I 





5 



THE 



GARDENERS 



5 



AND 



AGRICULTURAL 



CHRONICLE 

 GAZETTE. 



/ Stamped 



Horticultural 



jo. lb— 1844. 



SATURDAY, APRIL 20. 



^r. rf Ireland 



.!•«*«. MBMUitiOD Of 



••Wet 



INDEX. 



Luculia gratissima 

 Manurei • 



— experiments Trith - 

 Mosi in Lawns, to kill 

 New Water-colour - 





- 



W Ootrat !*m - * 

 •it uh ration » - 



Wood. 1 ootid*, noticed 



- 



Edc ft**wer -bed* 

 Ikiftff properties of - 



252 c 



252 b 

 249 a 



244 c 



253 c 

 248 b 



245 a 

 252 e 

 252 

 MB 

 247 

 247 

 244 

 247 



248 

 245 

 253 

 244 



- 246 a 



- 253 e 

 •252 c 



- 248 r 

 247 c 



GREAT 



YARMOUTH 



NURSERY. 



b 

 b 



c 

 b 



b 

 b 

 b 



c 



e 

 c 



244 and 248 c 



- 244 e 



243 C 



249 a 



Jam 

 »j <;. W. JuhoMH, 



ur* of 



*1 



A kUbbits 

 al Afrink'.ue 



JUrt iral Sodetiei • 



Ihj - . . • 



mmititufint* nf plants 



Dirisiufl ti Fields, by 

 (n*u«, rpr. . 



Fru.i trees * 



247 a 



246 c 



251 a 

 243 c 

 246 6 

 245 e 



249 b 



252 6 

 24S c 

 245 b 

 243 a 

 246/» 



250 a 



253 a 



248 e 



Orange-trees - 



Pansy-fly - 



Peaches, early ... 



Plants, Agricultural compos!- 

 „, tioa of - - . - . 



— tablet showing the con- 

 stituents of * 



Pollen, vitality of - 

 Polyanthus, a good bee-flower 

 Potatoes • 



— failure of - ■ • 

 Probus Farmers' Club 

 Rabbits, to kill 



— game-laws respecting - 

 Rats, to destroy - 

 Scenes, &c, of Country Life, 



by E. Jesse, Esq., revd. 

 Sheep, rot in . 



Societies), Horticultural - ..„ 



Spoffbrth,nearWetherby,noticed 247 



NORFOLK, 

 1844. 



250 a 

 245 c 

 245 c 



244 a 



251 b 

 253 a 



245 c 

 245 c 



245 c 



246 e 

 251 b 

 243 a 



Stall-feeding 

 Stephanotis floribunda 

 Subsoil ploughing 

 Vines, their habitudes 

 Vitality of pollen 

 Walcheren Broccoli 



Whitney's Composition 

 W r ireworms, to kill 



Wooden shoes 



• 253 c 



- 247 a 



- 254 a 



- 246 a 



- 245 c 



- 248 b 



• 245 c 



- 246 a 



- 249 c 



H°rl£ L B0TANIC SOCIETY, Regent's Park, 



-IV EXHIBITIONS of PLANTS, FLOWERS, and MICROS- 

 COPES m the Garden of this Society, for 1844. 

 » Tubsday, April 30. 



Tuesday, June 4. 

 Tuesday, July 2, 1844. 

 v .^J 10 " ™* es exceeding 900/. will be competed for. 

 h SEE2 Mem * ers » an ? the bearers of Ivory Tickets, will 

 V S! eCU ^° ente ^ theirna mesintheGate-book. 



Tin iL \ a K n Tlc n e l s at 5J? ' each > exce Pt on the davs of 



i'rJS^ «g«fj *J o'clock. Carriages to enter the 



5 liKfiiWS r the r ? ad opposite the rort 55 tS 



* uja the ritJ n pr ; nc !P al Gate of the Gardens, and to 

 •iffthe weather moT^ r S? d ,eadin ? to Chester-terrace. 

 N* ^iZo^H ' ENEW GATE conne eted with the 



1 ieU B?o f ^ e f P K art * cular8 «* the Gardens, 

 r- y^^°l»l£^ ^ J- D. C. Sowerby. Ser- . 



