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THE GARDENER 
CHRONICLE 
AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
A Stamped Newspaper of Rural Economy and General News.—The Horticultural Part Edited by Professor S 
No. 52—1846.] 
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26. 
[Price 64. 
INDEX. 
A gd. i. t showsof - 857a | Hops, bod expo NES Cr 
of rend - 8600 | Hygrometi 851a 
Iaia adsl a Indl o, Chi - 865 ¢ 
Aphis of Smeeand Potato au. ns erg Ponitur and | Vos 
asl 
- 856a 
i" Landon "and tenant, iighte s Eu [i 
Apples, E Pippin = Ss 5 
Mammillarias, Oregon 
Bees’.comb = 853.5 | Manto, analysis of sewer wa" er as 5 
Belfast | si Socteny grit Per a ent of 53b 
Belle Vue, plan of - = 85a Meyer Lx "be p of 
Bordeaux, its wines, rey. - 8556 + 85a 
Botley Farmers’ Club—a: anual MUR a illu ofin - 859 ¢ 
ee M asia | Newcastle, Farmers’ Club = 
Balogyne ochracea = 855b abi 861 
Calendar, agricultural - 963 c | Oregon Mammillar 855 c 
— Horticultural + 856a | Phili ME er - Ba 
Chine na o -> 
Eine-applo, oni 'ulture of 852 b 
E M A s 
Polmaise hea ting 
Posato disease ont anes + Aphis aot T 
b 
- Wu i 
des inen xev aiB à 
Renee news got 
Dairy B 
Debs yos i Club E 
Disease made the souro e of 
359 ¢ | Potatoes, vitality 
Poultry, dinaa. s - Sio b 
- 8 
51b ME E Cat ttle "Show, T 
marks * 
EW ACen ae cs GARDEN 
o. omplete 23 ei PME of uarts 
No. 1—Complete Coll g of 20 q 
of best kinds of allother Seeds in pro- 
portion, and of ihe m approved kinds for one 
and Sons have the honour and privilege of 
o Gardeners and Gentlemen residing at the under- 
rected plate who have annually availed B aele E this 
economical and advantageous mode of obtaining the best sorts 
of GARDE beet and who xe M themselves in 
the highest degre e. pleased with t| ps, viz., at or near 
Glasgow, Perth, Ed'iburgh, Aber: ibus ort, Monmouth, 
Cardigan, Bre recon, Carlisle, Carmarthen, Ludlow, Gloucester, 
ull, Neweastle-upon-Tyne, Bury St. Edm) PM Wolverbamp- 
ton, York, Bristol, SE Brighton, Plymouth, Isle of Wight, 
Windsor, r, Bath, wbury, Maidstone, Cirencester, 
Liverpool, erts Honea Canterbury, Portsmouth, a 
others, of whom the addresses may be 
Early onion d requested and recommended, as some sorts 
d£ Pongal delivered free to any office in London, or any 
Station of the Great Western Railway between London and 
Remittances are not required from known correspondents, 
nor from those who give satisfactory Fefe ag 
_Reading Nursery, Reading, Berks, Dec. 2 
REES. 
e zi Sprengel's hort adum, - land, ani 
— crops, rotation of Strawberries, Hau X 
» siu rm-hors Tein-ching, oi oc CRI: indigo Base | OÑ applivati fon. 
rofit Tenant and Landlord; x E 
poral Made froma tho ele- 380% c | arein great 
ments of disease 7 962.6 | Threshing machine v. 259 
ECT hy D; plants by “Moyen s "Timber, means pod 856 a 
viere Turnip, Liverpool Swede 859 0 
Gors eiie o y Wooda, duration of - 8864 
Heating, Polmais Wormsley Pippin Apple- $53 
Highland aud Aut. Society - naoa 
0 ns SUBSCRIBERS P. THE GARDENERS’ 
ENEVOLENT INSTITU —The favour of your 
vote ed interest is earnestly din d for JOHN. MOORE, who 
is 78 years of age, has been a Gardener 60 years, living in 
first-rate situations, and has brought up a family of 12 
children ; but is now He d of work through old age, 
being badly afflicted with Rheumatism. His testimonials are 
ofthe highest order, and his case S is a truly deserving 
gne) is strongly recommended by the followi does 
Noble, 152, .Fleet-street ; Messrs. NOS ay, Mayes, Oey 
atte Aue en 5 ; Bristol; Mr. J.C, Deae Kingsholm 
Nursery, Gloucester. 
