THE 



GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



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AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



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 37.A 

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45 c 

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46 a 

 43 a 

 46 1 

 43 6 

 40 b 

 35a 



37 a 

 45 b 



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Gardenia*, planti for 40 b 



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INDEX. 



Lisianthus 



ture of t - 



Madura aurantiaca 

 Malting remarks on 

 Manures, loss ot.in towns 



— remarks on 

 Master and Servant, Law re- 



45 6 



42 b 



45 b 



46 a 

 42 a 



Ruseellianus, cul- 



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tr«et 

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C«m* c< >taaU 

 KOatt A ? Ms 



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M«kal*:d Gardens 



36 c 

 40 c 

 44 b 

 44 c 



11 a 



46 b 

 33 6 

 38 a 



spectinff 



Mildew, cause of 



Old Walls, cure for 



Orchidaceous plants, treatment of 37 c 



Passion Flowers, hardiest kinds 40 c 



Peaches forced, all male 



Pears, River's Catalogue of, rev 



Pigsty, plan of - 



Polyanthuses, remarks on 



"Productive Farming," by J. A. 

 Smith, rev. 



Progress ofj ve^etation^ in the 

 spring of 1843 



Pseud Acacia, durability of 



Rent, law of payment of 



Rhizomorpha medullaris 

 j Rose Garden • • 



I Seeds of Gardening 



Slugs on Wheat 



Snails, to destroy by salt * 



"Species FiJieum," Sir W. J. 

 Hooker's, rev. 



Sprengel, on Manures 



Temperature, difference of at 

 London and Chiswick .- 



Thorough draining 



Trees, to render independent of 

 the stock - 



Urate, effect of on Wheat 

 Wall-trees, twine to fasten 

 Wheat, proper time to sow 

 Wireworm, destroyed by phea- 

 sants » • ■ 



40 b 

 39 a 

 44 c 

 35 b 



- 45 c 



39 b 



37 c 



40 c 



38 a 

 36 b 

 35 c 



44 a 

 33 a 



39 a 

 42 c 



40 c 



45 c 



39 a 

 44 a 

 33 a 



41 a 



- 45 a 



HARDENERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. 



i^liI^V^ cia L General Me eting of the Subscribers to this 

 Mm, held on Thursday, Jan. 1 1 , at tl.e Crown and Anchor 



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• aged 72 . . 174 votes. 

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Meetii* lucu ueciarea mat James Anderson and Ann 



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toil Charity. 



Pottie, 



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SATURDAY, JANUARY 20. 



[Price 6d. 



JKERNAN has now received his entire Collection of 

 • New Vegetable and Flower-seeds, which includes 

 every Novelty really desirous, re jently introduced :— 



s. d. 



Fine Early Kent Peas, 



per quart . . .10 



Prince Albert do. . .3 6 



Racehorse do. . .1 



Early Warwick do. . . 1 

 Shilling's new Grotto do. 3 

 Thompson's Early Dwarf 



ditto . . . .16 



Stubbs' New Dwarf do. . l 6 



Groom's Superb ditto . 1 

 Knight's Dwarf Green do. 1 



„ tall do. . .10 



Bishop's Dwarf do. . .10 



Nonesuch do. . .09 



British Queen do. . .36 



Matchless do. . ,10 



Bedman's Imperial do. . 9 



Scimetar ditto . .09 



Early Mazagan Beans . 6 



„ Longpod do. . .08 



Royal Dwarf do. . .08 



Green Genoa do. . .09 



Large Windsor do. . .09 



Dwarf French, of all sorts 1 



Mercer's Pearly Cauli- 

 flower . . per oz. . 1 



Walcheren ditto . .10 



Large Asiatic ditto . . I 



Early Horn Carrot, per oz. 4 



Surrey do. . .04 



Altringham, and large 

 White, for Cattle, per lb. 1 



Seymour's New Superb 

 Red and White Celery, 

 per paper . . .06 



Myatt's Cape Broccoli, 

 peroz 10 



Grainge's do. . .10 



And all the other kinds, 



9d. to 1 



Brussels Sprouts, foreign 

 seed . . . .10 



Acme of Perfection Cu- 

 cumber, finest known, 

 per paper . . .10 



With all the oth^r new kinds. 



