THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
A STAMPED NEWSPAPER OF RURAL ECONOMY AND GENERAL NEWS. 
THE HORTICULTURAL PART EDITED BY PROFESSOR LINDLEY. 
No. 24—1843. 
- SATURDAY, JUNE 17. 
Price 6d. 
INDEX OF THE PRINCIPAL power nail SUBJECTS IN 
THE ae NUMBER. 
Aberdeenshire Horticultural So- Hawthorn, curious variation in 
agety its exhibition 893 a ane blossoms o + 801 b 
Abutilon sein, culture of . 400 b Highelere, new seedling Rhodo- 
Porntuation, remarks abou dendrons ai EG 
889 ¢ | Horn-: slug, its usefulness j in de- 
stroying other slugs,&e, 880 ¢ 
Horsetail, how toremove it from 
wa} land . a 
Horticultural Sosiety, mesting es 
92 ¢ 
Age “ort ural Society of Solly’s 
ae WProceedings ofthe. 33a] last chemical jectuee atthe. 992 
Anagailis  Beewreri, totice of . 400 2 
Paragus, sale be ple » 3874 its 
387 a nan riya 
Ae Taboureteconclu 
et 01 
39, 
April ral Society ‘eeagins 
= 
collector,Mr.Hai 
urease eaeeTors a 
rap’ of veesbonin 392 @ 
400 > Indian con How to + 4004 
Insects, informati mab ou! ~ 400 5 
03 b | Khat-plant, description and uses 
+ 400 5 | of the 301 b 
ae ie 200 b, 801 ¢ | Kidney. r-beanss, their v value for 
ir early swarming . 391a| growing in the gardens of the 
Conia coccinea, description poor « B87 ¢ 
pita treatment of 396 a | Lancaster Horticultural Society, 
ose ham Horticultural So- exhibition of the » 805 b 
alge show of the 393 b | Linnean Society, meeting of the 503 @ 
Calendar of Operations for the Liverpool Horticultural 
stipe wee 309.a| ‘bition vi 
ose Lobelia grinus granaifirs, hal its 
helen it by seed 400 @ | and cultur 396 a 
tenham Horticultural So. Manual o of Br 
© how 393 ¢ abington’s, re 3 
aesant Tulip Show . |. 3944 | Manures, wake on feming 09 ¢ 
Mulb i 
Cockroas ‘abou 
@ e3, how to get rid of 396 b 
penn Hostcitaral Society, its 
‘val ‘show of the Royal Pela gon, “disease in. the 
ortentural Society of Ba + 400 b 
*0 t-garden market,reporton 399 c Patarve pees on alternating ‘them 
tae Cheorum, how to culti- rit Wheat-crops « 388 a 
oN 891 c | Rendle’ssystem of tank-heating, 
evon and Cornwall ‘Hortienl- remarks upon ” 390 a 
fural ies 
Society, show of Rotes in Bota, on m the exhibition 
of, at Chis: - 390 ¢ 
* Horticultural 
Society, show of the 895, 
how tomake a tasteful one 396 y 
atens, treatment of. 890 
ch Horticultural Soci iety" A 
ition 
Popeihire' H ata ee 
D, 394 ¢ 
Bronce Brouarheehediiear te 
ian. Horticultural So- Salvia 
+ 895 b Sand 
302 @ 
Er; 92 " 396 @ 
aad hhvina crite -galli, how to ales managemen ntof —. 4004 
Panmpigate 400 b | Squirrels, their value as de- 
subdive Bixrious effects of thet royers of insects in Fir- Ba 390 a 
Pigs, hi 387 b Testacelin Mane ei, its us 
Hie ‘on treat ng 400 a) gar 
20 Wwers, new seedlings Thawing. plants; observations 
ried tie 0c | about aol @ 
iy nes n, anodes of effecting Theory of Horticulture, Ge 
Garden-fnes 891 b| translation of Li indley’s, San 
oft iti description of, ite r 898 ¢ 
3 ‘lips, Mx. ' 
atdening’ entiguitics of, from, 0° Golding’ 8 calle ion 
git ancient Ms b 
fantham Horticultural Society, Watton aes 
la HOE ite epplisation«'. | Wiieute how tor inerekes tus 
none Hortieutoiral aces Winter fowers list ‘of 8 fow 
faites Horiutirats Speer | Wontiauiein feeding cattle, 
eee oe Mtuial Society, | Wrens, habit Bob 
395 a 
Rovau BOTANIC SOCIETY OF LOND ON) 
Regante Pay W of Plants and Flowers, for 1843, Inn 
il 7. 
