THE 



GARDENERS 



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CHRONICLE 



AND 



AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



AStemped Newspaper of Rural Economy and General^ew^^H^^itural Part Edit ed by Professor Lindley 



No. 24.— 1844. 



SATURDAY, JUNE 15. 



INDEX, 



Agrie. Soc. of England 

 Hti. fraud League 

 Ifrofr-root, remarks on 

 Arum aacuiaturo, poisonous 



offsets of • 

 Bfech, to Kraft 

 Bees, remarks r*n 

 Hiack Hort«pond« 

 Broad shearing 

 r&ltndar of Operations 

 Circulation if sap in trees 

 Climbers, list of 

 Covering f.»r frames 



jrrams, toRratt 

 I nrcttlio Lineatus 

 Culling, toitiike • 



Draininc. appli. of Geology to 

 Ea«t I^Hhian Husbandry 

 Entomological Boeitty 

 Gardenexa* Benevolent Insti- 

 tution, ^how for - ^ - 

 eoloKTi to apply to draining 

 .a»»nsj, new mode of 

 olden Pippin • 

 ooeeberry Caterpillar 

 nastes for sowing under trees 

 tju*no, remarks on * • 

 lUatiis, management of 

 Humphreys's Compounds 



393 a 



«M5 l> 

 393 a 

 387 t 



398 e 



392 6 



389 c 



393 a 

 395 b 



391 c 



387 a 



392 b 

 392 b 

 890 a 

 383 b 

 892 b 



397 b 

 Ml e 



390 c 



391 a 



397 b 



389 c 



390 a 

 390 a 



392 b 

 ?96 6 

 PH b 

 39) 6 



Lnelia superbiens ... 

 I.innean Society *• 

 Manures, hints on use of 



— moisture in - 

 Meteorological observations in 



Van Dier»en*s Land • 

 Mexican Pines, hardiness of - 

 Microscopical Society • • 

 Peach-trees, disease in 

 Pea weevil, striped • 



Rocks, remarks on - 



Root-excretions • • • 

 Roses, to propagate 

 Rose Gaiden • 



Rowland, (Mr.), his garden no. 



ticed • 



Sap in trees f circulation of 

 Seeds, to keep from birds 

 Sprengel o« .Manures - 

 Swans, pinioning of • 



Thistles, to destroy , 



Tiverton Farmers' Club 

 Toads in Irelaad 

 Tulips, list mf 



Turnip, culture of 393 c 



— drill husbandry of 

 Use ef Manures, hints on 

 Wheat crop, failure in - ; 

 Whitney's Composition 

 Yew, poisonous otfocts of 



391 b 



390 c 

 39 > c 

 393 b 



391 e 



390 b 



391 a 



389 a 

 388 b 

 355 c 



390 a 

 387 e 

 3«8 c 



and 



f- 



391 b 



387 a 



389 c 

 39 4 a 



390 a 

 395 h 

 398 a 

 390 c 



388 a 



394 b 

 398 a 



395 c 

 395 6 

 890 b 

 395 c 



T? 



LOWER SHOW— The WEST LONDON GRAND 



JL' FLORICULTURAL EXHIBITION under the Superin- 

 tendence or Mr. J.T. Nevili.b, of Ebenezer House, Peckham, will 

 be held in the Grounds of the Almshouses of the Butchers' Charit- 

 able Institution, at Walham Green, Fulham, on Tuesday the 25th, 

 .d Wednesday the 26th of June, in Aid of the Building Fund, for 

 Prizes of 2 Silver Cups, and 29 Silver Medals. Lists of the Prizes 

 and Rules may be obtained by application to Mr. Neville. 



KAY SOCIETY.— -Instituted 2nd February. 

 1844. 



This Society has been formed upon the principle of the 

 Parker, Camden, Sydenham, and other Societies, for the pur. 

 pose of securing to those attached to the study of Natural 

 History, such works on the various branches of Zoology and 

 Botany as could not be obtained by any other means. The 

 Council hare great pleasure in stating that the number of 

 subscribers already amounts to nearly three hundred, and bee 

 to call the attention of their friends to the necessity of sending 



£lhS\ J!??? asear J as possible in order that ihe y ma y »>e 



!? to determine the number of copies of their works which 



hpf« y ~^ ht V° Pr "^ l he C ° Uncil ho *> e to P"bli.h two vokimca 



from^Gl™. 8 ;'. 1 ^ £2. ° f WMC, i WiU C ° nsist ° f translations 

 RnSn. £ erma " and Italian, on the progress of Zoology and 



&e lode* ™* Pa8t year ' The followin * *™ the rites of 



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prh^un^n' 1 ShSl bG U , ,e P romoti °" of Natural H?stor"by the 

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Greenwich, 

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Treasurer, London. 



aSSWafe S ' A " «- * ^ndou. 

 s ^ ffip 3 ?^. Oxfofd 8 '* L,S » G - S - &c - Prof, of Chemistry 

 . Pa *> CheSE ' Bart » M ' P - F.R.S., G.S., &c., Oulton 



Edward Forbes, Esq., F.L.S., &c, Prof, of Botany, King's Col- 

 lege, London. 