Dulley's Early Scarlet Admirable Rhubarb ; all the new Straw- 

 berry-Plants, true to their kinds. 



Heartsease, Picotees, and Carnations, named j Rivers' New Edi- 

 tion of the Rose Amateurs' Guide, 6s. 



Rivers' Catalogue of Fruits, with directions for Culture, by Root- 

 pruning, Is. 6d. 



Paxton's Cottagers' Calendar, 3d., which Ladies and Gentlemen 

 should present to Cottagers. 



Seeds for Distribution to Cottagers at cost price. 



Seed of Dwarf Furze and Broom j Seedling Berberries for Under- 

 wood. Spring Tares. 



Everything new in Flower-seeds, of which Catalogues will soon 

 be ready.-— 4, Great Russell- street, Coveut Garden. 



HYACINTHS AND GROWING STOCK. 



tTUMPHREYS'S COMPOUND, applicable to all 



■*- -*- Greenhouse Plants, to Hyacinths and other Bulbs, and to 

 promote the germination of Seeds. Sold in bottles is. 9d. 

 each, by Flanagan & Son, Mansion-house-street ; Hurst & 

 McMullen, LeadenhaU- street; Warner & Warner, 28,Cornhill; 

 W. Clark, Bishopsgate-Within; Smith, Islington Nursery; Grim- 

 ley and Co., Covent Garden ; Batt and Rutley, 412, Strand j 

 William and John Noble, Fleet-street; Smith, Covent- garden j 

 Charlwood, Tavistock-row ; W. J. Nutting, 46, Cheapside; G. 

 Lawrence, 18, Piccadilly; John Kernan, Great Russell-street, 

 Covent Garden ; Lockhart, 156, Cheapside ; Shuttleworth, 

 Pantheon ; Minier, Adams, and Nash, 63, Strand; Thatcher 

 and Son, Islington ; Thomas Watkinson, Market-place, Man- 

 chester ; W. E. Rkndle, Plymouth; Dickson & Co., Edinburgh; 

 Pontev, Leeds; Fisher, Holmes, and Co., Sheffield; P. Law- 

 son and Son, Edinburgh ; and other leading Seedsmen in town 

 and country. Wholesale Agents. Davy, Mackmurdo, and Co., 

 100, Upper-Thames-st., London. 



s. d. 

 Kerrison's, Walker's, and 

 Sion House ditto . .10 



New Cabui Melon, per 

 paper . . . .10 



Windsor Prize, Sion- 

 House, Greenflesh, Net- 

 ted Cantaloupe, Black 

 Rock, &c. &c. . .06 



New Olive Radish, fit in 

 18 days in a frame . 1 



Early Salmon and Scarlet 

 do., per quart . .20 



All the best-keeping 

 Onions, per oz. . .06 



Imported Early Dutch 

 Turnip . . . .03 



Ash. leaf and Early Frame 

 Potatoes, with several 

 good-keeping kinds ; 

 Very Choicest Grasses 

 ( hand-picked ), for 

 Lawns; all the most 

 beneficial kinds for lay- 

 ing down. Separate or 

 mixed ; if mixed, per 

 bushel . . . . 10 



Tuberoses, per dozen . 4 



Anemones, per lb., 5s. to 20 



Lilium lancifolium al- 

 bum, flowering-bulbs, 

 each . . . .36 



Lilium speciosum, strong, 



true ... 31 6 



, f lancifolium punc- 

 tata . . . .76 



„ superbum, flower- 

 ing . . . .26 

 ,, eximium . .10 

 Giant Asparagus, 2 yrs., 

 per 100 . . . .60 

 „ Sea Kale. . 10 

 Mushroom Spawn, per bsh. 6 

 Skirving and Laing Swede 

 Turnips . . .16 



A SUCCESSFUL METHOD OF GROWING THE LISIANTHUS 



J RUSSELLIANUS. 



