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THE 



GARDENERS 



' CHRONICLE 

 AGRICU LTURAL GAZETTE. 



AStomped Newspaper of Rural Economy and Oefferal ITews.-The Horticultural Part Edited by Professor Lindley. 



No. 27— 18«- 



INDEX. 



A 1r Sof"i K "» and * 

 !S<i «t«l«. to «r:ke 



p .to cure - - 



IT 



IWunr 



H M/§ Discovery 



.Kipt in IW», by 

 B £*. M D-, revd. 



r»Jni<iAr of Op*rAtion« 

 C-ltJ*. »h*d f-^din* \A 



. 



*ed>, u> iw 



453 c 



4«D & 



4V2.z 



451 A 



448 a 

 441 C 

 445 a 

 445 6 

 445 C 



44* c 



450 c 



447 A 



451 a 



452 c 



448 5 

 454 b 



■^ : .,caiw»ofgreenmgin 448a 



*nure 

 run*, advantage, of 

 I'm*, wide • • 



Bjui Latfclao Hmbandrf 



Pftnfii-ife lor Ladiet . revd. 

 French Pe'.argnnium culture - 



Garden allotment! 



ir-wrorm - 



fcrmpholobium Henderionii * 

 ^fraftinjr, remark* on - 

 Highland and Ajrrf. Sov. 



Horehuiind. medicinal proper- 

 ty* flf - * • 



Horticultural Society 

 — Garden noticed 



431 c 

 440 a 

 452 a 

 449 b 



441 C 



451 6 

 413 c 

 443 6 

 443 c 



447 a 

 448 a 



452 b 



445 6 



448 b 



447 a 



Humphreys's Compound 

 Hybridising, remarks on 

 Judges at Horticult. Shews - 

 Labelling! remarks on - 

 l.impyris noctiluca 

 Liquid Manure - 

 Loudon's Encyclop. of Agri., 



supplement to. rev. 

 Manure", adulteration of 



— Daniels' 



— farm-yard - 

 Melons, to preserve 



Pelargoniums, culture of in 



France - 



Pine-apples, experiment with 

 Pits, sunken, remarks on 

 Hose Garden ■ 



Roses, March pruning of 

 Rooks, insects killed by 

 Root-crops on heavy lands 

 Salt for Asptragus 

 Scientific Lecturers 



Shed feeding of cattle - 

 Sheep, serious loss of 

 Smut in Wheat - - . 

 Snails, trap for - 



Sprengel on Manures 

 Sting of Bees, to cure 



Thorn-hedges, to plant 

 Tick-rly - 



Tottenham Garden Allotment 

 Society .... 



Vetches, culture of 



West Norfolk Farmers' Club 

 Wheat, smut in 



445 b 

 443 a 

 441 c 

 445 b 

 443 c 



450 a 



453 a 



453 c 



451 c 

 451 c 

 448 b 



443 c 

 445 a 

 448 b 



444 b 

 444 b 



451 c 



454 a 



444 c 



453 c 

 -lil a 



454 b 



452 a 

 448 b 



450 /; 



445 b 



451 c 



453 c 



443 b 



452 a 



453 a 

 452 a 



CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES.— Grand Exhi- 

 bition now in full bloom, at Messrs. N. & B. Norman's 

 Bull Fields, Woolwich. July 6, 1844. * 



GREAT 



YARMOUTH 



NURSERY. 



NORFOLK, 

 1844. 



YOUELL and CO., 



PATROXrSED BY HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE 

 QUEEN; HKS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS- 

 NURSERYMEN AND FLORISTS BY SPECIAL APPOINT^ 

 MENT TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER. 



XTOUELL and CO. are novr sending to any part of 



v, n, the United Kiugfdom, the undermentioned highly-desira- 

 ble Plants, full particulars of which will be found in their for- 

 mer Advertisements. 



FUCHSIAS-per post free. 

 12 Extra Fine varieties, \2s. f the Selection left to Youell & Co. 

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



comprising most of the new varieties sent out this season. 

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

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

 lor , - „ VERBENAS-per post free. 

 1* n>f arieti es, 6*., the selection left to Youell & Co. 



i* unto i 0s%9 the selection left to the purchaser. 



Mm ew P ^ NSIE S. [Sent postage free.] 

 !! ?"* S £. ow Varieties, by name . . | o,. per dozen 



12 Extra FmpH.f^ ^ ^ 



Extra Fine ditto, 



Fiftv ^"RYSANTHEMUMS. (Sent postage free.) 

 list and nni ne *: est , best varieties byname, 12*. per dozen .for 

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



Extra Fin* v * * ET UNIAS-per post free. 



