THE 



GARDENERS' CHRONICLK 



AND 



AGRICULTURAL 



GAZETTE. 



A Stamped Newspaper of Rural Economy and General News 



Horticultural 



No. S3.— 1844. 



SATURDAY, AUGUST 17. 



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Menriefia, a.oriinic ml - 5&B 



Morphology, mon»ir«»icy of Ce- 

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Otth Cornwall Farmers' Club 6*55 



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line applet at Thornneld . S' 



— to plant in tan • 5*7 

 Planfff, bHded oat, to water ■ AM 

 !Ueur<»- Pneumonia, remenly tor &S0 

 Potato-athea, anal> lit of • £50 

 Knoltl - L6* 



Hoot*, effect of heaping earth 

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Rotes, pri«e ports ^- 



Seer's, observation of 

 - .k, Siiffliah rr.ade 

 Standiih'i Nursery, noticed - 

 Sting of a be«*. oure foe 



Sulphate of iron, to disinfect 



manure 

 Tropeeolura canariense, manajra- 



ment of • SSR 



Veterinary science - - C6Z 



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1 NGA PULCHEKK1MA. (Figured in * PttitoiVs 



1 Magazine of Hotany " for August, IRU.) — Fine Plant. , 

 this extremely e'efftnt and bcair c % with m the? 



other new and rare Plant* <>f thescaavnn, may b cd of the 



underpinned, at the follnwtnf low prire* — 





Inra pulcherrima, 7t. fli. 

 Acliimenea picra, lot. 6^- 

 ,1*.-( livnar.thua Morsiicldii, T'W 

 Ainycia tyfomeri*, 7*. 6i. 

 Clerodendron apltnd* nt, ifti.M 



,, aquamatnm, 5«. 



Hlndaim, or RoudckUa longl- 



flora, \U 

 Epacria campantilata roaea 



(the finest aelected f. om i 



aeedlings), 7« <W- 



DUTCH FLOWER BULBS. 



J CARTER, Seedsman and Florist, 238, High 

 • Holborn, London, respectfully informs the Nobility, 

 dial 1 1, in il hla Customers in general, that hti Annuni Cata- 



of e Dutch Bulbs, &c. will be published aa usu 



tkc Itt of September, and that it will immediately be ior- 

 to hit Customers. In case of accideutal omission, he 

 begs to be reminded thereof. 



i be annexed it a List of such Seeds as are proper for sowing: 

 4artDf this and half the following month, with this exception, 

 ttat Doable Hollyhock, Queen, and Brompton Stock should 

 be torn immedittcly : — 



l. — Hardy Avvuals iv Assortmevts. 



f teeOsiliopats . 



t - Clarkla 

 It — drarf Larkspur 

 t — tall Larkspur 



- Nemophila . 



• - OodeUa 



• — i a . 



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2 

 1 

 2 



1 

 1 



Od. 

 

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 5 







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8 fine Schizanthus 



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40 

 20 

 10 



♦German Stocks. 5 

 ♦Tenweek . . 2 



hardv Annuals 

 ditto' . 

 ditto . 



8 



4 

 2 





 





 

 



• All Stocks require protection in winter, the others nut. 

 2.— Hardt Biennials and Pkrenvials. 



• fae Campanula 



• — Diaothus • 



• — Pentstemon 



• — new Scabious 



• — An^rrhinum 



• — A legia . 

 ft — Hollyhock . 



12 — *Qaeen Stocks 

 « — ditto . 

 6 — *Brompton 



2* , Od. 

 2 



2 

 2 



1 

 1 

 4 

 3 

 2 

 2 





 

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 6 







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.10*. Od. 



3.— GUESN'HOL'SK 



II lat Sorts. 



— Climbers , 



" -~ AlttioeTieria 



4 — Thaobergia , 



•S — Portulaca . 



nin Drummondii, 



tJf"? ' ' • 

 »«o f 20var. n-.ixed 



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40 fine Perennials 

 20 — ditto . • .5 

 10 — ditto . . .2 

 Antirrhinum, 10 fine 



var. mixed . . 

 Delphinium, 8 ditto • 

 Hollyhock, 16 fine var. 



mixed 

 Scabiosa, splendid new 

 I mixed 



SkBos.— Per packet. 