8 Park, Wepnuspays, June 28 and July 19, anal oO nalgee 
value ae zes to be awarded are Mupaxs and PLATE, varying in 
lowe OM 10s. to 15/., the total FORE Gh for Plants and 
Fallows and 10, 108, "for toall Com, 
‘lo’ 
Upon el 
Schade xbibition after 2 Gates 108 
oe ees 
m at the Gardens, or at 28, Reg ONE 
Br onder of the cannes SD. C ‘sowenny, Secretary. 
Ftoxicunruran SOCIETY OF LONDON.— 
‘© Meeting on Tuxspay, the 20th inst., will take place at 
and Pe, » When Prizes will be awarded for Seedling Pinks, Pansies, 
Clargoniums, together with first and second Prizes for the 
cimens of Pinks i in classshowing. The seedling Pelargo- 
to be exhibited on the plant. Communications to be 
© the Secretary, to whom any specimens may be for- 
emb, 'Y Members or otherwise, carriage-paid. 
Otheryy} er 4s may introduce their ifs by written orders, o: 
rowan 2. ©. Winoman, Hon 
——2Wn and Anchor Vavern, St ee om une 18, 1843. 
eect PINK A 
ND HEARTSEASE ae = 
ow 
May be had on prepaid applica ton. 
» Warts, Hon. Sec, 
Cro: 
Wa Hotel, Slough, June 15, 1843. 
MERICAN PLANTS.—WATERER’S SPLENDID 
Patro; EGON King’s Road, Chelsea, under the apecial 
a H. the Duchess of Gloucester enon, Nett 
R ‘ann hie e, is now in high perfection. ‘pwar 
fy ey many 10 to 12 feet high, completely eLiwarie | 
to eet Oducing one of the most brilliant scenes ever offered 
One Siig" Oven daily, Sundays excepted. Admittance, 
NOW ( ON | SHOW, AT 
OUEL & Co.’s ee Great Yarmouth, a 
of Nine, endid Specimen of the’ CHSIA ST. CLARE, upwards 
Ww eet in Ciroumference;: tite re covered with bloom, to 
ants to tag speueettany invite admirers of this clegant tribe or 
spect, June el 
eELLoW RUODOD 
LYconsn, PINCE, & Co 
as thet Sale of this ene 
Brey Pnrehased from Mr. Sut 
w 
ir x Medal, and have sriniaied mee soe 
iv a 
OD. BNR ye aopenciel upon as being the true ‘Ry 
anes 'M,” or Smith’s Yellow Rhododendron,— 
FLORISTS TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER. 
NEW AND SUPERB FUCHSIAS. 
OUELL & Co. have much pleasure in referring the 
readers of the Gardeners’ Chronicle to their select List of the 
above elegant tribe of plants, which appeared on the front adver- 
tising page of this Roe of the 27th ult. hey are now ready to 
be sent out per post, free, (on n the r receipt of a post-office order,) 
to any bart of the United. pe upon the following terms : 
12 fine show varieties, . 12s. extra fine and very supe- 
12 ew fine ditto . 16s. rior + + B18. 
The selection being left to Your & Co. 
Great Yarmouth Nursery, Norfolk, June 14, 1843. 
ef TO PANSY GROWERS. 
PEARSON, having a fine Stock of his BLACK 
° PRINCE PANSY, will, on receipt of a Post-office order for 
5s., send it to any part of the Kingdom in a tin-box, post-free.— 
Chilwell Nurseries, near Nottingham. 
MAGNIFICENT NEW FUCHSIA, 
“FUCHSIA EXONIENSIS.” 
UCOMBE, PINCE, & Co., beg leave to call the 
autention of the Public to a very superb New Fuchsia, which 
has bee! rom seed in the Exeter Nursery, and which they 
have no > hesitation 1 in saying is decidedly the finest variety ever 
produced ; indeed, it is at once admitted Ls be so by all who see 
The 
EW FUCHSIAS or 18. 
W. MILLER pee a_ limited Naaber, of all the new 
* FUCHSIAS at half their advertised prices ; as Epssii, 5s. ; 
St. Clare, 5s.; Brockmania, 3s. 6d.; Bal 
3s. 6d.; Rogersiana, 3s. 6d. 
Pulcherrima, 3s. 6d.; Iveryana, 3s. 6d. ; oO eae 2s. 6d. ; 
King, 3s. 6d.; Gem. 38. 6d.; Detmisiana, 28. 6d. ; 
of the older varieties, at 108. 6d., &c., 
VERBENAS at half-price; to include case and postage to any 
part of the United aye Orders accompanied by a remit- 
tance executed in rotatioi 
Providence Nursery, soe Kent. 
and consist of 500 varieties. Orders taken for the plants w! 
bloom, and delivered in November next. Admittance gratis. 
