THE 



GARDENERS 



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AND 



AGRICULTURAL 



CHRONICLE 

 GAZETTE. 



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



No. 21-1844. 



SATURDAY, MAY 25. 



[Price 6d. 



IS: •***' • 



ilfc»h«rdediic-Mi<m 



Soc. of England 



Boar*** *«•«■• t«»i«ke 

 CJMnifftrf , to *pply "» Agn- 



IN'DEX. 



8*S r Loudon (Mr.), hi* Works for 



336 a 

 M41 ii 

 3*'- c 

 34 5 a 



3TKJ 6 

 4 C 



338 C 



884 c 



3«2 b 



■ \ k 



815 c 



339 c 



33i> 6 

 339 a 

 347 c 

 838 6 

 335 c 

 3 9 A 



334 c 

 339 h 

 831 c 



888 c 

 344 A 



335 c 



• 341 a 



,i a » ry ,rtm»rki"n - 



Calfcfm pUnw, In Rrftft 

 C*ft**rv»t«iry Pl*n»* 



« H'.rtUulturHl >ocietf 



— to render hardy 



|W*t v 4iflrmp«r ia 



DttrmM* <>** 



Efc.t lx>thUn Huibaniry 



E*p«tim*«t« with manure* 

 Ffu,« artof 

 *Gr»«t» rWhirt " 

 H'aiitff, pi«n »i 

 tfinaUod and Agricultural 



htxlvty .... 



Jf» iral Soiifty'.Exhi- 



bitt n ai the Garden 331 tf, 33tf a 



prize* at Flower Showi 



Lome's Nursery, noticed 

 Manurei, experiments with - 



MnrnlD|fsid« Gardeners' Soc. - 

 Moiphology *'.?•■ 

 N-w Holland, climate of 

 •' Null's Hrehive" 

 Orchidneeap of New Zealnnd - 

 Peach-trees, management of - 

 Phlomis Ca*)imeriana 

 Potatoes, observations on 



Kats, to kill • • - - 



Rhododendrons, to raise from 



seeds • 



314 A Rose-Garden ... 



33) a Royal In*iitutl«n - 



340 b Science o\ Farming 



xw b South BssexHtMfi Soc. 



340 b Sources of Vegetable f.iod 



14 Species Filicum/' by Sir 



W. I. Hooker, noticed 

 Spot on the Pelargonium 

 Spring-planting - 



Stall feeding ... 



Substitute f<»r Bones, &c. 

 Tanks for liquid manure 

 Tea, culture of in Kemaon, &c. 332 c 

 The Robin • - - - 335 a 



Transplanting", remarks on - 335 a 

 I Turnip fly, prevention ©f - 341 e 

 Vegetable food, sources of - 341 b 



34* '« 

 3*5 c 

 343 a 



347 e 

 343 c 



333 A 



334 c 



. 34$ c 



340 c 

 831 /> 



8t7 * 



344 c 



388 b 



341 6 



33rt b 



334 a 



335 c 



348 b 

 344 c 

 347 € 



Laburnum, sporting of 

 Lancaster Flower *hun 

 Landscape Gardening 

 terms, use of 



.135 a Wheat-flout, to adulterate - 33(5 a 

 • 338 b '• Willingdon self-supporting 



- 331 b | school • 341 b 



- 345 a Worcestershire Hon. Soc. • 338 b 



ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, REGENT'S PARK. 



EXHIBITIONS of PLANTS, FLOWEKS, and MI- 

 CROSCOPES in the GARDENS of this SOCIETY, for 1344. 



Tuesday, June 4. 

 Ti/ksjjay, July 2. 

 Fellows, Members, and Bearer3 of Ivory Tickets, will be ad- 

 mitted upon entering their names in the Gate Book. Visitors may 

 obtain Tickets at 5*. each, except on the days of the Exhibitions, 

 when they will be Is. 6d. each, by orders from Fellows and Mem- 

 bers only. 



Should the weather prove wet, a New Gate connected with the 

 Tents will be opened, so that Company may view the Plants with- 

 out beinjc incommoded by Rain. 

 Tickets and further particulars at the Gardens. 



' AKDENERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. 