OUBLE ITALIAN TUBEROSE ROOTS, 4s. per 
— The above-named Bulb, famous for its beauty 
lossom, has been just A A 
anand Fo 
Lemon, Oitron; and Shaddock Trees; Azorian, Catalonian, 
and Arabian Jasmines expected in January next. 
PE St ns AMERICAN POTATO SEED. 
M. THORBURN eS Co, SEE EDSMEN, &c., 15, 
e John-street, New York; U. S., offer for Sale (price 5l. 5s. 
per Ib,, or 105. er oz.) 25 add of the finest WHITE KIDNEY 
POTATO SEED, “raised the present year in one of the Northern 
States, by an experienced farmer, with the utmost care, from 
Potatoes entirely free from disease ; indeed the opinion is pre- 
velent in America among practical men, tbat roots affected 
with the rot do not mature the blossom, and of course are 
aes. Whether this theory is correct or not, it is certain 
ae oe now offered was gathered from a vigorous healthy 
a i 8, With a remittance, will meet with prompt SHen uan) 
or may be left with Mr. GEORGE CEATENOOD; t-garden, 
London, where a sample of the Seed may.be se 
D VERGREENS. — The unrivalled collection of 
ental ‘Trees, P Roses, &c., now selling 25 per cent. 
below usual prices. Nur 
peed Gardener, takes the liberty of reminding noblemen, 
eem at the Arboretum, Quei 
Brompton. Plans and Estimates BECAS "for ie cn ryin 
out all kinds of Ornamental ground-work and Planting in 
any part of the country. 
OTATO SEED,—Tho Produce of Potatoes (from 
the Azores) atoms last season, perfectly Pes from disease, 
by Mr. Harward, Lymington, Hants, Mr. H. has a small quan- 
tity of this Valuable Seed, which-he is anxious aoad be distri- 
buted as widely as possible. He will forward a packet to any 
address on receipt of 13 postage stamps. 
HEN. RD SAUNDERS, NunsERYMAN and Frorist, 
y, has Beye ee ed of eum young Dwarf trained 
and PEAR TREES, warranted eon 
i of at a Low Rate, in 
to treat With 
Any person requir 
large Collection 
approve: pind. 
B. 
ring a quan TA 
of PEAR TREES of all the choicest and most 
o a fine stock of large Shrubs, both Evergreen 
and EATA adapted to giving immediate effect to Planta- 
tions, A remittance or reference required from unknown cor- 
communication with the Satharn and 
UNDER TI THE PATRONAGE OF HIS GRACE THE DUKE 
OF BUCKINGHAM AND CHAND 
FERGUSON, Nursery and SEEDSMAN, Ayles- 
ueks, * respectfully informs the Nobility CM 
Gentry that on the Hi cer t he is receiving as a 
rdener, NON ee planter, fuisae and filling « b 
intends vo y a great 
iun the 
nursery stock. 
PEAR T 
E ENE LANGELIER, of the Clarendon Nursery, 
St. Helier, Jersey, LAE announces that he 
Sale upwards of 30,000 fine PEAR TR. , from his unrivalled 
collection of upwards of "1200 varieties, of which a Gasalogde 
may be had on application, post paid, and a penny Stamp in. 
closed, among which will be found several new ones, in parti- 
cular hi: his new Beurré, which proves bus this year to be o: 
of the best fro known: also one called Grosse Calebash, 
measuring fr fro 83 inches, weighing from 20 to 24 ounces, 
a perfectly meling fruit, ripens in November, quite different 
from Galebash oth in shape, size, and flavour. 
