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CHRONICLE 



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AGRICULTURAL 



GAZETTE 



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



1844. 



SATURDAY, MAY 11. 



[Price 6d. 



INDEX. 



of manure! 

 ^^iTrioc rf Inland 



«£5« ;• 



Tn»fl*# cment 0l 



>ondi - 

 —■rt ; "m, culture ot 



301 c 

 307 e 



301 a 

 307 € 

 305 r 



302 a 

 295 a 

 300 a 

 297 c 



m Fanners 1 Club 

 SHEry Md Agriculture 

 .— -apply to A pi. 



.ofCWcory 2D3 a 

 rtfrAjrri.CoO. • 



, U»bu.f-pU» r i ■ • 

 CcmArtm, remarks ;on 

 lWtf lo feed 

 •dw\ returke 00 



•Mrfred 

 F*C Lothian Husbandry 

 fMDBoloriral Society 



.-fa floribunda 

 fcpfrimfnrs with Manures 

 Familiar Botany 

 Farm Bailiff • 



— Fences 

 Farmers' Capital • 

 * Farmer/' by G. 



Esq., rev. 

 Flu, culture of 

 Fncfcftiat, to graft * 

 Gai -water 

 Got* - - 



304 b 

 . 307 b 



- 301 c 



- 297 b 

 m 297b 



■ 298 a 

 . 306 a 



■ 299 b 



- 300 a 

 . 295 c 

 . 309 a 



- 309 c 



- 303 c 

 .f298 c 



294 a 



. 308 b 



. . 300 6 



. - 300 b 



- 304 c 

 • 298 6 

 . 305 a 



Tulips 



- - 9986 



302 b 

 2\YJ a 

 293 a 



293 a 



294 b 

 305 a 

 305 a 

 305 6 



Groom's Nursery noticed - 298 b 

 Herds-grass, or Timothy - 306 a 

 Horticultural Society - - 296 c 

 Hothouses, building and managing 



of, by M. Neumann, xev. - 297 c 

 Leases • ^04 b 



Lectures on Agriculture, by A. 



J. Bernays. noticed 



Linnean Society - 

 Mangold Wurzel • 



Manures, experiments with - 



to adulterate • 



M icroscopical Society - 

 Milk-pans • - 

 Millet, culture of - 

 Moles 



Morphology - 

 Neumann on Building and 

 Managing Hothouses, revd. 



Northampton Agric. Book Club 309 b 



North British Gardeners' Soc. 297 c 



Peach-trees, disease in - 295 b 



Peat drains - - - - 304 b 



Pelargoniums, spot in 293 c 



_ seedling - - 295 c 

 Pendarves.Clianthus puniceus at 298 b 



309 c 

 297 a 



305 b 



293 a 

 301 c 



297 a 



306 c 

 306 a 

 304 c 



294 b 



297 c 



Nicholas, 



-' . 309 h 



- 303 b 



- 295 c 



- 305 a 



• 304 6 



Phleum pratense 

 Pipe tiles 

 Potatoes, curl in 



— to preserve 



— rot in 



— to mould up 

 Potting, remarks on 

 Probus Farmers' Club 

 Seedling Pelargoniums 

 Sorghum saccharatum 

 Spot on Pelargoniums 

 Sprengelon Manures 

 Stall-feeding Cows 

 Superphosphate of lime 



The Robin 

 Thtirnfield Pines 

 Toad versus Swan 

 Turnip-fly, to kill 

 Vines for a Greenhouse 



Weeds, Agricultural 

 Wheat-crop 



- 306 a 



- 307« 

 305 a, c 



• 305 c 

 . 310 a 



• 29) b 



- 295 a 



- 309 a 



- 295 c 

 -306 a 



- 293 c 

 . 303 a 



- 304 c 



- 304 c 



- 295 c 



- 294 a 



- 296 b 

 . 336 b 



- 300 c 



- 302 a 

 . 304 c 



EXHIBITION OF TULIPS. 



TT GROOM, Clapham-Rise (late of Walworth), by 



■*-*-• Appointment Florist to her Majesty, respectfully 

 Informs the Nobility, Gentry, and Amateurs, that his superb 

 Collection of TULIPS is now in full bloom, and will continue in 

 perfection until the 21st of May, and can be viewed every day 

 from9o f cl oek until 6, Sundays excepted. Admission, Is. 



H EXHIBITION OK AMERICAN PLANTS. 



and J. WATERER beg to acquaint their 

 • numerous Patrons, that as they are not able to have 

 their Show in the King's Road this season, the display at the 

 Knap Hill and Bagshot Nurseries is very splendid. The Azaleas 

 are now in high perfection, and may be seen any day except 

 Sunday, Admittance gratis. The Knap Hill Nursery is 24 

 miles from the Wokintr Station, South-Western Railway, from 

 o nce conv *yances may always be obtained by application to 



S>T*PH*yMooHK.-May 12, 1844. 



