

THE 



GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



AND 



AGRICULTURAL 



GAZETTE 



A Stamped Newspaper of Rural Economy and General News.-The Horticultural Part Edited by Professor Lindley. 



1844. 



SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 



[Price 6d. 



Air*""" ImproV ement Soc. 



"of Ireland •"'"*'" 



A -r ican Bli*n« - 



|Ui». time for .owing - - 



Ket.t*' n« qualities of - 



BoU»i»» Soc'^y . \ " ' 

 C«l«Bd«r .* Oprnmont - 



^ •**•»*!*? • • 



tterfiUart, to kill - - 



. JwLry.w apply to Agricul. 

 brrs hardf - - • 



frttiTe Tnwchotidij - 



r «,new Indian Black - 



>atMMlotT " * 



> v t Houny 



r*rm*rVClub» 

 FutftlfF Kiupbeny 

 Y.xx, ure of - • "« 



Forest tre«. to prune 

 -lii-tree*, to root-prime 



Fuchsias, teject 



Furrow drainage 



Gladioli, remarks on • • 



"Miiimptwof Nature/* by Mrs. 



Loudon, rev» • 



Guano, report on - • 

 lUmpton Court » • • 



ii*jffe«, younjr • 



H rtultural Society 

 Hrhausts, to cons* met 

 Impnrtam-e of plain English ,- 

 I indicate Gardeninir 

 Uwni, Grass seeds tor • 

 Lianarin Society ^« 



INDEX. 



124 b Manure, Sugar-refiners' refuse as 1 18 a 



124 c 



116 b 

 121 a 

 118 a 

 123 c 



118 c 



119 e 



120 b 



121 b 



123 b 

 120 b 

 120 b 



119 6 

 |I16 6 



117 a 



124 c 



117 <: 

 124 b 



117 A 



120 h 



120 A 

 ItA c 

 119 a 



Manx Agriculture - 

 JVfealy Biifc, to kill - 



Meeting for Mrs. Loudon, mo- 

 ney subscribed at • • 



Morphology • 



New Indian Black Dye - 



New Zealand • 



Nitrate of Soda, experiments 

 wiih 



Oak felled in winter 



Onions, guano for ... 



Pelargoniums, to graft 



Plants, qualities of - 



Plants in pots, culture of 



Polyanthuses - 



1?2 



120 



c 



c 



Principles knowledge of, essential 



115 c 



li7 a 



119 b 



118 a 



122 a 

 117 c 



120 c 



119 b 



117 e 

 116 a 



115 b 



118 

 122 



117 



120 

 118 



117 



123 

 115a 

 120 b 

 118 c 



c 



c 



c 

 6 



c 



to good cultivation 

 Qualities of Plants - 

 Han unculuses, select 

 Report of Dr. Von Martius on 



guano - 

 Root-pruning fruit-trees • 

 Rose-Garden .... 



Shed-teeding of Sheep 

 Spade Husbandry - 

 Sprengel on Manures 

 Sugar-refiners' Refuse 

 Tanks of various,* forms, Tables 



of gallons in - 



Thoiough Draining, by J. H, 



Charnock, revd. - 

 Trees, large • • 



Wheat-sowing 

 Winds on vegetation, effect of 



116 

 117 



115 



122 

 120 

 116 

 124 



a 



c 



c 



b 

 b 

 c 



a 



121 b 

 123 a 

 118 a 



- 124 b 



125 b 

 119 b 

 125 c 

 123 e 



IPSWICH HORTICULTURAL AGENCY OFFICE 



-I for the sale of NEW AND RARE SEEDS, &c. &c. 



LETTER'S VICTORY OF ENGLAND is sold out. The raiser 

 ^ill use the best means of preserving the pure Stock of this cele- 

 brated Cucumber. 



HAMILTON'S TREATISE ON THE CULTURE OF PINES, 

 GRAPES, and CUCUMBERS, in the same House, by which 

 system the Cucumbers will pay all the expenses of growing:, 

 (in addition to a crop of grapes,) 300 lbs. of splendid Pine-apples 

 annually from the same Plants. T. Wild is promised the first 

 supply, and hopes to have the pleasure of forwarding: a copy, 



postage free, to Subscribers, on Tuesday next; this unexpected 

 deity is entirely the printers fault. 6*. per copy. 



West India Giant PEA— very prolific; and although the size 

 tod shape of Tick Beans, most delicious flavour : 1*. 6d. a quart. 



mPSiSf TANK SYSTEM OF COMMUNICATING BOT- 

 TOM-HEAT; 5*. 6d. per copy. 