All the sorts RAS to be true to name, and none sent out 
y R. L. unless proved by him,—by application, as to the time 
oF miany, a description of fruit, —as sufficient. Having 
devoted his Sa icular attention to the aboveculture, he flatters 
himself he has the most pect eolieaiony in England. or France. 
ier's Beurré, from 3s.6d. to 5s. each tree; 
se Calebash, t fine ges Those do not possess 
these v: VOD should not be without them, 
escriptive RIA of Pears is in progress, and will 
much interest Pear Growers, and proper pruning will betreated 
according to the plan they Pe grown in his garden, which is 
different from all other prunin, 
prepaid, and Tos dad or reference from un- 
known correspondents. 
has on 
peELAND can now be supplied with an excellent 
substitute for the Potato. Read the Leading Article in 
the Gardeners’ Moodle of Deeember the 19th, referring to the 
valuable mixtui eet-root and Wheaten flour, recom- 
mended by the igne Hon, T. F. KENNEDY, Paymaster of Civil 
Services in Irela 
The impor fs of this discovery at this momentous 
period is immense, and all those who wish to grow a 
crop of Beet-root during the ensuing season should pro- 
cure their seed immediately (as the demand will no 
doubt be very extensive), gu the Subscribers can 
supply at the following prices : 
Whi ei 
e Sugar Beet,  ..  .. 2s 6d. per Ib. 
Ditto t aS qus, 
Parsni o NE MEE: 
White Belgian Carrot 2:56 
*a* All orders above £5 will up delivered free of 
uae and carriage io Cork, Dublin, or London. 
Steamers ihree times a week to each port. 
. Apply to WILLIAM &. RENDLE AND Co., Plymouth. 
KENSINGTON (NEAR LONDON) AND READING 
PORK RO BERKSHIRE. 
NM FORREST and CO. beg ‘respectfully to 
ention to their "SUPERIOR COLLECTION of 
FRUIT T REES of all kinds in these Grounds, and also their 
General Nursery Stock, They also beg to draw attention to 
their General Collection of Vegetable and Flower Seeds, which 
are of the best description, Packages suitable to Gardens of 
all dimensions, carefully forwarded at the most reasonable 
charges. Carriage paid to any station on the Great Western 
Railway, between London and Bristol. Catalogues may be had 
on applicatior 
TO NOBLEM N,GENTLEMEN, EN OTHERS 
ABIES CANADENSIS, or HEMLOCK SPRU 
(3 BAKER, NURSERYMAN, Bagshot, Surrey, having 
Ka the Largest Stock in Europe, of various sizes and in fine 
condition, can with confid 
the noces AE the publie, 
lfi 
ence recommend this noble tree to 
A the I a P i— 
— Transplaute 0 per 100 
2, » Eum fig 16 o? x 
9, $5 Don» TBO n 
3to4ft, 5, PE 099, 
PICEA BALSAMEÀ 
1pto2ft.,, 0 
3, 12 
Ga. pneum a fine Stock of ‘Flowering KALMIA LATIFOLTA 
can supply them at Mad Tolownge ie pri 
9tol2inehes .. at £2 10 p per T “100 
s 15 5 T 15 
185,9 0 0 
in Aa Specimen Plants fre om ds. 6d to 5s. each, 
ge purchasers will ha’ reduction, — 
N.B.— 
The der A to the trade, 
Tene “SPLENDID CAMELLIAS 
NEw AMERICAN SEEDLINGS— 
The odd a of these magnificient CAMELLIAS takes 
to s TO) 
erent plea 
hat these obe uperb new varieties will now be offered to 
them, The Proprietor believes it will only be necessary to give 
Sum of the ee ee Horticultural Society upon 
their coer un to secure the entire confidence of the com- 
unity th 
velties in the horticultural world at h 
CAMELLIAS, which have be 
fection of form, tl masi two new Americ: s. Th gest 
Camellias were first exhibited on the 14th Feb Dey and the 
Massachusetts Horticultural Society, in their usual handsome 
manner, immedi ately signified 
merits, "by aw: heir original 
yalue of 50 das. vine following rid t from the proceedings 
of the Society comprises a full e UD of the new Camellias, 
and we therefore Place it upon record :— 
* Ata meeting pu um Massachusetts Horticultural Society; 
on Saturday, Feb. ,& vote was passed, direct the 
committee 0! Ded ie take special notice of the fine, pets 
Camellias exhibited at that time by Marshal P. Wilder, presi- 
ut of the Society. reeably to this vote, the Flower 
E submit the following report :—The pue of seed- 
ling EAE exhibited was five. Two of them were of sur- 
passing beauty and perfection. As the committee have had 
the pleasure a often examining the extensive collection of the 
President, as wellas those of other gentlemen in the vicinity, 
PAST. the most perfect varieties known among amateurs, 
y feel themselves ere k acquainted with this beautiful 
x of flowers, to judge the com} d rative merits of the seed- 
lings under pe ea ia and t e no hesitation in 
pronouncing them as varieties of the very first order, and such 
as will be difficult to surpass in this or any other xw 
The production of two such remarkable VATERS 
person, we believe unprecedented, and will reflect much Signe: 
on our President abroad, as well as upon the Society of ro 
he is the head e, therefore, recommend that a gratuity b 
awarded to the President t, for these two rb. neg des 
Camellias, and that it consist of a Piece of Plate of the value 
of PE Dp and of such form and design as he may elect.— 
. Brecx, Chairman." 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SEEDLINGS. 