QAMELLU LOWII, at hi. hs. ; GUTHRIANA, at 



3/. ds.; ALEXIN A, at 3/. 8*., are now ready for delivery, 

 meg, Low, and Co.— Clapton Nursey, London, May 9. 1844. 



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ftrrX? AND SUPERB CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



UbfcLL and CO. beg to call attention to the 



are ttrn m f u elect List of CHRYSANTHEMUMS; the plants 

 tn an b ealt &y 5 and ready to be forwarded per Post free 



»wL P ? r ! ° f , the Ul "ted Kingdom, at 12s. per dozen, the 

 he fr , Z S l eft to the Purchaser or to Y. and Co. They wiU 

 Antumn^ t0 these who intend exhibiting at the 



Achmet Bey, lilac 

 Arafcn, buff and red 

 Beauty, pa i e li| ac 



belladonna, pink 



J«*ula. lilac ' ■ • 



g^«. *n o e w and pink 



Conspjcuum 

 defiance, white 



^^ns,r 0se 



J m Press, lilac 

 «Panded, p urple 



?l hler . dark rose 



^.P^andwhTt e e edyell0W 

 '^th, white C 



g£* ^. Cyr, orange 



fe 6 *' pink 



\ml* e ' pink a nd red 

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Pale lUac 

 erose 



Lucidura, white 

 Marchioness, white 

 Madame Pompadour, dark rose 

 Marechale Messina, yellow and 



red 

 Marie, red 

 Marie Antionette 

 Magnet, yellow 

 Memnon, pink 

 Minerva, pink and white 

 Mirabile, white and buff 

 Peter, creamy 

 Perspicuum, pink 

 Princess Marie, light pink 

 Pulcherrimum, rose 

 Queen, deep rose 

 Quilled, yellow 

 Rosalind, pink 

 Salters, white 

 Sulphurea 



Sultana, rose 



Superb, clustered yellow 



Surprise, white 



Starry, purple 



Tasselled, lilac 



,, yellow 



Triumphant, pink and buff 

 Two coloured incurved, yellow 



and brown 

 Vesta, white 

 Wheeleriana. 



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Twelve Calceolarias 





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GRAND HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION, 



Underthe Patronage of His Royal Highness the Duke of 

 Cambridge, K.G., and the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of 

 Rochester, in aid of the Funds of the GARDENERS' BENE- 

 VOLENT INSTITUTION, will be held in the Grounds of the 

 Bishop of Rochester, adjoining the White Hart Hotel, Bromley, 

 Kent, on Tuesday, 1 1th June next. 



LIST OF PRIZES TO BE AWARDED, IF CONSIDERED 



WORTHY BY THE JUDGES:— 



George Charlwood, Esq., of Covent Garden, has kindly 

 offered as a Prize to the Best General Collection of Plants (to be 

 awarded by the Judges) a copy of the late Mr. Loudon's cele- 

 brated Botanical Work, the " Arboretum Britanuicum," value 

 Ten Guineas. 



Miscellaneous Collection of Stove and Greenhouse 1 . 



Plants best 50 



2d best 50 



3d best 50 

 best 24 

 2d best 24 

 3d best 24 

 best 12 

 2d best 12 

 3d best 12 

 best 6 

 2d best 

 3d best 

 best 

 2d best 

 3d best 

 4th best 

 best 

 2d best 

 3d best 

 4th best 

 5th best 

 best 

 , 2d best 

 , 3d best 

 4th best 

 best 

 . 2d best 

 . 3d best 

 . 4th best 

 best 

 . 2d best 

 . 3d best 

 . 4th best 

 . 5th best 

 Collection of Roses, unlimited, in bunches— Nur- 

 serymen best 



2d best 



3d best 

 4th best 

 „ 5th best 

 Collection of 36 varieties, by Amateurs and Gentle- 

 men's Gardeners best 



2d best 



GREAT 



YARMOUTH 

 JURSERY. 



NORFOLK, 

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Cut Flowers, not less than 20 genera 



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best 

 „ „ „ 2d best 



Fruit, not less than six sorts, exclusive of Pines 

 and Grapes best 



3d best 



best 

 2d best 



best 

 2d best 

 3d best 



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YOUELL and CO., 



PATRONISED BY HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE 

 QUEEN; HIS MAJESTY THE KINGOFTHE BELGIANS; 

 NURSERYMEN AND FLORISTS BY SPECIAL APPOINT- 

 MENT TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER. 



NOW READY FOR SENDING OUT. 



THE NEWEST AND VERY BEST FUCHSIAS, 



VERBENAS, PETUNIAS, ANAGALLIS, &c. 



FOR 1S44. 



