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CHRONICLE 

 GAZETTE. 



I A Pimped New spaper of Rural Economy and General News,— The Horticultural Part Edited by Professor Lindley 



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No. SO— 1844. 



SATURDAY, JULY 27. 



[Price 6d. 



INDEX. 



Acrirultural improvements - 510 c 

 ta "—Soo. of England, Meeting 



at .Southampton - 609 .a, 512 5 



American PJunts, notes on - 501 b 



Anr.tronia, to fix - 505 a 



Antt. tokill • - - 50-1 



AspflraKHS, salt far - • 505 



Beet, management of 504 



Bmn f anlvsis of - 612 



Bronsgrove Farmers' Club - 616 



;matisia parviilora - 504 



Calendar of Operations - 507 



Canker in fruit trees 

 Cmi< n, celebration of new 



year at • * 



Carnation Show - 

 Cart or wae^on for harvest- 



purjMses, {remarks on - 

 Charcoal, ancient, remarks on 

 Compost-heaps, to form 

 Conseivat'tries with fixed roofs 

 Covering for frames 

 Cor . riairy, winter food for - 

 GiicntitoPTS, ridded, failure in 



Cyjiap* <iaercus-pedunculi - 499 



l»r*iniiiK» thorough - - 617 



Dyvt, vegetable - 605 



East I^thian Husbandry - 511 

 Vamiliftr Botany - - .501 



Fi|£trte, dwarfed - • 603 



Forest trees, to transplant - 503 



— to prune - - 608 

 Froit-'.rees, canker in 50» a 



— to summer prune 502 a 

 Gloucistershire, Geo-AgricuL 



notes "n - - , . 509 c 

 <ioos«eVerry Caterpillar - 60i b 

 fiooseaerjy-seeds, to sow • 602 b 

 Gow* on the Scientific Pheno- 

 mena °f Domestic Life, rev- 500 b 

 Giap Oak-gall - - . 999 c 

 tira*! walks, to form - - 604 a 



— to kill Moss on 503 e 

 Gren Teas of commerce - 607 b 

 GuJi", African, sale of • 512 a 



— — analysis of - 610 c 



Heth', select - . - 508 b 



Hating, plan of, at Polmaise 600 a 



ft 



b 

 b 

 b 

 c 

 c 



€ 



608a 



505 c 

 607 6 



5^9 a 

 505 a 

 512 b 



604 a 

 601 c 

 610 b 



605 a 

 c 

 b 

 b 

 c 

 a 

 b 

 a 

 b 



Horticultural Societies • 604 a 



Hybrid Ferns - 500 6 



Ice-houses, to construct - 5o5 b 



Laelia m^jalis ... 500 c 



Leave* wet, action of the sun on 490 a 

 Manures, application of - 511 a 



— bone-dust as, for Straw- 

 berries - 505 C 



— liquid - - - - 512 b 



— salt a*, for Asparagus - 505 6 

 Moon, influence of on plants - 502 c 

 Morphology •> • 501 a, - 

 Moss on gravel-walks, to Kill 

 Myrrh and Frankincense 

 Myrtles, hardiness of 

 New Zealand, horticulture in 

 Opinions, differences of 



GREAT 

 YARMOUTH 



NURSERY. 



