THE 



GARDENERS 



5 



CHRONICLE 



AND 



AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



I * • 



A Stamped Newspaper of Rural Economy and General 



^ !__ — - ■ ^ „ . __ _ M . _ _ _ 



The Horticultural 



Lindley 



1844. 



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. 



[Price 6d* 



«_i„„inir* its Practice and 



INDEX. 



661 

 656 

 650 



666 



660 



660 



654 



054 



655 



654 



661 



654 



c 

 a 



a 

 c 

 c 

 b 

 b 

 b 

 a 

 b 



657 c 

 6(30 a 

 C60 c 



- 654 a 



4 u tr V*. to kill Motion ; 

 i2£5atdiP^^ analysis of 



ArSSS Cattle , deterioration 

 *55* breed in Ireland - 

 ibW*ei, to store - • 



Calantiie «.»uca - 



Caledonian Hon. Soc. 

 I *lendarcf Operations 



Canary, fecundity ot - • 

 Cwtle'Douirlw Fanners' Club 



itry Shows " 



Crops, lest sort of for spring 



6»* . v * : : 



_ rotation ot 

 Parlin^ton Farmers Club 

 Deadly Nightshade, poisonous 



Draining theoretical views on 657 a 



Facts, registration ot 



Farm fence* 



Fence for trees - 



Flower-Kardens, plants tor - 

 Food, best spring crops for - 

 Forest-trees, to prune - 



— management ot at Ner- 



qnit - • " 



Fortune fMr.), news from 

 Fourcroya gl^autea at Kew - 

 Fuchsias, to hybridise 

 Gastrolobium spinosum 

 Gooseberry-caterpillar, to kill 

 Grape, monstrous 



— new variety of 

 Hoare (Mr.), remarks on his 



book on the Vine 

 Hollyhocks, treatment of 

 Horticultural Society of London, 



prizes offered by - 653 a 



659 



660 



660 



656 



657 



651 



a 

 b 

 b 



b 

 c 

 c 



651 e 

 655 a 

 655 a 

 654 

 654 

 655 



655 



a 

 c 

 b 

 b 



b 



651 

 656 



b 



b 



Hortic. Society, Garden of, 



noticed - 



Land, new and old 

 Larches, dwarf kinds of 

 Lawns, to turf - 



Manure, Sea-ware as 

 No wnham on Agriculture, revd. 

 Onions, great crop of 

 Ononis arvensis, to kill 

 Packing cuttings for India 

 Parish rates, law respecting - 

 1 nrrots, management of 

 Plants for a flower-garden 

 Ploughs, yoking of cattle to - 



Polmaite heating, remarks on 

 Potatoes, observations on 

 — failure of - 



Potter's Guano, to apply to 



Asparagus - 



Rooks, remarks on - 



Rye-grass as a spring crop ■ 

 Salt, to kill the Gooseberry 



Caterpillar - 



Sea-ware as manure 

 Seeds, to steep • 



Sprengel on Manures 

 Subsoil-ploughing, remarks on 

 Threshing machine, new kind of 

 Thrips, to kill 



Tobacco-culture, law respecting 

 Trees, bark of, to preserve 



— fence for - 

 Vine, Mr. Hoare's system of 



cultivating ... 



Wasps' nests, to destroy 

 Weather wisdom 

 Wheat, rust in - 



— produce of - • « 



— proper time to sow 

 Yoking ox cattle to ploughs . 



! 



b 

 b 

 b 

 b 

 a 

 c 



655 a 

 660 b 

 656 

 656 

 659 



651 

 660 



656 a 

 662 [b 



654 a 

 656 b 



C58 b 



.3 b 



651 a 



662 a 



656 a 



660 a 



657 c 



655 b 



659 6 

 66* b 



658 c 



661 a 



662 b 

 653 c 

 616 c 

 660a 



660 6 



651 b 

 653 b 



652 c 



659 a 



660 b 

 660 c 

 638 b 



GARDENERS' CHRONICLE.— To be Sold, a bar- 

 gain, the three First Volumes of the Gardeners' Chro- 

 nicle, complete and in good order, unbound, lor 3/. 10s. Apply, 

 if by letter pre-paid, to Mr. Jknnixgs, Florist, South Lambeth- 

 road, Vauxhall. 



SUPERB DOUBLE HOLLYHOCKS. 



WILLIAM MAY begs to announce that he is now 

 prepared to send out his collection of the above splendid 

 and showy plants, of all the various shades of colour, from 

 black, or dark, to white. As his stock is large, he is enabled to 

 supply them upon very moderate terms, viz., 42*. per 100. 