«At W ^ rst ' rate Scarlet and Green MELON SEEDS, Is. per 

 Stic A ;'"y small quantity of Latter's unrivalled Coxcomb, 

 Balsam, and German ASTER SEED, 6d. per packet, 



hP f!r ~IV?a • P° 5t ;. offic e order for any of the above, they will 

 of p«J "£^ ! ir mcdlately ' freeof Postape. An extra quantity 

 W? A I e pswtr d *° Pa> ' ca " ia ee-THOMAS W.i», i, 



R 



GENUINE BEECHWOOD MELON SEED. 



GLENDINNING respectfully be^s to inform the 



him hv Sir t™ t0 c S c f the MEL 0N that he has had presented to 



Wrts kniwn u ELO f N; for besides bein ? °ne of the very best 

 ^rtiinTv ^i IS 0f u? a8y cu,tlvation anda S°od bearer. This 

 which J. rareTv ] \ h T hle S entl *™n to procure it quite genuine, 

 wnicn is rarely the case, as the following note will testify :- 



"Sir— T ««^ „ "Beechwood, Feb. 5, 1S44. 



Seed Von. ?w y i° v a Sma11 parcel of the Beechwood Melon 

 any that I h.JiT e seen e xhibited under that name, nor 



of the true wS S !™ gr0Wn f rom Seed that has been bought, are 

 Tarieties ii,,L nav 'e«bviously been intermixed with other 

 ■neties. I have grown do other for many years. 



"To\fr ru«,»- • "Your obedient servant, 



R. G has a iZ 1T^ ' J- S. Sebright." 



CrciMRFo edS ° fthe fneSION FREE-BEARING 



*** ^^irbfp;?^ bo been nearly lost - 



Si e o?FTe e°n eIOn / r KUt e " ... 5,. 



"with preat care 17, e f an<1 ^'ower-seeds have been selected 



Cbiswick Nursed e " lbra T ce a » the new and good kinds, 

 ^^^^^^near London, Feb. 16, 1844. 



^ ham! 2r te°2 CK AND S0N » Nurserymen, Dur- 



^'CHSIA LOWRYir" eC -iT^ ttention to their Advertisement of 

 tt ««ted in last week"' r/ EW . FUC «SIAS, GERANIUMS, &c, 



I oe h > j As —pin t ,ir onicle. 

 ^ ready by the lit nt^ lg 1 health y plants of the following will 

 dozen , if the Planto Marcn . andean be sent by Post at 20s. per 

 *° aB ». Ballooniflnrt n* n0t re q uire rt to be too large :-Brock- 

 JSmithV ; , Defian Ce V^^ 1 *"' Cnam Pinn (Smith's), Britannia 

 J«T Queen. S ? r CSmi . th 8) » Exoniensis, 



w 



ndinpfTO - w "V* lu sue» or Giants may be had on applU 

 KE _^^P°stag e stamps.-. We ar Nurseries, Durham . 



r 9^ERA S R J l A q R ^/ U t ? HSIAS . VERBENAS, PETUNIAS, 

 Af - WOnn ° th o r Plants adapted for Bedding. 



, Pleasure Vr AND SON » of Maresfield, have tfee 



Sf De <* the aboVe S^tl- their ""^erous Friends that a Cata- 

 ^ lce Greenhouw J L il "£ a Su PPlementary List of New and 

 S£ - D C0Qr ^ o Prena 1 LX® r baceous P^nts, Camellias, &c. &c. is 

 IS? j n . Ma rch, anTEh 'n an u d may be had Gratis on a PP lica " 

 Sli esir abl e varfetv a «= , lU be found to cont ain every new 

 W *^ iU be added; ' * List of entirely new and superb 



£»T ie ^-^mi!dSllS? Ve *?*"*** orders to any extent 

 N • b. i. ^llection of Piauts, to be sent out early in 



l^^uV^J^P^ ntm ^ ^r Whitxey's Chemical, 



** °°dj ailds nil™! £ ?V Quarts ' 4 *- 6d - e «<*- 



« wsery, Maresfield, near Uckfield, Susses. 



JOHN CATTELL,Seed and Nurseryman, Wester- 

 ham, Kent, begs to call the attention of the Public to his 

 Superior Stock of Seeds, Trees, and Plants, separate Catalogues 

 of which are now ready. Standard and Dwarf ROSES remark- 

 ably fine. Bedded plants of the newest and best sorts of Straw- 

 berries. A good stock of the New Improved Autumn Raspberry, 

 " Rodger's Victoria," warranted true at 3s. 6J. per dozen, 

 25*. per 100. A few good plants of Veronica speciosa. Seeds 

 carefully packed for exportation. 