YOUELL and Co. beg to refer the Readers of the 

 Gurdtners' Chronicle to their Catalogue of above, which 

 appeared in this Paper of the 2/ih of April, and ^ill be found to 

 contain such varieties only as are worthy of cultivation. 



You ell & Co. being the parties who first sent out per post, 

 with safety, these tribes of pi- I . are detirous ofcalliufr atten- 

 tion to their advantageous metl or executing orders, namely* 

 that they will deliver them free of postage (on the receipt at 4 

 Post-office order), to an, part oi the United Kingdom, upon tne 

 following terms : — 



12 Extra r >;»e varieties, 12s., the Selection left to Youell & Co. 

 12 ditto ditto 215., the Selection left to the Purchaser. 



50 Fine varieties . . 40s., the Selection left to Youell & Co. 

 50 Extra Fine ditto . 60s., the Selection left to the Purchaser. 



VERBENAS. 

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

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



PANSIES. [Sent postage free.] 

 12 Fine Show Varieties, by name . . 10s. per dozen 

 12 Extra Fine ditto, do. . . 18s. „ 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. [Sent postage free.] 

 Fifty of the newest best varieties by name, 1 2s. per dozen ; for 

 list and colours of which, see Advertisement of April 27. 



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

 kinds sent per post free for 6s. 



ARAUCARIA IMBRICATA IN POTS. 



Recently planted most extensively at Her Majesty's Gardens 

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

 nished by Youell and Co. 



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 30s. per dozen. 

 Fiue Plants of CEDRUS DEODARA, in Pots, 2ft. to 2ft. 8 ins., 



10s. 6d. each. 

 Great Yarmouth Nursery, May 9t 1844. 



N.B. All Orders above £2 are delivered carriage free 

 to London or Hull, or plants added to compensate for 

 the same. 



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Pansies, not less than 36 varieties 

 Pine-apple, not less than 3 lbs. weight 



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Basket of Grapes 



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 2 



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 3 



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MESSRS. J. and H.BROWN, respectfully offer to 

 the Nobility and Gentry the following Plants for Bedding 

 Out, &c. s d * d. 



Alstrcemerias.lO vars,each l 





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The Committee take this opportunity of earnestly soliciting 

 the aid and co-operation of all persons desirous of promoting the 



interests of the Institution. 



E. R. Cutler, Secretary. 



^-Philippe" 



Great YarmnnfJ 1 ? part of the United Kingdom, at 12s. per doz. 

 ^^^rj^Tay 9, 1S44. 



WAR\Fp ERI °* NEW SWEDISH TURNIPS. 



1 >»ii ioL A \ D WARNER, Seedsmen, 28, Corn- 



ta * N 'ew SwenWr 8 - to intr °diice to their FriendB the follow-" 

 2* D(1 ^rivaii^ i urm P 8 » ^"ich for their general good qualities 



' ,f » dark yellow a«Ik WlDff to a lar & e size » bein S sma11 in the top » 

 * » Stone or Stubble T^ may be £rown as close to each other 



A1 *ARNER»| FM D ro A ^ WEDE ' • 2s. 6^. per lb. 



CAMELLIAS. — A Gentleman in the West of England 

 who has for many yearssuccessfully cultivated the CAMEL- 

 LIA, wishes to dispose of his Stock, as enumerated below. The 

 Plants are handsome well-grown specimens in a high state of 

 cultivation, and are well worthy the attention of Amateurs ie- 

 quiring specimen Plants. They may be had separately or 

 together, and are as follows :— viz. 



Imbricata, a magnificent 



cut Plant, from . 7 to 8ft. 

 Imbricata • 



Eximia 



Reticulata, very fine . 

 Chandlerii 



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Lady Hume's Blush 

 White 



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Gray's Invincible 

 Double striped . 



3 



7 to 8ft. 

 6 to 7ft. 

 6 to 7ft. 



4 to 5ft. 

 6 to 7ft. 

 6 



6 



5 to 6ft. 



5 to 6ft. 



Fordii 

 ,, • . . 



Insignis 



Eclipse (Presses) 

 Anemone, flora alba . 

 Speciosa . 

 Woodsii . . . 

 Anemoneflora . 

 Florida 



Corrallina . . 

 Lawsonii , 



5 to 6ft. 

 2 to 3ft. 

 

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4 tO 5ft. 



4 to 5ft. 



4 



4 to 5 ft. 



4 to 5ft. 



3 



2 



2 



2 



Colvillii ... 



5 to 6ft.|Doncklarii 

 The Heights stated are exclusive of the Pots. 



Further particulars may be obtained by application to Messrs. 

 Veitcu and Son, Nurserymen, Exeter. 



LA.NTS FOR BEDDING OUT, to be had of 



MARNOCK &MANLEY, Nurserymen, Hackney, London. 



