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AGRICULTURAL 



CHRONICLE 

 GAZETTE. 



A 



*• ed Newspaper of Rural Economy and General News.— The Horticultural Part Edited by Professor Lindley. 



a 14.-1844. 



SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 



[Price (id. 



index. 





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Horticultural Society - m - 

 Inland Railway* and Agricul- 

 tural Improvement! 

 Inverness Farmers' Club 

 Irrigation - - 



Land»ca»'e Gardening 

 Lime-water, to kill slugs 

 Linneean BuUiny • 



Lucerne - 



Mangold Wurzel 217 b - 



Manures, to adulterate - 



Mr. Lavres's experiments 



with - 



Mechanics, as applied to Affrt. 

 Morphology - - 211 e 

 Mould, origin of 

 Myrobalan Plum - 

 Quisqualiif sinensis 

 Pelargoniums, to graft 

 Penny postage - 



Pig feeding • 



Pine*applea - 

 Pine-seeds, to sow - 



Plants, season for shifting 

 Primus cerasifera - 

 Purple Beech, to graft - 

 a*on for shifting plants 

 seedlings .... 



Shores of the Moray Frith, 



soil, &c- of 

 Shrubs for a shady situation - 

 Slugs, to kill - 

 Stirling Farmers' Club 

 Young cattle, fever in 

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K0YAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENG- 

 LAND.-SOUTHAMPTON MEETING.— Prize-Sheets and 

 Regulations for the Exhibition of Stock, Implements, &c, 

 together with the blank Printed Forms ok Certificate 

 required to be filled up by Exhibitors, and copies of the printed 

 Programme of the Meeting, may be had on application, either 

 personally or by letter, addressed to the Secretary, No. 12, 

 Hanover-square, London. 



Exhibitors are particularly requested to observe, that all Certi- 

 ficates for Implements, &c, must be sent, complete, so as to 

 leach the Secretary on or before the FIRST OF MAY; and all 

 Certificate* for Stock on or before the First of June. 



By order of the Council, James Hudson, Secretary. 



London. Marc h, 1844 



J CHOICE PANSIES. 



HENCHMAN begs to inform cultivators of the 



• PANSY that he is now sending out healthy plants of six 

 good seedling varieties, for 215. the set. Also a few choice kinds 

 at an d 185. per dozen.— Edmon ton, March 1844. 



WOOD !iSERY,MARESFIELD,nearUckfieId, Sussex 



\Y ILLIAM N\OOD and SON have much pleasure in 



th»* w?k ntlnff their numer °us Patrons and Friends that 

 InvIlnahiP i£ n i ap P?!? ted Agents for the sale of that most 

 Vt\t1rp%^ CHEMICAL TRANSPARENT 



ttdthS^^ sarn * >les of Which may be seen, 



IT bitted . to Use ' at WoOD and S^ Nursery. Sold 



i" S eTch ^.^P'f^wctions for use, pints St. 6d., quarts 

 — 2 2™' Discount to the Trario 



^^sVe^I^W^^^^ 11 pansy, hollyhock 



"" KIT! PVT . ° MB , E VALE NURSERY, BATH. 



J 



KlTIPVk ■/ VALE NURSERY, BATH. 



• the Pub^ir t?!f S 1° lnform the Nobility, Gentry, and 



EDUKG FrrHQ? ? ^^ hMed of Mr. Pond his unequalled 



SEEDLING FUCHS U PON n rn n ° f U A P °* D hiS une <l ua,led 

 it to be one of the Uuiif^n?- 15, ; Ilowed b >' a11 who have seen 

 tabe and sepals biiS P rimJ« naDd ?T e8t Fl,ch8ia, of theda yj 

 tremelv/ree bloome? finP ° n ' Wlth darker corolla, and ex- 



■atisfactioo. TpTpiant *** habit; Cannot fail t0 give 



fSPECIOSA SUPFRrtA? ,?«! 0f fiDe SEEDLING CACTUS 

 Plants of his SERnr iv« A . ;, * P er » Iant - Also, pood healthy 

 Thii Flower both to £ PAN *7 (LYNCOMBE VALE RIVAL). 



the be*t h K ht Pansy nnf pe o an l dccisioi » of colour, is decidedly 



J - K. can recommend \ t 6 t! per plant ' 



Cutest confident \£Lj\ " OLLY «OCK SEED, with the 

 * fall and very douhlV pf ken preat care to select from his 

 r*«^ to colour; which h «M. er / ° f 1843 20 distinct varieties, 

 free, on the receipt of a p ^ ,,l X° rward to an X purchaser post- 



^e above are now reldv tn t '°J fice order for 5s The whole of 

 I ~~ __J!J^ ad ytojend out—Bath, April 5, 1844. 