AMES CUTHILL has printed the whole account of 

 Ins treatment of the above most splendid plant, which has 

 often been exhibited at Chiswick, Regent-street, and the Royal 

 butith London Societies ; his largest plant this year having 

 000 blossoms on it, and gained the Large Silver Medal at the 



■ ? ^ . th London Exhibition. A packet of seed, with the 

 punted directions, will be sent at the small price of 2s. 6d. Also, 

 jery healthy plants of the above, from 2s. and upwards. Also, 

 Luthills celebrated Early MELON; his Early improved Black 

 bpme CUCUMBER, at 2s. 6d. each packet, or 6s. for the three 

 packets.—Florist, Denmark-hill, Camberwell, London. 



Luthill's Black Spine Cucumber Plants, very strong and 

 neaitny, to be had during January, February, and March. 



T unp TO DAHLIA-GROWERS, AND OTHERS. 

 HOS. ANSELLS intends sending out Two New and 



p.r*«fSS endi il 1 SeedIin * DAHLIAS, and which he can with the 

 greatest confidence recommend. 



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RANUNCULUSES, ANEMONES, CARNATIONS, AURICULAS 



and LILIUM LANCIFOLIUM. 



GROOM, Clapham-rise, near London (removed 

 from Walworth), by appointment Florist to her Ma- 

 jesty, begs to remind the Nobility, Gentrv, and Amateurs, that 

 this is the best season for obtaining Collections of the above 

 Flowers, and that in consequence of the success he had in their 

 cultivation last year, he can offer them at the following moderate 

 prices:— £ s. d. 



100 Ranunculuses in 100 superb sorts with names 4 4 

 ] 00 do. in 100 very fine sorts, do. 2 



Superfine mixtures, from 7s. to 2 Is. perl 00. 

 100 Anemones in 100 superfine sorts, with names . 2 

 100 Do. in 50 do. do. do. . 2 



Superfine mixtures, 10s per 100. 

 25 pair of Carnations, in 25 superfine sorts, with names3 10 

 25 pair of Picotees, in 25 do. do. do. 2 10 



25 Auriculas, in 25 superfine sorts, with names . 3 13 6 

 Lilium lancifolium album, good bulbs, each . .036 



„ large bulbs, each . 10 6 



punctatum, good bulbs, each .076 

 -- -. n large bulbs, each .110 



Catalogues may be had on application.— Jan., 1844. 



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GREAT FALL IN ONION-SEED. 



Trade that he has just received a further supply of the finest 

 ONION-SEED, in consequence of which addition to his former 

 large stock, he is induced to offer the same at the following very 

 reduced prices, viz. : — jg s. 



White Spanish Onion • . 16l6percwt. 

 Brown Port . . . . 14 



Deptford 14 14 



Brown Globe . . . . 15 

 Blood Red . . . . 14 14 „ 



And all other varieties at equally low prices. 

 J. G. W. has also a large collection of Agricultural, Horticul- 

 tural, and Floricultural Seeds, of superior quality, grown from 

 genuine stocks, which he can sell equally cheap. 





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NEW HARDY ANNUAL. 

 VISCARIA OCULATA-DARK-EYED VISCARIA. 



above new and beautiful Annual, which is figured at page 53, 

 (No. 10;, of the m Botanical Register," for 1843. The blossoms 

 are of a bright rose colour, with a deep crimson eye, and chang- 

 ing to a pale purple. It flowers very abundantly through the 

 greater part of the summer and autumn. It is a native of Algiers, 

 and may be sown either in the open ground in spring, or raised 

 in pots and planted out. 



Packets, 2s. 6d. each, will be sent, on the receipt of a Post- 

 office Order, postage free, to any part of the Kingdom. 



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ASTOLFF RASPBER 



YOUELL'S TOBOLSK RHUBARB. 



TWO SEEDLING PICOTEES. 



FINEST CARNATIONS and PICOTEES. 



ARAUCARIA IMBRICATA. 



Now ready for sending out ; for particulars of which see Adver- 



tisement of the 6th inst. 

 Youell & Co., Great Yarmouth Nursery, Jan. 18, 1841. 



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NEW DAHLIAS. 