HS E L x^ B L ;? r ^. S fi 0CIETY at HERTFORD. 



«^«*Mre HaifSertford N i« fiXed forThur ^ay next. April 25th, 

 *i!li^tford^Doorsopen at 2 p.m. Admittance, is. 



JAHLlAS.— SPARV^TTTi 7 — -— 



&• FiorSing era! ^M U J t0 ^^^ the Tr » de > and 



52 bow ready f^delJ Prv ha £ a *S ne healtn r stock of the 

 li^^ng^ .the select new and old 



1 yiOO^^^f^^ ^OODIEANA^ 



£* ^odinr oat the ihn ^ that he wiil com *ence 



**-■* 2.. W. per Plant uTfh b , e K aUtiful MIMULUS on the 23d 

 **« are taken. Forded? e Usual all °wance if three or 

 ^respondents » i n lastTSr 8 * 6 ™ r ' penny's «' Answers to 



*>'<! Mid Showy, rood KmaH ,• Caar ' , "« : — " MIMULUS.— L. Jf.— 



22^ ^nt!^ZTv?' an(ih ' iehColour ' ^e above the 

 JJ**j Messrs. Huasi iSd m«m A0AN and Co " Mansion House- 

 tjm of it may be seen Mulle ^ Leadenhall-street, where 



y.^rmore Scarlet and" nT^ int ° the BORDERS.- 

 gg-'M Verbenas, k tU ni« e o ? e . ,arffonium8 ' 30 varieties of 



YOUELL and CO., 



PATRONISED BY HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THF 

 QUEEN; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF ^THE BEiVt AnI 

 NURSERYMEN AND FLORISTS BY SPEC1AI AP O S*' 

 MENT TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER 



miTn NOW READY FOR SENDING OUT. 

 THE NEWEST AND VERY BEST FUCHSIAS 

 VERBENAS, PETUNIAS, ANAGALLIS, &c ' 



Y FOR 1844. 



OUELL and Co. beg to refer the Readers of the 

 Gardeners* Chronicle to their Catalogue of the above, which 

 appeared m this Paper of the 6th inst., and will be found to con- 

 tain such varieties only as are worthv of cultivation. 



Youei.l & Co. being the parties who first sent out per post 

 with safety, these tribes of plants, are desirous of calling atteo- 

 tw ^ * heir ad J a »tageous method of executing orders, namely, 

 that they will deliver them free of postage fon the receipt of a 

 Post-office order), to any part of the United Kingdom, upon the 

 following terms:— ' ^ 



!o Ext . ra Fine varieties, 125., the Selection left to Youell & Co. 



in w„l • ♦• dltt ° 2U> the Selection left to the Purchaser. 

 5a ? * Va r ieti e? • • 40s., the Selection left to Youell & Co. 

 50 Extra Fine ditto . 6o#., the Selection left to the Purchaser. 



VERBENAS. 

 12 Extra fine Varieties, 6s., the selection left to Youell & Co. 

 12 Ditto „ 10s., the selection left to the purchaser. 



PANSIES. [ Sent postage free.] 

 12 Fine Show Varieties, by name . . in*, per dozen 

 12 Extra Fine ditto, do. . . is*. „ 



I «»- , CHRYS ANTHEMUMS. [Sent postage free.] 



Fifty of the newest best varieties by name, 12*. per dozen ; for 

 list and colours of which, see Advertisement of the 6th inst. 



FLOWER-SEEDS.-30 Packets of the choicest and newest 

 kinds sent per post free for 6s. 



nPWO NEW SEEDLING PICOTEES.-" Lady 



• Alice Peel/' 10*. 6d., and "Mas. Benvon," ios. 6d. 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 & Co., for particulars of 

 which see their Advertisement in this Paper of the 6th inst. 



FINEST CARNATIONS and PICOTEES. 

 T^OUELL and Co. beg to refer the Readers of the 



J- Gardeners' Chronicle to their Extensive List, with Prices 

 of the above highly esteemed Flowers, which appeared on the 

 Advertising pages, 706 and 707, of this Paper, of October the 14th 

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



. 8. d. 



