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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
A STAMPED NEWSPAPER OF RURAL ECONOMY AND GENERAL NEws. 
THE HORTICULTURAL PART EDITED BY PROFESSOR LINDLEY. 
No. 10—1843. 
~ INDEX OF THE,PRINCIPAL 
THE L, 
Abaca desoribed 
Achimenes multifior 
Amaryllis 
nt 
Amateur’s Garden See aie 
ns order, properties of | 
ro) 
Asparagis win ‘tubes 
and 
Backho 
» Wig] on ans on 
nt ventilating, 
es, query Fespecting 
Books, Botani 
ish, ‘old, their treatmen et 135 b 
Floriditearal Set ety, rem: 
& ard °n produce 
chen aster Geen 
Guano, for ‘ru 
for n asi 
Gypsum for monia. 
Hardenbergia monophyil its 
atmei 
ating apparatus, cos! 
t 0 
Henslow, Prof hisletter to the 
farmers of Su {ifo) Ls 
Hobart Town, vegetation of 
es to prune « 
Ipswich Cucu 
Gras: 
Belladonna, i its ‘treats 
jTemarks on Killing é 
mb 
Lawson’ 0 «Treatise on cultivated y 
143 @ 
_ SATURDAY, MARCH ll. 
Price 6d. 
HORTICUL a URAL SUBJE 
ST NU; MBE. 
20, ae extracted from . 
Malt dust as a manure . 
bl tmiorvoopeee botanical 
a] poses 
5 «| Mildew, to check 
¢ 
periments with 
Norfolk Island Cabbage Pam. 
Oilcalce as a man 
Onions, good Ibs a «ah 
es, to prune 
cause of their not set- 
ting their fruit. 
rs, good kin 
Pi 
Planting, xemarr 
Prejudices of Gardener: 
Roses, their treatment in pots. 
—_ to force early 
Sandal-wood described 11 
33 ite . 
144 Sheer, to fold on Turnips 
39 ced in Cornwall 
139 a ys Fepore of 
14d 
food of plants 
a dil iutanasy of Tu 
a revi 
44a) Turnips, & food for sheep : 
a of 
+ 137a| Varnish for cotton frames’ 
144 b Vetere ble refuse asa manure . 
Verbenas, 
Vine, rust of vemarks on” 
144 — was! . 
Vriesia std ae 
0b | Walnut trees, to traniplat 
indow plants 
Year Book of Facts revd. 
Nitrate of Soda for Wheat, ex- 
1 
1 
TS IN 
oe 
anuse, Liquid, toapply toplants ida 
44 c 
ld o 
lt 
tees, Wood's deacription of 1a4 
136 
138 
1384 
144 Plante th 137 a 
Vegetable monster de- 
pnctibe . ila 
presentation by the 
PiNornitgeide Practical Gar- 
deners 140 ¢ 
Potatoes, at + ide 
Potato starch, detected in ric 
and arrowrdot by hydrochloric 
l4l ¢ 
Potting, remark here 
Raspberry, Fastolff, remarks on 130 a 
tbarh, 138 @ 
Ore a percecEs on 11 ‘ 
JOHN KEYNES, ieaniee * Salisbury: most respect- 
fully begs to thank his Friends for their support uae sel 
Dodd’s Prince of Wales,’ «Tw: 
in ordering “ 
nothing but First-rate 
”? and * 
Suow Friowsr! 
erfec- 
tion,” and to.assure them that it shall be his ate i offer 
nouncing va- 
rieties for May, 1843, he hopes to merit ‘their continued approba- 
tion and confidence. 