J. C. is in want of a few hundreds of seedling Azalea pontica, 

 single stemmed plants, about the size of a common pen-quill, a 

 plant or two of which, as sample, may be forwarded, with price 

 and quantity per Post. 



CROSS-LANES NURSERY, near BEDALE, YORKSHIRE. 



\\f JACKSON and Co., in returning their sincere 



» » • thanks to the Nobility, Gentry, aud Public for their 



liberal patronage, beg to announce that they can still supply the 



following of first-rate quality, which will be forwarded with the 



utmost despatch to any part of the kingdom. Delivery at the 

 railway gratis. 



100 select showy Herbaceous Plants, in 50 named sorts, for 25*. 



100 Dwarf Roses, in 50 named sorts, for 205. 



100 Do. In 100 named, very fine sorts, for 50*. 



100 Do. in 100 do., extra fine sorts for 75s. 



50 Standard Roses, in 50 splendid varieties, including the fine 

 Hybrid Perpetuals, for 80s. 



A Large Stock of fine transplanted English Oaks of all sizes. 



Catalogues may be had oh application, inclosing two postage 

 stamps. A remittance or reference from unknown correspond- 

 ents is resp ectfully solicited. — Feb. 20th, 1844. 



FASTOLFF HAS F B KRKY. 



RANUNCULUSES.—The reason for planting this 

 beautiful Flower having arrived, MESSRS. TYSO & SON, 

 Walunoford, respectfully announce that they can supply 

 from their collection of Seven Hundred Varieties, strong root> of 

 most or the leading Show-flowers. Priced Catalogues will be 

 sent prepaid to applicants forwarding two PostR^e labels. 



' JJAML.1AS. 



T KEYNES, Florist, Salisbury.— " Standard of 



y • Pkrfkctiox," (Keynes).— The finest self-coloured Dahlia 

 in the world ! gained the lstciass prizes at Stonehenge, Windsor, 

 Kingston, Surrey Zoological Gardens, and Crown and Alienor. 

 Stockwell; also the 1st pnzc specimens at Stonehenge lloncul- 

 tural Society, Stockwell. *' It is as round as any Dahlia in culti- 

 vation; as complete an unbroken circle as could be drawn with 

 the compasses; and as globular in front as possible. It is 

 symmetrical to a hair, and as double as a Ranunculus. It is so 

 remarkable as to be instantly recognised among a thousand. 

 Colour, deep crimson. It is the flower of the season, and must 

 be bad."— Gardeners* Gazette, Oct. 14. " The best-grown flower 

 we ever saw, without exception, every requisite to meet the taste 

 of a connoisseur being complied with; good colour, a honey- 

 comb, regularity of growth and disposition In the leaves, and 

 above all, as complete a rotundity of shape as if it had been cast; 

 in a mould."— Salisbury Herald, Sept. 2, 1843. Plants in May, 

 1844, 10*. fjtf. M Orange Superb," (Dodd's) first-rate show-flow**,. 

 10s. 6d. "The specimen sent would grace anv stand. "— Glenny. 

 " Emma Noke," (Dowding's) bluish white, extra fine, indispensa- 

 ble to a first rate stand, 10*. 6rf. Catalogues containing all the 

 fine old varieties and new flowers for the season may be had oa s 

 application.— Salisbury, Jan. 31, 1844. 



L 



ARCHES, transplanted of Sizes, are still on Sale at 



very low prices, by Wm. Urquhart & Boift, Dundee. 



PATRONISED BY HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE 

 QUEEN, HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF RUTLAND, THE 

 MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF AILSA, THE EARL 

 OF HARRINGTON, THE EAKL OF LIVERPOOL, THE 

 LORD BISHOP OF LONDON, LORD VISCOUNT LORTON, 

 LORD SONDES, &c. &c ; as well as by the HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



"VT'OUELL and Co. have much pleasure in announcing 



J- they are now supplying fine Canes of the above highly- 

 valuable and much-esteemed RASPBERRY, unequalled fur the 

 extraordinary size of its fruit and richness of flavour. 



Those to whom Y. and Co. sent it last season have exp ressed 

 their high admiration of its superiority over all other varieties, 

 and has been awarded several prizes at various Horticultural 

 exhibitions during the season. As a proof they have not exagge- 

 rated its excellent qualities, fruit was submitted to Dr. Lindley, 

 (see Gardeners' Chronicle of the 22d July last, page 502), whose 

 opinion of it is as follows : — 



" Fastolfp Raspberry.— We have received from Messrs. 

