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CHRONICL 



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AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



amped Newspaper of Rural Economy and General News 



Horticultural Part 



No. 1. 



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SATURDAY, JANUARY 6. 



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INDEX. 



p, dimensions of. ...... • 



Criculrue, progress of. 



|- Him* on. rev 



4 • • • * • 



'• • • 



14 a 

 9 c 



13 c 



a C 



15 a 



■annuls 1«* °,{ VruX ' ' 



Bttvick shire Farmers Club . 

 K'endar. her iculrural 8 a 



_ agricultural & c 



tarnations, sporting ot / ° 



asetum incurvum • * 



few. TT^T.. . . i« a «-n . 



fcrratal Palace ••• /« 



'zinx, price of — . . ... »••* c !> a 



J deep and shallow.... 13 a 



w Book, noticed A* * 



lora, Yorkshi re, rev J> c 



Fumijcatinfc soft plants / <? 



Gone culture J J J 



Gourds, goken.... : ° * 



Grasses, permanent i- ° 



Grnerium ar^enteu^ J o 



Hort. Society's exhibitions .... 8 n 

 Husbandry, spade . ...H c, 6 a, 1- a 



Loie.Wseaon, cost of digging 

 at 3 c— S « 



Machines," reaping 13 a 



Manure, subterranean applica- 



cation of liquid 13 c— 13 



Oxford Farmers' Club 13 



Pathology, vegetable 4 



Pear growing 4 



— — at Natchez f» 



Plants, new • 4 



— soft, fumigating 7 



Podolobiums *> 



Pomological Soc 6 



Poultry keeping 14 



Primrose, Cliinese « 7 



Kaiu in Devon 6 



Ptea ping machines 13 



Rhododendrons, grafted 6 b 



14 JL 

 ...■•.»«.* * -- 



.. 12 6 



A 

 o 

 6 

 e 

 a 

 6 

 c 

 6 

 c 

 a 

 6 

 6 



a 



.•••.»•••»•• 



Roads, good 



Seeding, thin .... 



Spade husbandry 3 e, 6 o, 12 a 



Strawberries, second crop of . . 6 c 



Temperature of Devon 6 6 



Vegetable pathology 4 6 



Vitriol, green 12 o 



Wellingtonia gigantea 7 e 



Wheat, Lois- Weedon 4 a 



— Payne's 12 c 



Zephryauthes 6 * 



early 



POUNTY of GLOUCESTER and CHELTENHAM 



VJ ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. — The days 

 fixed for the Exhibitions of the above Society for 1855 are 

 "WEDNESDAY, Mav 9; WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, 

 June 6 and 7 ; and WEDNESDAY, September 5.— Schedules 

 may be obtained on application to Henry J. Cochrane, Secretary. 



11, Colonnade, Che ltenham, Jan. 6. 



ARDENERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. 



SEVENTH APPLICATION. 

 J HENRY SCHNEIDER, of Ford, Coierne, Chippenham. 



(through his Advertisement, again appeals to the sympathy 

 and kind support of the Subscribers of this Institution, being 

 now 90 years of age ? and in very destitute circumstances. 

 His testimonials remain unimpaired, and he is encouraged to 

 make another application to his kind friends who have hitherto 

 favoured him with their votes, and other subscribers who will 

 charitably lend him their aid at the forthcoming election in 

 -January next. 



The following gentlemen will be gratified in receiving proxies 

 in his favour:— Mr. Gregory. Cirencester, Gloucestershire; Mr. 

 Burbank, Grittleton, Chippenham, Wilts ; Mr. Spencer, Bowood, 

 Calne, Wilts; Messrs. Garraway. Mayes, & Co., Bristol; Mr. 

 Trotter, Badminton, Chippenham, Wilts ; Messrs. Arthur Hen- 

 derson & Co., Pine Apple Place, and John Arthur Henderson, 

 Esq., 64, Hamilton Terrace, London. 



n ARDENERS' BEN EVOLENT INSTITUTION. 



^ T FOURTH' APPLICATION. 



