THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. | 
A STAMPED NEWSPAPER OF RURAL ECONOMY AND GENERAL NEWS. 
THE HORTICULTURAL PART EDITED BY PROFESSOR LINDLEY. 
No. 45.—1843. 
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 
Price 6d. 
1 INDEX OF THE ae ee HORTICULTURAL SUBJECTS IN 
HE LAST NUMBER: 
matenr's Garden, Ni os XLIV. 778.4 | Melocactns communis, treat: 
ute m majus, var. quad- ent off fC z 
ricolor > 74a | Milton Lodge, gardens noticed tba 
Apples and Pears, to keep + T7176 Mise, treatment of 777 b 
App me le-tree, instance of late nions, great eight of + 778d 
eving of ce men Tt 
Aguileggia Siein 775.4 soi 7b 
Bees, hive of in aioe wood . 7756 | Paper, ‘adhesive, for drying 
Bickes’ method of seed-om ing, plants + Nia 
Bin lure of. 775d Pelargoniums, listo + 7b 
Bignonia Yenusta, toprune 77a Nea by’ . TT ¢ 
Books, remar . Tita 10 grow as Sacre rds 773 ¢ 
Botanic al works just published 775 b | Pineapples, query: respecting 
_ Galceolarias, Tia | mode of growing 173 ¢ 
Catalogue of Noses, Lane and Hewell, plan and 
6 Son’s, rey. 276 b 772d 
lover Dodder, to separate the Plants in pots, to apply. Jiguid 
cae from those of Lucerne. 77ia| manure to M6 
On las, to cut down ai stems 777 a = remarks on s 
panes orn Gr 75 growtl ; vii 1 at $ 
‘ion in Germany, ; school Plants, ane of, for a sontl Pa! a7 
wegearailie et aralearantba coe 
for minute examination. 777 
Byes Bee ce 6 Potatoes, great produce of =. 774 b 
Pins, rem: marks 0 Si.707 ai | Bovecaiwunnosemeknonses 78 ¢ 
1.) John Dory, remarks on | 773 ¢ | Red spider, to destroy N77 b 
lowers, vagaries of 775 b | Rham, A.M., Rev. William 
ofa eee anic,, of University ~ Lewis, death of . iia 
a Seu to make” 
a bed for é seeps 
Gara len-pots, best form of Rosa Hardii 
‘ooseberries, table w ith weights I 
Wi4a\ Se 
Greembous in Canada, lass to ‘ St to mani aie 
Wa marks on planting 774 b 
Gypsum, tix “ammonia “in 77” Pitrentmient of, for 
2 ce : late 718 ¢ 
Hott 10 destroy milde Tansy Circulation of hot water 
‘ouses, at atmosphere of eae, TA b 
rink and ventilating, &e. Trosohel, Dr, his mission to 
Tridacee remarks California 
of ve Cape, noted on culture Tulip-root, a Fount 
Jelly, B 774.4 | Lurtle-doves, aan in, query 
aly, B aieke receipt for cure for » + 7788 
Tohn De 774 b| Vegetable matter, to apply a: 
yin De yo xvations o 778 b janure in afresh state. 771 b 
remai 
71 a | Verbenas, to stand 
i nc ersiatey, Water; a non-conductor 
a ts elation to Commerce, Weeds in ponds 
ny Siology, and Agricu Wheat on the me and year 
ee 7 fter 3 ex nts with 
manureson . 772 b 
ia gracilis, to propagate | 773 ¢ 
Melons, cause of canker ia | it 
SSS 
FASTOLFF RASPBERRY. x 
OUELL anp CO. have much nlseeuree 18 announcing 
hey ae now ready for sending to any part of the United 
fine Canes of the above highly valanaie and much ee 
its fruit ait iti ep eane ed for the extraordinary size o! 
THE 'ATRONISED BY HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY 
THe QUEEN, HIS ter We THE DUKE OF RUTLAND, 
0: fone OF HARRINGTON, THE EARL OF LIVER- 
Ago THE aes BISHOP OF LONDON, LORD VIS- 
the HORT ORION, LORD Rone &c, &e,, as well as by 
A e HORT, SOCIETY OF LONDON. 
