

THE 



GARDENERS 



5 



CHRONICLE 



AND 



A 



AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



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



1844. 



SATURDAY, APRIL 27. 



INDEX. 



Af ^ j m p.Soc.ot Ireland - 



Alhmni'* Kernel - - - 

 w. •••.•• 



£*' «*. to preserre 

 l£ku F*rw*rs' Club - - 



BrtaaitAl *?«• • * 



KS^eF^^ Club - 



CJrnrtar of Operations - 



Csmlli»> »oil for - 



Carrou and *uano - 



tart, to prune - • . - 

 ■hill t<- apply to Affrtc- - 



Ouairy fchowi - 



BibUh.fB«t - - - 



S&Hng Cucumber Show 

 ^ptry, valuation* on 

 Eaperimentsin Hort. Soc. Gard. 



Familiar Botany - - 



Farmer*' i-apital »• 



f of 

 Fire ftiet, to naturalise - 

 Flam, to nil ti vate ■ * * • 

 Fruiu, Syria* * • 



^bology and .Agriculture 

 :»*■ milk-pant *• 

 (iuaao, history of - 



to apply • 



— from Ichaboe • 

 InKCU of the Damson-tree 

 Manures, adulteration of 



— artificial - 



Mexican Pine* • 



b 

 b 

 b 

 b 



259 a 

 268 b 

 269a 



261 b 

 2»1 b 

 »\ 

 26* 

 263 

 £64 

 vGf) a 



263 c 



264 A 



268Z*> 



264 6 



£67 b 

 2<9 C 



268 b 

 263 b 



265 a 

 259 b 

 260a 



265 e 

 2*)'l c 



262 a 

 297 a 



263 b 



266 a 



269 c 

 269 b 

 268 b 

 263 b 

 961 b 



259 a 

 2*6 c 



260 c 



260 a 



Morphology - • 

 Orkney Farmers' Club 

 Peaches of Lei tmeritz 

 Plants for forcing - 

 Potatoes, <'iirl in - • 



— to plant - 

 Potter's Liquid Guano 

 Rabbits, to kill 



— Game Act concerning • 

 Report on the Lunatic Asylum 



or Derby, by W.W. Pike, rev. 

 Royal Institution, Mr. Solly's 



lecture at 

 Rot in Sheep - 

 Season, favourable - 



Sheep, rot in 

 Sh^s, to keep off - 

 Soils, mixture of - » 

 Solly (Mr.), his Lecture at the 



Royal Institution • 



South London Floricul. Soc. - 

 Sprengel on Manures 

 Strawberries at Willan Hall - 

 Swan, remarks on 

 Swedes, to transplant • 

 Syrian fruits • 



Toads, food of - 



Trees, young, to preserve from 



rabbits - 



Valuations on entry 

 Verbenas, select - 



Vermin, traps for - 

 Vines, remarks on 

 Wooden shoes - -1£ - 



261 b 

 969 b 

 261 c 

 2'I4 b 

 267 c 



267 e 

 261 b 



261 b 

 264 c 



2C9 b 



262 a 



268 a 

 261 c 



268 a 



261 c 

 268 a 



262 a 



262 c 

 266 c 

 261 a 



259 c 

 268 a 



263 6 



263 b 



264 b 

 2i5a 

 264 e 



260 b 



264 e 

 2C0 b 



ITEARTSEASE SOCIETY.— Under the Patronage 



-■-■■ of Sir J. Sebright, Bart. 



The next EXHIBITION of the above Society is appointed to 

 take place on Wkdnesday, 15th of May next, at the "Thatched 

 House" Inn, Hammersmith, when Prizes will be given on the 

 time liberal scale as heretofore. It is requested that Exhibitors 

 will have their Stands painted Green, and the Committee beg to 

 supgest a Pea Green as being the best. 



For further Particulars, please to apply to Mr. Mountjoy, Hon. 

 Sec, Nursery, Ealing, Middlesex.— April 22. 



TUNBRIDGE WELLS HORTICULTURAL SO- 



tho f IEn ; 1844 — There will be FOUR EXHIBITIONS during 

 MCoff!fnFr ? ! t^, J** th \* nt on Frida y. May the 24th; thi 

 thefo^ the third on ^iday, August 2d; 



^J^l^ Hon. Sec. 