WILLIAM THACKER begs earnestly to appeal to the sub- 

 scribers through the medium of an advertisement, from his total 

 inability to incur, for the fourth time, the heavy expense of 

 issuing circulars. He is aged 68, and he rests his claim to their 

 benevolence on having been 50 years a gardener and five years a sub- 

 scriber to the Institution ; and that both his wife and himself are 

 J totally incapacitated, through infirmity, from supporting them- 

 I selves. His case is strongly recommended by Mr. Alex. Dancer, 

 ti.lham; Messrs. J. & C. Lee, Hammersmith Mr. T. Gaines, 

 Battersea; Mr. Barto Chaundv, Lewisham. 



Great Novelties for the Ensuing Season, 

 FUCHSIAS WITH WHITE COROLLAS. 



LUCOMBE, PINCE and CO. beg leave to announce 

 that they shall be prepared to send out two splendid and 

 entirely novel Seedling Fuchsias, early in May next, viz. :— 



FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. 

 Pure white corolla, with brilliant scarlet sepals, finely reflexed ; 

 an extremely lovely and novel variety. 



CALANTHIFLORA-PLENA 

 (The Double Snowdrop Corolla' d Fuchsia.) 

 Pure double white corolla, resembling a fine large double snow- 

 drop, witli rich scarlet sepals; altogether distinct from anything 

 of the kind ever yet produced. Price 10s. 6d. each. 



The usual discount to the Trade when three or more are taken. 



Exe ter Nursery, Exeter.— Estab lished 1720. 



EARLY DANIEL O'KOUKKE. PEAS. 



JG. WAITE begs to inform the Tra 

 • ready to execute orders for this valuabl 

 can he had on application. 

 Seed Estab li shment, 18 1, Hig h Ho lbnra, London. 



NEW CAULIFLOWER. 



W'AITE'S "ALMA," far superior to Walcheren, 

 very large and firm heads. Price to the trade 24*. per lb. ; 

 smaller quantities 2s. Gd. per oz. No orders attended to for h- 

 quantities than one ounce.— Seed Establishment, 1S1, High 



H olbom, London. — 



CAMELLIAS. 



CHANDLER and SONS beg to inform their fneuds 

 and customers that they have a large stock of young 

 CAMELLIAS this season, beautifully set with flower buds, and 

 now in a fit state to travel without injury. Fine plauts, 30s. and 

 upwards per dozen —Wandsworth Road, Vauxhall. 



RHUBARB ROOTS for FORCING or PLANTING. 

 —Strong one-year planted roots of MYATT'S VICTORIA 

 and LINNAEUS, MITCHELL'S ROYAL ALBERT, at 6s. per 

 doz .; HOWARD'S PRINCE ALBERT, 12s. per dozen. This is 

 a larger variety than the Victoria, and is extensively cultivated 

 about Manchester. Price to the trade of the above, per 100 or 

 1000, on application to Messrs. J. MY ATT and SONS. 



Manor Far m, Deptford, Jan. 6. . 



EED WHEAT. — Samples and Prices of RED 



HYBRID, NURSERY, and other kinds of Wheat from the 

 Chalk, sent on application to Mr. H. Raynbird, Basingstoke. 

 The Red Hybrid and Nursery are well suited for late sowing 

 after Turnips. _ . 



OUTTON'S PRICED SEED AND PLANT LIST 



^ with Instructions on Cultivation. Calendar or ka 

 tions, and other Useful Information is now published, price Six- 

 pence; and bi-ing entered at Stationers' Hall is copyi r. 



As this publication is compiled principally for the use of 

 Met s. Sutton's Customers, it is requested that those who have 



not yet received it will forward their Address, when a copy will 

 be sent gratis, and post free. Other per 11 receive it post 



free in return for six postage or receipt stamps. 

 Address John Button & Sons, Seed Growers, Reading. IWks. 



FOR THE FARM. 



SUTTON'S PRICED LIST will be seen on the last 

 page of the present number of this paper. 



Ea rly order a are reque ted and r< nmmded . 



ENDLE'S PRICE CURRENT and GARDEN 



DIRECTORY for 1855 is now published, price Gd. 

 To be had of all Booksellers, and from 

 William E. Rendle & C o., Seed Mercha nt Plymouth . 



VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS. ! 



JDOBSON and SON'S New Catalogue of Kitchen 

 • Garden and Flower Seeds is now ready, a: may be had on 

 application.— W ands N ursery, Isl< • 



PRICED NURSERY CATALOGUES. 