605 b 

 603 c 



606 c 

 505 6 

 507 a 

 603 c 



Opuntia Tuna, water-colour 



from - 605 b 



Pffiony, longevity of - - 504 a 



Fears, new varieties - - 602 a 



— quick growth of - 502 a 

 Pelargonium, spot on - - 504 b 

 Fine-apples, culture of - 503 6 



— soil for - - - 503 b 

 Plant-brokers - 602 c 

 Plants, influence of the moon on 502 c 



— to acclimatise - # - 502 e 

 Pot pourri, receipt for making 508 b 

 Rabbits, game-laws respecting 618 A 

 Hats, to destroy - 504^6 

 Hooks . - - 503 c 

 Hoots, action of - - • 602 b 

 Scotch Fir, curious growth cf 605 b 

 Seeds, vitality of - - - 512 b 

 Mmibs, to keep from wind 



waving - . . 503 a 



South London Floricult. Soc. 505 c 



Spot on the Pelargonium . - 504 6 



Stipa pennata - 60l a 



Strawberries, bone-dust for 605 c 



Summer pruning - - 502 a 



Swans, pinioning of - - 604 b 



Water-colour from the Cactus 605 b 



V.*ater,hard - 605 a 



Water meadows - - 518 a 



Whitney's Composition • O oi * 



Vegetable phenomenon . 505 b 



THE COUNCIL 



OF THE 



Horticultural Society of London 



"TJTAVING ascertained that a very large n umb er the 

 At. Exhibition Tickets of the present season have not been 

 os:rL chiefly on account of the unfavourable weather of the 

 lata- the last day fixed for the Exhibitions ; and 



HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, 

 the 'resident of the Society, having most kindly offered again 

 to ttrow open the grounds of Chiawick House, 



^NOTICE IS HEREBY CIVEN 



Th« there will be on Wkonksday, the 3 1st ot July, a 

 MUSICAL PROMENADE in the Society's Garden, at which 

 the unused Tickets of the present season will be received. 

 Othr Tickers for the occasion will be issued till the 30th inst., 

 at bis Office, price 3s. 6d. each, or at the Garden on the 3lst 

 ins., at as. each ; under the regulations already in force for 

 gorging admission to the Exhibitions at the Garden. The 

 us«l refreshments will be supplied by Messra. Gunter.— 

 31 Regent- street. 



ARRANGEMENTS TO BE OBSERVED BY THE 



MILITARY BANDS 



1N7HE GARDEN OF THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



July 31, 1844 (weather permitting). 



Trs Bands of the Jst Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards, 



Cdditreams, Fusiliers, Royal Artillery, and Sappers and Miners, 



Wil take their stations in the Society's Gardeu by I o'clock, 



wier the five first will commence playing as usual, and the 



8?» -rs and Miners will proceed at once to their position at the 



Dik* of Devonshire's. At 20 minutes to 2 p.m. the Bands in 



tre iety s Garden will march from their several stations to 



** o •■- ra prepared for the purpose, where they will play the 



O' > Zampa, At the conclusion of this piece the Cold- 



«?• Ro\al Horse Guards will file off in two divisions 



int> the Grounds of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire. The 



l&\ L.fe Guards, Artillery, and Fusiliers will remain in the 



So ,'s Garden. At half-past 3 o'clock the 1st Life Guards, 



It rs, and Royal Artillery will move into the Grounds of 



Ciswick House, where all the Bands will collect and play the 



Mech in Oberon. After this the Bands will resume their 



*'om«r stations. Shortly after 5 p.m. the Bands in the Dnke of 



Dc shire's Grounds will march back to the Society's Garden 



in two divisions, and joining the Artillery, Life Guards, and 



Fusiliers, the whole wMl again collect in the orchestra. Thus 



unteii, the Bands will play the March Triomphale of Hies, the 



mtun to Fra Diavolo, and the Prince vf Wales' * March, by 



C:/ta, the whole concluding with God Save the Quee?i, as newly 



aranged by Costa. At the conclusion of these pieces the Bands 



"*nl quit the Garden. In the intervals between the concerted 



piees the Bands will play separately, as usual. In all cases, 



wttn the Bands move from place to place, they will march, 



plijmg the British Grenadiers in E flat. 



'* Tli e concerted pieces will be conducted alternately by the 

 Bm dmasters ofJ he_five_pri nc ipal Bands. 



„ T cv»r»,£ HUNBERGIA CHRYSOPS. 



U' &KIRVING, Nursery and Skeosman, Wal- 



i^a- . S?' v ear Liver Pool, begs to offer the above new and 

 icndiu Climber, scrpa, sing in beauty all others of the genus 



-nlS J t \i l ? t I,atlve <>f Si«ra Leone ; a perennial of 

 .oner and shrubby habit, and a free bloomer. Colour, dazzling 



2ft. W . i"? ?u U °^ e v ye ' ^"d °* Knowsley Hall, from 

 m PO'ted b y the Rlght p the Earl of ^ ^ 



* \' ti «5 y lU l lordshl P- Wants are now ready to be 

 >ut at 10*. od. euch. ' 



orders accompanied with a remittance or a respectable 



,£ ^ f A ^ ust b £«» the time to sow Cabbage Seed for the 



J teft^f nfl rm ? Pla,,tl »^ J- * S. SHILLING having a little 



td lei c f the above very superior kind, which thevhiehlv 



nend to those who have not already 'tried it-b^to o er 



cJ Lei: bl,e %? Cr " lly ' ln half «. ppefcete, postaiS Ire*, at 



W. x, on the rec t ot v < ge atampa or a FosNcnko 



— ^orthwarubro'Nu st\*» t Oei un, Hants, 



NORFOLK, 



1844. 