N.B.— As this plant is becoming" popular as a show flower, 

 W« M. has a few very select varieties, by name and colour, at 

 20*. per dozen, which he has selected for the purpose of exhi- 

 bition. Also Seed selected from finest double flowers, in packets 

 at 2*. 6d. and 55. each, post-free. The above may also be had 

 by order of the principal Seedsmen in London, and of Mr. 

 Watkixsov, Market-place, Manchester. A remittance or 

 reference from unknown correspondents. 



Hope Nursery, Bedale, Sept. 25. 



THE NEW SUPERB SEEDLING PICOTEE, 



"BURROUGHES'S DUKE OF NEWCASTLE/' 



YOUELL & CO. have much pleasure in announcing 

 they will send out for the first time the above splendid 

 light-edged purple Picotee, raised by the Rev. J. Burrou ;hes. 

 It is guaranteed to surpass any Purple Picotee that has yet been 

 raised. Without commenting further upon its superiority, 

 Y. and Co. beg to refer to a report in a late No. of the Gardener*' 



Chronicle, as follows : — 



•'The Duke of Newnastle is a flower of first-rate properties ; 

 it is a light-edged purple ; the petals are large, and of good form 

 and substance; even on the edge; the colour unbroken ; the 

 pod good, and with less disposition to bar than is common." 

 It obtained the first prize, as the best seedling* at the Norfolk 

 and Norwich Horticultural Exhibition. Price 215. per pair. The 

 stock being limited, to prevent disappointment early orders are 

 respectfully requested. Y. & Co. are also enabled to supply the 

 following superb Picotees, raised by the same gentleman, all 

 possessing first-rate properties, and having been exhibited and 

 obtained first class prizes at several of the metropolitan Exhi- 

 bitions of the present year. They are as follows :— 

 Burroughes's Mrs. Benyon, Red Picotee 



Lady Alice Peel, Rose Picotee . 



Miss Jane, Purple Picotee . 



Mrs. Bevan, Red Picotee . « 

 „ Enchantress, Scarlet Picotee 



CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES. 



Y. and Co.'s collection of this beautiful tribe of flowers will 

 be found the most extensive and select in Europe, comprising 

 every known variety of merit. The plants are remarkably 

 strong and healthy, and ready for sending out to any part of 

 the United Kingdom and the Contiuent at the following prices: 



12 pairs extra fine and very superior firbt-class Show £ s. d. 



7s. 6d. 



99 



7 

 7 

 7 



5 



6 

 6 

 6 

 



Flowers 2 10 







ditto 

 Sbow Flowers 

 ditto 



5 

 1 



3 

 



1 



10 

 



12 

 1 





 

 

 

 

 



J 



MR. HOYLE'S NEW SEEDLING GERANIUMS. 



"JV/TR- MILLER begs to call attention to the Advertise- 



- L,J - raent of these splendid flowers in last week's Chronicle, 

 and also states that printed Lists, giving full descriptions, are 

 now ready, and may be had Gratis. 

 Providence N nrsery, Ramsgate, Sept. 26. 



NEW ALONA OELESTIS. 



J. BEST begs to inform the Trade, the Public, 

 • and his Friends in general, that, having taken (as successor 

 of Mr. Henry Hamond, who is retiring from business) the Abbey- 

 Nursery, Reading, Berkshire, he intends, if possible, send- 

 jng out (middle of October) established plants, in 6u-pots, of 

 that Gem of Greenhouse-plants — Alona Gslestis. The 

 above is figured in the "Botanical Register" for September, 



Faxton's Magazine," " Plant's Florist's Journal," and " Harri- 

 son s Cabinet " for October. Alona Cjelestis is a half-hardy 

 evergreen greenhouse-shrub, from Chili} flowers, sky-blue; 

 «»e size and shape of a Petunia; a good erect habit, and free- 

 "? <?f growth ; has proved a perpetual bloomer since May last, 

 nia * « t0 contm ue much longer. Price One Guinea per 

 piant; the usual discount to the Trade, when two plants are 



Ken at once. Early orders are respectfully requested, as the 

 Stnov * w Very litnite d; one-third of the value will be taken in 

 K B Tr , ade orders.— Direct to J. J. Best, Abbey Nursery, 

 ■Readme Berks, September 25. _^^___ 



gUPERB SHOWY SEEDLING CINERARIAS, 



n OT o,f ». f P r tlus & utumn and winter flowering. 



„:;."' bushv Plants, well trussed for bloom, in 32-sized pots, 

 12*. per dozen. 



