THE 



GARDENERS 



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AND 



AGRICULTURAL 



CHRONICLE 



GAZETTE. 



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



1844. 



SATURDAY, AUGUST 31. 



[Price 6d. 



INDEX. 



^1 Imp. Sac. of Ireland - 



Alfoanenu, cottage 



Alum, u> rnaautttciiire ^ - 



tS'tMU?, »fcct of salt on - 

 S2j» ini Cabbage, to grow 



together - 

 Bee,»tingof,tf cure - - 



JtarberUumbellHta - - 



Boun?<-*l *oc of London 

 BraiiHan Beet 



dendar of Operations 

 Catie. water for - - 



Caw, influence of Valerian on 

 Coocineila septem punctata • 



Corn, to »ow - ■ 



Cucumber-fflastes, bulb water, 



superiority ol - m - 

 Cutting, to keep a moist atrao 



sphere for - 



T> {states of plants 

 Drnamoroeter, Cottam's 



J _ Clyburn's 



England, louthern andwestern, 



Journey through - - 



Farm implement*, economical 



value n - • * * 



Fatee Gardens, near Canton - 

 Faronrites of the Flower- 

 Garden, by G. Francis, F.L.S. 



revd. * 



Flax seed as food 

 Fruits, to preserve 

 Fuchsias, to hybridise 

 hrivanism, to apply to crops 

 ventianella, to sow the seed cf 

 Gloucestershire, Geo.-Agric. 



notes on 

 Gloxinia speciosa, &c. 

 Gooseberry Caterpillar 

 Grain, proper time to harvest 

 Gray Parrot, treatment of - 

 Groom's Nursery noticed 



596 a 



A97<* 



\ a 



5fi8 e 



A89 c 



689 b 



598 a 



5H9 c 



691 a 



590 b 



591 a 



591 b 



598 c 



688 c 



588a 



595 a 



689 b 



590 a 



687 b 



593 a 



- 693 c 



- 693 b 



n, 



- 594 c 



593 a 



bbO a 



?>90 e 

 694 a 



687 C 

 592 a 

 598 b 

 592 a 



693 e 

 59! a 

 589 C 

 595 6 

 539 C 

 690 € 



Hampshire, capabilities of agri- 

 cultural improvement in - 596 a 

 Henbane, to sow • - 692 a 

 Highland and Agri. Soc - 696 a 

 Hybridising, remarks on - 587 a 

 Hyssop of Scripture - - 688 c 

 Knap-weed, to destroy - 695 a 

 Ladv-hird, seven-spotted - 588 a 

 Land, remarks on ribbing - 695 a 

 Manure, house, remarks on - 595 c 



— peat-ashes as ■ 698 b 

 Marlstone, agricultural cha- 

 racter of • • 



Mulberry-tree, large, to trans- 

 plant .... 5pg a 



Owl. White or Barn - - 691 b 



Peach, sporting characterof - 589 c 

 Pears, Dr. Van Mon's mode of 



raising - 589 a 



Peat-ashes as manure - 698 b 



Picotees, yellow sorts - 592 b 



Plants, diseases of ■ - 687 6 



Potato crop, failure of • - 596 a 

 Preserving fruits - - 687 c 

 Propagating glass, new kind of 589 h 

 Rabbits, game law respecting 595 c 

 Salt for Asparagus ■ - 689 b 

 Soils, heavy and cold, to im- 

 prove - 697 b 

 Sting of a bee, to cure - 589 c 

 Sulphate oi iron,|to fix ammonia 693 1> 

 Trees, effect of burying - 589 a 



— growth of 688 c 



— to keep from being 

 barked ... 595 a 



Underwood, best shrubs for - 692 b 



Vale of Evesham, crops in - 695 b 



Valerian-root, influence of on » 



cits - 588 c 



Vetches and Italian Rve grass 595 c 



Vine-border, manure for - 592 a 



Wasps, to kill - - - 589 c 



Wetherby Farmers* Club - 597 t 



VVheat, cone, fine ears of - 595 b 



PRIZES OPEN TO ALL ENGLAND will be 

 awarded by the THANET FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY, 

 on Thursday, the 12th September. 



Best 24 Dahlias, 4/. ; Second-best ditto, 2/. 

 Place of Exhibition, Ranelagh Gardens, St. Peter's, near 

 Margate. No entrance money demanded. 