PWSY «. r an eS > 12s - per doz > deluding Miller's Punctata. 

 Adverti4m^r Y T AL[CE Pekl ' ; ( for Particulars of which see 



ARaltTrii f ti U ^ !l 184l > 3s ' 6d ' P er P ,ant - 

 10/ per ioo IMB *"CATA, 4 years old, 30*. per dozen, or 



color, 



Per dozen." 



"*> ^Lmim ° r i €rS above£2 are delivered carriage free 

 the sa m€ ° T U$ ° r P lanis <*dded to compensate for 



J to iiifor^^i^ M N J RSERY MAN f Bagshot, begs 



out his SEEDLiVc vvru the Public that he is now ending 

 niend, four of wh..Mi UC 7 SI AS, which he can strongly recom- 

 Tet sent out SppPo ^ ar f ked with an asterisk, are the largest 

 -Also now'readt- £ S " M »P»zine of Botanv M for March. 



P^ved to be nerf^n u ew SAL VIA BICOLOR, which he has 

 *howy herbaceoiirni i * hard >*» an d one of the most beautiful 

 Pl "k GERanitiu f 0f the P rcse nt day. Likewise a New 

 Frogmore Scarlet I • Beddin &» which was raised from the 



10(1 shape of wf D& exactl >' like that Pl ftnt in "habit, f. ^e, 

 w hiteeTe. u °wer, only of a delicate pin* .lour *ith a 



eye 



^chsia 'colossus 

 # » President 

 »» Attractor 



7s 6d 

 7 6 

 7 6 



Fuchsia Conductor 

 * Candidate 



91 



Salvor ,l et of * ix VluOa, 31*. w! 



Antagonist 



U 



5 

 6 



M 











v *a Bico 



S^Aremittance is - UC,A RoSEA ■ • 3 



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_^P^ted ^from unk nown cor|€Si>onde 

 CURTIS* K F G °^NOlSETTE ROSb! ~ 





SATURDAY, JULY 6. 



1 ^^WAOA^AXJ^ IVUOi 



0e S» to inform the Nobility and 



r-V Gentry he ha. % co lntorm the Nobility and 

 wS J des irable doubf. V?" Plants remaining of the above 

 52? Tie,d ■«▼«■ i Innrt k Autumna l Blooiriinsf Rose, wbi 

 22;V n «-6rf., packaK ? udb for inserting thS* in.am. 

 ;« of England RoJev „ and carria Pe to London inclu led.' 



i -asSi? ssT' — * "" " 



ch 

 mer. 



essrs.W. ^T Ben- 



b.C r 8ub ^ber£«t?. F0 ^ DRYING PI ^J S.- 



Wim Uppl y of the ahnv. o° ufacturers » (Messrs. 



SSSJfJ. 8hett « may SJ e ,! aper ! . J can beha <* U U q 

 S^? 1 ; 10 Ga rdeaa Jl be , seen Wlth Mr- M'Nab at the ^ovil 



«abor.K ^ioer, r. S . M'Intosh, 12, Catherine: street, 



rjh. 



OOYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY OF LONDON 



JA LIST of PREMIUMS awarded at the Exhibitiov <,f 

 Plants and Flowers on Tuesday 1 , July 2d. The successful 

 candidates are requested to signify to the Secretary Mr. 

 Sowerby, at the Gardens, within a fortnight, whether they wish 

 to take the Prizes in Medals, Plate, or Money. 



For Collections of 40 Stove and Greenhouse Plants.— 1st Prize to 

 Mr. W. Barnes, gr. to G. W. Norman, Esq., Bromley; 2d. to 

 Mr. Hunt, rt. to Miss Traill. Hayes-place. Bromley. 



For Collections of 20 Stove and Greenhouse Plants.— 

 Amatburs.— 1st Prize to Mr. Bruce, gr. to Boyd Miller, Esq., 

 Tooting: ; 2d, to Mr. Baker, gr. to — Lindsay, Esq., Croydon ; 

 3d, to Mr. Green, gr. to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart., Cheam. "Nur- 

 serymkn.— 1st Prize to Mr. Eraser, Lea-Bridge Road, Ley ton • 

 2d, to Mr. Pawley, White Hart Hotel, Bromley. 



For Collections of 10 Stove and Green h use Plants.— 1st Prize 

 to Mr. May, gr. to E. Goodhart, Esq., Beckenham ; 2d, to Mr. 

 Taylor, gr. to Jas. Costar, Esq., Streatham; 3d, to Mr. Slowe, 

 gr. to W. R. Baker, Esq., Bayiordbury Park. 



