THE 



GARDENERS 



5 



AND 



AGRICULTURAL 



CHRONICLE 

 GAZETTE. 



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



No. 25.-1844. 



SATURDAY, JUNE 22. 



<s£ 



Atdroma Farmer.' Club - 



b*« f remarks on - 



Benrnden tile-machine 



BJaok Hortepondi 

 BoOM.un^nnre - 



Uminiree^nd Hocking Farmers 



Club • • • 

 Brunsi i^ia Josephinae - 

 * kJendar of Operations - 



Cambridge Horticultural Sox:. 

 _ Florists' bociety - 



Cameilins, to inarch - - 



Caledonian Horticultural ^oc 

 Cat, linKurar propensity of - 

 Chine** seeds, remarks on 

 Climbing plant*, list of 

 Countiy Shows, remarks on • 

 Cropping, old ■ystem f>t 

 Datlington Farmers' Club - 

 Devon and Cornwall Hort. Soc. 

 Durham Floral and Hurt. Sue. 

 Kan Lothian Husbandry 

 Euphorbia jacquiniflora 

 Familiar Botany • 



Fodder for horses 

 Froth rly, remarks on 



iiardrn walls, position of 

 Glasses for sowing under trees 

 Guano on the coast of Peru - 

 Holiy hedges, to cut down 

 Horses, fodder for 

 Hort. Society's Exhibition at 



Chiswick - - 4u3 fl, 



Humphreys's Compound 

 Jamaica Agric. Society 

 Larches, rot in - 



Loam, analysis of • 

 Maidstone Farmers 1 Club 

 Manures, adulteration of 



— management of 



— bones as • 

 1 — tarm-ynrd dung - 



— nitrogenous, experiments 

 with • 



INDEX. 



416 c Morphology 



417 c 



413 C 

 412 a 

 420 b 

 405 C 

 4i8 6 

 405 a 

 490 6 



414 a 



415 c 



418 a 



412 a 



411 b 

 409 c 

 409 c 



412 a 



409 a 

 405 c 

 405 a 

 412a 

 403 a 

 420 c 



418 b 



410 a 

 409 c 

 414 b 

 405 b 

 401 a 



419 c 

 405 C 

 412 a 

 412 a 



411 b 

 41* 

 4l<) 



k 



e 



— remarks on 



405 



405 



420 



412 



415 



418 



41b" 



414 



415 



414 



420 



417 



a 

 b 

 a 

 b 

 b 

 c 

 e 

 b 

 c 

 c 



c 

 a 



- 404; a 

 Nitrate of soda, effects of, on 



Grass * - - - . 417 b 

 Norfolk and Norwich Horti- 

 cultural Society - - 410 a 

 North Walsham Farmers' Club 418 c 

 Notice to quit, law of - - 421 a 

 Ox-eyed Daisy • 417 a 

 Peas, early kinds • - 4'>tf a 

 Pheasants' e#gs • 405 c 

 Pine-apples, remarks on - 405 c 

 Potatoes, culture of - 403 6 4W> c 

 Potter's Liquid Guano - - 406 a 

 Rabbits, to kill ... 417 b 

 Ranunculus, remarks on - 401 b 

 Rats, recipe for killing - 416 e 

 Rooks, insects killed by - 417 b 

 Hose budding - 404 c 

 Rot in sheep - • • 46 a 

 Seed -sowing • 404 c 

 Seeds, to ht*»ep ... 417 6 

 Sheep, rot in ... 416 a 

 houtli London Floricultural 



Society .... 4086 



Sprengel on Manures - 415 a 



Stamtord-hill Hort. Society - 410 b 

 Standard Roses, culture of - 405 c 

 Statice pseudo armeria - 404 c 



Steeping seeds ... 4176 



Stin£ of a bee, to cure - - 405 6 

 Strawberries, cultuieof - 412 6 



Surrey Hort. and Floral Soc. 410 6 

 Tares, management of - - 4*7 a 

 Thornrield Pines - 405 c 



Torbay Hort. Soc. - • 410 6 



Transactions of the Hort. Soc. 



of London, vol. 3, part I. rev. 410 c 

 Trees, height of, to measure 412 6 

 Turnips, experiments on \ - 420 a 



— effects of manures on - 419 c 



— mode of housing - • 4i7 c 

 Turnip-fly, remarks on 413 6 419 c 

 Tussac Hrass, remarks on - 416 6 

 Vale of Evesham Hort. Soc. - 4i0 6 

 Vines, culture of ... 405 a 



— in greenhouses - - 412 a 

 Wheat, diseases of h - - 419 a 



— young, to mow - - 413 a 

 Yew, poisonous qualities of - 417 6 

 York Hort. Soc. . . - 410 6 



ROSES IN BLOOM.— WOODLANDS NURSERY, MARES- 



FIELD, near UCKFIELD, SUSSEX. 