‘or further Peraoulans they beg to rete: to elt Advertisement 
week : Prices oe fol 
pekeaes attic Ay Cant . 
” ” : 
‘ Neenced td 20 
The caine discount to the Trade, when not 
an 200 are ordered. 
FINEST CARNATIONS anv PICOTEES, 
OUELL anv CO. beg to refer the readers of the 
nave a Chronicle to their Extensive List, with Prices, 
ee 5s. 0d. 
ee Ce 
Package included. 
les: 
Advertising saree 706 and 707, of this Paper, of October the ith, 
and will be found to contain every ee worthy of cultivation, 
‘rices as follow: 
12 pair of good a Bes ss ll 4s od 
12 ditto fine e 110 o 
itt dit 
a ato extra fine a very, jguperior ditto 1) 2 Fd "i 
00 
“The selection being Sate to Yousun and. co. 
ARRIVAL ay EEK HYACINTHS anp orner BULBS, 
OUEL D Co. beg respectfully to announce they 
the ay, Pescven ion Haarlem their annual importation of 
Forcin pond most. st excellent condition, adapted une for Glasses, 
Pie nie or she toe pao 
A, Blue, White, Saona ay te. pen doay 
Qs. to 12s, 45 
185. 4y 
Extra f fin 
Extra here a very superior Ditto 
The selection being left to Yourn1 & Co. 
Catalogues may be had on application, 
ARAUCARIA IMBRICATA. 
OUELL ano CO., possessing the most extensive 
ment Stock in the country of the above Splendid Hardy Orna- 
te ie ‘Tree, beg to offer them on the following advantageous 
100, is —Fine robust 4-year old plants, 8 to 9 inches high, 10/. per 
» OF 308, per dozen.—Great Yarmouth Nursery, Nov, 9, 1843. 
DIRECTIONS Fo FOR GROWING LISIANTHUS RUSSELLI- 
A NUS SUCCESSFULLY, BY 
J MES CUTHILT, Frorist, Denmark Hill, Cam- 
is theres London. The Lisianthus Russellianus sent home 
deen fo, + Drummond, from the warm vallies of Saxes, has 
Brown ound S require a peculiar mode of treatment, and havi ing 
lake ate these four years with the greatest success, 
Been is year having nearly 600 blossoms upon it; and Eoleeat 
Dlang eawested to publish my treatment of this mos i 
Breet’ by some oj 
the pi Pleasure ae doing, and sending a packet o 
ean directions, at the low price of 2s. 6d. 
rn 1D Ve from 2s. to 5s. sath Also, the true Beech- ‘wood Melon, 
i i ar atay ereloms le) Early Improved Black Spine Cu- 
T, at 2s. 6d. 
a the Seed of isan as Russellianus will be quite ripe and 
a a Send out by about the middle of December. Orders with 
ittance will be punctually attended to. 
To GENTLEMEN PLANTING. — A Gentleman 
NDER 
U) 
ESPECIAL PATRONAGE 
OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY, THE QUEEN DOW- 
AGER, HER ROYAL PSN Ese THE DUCHESS OF KENT, 
THE RIGHT H HON. LOR: OTTENHAM, THE EARL OF 
ORFORD, ae EARL Or RADNOR, COUNTESS OF ZET- 
LAND, &c. 
A Letter, of wi ae the following is a copy, has been received from 
the Honorable William Ashley, Pie eNEe to the Queen. 
Str, Pavilion, February 2nd, 1837. 
commanded by the Queen to acknowledge the receipt of 
& Dasket of Tobolsk Rhubarb, sent by you for her Majesty’s ac- 
ceptance, and to say that its excellent qualities fully justify the 
high character you had previously given it. 
remain, Sir, reas Sbediene homels Seats 
(Signed) 1 ASHLEY. 