< i ° b w K ,; Gre V Ile J ' Esq ^ F.R.S.E., H.M.C.P.S., &c, Edinburgh. 

 Sir William Jardine, Bart., F.R.S.E., L.S., &c. Appleearth 

 Rev. Leonard Jenyns, M.A., F.L.S., &c.,Swaffham Bulbeck. 

 deorge Johnson, M.D., Secretary, Berwick-upon-Tweed 

 Edwin Lankester, M.D., F.L.S., &c. f Secretary, London.' 

 Professor John Phillips, F.R.S., G.S., &c, York. 

 fj"^. h E - Strickland, Esq., M.A.. F.G S., &c, Cracombe House. 

 V\illiair. Thompson, Esq., Pres. Nat. Hist. Society of Belfast. 

 N. B. Ward, Esq., F.L.S., &c, London. 



Communications on the business of the Society are requested 

 to be addressed to the Secretaries, Dr. Georob Johnston, 

 Berwick- upon-Tweed, and Dr. Eowiv Lankester, Golden- 

 square, London. Subscriptions to be sent, by Post-office order 

 or Cheque, to J. S. Bow erbank, Esq., 45, Park-street, Islington. 



OROMLEY HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION, 



a-' inaidof the FUNDS of the BENEVOLENT INSTITU- 

 TION for the RKLIEF of AGED GARDENERS and their 



WIDOWS. List of the PRIZES awarded there on Tuesday. 

 the llth inst. : — 



The Extra Prize.- A copy of Loudon's "Arboretum Britan- 

 nicum." value 10 guineas, given by G.Charlwood, Esq., of Co- 

 vent Garden, was awarded to Mr. Barnes, Gardener to G. W 

 Norman, Esq., for the best Collection of Stove and Greenhouse 

 Plants. 



The Extra Prize, 31. 3s., given by Mr. Low, of Clapton, 

 was awarded to Mr. Henchman, Nurseryman, of Edmonton, 

 for the best 12 Proteaceous Plants. 



For Collections of 50 Stove and Greenhouse Plants.— 1st Prize, 

 12 guineas, to Mr. Barnes ; for do. to Mr. Hunt, Gardener to 

 Miss Traill, of Hayes-place, Bromley, 2d Prize, 10 guineas. 



For Collections of 24 Stove and Greenhouse Plants, to Mr. 

 Pawley, White Hart Hotel, 1st Prize, 8 guineas. For do., to 

 R. Cutler, Esq., 67,Farringdon-st., London, 2d Prize, 7 guineas. 



For Collections of 12 Stove and Greenhouse Plants, to Mr. May, 

 Gardener to E. Goodheait, Esq., Langley Park, Beckenham, 

 1st Prise, 4 guineas. For do., to F. Perkins, Esq., 2d Prize, 3 

 guineas. For do., to Mr. Atlee, Gardener to II, Beaufoy, Esq., 

 South Lambeth, 3d Prize, 2 guineas. 



For Collections of 6 Stove and Greenhouse Plants, to Mr. Stan- 

 ley, Gardener to H. Berens, Esq., 1st Prize, 3 guineas. For do. 

 to Mr. Wilson, 2d Prize, 2 guineas. For do., to T. Brandrum, 

 Esq., 3d Prize, l guinea. 



For the best 12 Geraniums, to Mr. Gaines, of Battersea, 1st 

 Prize, 4 guineas. For do., to Messrs. Henderson, Pine-apple 

 place, 2d Prize, 3 guineas. For do., to Mr. Hunt, 3d Prize, 2 

 guineas. For do., to W. Whitmore, Esq., 4th Prize, I guinea. 



For Collections of 12 Heaths, to Mr. May, 1st Prize, 5 guineas. 

 Fordo., to Mr. Fairburn, Nurseryman, Clapharu, 2d Prize, 4 

 guineas. For do., to Mr. Barnes, 3d Prize, 3 guineas. 