A PAUL and SON will be happy to forward the 

 • following priced Nursery CAT A L<»< ■ UES in return for 

 one postage stamp each:— A, Roses: B f Orkai ntal • 



and Conifers; C, Fruit Trees; D, B Pl< «i *• 

 Greenhouse Plants, &c; G, Seeds; H, Hollyhocks; I, 

 Bulbs — Nuv ries, Ches hun Herts. 



URUIT TREES, FOREST TRI i, EVERGREEN 



i SHRUBS, &c. Catalogues of the ova may be had on 

 application to William Barratt, Wakefield. 



A quantity of fine Transplanted W bite Thorns. 





NEW SHEDS JUST HARVESTED cam now be 

 obtained of the most genuine description, from 



WrLLiAM E. Rendle &Co„ Seed Merchants, Plymouth. 



FOREST AND ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUBS. 



DAVID REID and SON, Nursery and 



Florists, Leith Walk, Edinburgh, b- to intima r 



CATALOGUES as above are ready, and to be had tree on 



application. . — 



~~ EXOTIC^ NURSERY, CHELSEA. 



JAMES VEITCH, Jun., will be happy to forward 

 his new Retail VEGETABLE, At ICULTUKAL, and 

 FLOWER SHED LISTS on application, and desires to assure 

 those who may kindly favour him with their orders that he 

 spared no pains in procuring his supplies from the first gro 

 on the Continent as well as in th country, and that he will use 

 Jiis best endeavours to give 1 en ners entir^satisf! i. 







WANTED, 15,000 large strong QUICK, not less 



? » than 3 feet in height— Address, post paid, stating full 

 particulars as to price, &c, to S. H., Post Office, Great Mis- 

 senden. Bucks. 



Ty ANTED, HOTHOUSE GRAPES, both Black 



^•fL a °n Y h } te ' Gentlemen » gardeners, &c, having any to part 

 wnn, will tind an immediate purchaser for them, at good prices. 

 Address, L Solomon, Covent Garden, or Crystal Palace^ 



T^O BE SOLD, very reasonable, 10,000 or more 



-f- GOOSEBERRY and CURRANT TREES, strong plants; 

 also a great variety of ORNAMENTAL FOREST TREES, from 

 b to 12 tee! : high ; LAURELS, Bushy LAURESTINES, Ac— 

 App ly to _ur. C. Clark , 179. Windmill Street, Grave send, Kent. 



Tn t>^ AMERICAN 

 O BE SOLD, from _ , 



frn AM , EUICAIS " APPLE TREES. The Trees were raised 

 Tn « S< 1- ' and " 7 ted in America, and imported four years ago. 

 ff«;2 t ab(mt t0 ^ lailt Orchards this is an opportunity rarely 

 jnerea.- Po view the Trees and to treat, apply to J. Gregory, 



LYiNCH'S STAR i)V THE WEST CUCUMBER, 

 the best frame variety in cultivation. For descrip- 

 t io n , set Rendle's " Price Ciwrent and I xlcn Directwy" 

 for 1854. . ■'' '. « -,- 



Price U. 6cL and 2s, 6& per packet.- Apply to V, illiam E. 

 Rendlb&Co., S eed Merch ants, Plymouth. 



THE NEW CHINESE 



POTATO. — This new esculent was fully described by 



Professor Lindley in the Chronicle of December 23, 1854. 



The Subscribers are now importing a choice lot of 

 t)^*„ ^j ™m nmunmlM tJipm nn the foflou'ina terms 



TyOSCOREA BATATAS 



Four Tubers 

 Ten 



• • • 



*■* 



• • • 



• «• 



£0 10 

 12 6 



Fifty Tubers 

 Hundred „ 



• • * 



• • . 



• • • 



£5 

 10 



5 

 





 



APPLE TREES. 



800 to 1000 very superior 







YmSiT o i. w tne Trec ' s and t0 treat, api 

 -JllS^J»obion . near Stony Stratford. Bucks. 



Tn tit, MANGOLD WURZEL SEED. ^„ y 



BE SOLD, LONG RED and YELLOW 



r. <5 ^ L0 ^E, growth of 1854, from superior stock.— Apply to 



SlSlH* SKelvgd on, Essex. 