To Mr. William Youell, islaiienene! E eulchivany Y arenes 
OUELLS’ CELEBRATED TOBOLSK RHU- 
BARB. ere pre esteemed varicty will be found to be 
the earliest of a’ y sorts, as well as the most hardy,—As a 
proof of its exthaordinery precocity, it has been sendy for ‘Tarts, 
&c., the 20th of February, on the open border, in a very exposed 
situation, and continued to produce its fine lereee Stalks till 
September. It would be useless to eulogise its merits auc 
than the great demand for it, together with the many high tes' 
monials of approbation received, claim forit a decided duperiority - 
The TOBOLSK RHUBARB may be grown in boxes or pots, in 
any common garden-monld, or cniveloped in Damp Moss, and 
placed in a Closet, Dark Cellar, the back fire-room of a Hothouse, 
or forced in the open border, under the same treatment as Sea 
Kale, and watered occasionally, where it will prodace its aos 
of a beautiful transparent delicate pink, containing a rich vi 
ntey pulp, exempt from the medicinal flavor objestionatle: in 
‘ts; and when cooked, retains its beautiful colour, which 
ers it an elegant addition, as well as a delicious luxur ry; 
the table, at a season when Fr ruits are unattainable. Roots planted 
the latter part of November will be ready for cutting in Cea 
A fresh box brought in every three weeks will afford a 
qepeiy) and the plants, when done with, may be ken out “ot the 
boxes and replanted in the open groun: nd, and may be again cut 
for use in we summer, and re-placed in the cellar, es in Nov. 
cots for forcing this season, 12s. per 
g Great Yanniouth Nursery, Nov. 9, 1843, 
e 
FLORIST TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, 
DLBY, whose opinions will be founded at pages 721, 
Mr. 
ire id ae follows :=“ M. R.—Your seedling No. 25 is quite a 
novelty; it is a beautiful, distinct, and desirable wernt? the 
colour is a soft decided blue, mottled with white and spotted with 
rose; these gradually disappear, and leave the ate lower a beautiful 
blue, mottled with white ; in this state the flower dies. It ae 
be an acceptable addition to Sh aoe class.” It will b 
figured in ‘* Paxto ne Botanical Magaz 
Plants im sprin. 's. Gd. each, Taciiding case and postage ; 
me usual allowance re “the t trade, when three or more are taken 
once, Orders will be executed in rotation. 
. has plants of his ‘‘ Fireball’? Geranium, now ready, at 
58. each, postage pe te to any part of He paper om 
N. B—. strong Plants of most of ee ss 
be had. Providence BLES sy Ramsgate, ad Nov. 7,1 
HYACINTHS AND OTHER BULBS 
UMPHREYS’ COMPOUND, agolicatile to all 
Greenhouse Plants, to Hyacinths and other Bulbs, and to 
promote the eee of Seeds, Sold in bottles” Is. Od. 
each, by FLanacan & Son, Mansion-house-street ; 
McMULLEN, Leadenhall- au! W. CrarK, Bishopsgate- Within; 
Gorpon, THomrson, an KETT, Fenehureh- street ; 
try and Co., Covent Gardeity Bes an A: 
Cuaniwoon, Tavistock-row ; W. J. Nurrina, 46, Cheapside; G, 
LAWRENCE, 18, Piccadilly; Joun Kernan, Great Russell-street, 
Covent Garden ; Lockuarr, 156, Cheapside ; SHUTTLEWorrTH, 
Pantheon; Minirr, ants, and Nasu, 63, Strand; TuarcuEer 
and Son, Islington ; Tuomas WATKINSON, ‘Market-place, Man- 
chester ; PArtry, Leeds son and Son, Edinburgh; and 
other leading SeepsMmeEn in town and ene Wholesale ise 
Davy, REG Nl, and Type esi 
H. CORSTEN, Frorist To > HER Masesry, 1 ae 
« Davies-street, Ber keley~ square, has for sale Boxes ¢ con. 
taining the undernanicd DU! ROOTS, 2 nal 
the quantity at 1/.—remittance requires 
cinths, for water or pots; 25 Early Tu 
cissus, 3 sorts; 25 Double Anemones, 2 Iris 
anglica, new; 12 Double Jonquils, 12 Gladiolus, 12 Fritillariaes 
100 Mixed Crocus, anal 160 Double Snowdrops. 
PELARGONIUM.—* BASKET’S EXQUISITE.” 