Favourite (ooudecen 
nest of its class: full 
peta als; large and circu 
F DAHLIAS, 
r pitas ashe ith pink; the 
centre; great depth of cupped 
lar ; not “to be surpassed for form, 
8. 
and is ‘safely ene as a grand BRON flower ; most 
1 
distinct, Plants in Ma; 
Colonel Baker (Dodds’)— 
most certain ; very deep 3 3 cuppe 
form; new eoteur ; 
ranted. Plants in May 
alk claret fine show-flower ; 
d; rising centre; finest 
ite distinct from any other. War- 
10 
Violet Perfection (Keynes) — deep’ purple, with most vivid 
light violet shade in the centre of each 
Shape and growth of 
wer is SO prominent 
© first-rate show-flow 
Paul Pry (Brown’ 3) igh 
sl ae 3 Bes nev 
Plants in May 
Vir; gil, Pang ated 
petal ; fine form ; 
Metella. The shading of this 
as mee make it indiapansavle, asa 
ranted. Plan 
exUbys fine show- Meare perfect 
w in colour, but supstion in its clase. 
k maroon ; first r 
Surprise (eae SS Boreley distinctly ‘dpned with white ; 
finest of its 
rgence (Cook Fy orshee ‘puff; frst rate i best of its 
Olour . 
Great Mogul (Attwell's) dark red Ea tae . - 
Asmodeus (Wheeler? 8) very d 
Queen of the Isles 
beautiful atone quite 
Hero of pinshense (W. 
Swindor m Rit 
En 
a e (Sheph 
\dmiral Stopfor ‘d (Lrenfield’s)— 
Twyford Perfection—shaded 
Torace (Mountjoy’s)— dar 
Albert (Adams’)—orange buff 
Prince 
a pees of Lansdowne 
Johnstone—purple 
eric 
Lady Alice Peel (Jacl 
n 
ee pane (Anselt’s 
Vel 
eae Amne M ee 7 (Catle' 
ea Borer? 
”) 
Beauty Of the Plain (Spar 
Optima ¢ (Thurteli’s 
a lowager Cooper 
on’s: 
Bumhem Se ana 's) 
ooh eat k pi 
egy Maid (Girling’s)—very dar 
Of Co omwall as ow’s) —T0 
py eit: edged with” crimson; 
e geER SEs s first. rate form. . 
crmgors 3 ies ite . 
ar 
fest yehow ee ec 
ery dark ; ice 
anes first- -ratedorin . 
(Brown’; las buff ; 
phen a rose 
eogtts) ent ‘mottled « : 
rater ie, 128. per ne 
Maria (Wheeler’s) 
Metella (Brown’s 
y’s) | Pickw Me (co ‘ormack’s) 
pHeHOnTeNOR (Whale’s) 
(Jack- Satirist (Headiand’s) 
ie Noite (Ansell’s) 
(Milliez? 
Climax (Je: 
Queen Ganon) 
WN NNYNNYNNHNWUWWWOc OE 
d. 
a 
oa 
GAA A ao 
BAGaeaaaaaccoaaaa 
eared Roney (Cormack’s) 
re f the West (Whale’s) 
2) 
Springtel Porple (Gaines’s) 
’s) 
Eclipse (Ditto) 
agement (Union) Majestic (Ditto) 
Ind aes ary’s) Duchess of Richmond(Fowler’s) 
ae ispe sable (Girling’ 's) Egyptian King (Wilmer’s) 
ade. Brown's) Gee ee Dodds’ 
ve Middleton (Jeftrey’: 8) Ne Ultra (Widnal’ 's) 
Le Grand Bedouin 
Bath (D 
Fine dry Roots of Dodd's Prince of Wale: 
Westbur, 
Perfection; 108. 5 
08.5 Tine Old Varieties, 
Unique (Ansel 
les, 155.3 
38, 6d, each 
Rival § Bosses (Standford’s) 
Springfield Rival (Inwood’s) 
Twyford 
ry Rival, 108s Adam’s Prince Albert, 
"THE FASTOLFF RASPBERRY, pRouscd by HER 
MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY eee QU. HIS GRACE 
THE DUKE OF RUTLAND, TH EEARL OF ARRIN' 
TON, THE LORD BISHOP OF LONDON, OEP VIS- 
couNT eee. =o MANY OF ae NOBIL: ins. 
