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GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



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CULTURAL 





GAZETTE 



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



No. 2.— 1855.] 



SATURDAY, JANUARY 13. 



[Price Qd. 



Aprirttltnre, British, T.avcnrne 



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Agricultural statistics 



Amherst a nobilis 



Annuals, list of 



Xfcper, grafting- 



Blootl as manure « 



Books notice«i 23 a - 



Calendar, bortj cultural 



— njcricultural 



Carnations, tree 



Cattle market, n«w Smitbfield . 

 Co ^yneplantaRinea 



Coniteites collectors and culti- 



vnt ors 



Coverings, woollen netting .... 

 Crimea, prcscrv-d vegetables for 



Pigg"Ing, price nf double 



Dinseorea Batatas* 



Farmers' clubs, Mr.Mecbi on.. 



Terns, morphology in 



Flax culture 



Food, Mr. Lawes on 



traines (Mr.) nursery 



Gooseberry caterpillar 



Horses, keep of farm 



Ireland's recovery, Locke on . . 

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AJecbi (Mr.) on farmers* clubs 



Mo hologjF in Ferns r.... 



Netting, woollen 



Pathology, vegetable 



Pears, to rais»- from seed 



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Potato Yam 



Primroses, Chinese 



Protecting material 



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Khoiiodeudroiis, grafting. . 30 «- 



Rye-grass, to sow 



Seeds, to pack 



S beep, cross bred 



S pider, red, cure for 



Statistics, agricultural 



Tanks, material for 



Vegetables, preserved, for the 



Crimea 



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COUNTY of GLOUCESTER and CHELTENHAM 

 ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. — NOTICE. 

 —The Mav Show of the above Society will take place on 

 WEDNESDAY, May 2nd, instead of May 9th, as previously 

 advertised. Henby J. Cochrane, Secretary. 

 11, C olonnade, Chelten ha m.— Jan. 13. 



GARDENERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION- 

 SEVENTH APPLICATION. 

 HENRY SCHNEIDER, of Ford, Colerne, Chippenham, 

 through his Advertisement, again appeals to the sympathy 

 and kind support of the Subscribers of this Institution, t>eing 

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

 J lis 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, Lon do n . 



EVERGREENS. 



WANTED, a few Thousand of strong, healthy, bushy 

 LAURELS, from 3 to 4 feet. State lowest rash price deli- 

 vered free at the Harrow Station, on the North- Western Rail- 

 way, to Mr. Rk hard Field, Surveyor, 34, Coleman Street, City, 



London. 



W~TNTED, 10,000 or 15,000 transplanted ENGLISH 

 OAKS, well grown stiff plants, well rooted. Also three 

 or four dozen good 2-years dwarf-trained MOOR PARK 

 APRICOTS.— Apply, stating price, &c, to F. & A. Dicksox & 

 Son*. Upton Nurseries, near Chester. 



WANTED TO PURCHASE, 2000 or 3000 

 SEEDLING CRAB STOCKS.— Particulars as to a-e, 

 price, &c, to be addressed to Warren's Gardens, Isleworth, 

 jliddlesex. 



LIQUID AMBER. 



'ANTED to PURCHASE, 300 of the above.— Send 



cash price to Mr. J ryes, "Nurseryman, Northampton. 



r PO BE SOLD, very reasonable, 10,000 or more 



J- GOOSEBERRY and CURRANT TREES, strong plants; 

 also a great variety of ORNAMENTAL FOREST TREES, from 

 8 to 12 feet high; LAURELS, Bushy LAURESTINES, &c— 

 A pply to Mr. C. Clark, 179, Windmill Street, Gravesend, Kont. 



•O BE SOLD, CHERRIES FOR FORCING ; 



choice from 100 Half Standard and Dwarf May Duke 

 Cherries, from 7 to 12 years old, and ranging from 5 to 10 feet in 

 height; showing abundance of fruit, and acknowledged to he as 

 handsome a lot of trees as were ever offered for sale. Price 

 moderate. To be seen at Mr. Mitton's, Lampton, one mile from 

 it her the Isleworth or Hounslow stations of the South Western 



Railway. 



MANGOLD WL'RZEL SEED. 