HALLY, Nurseryman and Frorist, Blackheath, 
J. Kent, begs to inform his Friends that he has the above now 
each, with the usual Seheheic to the 
Trade. It was raised by Mr. Baskev, Gardener to H.R.H. the 
Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester, and i eainea the 
prize for Seedling Pelar: goniums at the West Kent Horticultural 
Society’s June Show, 1843; it was also shown and universally 
ater o the June Exhibitions both at Chiswick and Regent’s 
=) 
4o 
Park. e following character is given of the above in the 
Gar ene * Chr ‘onicle of July 1, ‘ Notices to Correspondents :»— 
«J, H. B.—The large Seedling is a very showy varie! 
thi 
object in 
flowers ue large; it trusses finely, and will form a fine o 
3 the upper petals 
the Greenhouse,” &c. ‘The colour is clear 
Peing about t ke alterations in his grounds in the y: > well covered, with but little feathering visible; the under 
Cy out to make alterations ct he vicinity | are w + 
wton, has the following trees and shrubs to dispose at lp petals are broad 1 and round, and the flower altogether of a 
Malmes from 12 to 16 feet in height; Scarlet and Double | good shape- 
Yhite Thorns, from 6 to 12 feet, with fine flowering tops; : H | is J. H. takes the pr eset opportunity of nla) those friends 
Ver: T, Mountain Ash, &e. fro 16 feet; about 50 
Fine fine variegated Box, 6 feet, and branched to the ground. 
Gutiaer noses ne ews, Chinese ules we, Laurels, Lilacs, 
ae Bes . &e, The abov 
rap ‘o Mr. McArruur, Narseryman, Maida ul, Edgeware- 
| 
arin have kindly order “Pippr’s PRINCES s Roya Cing- 
RARIA,’’ adv ertised last Sane that in consequence of unforeseen 
il-success in potting his stock of it, he will not be able to send 
any of it out before the spring, when due notice will be given, 
Also, will be ready by the middle of November, Cinerarta 
sUBCHRULEA—a delicate white tipped with azure: plant of yery 
fine robust habit. 58, cach. 
Ww. WOOD anv SON Thee leave to remind their 
Friends that the present month is best suited to the 
removal of ROSES; and, possessing an im: 
season, they are enabled to offer them in any quantity, on the 
following very adyant eee terms, the selection of the kinds 
being left to W. W. and So per doz. per 100. 
Snperior Seta ees . . . . 24s, 7 10s. 
Half-standa: . ° . - 12— 40 
Half- aeaoder dee very fine ° . . . - 188 — 6 oO 
Half-standards, very superior . . . es ee S|) 
Dwarfs, he baited, oronownroots . is fog — 210 
Dwarfs, ¢ . — 3 15 
Dwarfs, eee ne and very soperior . — 60 
Climbing and Noi: 3. to 2 — 210 
e above will e sent of cits fee eae sorts, and of 
luxuriant growth, 
Cormack’s Prince Albert Bes, at 3s. 6d. 
per quart. Please address, Woodlands Nursery, Maresfield, near 
Uckfield, Sussex.— Woodlands, ee 4, 1843 
es CRIPPS eeupecttll begs to offer, (in addi- 
‘ion to those ree octet ne ee former Advertisements, ) 
CHOICE STANDARD ROSES, . per dozen, the selection 
being left to himself. eed eer Rove can be had at the Cata- 
logue Prices. The New CLOTH OF GOLD ROSE, 21s. each, 
Tunbridge Welis, Kent, Nov. 9, 1843, 
T RIVERS, Jun., respestly announces that his 
. CATALOGUE OF S, No, 2, which contains all the 
old-esteemed aaa is now meaty for delivery. geo ations 
np R also penn: 
T. R. als 
'E, or ‘‘ The Queen,” which 
he saw in Bivow near ree i hes 30th of fee, September can re 
> 
oe n America it has a very high charac.- 
ee flowers bright pink, ‘large and double, produced in large 
cluste: 
The side new varieties were not inserted in the catalogue, 
as T. R. now makes it a rule not to insert any Roses but such 
as have bloomed in his possession. A full description of La 
Reine ae ue found in the new edition of the “‘ Rose Amateur’s 
_ Sawbridgeworth, abe Paik 1843, 
KITLEY, Tyneontten Vale Rafael Bath, begs to 
* inform the Public that he is now re ady to send out his 
much-admired Collection of SEEDLING HOLLYHOCKS, 18 
blooms of which won the silver goblet given by A. Lawrance, 
Esq., and the first of 24 blooms in the Society’s prizes at the 
Victoria Park, and also an extra prize at the Bristol and Clifton 
Show. The best selected, “a8 named, 1/, 1s,, the second-best 
do., 12s., the third do., 6s. p es 
JK, ha as now ready fue healthy plants of his SEEDLING 
PANSY, “ Lyncombe Vale Rival,” at 5s. each; (sce this Paper of 
tee atk May, 1843.) aeons SEEDLING CACTUS (speciosa 
Superba), 10s. 6d. per plant; (see this Paper of 17th June, 1843). 