4 



10 







10 







1 

 1 



3 

 2 



5 



c 



WILLIAM "? D K&gfSw5»: 



I^i/bST 1 Interes ted,'aSS dS!S lder, ? g that raan > r Amateurs 

 to? i°?' now offers an « d e ! lro . Us of cultivating a few choice 



B*£LR fe^ifa P d^ n i^ th ~ inc »«- to spe°cu! 



t^&^trttotteie*^^ 8 , Geraniums » surely 



^Pl»nuT y ' 0n re ceipt of a Ta« ^ ter , mi " U3 of the Great 



*'£"? E ln 48 " siz ed pots Post -° ffice or <*er for One Guinea. 



^fe^^elTias S ^Sl a C n a / al ^ Ue - ° f Geraninm., 

 ^-roLv 00 •PPWcaUoi. eW Want8 ' &c " is J ust Published; 



^N-ES'Swp R "vE H E L ^ S N T M ° AY BE S£ NT OUT FIRST 



foil J 3 Princess At,^», 



& 



*«ho 



^ i rr W o^^ owi "^be n s ? 1 U> PP ^ i Wfts considered b^ 



FfitWto? ! * "W ^^'ou„d A t ' h -- k Fine . 7 ellow - occasionally 

 '•"xlrtow ^"' off '«d to the w PMa1, fine cirealar form- 



•i-ini>H.u,°. l - NT a8s o, 7l .,..___ _ 



•** > » eood 



of DakU 



lilac; 



— — — - " VWV9 



uperb show- 



W ^iiJini* M ' A^icufaa^cin? 8 ' Pansies - Calceolarias, 



ij ilfe %%£$? Kew Splines o?fir a3 ; Chr ^anthemun„ 

 ~ -5K™l!»«th, Nu ""°f Arat-rate qualities, may 



" ■ ^^ » - w « na r n f r m t «»>*•*« of a*. 



Also a few choice kinds 

 Apnl 1844. 



Prices as follows : 

 12 pair of good Show Sorts .... 



12 ditto fine ditto 



25 ditto ditto " * 



12 ditto extra fine and very superior ditto '. 

 25 ditto ditto . . . ditto 



The selection being left to Youkll & Co. 



FASTOLFF RASPBERRY. 



For Particulars of this highly-valuable and much-esteemed 

 Raspberry, Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the 

 Queen, and most of the Nobility, see their Adv. of the 6th inst. 

 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 5* Od 

 Do. do. 50 do. . . 15 



Do. do. 25 do . . 14 



Package included. 



«^ CAUTION.— Youell and Co. deem it requisite 



to inform their Friends and the Public in general of the fact, that 

 other varieties of Raspberries are being offered for sale under the 

 title of " Fastolff," and such having no pretensions whatever to 

 the genuine variety, they beg to state they cannot be held respon- 

 sible unless it has been supplied from their Nursery : neither have 

 they appointed any Agents for the sale of it. 



ARAUCARIA IMBRICATA IN POTS. 



Recently planted most extensively at Her Majesty's Gardens 

 at Windsor, and also at the Royal Gardens, Claremont, fur- 

 nished by Youell and Co. 



~Y OUELL and Co., possessing the most extensive 



™"7„f,?i£ I! ? the eountry of the above Splendid Hardy Orna- 



SS1. p e<? ' *h °«- ° ffer them ° n the fo,lowin e advantageous 

 le ™'- Fine robu st 4-year-old plants, 8 to 10 inches high, lof 

 per 100, or 30*. per dozen. ° ' 



Fine Plants of CEDRUS DEODARA, 2ft. to 2ft. 8 ins., 10*. 6d. each. 

 Great Yarmouth Nursery, April 18, 1844. 



N.B. All Orders above £2 will be delivered carriage 

 free either to London or Hull, or goods added to com- 

 pensate for the same. 



I riUMAS CRIPPS, Nurseryman, Tunbridge Wells, 



««H«nl 8pe ? S ly lnt,mat e* to his Friends he has now ready for 



™J out .. pl »nts of the above Double and delightfully fragrant 



dwarf flowering Brugsmansia, at 21*. each, in 48 s.zed pots, or 



small, in thumb pots, 15*., with th e usual discount to the Trade. 