W^?* AND WARNER, Seedsmen, 28, Corn- 



Dlv til h- ™° n> b - 6 *- t0 inf0rm their Ffie nds they can sup- 

 cSara CoZ **?£? ° f Fu <*sia, Petunia, Verbena, Cal- 

 U Tb"'h , e^ i r p ra„?. ahha ' & °- &C ' D0W ° ut ' either in Collections 

 r,u P a^^ Nemophylla, 9 d. each. Potter's Liquid 



ta JS packets *r ' 1S 'u 9d \?r* Ch - s »Per-phosphate of Lime, 

 **^^ Whitney's Chemical Transparen 



^X^tT,:J^ directions for -» in " ints - 



*r^ft^^^ new and choice ^ower and 



*i^Ai^ 1,stsin Hyson's -Cabinet" for 



Fetod w P tSS C - dm * Numbers of ^e Gardeners' Chronicle. 



— fZ?£l^^^ for sending out, 7s. 6d. each. 



Tiftttxtt* 5 0W SENDING OUT, 

 " Si ^NCTATA._Altho„gh the orders for 



healthy Rant. »mv ? ave been most numerous, a few strong 

 free. * nanu remaiQ 7* unbespoke ; 7 s. Gd. each plant, postagl 



^7ZT 9 _. W. Miller, Ramsgate. 



ESPARV k Lady Antrobus " and " Aurantia." 



• FiorisN in egS res P ectfuI1 7 to inform the Trade, and 

 •bove now nS}^V^ htit he has a fine heaIth 7 stock of the 



T HE\CH\f A x? H i° ICEPANSIES ' 



• ^i^il!^ begs t0 inforra cultivators of the 



^•eedlmgvari'.^ 6 J S now sendin & out healthy plants of six 

 * ***. and is*, per Z 1 fcr 2 i*- the *«*• Also a few choice kinds 

 _^^zen^^ mon ton, April 1844. 



T V «CARIA N EW HARDY ANNUAL. 

 AN'D J RAPiru]^7 DARK - EYED VISCARIA. 



§ _ • n fi .v f York P, KH0USE ^ Nursery and Seeds- 



jne above new and hll, P le asure of offering to the Public 

 £°- JO;, of the "florin ■ U J AnDua1 ^ which la figured at page 53, 

 R? Uh *&t m ?^^ Register" for 1843* The blossoms 

 «Jto a pale purnle 1? -S Wlth a deep cri ^son eve, and chang. 

 f! e H ater Partofthe,nrnnl tflow 5 rs v ery abundantlv through the 

 J?l»»y be sown eithTf a S d autamn - "is a native of Algiers, 



fi* ^ nd p,anted °«" ° pen grOUud in 8 P rin S» or raised 



°^»t Postage frie a to » n iU be Sent ' on the recel Pt of a Post-office 

 pTT— ^^^!!l^ Kingdom. 



T , OTJ^SSLH^ carnations, 





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that 



don (removed 



J* • from Walworth^ K m Rise » near Lc - . 



«QAtf SrV,be e:3 to inforr^ »k A / P °' N '™ SN ' T FLORIST TO HER 



ifth n ^" s ^»ence of S« the >>obilit y, Gentry, and Amateurs, 



^e aboveWwersJ h esUCCess he has ha d in the cultivation 

 ^ c t'on ofth ^ ath,s new Garden (where he requests an 



Ss&y* prtcw.'Tik rSJsr plants) » ne can ° ffer th( 



byD 0R h andN KWPLANT^ Ue ° f PELARGONIUMS, AURf- 



^^'^ion Thi t n ^ W ready ' and wil1 be Awarded 



^^SSi^JS^ ^.DAHLIA -Primu. 



?L ^ ^ j£!tai^ stand of l*^£&&Z?i£Z 



T 



ford 



-..«rpr emb .— ;••. ^uiuuraark purn 



•nown C t' ,8 «. »ith?U2^y k Jhellit idling prize 

 ^.ea^^^tiUon p r c tand n f la la -theonly places , 



. T - A rtl . ° f plants » thir <i week in May, 



I h *ni | D U t -r! K S0 badly he cann o? P ! reviousl 7 advertised by h 

 ^.-Cai^ 6 Ume »bove menti n« C h IVC an >* further orders 



Cam4cn N ^r r /^^°»JJ.-^ the third week 



for 

 in 



FUCHSIA DICKENS. 



T INGRAM, Nurseryman, Southampton, begs to 



*J • offer the above-named unique FUCHSIA at 7s. 6d. each, 

 with an allowance to the Trade if three or more are taken. 