 3 fine Tropseolura 

 Chinese Primrose, mix. 1 

 Finest mixed Cineraria 1 



— Calceolaria 1 6 



— Gloxinia . 1 6 



— Erica . 2 6 



— Gladiolus . 1 6 



— Verbena . 1 





 



6 

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2s. Od. 

 6 

 6 



A . < — Thunbergia 1 



*»a most other Flower Seeds contained in his General Cata- 



« # . loguefor 1844. 



• A conprehentice Catalogue of Dutch Bulbs will be pub- 



■r ■— — - [}*h*d a t th*' ^9UOl time . 



J ^ and J. FAIKUAIRN, beg most respectfully to 



^^ veqnunt their frien«ls and the public, that they hare now 

 gjY^y ,nter ^ t » r 'g specimens of HEATH 6 in flower, which 

 ertrr d. M,ore<1 wil1 ** found worthy of inspection. Open 

 fjZriLi ' Sund * TS excepted) admission gratis. —Nurseries, 



vwpnunjw r L ndon. A ug. 15. 184 4. 



rlrif tT NJ NEW SEEDLING GERANIUMS. 



\\ ll ; LlAyi E. RENDLE has much pleasure in 



effenng to the Nobility, Amateurs, and Trade the follow 



tk* UJ.T *" el,e « of GERANIUMS raised by P. E. I.yne, Esq , 

 — * « 2 »tock of which he has succeeded La obtaining. 

 MXe s Princess Alice . « 



Mnes^hite Perfection . . . 

 Mna s Imogene 



,;" & K'ngof Saxony . . . 

 J-yne s Reaworth .... 



J-rne's Confidence .... 



TW 2T1 * S * ppho 



tOthtTrirt * et M ab3ve for six E uineas - The usual aiscoant 



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" Waa?a2ll» Alice " nas "ccived two seedling prizes in London. 

 •* Wra»2k lon »" fir8t P rize at Torquay, and the Gold Medal 

 2#!h Jgia Vv" Imo ? eQ « " *s described in the Chronicle, June 

 be Bichtr '» ey a11 P°«ess most desirable properties, and can 



* j? a < L C0Inmcnded M bei "8 first rate nosers. 

 t 1. r> -, •"' kcn induced to offer the r.bivc at prfcei con- 

 vafiMtaT . ow . er tnan usually obtained for such valuable 

 4tmmtd ' S pes t,,e reby to meet with a more extensive 



Order*. J^ , 5 r,t ' tion » can be obtained on application. 

 *«»Tered7 h ri eexccutc Q strict precedence. Plants will be 

 fr^n anfcn Octobcr next. Reference or remittance required 

 iuSH corre »Pondents. Plants will be added to com- 

 \5^nage : ~ Union Road Nursery, Plymouth. Aug. 15. 



V.Ji ON ' s LATENT SPADE.— Sold by Green 



Cokstablk, Ironmongers, 36, King William-st., Lon- 



iCUitnral Tn^,^ Phot' n r ;»i.» i «.iioi' «5narte«. 



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lUhroTh%rnn*i« rlcrunt, lit 

 Trcmttidra Hufehi, Iff, (*/. to 



tu. 



Vcr :ra fprcio«a, f»f. to I St. 

 Erica elegant, ftnrand hmlthy, 



ISt , . »nd 30t. per (tot, 

 D: \ ma punctata, St. CW. 

 P. v Van llouttel, ennf 



pltntft , 2t. 

 Spirfa Recveniana, If, 

 Viburnum cotoiulniunn, St. W. 



Alto the U wing, In collet t : 

 100 Cape Ericas of 100 distinct | | Includinx Campanulata 

 sorts, (including many fine | rosea) 2lt. 

 sorts) 5/. | 12 Aralea indies, of 12 dlstln. 



12Ei>schsesof 12 distinct sorts, | sorts, (lorlu.imfJulgens; 2i« 

 Thomas JaCXSOM, Kingston Nursery, Surrey, August |5. 



KFNGHORN'S NEW SPLENDID CALCEOLARIAS of JbH. 