V.J Notice is hereby Riven, that the Half-yearly General 

 Neetfnir of the Suhscriocrs to this Institution will be held on 

 Tcksj»ay v 4th Junk next, for the purpose of receiving; the Re- 

 port of the Sub-Committee appointed lor " the Revision of the 

 B)« Laws;" alto, for the^ekction of Four Poor Persons, Sixty 

 Tears of Age and upwarua, to the bent fit of a Pension of 16/ 

 per annum. The Chair to be taken at Half- past Eleven o'clock 

 precisely. The Ballot will commence at TvfKLVK o'clock, and 

 c»ose at Two o'clock precisely. 



LIST OF CANDIDATES. 



1. Samukl Ltward, third application, a^ed 66. 

 *. John- Bi.ayi.ock, second application, aged 72. 



3. fcnzABKTH Collykk, second application, aged 70. 



4. Kobkrt Cracknkll. fi st application, aired J2. 

 6. UBobob Martiv, first application, aged 6o. 



o. ALKXAVDKa Upton, first application, a-ed 75. 

 kil I 2" * KU - A "i>, first application, aged 71. 



f ^tJ i tnl "^ ao . 1 ? avin « received his Polling Paper, is re- 

 nted to apply for it immediately. 



_ . E- R. CuTLKn, Secretary, 97, Farringd on . street, 



A A D .f^ BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. 



•^theSih«or;K * A, V NES ^ffa lea»e to inform his Friends 

 •hirh ff l ° ,he above Jf 'Stitution generally, that the 

 >»tJSi5? hw ventured to recommend to their notice at 

 I IrnSd^ WELLAKD, 



»^«ftT inn n«? ' to f ho »e claims, on the score or infirmttv, 



--BmJK V*° 0d Condnct » he can bear the strictest testU 

 ttromle ^O >mmon> Ai nyj a, 1844 , 



^^ DEEP.BLUE ANAGALLIS 



<^T^biw hM SJ ERAR »AS.-Plaii!8 ofthat large, splendid 

 »REWErii htirxl t com Plcte roand-petalled ANAGALLIS 

 ***P*ed for bed.n?* a stron K and vigorous habit, are well 



8UPSRB ^iif A°p. l i I 2 *' per dozeD - 



•■•d kin4s mrtS SEED, saved from the most esteemed 



de of dark * nCW and bcautiful Seedlings, comprising 

 Plants of tt l ^ htblxx ^ •» 2*. 6d. per packet. Strong 

 Mt.oS««i e above ' **• P" dozen. Applications, in. 



oe 





J'wy shade 

 lowering p u 



U Michakl Bail. ?'*'" be ,mm ediHte!y executed.— Direct 

 rrr= -^!^ i Sen., Cambridge Nursery. 



^a^??'^^. to be kJTo 



f 





ML 



6 to 9 

 12 



JJK^wunbVn./neW 

 -lo varieties . 



do. 



f *>«tardia» 



aiHaj*, 



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-^lANLEY.NuBSBRTME.v, Hackney, London. 



per doz. — *. s. 

 Anagallis, — io varieties. 6 to 9 

 Alstroemerias do. , 9 

 Heliotropium . . ..4 6 



Crebprbs. 

 Maarandyas, 4 varieties 6 

 Cobcea scandens 



Lophospermums . 9 



Rhodochiton volubile 12 

 Kennedya . . .9 

 Sollya heterophylla . 9 



4 



4 



9 



4 



6 

 9 



6 

 6 



6 

 9 



9 

 9 



18 

 12 



«»•, *m free wiEST ?? ? ftnd Creeping Plants, at moderate 



^L, 1 ** a Pward8 """ 10 ra^es of London, if to the amount of 



ein t y^ h '^P ack ed for the country. A descriptive 



Vl WINU ROSEA ALBA; H^Th^^ 



tie •• Florists* Journal •• 



h,?!?^.-" olr™ ber ° f the " •• lasts' Journal. 

 ^£S n V llDStration ' G - rosea alba, is an 

 SST.?;^. I^bSuSfSi C T Hda ' im P"gnated with the 

 SSKlK*- »; ?n^?W »i™««^ «?our at 



once pro- 



Site* o ( r,*rr^."?7. >•»«. <v «»>e E<«tor. 