For a Collection of 6 Stove and Greenhouse Climbers.— 1st 

 Prize to Mr. Fraser. 



For Specimen Ornamental Plants.— 1st Prize to Mr. May, for 

 Erica jasminiflora alba; 2d, to Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, & Co., 

 Exeter, for Statice macrophylla ; 3d, to John J. Wells, Esq., 

 Bromley, for Erica Hibbertiana. Extra Prize to Messrs. 

 Lucombe 8c Co., for Cyrtoceras refiexa. Certificates to Messrs. 

 Lucombe Ik Co., for Ixora acuminata, and to Mr. Bruce, Tooting, 

 for Gloxinia Cartonii, on account of their novelry ; and to Mr. 

 Dobsnn, gr. to Mr. Beck, Slate works, Islewortb, lor Achimenes 

 grandiflora, on account of superior cultivation. 



For 11 Specimen Plant of tall-grouing Cactus.— 1st Prize to 

 Mr. Bunney, Stratford, for Cereus monstrosus. 



For Collections of Dwarf. growing Cacti.— 1st Prize to Messrs. 

 Lee, Hammersmith: 2d, to Mr. Bunney. 



For a Collection of i Achimenes.— 1st Prize to Mr. Dobson. 



For a Collection of 4 Clerodendrons .— 1st Prize to Mr. W. 

 Barnes. 



For Collections of 12 Fuchsias.— 1st Prize to Mr. Gaines. 

 Battersea ; 2d, to James Simpson, Esq., Tuames Bank, Pim- 



lico. Extra Prize, to Mr. Hallcy, Blackheath ; Extra do., to 

 Mr. Laing, Twickenham. 



For a Collection of § Scarlet Pelargoniums.— 2d Prize to Mr. 

 W. P. Ay res, gr. to James Cook, Esq., Brooklands, Blackheath. 

 For a Specimen Plant of Scarlet Pelargonium. — Certificate to 

 Mr. W. P. Ayres, for General Tom Thumb. 



For Collections of 12 Pelargoniums in No. 24 Pots.— Ama- 

 teurs. — 1st Prize to Mr. Dobson. Nurserymen.— 1st Prize to 

 Mr. Gaines ; 2d, to Mr. Catleugh, Hans-street, Chelsea. 



For Collections of\2 Pelargoniums in No. 12 Pots. — Nursery- 

 men. — 1st Prize to Mr. Gaines ; 2d, to Mr. Catleugh. 



For Collections of 8 Pelargoniums in No. 24 Pots.— 1st Prize 

 to Mr. Staines, Middlesex-place, Lisson-groYe; 2d, to Mr. 

 Coysh, gr. to R. Hudson, Esq., Clapham. 



For a Specimen Plant of Pelargonium.— Extra. Prize to Mr. 

 Gaines, for Floridum. 



For Collections of 8 Calceolarias. — Amateurs. — 1st Prize to 

 Mr. W. Barnes. Nurserymen*. — 1st Prize to Mr. Gaines. 



For Seedling Pelargoniums. — 2d Prize to Mr. Beck, Slate- 

 works, Isleworth, for Aurora ; 3d, to Mr. Silyerlock, 

 Chichester, for Emperor Nicholas. Certificate of Merit to Mr. 

 Staines, for La Polka ; Certificate of Merit to Messrs. Hender- 

 son, Pine- apple Place, Edgeware Road, for Lady Peel. 



For a Seedlinsr Pelargonium, containing a deep shade of Scarlet. 

 — 1st Prize to Mr. Beck, for Igniferum. 



For a Seedling Scarlet Pelargonium. — Certificate to Mr. Dip- 

 lock, gr. to M. Emmanuel, Esq.. Hammersmith, for Antagonist. 



For a Seedling Fuchsia.— 1st Prize to Mr. Hally, for Highland 

 Chief. 



For Collections of Cut Blooms of Moss Roses. — Amateurs. — 

 1st Prize to Mr. Betteridge, Milton Hill, Abingdon; 2d, to 

 Mr. Milne, gr. to C. S. Chauncey, Esq., Little Morden, Ware. 

 Nurserymen. — 1st Prize to Messrs. Lane and Son, Great 

 Berkhampstead ; 2d, to Mr. T. Rivers, jun., Sawbridgeworth ; 

 3d, to Mr. Hooker, Brenchley. 



