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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



[Apr, 6. 



"\7[7M. JOHN CORMACK, Agricultural Seeds- 



VV mav bv Appointment to His Royal Highness Prince 

 Albert, New Cross, Surrey, and Bedford Conservatory, Covent 

 Garden, begs to call the attention of the Nobility, Gentry, and 

 Agriculturists in general to his combinations of GRASS SEEDS 

 for Permanent Pasture, the Alternate Husbandry, Parks, Lawns, 

 &c (as recommended and practised by his partner, the late Mr. 

 Georc.k Sinclair, Author of the « Hortus Gramineus Woburn- 

 ensis " ) Upwards of 25,000 acres have been converted to perma- 

 nent pasture by this establishment with the greatest success. 

 Parties requiring Seeds are r - cell Lily requested to state the 

 nature of the soils. Mangold Wurzel, Carrot, and Turmp-sced 

 of excellent sorts, saved from transplanted bulbs. Garden and 

 Agricultural Seed* of the best quality and most approved kinds. 



N.B.— Cormack's British Queen and Prince Albert Peas, at 

 3a. 6d. per quart. _^ 



JG. WAITE, Seedsman, &C, 1 & 4. Eyre Street- 

 • Hill. Hatton Garden, London, begs to refer the readers 

 of the Gardener,' Chronicle to his pr.ced list of Seeds which ap- 

 peared in tins paper of March 23, p. 19»- M „. r .ii r «,;,! 



Agriculturists and the harming community generally, wi 

 perceive his prices of Turnips, Sec, are quoted mu^h below all 

 other houses in the trade, but at the sametimethey will please to 

 bear in mind they arefcecondtonone, in point of Stock and growth. 



per lb. — *. a. 



Turnip, Laing's Improved 



Swede, the best 



known . . 



Skirving'a Liverpool 



Purple Top Swede 



Green do. . 



Red Tankard . 



Green do. . 



New Zealand Golden 



Melon Swede . 



New White Decanter 



per lb.—*, d. 



Turnip, Early Stubble 

 White Round 

 Red do. 

 Green do. 

 White Globe 

 Red do. 

 Green do. 

 Purple Top Scotch 

 Green do . 

 Dale's Hybrid . 

 Yellow Malta . 1 

 Green Barrel . 1 



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Parties wishing to buy by the bushel may have a priced 

 Catalogue on application. • 

 Improved Long Red Mangel Wurzcl, per lb.— 05. 8tf. 

 Superior Yellow Globe do. do. ..09 

 „ Red do. do. do. ..09 

 Fine Selected Altringham Cairot . .09 

 Large Green-top White Belgium do. . .08 

 Grass Seeds of every description mixed to suit the soil for 

 which they may be required, so as to ensure a good sward, 

 either in Lawns, Parks, Permanent Pasture, or alternate course 

 ofHu- andry. 



SEEDLING VERBENAS. 



EH. FULLER respectfully informs the Public that 

 • he intends sending out in April the following new and 

 distinct Varieties of VERBENAS, which have been universally 

 admired, and submitted to Dr. Lixdley.— Vide Gardeners' Chro- 



nic/e, Oct. U, 1843, p. 721. „„„,, a 



E. H. Fuller, No. 2 (Incomparable), "brilliant rich purple, 

 with a white eye, the best of its colour wc have seen."— Plants In 



April, 5». each. ... *. «. 



No. 3, Luc ash, " delicate pink, clear and good."— 25. 6d. each. 



No. 4, Louis-Philippk, "rosy-purple, clear and.steady in colour, 

 a good Variety."— Plants 3s. 6d. each. 



"These flowers are characterised by having the colours very 

 clean, not dirty nor uncertain, as it frequently happens. The 

 flowers are rather small, but this may arise from want of better 



cultivation." , . . . 

 The usual trade allowance if three or more plants are ordered. 

 All orders will be sent post-free, or by coach, paid to London. 

 A Catalogue of Fuchsias, Geraniums, &c. &c. will be forwarded 

 by post on application. — Worthing. March 14, 1844. 



ULB <J U <J LM BE K-G LASSES, for Watering by 



Evaporation during the growth of the Fruit,2*. 6d. to 35. 6d. 

 each; GRAPE-GLASSES, with holes. Is. 9d. to 2*. 6U each; 

 BEE-GLASSES, 1*. to 25. 6d. each. Cylindrical CUCUMBER- 

 TUBES, from 6d. to 45. each; PROPAGATING - GLASSES, 

 Green, 15. per lb. ; white, Is. 2d. per lb. ; or 2s. 6rf. to 24s. per 

 dozen ; FISH-BOWLS, from Is. 6d. each ; ditto, with hole in the 

 bottom for Fountains, 2s 6d. per lb., at Apsley Pellatt's Fal- 

 con Glass Works, Holland-street, Blaoktriars. Orders from the 

 country, accompanied with a Post-office order, will meet with 

 prompt atte ntion. 



ECHl'S ELECTROTYPE FORKS & SPOONS. 



After a most careful examination and consideration, I 

 have come to the conclusion that I can safely warrant and re- 

 commend this article as being superior to the plated, or German 

 silver, or any other kind of plating. The article being in a 

 finished state, the silver is deposited on it by electricity, without 

 any solder, so that when the edges wear in course of time, 

 there is no blackness or unsightliness, and no one could distin- 

 guish between the worn and unworn parts, the article on which 

 it is fixed being hard white metal, so near the colour of silver. 

 The electric fluid amalgamates inseparably the two bodies, so 

 that nothing can divide them. Long-continued wear can alone 

 remove the silver surface. The prices are, dessert forks, 42». ; 

 table ditto, 56s. ; table-spoons, 62s.; dessert-spoons, 45s. ; tea- 

 spoons, 26s. per dozen.— J. I. Mechi, No. 4, Leadenhall-street, 

 London, Manufacturer of Table Cutlery, Dressing Cases, Baga- 

 telle Tables, &c. 



OW SATURDAY APRIL 20th, WILL BE PUBLISHED, PKICE SIXPENCE, STAMPED TO GO FREE BY POST. 



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