WM. WOOD & SON beg leave respectfully to invite 

 the attention of the Nobility, Gentry, and Amateurs to 

 their extensive Nursery Stock, extending over Forty Acres of 

 Ground, Fourteen of which are cultivated with ROSES, now 

 coming into splendid bloom* and will continue in flower during 

 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 Lewea 

 Coach passing through Maresfield leaves the Golden Cross, 

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

 ing:, returning the alternate days. 



Maresfield is 12 miles distant from Hay ward's Heath station 

 of the London and Brighton railway. 



— *- — - - ^ "^ 



JOHN STANDISH, Nurseryman, Bagshot, begs 

 to inform his Friends and the Public that he is now sending: 

 out his, SEEDLING FUCHSIAS, which he can strongly recom- 

 mend, four of which, marked with an asterisk, are the largest 

 yet sent out. See PaxtorTs M Magazine of Botany M for March. 

 —Also now ready, his new SALVIA BICOLOR,* which he has 

 proved to be perfectly hardy, and one of the most beautiful 

 showy herbaceous plants of the present day. Likewise a New 

 Pink GERANIUM, for Bedding, which was raised from the 

 Frogmore Scarlet, beiugr exactly like that plant in habit, foliage, 

 and shape of flower, only of a delicate pink colour with a 

 white eye. 



HTHE ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, under the 



-J. Patronage of HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, HER MA- 

 JESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER, Her Royal Highness the 

 I)i chess of Kent, Her Royal Highness the Duchbss of 

 Gloucester, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, 

 iiis Royal Highness Prince Albert, of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, 

 iv.O., and His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., 

 J incorporated by Royal Charter, for the promotion of Botany in 

 a.i its branches, and for the formation of extensive Botanical and 

 ornamental Gardens within the immediate vicinity of the Metro- 

 polis The Society's last Exhibition of Plants and Flowers during 

 imsbeason will take place in the Gardens of the Society, Regent's- 



ilP.tt'r °» n .J ue o Sday » Ju] y 2 - An Exhibition of Microscopes, to 

 hi J. J » ? tructur e of Plants, is also introduced. Tickets can 

 F*hiir»- y * y orders from Fellows. Price, before the Day of 

 OffirS r ♦?" * ach; and on the Da y of Exhibition, 7s. 6d. each, 

 mrv Ml the i bale of Tickets, at the Botanic Gardens, Regent's- 

 are artS?»» n 5 X ^f ek at 28 ' Regent-street. Fellows and Members 



Gatekepw ?"l° Ut ticket8 ' u P on s fe llin & their names in the 

 2,1 s f Bo ° k - s "ould the weather prove wet, a new gate, 



view thf w ? the - Tents » wil1 be opened to admit the company to 

 T 6W tDe Plants wiUiout being exposed to the rain. 



t . J. D. C. Sowerby, Secretary. 



the*2«h l 5 e f ello ^ s ann! Members are informed that on Tuesday, 

 which nri! *' a x T llitar y Band w ill attend in the Gardens, upon 



introduction of n Fe^ ow 0rS Can ° nly gain admission throu g h the 



F L ?J^5.? H OW„The WEST LONDON GRAND 



tendence if \ r t J U x? AL EXHIBITION, under the Superin- 

 be held in , Iv n ' Nkvi «•!•■» of Ebenezer House, Peckham, will 

 able P,st it-.V- ° Unds of lhe Almshouses of the Butchers' Charit- 

 *«d Wedni Si? Malham Green, Fulham, on Tuesday the 25th, 

 Frizes f oLi y 1? 26 thof June, in Aid of the Building Fund, for 



and Rules n^ilf v ps ' and 29 Silver Medals. Lists of the Prizes 

 y De obtained by application to Mr. Neville. 