For Collections of Cut Blooms of Summer Roses. — Amateurs 

 (50). — 1st Prize to Mr. Milne; 2d, to Mr. A. Parsons, gr. to 

 A. K. George, Esq., Ponder's End, Enfield ; 3d, to Mr. Henry 

 Collison, Bath. Extra Prize, to Mr. Betteridge ; Extra do., 

 to Mr. Slowe. Nurserymen (100). — 1st Prize to Messrs. Lane 

 and Son; 2d, to Mr. T. Rivers, jun.; 3d Prizes (equal) to 

 Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt j and to Mr. Hooker. 



For Collections of 24 Cut Verbenas.— 1st Prize to Mr. Smith, 

 Hornsey Road. Extra Prize to Mr. W. P. Ayres. 



For Collections of 24 Carnations.— 1 st Prize to Messrs. Nor- 

 man, Bull-fields, Woolwich; 2d, to. Mr. Willmer, King's-road, 

 Chelsea. 



t iFor Collections of 24 Picotees. — 1st Prize to Mr. John Dickson, 

 Brixton; 2d, to Mr. Edmonds, Wandsworth- road. Extra Prize 

 to Messrs. Norman. 



For Collections of 24 Pinks. — 1st Prize to Messrs. Brown and 

 At well, Uxbridge; 2d. to Mr. Hardstone, St. Mary Cray. 



For Collections of 36 Pansies. — 1st Prize to Mr. Parsons, En- 

 field ; 2d, to Messrs. Goode, Ponder's-end, Enfield. 



For Collections of Roses, in Pots, (20 plants), — 1st Prize to 

 rs. Lane and Son ; (10 plants)— 1st Prize to Mr. Dobson. 



For a Seedling Heath.— 1st Prize to Mr. Burley, Limpsfield, 

 for I rica tricolor pallida. 



For Collections of Cape Heaths.— (15 plants)— Amateurs.— 1st 

 Prize to Mr. May; 2d, to Mr. W. Barnes. Nurserymen.— 1st 

 Prize to Mr. Jackson, Kingston-on-Thames ; 2d, to Mr. Pawley; 

 3d, to Messrs. Fairbaim, Clapham. (6 plants)— Amateurs. — 

 1st Prize to Mr. Hunt; 2d, to Mr. Taylor, Streatham. Nursb- 

 n.— 1st Prize to Mr. Dawson, Brixton-hill ; 2d, to Mr. 

 - r. 



For a Collection of 24 Alpine Plants.— 2d Prize to Mr. Wood, 

 N' ■-.■ -*'ood. 



For a Device in Cut Flowers, representing the grouping of 

 colours.— 1st Prize to Mr. W. P. Ayres. 



Ftr a Collect inn of 6 Statices.— 1st Prize to Mr. Taylor. 



For Collections of 6 Orchidaceous Plants.— 1st Prize to Mr. 

 Huntj 2d, to F. G. Cox, Esq., Stockwell; 3d, to Mr. Barnes. 



/ a Specimen Orchidaceous Plant.— 3d Prize to Mr. Jackson, 

 rastia Wrayeae. 

 Collections of British Ferns, in Pots.— 1st Prize to Mr. 

 A. S ith, gr. to Joseph Anderson, Esq., The Holme, Regent's 

 Pari ; 2d, to Mr. Taylor. 



; following Extra Prizes, for miscellaneous subjects, were 



•wajotd:— 



[Price 6d. 



For a Collection of Dried Specimen* of $7 Varieties of Cultivated 

 Grain, to Mr. T. Moore. Camden Town. For M, lus Splen- 



M?V°n Mr -.,? u i ,ney V F " r " ( '" ,iecti "» of JO Kinds of Fruit, to 

 Mr. T. Bursill, llrentford. For a Collation of 24 Sera iu />. 



largoniums (cut blooms), to Messrs. Lucombe ^ Co. For a Seed. 

 ''"V e * uma : A '"- '• to Mr. Sorrell, Springfield. For a Sredlinr 

 link. Favorite, t lessrs. Brown and Atwell, Uxhridge. 



There were 1 U fine microscopes rxhilrted by Messrs. 

 Powell and Leland, Mr. Rom, and Mr. Varley ; but the first 

 party only haying duly entered their instruim le 1st Prize 



was necessarily awarded to them. There were 41 unsuccessful 

 competitor* wl, .for the trouble taken by them, the Society 

 eels indebted, and takes this o] portunity of returning them its 

 tnanK8, J. D. C.Sowkrby. Secretary. 



R OT NEW PLANTS. 