\\ ILLIAM MIUftTT I 7- 



/ f his Advertisemir. I « begS to dlrect attention to 



TT GROOM n V M LANCIPOLIUM. 



i X ' from wiwcJth? , am * Se ' near Lond on (removed 



^"»^toSii;A^ TMW Florist to Her 

 2 th n ? ls ^»enc r Sesti° bllt l' Gentr >' and Amateurs, 

 £^ t *bove Flowers at h kn S ^ he has had in the cultivation 

 ^fcon of the quality of huT G ? rden (where he "Quests an 



prices. l His Vat a ; ^Sfil he can <**' th ^ iaf *«T 

 B «XEWPLS? ue ° f PEf ^RGONlUMS, AUR1- 



°n application ." T hp ' tJHH W ready ' and wiu be Awarded 

 L^l^desupp i iedj 



/anuL% L, 'f h / gedling DAHLIA, "Emma"- 



JT; the petals, form' and S* 1 ? 11 ' White ' tj PP ed with dee P 

 2a£?V na free *n flS'wSnJ ? n . tre good; the lar « est » mos t 



^^ l ?^ w « PriS n ^? E an R 7 Dah !l a ?' et P~Wted t 

 *hibi»M Parp,e m »roon , fine cnr^ T RlVAL " P^nts in May, 5s. 

 ^te^ evcra ^nne cupped petal, and free bloomer; 



„*•. Plants in \f av <!. 5i and8 lasl season. «Tr KWM iv/i* A J 



Post 



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^^ oT?ST* fid Wcotei^ w, fch hVl°n Pa ! of healti ^ Plants 



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105. 6(f . 



FASTOLFF RASPBERRY. 



JT. WILLMER begs to announce to his Friends and 

 • the Public generally that he is able to supply a few hun- 

 dreds of the above-named Raspberry, in strong Canes, at 405. per 

 100, warranted to be the genuine kind, packing included, with 

 carriage paid to London; or in less quantity, price in proportion. 

 Fine showing sorts of CARNATIONS and PICOTEES,in 12 kinds, 

 one pair of each, 2is. AURICULA. — Strong Plants of showing 

 sorts, 12 plants, in 12 sorts, including basket and packing, the 

 selection left to J. T. W., who possesses a large healthy stock.— 

 Sunbury Nursery, Middlesex, Aprils, 1844. 



CATALOGUE of CHOICE DAHLIAS, sold by 



W. R. WHALE, Florist, &c. &c, Elcot, near Hungerford, 



Berks. 



Whale's Preceptor, a seedling of 1842 ; bright crimson 

 scarlet; good substance and outline; beautifully 

 cupped petals 3 splendid show flower,- fine habit; 

 height, 4 ft 



Second— Crimson Perfection, of great substance, being 

 20 petals deep j high rising centre; fit for a back 

 row flower in any stand ; good habit ; height, 4 ft. . 10 6 



Third— Mary ; white ground, margined with rose- 

 pink; a fancy border variety ; constant and abun- 

 dant bloomer; height, 3 ft 



Spnry's Lady Antrobus ; white ground, margined with 

 scarlet lake ; beautifully cupped petals ; good sub- 

 stance and outline; took numerous prizes; de- 

 cidedly the best light show flower of the season; 

 height, 3 ft 



Second — Aurantia; on an orange buff; decidedly the 

 best flower of its class; took several prizes; 

 height, 4 ft % 10 



Madeline (Daniel's); a beautiful lilac; good substance; 

 fit for a back row flower ; constant ; height, 4 ft. 