 Its character is that of Formosa eleg-ans, but far excels it in 

 point of size, colour, and general habit. Should it not turn out 

 as described, no charge shall be made. 

 J. Ivoram, 9, Above. Bar Street. 



"DANSY, " Lady Alice Peel."— In every respect 



J- one of the best Show- Flowers of the present year; raised by 

 Youell&Co. in 1843. Blooms were submitted for the opinion of 

 the Editor of the Gardeners' Chronicle, a description of which 

 will be found under " Notices to Correspondents," in last week's 

 Paper, page 248. 



Strong plants are now ready for sending out, post-free, at 

 3s. Gd. per plant.— Great Yarmouth Nursery, April 25th. 



NEW HOLLAND SEEDS. 



TT C. CORSTEN, Seedsman, &c, Centre-row, 



-LX . Hungerford Market, has just received a box of the above 

 Seeds, with Specimens, in collections of 1/. and 21. May also be 

 had of H. Cqrstkn, Flo rist, &c, 19 a, Davies-street, Berkeley-sq. 



NEW FUCHSIAS. 



JOHN SMITH, Nurseryman, Dalston, begs to 



*J announce that he intends sending out, the second week in 

 May, the following fine and showy Fuchsias, good plants in pots, 

 at the prices named, viz. :— Albion, 5*.; Coronet, 7s. 6d.; 

 Expansa, 7* 6d. , Coccinea vera, 5s. ; Decora, 7s. 6d.; Gigantea, 

 10s. 6rf. ; Hector, Bff.j Incarnata, 5s. j Modesta, 5s. ; Neptune, 

 5s. j Reflexa,5s. ; "Vesta, 10s. 6d.— A descriptive list may be had, 

 on application at the Nursery, Dalston, or at his shop, Covent 

 Garden. The price of the collection. 3/. IPs.— A pril 27th. 



CHOICE PANS1ES, NEW FUCHSIAS, VERBENAS, &c. 



JOSEPH FRYER begs to remind his Friends and the 



*■' Public that he can still supply good healthy Plants of most 

 of the leading varieties of Pansies, from Is. to 2s. 6d. each ; and 

 fine varieties, by name, from 6s. to 9s. per dozen (if left to J. F.'s 

 selection); likewise the finest varieties of New Fuchsias, from 

 12s. to 18s. per dozen; and good showy varieties, from 6s. togs, 

 per dozen; good sorts of Verbenas, 4s. per dozen; and new va- 

 rieties, 6s. to Qs. per dozen. 



J. F. likewise begs to offer his " Thunbergia Fryerii," which 

 was so highly recommended by the writers in the Gardeners* 

 Chronicle last season, and is figured in the ** Florists' Journal" 

 for December last j good plants, 2s. 6d. each, with trade allow- 

 ance when three or more are taken. Also a few more packets of 

 the seed can be supplied at 2s. 6d. and 5s. each; and a limited 

 portion of choice Pansy-seed, at is. and 2s. 6d. per packet. Any 

 of the above will be sent post-free, or carefully packed in small 

 hampers if preferred. 



N.B.— Agent for Potter's Guano and Humphreys's Compound. 

 — Clarendon Nursery, Camberwell, London, April 26th. 



SLOUGH NURSERY, NEAR WINDSOR, 

 CHOICE SELECTION OF NEW DAHLIAS, 1844. 



THOMAS BROWN directs attention to his beautiful 

 SEEDLINGS, particularly that unrivalled light flower, 

 " Lady St. Maur," the superiority of which over every other 

 of its class is too well known to need further comment. Strong 

 and healthy plants will be ready for delivery early in May. 

 Aurantia (Spary's)— Orange buff; fine form and petal. 

 A very desirable show flower; obtained numerous 

 prizes; 3 ft. . . . • 



Alexander (Brown's)— Maroon and crimson mottled j 

 full and constant, centre well up, and a very useful 

 show flower j 5 ft. . . , . . . .76 



Delight (Brown's)— Cream, veined, and tipped with 

 purple; petal of fine substance and high centre; very 

 distinct to any in cultivation ; 4 ft. » . . .76 



Desirable (Brown's)— Shaded buff, quite new in colour; 