FUCHSIA " CONSTELLATION." 



TXflLLIAM MILLER begs respectfully to inform his 



» " Friends who have kindly favoured him with their orders 



for the above splendid Fuchsia, that his stock only consists of 



a few plants, and he is therefore obliged to defer sending it out 

 this year. 



N.B.— Wanted a quantity of seedling Bupleurum frutescens. 

 Providence Nursery, Ramsgate, Aug. 27, 1844. 



J CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES. 



OHN DICKSON, Acre-lane, Brixton, Surrey, has 

 prepared for the growers of these splendid flowers a Cata- 

 logue, enabling them to judge of their qualities, with the prices 

 annexed, which may be had at the Nursery, and of Messrs. 

 garner and Warner, Cornhill, London, after the 7th September. 



_ ACHIMENES PICTA. 



Ty J. EPPS begs to announce that he has the 

 1 f • finest and largest Stock of this valuable plant, which 

 ne can supp.y strong plants of at 5s. to 7s. 6d. ; also the new and 

 splendid blue Buddlea Lindleyana 5s., Drymonia punctata 5s., 

 Amtoloclna Gigas 5s., Clerodendrum Caerifolium fa distinct 

 ana beautiful variety) 5s. Strong plants of nearly all the new 

 juchsias sent out this year, 15*. per dozen.— Bower Nursery, 

 Maidstone, Aug. 28 th, 1844. 



H EXHIBITION OF LILIUM LAN( I FOLIUM. 

 GROOM, Clapham Rise, near London (removed 

 • from Walworth), by Appointment Florist to Her 

 maje begs to inform the Nobility, Centre, a \mateurs 

 mat his extensive assortment of this most be.vitiful Lily, in- 

 rmur.F u.enre and splendid variety "speciosura" Which is 

 and 2if hlgh estim ation by the Japanese, is now in flower, 

 vipvroi ° ntlnU2 in Perfection about a fortnight, and may be 

 ea ev "y d ay, Sundays excepted. Admittance Gratis. 



J ° HN SLATER, Florist, Cheetham Hill, near 



tnraf d 1 1 r^' res iectfully calls the attention of the Floricul- 

 FinH.f" J! C t0 his lar ^ e and sc, eet collection of the following 

 rAPv»TM^ ers : -TULIPS, AURICULAS, POLYANTHUSES, 

 h.rt «« •» and PICOTEES ; catalogues of which may be 



S5L« n . ,,re P a,d application. 12 plants of named Auriculas, or 

 different varieties, for 20s., package included. 



TTiv t T0 CALCEOLARIA GROWERS. 

 H JJ- Present being a good time to sow CALCEOLA- 

 hU JKr ,^ EED ' tne Advertiser begs to offer a few packets ot 

 nrinLn « d J Icw s P"»ed kinds, saved with great care, with 

 y mea directions to raise the young plants, at 5s. per packet. 



J^A Mcwa, Narwryi Mn, Bagshot. 



I M S* . p L T LCHERRIMA. (Figured in " Paxton's 



this ex4e Zin f °? B ° tany " for Au ^ u 



Other new / e,e ^ ant " ud beautiful lixotic, wiui anrnt ui mc 



undershrn a fare Plan t» of the season, may be obtained of the 



i»f*PiScL^V? U S r,,l|fl0WPriCe8: "" 

 Achimenes picta i«t" «2* 



^erodenuro nsp i euacns>1 



0*.6d 



Habrothamnus elegans, 15s. 

 Tremandra Mugehi, IDs. 6d. to 



21s. 

 Veronica speciosa, 5*. to 15s. 

 Erica elegant, fine and healthy, 



15s., 24s., and 30s. per rioz. 

 Drymonia punctatu, 3s. 6d. 

 Phlox Van Houttei, (flowering 



plants), 2s. 

 Spirea Reevesiana, 5*. 

 Viburnum cotonifolium, 3a. oo. 



Hinrt*i« squamatum, 5s. 



florals / Ronael ^ia longi. 



UfiK J ^"'0»i. W 



J 00 Can* v.- Als ,° thc fo »o^ing f in collections : 

 sorts rTni a t of 10 ° dl *tinct I ( inducting Caropanulat 

 ■ortii si adlng man y fin e| rosea) 91*. 