NURSERYMEN AND FLORISTS TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEFV 



y OUELL and CO. 's splendid and extensive Collection of CARNATIONS PiroTPFQ * n A VTirvKiTkH 



J- isnowinBlocm.to which they beg to invite the attention of Amateurs and others TW^J JzAf' *, / U^tiilAa 

 Picotees will be staged, comprising all the lead, ng varieties in cult, vat "on and S 

 merit, raised by the Rev. J. Burroughcs. of Lingwood Lodge, REKk/ta ^^.ich flntShLTSl " cw P ' cot ^s of the h.ghest 



Steamers from London Bridge and St. Katherine's Whar every Tueadlv a ,5 Sata^^ 

 from Spread Eagle, Gracechurch-.treet. vid Eastern Counties Railway every LSga 7 i ^ nLg a '» o'clock 



Great Yarmouth Nursery, July 2.'., 1844. 7 s *»" evening at 8 o clock. 



THE BEST 24 VERBENAS EVER OFFERED, for 21*., or rt 



TWELVE for 125. J^ 



GEORGE SMITH begs to offer the following 

 splendid VERRENAS, which comprise the choicest va- 

 rieties of the season; they were shown at the Royal Botanic 

 Gardens of London, and much admired for their distinct colours 

 and fine form; they also obt lined the first prize. Smith's 



Wonder, Variabilis, Surprise, Modesty, Simperii, Orange Per- 

 fection, Howardii, Variegatus, Poulii, Inuramii, lgnea, Ig- 

 nescens, Van Gentii, Hislopeana, Ne plus Ultra, Renown, 

 Boule de Feu.Stewartii, Princess Royal. 

 Tollington Nursery, Homsey-road, Islin gton, near London. 



FUCHSIAS. 



\\T MILLER'S Splendid Collection of the above 

 » V • beautiful tribe of Plants are now in full bloom, com- 

 prising all the new varieties sent out this season, beside a 

 number ot Seedlings raised in the Providence Nursery, Rams- 

 gate^—, Ad mission Gratis (Sunday excepted ). July 2 4, 1841. 



WOODLANDS NURSERY. MARFSFIELD, near UCKFIELD 



SUSSEX. 

 SUPERB NEW FUCHSIAS, PETUNIAS, VERBENAS, &C. 



V^ILLIAM WOOD and SON have much pleasure 



* » in offering the following selection of the above, in fine 

 condition for autumnal flowering, strong plants of which are 

 now ready for sending out. • 



FUCHSIAS. 



lowmg new and rare species :-Achimeues picta, 10s. 6d.; Aris- 

 tolochiagigas, 10s. 6J. ; Lisianthus ni^rescens, (small) 2s. 6d. 



1 . and J. B have also a goi.d stock of Lisianthus Russellianus, 

 Phlox picta, Van Houttii and bicolor, Is. 6rf. each ; Achimenea 

 hirsnta, 2s. 6d. ; and Pentstemon Murrayana, 2«. 6rf. 



each.— s. d. 



Attractor (Staodish) 

 Boydii (Hally) 

 Colossus (Standish) 

 Conductor (do.) 

 Coronet (Smith's) . 

 Expansa (do.) 

 Fair Helen (Hally) 

 Gigantea (Smith) . . 7 



Also the under-named, 

 being left to the purchaser ; 



. 7 



. 3 



. 7 



. 5 



. 5 



. 5 



. 3 



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King John (Hally) . 

 Lindleyana (Y<>uell) 

 London Rival (G. Smith) 

 Marginata (Hally) 

 Neptune (Smith) . • 

 ltcflexa (do.) 

 Vesta (do.) 



Wat Tyler (Hally) . 



each.— s. d. 



. 3 6 



5 



5 



2 6 

 5 

 5 

 5 



3 6 



6 



at 12s. per dozen, the selection 

 or one plant of each for 20s. : — 

 Alata, Belliana, Britannia, Brockmanii, Champion, Cormackii, 

 Defiance, Eclipse, Enchantress, Eppsii, Exoniensis, King, 

 Laneii, Majestica (Smirh's), Nobilissima, Paragon, Pulcherrima, 

 Rogersiana, Robusta, Smithii, Spectabilis, Stanweliiana,Trnns- 

 parens, Victory. And as uuder, when the selection of sorts is 

 left to themselves. 