 SPARY'S LADY ANTROBUS AND AURANTIA. 



lings, which received Prizes last season at the following first- 

 rate Exhibitions, viz. :— Salt-hill, Salisburv Plain, Portsea, Chip- 

 penham, Stock well, Surrey, &c. For description, Notices of the 

 Press, &c, vide Gardeners* Gazette, 4th Nov.; Gardeners 1 

 Chronicle, llth Nov. ; also the November Number of the H Gar- 

 dener and Practical Florist," page 332. 



E. S. begs to inform the Trade that he has a few more Roots 

 to spare : Lady Antrobus, 105s.; Plants earlv in May, 10s. 6d. ; 

 Aurantia, 63s. , Plants, 7s. 6d. ; with the usual discount per 

 dozen. The select new and old varieties at moderate prices. 



Hungerford, Jan. 16, 1S44. 



SHOW DAHLIAS. 



TfT R. WHALES' SEEDLING DAHLIAS for 1844, 



*▼ • to be sent out in May, at I Os. 6d. each. 



Preceptor.— A splendid crimson scarlet, of good substance 

 and outline, brilliant contour, and well cupped; an exquisite 

 show variety ; warranted to the description given of it ; height 

 3 ft. ; splendid habit. 



Second Crimson Perfection.— A flower of great substance, 

 being 20 petals deep; well cupped, rising centre, constant ; first- 

 rate habit ; height, 4 ft. Early orders are necessary to procure 

 this variety, being oniy true ground roots. Price 10*. 6d. 



Mary.— A fancy border variety, white, margined with rose- 

 pink ; an abundant bloomer, and constant ; occasionally a show 

 flower ; shape and habit of Girling's Prince of Wales ; height, 3 ft. 

 price 5s.— Elcot, near Huntingford. Berk*. Jan. 17, 1944. 



RANUNCULUSES. 



1V/TESSRS. TYSO and SON, Wallingford, Berks, 



-»-▼-■- having cultivated this lovely tribe of Flowers with un- 

 paralleled success, are enabled to offer FINE STRONG ROOTS- 

 of splendid named sorts, such as were exhibited by them at the 

 Surrey Zoological Gardens and Chiswick Gardens in June last, 

 and to which Silver Medals were awarded. Named Assortments, 

 21. to 10/. per 100; Mixtures, 5*. to 21. per 100. For descriptive 

 ' particulars and prices see their General Catalogue for 1844, which 



The Beauty of Camden- -Colour bright red occasionally shaded P artic l alars and pricessee their General Catalogue for 1844, whicl 

 with bright pink, being the pettiest DaWia^^e?SL ie B ^ *° a 7 be. had post-free on application inclosing two postage labels 



10s 6d R 8TCa ac ^ uisition t0 any Collection ; price of plants, 



mthl?!™ f^"'. 1 '^ lilac, very compact, pretty full flower, but 

 rather small ; price of plants, 7s. 6d. 



maAe J. .1 « LVJ 8 useless saying more, after having sent out so 

 Pi"J 5° od D ahhas, and which, he has the pleasure to say, have 

 given the greatest satisfaction. 



Mav^l* pIant , 8 of the above t0 be sent out the first week in 

 \*tt »r e i rc . a Uozen or more is ordered they will be sent out the 

 FiJLr » m ApriL T - A - has Ground Roots of (Bushell's) 

 nrn«H. tmma , Nf >akes, Pet Rival, and others, with all the ap- 

 pro v eu sorts of last season.-Camden Nursery, Camden-town. ^ 



(RAINES 1 NEW and FIRST-RATE PELARGO- 



*-* NTUMS, now Mid'y fcr delivery in strong, healthy Plants. 

 The following are a few selected :— Gaines' Elegan^pva, King 

 f Beauties, Ackbar, Lady Prudhoe, Saron Ktog, E Heauty 



Supreme, Mogul, Edith, Countess of Zetland, Co Eg- 



bert. A List of Pelargoniums, Pansies, Cak»o£ari~4, Fuchsias, 

 Verbenas, Auriculas, Cinerarias, Chrysanthemums, Dahlias, &c, 

 which contains many new Seedlings of first-rate *o*lities} also 

 a few Roots of his Seedling Dahlias P&i.vcgss Alice and Twick- 

 enham Rival are still to be disposed of at the Nursery, Surrey- 

 lane, Batteraea. 3 . f 



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