 You ell, of Great Yarmouth, fruit of the Fastolff Raspberry, and 

 we find it merits all that has been stated in favour of its excel, 

 lence. The fruit that we have received is very large, obtusely 

 conical, and of rich flavour, far exceeding in this respect some 

 other new and large varieties. The plants bear abundantly and 

 in long succession. " 



They also exhibited it on the 1st of August, 1S43, before the 

 London Horticultural Society, 21, Regent-street, to which a 

 prize was awarded. It would therefore be unnecessary for 

 Youell and Co. to recommend it more fully, or with greater 

 confidence, to the notice of the public, merely observing, that it 

 continues in high perfection throughout the autumnal months, 

 and has maintained its superiority in the most unfavourable 

 soils and situations, and requires no other than the ordinary 

 treatment of the old varieties. 



Fine Canes are ready for delivery, and can be sent with safety 

 to any part of the United Kingdom (on the receipt of a Post- 

 office order), upon the following terms: — 



Packages containing 100 Canes • • £2 

 Do. do. 50 do. . • l 



Do. do. 25 do. . . ^ 



Package included. 

 The usual discount to the Trade, when not less tr-i i are 



ordered. 



*** Cautiox.— Y- and Co. beg to call the attention of their 

 Friends and the Public in general to the fact that they have ap- 

 pointed no Agents in London for the sale of the above, and 

 cannot fce held responsible for its being gen nine unless purchased 

 direct from their Nursery. 



YOUELL'S TOBOLSK RHUBARB, Patronised by 

 Her Most Gracious Majesty the Qukkv, and many of the 

 Nobility, 125. per dozen. For particulars of which bee their 

 Advertisement of the 18th November. 



TWO NEW SEEDLING PICOTEES.— " Lady 



-*- Alice Peel," 105. 6d., and " Mrs. Bevy rV* 105. 6rf. per 

 pair.— These two splendid Picotees were raised by the Rev. J. 

 Burroughes, of Lingwood Lodge, Norfolk, and kindly presented 

 by that gentleman to Messrs. Youell and Co., for particulars of 

 which see their Advertisement in this Paper of the i6th of Sept. 



FINEST CARNATIONS and PICOTEES. 



YOUELL and Co. beg to refer the readers of the 

 Gardeners' Chronicle to their Extensive List, with Prices, 

 of the above highly-esteemed Flowers, which appeared en the 

 Advertising pages, 706 and 70/, of this Paper, cf October the 14th, 

 and will be found to contain every variety worthy of cultivation. 



Prices as follows ; — £ * - d. 



12 pair of good Show Sorts . • . . .14 

 12 ditto fine ditto . . . . .10 



25 ditto ditto t • * . ,300 



12 ditto extra fine and very superior ditto . 2 10 

 25 ditto ditto ditto .500 



The selection being left to Youell and Co. 



ARAUCARIA IMBRICATA. 



YOUELL and CO., possessing the most extensive 

 stock in the country of the above Splendid Hardy orna- 

 mental Tree, beg to offer them on the following advantageous 

 terms:— Fine robust 4-year-old plants, 8 to 10 inches high, 10/. per 

 100, or 305. per dozen. 



Fine Plants of CEDRUS DEODAR A, 2ft. to 2ft 8 ins., 105. 6d. each. 

 Great Yarmouth Nursery, Feb. 22, 1844. 



T17ILLIAM MASTERS begs to call the attention of 



▼ » the Nobility, Gentry, &c., to his newly and well assorted. 

 COLLECTION OF GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS, which 

 being principally grown under his immediate inspection, he cau. 

 particularly recommend. 



100 papers finest Annual Flower Seeds • 1/. 45. Od. 



50 do. do. ... 12 6 



25 do. <to. 6 G 



[If the selection is left to W. M ] 



Forwarded bvPoht without additional charge. POTTER'S ARTI- 

 FICIAL GUANO and CONCENTRATED LIQUID GUANO. 

 Exotic Nursery, Canterbury, Feb. 1844. 



55. Ocf . 

 5 

 U 



tr.r . 



I 



NEW AND SUPERB COLLECTION OF SEEDLING 



FUCHSIAS. 



TXT J. EPPS begs to announce that he purposes send- 



' ' • ing out, on the first week in March, Ten Magnificent 

 Seedling Fuchsias, which have merited high opinions from the most 

 distinguished judges of the day. The}- are very distinct, and possess 

 the finest properties of any Fuchsias vet known. 