Youvent & Co. eS. Hemalaiee for sale of 
the Bnav highly Heraebla Raspberry, ae the Seas ear 
Package: S$ containing 50 Canes, lJ. 5s.; 
age Included 
receipt of a 
hey ee ie refer ie readers of the 
area Chronicle to page 138 of last week’s Paper, a 2 proof 
ey have not in their 
a ought to be eval in every Bardens aD aie ngdqin 
TIONS past) Pes CO’ 
Youur & Co. are Tae executing 01 fri FOr helt collection of 
the above, which is the most ertcnelve and select in the kingdom, 
£ 
at the following prices :— s. da. 
tra-fi d first-rate show-fi 500 
Do, Do. 210 0 
25 Doi very fine Do. 300 
12 Bo. je ea) 
12 Do.» Gee fine, inal show Pinks g ) TR0 
selection being left to Y.& C 
ARAUCARIA IMBRICATA.— fine Sete Plants, 8 inches 
high, ue per dozen, or 20 guineas per 1 
to aay Dace of the United Kingdom. 
ww & Co.’s improved ConicAL 
may be eee on application: Also, Agents for 
omen 's ARTIFICIAL GUANO. 
__Great Yarmouth Nareery; Norfolk, March 9, 1843. 
__ CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS. 
M.E. RENDLE begs to offer the following mane 
sorts of FLOWER and GARDEN SEEDS. 8. d. 
500 packets of Phlox Dri peels 100 seeds aces «ae 
Ipomoea rubro cerulea,15seeds . 6 wwe DD 0 
Portulacca ote vee packet . * r . ARO 
New Spotted Digital th ey MEIEO 
Pare wie, Ras math Broccoli, much esteemed i in the Wi wae 
En . . . . 10 
Genuine ae ‘Cornish Cabbage ey = A 3 «0 AG 
Man of Xone Gaoumner,dasccdsa5 , sae a 
Forester Do. Do. . . . . . PONE 1G; 
unean en celebrated Melon Soe ae bali) 
German Stocks and Asters as importe ed. 
Balsam, very superior, double’striped, and mottled, 50 needs 50 
25 packets, choice Flower-seeds . . +10 0 
8 0. ihe iene ta Cn SE a mene Yn) 
100. ‘Do. 
Do. . . . . . + + 25 
A few papers of Berberis aquifolia, at 2s. 6d. per 100 seeds. 
General Catalogues can ‘be forwarded by post, as well as any 
packets of the above 
Union Road Nursery, Plymouth, March 8, 1843, 
, GOOD, AND CHEAP. 
wt TLLTAM Cane Moponiman, HACEEAES Kent, 
selected from # he many ne UCHSIAS and 
VERRENAG? Splendid Collections, intends erate them to the 
Public at the undernamed low prices—including the follow- 
ing Fuchsias:—Conspicua arborea (Catleugh’s), Venus victrix, 
(C ripe )» tosea alba, Moneypennii, compacta, racemiflora, &e. 
Also the following distinct Verbenas :—Queen, Aurora, Stewartii 
variczate, Mortloc Su; uperb, Burleyana, &e. &e. Fur chsias, 
10s. 6d. 
ndon.— Persons may depend upon their being 
good eee carefully packed in moss, and correct to Name. 
They will be sent out according to malate? of orders in April. 
eet tis from unknown correspondents. 
W.M. obtained a Prize of 10/., open to all England, for a 
Collection of Fuchsias, ce Aig &c., at the Isle of Thanet 
Floricultural Show, July, 1 
of Pelargoniums, aie can be had on application. 
NX EW anp SUPERB SEEDLING DAHLIAS on 
LE by F. Gat A. SMITH and Co., FLORISTS, &c., 
HACKNEY, LOND 
BIANCA, Wi eres me re white, cup petals, large size, the centre 
1 UP, very deep flower (having from 25 to 30 rows ore 
first-rate form, of excellent habit, aud very 
flowers have long upright foot-: stalks. is pronounced A 
first-class flower by the Floricultural Societe Of London, Aug. 