Prince of Waterloo (Drummond's) ; a shaded red; 

 beautifully cupped petals; fine centre; took the 

 first prize at Chippenham ; placed before Keyne's 

 Standard of Perfection, Lady Antrobus, and Brown *s 

 Lady St. Maur; first prize at Bath, &c. ; height, 4 ft. 10 



Sir H. Pottinger (Drummond*s) ; dark plnm-colour; 

 cupped petals; good centre; a most desirable show 

 flower; height, 4ft 10 



Sir J. S. Richardson, Union ; one of the best flowers 



of the season; height, 4 ft 



An improvement on the Duchess of Richmond. 



Opher Yellow (Edwards's) ; fine show flower; height, 



5 



10 C 



10 6 



10 6 



4 ft 



10 6 



Bermondsey Bee (Proctor's); crimson purple; fine 

 show flower 10 



Nonpareil (Proctor's) ; ruby scarlet ; first-rate . 



Talmer (Girling's); purplish rose; good show flower 



Royal Sovereign (Stanford's) ; bright yellow. This 

 flower is little known, and scarce; Mas shown in 

 Hampshire, Sussex, &c.,last season in grand style; 

 height, 4 ft 



Park Mount Rival j a superb yellow . 



Vanquisher (Wood's) ; shaded maroon; first-rate 



Lady Stanford (Groves's) ; yellow; fine . . 



Cheltenham Queen (Hodges's); white; first-rate 



The following Varieties at 305. per dozen. 



10 



6 



10 



6 



7 



6 



5 







10 



6 



10 



6 



7 



6 



7 



6 



Antagonist (Bragg's), white 

 Asmodeus (Davis's), dark 

 Beaury of Sussex (Mitchell's), 



edged 

 BlancheShelley(Mitchell's),edg 



Blue Bonnet, brown, self 

 Colonel Baker (Dodd's), self 

 Confidine (Cook's), orange 

 Cornett(Thomson's),daik, self 



Dreadnaught, self 



Essex Triumph, dark, self 



Favourite (Dodd's), light-edged 



purple 



Hero of Stonehenge (Whale's), 

 dark mulberry 



King of the West (Walters's), 

 dark, self 



Miranda (Brown's), white- 

 mottled purple 



Mrs.J. Richardson (Edwards's), 

 white and purple 



Mogul (Attwell), self 



Paul Pry (Brown's), rose 



Perpetual Grand (Brown's), red 



Purple Perfection (Mitchell's) 

 Swindon Rival (Compton's), 



mottled rose 

 Sir R. Sale, self 

 S ultana (Appleby's), shaded 



purple 

 Vivid (Thomson's), scarlet 

 Virgil, dark, self 

 Perfection (Keynes's), purple 

 Venus (Gaines's) 

 Venus (Attwell's), white 

 Suffolk Hero, dark, fine 

 King of Lilacs (Girling's) 

 Claude Laurain (Harrison's) 

 Lady of the Manor (Attwell's), 



light edged purple 

 Lady of the Lake (Gaines's) 

 Sir R.Chcster(Stein's), dark,self 

 Lirchiel, scarlet, large flower 

 Lady Sale (Edwards's), red 

 Victory of Sussex (Stanford's), 



dark, fine 

 Novelty (Whale's), shaded red 

 Queen of Trumps (Brown's),&c. 



The following Good Old Varieties, 12s. per dozen. 



Admiral Stopford 

 Andrew Ilofer 

 Admirable 

 President of the West 



(Whale's) 

 Phenomenon, ditto 

 Attila, ditto 

 Beauty of the Plain 



(Spary's) 

 Mrs. Shelley 

 Lady Cooper 



Maria (Wheeler's) 

 Competitor (Hodges') 



Grand Baudine 

 (Low's) 



Conservative, ditto 



Bedford Surprise 

 Lady Murray 

 Euclift (Ward's) 

 Eclipse, W. 

 Eclipse, C. 

 Tournament, C. 

 Indispensable, G. 

 Burnham Hero 

 Bridesmaid 



Maid of Bath 



Candidate (Silver- 

 lock's) 



Duchess Richmond 



Lady Harland 



Marquis Lansdowne 



Metella (Brown's) 

 Robespierre, dark plum colour, 25. 6d. 