.- o D0 / do. in 48-sized pots, 9*. per dozen, 



frnm fh Can be confidently recommended as being saved 



chVIL , v ? ry cn °icest and most superb kinds, comprising every 

 wwJT f bea J ltiful »&ht and dark-blue tints, and admirably 

 Jh5» S e fu mishing of the greenhouse or drawing-room, 



t>nm Fh the autli nm and winter months. Seed selected 

 Uom the same, 2s. 6d. per packet. 



CrpS£ NB - E i? GIA CHRYSOPS. — Plants of this beautiful 

 M rk parple fl ower, with golden eye, 7*. M. each. 

 Mv*5?. 8 ~ lar&e stock of the following STRAWBERRIES :— 

 Myatt's British Queen . . . . . 6s. per 100. 

 «o. Eliza 6*. „ 



Rr^ er « r ' T^iety from Keen's Seedling . 3s. „ 

 Elton Pi ?ine ' smaU fruit ' fine flavour • 3 *' " 



inftS?. 8 ' deluding p'osUoffice' orders, will be immediately 

 Lonrfnn I I exe cuted, addressed to Michael Brewer, Sen., 

 «maon-road Nursery, Cambridge. 



Jr\nxT ™. HYACINTHS, &c. 



« «• THATCHER and SON, Seedsmen, &c, 



Gentrv in?" 1 ' Isli ngton, respectfully inform the Nobility, 

 Imb-p ILau . he Public generally, that they have imported a 

 HvMirSh. v collection of Dutch Flower-roots, consisting of 

 culusM r NftrcU8U8 » Jonquils, Tulips, Anemones, Ranun- 

 i>ost fr^. use8 ' &c '» Catalogue* of which will be delivered 

 aH kinH ,. 0, ' a PP»cation. Also that they are manufacturers of 



Horse \e J & Fi8Qin & and Fowliu & Nets. Hays for Rabbits, 



25 ditto ditto 



12 ditto ditto 



25 ditto ditto 



12 pairs of Extra fine Show Pinks 

 25 ditto ditto ditto 



The selection being left to Y. and Co. 



*** For Particulars of their importation of the finest 

 HYACINTHS, &c, direct from Haarlem, see Advertise- 

 ment of last week. 



Great Yarmouth Nursery, Sept. 27, 1 844. 



CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES. 



JOHN 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. 

 Warner & Warner, Cornhill,London, after the 7th Se ptember . 



OUBLE ROMAN and PAPER-WHITE NAR- 

 CISSUS, 4s. per dozen. The above Bulbs, the former of 

 which is so justly esteemed for its early blooming and excessive 

 fragrance, and the latter for its purity and elegance, have been 

 just received at A. Cobbett's. late Mr. Barro.v's, Italian and 

 Foreign Warehouse, 18, Pall Mall. Also Dutch Hyacinths, 

 Crocus, Tulips, Anemones, &c. &c Price Catalogues of 



which may be had per Post. 



WOODLANDS NURSERY, Maresfield, near Uckfield, Sussex. 



WM. WOOD and SON, have an immense stock 

 of the following good and approved kinds of STRAW- 

 BERRIES, strong plants of which are now ready for immediate 

 transit :— Myatt's British Queen, 5s. per 100; Eliza, 5s.; Elton 

 Pine, 3s. ; Princess Royal, fine, 7*. 6d. ; Princess Alice Maud, 

 30s.- Deptford Pine, 2 is.; Keen's Seedling, 3s. A remittance 

 or reference is respectfully solicited from unknown corres- 

 pondents. 



Catalogues of the general Nursery Stock, and the new Rose 

 List, are now re ady, and may be had Gratis on application. 



TULIPS, HYACINTHS, RANUNCULUSES, ANEMONES, 

 GERANIUMS, AURICULAS, CARNATIONS, and LIL1UM 

 LANCI FOLIUM. , 



H GROOM, Clapham Rise, near London (removed 

 • from Walworth), by Appointment Florist to Her 

 Majesty, begs to recommend to the attention of the Nobility, 

 Gentry, and Public his extensive assortment of the above 

 Flowers, which, from the success he has had in their cultiva- 

 tion, he can offer at vary moderate prices. He particularly 

 wishes to call attention to the highly-flattering remarks on his 

 Exhibitions of Tulips and Lilium lancifulium tins season, in the 

 various papers. He is also desirous of reminding the Nobility, 

 Gentry and Amateurs, who may wish to add to their collections 

 or ornament their parterres with these beautiful flowers, that 

 this is the best season to make a selection. The varieties of the 

 splendid Lilium lancifolium are particularly adapted for par- 

 terres, as, besides being quite hardy, they flower at a time when 

 the Nobility and Gentry are at their country seats, and when 

 flowers are so much wauted. They only require to be known 

 to be universally cultivated. Catalogues can be forwarded by 



post on application. Foreign orders executed. 