 a good show flower ; 5 ft. 76 



Lady St. Maur (Brown's)— White, delicately tipped 

 with violet purple; very deep and full, high centre, 

 forming a beautiful outline; the petals are round, and 

 smooth at the edge; habit of Perpetual Grand : it is 

 decidedly the finest light flower ever offered. It 

 attracted great admiration at Windsor, and was uni- 

 versally acknowledged to be the finest flower in the 



Exhibition: 4 to 5 ft 10 6 



Nutwith (Brown's)— Bright crimson ; a fine open-cupped 

 petal, and a good show flower ; 4 f t 76 



Raphael (Brown's)— Dark maroon, beautifully shaded, 

 with light crimson ; superior petal, of excellent form : a 

 very novel and striking variety, and will be an acquisi- 

 tion to any stand ; 4 ft. 10 6 



Rembrandt (Brown's)— Dark purple, very round" and 

 double, rising well in the centre, and a constant show 

 flower. It was very successfully exhibited; 3 to 4 ft. .10 6 



Emma Nokb (Dowding's)— Blush white, good general 

 form and centre : a good useful show flower; 4 ft. . 10 6 



Essex Bride (Turville's)— Delicate peach lilac, of excel- 

 lent petal and form ; 5 ft. . . (no discount) 10 6 



Lady Antrobus (Spary's)— White and lilac, mottled; 

 good form, constant, and very useful show flower ; 3 ft. 10 6 



Nonpareil (Proctor's)— Ruby scarlet, of first-rate pro- 

 perties ; extra show flower ; 4 ft. . (no discount) 10 6 



Standard of Perfection (Keynes')— Crimson ; of very 

 superior form ; 4 f t ( n0 discount) 10 6 



Sir J. Stewart Richardson (Union)— Brown ruby, great 

 depth, and excellent show flower; 4 ft. (no discount) 10 6 

 T. B. has also Selections of fine Carnations, Picotees, and 



all other Florists' Flowers; Plants, Fruit-trees, Shrubs, and 



general Nursery Stock. 



A general Catalogue of Dahlias, with a List of Superb New 

 Pansies, to be had on application. 



MESSRS. MARNOCK and MANLEY beg to inform 

 their Friends and the Public, that their DESCRIPTIVE 

 CATALOGUE OF FUCHSIAS, VERBENAS, CINERARIAS, 

 DAHLIAS, &c, 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, Marnock'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'Mulleu are Agents for their Fuchsias and 

 Cinerarias. Nursery, Hackney, April 26, 1844. 



105 6d 



[Price 6d. 



NURSERIES. SAWBRIDGEWORTH, HERTS, EQUIDISTANT 

 FROM THE HARLOW AND SAWBRIDGEWORTH 

 STATIONS. ON THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN 

 RAI LWA Y. 



NEW ROSES. 



rP RIVERS, Jun., has now to offer healthy Plants, 



- 1 - • which will bloom this season, of the new hybrid perpetual 

 Rose, La Rbink. These are grafted in pits on stocks of the 

 Rose Manettii, and may be planted out with safety towards the 

 end of the month. This large and splendid Rose has bloomed 

 at Sawbridpeworth, and is undoubtedly one of the finest 

 autumnal Roses known, colour brilliant Rose, very slightly 

 tinged with Lilac; in size it is larger than William Jesse, very 

 double, most perfectly cupped, highly fragraut, and opens freely. 

 Plants, I5«. each, package included. Also a few plants of the 

 new climbing Rose, Queen, or Beauty of the Prairies, a variety 

 of Rose Rubifolia, from North America, perfectly hard v. This 

 has also bloomed with T. R., Jun.; colour bright Rosy red 

 flowers large as those of the Crimson Boursault, very double - 

 and, unlike most climbing Roses.it has thick enduring petals'. 

 Plants, 7s. 6d. each. Carriage paid to London. 



Other new Roses will be ready for delivery early in May. In 

 consequence of the frequent complaints made of Roses in pots 

 being crushed when packed in baskets, by heavy weishts being 

 placed on them in the railway trucks, they will in future be sent 

 from the Sawbridgeworth Nursery, packed in wooden cases — 

 Anril 26. 1844. 



SUPERB SEEDLING DAHLIAS TO BE SENT OUT FIRST 



WEEK IN MAY. 



RAINES'S "Princess Alice,"— Pure white, very 



V-* full centre, the petals finely cupped; was considered by 

 all who saw it growing the best White Dahlia ; gained several 

 prizes; a good show-flower, 4 ft., 10*. 6d. 