 A Good Assortment of Fancy Varieties, at 125. per dozen. 



Oakley's Suriris?, Nihile, &c. &c. See. 



Marchioness Exeter 

 Prince of Wales, D. 

 Prince of Wales, G. 

 Pickwick 



Princess Royal, H. 

 Queen, W. 

 Rival Sussex 

 Rouge-et-Noir 

 Sir F. Johnstone 

 Springfield Rival 

 Twyford Perfection 

 Prince Albert, A, 

 Defiance (Cox's) 

 Rose Unique (An- 

 sell's), &c. Sec. Sec. 



MAY'S "QUEEN OF MAY" CINERARIA.— 

 The above new and beautiful Cineraria is now ready to be 

 sent out by post, or otherwise, at 55. 6rf. each, including case, 

 prepaid. It is confidently recommended as being one of the 

 most splendid novelties that has been offered in Cinerarias; the 

 colour being a beautiful light sky-blue; the flowers large and of 

 good form; the plants compact, shrubby, and dwarf in growth. 

 W. M. begs to state that his descriptive List of new, superb 

 Calceolarias may be had on application to William May, Hope 

 Nursery, Bedale, Yorkshire. 



W. M. also begs to intimate that he cannot supply any more 



Eucharidium grandiflorum. 



MESSRS. MAKNOCK and MANLEY bf* to inform 

 thei Friend* ami the Public, that their DESCRIPTIVE 

 CATALO( IE OF FUCHSIAS, VERBENAS, CINERARIAS, 

 DAHLIAS, &C f with a Treatise on the best and most successful 

 Modes of Cultivation, is now ready, and may be had on appli- 

 cation. 



N.B.— T .eir beautiful Fuchsia, Marvock's Peixckss Sophia, 

 is now ready to be sent out ; the stock is not large, thexeiore 

 early orders will prevent disappointment. 



Nursery, Hackney, April 5, 1844. 



EXHIBITION of CAMELLIA JAPONICA, or Japan 

 Rose.— A Collection of these beau'iful Exotics is now in 

 bloom at Chandler & Sons 1 Nursery, Vauxhall. Admittance 

 gratis. * « 



CPLEND1D LARGE, DELlMiLUE ANAGALLIS 



O and SUPERB CINERARIAS.— Plants of that large, splendid 

 deep-blue, full and complete runnd-pctalud ANAGALLIS 

 BREVVERII. being of a strong and vigorous habit, are well 

 adapted for bedding ont ; 12«. per dozen. 



SUPERB CINERARIA SEED, ^ved from the most esteemed 

 named kinds, and other new and beautiful Seedlings, corapnsiof 

 every shade of dark and light-blue, at 2«. 6d. per packet . s j 

 flowering plants of the above, 12*. per docen. /pplica* n- 



eluding Post-office orders, will be immeriu. y executed.— Direct 

 to Michael Bukwkk. Sen., Cambridge Nursery. 



SEEDLING FUCHSIAS, PHLOXES, and VERBENAS. 



S GIRLING begs to inform the admirers of theabove f 

 • that he will have fine healthy plants of his superb Seed- 

 lings ready for delivery by the 20th of April. S. G. offers them 

 with the greatest confidence, being well convinced of their 

 superiority over any others he cultivated last year, which 

 included about 100 varieties. The Fuchsias have been seen by 

 Dr. Lixoi.ry. whose opinion on their merits will be found in the 

 Gardeners* Chronicle, pages 528 and 56l, of 1843, under the sig- 

 nature "S. Girling." FUCHSIAS. 



CANDIDATE.— Deep crimson tube and sepals, petals bright 

 violet-purple, reflexing so as to show the corolla. Price per 

 plant, 55. 



GLOBOSA COCCINEA.— Tube nearly globular, dark vermi- 

 lion sepals, and violet petals. 35. 6d. 



HERO OF SUFFOLK.— Dr. Livni.Kv's description of this is— 



"No. 5 is a handsome seedling, with short crimson vermilion 



•tube and sepals of good substance, the latter expanding so as 



almost to reflex, after the manner of Magnifica; stamen and 



pistils much exserted." Price 7s 6rf. 



PHLOXES. 