No. 1. Me JAPONICA, var. WILD DERI. S ud 1} 
inches bro: and three long, oval, acuminate, ightly 
dentated, a: Edw dark green, with prominent midrib ; pedes 
short; a shrub of free, upr vight, but rather slender’ growth ; 
buds quite round, XE ‘pale- green scales ; flower medium size, 
three-and-a-half to four inches in diameter. Colour delicate 
eagle d s to 80in number, imbricated, of the most 
perfect rose- leaf e hapë, and arfinged wit exquisite- 
mn.ftiecirodmferénce to the centre; corolla very 
podiiete ent, free in its inflorescence, every flower 
nd lug perfectly, retaining ite Beauty fora 
superiority o of this variety, w mparèd 
shed favourites, the Old. "ovii. Wise pow 
"s others, is its be: Sr round petal, y 
serrature or indentation on the edge. Raised from the seed of 
the single red Camellia, fertilised by Camellia japonica, var. 
punctata ; the mother plant and all the stock, with the ex 
aon ofa Bingle graft, having been destroyed by fire, in the 
$34 
b 
3 
No. CAMELLIA. JAPONICA, var, MRS. BBY 
XOLDER, The name was given uem in. 
honour of the lady of the President. “This variety is a 
very beautiful one — a vigorous shrub of upright growth 
and strong branches ; p largo and handsome; leaves 
4 inches long, by ?$ b oad, oundish oyal, 
flexed, coarsely renis inia with 
nent midrib and nerves; yellowish vu od 
colour those of Camellia’ aponica Lady Hi 
with pale green scales ; flow erlarge, 4 TRE Es more 
meter, thick, full, and perfect ; petals of beautiful form, very 
; the exterior rows broad, cir- 
in si to the centre, 
; colour white, with an occasional 
3 after the manner of Camellia Japonica 
very round and of great dep 
ced of Camellia Japonica var, Middlemist.» 
Proprietor, now on a visit to will oceasionally 
be found at ihe Seed Warehouse of Geo. Charlwood, Esq., M. 
Tavistock-ro dpud will be received for 
tbese Two Camell ias, del n the sei autumn of 1847. 
Price Ten Guineas the pair, Gilets s left JHARLWOOD's, 
14, Tavistock-row, London, or. fo: dne eo the Proprietor, 
ale Grardensy Brighton, Massachussetts, covering 
the amount, will receive prompt attention. None but good 
strong Plants une sent; orders shall receive inmediate at- 
tention, and be served in t the order r they are receive: 
awings of these beautiful Camellias will be exhibited in 
b ondon and Paris in the month of March. Notice will be given 
n the publie papers. 
London, December 
Office, Nos. 1 and2, 
846. JAMES L. L. F, WARREN, 
remont Temple, Boston, Mass. U. S. A. 
QEEDS CORNER OF aa MOON- STREET. 
m TOMAS GIBBS and CO., 
(By Official appointment), the SEEDSMEN to thé 
ds ROYAL AG! RICUL' PES AL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND,” 
Beg to remind the Members of the Society, and Agriculturists 
in general, that their eu Counting House and Seed Ware. 
house is a e Buc of HALF- dag E EET, PIOC 
r the last Fifty Yea: 
sieultural Seeds are shige ready, and may 
Priced Lists of Age 
he he had on d on appl 
FLOW ES ee SEATS. 
OHN MORTLOCK, 250, Oxford. street, res 
announces that he has a ver 
pectfully 
Every description of useful CHIN 
VARTHENWARE a tie] Yówest a 
Oxford-street, near Hyde-park, 
ASS, and 
t possible price, for Cash.—250 