A GRAND HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION, 

 Under the Patronage of His Royal Highness the DOES or 

 Ca.mbuidok, K.G., and the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop op 

 Ruchkstkk. in aid of the Funds of the GARDENERS' BENE 

 VOLENT INSTITUTION, will beheld in the Grounds of the 

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

 Kent, on Tuesday, 1 1th June next. 



The following Prizes have been kindly offered :— 

 By Mr. Geougk Chaki-wooo, of Covent Garden — For 

 the Best General Collection of Plants, a copy of the late Mr. 

 Loudon's celebrated Botanical Work, the M Arboretum Britau- 



nicum/' value Ten Guineas. 



By Mr. Low, of Clapton. £ s. d. 



For the 12 best Proteaceous Plants, in or out of flower s 3 



For the 2d best do. do 2 2 



By Mr. Dknykr, of Loughborough-road, Brixtun. 



For the best Collection of Roses in Pots ; to Amateurs 



and Gentlemen's Gardeners 10 



For the 2d best do. . . . . • • . • 1 



LIST OF PRIZES TO BE AWARDED, IF CONSIDERED 



WORTHY BY THE JUDGES:— 

 Miscellaneous Collection of Stove and Greenhouse 



Plants best 50 



2d best 50 



99 

 99 



M 



99 



M 



99 



99 

 99 



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f 9 

 99 



99 



>9 



99 

 9* 



99 

 9> 



99 



>9 

 9» 



>9 



>» 

 9t 

 99 



6 

 6 



Twelve Geraniums 



»» 

 »» 

 >» 



Twelve Heaths 



»» 

 »» 



Twelve Fuchsias . 



»• 

 »> 



Twelve Calceolarias 



»• 



»» 



«• 



Six Orchideous Plants 



!» 

 »• 

 »» 



>» 



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 



M 



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Collection of Roses, unlimited, in bunches— Nur- 

 serymen best 



2d best 

 3d best 

 „ 4th best 

 M 5th best 

 Collection of 36 varieties, by Amateurs and Gentle- 

 men's Gardeners best 



2d best 



best 



2d best 



Fruit, not less than six sorts, exclusive of Pines 



and Grapes best 



2d best 



3d best 



»» tf 



Cut Flowers, not less than 20 genera 



»i 



»# 



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if 



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ii 





Pansies, not less than 36 varieties 

 Pine-apple, not less than 3 lbs. weight 



»» 



ft 



Basket of Grapes 



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best 

 2d best 



best 

 2d best 

 3d best 



12 

 10 



8 



7 



5 

 4 



4 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 2 



1 



4 

 3 

 2 

 1 

 5 

 4 

 3 



a 

 l 



4 

 3 

 2 

 1 

 4 

 3 

 2 



1 

 5 

 4 

 3 

 2 

 I 



5 

 4 

 3 

 2 

 1 



2 



I 

 2 

 1 



3 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 3 

 2 

 1 



12 



10 



S 



7 



5 



4 

 4 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 1 

 4 

 3 

 2 

 1 

 5 

 4 

 3 

 2 



1 



4 



3 

 2 

 1 

 4 

 3 

 2 

 1 

 5 

 4 

 3 

 2 

 1 



5 

 4 

 3 

 2 

 1 



2 

 1 

 2 

 1 



3 



2 

 1 



1 



2 



1 



3 



2 



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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. Cutlbr, Secretary, 97. Farringdon- street. 

 N.B.— Arrangements have been made nt Bromley for the 

 accommodation of exhibitors, horses, and men, at the expense 

 of the Committee. 



C1ARNATLONS. — Any person having two or three 

 * healthy Pairs of Colcntt's " Brutus " in pots will hear of a 

 purchaser by applying to Mr. Thomas Rhbad Fknton, Stoke- 

 upon-Trent, Staffordshire. 



urt,ery, Plymouth.— May 24, 1841. 



PANSY, "Lady Alice Peel.' — In every respect 

 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 Gardener' 't Chronicle, a description of which 

 will be found under M Notices to Correspondents," in Gardeners' 

 Chr&nicle of April 27, page 248. 



Strong plants are now ready for sending out, post free, at 3s. 6d. 

 per plant.— Great Yarmouth Nursery, May 24, 1844. 