— ~~ SPLENDID NEW PLANTS. 



JAMES CUTHILL begs most respectfully to announce 

 that he has now ready to send out strong, healthy plants 

 of the following :— Lisianthus Russellianus, 2s. 6d. to 5s. each ; 

 L. nigrescens, 5s. to 10s. ; L. longifolius, 5s. to 10s.; L. corym- 

 bosa, 10s. each; L. glaucifolius seed, at 2s. 6d. per packet. 

 J. C. has a splendid Yellow Lisianthus which will be sent out 

 next year. A Treatise will accompany each order on the best 

 method of growing the Lisianthus. Fine roots of the Prince of 

 Denmark Scarlet Clove-scented Carnation, an excellent forcer, 

 12s. perdoz. ; Petunia ornatissima (Van Houtte), a fine pen- 

 cilled lilac, is. each ; also Fleming's Trentham Cabul Melon, 

 which gained several prizes at Regent-street— the best-flavoured 

 and most extraordinary bearer ; three lights produced 80 ids. 

 first crop— 40 the second ; and is now bearing the third; as- o«« 

 per packet. Latter's Victory of England Cucumber, 2s. brf. per 

 packet; Cuthill's early improved Black Spine, very handsome 

 U, 6d. per packet, or the three for 6#. The trade supplied oy 

 the ounce of the above Cucumbers, by sending a money oroer 

 on the Camberwell Post-office.— Letters directed to J. Lt "^. L " 

 Florist, Denmark-hill, Camberwell, London, will be immediately 



attended to. . -. — _ fA _ t 



N.B. The Lisianthus nigrescens can be seen in bloom , ie« 

 high, with upwards of 1000 blooms upon it, and will continue 

 in flower till Christmas. 



RAY SOCIETY, instituted 2d February, 1844.— 

 This Society has been formed upon the principle of the 

 Parker. Camden, Sydenham, and other Societies, for the purpose 

 of securing to those attached to the study of Natural History, 

 such Works on the various branches of Zoology and Botany as 

 could not be obtained by Other means; and will consist of 

 original works; of new editions of works of established merit; 

 of rare tracts and 1188. ; and of translations and reprints of 

 foreign works. Every subscriber of One Guinea annually will 

 be considered a member ot the Society, and will be entitled to a 

 copy of every work published by ihe Society. The Council have 

 great pleasure in stating that toe number of Members already 

 exceeds 300, and beg to call the attention of their friends to the 

 necessity of sending in their names as early as possible, in order 

 that they may be enabled to determine the number of copies of 

 their works which they ought to print. The Council hope to 

 publish two volumes before Christmas, the first of which will 

 consist of translations from the German and Italian, of Reports 

 on the progress of Zoology and Botany during the last few years. 

 Communications on the business of the Society are requested 

 to be addressed to the Secretaries, Dr. (ieorge Johnston, Ber- 

 wick-upon-Tweed, and Dr. Lankester, Golden -square, London. 

 Subscriptions to be sent, by post-office order or check, to the 

 Treasurer, J. S.Bowerbank, Esq., 45, Park-street, Islington. 



Georqb Johvstonb, M.D.\ Co/ ., af _,;„ 

 Edwiv L av, per, M.D.I *"™tariw. 



JT. WILLMER, King's Road, Chelsea, by Ap- 

 • pointrnent Florist to Her Majesty, begs to inform his 

 Friends and the Public that his Carnations and Picotees are 

 now ready for sending out, catalogues of which may be had on 

 prepaid application containing a postage stamjK 



SPLENDID NKW~ HEAVY-EDGED PURPLE PICOTEE, 



WOOD'S •« PRINCESS ALICE." 



JOHN WOOD begs to announce that the stock of 

 this superb flower is now ready for sale at 15s. per pair, 

 postage included. It has gained the following prizes:— At 

 Cambridge Florists' Show, 1813, it was the 1st seedling, and 

 the 1st heavy-edged purple; at the same Show, in 1S44, it took 

 the premium prize, beating all the Picotees exhibited. At 

 Huntingdon, 1843. it was 1st seedlingand 1st purple Picotee; at 

 the same place, 1844, it was 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th, excluding every 

 other flower. At Peterborough, 1843, it was the 1st seedling, 

 took 1st pair of purple, and was in the best stand of six Picotees; 

 in 1844, at the same Show, it took the 1st pair, and was again in 

 the 1st stand of six. 