HTO BE SOLD, LONG RED and YELLOW 



-*- GLOBE, growth of 1854, from superior stock.— Apply to 

 R. S. Hews, Kejvedon, Essex. 



TO tHE TRADE. 



J ROY, Jun., Seedsman, Aberdeen, has got to hand 

 • a consignment of 35 bales of very superior CUBA BAST. 

 The bales weigh abou 1 1 £ c wt. e ach. Price forwarded on application. 



SEED WHEAT. — Samples and Prices of RED 

 HYBRID, NURSERY, and other kinds of Wheat frrm the 

 Chalk, sent on application to Mr. II. Raynbibd, Basingstoke. 

 The lied Hybrid and Nursery are well suited for late sowing 

 after Turnips. 



tTRUIT TREES, FOREST TREES, EVERGREEN 



-*- SHRUBS, &c. Catalogues of the above may be had on 

 application to William Barbatt, W r akefield. 



A quantity of fine Transplanted "White Thor ns. 



SEEDLING FOREST TREES AND SHRUBS. 



T\AVID REID and SON, Nurserymen and 



* J Florist*, Leith Walk, Edinburgh, beg to direct the atten- 

 tion of the trade to their Stock of Seedlings as above. 



_^ Catalogues free on application. 



CHOICE CALCEOLARIAS" 



COLE begs to offer a few dozen of his un- 



• bloomed Seedling HERBACEOUS CALCEOLARIAS 

 from his choice stock; they were the admiration of all who saw 

 th<m last summer. They are not potted off, though strong 

 enough for large 60-sized pots. The Seed was saved from selected 

 stock, carefully impregnated. J. C. offers them at 4*. per dozen, 

 or 25*. per hundred. A remittance solicited from unknown cor- 

 respondents.-Keyfield Nursery, St. Alban's, Herts. 





UT TON'S SHORT SEED LIST. 

 On the last Page of last week's " Chronicie 

 will he 8( a concise List of the leading kinds of 

 Seedt* which it is hoped will be found convenient to 

 Gentlemen writing out their Seed orders. 

 Early commands will have the preference of scarce sorts. 



Sutton & Sons, Seed Growers, Reading. 

 HOLCUS SACCHARATUS, OR CHINESE SUGAR CANE. 



UTTON and SONS can supply this Seed genuine 

 as imported in sealed packets at Is. or 2s. 6c/. each. 

 Post Free. 



For description and uses, see Gardener* 1 Chronicle, Dec. 30th. 

 1854, p. 835.— Sutton & Sons, Seed Gr owers, Reading. 



r , TO THE SEED. TRADE, 



WILLIAM E. RENDLE, Seed Merchants, 

 Plymouth, have to offer some very Choice Stocks of 

 SEEDS to the Trade. Wholesale Catalogues can be had 

 on application to 



I W illi am E . R t>le & Co. t U nion Roa d, P lymouth. 



\\f HITB BELGIAN CARROT, MANGOLD 

 V\ WURZEL, &a— Several Tons to le disposed of 



at the lowest market prices. — Apply to 

 WILLIAM B. RENDLE & CO.. Bred Mkbpha ntb, Plymouth. 



TV] EVV SEEDS JUST HARVESTED can now be 

 l\ obtained of the most genuine description^ from 



William E. Rendle & Co., £eed Merchants, Plymouth. 



IOSCO KEA BATATAS— THE NEW CHINESE 



POTATO. — This new esculent was fully described by 

 Professor Lindley In the Chronicle of December 23, 1854. 



The Subscribers arc now importing a choice lot of 

 Hoots, and can supply them on the following terms : 



GkFAT NoVKITIFS FOR TIIF Ek SUING REASON. 



FUCHSIAS \A*ITH WHITE COROLLAS. 



T UCOMBE, PINCE and CO. beg leave to announce 



I—* that they shall be prepared to send rut two splendid and 

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



FLORENCE NICHTINCALE. 

 Pure white corolla, with brilliant scarlet sepals, finely n -fu xed ; 

 nn extremely lovely and novel variety. 



CALANTHIFLORA-PLENA 

 (The Double Snowi ^p t'orolla'd Fuchsia.) 