12 Extra fine varieties for Qs. 



25 Do. do. lbs. 



50 Do. do. 30s, 



PETUNIAS. 



•Vf ESSRS. J. and H. BROWN are now sending out 

 A.FJ. to any part of the kingdom the following very desirable 

 Plants for bedding out, &c. : — 



Angelonia grandiflora, 9s. per doz. 



Verbenas, 12 best new sorts, 6s. per doz. 



Torenia scabra. 6s. per doz. 



Petunia punctata, 9s. per doz. 



Do., three new Seedlings, superior varieties, Is. each. 



Scutelana splendens, 9s. per d< z. 



Phlox Drummondii,4s. per doz. 



Lantana crocea speciosa, 9s. per doz. 



Fuchsias, all the leading varieties, 9s. and 12s. per doz. 



Rosa Devoniensis, 12s. per doz. 



Yellow China Rose . . 1 



White do. do. . .> 9s. per doz. 



Smith's Yellow Noisette Rose J 

 Fine new Buff Rose, •• Eliza Sauvage," 18s. per doz. 

 lune new Yellow Carnations, 3s. per pair. 

 Chrysanthemums, newest and best vars. by name, 9s. p. dz. 

 Bouvardias, four varieties, 6s. per doz. 

 I (Tne above plants can be sent Post-free.) 



Fine blooming plants of Achimenes graiidiiiora, longiflora, 



pedunculata rosea, and hirsuta, 6s. and 9s. per doz. 

 Gesnera zebriua and elongata, is. each. 

 Do. tubiflora, fine new white, 2s. 6d. each. 



Cape Jasmines, 1 2s. and ISs. per doz. 

 Fine plants of Doable White and other new sorts of 



Camellias, well set for bloom, 28s. per doz. 

 Fine Cineraria, Calceolaria, and choice Geranium Seed. 

 Is. 6d. per packet.— Albion Nursery, Stoke Newington. 



each.— s. d. 

 Formosissima (Smith's) I 6 

 Kentish Beauty (do.) . 1 6 

 Lady Hope (do.) . 1 6 



each.— s. d. 

 Lady of the Lake (Smith's) 1 6 

 Magna Purpurea (do.) 1 (J 

 Punctata (Miller's) . 1 6 



NEW SEEDS. 



J. G. WAITE, Seedsman, &c, 1 and 4, Eyre-street- 



Y hill, Hatton Garden, London, in expressing the pleasure 

 he derived (during his late journey) from the praises bestowed 

 on the Seeds he had sent out during the past season, begs to re- 

 turn thanks (or tne very liberal suppoit he has had from the 

 Country Trade, and to inform them that he has just received 

 the undermentioned Nkw Seeds from his Growers, the whole 

 of which he can warrant genuine, being from his own trans- 

 planted stocks: — 



Early Stubble Turnip, s. d. 



per bush. 21 o 



Fine named varieties at 6s. per dozen, when the selection of 

 sorts is left to W. W. & Son. 



VERBENAS. 



each.— s. d. 

 Adonis (Croft) . .26 

 Azurea grandiflora — 



(Stewart's) . . .26 

 Array (Smith's) . .26 

 Blue Queen (Miller's) . 3 6 

 Brilliant (Youell's) . 3 6 

 Carneasuperba(Stewart's)3 6 

 Defiance (Girling's) . 2 6 



each. — s. rf. 



Delicata (Smith's) . 

 Elegans (Youell's) 

 Excelsa (Smith's) . 

 Monarch (Youell's) . 

 Queen of the Whites 



(Stewart's) . 

 Surprise (Youell's) 

 Zeuxis (Miller's) 



1 

 2 

 2 

 2 



2 



2 

 2 





 6 



6 

 6 



6 

 6 

 6 



„ Stone do. „ 



True White Globe do.,, 

 ,. Green do. do ,, 

 „ White Round do.,, 

 „ Green do. do. ,, 

 „ Red do. do. „ 



„ White Norfolk do.,. 

 Dale's Hybrid Turnip „ 

 Purple-top Scotch do. ., 

 Waite's Incomparable 



Cabbage, per lb. 4 



Hay's Early Dwarf ditto. 



per lb. 2 

 Hope Cabbage, per lb. 2 



21 

 21 

 21 



18 



16 



20 



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Large Yoxk do., Superior s. d. 