J. W. flatters himself that this statement precludes the neces- 

 sity of farther comment. Plants of the above may also be had 

 of Hurst and M'Mullkn, 6, Leadenhall-street. 



J. W. has a few pairs of that splendid Pink, Garratt's '« Queen 

 of Roses," for sale, at 7s. 6rf. per pair ; his Catalogue of Carna- 

 tions, Picotees, &c, may also be had on prepaid application ; and 

 those about to commence growing, he will supply as follows, 



if left to his selection. 



CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES. 



50 pairs good sorts, one pair of each . j£3 



25 do. do. do. . .1 



24 do. fine show flowers .... 2 



12 do do. . • • . l 



PINKS. 



50 pairs good kinds, one pair of each . .1 



25 do. do. do. • .0 

 24 do. fine show flowers .... 



12 do. do. . • • • ° - . 



N.B.— Remittances must accompany the orders of unknown 



correspondents.— Nursery, Huntingdon. 



0*. Od. 

 10 





 







10 

 18 



9 





 





 

 

 



DUTCH HYACINTHS. 



WARNER and WARNER, Seedsmen, No. 28, 

 Cornhill, London, respectfully inform the Nobility and 

 Gentry their Dutch Flower-roots have arrived in superior con- 

 dition, consisting of the choicest and newest varieties. The 

 Bulbs are unusually handsome and large, at moderate prices. 

 Catalogues forwarded by pos t on application. 



T NGA~PULCHERRIMA. (Figured in " Paxton's 



JL Magazine of Botany" for August, 1844.)-Fine Plants of 

 this extremely elegant and beautiful Exotic, with most of the 

 other new and rare Plants of the season, may be obtained of the 

 undersigned, at the following low prices : — 



Inga pulcherrima, 7s. 6d. 

 Achimenes picta, 10*. 6d. 

 iEschynanthus Horsfieldii, 7s6d 

 Amycia zygomeris, 7$. 6d. 

 Cler jdendron splendens, lOs.otf 



t;qu-imati:rD,5*. 



Habrothamnus elegans, 15*. 

 Tremandra Hugelii, 10j. 6d. to 



21*. 

 Veronica speciosa, 5*. to 15*. 



Erica eiegans, line and healthy, 



„„.. . 15*., 24*-, and 30*. per doz. 



Hindsia, or Roudeletia longi- : Drymonia V™<** { £-?rinr 

 flora, 15*. Pn,ox Van Hoattei » (fl°w-«ri"C 



Epacris campauulata rosea plants), is. 

 (the finest selected from 1000 j Spirea Reevesiana .,5s. 

 seedlings), 7*. 6d. _ I Viburnum cotonifohum, 3*. 6d. 



Also the following, in collections : 

 1 00 Cape Ericas of 100 distinct I ( including Campanulas 

 sorts, (including many fine roaea) 21*. 



sorts) 5/. 



12 Epacrisesof 12 distinct sorts. 



12 Azalea indica, of 12 distinct 

 sorts, (including fulgens) 21a. 





Thomas jACKsov^Ki ngston Nurser y. Snrrey^Sept^gT. 



OHN SLATER, Florist, Cheetham Hill, near 



Manchester, respectfully calls the attention of the Floricul- 

 tnral Public to his large and select collection of the following 

 Florists' Flowers :-TULIPS, AURICULAS, POLYANTHUSES, 

 CARNATIONS, and PICOTEES ; catalogues of which may be 

 had on prepaid application. 12 plants of named Auriculas, of 

 different varieties, for 20*., package included. 20 pairs of Car- 

 nations and Picotees, good named varieties, for SO*., package 

 incl uded. * 



— ILIUM LANCIFOLIUM. — Flowering Bulbs of 



these most beautiful LILIES to be had at the following 

 low prices: Lancifolium album . . £*• each. 



punctatum • **• >• 



speciosum . 25*. »» 



of W. J. Nuttino, Seedsman, 46, Cheapaide, I^ ( nd °°' af «. gj 

 Seed from the best varieties of IXIAS and SPARAXis. at «• 



per pac ket. — — -srvlfc — 



NEW CARNATIONS, PICOTEES, AND W ^A fiTJE 



MESSRS. N. and B. NORMAN'S CATA^LOGUfc 

 of SHOW VARIETIES can be had on prep*ud applica- 

 tion.— Bull Fields, Woolwich. 



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