J^? IES CHA RTRES and CO. beg to announce that 



they have added a NURSERV to their Seed Establishment, 



*?^ arei \ ow Prepared to supply FRUIT TREES, PLANTS, &c. 



M^yery description, all of finest quality, and at moderate prices. 



Sin > L lirser y Hanger Lane, Stamford Hill; and 74, King 



^iii^g^trae ^City, London.— Jan 6. 



J 4Mfan GENUINE SEEDS. 



AMES CHARTRES and Co. beg to inform their 



rir £ atrons a nd purchasers of Seeds generally that their un- 



opj Stock is now arranged, and they earnestly solicit early 



uniers, as many choice articles are deficient in quantity tl^is season. 



"" " " " William Street, City ; Lon don. 



JCOLDEN DROP GREEIM _ FLESH MELON. 

 CHARTRES and CO. have succeeded in savins 



• a limited quantity of Seed of this splendid variety, which 

 ™ev can with confidence recommend; it is of moderate size, 

 S. al s «ape, and beautiful gold colour. Six Seeds 2s. &J.— Seed 

 gJlg hgnse, 74, K in-jWi am Sti et. City, London,—^ ]}: 



A RTHUR HENDERSON and CO. beg leave to 



^r7k inform tneir Patrons and friends that their Stock of VEGL- 

 AABLE and FLOWER SEEDS (containing many choice ana 



ne £ kinds) is now ready for sending out. 



Their S4»eds may be fully relied ou as being in every respect 

 «f first-rate quality, and true to their sorts. Catalogues may be 



nad on application.— Pine Apple Place, Edgeware Road, London. 



First Orders'will have the best Roots. -Apply to 

 WTT.TJA^MJEJRENPL E & Co., S eed Merchan ts, Plymouth. 



TVhARLES SHARPE and CO.'S Wholesale Cata- 



O logue of Seeds is now ready, and may be had on apphc ion. 



DIOSCOEEA (JAPONICA) BATATAS. New Chinese 

 Potato.— A choice list of imported roots of the above. Price to 

 the trade on application. ^ 



Nursery Seed Estal me^, Steal L 



/ShARLES SHARPE and CO. beg to draw the 



O attention of the nobility gentry, and clergy to their superior 

 collection of Seed Potatoes, which they can recommend as de- 

 cidedlv the best in cultivation. Price per bushel, of 4 stones . - 



Early Ash-leaved Kidney 



do. do. Jackson 

 Round Frame 

 Martin's Globe 



King's 



Hen's Nest... 



it 



... 



. • * 



. . » 



. . . 



9s. 



9s. 

 9s. 



85. 



10s. 



• 99 





79 

 M 



• •• 



- 



Early Emperor 

 Cockney 

 Oxford 



White Rough 

 Foxe's Seedling 

 American Native 



• « • 



• • • 



• •« 



• ■ * 



* • • 



95. 

 95. 

 95. 



85. 



1. 



85. 



.Tan. 6. 



For Late Planting : — 

 Yorkshire Regent, 7.^ P rince Re ut, 7^ | Fluke Kidney, 85. 



DIOSCOREA (JAPONICA) BAT TAS, New Chinese 



Potato— This was described in the Gardeners Chron\cle ot 

 December 23, which see for mode of cultivation, &c. Price, per 

 root, 25. 6d.; per dozen, 245. _ 



Nursery and Seed Establishment, Sleaford. 



ARLY SEED POTATOES.— Jackson's Improved 



Thorough High-bred Early Ashleafs, price 95. per bushel, 

 and the celebrated Short-tops, 75. 61/., are unequalled for quality 

 and yield; they bv far surpass the "old stock," which is gene- 

 rally a sluggish bearer. British Queens, 7#. &*., the earliest round 

 variety known; Early Frame and Ashleaf Seedlm-s. 85.; 

 Re-ents, from prepared cuttings, 65. Free to London; no 

 charge for sack?. All orders must be accompanied with a remit- 

 tance.— JosEPn Wilj- v, Seedsman, Ipaw h. 



HE FLUKE KIDNEY POTATO-— This excellent 



— variety is now planted here as the principal crop, being 

 more free from disease and more prolific than any other in culti- 

 vation It was raised in Middleton, and may he had genuine in 

 any quantity at5s. per bushel of 56 lbs.— Apply to John Holland. 

