA to nearly every port E South W 
ROOM, of Tigridia PURSE CIA r 100 ; Nie azu- 
reus, 2 feet, in Pots, 12 S. pi 
The eui ATE to the Trade. 
ENE LANGELIER, ons m “Clarendon Nursery, 
St. Helier, Jersey, respectfully announces that he has on 
T upwards of 30, ,000 0 fin e PEA REES, TUE his aaea 
e 
of the best fruit known; also one called Grosse Calebash, 
measuring from 8 63 S} inches, weighing from 20 to 24 ounces, 
a perfectly melting fruit, ripens in November, Rc different 
from Calebash Boss, both in shape, size, à and 
Sot SENS sent out 
y R. m,—by application, as to the time 
of maturity, and description x of fruit,—as su Havin; 
Price :—Langelier's Beurré, from 35. 6d. 
Grosse. Calebash, 5s., fine trees, Those S do not possess 
ED varieties should not be without them. 
dne Catalogue of Pears is in progress, and will 
much interest Pear Growers, and proper] pruning will be treated 
according to the plan they are grown in his garden, whieh is 
different from all other pruning. 
All letters prepaid, and remittance or reference from un- 
known correspondents, 
 SPLEND DID ) CAMELLIAS. 
MERICAN SEEDLINGS— 
The ropp etae ot these magnificient CAMELLIAS takes 
reat pleasui in announcing to his Eur open Friends, 
that these um arb new varieties will now offered to 
them. The PIQUE believes i will only be s to give 
the Reports of the Massachusetts Hortieultural Society upon 
their introduction, to secure "e ‘enti ire confidence of the com- 
munity that they are most. worthy their attention. 
S S CAMELLIA nost remarkable no- 
velties in the horticultural world at home, are the NEW 
CAMELLIAS, which have been raised by Col. WILDER, of 
Boston. Among all the Eu ruAe sorts that the d and long- 
continued devotion to this plant have produced in Europe we 
may safely payi that none ue in beauty of colour and per- 
fection sa for m, these two new American Varieti ties. ee 
merits, b: ng P originator a piece 
an of Ej ie. h 
and we therefore pines it upon recor: 
ta meeting of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 
sik M6, a vote was passed, directing the 
mittee on Flowers to take special notice of the fine seedlin, 
asusta eatibiied at y ae by Marsh: i 
dent of the iety. eably to this vote, the 
um RU the following report :—The number of seed- 
Camellias exhibited was five. Two Ys them were of sur- 
DD beauty and perfe em As the committee have had 
the pleasure of often examining the extensivo Senec of the 
resident, as well ant those of other gentlem: n the Mod 
embracing the most perfect epe panes anon 
they feel themselves. sufficiently acquainted with this beautiful 
class of flower: , to judge the comparative merits of the seed- 
lings under que ation, and they have no hesitation in 
pronouncing them as Veris E the very first order, and such 
as will be difficult to RE his or any other country. 
The production of tae ipud ois ‘kable varieties, by one 
person, we believe unprecedented, pU will reflect much honor 
on our President. shea) as well as upon the Society of which 
heis the head. We, therefore, recommend that a gratuity be 
awarded to the President, for these two superb American 
Camellias, and that it c consist of a Piece of Plate of the value 
of Fifty Dollars, and of such form and design as hemay elect.— 
Jos. Breck, Chairman.” 
SCRIPTION OF THE SES 
APONICA, var. WIL 
oval 
dentated, a very dark green, with prominent midrib; petioles 
short ; a shrub of free, upright, but rather slender’ growth ; 
buds q ties round, with pale-green scales ; flower medium si 
three-and-a-half to four inches in diameter. Colour delicate 
clear rose ; petals 75 to 80in number, imbricated, of the most 
perfect rose-leaf shape, and arranged with most exquisite 
regulari d a om the circumference to the centre; corolla very 
istent, free in its Bees Fae every flower 
'ectly, du its beauty for a long time. The 
superiority m tiis y variety, when compared PU "those estab- 
lished favourites, the Old Double White, Lady Hume, Imbricata, 
rs, is'its beautiful round petal, with scarcel 
serrature or indentation on the edge, Raised from the seed of 
the single red d fertilised by Camellia x Japanise var. 
'unetai ta; the mother plant and all the stock, e eXcep- 
tion dd Single graft, having been destroyed du fire, in the 
ye 
Nos EA CAMELLIA JAPONICA, var. MRS. ABBY 
WILDER. The name was given by the committee, in 
honour of ti lady of the President. This variety is a 
very beautiful one — a vigorous shrub of upright growth 
ches; foliage large and handsome; leaves 
1 inches long, by 23 broad, roundish 
flexed, coarsely dentated, acuminate, with pale promi- 
nent midrib and nerves; yellowish green, resembling in 
colour those of Camellia Japonica Lady Hume; bud round 
with pale ME scales ; flower large, 4 inches or more in dia- 
meter, thick, full, and perfect ; petals of beautiful form, very 
numerous, 90 to 100 in number ; the exterior uui broad, cir- 
ntre, and ar- 
ranged with great regularity ; colour white, with an Occasional 
stripe of ligi E after the manner of Camellia Japonica 
Duchess d’Orleans ; corolla very round and of great depth. 
Produced from se eed of Camellia Japonica var. Middlemist.” 
he Proprietor, now on a visit to pe, will oceasionally 
be found at the eed Warehouse of-Geo. Charlwood, Esq., 14, 
will be received for 
diag ‘two Gamellas “deliverable in the early autumn of 1847. 
Jus Ten Guineas the pair. Orders left at 6. € ÜHARLWOOD'S, 
4, Tavistock-row, London, or forwarded to the Proprietor, 
Nénantum dens, Brighton, Massachussetts, covering 
nt, in receive prompt attention. None but 
trong Plants will be sent ; orders shall receive immediate at- 
Drawings of these beautiful Camellias will be ex! xhibited in 
London and Paris in the month of March. Notice will be given 
in the publie papers. 
London, December, 1846. JAMES L. L. F. WARREN. 
Office, Nos. 1 and 2, Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass. U. S. A. 
$| ges. ALL. OF HALF-MOON-STREET. 
MAS GIBBS and CO., 
(By Officials appointment), the SEEDSMEN to the 
zi ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND,” 
DILLY, London, as for ns last Fifty Year: 
FLOWER-POTS AND GARDEN § SEATS. 
youn MORTLOCK, 250, Oxford-street, respectfully 
announces that he has a ver; ge assortment ofthe 
above articles in various colours, and solicits an Ap eC- 
EE AR a E on of useful CHINA, LASS, and 
AR N at the lowest n Cash.—250 
Oxford-street, near Hyde-park, possible prios; à 