W f S2X FI -ORAL SOCIETY.-Under the 



fieid, g C B T v d P atrona ge of the Right Hon. Lord Bloom- 

 fo * the Year' will r* i ""• Th e First Exhibition of this Society 

 on Wednesdav i place at the TOWN HALL, WOOLWICH, 

 amountof io(-' ln une 26 » 1844 » w hen Prizes in Plate, to the 

 Petitnrg after rL rv as ' Wil1 be Presented to the successful com- 

 at Six o'clock i l " ner ' which will be held at the Bull Tavern, 

 •ale. For the hoof Irst Class -— Nurserymen and Growers for 

 lft r Blooms of p, l 2d best « an(l 3d best Stands of 12 Dissimi- 

 aod Third Class f _ Entra nce to Non-members, 55. Second 

 Members onlv n s and Pansies, will be confined to 



1 SeedlUe Pinir Pen * to al1 cla sses.— For the best and second 



^ Eutrane or , the be st and second best Seedling 



w iil be ih t tQ ^'on- members, Is. each bloom. The 



U: * posse!? cted not to award Prizes to Seedlings, 



mibn, ar, rea.i'irJ Upenor P r <>perties. Persons intending to 



*• the secret »r « aend n °tice of such intention to Mr. 



^ay, 24th i,st tk l T avern, Woolwich, on or before 

 ^ n s o'clock nrepi'^oi lowers to be ready for the Censors at 



ock by Tickets ♦ Y i The Publlc wiu be admitted at Three 

 ; ' v ^-street - Mr nv, obt a in ed gratuitously of Mr. Newhall, 

 *t 'Jandc.fthe'so . Wln » P1 um stead J Mr - Norman, Bull 

 *ed Tickets for !k J? ry at the Tavern, where also may be 

 55*** which' will k Dlnuer . at 3*. each. Tne Rules of the 

 •PPUcaUontotheSec t strictIy adhered to » ma y be seen on 



/"GRANGE, CAMELLIA, FUCHSIA, and other 



v-/ TREES. — A Private Gentleman having several /rf 

 above, which, from their luxuriance, are getting too Itrge 

 his Conservatory, will be happy to dispose of part of 

 half their value. Apply to Mr. Coombg, Fori Ho*&& 

 Gravesend. 



SPLENDID EXHIBITION' OK ROSES. 



A PAUL and SON'S COLLECTION, c^npewv 



-^*-» all the novelties of the season, is now in full 

 Nurseries, Cheshunt. Herts, 13 miles from Londou, 

 Waltham Cross Station on the Northern and Eastern Ra/lw»y. 



CtiEDLING VERBBNAJ "ENCHANTRESS^ 



^ (ALEXANDER'S), pink with white centre, tru«4 lar#~ cotf 

 fine form. For description of this beautiful variety, see f£4tt«c*c 

 opinion, Gardener's Chronicle, No. 8*. page 3o\). "J.J..— Vcw 

 seedling Verbena, ' Enchantress,' blush or pink, is a beaeUfuJ 

 variety; truss large and well. formed; the flowers Mat an* hi 

 with a fine surface and delicate colour. One of the bent of 

 light varieties." Blooms may be seen, and plants had, r*.r»efc, 

 of Messrs. Warner and Warnkr, Comhill ; Clarc, Bishop, 

 gate-street; and of W. Alkxaxukr, Lamb Farm, KingfilvaA. 



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♦Fuchsia Colossus 



President 

 Attractor 





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7s 6d 

 7 6 

 7 6 



Fuchsia Conductor 

 * Candidate 



Antagonist 



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it 



5S 



5 



5 



Od 











Or the set of six plants, 31*. 6d. 

 Salvia Bicolor. . . . 5s. Od. 

 Gbraviu.m Lucia Rosea . .36 

 N.B. — A remittance is expected from unknown correspondents. 



ROSES, RUGBY NURSERY, WARWTCKSHItt*. 



J COLE begs leave respectfully to invite the al 

 • of the Nobility, Gentry, and Amateurs, to his 

 Collection of Roses, which will be in full bloom about the JSStfc 

 iast., and continue through the Rose season. 