BRIDEGROOM (Epps').-A finefiower, of jrrcat size and splen- 

 dour, light pink tube, sepals very smooth and rich, beautifully tipped 

 with green, <jprolla very large, of a deep vermilion colour, very like 

 Chandlerii, but twice the size j of a splendid erect habit, and a* raj 

 free bloomer.— (This was submitted to the Editor of the Florist's 

 Journal in November last. See Answers to Correspondents.) Price 5*. 



ESPARTERO (Epps').— This flower is of large size, tube lonr, 

 bright scarlet, shcrt sepals, expanding well, and exhibiting an ex-, 

 traordinary large deep rich rosy-purple corolla, immense bloomer, 

 and a very distinct variety. — (See Mr. Avrcs' opinion, Gardeners' 

 Chronicle, Nov. 25, 1843, on the article of Fuchsias . Price 7s. 6d. 



KENTISH HERO.— A fine flower, of a beautiful vermilion red. 

 tube, and sepals well expanded, exhibiting a splendid puce-purple 

 corolla of great substance, very distinct ; fine compact habit. Price 55. 



DUKE OF WELLINGTON.— jin immense flower, of great sub-' 

 stance, very rich rosy pink tube, and sepals beautifully smooth and, 

 slightly tipped with green x very, large cor&'.la, of a rich rosy crimson,, 

 sepals expand well, almost refle*; fine free habit. Price Be 



WINSERII. — (Professor Linhlet's opinion, see <>irde*ers* 

 Chronicle> Aug. 5, 1843, to Correspondent, J. W. t Tsmterdem.) 

 Price 5s. 



" No. 1, tube long and smapth, of a toas cnoftifeMpals open very 

 wide, with the-pmnt« -light' 4fc»- >ila «b I a 



rt>sy yen aiii-.>n colour j afl iavDLEY. 



MARIA. — " No. 3, tube and ocpaii row-coloured and smooth, 

 corolla large, of a fine bright blue purple K an it variety.'' — 



Professor Lindley. Price St. 



FLORENCE. — " No. 6, tube smooth, sepals ipreading, rosy in 

 colour, with the points slightly tipped with green, corolla rosy-pur- 

 ple ; very pretty flower." — Professor Lindley. Price Is. 



M All these seedlings are good in form, bright in colour, and smooth, 

 in texture." — Professor Lindlky. 



KENTISH BRIDE.— This magnificent flower was raised by H. 

 Busby, gardener to T. L. Hodges, Esq., Hemsted, Kent, ana has. 

 merited the high opinion of Professor Lixdley, Editor of the Gar- 

 deners' Chronicle; Mr. G. Glenny, Editor of the Gnrdeners* Oaxette; 

 and Mr. Ayres, the able writer on the Amateur's Garden. Price 7?. 6rf. 



Professor Lindley's opinion, see (iurdeners* Chron., July, 8^ 

 1S43, to correspondent, H. 2?.—" Your beat -Seedling Fuchsia is No. 

 4. This is a beautiful variety, seed-vessels bright grem, tube and 

 sepals bright rosy scarlet, corolla large, of a bright violet-purple. I: 

 is a well-proportioned flower." 



Mr. Ayres' opinion, see Gardeners* Chronicle, Nov. 25, |g43. 

 Mr. G. Glekny'b opinion, see Gardeners* Gazette, Oct. '21 1S43 

 to correspondent, W. J. E.—Fuchia,—" Pink sepals, rich purpli 

 corolla, long footstalk. If the habit of the plant be as pood as the 

 flower, it is an acquisition." 



The habit of this plant is very compact rtd of a b rch 



green glowy foliage, and Mithitsri.il pir' abe, *eraK I blue 

 purple velvet corolla, forms a lovelv object. 



EMPEROR OF CHlNA.-This'is a nue flow *.l bj the «tm« 



person as Kentish Dude, and submitted to i'r. lessor LixuLevat the 

 same time. Price 5s. " No I, which is si: > No. 2 .living 



a stout tube. This is « fine flower, with less blue in the corolla.*'— 

 Professor Li vu Lr v . 



PRINCE OF WALK?.— This also was raised by H. Bosbv, sod 

 submitted to Professor Lz.vdlby with two oth An immense 



Bloomer. Price 5s. " No. 3 is a stout flower of a good colour, with 

 long sepals, which expand freely and expose the corolla, which is of 

 a rosy purple.''— Prof ea«or Lindley. 



*»* The Collection, Two Guineas and a half. A remittance from, 

 unknown Correspondents. The usual allowance to the Trade where 

 two or more plants are taken.— Bower Nursery, Maidstone, Feb. 



22, 1844. 