 ^Epacru* r, rtJ . I 12 Azalea indica, of 12 distinct 



Tnoi?. i 2dlstlnct8ort8 » I BOrts ' (includingfulgens) 21$. 

 w ^s Jackson, Kingston Nursery, Surrey, August 23. 



THE FINEST DUTCH HYACINTHS and OTHER 

 BULBS DIRECT FROM HAARLEM. 



YOUELL and CO. beg to inform their Friends apd 

 the Public they have just received their first Importation 

 of the above in the finest possible condition, Catalogues of 

 which can be had on application. They are enabled I »ffcr 



11 the finest Double or Single Blue, Red, White, and Yellow 

 Hyacinths at lSs. per dozen." 



Very fine ditto . . • . . . 12a. per doz. 



Fine ditto 65. „ 



And other Roots at equally moderate prices. 



The Finest Norwich Black Baguet Tulips, 25. each. 



P.S. — Bulbs will be added as compensat.oa for long carriage. 



YOUELL ^nd CO. are now sending to any part of 



the United Kingdom the undermentioned highly- desirable 

 Plants, full particulars of which will be found in their former 

 Advertisements. 



FUCHSIAS— per post free. 



12 Extra Fine varieties, 12s., the Selection left to Youell 8c Co. 

 12 ditto ditto 21s M the Selection left to the Purchaser, 



comprising most 0/ the new varieties sent out this season. 

 50 Fine varieties . . 40s. f the Selection left to Youell & Co. 

 50 Extra Fine ditto . 60*., the Selection left to the Purchaser. 



VERBENAS— per post free. 

 12 Extra fine Varieties, 6*., the selection left to Youell & Co. 

 12 Ditto „ 10s., the selection left to the purchaser. 



PANSIES. [Sent postage free.] 

 12 Fine Show Varieties, by name . . 10*. per dozen 

 12 Extra Fine ditto, do. . . 18*. „ 



Catalogues of which may be had on application. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. (Sent postage free.) 



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

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



PETUNIAS— per post free. 

 Extra Fine Varieties, 125. per doz., including Miller's Punctata. 



PANSY "Lady Alick Pkel ,: (for particulars of which see 

 Advertisement of June 1, 1844), 35. 6i. per plant. 



ARAUCARIA IMBRICATA, in pots, 5 years old, 30s. per 

 dozen, or ]0/. per 100. 



CEORUS DEODARA, 3 ft. to 3 ft. 6 in M 105. 6d. per plant. 



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

 to London or Hull, or plants added to compensate for 

 the same* 



Great Yarmouth Nnraenr, August 29, 1944. 



TO THE LOVERS OF PANSIEb. 



SWIDNALL, Grantcbester Nursery, Cambridge, 

 « begs to inform his friends and the public that he has with 

 great care selected his Superior PANSY-SEED, warranted to be 

 all new of the present year, and which he can with confidence 

 recommend. This being a favourable season for sowing, it will 

 be advantageous to those who wish to ornament their gardens 

 with this beautiful flower at a very cheap rate, as packets con- 

 taining sufficient seed, with careful cultivation, to grow 500 

 plants and upwards may be had postage free at 25. 6d. per pekt., 

 or three packets for 6s. , upon receiving a post-office order. 



HP and J. BACKHOUSE, Nursery & Seedsmen, 



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

 lowing fiue SEEDLING PANSIES : — 



Yorkshire Eclipse.— *' No. 1 is a large flower, of good 

 form, white ground, blue purple upper petals, and broad margin 

 of the same round the lower petals ; the petals meet well above 

 the eye ; a good flower." 35. 6d. 



Beauty of Holdgatb.— " 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." 35. 6d. 

 (See Gardeners' Chronicle, p. 230, for 1844.) 



Earx- of Zktlaxo is a flower of excellent form, yellow 

 ground, bronzy crimson upper petals, with bnad belting of the 

 same round the lower pc 1, which meets well above the e; 

 a distinct and very constant show ftOVI r. 3a. &f. 



.Strong plants are now ready fox tdmg out, p';s' fr 

 when three or more plant! are taken. A remittance requi 

 from unknown correspondents. 



TRUE HIGHLAND PINE. 