Nurseries, Sawbridgcworth, Herts, equidistant 4roia b 



low and Sawbridgeworth Stations, on the Northeai 

 Eastern Railway. 



T RIVERS, jun., respectfully informs bis Frieafc 

 • that his Collection of ROSES are now in full 

 There are seven down trains daily to the above stations* 

 June 20, 1844. 



GREAT 

 YARMOUTH 

 NURSERY. 



NORFOLK, 



1844. 



YOU ELL and CO., 



PATRONISED BY HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE 

 QUEEN; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS; 

 NURSERYMEN AND FLORISTS BY SPECIAL APPOINT- 

 MENT TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER. 



YOUELL and CO. are now sending, per post, free 

 to any part of the United Kingdom, the undermentioned 

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

 in their former Advertisements. 



FUCHSIAS. 

 12 Extra Fine varieties, 12*., the Selection left to YoueU & Co. 

 12 ditto ditto 21*., the Selection left to the Purchaser. 



50 Fine varieties . . 40*., the Selection left to YoueU & 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 . . 10*. per dozen 



FLORICULTURAL SEEDS. 



J CARTER, Seedsman and Florist, No- 233, 

 • High Holborn, London, begs leave to recommend the 

 following Seeds for present and autumn sowing. The Avncals 

 he has selected will flower in the autumn if sown this moath. 

 He would recommend a second sowing early in September; Ux 

 those sown in the autumn will flower earlier, and much aner^ 

 than the spring sown, particularly in dry seasons iifce the 

 present. 



1. — Haroy Annuals iv Assortments. 



8 fine Calliopsis 



2*. od. 



8 

 12 



8 



7 



8 



6 



Clarkia. ... 1 6 

 dwarf Larkspur. 2 6 

 tall Larkspur . 1 6 

 Nemophila ..20 

 Godetia ... 1 6 

 Gilia ....10 



8 fine Schizanthus 



20 

 8 



♦German «tock«L 5 

 ♦Ten week . . . 1 



40 — hardy Annuals . % 



20 — ditto | 



I 10 — ditto jf 



* All Stocks require protection in winter, the others oat. 



2. — Hardy Bien.vials awd Pkrkv.yiaj.s. 



•JL 



8 fine Campanula 



8 

 8 

 8 

 6 

 6 

 20 



Dianthus . . 

 Pentstemon . 

 new Scabious 

 Anterhinum . 

 Aquilegia . . 

 Hollyhock . 



2*. Od. 



2 



2 



2 



1 6 



1 6 



4 



12 fine *Queen Stocks - Sc.'HL 



6 — ditto t 4 



5 — *Brornpton . . i 

 40 — Perennials . .li -» 



20 — ditto h • 



10 — ditto S § 



12 Extra Fine ditto,' 



do. 



18*. 



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SEASON 



SOCIETY will 

 pu a| R.o f .ir"p w " i Iyui JULY ' lr i the Pleasure-Grounds 



* award *. c ' r y Ilot *». Cheshire, when numerous 

 ,rt Vegctahnf, • Var 'o«s specimens of Flowers, 



J* *"<* ry e ,t? n 8 t as0D .* Boats P»y from Liverpool to 

 D R^n. 'y^ery quarter of an hour «„ *-v>. a „« ^pUi 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. (Sent postage free.) 

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

 list and colours of which, see Advertisement of June 15th. 



PETUNIAS. 



Extra Fine Varieties, 12*. per doz., including Miller's Punctata. 



PANSY "Ladv Alice Peel" (for particulars of which see 

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



ARAUCARIA IMBRICATA, 4 years old, 30*. per dozen, or 

 10L per 100. 



CEDRUS DEODARA, 2ft. to 2 ft. 8 in., 10*. 6d. per plant. 



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

 color, Elegans, Bealii, Lefeveriana, King, Chandlerii, &c, 42s. 

 per dozen. 



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

 to London or Hull, or plants added to compensate for 

 the same. 



*** Hatch's Pink Support, As. 6d. per dozen -, for particulars 

 of which, see their Advertisement of the 25th of May. 

 Great Yarmouth Nursery, June 20, 1844. 