For Collections of 12 Fuchsias, to E. Lawford, Esq., 1st Prize, 

 4 guineas. Fordo., to Mr. Cule, Gardener to C. Lewis, Esq., 

 Blackheath, 2d Prize, 3 guineas. For do., to Mr. Pawley, 3d 

 Prize, 2 guineas. For do., to T. Brandrum, Esq., 4th Prize, 

 1 guinea. 



For Collections of \2 Calceolarias, to Mr. Barnes, 1st Prize 4 

 guineas. For do. to Messrs. Henderson, 2d Prize, 3 guineas. 



For 6 Orchideous Plants, to G. F. Cox, Esq., Stockwell, 1st 

 Prize 5, guineas. For do. to Mr. Barnes, 2d Prize, 4 guineas. 

 For do. to Mr. Pawley, 3d Prize, 3 guineas. 



For Collections of Cut Roses, in bunches, to Nurserymen, to 

 Messrs. Paul and Sons, Cheshunt, 1st Prize, 5 guineas. Fordo, 

 to Messrs. Dennis and Co., of Chelsea, 2d Prize, 4 guineas. 



For Collections of 36 varieties of Cut Roses, to Amateurs, to 

 A. Rowland, Esq., of Rosenthal, Lewisham, 1st Prize, 2 guineas. 

 For do. to F. Perkins, Esq., 2d Prize, l guinea. 



For Collections of Cut Miscellaneous Flowers, to Mr. Ford 

 1st Prize, 2 guineas. 



For Pansies, not less than 36 varieties, Prize to Mr. Henbury, 

 of Croydon, 1 guinea. 



For the best Pine- Apples,' to Mr. Bray, Prize 2 guineas. 



For Baskets of Grapes, to Mr. Atlee, 1st Prize, 3 guineas. For 

 do. to F. Perkins, Esq., 2d Prize, 2 guineas. 



For the best Melons, to Mr. Ivery, Prize 1 guinea. 



Extra Prizes were given to Mr. Fairburn, for his seedling 

 Heath, Wilsonii ; to J. Ward, Esq., for a green-fleshed Melon ; 

 do., for a fine dish of Keen's seedling Strawberries; and to 

 Mr. Halley, of Blackheath, for a dish of his seedling Straw- 

 berry, Princess Alice Maud. To all the contributors of plants, 

 flowers, &c, for which Prizes were not awarded, the Com. 

 mittee return their best thanks. They also, on behalf of the 

 Institution, beg to return their best thanks to the Exhibitors 

 who have obtained Prizes, for their great liberality in returning 

 all the Prize-money, so justly awarded to them. — By Order, 

 E. Cutler, Secretary, 97, Farringdon-street. 



FLORAL FETE ON WATERLOO DAY. 

 ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 



On Tuesday, June 18th, 1844, 



THE ROYAL SOUTH LONDON FLORICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY will hold their 



FIRST GRAND MISCELLANEOUS EXHIBITION OF 



FLOWERS, FRUITS, AND VEGETABLE- 

 On which occasion, in addition to Gold and Silver y dais, and 

 other costly Prizes given by the Society, extra Prizes i .u be given 

 for the best collection of Miscellaneous Plants, Roses, Hearts- 

 ease, Grapes, &c. 



Danson's and Telbin*s unrivalled Production of 

 LONDON IN THE OLDEN TIME, and THE MAGNIFICENT 



MENAGERIE will also be exhibited. 

 THE PROMENADE CONCERTS, 

 With a most Beautiful and Novel Selection, and an additional 

 Military Brass Band, under the direction of Mr. W. Bright; 

 and at Dusk the terrific Exhibition of 



THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON, 

 with new and startling effects. 

 Doors open at One. Concert at Six. Conflagration at Dusk. 

 Admission One Shilling. 



[Price 6d. 



GREAT 



YARMOUTH 



NURSERY. 



NORFOLK, 

 1844. 



YOUELL and CO., 



P l7llVyt rS mAT. l J ER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE 

 NUMiTi»wVi£7.I!^ K'NGOPTHE BELGIAJ&, 

 MENT in uS 4K 5b.° RISTS BY SPECIAL APPOINT"! 