JAMES GRIGOR, Nurseryman, Norwich, begs to 

 call the attention of the Land Proprie f ors of England T 

 this very desirable variety of Pinus sylvestris, which has been 

 raised from seeds collected on the mountains of Strathspey, and 

 of which he has strong plants ready to be sent out. For intro- 

 ducing this tree Messrs. Grigor, of Forres and Elgin, were 

 awarded several premiums by the Highland and Agricultural 

 Society of Scotland; and in that part of the country this Pii 

 is rapidly superseding the common soft-wooded variety, f m 

 all economical purposes its chief merit coi sists in the hardne 

 and durability of its wood j hence it is much sought after a* 

 present for railway sleepers. Pictorially considered, or as u 

 landscape ornament, it rivals even the Cedar of Lebanon. Sir 

 Walter Scott describes it as assuming much of "the b >!d and 

 contorted figure of the Oak;" and in the last No. of the Quar- 

 terly Rer it w it is recommended as a fit tree to be plamed in 

 churchyards and cemeteries. 



Strong plants in pots, such as rabbits and hares will not 



destroy 6rf. each. 



Ditto, not in pots, 18 inches high . . 30*. per JO'tO. 

 Ditto „ 15 „ . £0s. „ 



Ditto n 1 foot high . . • 15s. , r 



Ditto ,, 3 years old • . . U)s. 



J. G. would recommend all whorequir: 

 selves immediately with these Pines, ai to plaut them forth- 

 with. Spring planting is exceedingly hazardous } and wb 



[lowed by such a season as was experienced du % the c 

 reencementof the present summer, the young trees are sure to 

 be killed. 

 Cedrus Deodara raised in the open ground, being the strongest 



ants yet offered in England, 10*. each. Anmcana imbncafa, 

 Pinus excelsa, Laricio, Austriaca, &c. &c. on reasonable t erms . 



PINE PLANTS.— Persons in want of the above have 

 an opportunity of choosing from a particularly strong and 

 healthy stock, warranted clean, at moderate prices. Apply per 

 sonally or per post to W, Davis, Green-street, Marlboro -road, 

 Chelsea, 



CPLENDID NEW SEEDLING CINERARIAS.— 



^ Strong Plants fit for autumn and winter flowering, saved 

 from the very choicest sort*, selected from between 6uoo and 

 8O0O seedlings, comprising tv\iy shade of deep rich purple, 

 dark and light blue, &C , 9*. per doz. Packets of Seed, selected 

 as above, |f,&f, each. Also, strong plants of the following 

 fine flavoured STRAWBKKKIRs — 



per 100 



Myatt's British Queen . 65. Qd. 



» Eliza . .Go 

 Emperor, early variety 



from Keen's Seedling 3 



per 100 

 reen Flesh Pine, small 

 fruit, fine flavour . S*. Od. 

 Elton Vine • . .26 

 sen's Seedling . .28 



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Applications, Including post-office orders, will be immediately 

 and carefully executed— Direct to Michakl Brkwkr, Sen., 

 Nursery, London-road, Cambridge. 



TO THE LOVERS AND AMATEURS OF ROSES. 



WOODLANDS NURSERY, MARESF1ELD, near UCKF1ELD, 



SUSSEX. 



WM; WOOD and SON have the pleasure of 



» » announcing to their Friends that their ncwlj -arranged 

 CATALOGUE ot ROSES is now ready, and may be had Gratis 

 on application. It will be found to contain all the newest and 

 best varieties in cultivation. 



W. W. and Sov take this opportunity of informing: Amateurs 

 that their extensive collection of autumnal flowering Roses are 

 now in splendid bloom. Admittance daily, Gratis (Sundays 

 excepted).— Woodlands, Autrust 27. 



MR. LYNE^NEW^SKKDLING GERANIUMS. 

 VyiLLIAM E. RENDLE has much pleasure in 



» » offering to the Nobility, Amateurs, and Trade the follow- 

 ing new varieties of GERANIUMS raised by P. E. Lyne, Esq., 

 the entire stock of which he has succeeded in obtaining. 



Lyr.e's Princess Alice . . . . ' 



L\ ne's White Per lection . 



Lyue'8 Imogene 



Lyne's King of Saxony 



Lyne's Red worth .... 



Lyne's Confidence .... 



Lyne's Sappho 



The whole set as above for six guineas. The usual discount 

 to the Trade. 



" Princess Alice " has received two seedling prizes in London. 

 11 White Perfection/ ■ first prize at Torquay, and the Gold Medal 

 at Plymouth. " Imogeue " is described in the Chronicle, June 

 24th, ib43. They all possess most desirable properties, and can 

 be highly recommended as being first rate flowers. 