 Early Dwf. York do., 

 Nonpareil do., Emperor 

 do., Sugarloaf do., per 

 cwt. . . ^8 8 



Red Dutch Cabbage p. lb. 2 8 

 Early Cauliflower „ 6 fi 



Bath Cos Lettuce „ 5 



Brown Dutch do. ,,2 



New Hardy Green Cos 



ditto, per lb 5 



Hardy Green Cabb., do. 2 

 Lisbon Onion „ 1 



White Spanish do., „ 2 

 Green Curled Endive .. 3 



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6 

 9 



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Also the following fine varieties, at 9s. per dozen, the selec- 

 tion being left to the purchaser, or one plant of each for IS*. :— 

 Amethystina, Barnsii, Beauty, Bishopii, Boule de feu, Brides- 

 maid, Burleyana, Fortune-teller, Harlequin, Howardiana, Joan 

 of Arc, Laconii, Minstrel Boy, Renown, Rival King, Speciosa 

 Taglioni, White Perfection. 



W. W. & Son have also on hand an extensive collection ot 

 Camellias, Miscellaneous Plants, &c, priced Catalogues of 

 which may be had on application. I 



%* Agents by appointment for the sale of WHITNEY'S 

 TRANSPARENT COMPOSITION, for covering Greenhouses, 

 Frames, &c. Sold in bottles— pints 2s. 6d., quarts, 4s. 6d. each' 

 with printed directions for use. 



NEW FANbY-fclifc,!) 



ryiLLIAM CLARK, 25, Bishopsgate-street Within, 



*~ London, is now sending out SEED just gathered, war- 

 ranted irom the best flowers, andean confidently recommend the 

 same, knowing the kinds collected from. In papers of 2s. 6d. 

 and 5s. each. Also J. H. Cox, Esq.'s superb PICOTEE-SEED, 

 5s. per paper. Very fine Calceolaria from the first flowers, u 

 and 2s. per paper. Cineraria, from 12 best varieties, is.perpaper. 

 Geranium, fine mixed. Is. per paper. May be had, on receipt of 

 a P ost-office order. 



ORCHIDACEOUS PLANTS. 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE, Horticulturist to the 

 Kino, begs leave to inform the Trade and Public in gene- 

 ral, that the Parts No. 13, 14, 15, and 16, of his General Cata- 

 logue, with the prices of the Plants and Seeds ready lor sale at 

 his Establishment at Ghent in Belgium, may be obtained on 

 application to Mr. Gao. Rahn, Crescent, Minories. London. 

 L. V. IT. wonld willingly take Orchideos in exchange to any 

 mount, on the pqr»y proposing such an exchange giving him 

 :i crtrTTCt statement of the price and strength of the Orchidec . 

 No'.;. —All Letters to Belgium must be po^t p -.id. 



And all other sorts. N.B.— The above prices are for cash only. 



NEW THUNBERGJAS— ALATA SCPERBA AND AURAN 



TIACA SUPERBA. 



JOSEPH FRYER begs respectfully to call attention 

 to his Advertisements in the two last weeks' Chronicles 

 relating to the above two new and beautiful varieties of Thun- 

 bergias, &c, which he will begin sending out on the 1st of 

 August (they may be seen in bloom at the Nursery, or blooms 

 will be forwarded on application, containing 8 postage stamps). 

 *** Agent for Potter'sJGuano, Humphreys's Compound, and 

 Whitney's Transparent Composition. 



Clarendon Nursery, Camberwell, London, July 26, 1844. 



MAGICAL EFFECT ON FLOWERS.— 

 Gard, s' Chronicle, April 27th.— " I cannot speak of 

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

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

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

 preserved their beauty nearly double their usual time."— 

 W. Kidd, Hammersmith. 



« 1 write to describe the wonderful efficacy of POTTER'S 

 LIQUID GUANO; Peas, Unions, and Asparagus have been sin- 

 gularly improved by it. People came to admire the appear- 

 ance of the garden."- See Chronicle, p. 406. 



V* Beware of an inefficacious ioaitatioi 

 405— '« Humphreys's Compound." 



Sold by most Chemists and Seedsmen. 



Factory, 28, Upper Fore-street, Lambeth. 



LYNDON'S PATENt"sPADE.— Sold by a**Ei<r 

 and Constabt.k. Ironmongers, 3-7, Kin* William-^.. J Lo 111- 

 don.briape. Horticultural Tool Chests. Bright Ladies Sport», 

 Mono - Patent Watc s, Lord Vernon** FatUtt Ilo.s, wua 



a general assoitm-nt of Garden I. amenta. 



Chrmick 