Auriculas, fine, per dozen, 



12s. to 18 

 Cinerarias, 6 best varie- 

 ties, per dozen . 45 to 6 

 Calceolarias, 12 best varie- 

 ties, per dozen . 4s to 6 

 Campanula grandis, and 



others, per doz. . • 6 

 Dianthus Goethaelsii, do. 6 

 Kuthaiis microphilla, fine 



for beds, per doz. . 12 

 Fuchsia exoniensis, each 3 



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Fuchsias, 25 of the newest 



and most approved,6s & 12 

 Galardia Picta, per doz. 6 

 Gazania, 3 vars., ,» . 9 

 Gentiana acaulis, Ascle- 

 pedia and Septemfida, 

 per dozen . 4s 9 6s 9 & 9 

 Geraniums, Scarlet, Varie- 

 gated, &c. . 4s,6s 9 & 9 

 Geum coccineum, perdoz 6 

 Heliotropium, per doz. 45 & 6 

 Ipomea rubra cerulea, 



per doz. . . • 6 

 Lobelias, 6 vars., per doz. 6 



Lilium,6 newest varieties, 



per dozen . . .12 



Linum flavum, p. doz. 6s. to 9 



61 Mimulus elegans, a very 

 beautiful variety, and 



others, do. . .6 



New Border Pinks, per doz 4 



CEnothera macrocarpa.cis- 

 j psetosa, 4 others, p. doz 12 



Oj Pentstemon, 6 best varie- 

 ties, per dozen • . 6 



Phlox Drummondi, and 





 













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new dark, per doz., 4s & 6 

 Phlox omniflora, & 6 other 



varieties, per dozen . 6 

 Potentilla, 6 fine species 6 

 Rosa Devoniensis, p. doz. 9 

 White and Yellow China, 



and Yellow Noisette 



Rose, per doz. . • 9 

 Salvias, 6 vais., p. doz, 4s &6 

 Petunia punctata, each . 5 



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Petunias, 6 new varieties, 



per dozen . . 6s & 4 

 Scutellaria splendens, fine 



for beds, per dozen . 9 

 Trillium grandiflorum, 



per doz. . . .12 

 Tropseolum tricolornm, 



and pentiphyllum, each 



from . Is. 6d. to 10 

 Verbenas, 12 newest vars. 



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per doz.—*. a. 

 Geraniums, scarlet and 



otheis, strong plants 6 to 9 

 Fuchsias, 100 varieties .6 12 

 Verbenas do. . 4 6 



Petunias . . . .46 

 Malva Decumbens, new 9 

 Salvias,— in varieties . 4 6 

 Bouvardias do. .69 

 Lantanas do. . 9 



Lobelias do. . 6 



per doz. — s 



Anagallis,— in varieties . 6 



Alstrcemerias do. • 9 



Heliotropium . . • 4 



Creepkbs. 



Maorandyas, 4 varieties 6 



Coboea scandens . 

 Lophospermums . 



Rhodochiton volubile 



Kennedya 



Sollya heterophylla 



s. 

 9 



per dozen . . £ ■ & 4 

 ROCK PLANTS. 



25 Superior sorts . . 15s I 50 Sup. Herbaceous plants 25* 

 50 do. do. . . 25 I 100 do. do. do. . 45 



HARDY CLIMBERS FOR PLANTING OUT. 

 Aristolochia Sipho, each Is 6d Clematis Sibboldii,p. doz 18* dd 



Atragene Austriaca, each 1 



Bignonia radicans, each 1 



Do. do. major, each 1 6 



Ceanothus, 2 species, eachl 



Calampelis scabra, each 1 6 

 Clematis azurea grandi- 



flora, per dozen . 24 



20 varieties of Roses, each 1 6 



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 







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 12 



9 

 9 



9 

 9 



18 

 12 



HALF-HARDY or SUMMER CLIMBERS. 



Cobsea scandens, each . 0s 9rf 

 Maurandia, 3 vars., each 9 

 Lophospermum,3 vareacho 9 



Scypanthus elegans, each 1 

 Thunbergias, 4 vars. each l* oa 



k * lec t«(Utoci™ £ rfolk anfi Tankards, of the most genuine 



oc * s ' fr om ad. to ] s. per lb 



With even' other variety of Bed and Creeping Plants, at moderate 

 prices, sent free within 10 miles of London, if to the amount of 

 20s. and upwards, or packed for the country. A descriptive. 

 Catalogue may be had on application.— Nursery, Hackney May 8. 



The above Plants carefully packed and forwarded to anyPJJ* 

 of the United Kingdom. A post office Order or reference ror 

 payment in Town. Persons erecting Greenhouses or Col^ ^ - 

 vatories can be well supplied with the choicest and best ca J tAUrf^y 

 for furnishing, including the many handsome Climbert ^ from 

 introduced. 



N. B.— Plants securely packed for exportation.— Aim* 



ssry, Stoke Newington, Loudon. 