rders received at Mr. Nurrive’ 's, Seedsman, 46, Cheapside, 
London, and at the Nursery, as aboye. A remittance from 
Bakovyn ‘ontene evar will be expected. 
at OSEPH SMITH, Tansley Nursery, near Matlock, 
Derb ip s respectfully to draw the attention of Noble- 
ae ee others, to his NURSERY STOCK, upon so 
d Date of Derbyshire. The stock 
and suitable for planting 
Upon poor enpeeedl lands. The stock consists of Forest and Fruit, 
Trees, Flowering Shrubs and Ornamental Trees, Roses, Ever- 
8reens, and Hardy American Shrubs. 
Priced Catalogues to be had on Se 5 
EXHIBITION SO CHRYSANTHEMUM 
YHANDLER anv NS, Nensiasoaht, ‘Vauxhall, 
London, beg to state eat their Collection is now in bloom, 
and will continue in perfection during the present month. 
BROMPTON PARK NURSERY.—ESTABLISHED 1681. 
‘RAY, ADAMS, ann HOGG, respectfully call the 
attention of their customers to the extensive Stock of 
DWARF, STAN NDARD, and TRAINED FRUIT-TREES, FIGS, 
&c., articles for which their Nursery has been so 
long ia aeee and which are this season even finer than they 
have been for so‘se years past; also a large collection of Ever. 
i Shrubs; select new stove and greenhouse 
ni al eaapuee 
arian on Sjared that what orders their friends may favour 
them with, vain Bie the greatest care and give the utmost satis- 
fae} tion.- —Ke d, London. 
“CARNATIONS, $, PICOTEES, AND PINKS 
ESSRS. N. anp B. NORMAN’S CATALocur of 
Show varieties, with which they have gained 99 Prizes 
this ee se can be had on pre-paid application.—Bull-fields, 
Woo! 
0 GROWERS OF PANSIES, TULIPS, &c. 
A pe FRY ER begs to remind the growers of PANSIES 
he can now supply strong Plants from his extensive 
Collection iGatelce us of which will be forwarded free on appli- 
cation), and seed fi o., at 2s. 6d., 58., and 10s. per packet. 
n oo eras: “Collection of Tulips, Carnations, Picotee: 
Pinks, New Fuchsias, Verbenas, and a general Collection “Of 
Dutch Roots, aliof which are particularly fine, and at moderate 
ee F-can likewise supply good Plants of bis hs THUNBERGIA 
Fryer, at fe each, or seeds foe the sami 5s. per packet, 
containing six seeds, or 2s. 6d. for three sheds’ ante be sent 
by post, fri “3 on receipt of a past polttce order. 
Clarendon Nursery, Camberwell, London, Nov. 10, 1843 
NCULUSES, HYACINTHS, &c, 
T GROOM E Gustibatt Rise, nea 
ace + from W valworth) b °y APPOINT MENT FLORIST TOUR 
‘ eauti ily (Lilium lancifoli 
es stock a the sea New Lily ifolium) anda 
fine collection of Auriculas, which he can supply at very moderate 
prices. 