Nursery within three miles of London, Loughborough-road, 
North Brixton. 
SPLENDID NEW PELARGONIUM—‘“‘ THURTELL’S PLUTO.” 
UCOMBE, PINCE, & Co., are happy to inform the 
Public that they have made arrangements with Capt. Thur- 
tell for the sole possession of the Stock of this unrivalled Flower, 
and shall be able to execute orders for it early in October next. 
The following Opinion, given ii 
Pelargonium, in leners’ Chronicle of the 20th May last, 
renders it quite unnecessary for them to say more than that it is 
a most eg Retin decided % step in that peculiar class 
good collections, and will give satisfaction to 
it, who are a wie admiration of its n 
flowers are exceedin; y large, being neteee as well as broader 
than those of any o' Baie Fuchsia, fad are of very firm, thick, 
waxy substance. The tube and sepals are of a rich scarlet. 
crimson colour, opening freely and well displaying the corolla, 
which is widely-expanded and of a fine violet-blue colour, dif. 
fering greatly from all other hybrid Fuchsias. The whole habit 
of the plant is exceedingly good leaves are thick, glossy, 
and of a Laurel-like texture; it blooms abundantly, and the 
flowers hanging gracefully upon long peduncles, clear and dis- 
pine Peak the foliage, appear to great advantage ; it flowers well 
n the open border, and is veils hardy The original Seedling 
Plant i ‘3 Noe flowering in tl r Nursery, and may be seen 
Hs ear ages Gams who cails a ae will also be shownatthes next 
xhi ondon Horticultural Society, 
al ite toner healthy plants will be ready for adivers on 
the 10th of August next, at 10s, 6d. each, and pels sent by post, 
carefully packed in tin cases. Orders will xecuted strictly 
according to the pH erty of their reception. The t usual discount 
to the Trade if six plants are ordered. 
-—This seedling Fuchsia was raised last summer, has been 
fully proved, and will give satisfaction to all who purchase it,— 
Exeter Nursery, June 1, 1843. 
SUPERB CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
OUELL & Co., in offering their List of Carysan- 
THE, se (for which, see their advertisement in this Paper 
st.), to the notic event ateurs, and those who intend 
competing ae the pupa tales i present season, 
beg to observe, they nae Pane recautions for excluding 
varieties merely notin, that they feel assured the list will be 
found highly satisfactory to those who may not only have the 
above object in view, .but also to those who are desil 
decorating their greenhouse and garden with this unsurpassed 
Autumnal Flower. The plants will be strong and healthy, and 
sent free of postage (on the receipt of a Post-office order), to any 
art of the United Kingdom, at the rate of 12s. per dozen,—Great 
Yarmouth Nursery, June 15 
See VEITCH anv SON beg to offer the fol- 
lowing New and Beautiful Peete introduced by them through 
their Collestor : in South Ame: 
Alstroemeria nemorosa (Sestinates) cane 's Bot. Meg. AUB: 1842, 
Begonia coccinea oe s Bot. Mag., Jan. 1843, 
ea "Paxton? 's Mag., May, 1843. 
Echites splendens ’ Paxton’s Mags Mareh, 1843, 
and artis s Bot. Mag., ei wy 1842 
& atropurpurea a ards’ Bot. Reg., 
e 
ie) 
uta 
Gesneria polyantha 
Gloxinia macrophylla variegata  Curtis’s Bot. Mane Bigal? 182 
Poe a 
Manettia bicolor it Paxton’s Magazine, Ma 1843 
Passiflora Actinia ag Curtis’s Apel, 1843 
Rondeletia longiflora x Curtis’s Bot. oy 1842, 
> ag, 
and Paxton’s Magazine, ee, 1842 
Stigmaphytlon ciliatum 
ss hyllum Curtis’s Bot. Mag., May, 1843 
gifhocam bos vaupo; serratus 
Tropzeo) Edwards’ Bot. Reg., Dec., 1842, 
Cutie S saa Ma ag, Dees, sean au Paxton’s Mag., Dec., 1842. 
s. Verres and Son hay many thousands of Avan uca= 
ria imbricata from seed, are enabled | ay iter ‘them in quantity at a 
very low; moderate price. Lon Bi June 3, 1843, 
NEW AND SUPERB FUCHSIA §' 
pues magnificent FUCHSIA, pronounced by Dr. 
pLEY as ‘‘the pee hybrid we have seen,” is now 
ready aoe eae a tb: tt & Co., upon the followin, 
viz. it. Clare, with eleven other finest Show varieties for 
218.3 et ae delivered free of postage, (on the receipt of a post- 
office order) Ae ce sy United Kingdom.—Great Yarmouth 
Nursery, June 1: 
E. 