\VILLIAM MAY, F.H-S., hatinK been the fortunstr 



» » MtrckMtl of tlie entire stock ol Km r <»f the beat s«>rt^ of 

 Calceolarias xaised by Mr. Ki \ghorv tint season, and exhibited 

 by him in May la*' ide Chronicle and Qmzetti of May th f — 

 the Ed-tors of which pronouii em as rery superior to 



•• I^dy Constable "and all other* in present cultivation . The 

 Five will be sent out in sets, of which due notice will be gttrei 

 Parties wishing to possess those splendid varieties to address 

 him at Hope Nursery, Dedalc, Yorkshire. 



W. M. ha* at present a fine s'oik i I that beautiful new Exotic 

 DRYMOKIA PUNCTATA, which will be sent free on nottptol 

 a Post-office order for 6f.j as also SEEDS ol ^ very tele. 

 varieties of PANSll EOLARIA *nd HOLLYHOCK, 



In packets at 2t. 6rf. and It. each, post free. 



The Seeds may also be had of Mr. Watkivsov, Horticultural 

 Agent, &c, Market-place, Manchester, of whom may be 

 ordered the Calceolarias, &c. 



N.B.— W. M.'s newly published general Catalogue of Plants, 

 with descriptions of his Calceolarias, Fuchsiss, GeranlOOM, 

 Pansics, Roses, Cinerarias, Camellias, &c. Ac. may be bad on 

 application. 





r'/p' H ; r cultural Tool Chests, Bright Ladies' Spades, 

 r.i .t. I * ater p °tS Lo^d Vernon f a Patent Hoe?, with 



•rencralawortmtnt 



JAMES DICKSON & SONS, Nursery, Seed* 

 mkv, and Florists, in returning thanks to their Customers 

 for many pa^t favours, beg leave to mention that, during the 

 course of the past season, they have opened up a direct corres- 

 pondence with the principal growers on the Continent ofOavA- 

 mkntal and Flowkrivo Strauss, GaaaNHot'sa and Stovk 

 Plavts, more especially in France, Switzerland, Germany, ai d 

 the Low Countries. They now can offer to their Customers and 

 the Public the finest varieties at a much lower figure than formerly. 



J. D. & Sons also beg to state, that they have already rccciv. 

 at their Nursenes, Intkrlrith, a large assortment of the fii 

 new Camkllias selected on the spot while the Plants were in 

 bloom; also a great variety of Azalka*, Kalmias, and Calceo- 

 larias, which, for their beauty and low prices, are well worthy 



the attention of amateurs. 



32, Ha novkr. street, Edinburph. 



N.B.— A Large Assortment of the Newest Roses will be re- 

 ceived in the course of a few weeks from Fr ance. 



SPLENDID NEW SEEDLING CINERARIAS. 



A TICHAEL BREWER, Sen., begs to return his best 

 1X1 thanks to his numerous friends who last season foreran 

 him with their orders, and to apprise them that in addition to 

 his own extensive List of varied Self and party-coloured new 

 and truly splendid Seedlings id the present year, he made pur- 

 chase of every new advertised and well described kind, which 

 having propagated and seeded to great extent, he i* now pre- 

 pared to execute orders for strong seedling plants, fit for furnish- 

 ing to the Greenhouse, through theau*umn and winter months, 

 a varied, lively, and continuance of elegant bloom, comprising 

 evcrv shade of deep rich purple, dark and light blue, &t?., at 0s. 

 per doz., basket, fee, included. Alsoseed hesame, which he 

 confidently recommends on account of all being grown mixed 

 gcthcr. Mixed and collected in packets, 2*. W. each. 

 Letters, inclosing post-office order* or stamps, will be imme- 

 diately attended to — Nuraery, London-road, Cambridge^ 



Tand J. BACKHOUSE, Ntrsery & Seedsmen, 

 • York, beg to offer to the notice of the Public their fol- 

 lowing fine SEEDLING PANSIES:- 



Yorrshire leursv.- 11 No. 1 is a large flower, of good 



f rm, white ground, blue purple upper petals, and broad margin 

 of the same round the wer petal* ; the petals meet I above 

 the eye j a good flower." St. W. 



Beauty of Hold^atk.— 4t No. 2 is your best flower; the 

 eye large and intensely dark, ground light buff, belting purple, 

 upper petals the same : a brilliant and striking flower." 3s. Cd. 