W. E. R. has been induced to offer the above at prices con- 

 siderably lower than usually obtained for such valuable 

 varieties, in hopes thereby to meet with a more extensive 

 demand. Descriptions can be obtained on application. 



Orders will be executed in strict precedence. Plants will be 

 delivered in October next. Reference or remittance required 

 from unknown correspondents. Plants will be added to com- 

 pensate for carriage.— Union Road Nursery, Plymouth. Aug. 15 



NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



Wf JACKSON and Co., Nurserymen, Seeds- 



» ▼ • nWM t and Florists, have now the pleasure to offer the 

 following Novelties : — 



Cineraria Celestial, No. 1 5*. each. 



„ Fairy, No. 2 5*. ,, 



See Dr- Lixdlky's opinion in the Gardeners 9 Chronicle^ of 

 April 6, page 2l6, under the letters, C. L. N. 44 Seedling No. l f 

 a bright blue. The flowers of this variety are rather small, but 

 they are very abundant, and bright and beautiful in colour. 

 No. 2, pure white centre, with the termination of the petals of a 

 delicate azure blue. This is also an abundant bloomer with 

 well-formed flowers, lively in appearance, and forms a distinct 

 and desirable variety." Discount to the Trade on the above 

 when six plants of tach are ordered. 



Bcrnnia ieriifolia, 5s. ; Chorozema triangularis, 5;.; Epiphyl- 



;um,Cc ay hCiiant,a«.6<Z. to 5« M large ;E.Russellianum, 4 j5.6</ 

 obiui. uui, 5#.; QMaphoiobtum pol> -morphum 



;n, 5e. ; Hydrangea Japo ». &/. ; IN *elia species a, 



;es*J 5.?,; Oxylohium e Pimelea spectabilis, 



2s. Grf. : Tlmnbergia chr Veron a,'.\s.6//. 



to 75- 6rf. each, large. _^^ 



W. Jackson and Co. beg to state that their 60 beautiful Seed- 

 ling Calceolarias, selected from upwards of 2000, will b^Hcout 

 early next Spring, a descriptive Catalogue of which will be 

 printed. Railway communication to all parts of the kingdom. 

 A reference from unknown correspondents is respectfully soli- 

 cited.— Cross- Lines Nursery. Petiale, Yorkshire. 



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EARLIEST STRAWBERRY in CULTIVATION. 



_li —strong PI*»ts of the "PRINCESS ALICE MAUDE" 

 STRAWBERRY, which ha» proved itself to be the earliest 

 crown in this country, are now ready to be sent out at 30*. 

 per 100. As an Early Strawberry, it has taken the First Prize 

 at ail the Horticultural Exhibitions in the early part of the 

 season. Also nta of the " British Queeo," " Deptford Pine," 

 "Prince Albert/ 1 and all the leading kinds. To be had of 

 Messr s. Warvb* & vrvkr. Seodsmen. 2«, Cornh ill, London. 



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URICULA SEED from Stage Flowers, to be had 



in Packets at St. 6<L, of W. J. Nutting, Seedsman, 4o, 



Cheapside, London 



QMITH'S FIELD and GARDEN SEED-DIBBLE, 



O or HAND-MACHKNM, for depositing all kinds of Seed on 

 vari< ils, with the greatest accuracy and de«patch.— 



nple in its const: u tiun and efation as 

 :>c liable to ^,xt out ; order, and car used by men or 

 worvn. It is easily set, so as to deliver the exact quantity of 

 See itended to be plan ten, into each hole made by the Dibble, 

 ne operation, without any further care than supplying ic 

 with Seed, by the person using it, and will punt Turnip and 

 Mangold Wnrzel Seed, Wheat, Barley, Pc and all kind of 

 Garden Seeds. In Tin, 1/. 10*. each ; or with C'pper Box ana 

 Tube, if. 15*. each. Commission allowed to Agents. 



These Dibbles may be obuined oi Mess Cottam ana 

 Hai.lkn,2, Wmsley-st., Oxford-st., London, through the agency 

 of the principal Agricultural Implement Sellers m the Lnited 

 Kingdom ; or from the Inventor, by letter to Ms address, in- 

 closing a Post-office order for the amount.-RiCHARD Smith, 

 Upper Hall, near Droitwich, Worcestershire. 