DUSHELL'S Light Seedling DAHLIA, "Emma."— 



Plants in May, 10s. 6d. Colour white, tipped with deep 

 cnerry; the petals, form, and centre good; the largest, most 

 constant and free in flowering, of any Dahlia yet propagated, 

 and has obtained several prizes. » Pet Rival," plants in May, 5s. 

 i°u*' . purple m aroon j fine cupped petal, and free bloomer; 

 exnibited in several winning stands last season. " Kbnninoton 

 ^°a S \ Pj ants in M ay, 5*. ; most constant rose grown. To be 

 had of Messrs. Ansell, Camden-town ; S. Girling, Stowmar- 

 ket; F. and A. Smith, Hackney; andJ.BusBELL, 12, Hall-place, 

 Kennmgton-lane. 



[Price 6rf. 



d 

 6 

 



J FUCHSIA DICKENS. 



INGRAM, NURSERYMAN, SOUTHAMPTON, 

 • bens to offer the above-named unique Fuchsia at 7* 6rf 

 each, with an allowance to the Trade if three or more are takea! 

 Its character is that of Formosa elegaos, but far excels it in! 

 point of siae, colour, and general ha? t. Should it not turn oat 

 as described, no charce shall be made. 



J ' I v<; k am, 9, Abov«-B ir Street 1 



TVTESRRS. J. and H. 



the Nohilirv an ,i n an ^„ ^ c iouowin* wants for Bedding 



Lobelias. 6 vars., per dot. 6 



Lllium.fi newest varieties, 

 per dozen . . . l$ 



Mimuhis, S new varieties. 

 per dozen 4«ando » 



New BordiT Pinks, per ddz 4 



Oenothera inacrocarpa, cis- 

 pwtwa, 4 others, p. doz 12 



Pentstemon, 6 best varie- 

 ties, per dozen .60 



Phlox Drummondi, and 

 new dark, per doz., 4t& 6 



Phlox omniflora, & 6 other 

 varieties, per dozen . 6 



Potentilla, 6 fine species 6 



Salvias, 6 vars., p. doz, 4x& 6 

 Petunias, 6 new varieties, 



per dozen . . 6«&4 

 Scutellaria splendens, fine 



for beds, per dozen . 9 

 Verbenas, 12 newest vars. 



per dozen . . 6«&4 



Out, &c. ! 



Alstroemeriaa,i0Tar8,each 1 



Bouvardia, 4 do., per doz. (J 



Cinerarias, 6 best varie- 

 ties, per dozen . 4$ to 6 



Calceolarias, 12 best varie- 

 ties, per dozen . 4s to 6 



Campanulas, 6 best varie- 

 ties, per dozen . 4* to 6 



Dodecatheon, 3 species, 

 per dozen . . Q s to Q 



Fuchsias, 25 of the newest 

 and most approved.65 fc 12 



Gentiana acaulis, Ascle- 

 pedia and Septemfida, 

 per dozen . 4s, 6s, & 9 



Geraniums, Scarlet, Varie- 

 gated , &c. . 4*, 6s, & g 



Geum coccineum, per doz 6 



Heliotropium, per doz. 4s & 6 



Lychnis fulgens, 



,, Ceronata & Bun- 

 geana, per dozen . fj 













 







25 Superior sorts 

 50 do. do. 



ROCK PLANTS. 



15* 

 25 



50 Superior Herb, plants 

 100 do. do. do. 



HARDY CLIMBERS FOR PLANTING OUT. 



25* 

 45 



Aristolchia Sipho, each 1* 6d 



Atragene Austriaca, each 1 



Bignonia radicans, each 1 



Do. do. major, each l 6 



Ceanothus, 2 species, each 1 



Calampelis scabra, each l 6 

 Clematis azurea grandi- 



flora, per dozen . 24 



20 varieties of Roses, each 1 6 



I 



Clematis Sibboldii.p. doz 18* Od 



Do. Montana, p. doz 12 

 Pyrus Dutzia and Coto- 



neaster, each . . 1 

 Wistaria consequana.eachl 

 Honeysuckle, 6 vars.,eachl 

 Jasminum 4 vars. . 1 



Sollya, 2 vars., each . 