 -ee Gardeners' Chronic!*, p. 2?0, for 1844.) 



Earl of Zetlavo is a flower of excellent form, yellow 

 ground, bronzy crimson upper petal*, with br* ad belting of the 

 ■ame round the lower petal*, which meets well above the eye; 

 a distinct and very constant show flower. 3s. 6d. 



Strong plants arc now ready f< r sending out, pc^tac^ free 

 when three or more plants are taken. A remittance required 

 from unknown correspondents. 



THE HAMPSHIRE BROWN COS LETTUCE — 

 Persons desirous of possessing a very superior LETILCE 

 daring the winter and spring will not be disappointed if they 

 sow the above kind any time this month Sold by J. *od »• 

 Shii.livg. in i cz. packets, at 2*. W. each. 



SHILLIN 5 QUEEN CABBAGE, wlwch is highly recom- 

 mended for garden purposes, should be sown immediately, tor 

 the autumn and spring planting, $ oz. packets at 2 ^Jf*2fr 

 sent free on the receipt of postage stamps or • ito*t-o»»w orocr. 



London Agent, Mr. Kkikan, 4, Great Russell- street, Covent 



Garden. . .. »...- 



P.S.— To purchasers of the Let e Seed the AdrijWira raitc 



the liberty of recommending a few seeds beiaff «l* w »° w ln 

 the spring, to prove it for the summer. 



Vnrtl warnhro* Narserics.Odiham. HRfiti. 



THE NEW fit' t> CRt SEEDLING PIOOTEB, 



«B1 RROUUHI DIKK OF N K \V CJkflTUL 99 



\^()L*KLL t\ i O. have much plrastire in announcing 



w c ut fur the AfHt line the above »plfaBdi4 



light <»ter. ra r Rev. J. ilurroughes. 



is iruaiantard t > > an) Purple V that Umn yet bran 



•ed. WdUuut co«i c foil ujH»n its su *. 



Y.and( be$ be report of 1 1 rdrntr*' ( ktomci* 



<>l la«! w« I4S, a^ 



• The ; . * r. »wer of first r» propaetlas » 



it m a hght i dged rpla , the p< taU a ^twe $ and of good form 



and substa .m ui.br, km the 



d i: th at .» romtnon. M 



It c»htained thr fir^t -.^ \ -%t »c g, at tl*« 



and Norwich Hoi tral Rx\ Pnrrats peri»*ir,aud 



will be sent Ml the «tti m o< MXl ■Onth. tie »tock ining 

 limited, to prevent di»app> ment es »rde«» air rr» 4 »rrtfully 

 request V \ wi I •'»- abled t iP4*lr a1 the ***** 



time tlir following sihk rh PiOOtOOs, raisod by the *»mc grr ■ 

 man, all possessing first -rati prapri - r*. » mf boan c % 



blbltcd and i siiied first rites at several 5f \\%* iwetr 



IKjhtan use rnt year. I bay a r aa foUowa .— 



liurrciughta'a Mrs. Itrny » . ;» 6*Y. 



„ Udr cc \ R.P. . . - 6 



I > Jane, P. P. . 7 • 



Miss I .II.R.P. . • . 7 • 

 Y re%», S. P. . .It 



CARNATION* AND PICOTKBt. 



Y. ami ( flowers will 



be found the n 'endive and select in 1 n ,• competing 



tvery V wn va The plant* &re remark a hi y 



strong and healthy, and will he ready sending out any 

 part of the Tinted Klngd and theConUoent lha Uttar part 

 next th, at 1 — 



IS pt eitra fine and v r first class Show £ *. d. 



Mowers . . . i lit I 



25 . itto ditto ditto S«« 



13 ditto d; Show I wers I 10 o 



25 GtHo d S0t 



T»e selection n% left tr» Y and V<h 

 Great Yarm u Nursery, Angus*, i*. isii. 