3, 1841; Obtained a second ieee at ihe eae London Florical- 
tural show, Sept. 14; and 
2; it obtained 
; the first prize at the Ham- 
“was ey coounced 
a first- class 
eee Uy the Floricultural sae 
perfect state, Opinions of the P: 
Sept. 24, p- 625; “This 
badiy grown during the season ; being exclusively cultivated 
jn the pele uboa neo! ar London, it neue not been fit for compe- 
tition at either of the shows forthe cup. ‘The blooms produced 
on Tuesday, tHeuER eS no means equal to those of last eae 
or the early part of the present, gave promise that it wil 
decidedly pee rate variety, mas comes into the natden of 
country growers, the centre bei: n every Eee py, 
the etels cupped, at the flower well formed.” Report 
in same paper, Oct. 1 dman’s Bianca, 2 Than has 
scarcely produced a Broo fit for snowing until the latter part 
of the season, was in fine condition, a great number of blooms 
being shown, the whole of them firs rate e.” See Report in the 
Florists’ Hee of Nov. last, p. 251; “ We some httle time since 
paid a visit to Messrs, Smith's, Rnecres at Hackney ; the 
Dahlias tie in fine Pore though evidently struggling 
with the smoke, &c., of that confined district. Too much 
create parol be given to uhese ane emen for their strenuous 
exertions to overcome so great stacie. In the collection 
ifen is large, we particularly noticed that beautiful white, 
wildness ‘Ss Bucs quer were several plants of it, and all held 
KE Y ‘i let crimson, fine cup 
ower eT LINGTON, Smith, rich scarle 
DEKE ¢ the centre well up, is of great depth and substance, a 
} te flower, a ver: y profu: 
has oblained a prize al 
Seatac Ieditor’s opinion in the Gardeners’ Chronicle, Sept. 
eit g. “In the Duke of Wellington, rich scarlet crimson, the 
es is full, although a little “depressed, and the petals. are 
ster 
wore erties: it is a desirable flower, and rich in colour.’” 
stalks ; 
6, obtained a prize at Salisbury Plain, Aug. 31; a prize 
Sate Essex, ae 8; a prize at Kingston, Sept. 15; aprize 
at Victoria Gardens, Stepney, 
t of those exhibit 
m in a considerable degree. death the best of 
eS is Smith’s Sir Robert Sale, a beautifully-formed ae 
ver, shown at both mieetilesy but not adjudicated on by 
Floricaltural Society, on account of no more than one tie 
ditor’s opinion, Gardeners’ Chronicle, 
r crimson purple Dahlia (Sir R. Sale) isa flower 
‘e well up, 
form, very constant and good habit. This Di 
the best of its colour yet offered to the public. As the stocl 
very limited, early application is necessary to secure plants, 
many orders having already been received; no allowance on 
this variety. 
RAINBOW, Smith, “yellow, beautifully edged with rosy purple, 
of good form, very constant, free bloomer, say excellent habit ; 
the flowers have long straight footstalks ; new and dis- 
tinct variety from any other in ealiGatlons, “The form of this 
flower improves as the season advances, sufficient to constitute 
it a show flower. 
ORION, Smith, light yellow, cupped Bi oe good form, very 
constant, and profuse bloomer; 3 78. 
FANNY WAUGH, Forster, eer alae, ahd ae form; it bas 
obtained a first-class prize ate am, and was eons me second 
stand of 18, and the second o Petngaes at the e place; 
was plac: d first in its class ae the. Dahlia Show aad Conbcitge, 
and oe at the Great North of England Open Show at Jes- 
mond, ar Newcastle. This variety is ver octets of 
medium zs, great pee: of petals, the centre well up, and of 
good general habit ; s. 6d. 
deep purple, cup petals, ria 
SULTANA, Appleby, cee ete occasionally aeiped with 
light purple, fine form. 