SPLENDID NEW SEEDLING LOBELIAS. 



FC. BALL, Nurseryman, Taunton, (successor to 

 • Mr. John Youwo,)begs to offer the following as decidedly 

 the best Scarlet Lobelias known, viz.: — 



Lobelia fulgens multlflora. 



„ variety, 

 pyramidales. 

 All partaking of the free growth of L. ignea, and in colour and 

 size of flower far exceediug the vivid scarlet of L. fungans ; 

 particularly the first, which Is also very desirable from its robust 

 habit and longcontinuance in bloom. Last season in the green- 

 house its flowers were conspicuous for four months. Plants are 

 ready for immediate d elivery, price 5*. each. — May 23. 1S44. 



CLOTH OF GOLD NOISETTE ROSE. — Mr. 

 Custis having a strong Stock of this very desirable no- 

 velty, begs to offer good Plants at 10*. 6d. each. Carriage of 

 Packages paid to London per Great Western Rail. 

 West of England Rose Nursery, Moorend, near Bristol. 



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NEW AND SUPERB CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



YOUELL and CO. beg to call attention to the 

 following select List of CHRYSANTHEMUMS; the plants 

 »re strong and healthy, and ready to bi forwarded per Post free 

 to any part of the United Kingdom, at ]2.«. per dozen, the 

 selection being left to the pnrch r or to Y.and Co. They will 

 r>e found very desirable to those who intend exhibiting at the 

 Autumnal Exhibitions. 



' Lucidura, white 

 Marchioness, white 

 Madame Pompadour, dark rose 



. Achmet Bey, lilac 

 Arago, buff and red 

 Beauty, pale lilac 

 Belladonna, pink 

 Bethula, lilac 

 Campestroni, purple 

 Casimir Perrier, small, crimson 

 Chancellor, whit* and pink 

 Changeable, yellow 

 Christophe Colombe, lilac 

 Col. Combes, salmon 

 Conspicuum 

 Defiance, white 

 Due de Conigliano, crimson 

 Duchess de Montebello 

 Duke, extra fine 

 Elegans, rose 

 Empress, lilac 

 Expanded, purple 

 Flechier, dark rose 

 Formosum, white and yellow 

 Golden Lotus, flowered yellow 

 Gem, pink and white 

 Goliath, white 

 Gouvain St. Cyr, orange 

 Hero 



Incurved, pink 

 Insigne, pink and red 

 Imperial, pale lilac 

 King, pale rose 

 Louis- Philippe 





Marechftle Mussina, yellow and 



red 

 Marie, red 



Marie Antoinette 

 Magnet, yellow 



Mcmnon, pink 

 Minerva, pink and white 

 Mirabile, white and buff 

 Peter, creamy 

 Perspicuum, pink 

 Princess Marie, lifht pink 

 Pulcherrimnm, rose 

 Queen, deep rose 

 Quilled, yellow 

 Rosalind, pink 

 Saiters, white 

 Sulphurea 

 Sultana, rose 

 Superb, clustered yellow 

 Surprise, white 

 Starry, purple 

 Tasselled, lilac 



M yellow 

 Triumphant, pink and buff 

 Two coloured incurved, yellow 



and brown 

 Vesta, white 

 Wheeloriana, 



Sent Post-free to any part of the United Kingdom, at 12*. per doz. 



"Hatch's Pink Support. "—This admirable invention has 

 been submitted (or the opinion of Dr. Lindi.ky, and the re- 

 marks upon it will be found in this Paper of the 11th inst.,page 

 300. It entirely does away with the unsightly appearance of 

 sticks, a vast quantity ot unnecessary trouble, and also serves 

 the purpose of carding and keeping the flower in form; and f 

 with care, the article will last many years. Price 4s. 6rf. per 

 dozen. Great Yarmouth Nursery, May 23, 1844. 



R WHITE & Co. beg now to ofTer Plants of the fol- 

 • lowing, viz., Achimenes longiliora, strong Plants for 

 specimens on their own bottoms, at 25. each; Do. do., good 

 flowering Plants at 9s. ner dozen. Achimenes grandiflora, 

 strong specimen roots, 3s. 6rf. each ; Do., smaller, 2s. A. pedun- 

 culata, do., Is. each; A. coccinea, do., specimen, 9s. per doz. 