WARNER and WARNER, Seedsmen, 28, Corn- 

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

 which they can confidently recommend : — 

 Calceolaria, saved by an Amateur, from the most 



splendid flowers is. per paper. 



Campanula, double, blue and white, mixed 



Delphinium album 



Pansy, saved from the finest named flowers . 

 Stocks, Giant Brompton, three colours (each) . 

 Hollyhocks, double, very fine .... 



Sweet-William, double (variegated) . 

 Lychnis fulgens 



(Enothera, three new varieties, mixed 



Primula sinensis fimbriata 



Wallflower, Giant, new double .... 



Cabbage, Warner's Incomparable; very early 

 and fine flavour ...... 



28, Cornhill, June 20, 1844. 



10 fine Sorts 



3.— Greenhouse Seeds* 



• • 4s. Od. 



8 

 8 

 4 

 3 

 3 



Climbers . 

 Alstraemeria 

 Thunbergia 

 Portuluca . 

 Tropceoiums 



4 



4 

 2 



1 

 2 





 

 

 6 

 



Pery****. 



Finest mixed Cineraria U.6JL 



— Calceolaria l 6 



— Gloxinia I 6 



— Erica. . 2 4 



— Gladiolus 1 8 



6d. 



99 



6rf. 



99 



1*. 



M 



6rf. 



99 



6d. 



>• 



6d. 



»• 



6d. 



99 



6d. 



99 



6d. 



99 



6d. 



Iff 



— Verbena i 



And most other Flower Seeds contained in his General 



logue for 1844. 

 *** A comprehensive Catalogue of Dutch Bulbs wiU be 



published at the usual rime. 



CHOICE FLOWERS AND PLANTS IN POTS. 



HUMPHREYS'S SOLUBLE COMPOUND. 

 ^^^^^ A few grains occasional * od in the water used 



Plants pn ctow: ididfltowt If 



ij» r-: as r arti-Je 



tv. u cos alf a Bottle 



p< uart of water. :\ poi to a 



in watering flower-beds. See Oardenertf Chronicle for *a*t *.«£, 

 page u90. Sold m bottles, 1$. Bd.cuch, by Chemists and Seedsocn. 

 Agents, DAvr, MACKMuauno and Co., 100, Upper Thaiar^ito&ft, 

 L ondon. i 



MAGICAL EFFECT ON FLOV RS. 

 Gardeners' Chronicle, April 2"th.— "I cmuC i 

 POTTER'S LIQUID GUANO ir. adequate termt of pr 

 tried it on Hyacinths, and other Flowers. Hie effect 

 magical. My flowers were the finest I ever beh.Hd, 

 preserved their beauty nearly double their ctaa&l 

 W. Kidd, Hammer smith. 



Sold by Savory & Moore, 136, New Bond-street 4 W 

 28, Cornhill ; and by most Chemists and Seedtmen, 



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ROSES. 



EDENYER begs to inform the Nobility, Gentry, 

 • and his friends in general, that his superb Collection 

 Roses are now in full bloom ; the standard and dwarf Roses 

 are planted on each side of a walk 660 feet, and consist of 500 

 varieties. Orders taken for the plants when in bloom, and de- 

 livered in November next. Admittance Gratis, daily (Sundays 

 excepted). Loughbourough Nursery, Brixton, within 3 miles 

 of London. June 17th, 1844. 



CLEAR WHITE GLASS MILK-PANS. 



APSLEY PELLATT, Falcon Glass Works, Hol- 

 land-street, Blackfriars-road, is still making the M3k- 

 Pans— as described in the Gardeners* Chronicle, at clear wh&M 

 flint glass, at 5s. 6d. each, or 31. per dozen. Early in Ju v. F- 

 will make the Milk- Pans of green glass of excellent quality, *t 

 4is. per doz*n. 



SI. ORES, ISLE WORTH, MIDDLESEX. 



THE following Articles, manufactured i« SltttP 

 Horticultural purposes, may be seen in use at m 

 ' tage, upon application to the gardener (Sundays ex 

 Tank Covers | Bottoms for Fraro^ 



Cisterns Boxes for BaJconies^ 



Shelves I dahs 



Garden Edging J Orun*cT«u. 



Edward Bkck will be happy to answer any inlaws, CU* 



personally or by post. 