 Passifloras, 4 vars., each 1 





 6 

 

 







HALF-HARDY or SUMMER CLIMBERS. 



Thunbergias, 4 vars. each 1* 0d 

 Loasa and Tropaeolum Car. 

 each , . .05 



Cobaea scandens, each . 0* <jd 

 Maurandia, 3 vars., each 9 

 Lophospermum,3 vareachO 9 

 Scypanthuselegans, each 1 



The above Plants carefully packed and forwarded to any part 

 of the Lnited Kingdom. A post office Order or reference for 

 payment in Town. Persons erecting Greenhouses or Conser- 

 vatories can be well supplied with the choicest and best of Plants 

 for furnishing, including the many handsome Climbers recently 

 introduced. 7 



N - B.— Plants securely packed for exportation.— Albion Nor- 

 sery, Stoke Newington. L ondon. 



l\fARNER and WARNER, Seedsmen, 28, Cora- 



T ' hill, London, beg to inform their Friends that they can 

 supply all the new varieties of Fuchsia, Petunia, Verbena, Cal- 

 ceolaria, Geranium, Dahlia, Sec. See. now out, either in Collections 

 or by the single plant. 



Plants of the New Black Nemophylla, gd. each. Potter's Liquid 

 Guano, in quart bottles, 1*. gd. each. Super-phosphate of Lime, 

 to 71b. packets, at 1*. each. Whitnev's Chemical Transparent 

 Waterproof Composition, with directions for use; in pints* 

 2s. 6d. each, quarts, 4*.6<*. each. 



For their Advertisements of new and choice Flower and 

 \egetable Seeds, see their lists in Harrison's "Cabinet" for 

 April, and the preceding Numbers of the Gardeners' Ch roniclr. 



M ESSRS. MARNOCK and MANLWbe^'to'infori 



J-*-*- their Friends and the Public, that their DESCRIPTIVE 

 CATALOGUE OF FUCHSIAS, VERBENAS, CINERARIAS, 

 DAHLIAS, Sec, with a Treatise on the best and most successful 

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

 cation. 



N.B.— Their beautiful Fuchsia, Marxock's Princess Sophia, 

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

 early orders will prevent disappointment. 



Messrs. Hurst and M'Mullen are Agents for their Fuchsias and 

 Cinerarias. Nurser y, Hackney, April 19, 1844. 



SPLENDID LARGE, DEEP-BLUE ANAGALLIS 

 and SUPERB CINERARIAS.— Plants of that large, splendid 

 deep-blue, full and complete round-petalled ANAGALLIS 

 BREWERII, being of a strong and vigorous habit, are well 

 adapted for bedding out; 12«. per dozen. 



SUPERB CINERARIA SEED, saved from the most esteemed 

 named kinds, and other new and beautiful Seedlings, comprising 

 every shade of dark and light-blue, at 2*. 6d. per packet. Strone 

 flowering plants of the above, 12*. per dozen. Applications in- 

 cluding Post-office orders, will be immediately executed.— Direct 

 to Micwabl Rrrwer . Sen.. Ca mbridge Nursery. 



1V| AY ' S "QUEEN OF MAY" CINERARIA.— 



J-TA The above new and beautiful Cineraria is now ready to be 

 sent out by post, or otherwise, at 5s. 6d. 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 



*°«- £ rn i ; f plants com P act > shrubby, and dwarf in growth. 

 \V. 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 

 Euchandium grandiflorum. 



A/I ANGEL WURZEL.— Mr. Robert Baker, of 



-LV_i_ Wnttle, has for Sale a quantity of Mangel Wurzel Seed, 

 warranted, from transplanted roots, and which he has carefully 

 selected and improved for upwards of 30 years, until he has 

 obtained perfection equal to that of aoy other Stock in the 

 kingdom. Globe Orange, 1*. 6d. per lb. ; Globe Red, 1*. 3d. 

 per lb. , Long Red, 1*. 3d. per lb. Upon receiving a Post Office 

 Order the Seed will be forwarded to any part of the kingdom. 