 Bradshaw Gardens, Middleton, near Manchester. 



OEED GROWERS' SOCIETY.— The Members 



£3 th* above Society are now prepared to send LISTS ot 

 WWCULTUBiS OARDEN, and FLOWER SEED^.to those 

 who . are desirous of having them genuine and direct from the 

 Growers.— Applications addressed to the Secretary, JofrN Mo3«\ 

 Jun., Feprine. Kelvedon, Essex, will mi th prompt attention. 



R~ OBERT KENNEDY, Agen or M< rs. Platz and 

 Son, Seed GroweTS, Erfurt, has much pleasure in announcing 

 he has receiv. their Catalogue of Flower and ^ Able Seeds 

 for the trade for 1S55, which abounds with new amcles of grea. 

 interest, and will be forwarded, per po^t on application to 

 R. Kennedy, Bedford Conservatory, Covent < harden, London. 

 PS Also, R. Kennedy's General Catalogue of British ana 



Foreign Ferns forwarded on rece ipt of t age stamps, 



GERMAN FLOWER SEEDS. 



MOSCHKOW1TZ and SIEGLINO, Erfurt, beg to 

 inform the trade that the new Wholesale ( ale e of 

 Choice German and other Flower Seeds, is now read)-, and may 

 be had on application to their Agent, Mr. ii. Henkel, <0, ten- 

 church Street, London. — 



" AMERICAN PLANTS. 



JOHN WATERER begs to announce that he hftfl 

 published a new Catalogue of his Rhododendrons, &c ; , aa 

 exhibited bv him in the. Gardens of the Royal B tame cie.y, 

 Regent's Park, London. It describes the colours of all the 

 Rhododendrons considered worthy of cultivation, with a Treatise 

 on their successful management, and may be had by enclosing 



two postage stamps. _ _ , 



The American Nursery, Bagshot, Surrey, near Farnborough 



► c ion. South- W rn Railway . 



AMERICAN PLANTS. — A Descriptive Priced 

 CATALOGUE of HARDY AMERICAN PLANTS for 

 the coming season is ju Wished, and may be had by enclosing 

 two stamps for postage. As everything in the way of fmencan 

 Plauts is grown to an called extent at this Nur intending 

 purchasers would do wt provide themselves with this Catologae. 

 WATFRER and GODFREY, Nephew^ and Successors to the 

 late Hosea Waterer. Knap Hill Nurse ry. Woking^ urrgv. 



r EORgV E BA^R%" D^SiHitJ . CATA- 



O" LOGUE of AMERICAN PLANTS, &c.. as exhibited by 

 hfm in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Regent s Park, may be had 



by inclosing two postage stamps. _^^ 



G B. begs to call attention to 1 fine stock of A\ eepir. 

 Hollies, Coniferous Plants, Oman .tal Shrubs, &c.-Amencan 

 Nursery, Windlesham, near Bagsbot, Surrey, near btarnea 

 Station, South-Western Railway, where conveyances may be 

 obtained. 



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PHI 



EW WHITE PHLOX. 



Plants Early in March. 



DOBSON and SON beg to announce that they are 



in possession of the entire stock of a new W1IIT5 

 f)X named Omni flora compacta from its profusiOL - m 

 ,.; c iux\v dwarf habit. It was exhibited a he Nat^ I 



jntE FLUKE POTATO.— A new 



-L variety, surpassing every other in Its capability of resisting 



the Potato di tse, and without exception the finest nd m 

 prolific Potato in cultivation. Price per cwt., 15 bags 1 uded. 

 To be had genuine ofTHORNHLLLd DICKSON, Lawrence 



Hill Nurseriea; and No. 1, Wine Street, Bristol. I 



of Merit. As a bedding plant it will be a great a«pifc*ti4n t m 



tht -arcity of whi- lowers of this clr 'an ten* ifrt)eds with 



second early Scarlet Geranium it has a very pleasing. t. nng 



report is given of it in the " National Ain M «.*-- 



" A white, of dwarf habit, very compact ; the,flowej»jr«J^ea &* 

 of good shape and substance ; strongly recommenqjgj. 

 Extra strong plants in March, at Ss. 6d. eac ^t i^ 



Woodlands Nurserv, lileworth. 



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