KING OF THE WHITES.— The best white out; height, 3feet 



Price 55. 



SPECTABILIS.— Shaded lilac, very fine, height, 3 feet. 35. (id. 



DRUMMONDI, var. SPLENDENS, a new annual of great 

 beauty, being of the richest crimson scarlet, and quite circular 

 in form. In packets of 12 seeds ; It. 6d. per packet. 



VERBENAS. 



DEFIANCE.— Bright rosy pink; the best in its class. 35. 6d. 



TRESOR PAR FAIT.— Bright violet purple, shaded with deep 

 crimson; quite distinct from any Verbena known. 35. 6d. 



S. G. also begs to state that his Catalogue of Florist's Flowers 

 is ready, and may be had on prepaid application; it will be 

 found to contain nearly every novelty of the season, any of 

 which S. G. will be happy to receive orders for, and which shall 

 have every care and attention. The Fuchsias and Verbenas will 

 be sent by post, free of charge, where preferred. The Phloxes 

 are now ready for delivery. 



Dane Croft Nursery, Stowmarket, March 23, 1844. 



OLIVER'S "Young Heir" Dahlia.— To be sent out 

 the first week of May, at 75. 6<£ . each.— A. Oliver begs re- 

 spectfully to call the attention of Dahlia-growers to the above 

 Seedling, which gained prizes at the following Open Shows : — 

 Fetton, Sept. 27th, 1342, First Seedling Prize; Fetton, August 

 3lst, 1843, an Extra Prize, Nine Blooms; Fetton, Sept. 28th # 

 1843, First Seedling Prize, Nine Blooms; Alnwick, Aug. 29th, 

 1843, in the first stand of 12; also the Premier prize, Self colour ; 

 also the First Seedling Prize, Fiv e Blooms. The above Dahlia 

 is one which the Advertiser flatters himself will give every satis- 

 faction to purchasers, being a free bloomer, and never showing 

 the eye ; good petal, good centre, first-rate outline; colour, rosy 

 crimson; height, from 3 to 4 feet. A. Olivkr would take one- 

 half in plants from the Trade. The following 1 Nur>erymen in 

 the north will be able to supply plants, viz. Newton, New- 

 castle ; jAKsn*r andFiVNEv, Gateshead; H.avcock and So.v, 

 Durham.— Eslington-house, Whittingham, Northumberland. 



EW AND CHOICE FUCHSIAS, VERBENAS, 



PETUNIAS, Sold by WARNER & WARNER, Skedsme.v, 



28, Cornhill, London. 

 Smith's Albion . • 



Coronet . 



Coccineaverna. 



Decora 



Expansa . 



Gigantia . 



Hector 



Incarnata 



Modesta . 



Neptune • 



Keflexa 



Vesta 

 Epps's Bridegroom 



Espaitero . 



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Epps's Kentish Hero . 5s. Od 

 Duke of Wellingtons 

 Winserii . . 5 

 Maria . . 5 

 Florence . . 5 

 Kentish Bride . 7 

 Emperor of China 5 



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Standish's Attraction 



President 

 Colossus 

 Antagonist 

 Conductor 

 ,, Candidate 



Miller's Constellation 



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Miller's Punctata 

 Pearson's Ne plus Ultra. 



Speciosissima. 



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PETUNIAS. 

 7 .?. 6d 

 3 6 

 3 6 



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3 

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Pearson's Teucroides 

 atro sanguinea . 



Pearson's Teucroides 

 cailestina . 



son's Formosa 



Celestial • 



Splcndida • 



VERBENAS. 



Pearson's Teucroides 



Princess Alice . 

 Pearson's T.Speciosissiroa.3 6 



T. Beauty Supremea 6 



6d 



6 



6 



5s, 0d 



3 6 



3s. 6d 



WARNER & WARNER beg to inform their Friends thef can 

 supply all the varieties of Fuchsia, Petunia, and Vbkbkna new 

 out, either in single plants or collections. They have also all 

 the new Cinerarias, Calceolarias, Geraniums, Dahlias, 

 &c, now in cultivation. . . 



Catalogues of the above may be had. Plants of the new biacg: 

 NeDiophil.a, Qd. each.-Agents for the late Mr. Loudon's worn*. 