 A. rosea, do. do., g*. per dozen. a*agallis Brewkrii, 

 !#• each, or 9s. per dozen. Chetsavthkmims, 40 superb va- 

 rieties, one plant of each, 2U. Dahmas, including all the 

 finest old varieties, and the following new ones, viz., Standard 

 of Perfection, Oransre Superb, Lady Antrobus, Emma Noke, 

 Madame Chevain, Essex Triumph, Oakley's Surprise, Antagonist, 

 Blue Bonnet, Queen of the Isles, &c. &c, at very moderate rates, 

 or where the selection is left to us, at 105. 6d. per dozen, or 50s. 

 per 100, which may include the last-named five new kinds, and 

 will be made up with other really good sorts. 



Fuchsias — London Rival, Globosa Grandiflora, Espartero, 

 Stanwelliana, Prince of Wales, Monarch, Bridegroom, Integri- 

 folia, Kentish Hero, and all the other new kinds, at moderate 

 prices, or a Collection of 20 superb kinds, including some of the 

 new ones, and any of the following, viz., Venus victrix, Exoni- 

 ensis, Laucii, Greenwich Rival, Magnifica, Gigantica grandi- 

 flora, St. Clare, Bruciana, Eximia, Woodsii,Conspicua, Arborea, 

 Devonia, Splendens, Yuuellii, Formosa elegans, &c, for 215., or 



10 for 105. 6rf. 

 Gbraxiuws in superb collections, 40 good varieties, 635. j 20 



do. do., 425. 



Pktunias, *ood sorts, per dozen, 45. The following new va- 

 rieties:— Punctata, Beauty Supreme, Celestiai, Formosa, Ne 

 plus Ultra, Splendida, Speciosissima, Multiflora pnnicea, Gem, 

 Superb, 215. the Collection, or separately at moderate rates. 



Verbenas.— Finest old varieties, per doz., 45. . The following 

 are seedlings, viz. :— White'* Worrier, Perfection, Modesty, 

 Variabilis, Cooperii, Surprise, Simpcrii, Stewart's Queen of the 

 Whites, Azurea grandiflora, Carnea superba, Pearson s Teo- 

 croidesatrosanguinea, do. Princess Alice, Speciosissima, Beauty 

 Supreme, Teucroides ccelestina, Miller'* Blue Queen, Zeuxis. 

 Smith's Excelsa, Array, Delicata, and Stnata-the Collection, 



Scarlet Geraniums, Heliotropes, Calceolarias, &c. &c, for 

 bedding out ; and everv description of plant at moderate prices* 



Orders from unknown correspondents must be accompanied 

 by remittance; and orders amounting to 5/. will be delivered 

 free.— Bone Manure— Dust, 205., Mixed, 19*. per qr. ; Guano, 

 115. per cwt., or 10/. per ton, warranted genuine. Agents, by 

 appointment, for the sale of Whitney's Composition. 



Poole Nursery, Dorsetshire. .. 



M. JOHN CORMACK, Agricultural Seeds- 



W 



man bj- Appointment to His Royal Highness Prince 

 Albbrt, 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, 

 8tc. (as recommended and practised by his partner, the late Mr. 

 Gboroh Sitjclaib, Author of the " Hortus Graminens Woburn- 

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

 nent pasture by this establishment with the greatest success. 

 Pt ies requiring Seeds arc respectfully requested to state the 

 na» ire of the soils. Mangold Wurzel, Carrot, and Turnip-seed 

 of xcellent sorts, saved from transplanted bulbs. Garden and 

 Afe i icultural Seeds of the best quality and most approved kiaia. 

 *. .B.— Cormack's British Queen and Prince Albert Pe***** 

 S«. fid, per qu art. ■ 



[ YNDON'S PATENT GARDEN SFJiD f E tZ 



-Li These excellent Spades, warranted to bear a knife edge, 

 and wear as long as three Spades made in the l,u *;J^\*' 

 sold by Jon v Shkwbx, Ironmonger, Sevenoaks. to whom orders 

 may be addressed, and will receire prompt attention. 