GLENDINNING very respectfully bees to offer 

 Plants - C followinff New "^ Valuable Ornamental Exotic 



CLERODENDRUM INFORTUNATUM.-Thls new and mag- 

 nificent species, surpassing eU others of the genus yet iotro^ 

 duced, was awarded the Large Silver Medal at the Horticul- 

 tural Society's Exhibition on the loth iust. "orucui- 



PENTAS CARNEA. 



L1SIANTHUS GLAUCIFOLRS. 

 Do. NIGRICANS. 



ACHIMENES P1CTA.-R. G. obtained the Knightian Medal 

 on die 15th ult. for this very fine new species. 



GLOXINIA.— Four new varieties, two of which have been 

 awarded the Banksian Medal. A Figure of the Group will 

 shortly appear in the " Botanical Register." 



C hiswick Nursery, ne ar London, Jttlyff. 1844. 



YTAGICAL EFFECT ON FLOWERS.- 



1»A- Gardeners' Chronicle, April 27th.-" I cannot speak of 

 POTTER'S LIQUID GUANO in adequate terms of praise. I 

 tried it on Hyacinths, and other Fiowers. The effect was 

 magical. My flowers were the finest I I vcr beheld, and they 

 preserved their beauty nearly double their usual time."— 

 W. Kidd, Hammersmith. 



" 1 write to describe the wonderful efftcacy of POTTER'S 

 LIQUID GUANO ; Peas, Onions, and Asparagu* have been sin- 

 gularly improved by it. People c^me to admire the appear- 

 ance of the garden.'— See Chronicle, p. 406. 



405— • tiumpnrcys's uorapou 

 Sold by most Chemists and Seedsmen. 

 Factory, 28, Upper Fore-street, Lambeth. 



>* lieware of an inefficacious imitation. See Chronicle, p. 

 —" Humphreys's Compound/' 



c 



URTIS'S BUDDING KNIFE.— 



" This is the neatest Budding-knife we have seen. The 

 ivory handle is shaped like the blade of a curved penknife, 

 sharp, and turned up at the point, and is evidently extremely 

 well contrived for the purpose it is intended."— Opinion of Pro- 

 fessor Lrvnr.KV, in the Gardeners' Chronicle, July 29, 1843. 



Gkorgb Plum, Surgical Instrument Maker and Cutler, No. 

 262, Strand, London, and at No. 3, Dolphin- street, Bristol, begs 

 to call the attention of the public to the above new and desir- 

 ahle article, manufactured solely by him. Sent free to any part 

 of the kingdom, on receipt of 38 penny postage stamps, or a 

 post-office order for 3*. 2d. 



J YNDON'S PATENT SPADE.— Sold by Green 



-L^ andCoNSTABLB, Ironmongers, 36, King Williara-st., Lon- 

 don-bridpe. Horticultural Tool Chests, Bright Ladies' Spades, 

 Money's Patent Water Pots, Lord Vernon's Patent Hoes, with 

 a general assortment of Garden Implements. 



HORTICULTURAL BUILDING & HEATING by HOT WATErT 



J WEEKS and Co., Architects, &c, Gloucester- 

 • place, King's-road, Chelsea, Hothoase-Builders, and 

 Hot-water Apparatus Manufacturers, beg leave to inform the 

 Nobility and Gentry, that their business, which has been ex- 

 tensive throughout the country for many years, is entirely con- 

 fined to the BUILDING OF HORTICULTURAL ERECTIONS 

 of every description, and the HEATING of them by HOT 



WATER. 



CONICAL and other BOILERS of all sizes; their largest 

 consumes but a small quantity of fuel, only requiring attention 

 once in 10 hours, and will heat a range of forcing- houses 300 

 feet in length. 



Their improved plan of BOTTOM HEAT FOR PITS, by 

 means of an open trough under the bed, is now being univer- 

 sally adopted. 



References may be had, and their works seen at most of the 

 Nobility and Gentlemen's scats in the country, nearly the 

 whole of the London Nurseries, and a great variety of Horti- 

 cultural Erections and Hot-water Apparatus, Models, Plans, 

 Estimates, fee, at their Horticultural Manufactory, Gloucester- 

 pla ce. Chelsea, near Sloane-square . 



SLATE WORKS, ISLEWORTH, MIDDLESEX. 



THE following Articles, manufactured in Slate for 

 Horticultural purposes, may be seen in u*e at Worton Cot- 

 tage, upon application to the gardener (Sundays excepted;. 

 Tank Covers I Bottoms for Brarnes 



Cisterns Boxes for Bal-onies and \ eran- 



Shelves dahs _ — ,,_ 



Garden Edging I Orange Tubs Flower Boxes , jwr. 



Eoward Beck will be happy to answer aiy inquiries, either 

 personally or by post. 