ORYNTHIA, blush cage ata ‘tipped with rosy purple; good 
form; 4ft. 10s. 6d, 
GREAT WESTERN, Bragg, shaded purple, very large, good 
PERPETUAL. ( GRAND, Brown, maroon, fine form, 10s. 6d. 
BELSIZE RIVAL, Pipe, rey Siush, euP petals, fine form, good 
habit, and very constant ; is. 6d. 
SURPRISE, Oakley, anal aed dwith white ; 4ft. 10s. 6d. 
EMPRESS "OF WHITES, G. Smith, creamy white, good form, 
very dwarf grower; 2 ft. 10s. 
CONE DENCE Cook, shaded orange, good form, very constant, 
fe habit; 4 ft. 7s. 
Roe bane maroon, good shape, very constant; 4 ft. 
WINDMILL HILL HERO, aullst, ao ee) crimson, cup petal, 
round shape, good form; 4 
VAN AMBURGH, Saeed ee ae, fea shape, and constant 
show flower, 3 ft. 10s, 6d. 
2a we Bushel, ae crimson, cup petals, and very constant; 
Noute eye Evans, deep crimson, cup petals, and fine 
‘orm; has taken several prizes; sft. 7s. 6d. 
ESSEX TRIUMPH, Turville, fine dark, fine form ; 4ft. 10s. 6d. 
BEAUTY OF ae Mitchell, white, deeply edged with car- 
mine; 4ft. 10s. 6d. 
MRS. JAMES RICHARDSON, Edwards, blush white, occasion- 
several prizes, 4ft. 10s. 6d. 
d form, 4ft, 10s. Fi 
MIRANDA, pens bus! 78. 
QUEEN OF SUMMER, creamy rite with crimson ania tip 
and ives centre, good form. 10s. 6d. 
RETRIEVER, Dewar, ruby crimson, fine er 4ft. 10s. 6d. 
IMOGENT, , Dew ar, lilac, first-rate, 2 ft. 
Git, , Forster, white, tipped with neey pink, fine form, 
af : ae 
pe MOGUL, Atwell, deep maroon, 4 ft. 10s. 6d. 
F, and A. S. and Co. take fee Spel aes of informing those 
of their: friends who may n‘ ware of it, that their Dahlias 
eing grown in the Tenoudte: vicinity of London, they cannot 
produce their blooms in such perfection as those who have every 
advantage of a country situation; added to this, their Plants 
so infested with the 
were rane August to the cae of September : eeeie specimen of 
Wildman’s 
Ca 
roof of this, at the first show bs ‘ompeti- 
tion, they could not produce a Bloom; at the Salt-hill’ (the 
second), and the florioult ea ee eects 
compete 
aaa is eg ere fine blooms in profusion, so as to 
ty-fou ve fine blooms at the Evening 
, when it was pronounced a 
first-class flower lusion, aey peer Bianca asa 
t-rate qualities, and second to 
2 the Same observations as regard the th et ip may be applied to 
Rival Yellow; and having aut three plants, they had not an op- 
ty to compete ‘fot Di 
ae PECIOSA, Pie, colour bright vermilion, with 
jarge e trusses, ay Ren free ss of strong 
on. Plant: 
PAULONIA IMPERIALTS; 3 Strong plants, in 60-sized pots, in 
A ae ‘Collection of Pelargoniums, comprising most of the new 
varictie: also Seen Ericas, Calceolarias, Can ellias, 
Greenhouse and Stove Plan’ 
Orders for Exportation roa executed. rp ek refer- 
ence required from unknown correspondent’ 
PELARGONIUMS, AURICULAS, CARNATION , PICOTEES, 
id SELECT 
H GROO , Cla ham- Rise, 1 ne re “London Cae us 
© from W: oe orth), by Appointment Florist to Her M 
begs to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and Public, that his 
logue of new and fine PELARGONIUMS, &e., is ready, and may 
be had on application. 
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