OSE) 
mn USS Jun., respesttally informs his Friends 
¢ and the Public that his Collection of ROSES willbe in full 
bloom rbot the 28th inst. To those inclined, a day 
spent among Ross, as the collection is now much larger than 
it hasever yet been. The Nurseries, although very extensive, 
Down trains per Northern aoe aN Railway, 
Shoreditch, run as pave we calling at Harlow and Sawbridge- 
worth stations alt ate. each’ one mile from uae Nursery: 
i t nine, half-past eleven o’clock ; After- 
f-past four, quarter-past six, vevdenulle 
worth, June 15, 184: 
‘ ‘z 
noon—half-past one, hal 
past eight o’clock.—Sawbrids 
al UGS A TODDIANA. Fine strong Plants of this 
eae variety, Ten ae to One Foot in Height, are 
no being scnt out at 10s. 6d. each, or small, in ‘Thumb Pots, 
, together swith small Plants of ery New variety in Cultiva- 
tick at half the Spring Prices. 
Catalogues of FUCHSIAS, VERBENAS, &c., can be had on 
prepaid application. 'THomas Criprs, Tunbridge Wells Nursery, 
those who pivehake it—"C. M. Thurtell, Capt., R.N.—Your 
luto’ is a rich, brilliant, and baie coloured variety. The 
flower is well-formed, petals stiff and short; the upper petals are 
arich and brilliant scarlet, with a dark ‘spot that terminates 
abri hae the lower petals are of a deeprosy salmon colour, with 
a tinge of blue in the centre of the flower. This variety is rich, 
brilliant, ean attractive.” 
, P., & Co., have also arranged with Capt. Thurtell foes sole 
disposal of oF his fine SeeDLING PELARGONIUMS, a list of 
will be published in a future Advertisement, when the perce of 
«© Pluto ” will be stated.—Exeter Nursery, June 12, 1843. 
2 
SUPERB SEEDLING CHRYSANTHEMUM THE “ DUKE,’’ 
OUELL & Co. feel much pleasure in announcing 
they have obtained the entire stock of an extremely beau- 
ae seedling Chrysanthemum, from Mr. Wells, gardener to the 
v. J. Burroughes, of Lingwood Lodge, Norfolk. This splendid 
sarieiy: named “ THe KE,’’ was exhibited at the Norwich and 
Novel Horticultural Society’ 's Exhibition, where it obtained the 
rst Prize, as the Best Seedling; it also obtained First —- 
shown in the best stand of 25 ; ditto ditto, 15; ditto ditto, 
petals broad and beautifully incurved, forming a perfect ball o' 
from 4 to 43 inches in diameter. It is ready for sending out, at 
ab 6d. per plant, free of postage, to any vee of the United King- 
dom .—-Great Yarmouth Nursery, June 17, 1843. 
V ARNER & WARNER, Scisiaa: 28, Cornhill, 
beg eave to offer the following choice SEEDS, which they 
can recommend with the greatest confidence :— 
Per paper—s, d. 
RIATA, crimson shaded, 
PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMB 
saved from the most splendid flowers 0 
CaLcEOLARIA, shrubby and herbaceous, from the 
finest flowers 1.20: 
New Double CANTERBURY BELLS, blue and white a 
PAPAVER ORIENTALIS (very beautiful) - 0 6 
LycHNIs FULGENS . . Pe So 
New WHITE WALCHEREN Broccous (true) * iy rr 
CuarrEeLi’s New Cream = pegeat alee: 
HITE 1 0 
B.—The present season is the see ‘suitable for sowing the 
Ne 
above seeds. 
UPERB BLUE CINERARIA SEED, furnishing to 
the Greenhouse throughout the Winter months a_ varied, 
ely, and ae continuance of elegant bloom. MICHAEL 
vER, , Nursery, London Road, Cambridge, respect- 
fully invites cere to his of 
named kinds as well as to his own new and beautiful ee 
m, comprising every shade of deep, rich, 
sow for Autumn, Winter, and early Spring Flowering, he is in- 
duced to offer Seed of the same; warranted as newly-gathered 
from the best selected and sct-apart varieties from amongst his 
numerous stock, in packets, mixed, at 38. 6d,, 7s., a 
paid applications, eee Post-office orders, will be immedi- 
ately executed, post-fre: 
‘WV ENDING” -UP SALE for the season of Dantas, PE- 
LARGONIUMS, FUCHSIAS, EEeenees &c., by ProrHEROE 
and Morris, at the Auction-Mart, on Tuurspay, June 22d, at 
12 o’clock, being the last sale this geneeus 
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