Gaines's Twickenham Rival.— Fine yellow, occasionally 

 tipped with red; a superb round thick petal, fine circular form - 

 the best yellow yet offered to the public; gained several prizes • 

 a good show-flower, 4 ft., 10s. 6d. ' 



Gaines's Countess of Zktland.— Blush, tipped with lilac* 

 fine round thick petals; a good show-flower, 4 ft., 10*. 6d. 



Gaines's Enterprize.— Crimson purple, a superb show- 

 flower, 4 ft., 10*. 9d. 



A List of Dahlias, Pelargoniums, Pansies, Calceolarias, 

 Fuchsias, Verbenas, Auriculas, Cinerarias, Chrysanthemums, 

 &c, containing many New Seedlings of first-rate qualities, may 

 be had by application at the Nursery, Surrey-lane, Battersea. 



JJURST & M'MULLEN, Seedsmen and Florists^ 



-*--■- 6, Leadenhall- street, London, have a few packets left of 

 the following very choice FLOWER-SEEDS, which they can 

 recommend as particularly adapted for being sown at the present 

 time. 



Anagallis grand! flora (new), 

 flowers as large a crown- 

 piece. See description In the 

 Gardeners' Chronicle, pp. 461 

 and 488. 

 Campanula stricta 

 Erica andromedaeflora 

 Fuchsias, saved from best vars. 

 Gloxinia, fine mixed 

 Ipomcca Horsfallii 



„ rubro-caemlca 

 pomopsis elegans 



H. and M'M. are Agents for the sale of Mr. Miller's (of Rams- 

 gate), Petunia Punctata, new Verbenas, Fuchsias, &c., &c. ; 

 Mr. Day's (of Oxford), new Fuchsias; Mr. Pullen's (of Mid- 

 hurst), Fuchsia Adonis; Messrs. Rogers and Sons (Uttoxeter), 

 Aquilegia grandiflora ; and Messrs. Marnock and Maniey's new 

 Cineraria. All the new Fuchsias, Dahlias, Verbenas, Pansies, 

 &c, at advertised prices. 



Agents for Humphreys's celebrated Compound and new Manure 

 for Agricultural purposes; Potter's Liquid Guano; Dr. Hallett'a 

 Liquid Fertiliser; Whitney's Waterproof Composition for 

 Frames, &c. 



Seeds carefully selected and packed for foreign orders. 



"JYJAY'S "QUEEN OF MAY" CINERARIA.— 



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

 sent out by j-ost, or otherwise, at 5*. 6d. each, including case, 

 prepaid. It is confidently recommended as being one of the 

 most splendid novelties thai b*s jfceen offered in (in- Tiriaa: the 

 colour being a beautiful lijj'V sJcy-blujc; the<k.v. « .arge and vf 

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

 may be had of the principal Nurserymen in the kingdom. 



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^ 



CHESHUNT NURSERIES, HERTS.— NEW ROSES. 



A PAUL and SON, in submitting the following 

 • varieties of NEW ROSES beg to remark that the plants 

 are well established, and can be so packed as to travel with 

 perfect safety to any distance. 

 Hybrid Perpetual— La Reine 



Baron Prevost 

 Lady Elphinstone 

 Madame Dumeme 

 Earl Talbot . 

 Marquisa Boccella 

 La Bed oy ere 

 Perpetual— Laurence de Montmorency 

 Bourbon— Virgil 



„ Imperatrice Josephine 



„ Delille (new) . . . # ~ m 5 



Moss— Rosinella ] 5 



Austrian Persian Yellow ..... 5 w 



These and every other really valuable variety known are now 

 ready. 



A Post-office order on the Walth am -cross Post-cfBce, or refer- 

 ence, respectfully requested from unknown correspondents. 

 N.B.— All packages forwarded to London free of carri 



Lychnis fulgens 

 Lobelia ramosus 



„ erinioides 

 Martynia fragrans 

 Portulacca, three varieties 

 Primula sinensis, new var. 

 Pink, from a very fine collection 

 Schypanthus elegans 

 Thunbergia, fine varieties 

 Tropaeolum tricolorum 



„ pentaphyllum 



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H„ GRASS SEEDS. 



ENRY D. CORMACK, Seedsman, &c, begs to 

 inform Agriculturists in general that they can be »appli«i 

 with every variety of the Natural Grasses, adapted to the soil, 

 properly apportioned and combined, from his Wholesale and 



Seed Warehouse, 106, Deans-gate, 



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