 MKNT TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER 



^?m^? D SUPERB CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 

 Y c ,i . AXn C() * be 8 t0 caI1 attention to the 



lro *° n 1,ow,n f select List of CHRYSANTHEMUMS , the plants 

 are strong and healthy, and ready to be forwarded per Post free 

 to any part of the United Kingdom, at 12,. per dozen the 

 hi fnun", bClngr l I (t . l ° the P«"ha.er or to Y. .„d Co. They' 5 



Aut f r n i,sSs b,e to thosewho tel "* «**«£« S 



Achmet Bey, lilac 

 Arago, buff and red 

 Beauty, pale lilac 

 Belladonna, pink 

 Bethula, lilac 

 Campestroni, purple 

 Casimir Perrier.small.crimson 

 Chancellor, wh.te 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 

 Formotum, 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 



Lucidum, white 

 Marchioness, white 

 Madame Pompadour; dark rose 

 Marechale Messina, yellow and 



red 

 Marie, red 



Marie Antoinette 

 Magnet, yellow 

 Memnon, pink 

 Minerva, pink and white 

 Mirabile, white and buff 

 Peter, creamy 

 Porspicuum, pink 

 Princess Marie, light pink 

 Pulcherrimum, rose 

 Queen, deep rose 

 Q.iillcd, yellow 

 Rosalind, pink 



Salters, white 

 Sulphurca 

 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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XTOUELL axd CO. are now sending, per post, free 



-A- to any part of the United Kingdom, the undermentioned 

 highly-desirable Plants, full particulars of which will be found 

 in their Advertisement of the 27th of April. 



FUCHSIAS. 

 12 Extra Fine varieties, 12s., the Selection left to Youell fc Co, 

 12 ditto ditto 2lr., the Selection left to the Purchaser. 



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

 50 Extra Fine ditto . 60*., 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 . . 10*. per dozen 

 12 Extra Fine ditto, do. . . is,. 



PETUNIAS. 



Extra Fine Varieties, \2s. per doz., including Miller's punctata. 

 PANSY "LaoyAlicb Pkkl" (for particulars of ^hlch see 

 Advertisement of Apr. 27,), 3«. 6d. per plant. 



ARAUCARIA IMBRICATA, 4 years old, 30*. per dozen °r 

 10/. per 100. M ' 



CEDRUS DEODARA, 2 ft. to 2 ft. 8 in., 10*. fid. p& p i tn t. 



CAMELLIAS.— Extra fine sorts, including Monarch, Tri- 

 color, Elegans, Bealii, Lefeveriana, King, Chandlerii, &c, 42* 

 per dczen. 



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

 to London or Hull, or plants added to c- mpentate for 

 the same. 



*»* Hatch's Pink Support, 4x. 6d. per dozen ; for particulars 

 of which, see their Advertisement of the 2Jth of May. 

 Great Yarmouth Nursery, June 13, 1844. 



V\7ARNER and WARNER, Seedsmen, 28, Com. 



* ▼ hill, London, beg to offer the following SELECT SEEDS, 

 which they can confidently recommend :— 

 Calceolaria, saved by an Amateur, from the most 



splendid flowers 1*. per paper. 



Campanula, double, blue and white, mixed . 6d. 



Delphinium album 6d. 



Pansy, saved from the finest flowers . . 1*. 



Stocks, Giant Brompton, three colours (each) . 6rf. 



Hollyhocks, double, very fine . . . . 6<f. 



Sweet- William, double (variegated) . . . 6rf. 



Papaver Verdicaule 6<j. 



Cabbage, Warner's Early Incomparable ; very 



early and fine flavour &L 



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Nurseries, Sawbridgeworth, Herts, equidistant from the Har- 

 low and Sawbridgeworth Stations, on the Northern and 

 Eastern Railway. 



T RIVERS, jun., respectfully informs his Friends 

 • that his Collection of ROSES will be in full bloom from the 

 20th inst. There are seven down trains daily to the above 

 stations,— June 12, 1844. 



ROSES IN BLOOM.— WOODLANDS NURSERY, MARES- 

 FIELD, near UCKFIELD, SUSSEX. 



WM. WOOD & SON beg leaye respectful!? to inrite 

 the attention of the Nobility, Gentry, and Amtwrt to 

 their extensive Nursery Stock, extending over Forty Acres of 

 Ground, Fourteen of which are cultivated with ROSES, new 

 coming into splendid bloom, and will continue in flower dnrieg 

 the Rose season. 



There is a carriage drive through the Nursery, with arbours 

 fitted up for the accommodation of parties desirous of inspect- 

 ing the Roses. 



Admittance Gratis daily (Sundays excepted). The I *» 

 Coach passing through Maresfield leaves the Golden t «, 

 Charing Cross, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday morn- 

 ing, returning the alternate days. „ # . mtttfifm 



Maresfield is 12 miles distant from Hayward's Heatn msm 

 of the London and Brighton railway. 