ALUABLE NKW PLANTS.— Thi f lowing are 



confidently recommemled av being infinitely the roost 

 beautiful of their respective tribes, aod worthy a place in all 

 choice collections : — 



Achlrnenes picta, ;t. fiif. to Hi. earh ; '. i nia ca i, 5f . 



to lot. 6d. do.; Ccreus c *a f a, 3*. firf. The Subv< rrs 



feel ao confident of this Plant giving entire satisfaction, that 

 they arc witling to engage to return the money to all who art 

 But pleased with them. They hate also now to offer 12 Plsnta 

 of choicest kinds ol Geraniums, inc ikt of Cornwall, 



mri-r, Fair Maid of Devon, Lord Ebrington, and icrs equally 

 irood^for 2lt. the 12,or 2*. W. each. 12moft r»did new kinds 



of Verbena, fit. 12 choicest Fuchstaa in c <n, lot. M. f 



sent free by post.— R. Wmjtk aod Co., Poole Nursery, 



Dorsetshire. 



r PHOS. CRIPPS respectfully ofTers the following New 



1 FUCH \Sat24*. per d », reserving the selsn n to 

 himself; or 3Q*. per en if selected by the purchaser, vi*. — 

 Marnock's Princess Sophia, Sldmouthil, Pullen*s Adonis, 

 Pondii, Stormontii, Lc C -, Au ^en. Magnet, Paw- 



ley's Prince ol Wales, Ken Bndc, Dnke of Wellington, 



Bride om, Transparent nV, Akhbar khxn.Sangu nlvea, 



Cylindrica snprrha, LOU i Rival, Edwardsii, Yictorine, U'-iecn 

 Adelaide (Holmes's). A spttsulid collection of older kinds at 



12*. per dozen. 



Also the following select plants, v z. :— Achlmenes picta 

 10«. 6d. ; llabrothamnus faacicularis, 3s. W . ; Gloxinia r^>aea 

 alba, St.; Thunb:rgia chrysops. Its. fid.; Brugmansia 

 Knightii (new double white), 6s. ; Brugmansla fionbuuda. 5s. ; 

 Statice pseudo arn.etia, 3s. fid.; Mimulus Moodicana (fine , 

 2*. 6rf. ; Mimulus Colcii fthc finest scarht yet out), 3s fid. » 

 Hydrangea japonica, 2*. 6 i. ; Kibes albidura, ,3*. fid. ; Veronica 

 speciosa, h*. A remittance or respectable reference accom- 

 panied with the order is respectfully requested. 



Tunbridge Weils Nursery. 



AURICULA SEED from Stage Flowers, to be had 

 in Packets at 2s fid., of W. J. Ni rrisro, flwdvnan, 45, 

 Chc3pside, London. 



of Garden Implements. 





FOR SALF. 



NEW TURNIP SEED.— White R«*ind, tt 21#. per 

 _ batacl, tor rtmdf moacr ; «l*o YmlUrw aaeich Turnip aatd 

 at same price and tern I A ppiy to Wn. Horr, Battle, Suwi. . 



SMITHS FIELD and GARDEN SEED-DIBBLat, 

 or lUKOMACH: , for depositing all kindi of Seed oa 

 the varioui SoUb. with the greatest accuracy and de.patch.— 

 This Machine is so simple in its construction and operation at 

 not to be liable to pet out of order, and can be need by men or 

 women. It is easily aet, ao a* to deliver the exact quantrty of 

 Seed intended to be planted, into each hole made by the Dibble, 

 at one operation, without any f her care than supplying it 



ly the person using it, and will plant Turnip and 



Mangold Wui-zcl Seed, Wheat, Barley, Peas, and all kind of 



trd< <eeds. U. I«*. each. Commission allowed to Ageuts. 



These Dibble* may be obtained of Meters. Cottam and 



Ham 2,Wina!ey-at., Oxford-at., London, through the agencj- 



he prim ,t\1 Agricultural Implement Sellera in the Un 

 Kingdom r from the Inventor, hy letter, to his addrc*«, in- 

 king a Pott-office order for the amount.— Ricbaro Smitm, 

 per Hall, near Droitwich, Worcestershire. 



SLATE WORKS. ISLEWORTH, MIDDLESEX- 



THE following Article!, manufactory in *'*** J° r 

 Horticultural purposes, mnv be teen in u»« at *[crtf«i c<rt - 

 tage, upon application to the gt ner i Sunday* excapm. 



F omaforJrtmet 

 m> r ualeoaiataad Varan- 

 dab* 

 rang-' °** 



Tank Covert 

 Cistern* 

 Shelves 

 Garden Edging 



personally of by 



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