 Pure double white corolla, n enabling a fine large douhle: rn<*w 

 drop, with rich scarl pals; altogether distinct from anything 

 of the kind ever yet produced. Price 10*. $d. each. 

 The usual disci unt to the Trade when thrc< f more are taken.' 



Kxeter Nursery, Exeter. — Established 1720. 



! EARLY DANIElT O'ROURKE PEAS. 



JG. WA1TE begs to inform the Trade that lie is new 

 • ready to execute orders for this valuable early Pea. Trice 



can be had on application. 



_ Seed Esfa l mi r. 1S1, 1??Vh 1 1 <«1 hern, L ondon. 



F AIRHEAD'S KAKLY CONQUEROR PEAS, 

 the earliesl variety known, Is. per quart. Price per bushel 

 or qu arter, on applic atio n to £la & < <> . Seedsmen, Borough . 



MRLY WHITE FIELD TEA.— NEW EARLY 



R AC KHORSE— comes «-vft early in July in time for Turnips 



and is a good cropper, price 12.«. per bushel. 



S ttoh & Soys, Se<d Growers, Reading. • 



NEW CAULIFLOWER. 



TI/'AITE'S "ALMA," far superior to Walcheren, 



* V very large and fhm heads. Price to the trad*»24a. per lb.; 



Four Tubers 

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First Orders will have the best Roots. -Apply to 

 "WIL LIAM K. RENDLE & CO., Seed Merch ants, Plymouth. 



DIOSCOREA (JAPONICA) BATATAS. 



SUTTON and SONS respectfully intimate that they 

 have sold out of their first importation of Dioscorea 

 Tubers. They are daily expecting the arrival of a further 

 supply, but a considerable portion of these being already bespoke, 

 orders can now only be received conditionally. 



Sutton & Sons, Seed Growers, Reading:" 



S £ E D P O T A T O E S. 



THE IMPORTANCE of CULTIVATING THOSE 

 SORTS of POTATOES which, from their vigorous habit of 

 growth and early maturity, are least subject to disease, has induced 

 us for several years (ever since the first general development of 

 the disease), to' make many experiments as to the.sorts most desir- 

 able, and the cultivation most suitable. Our New Seed List 

 contains the names and prices of the principal kinds. — Address, 

 John Sutton & Sons, Seed Growers, r.eading,_Berks. 



smaller quantities 2s. . per oz. No orders attended to for le? 

 quantities than one ounce.— Seed Establishment, 181, High 

 Hoi born, London. 



COLE'S 



T THORNELEY,COLE,&Co., N 



" • MEN, and FLORISTS, "Withington, ne 





/ CHARLES SHARPE and CO.'S Wholesale Cata- 



V_y logue of Seeds is now ready, and may behad on application. 



DIOSCOREA (JAPONIC A) BATATAS", New Chinese 

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



the trade on application. 



Nursery and Seed Establishment, Sleaford. 



/CHARLES SHARPE and CO. beg to draw the 



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

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

 cidedly the best in cultivation. Price per bushel, of 4 stones : 



Early Ash-leaved Kidney 9s. 



do. do. Jackson's 9s. 

 Round Frame ... 9s. 

 Martin's Globe ... 9s. 



King's 8*. 



Hen's Nest 10s. 



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2s. 6d. 



2s. 6d. 

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2s. 6<f. 

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 Is. Od. 



For Latk Planting : — 

 Yorkshire Regent, 7*. ! Prince Kegent, 7s. \ Fluke Kidney, Ss, 



DIOSCOREA ^JAfUMCAj BATATAS, New Chinese 

 Potato. — This was described in the Gardeners' Chronicle of 

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

 root, 2*. 6d.; per dozen, 24s. 

 Nursery and Seed Establishment, Sleaford. 



" tf XTRAORDINARY POTATOES.— A variety of 



-L* Potatoes, singled out from some grown three or four years 

 aco, has this year produced on the land of tie Thinpoe 

 Union hease about 31 sacks, of which only 3 pecks are bad or 

 small, and 60 Potatoes measure a bushel, weighing 60 lbs. Two 

 have been brought to us, weighing together 3 lbs. 2 oz.; it is an 

 excellent mealy Potato, and an abundant bearer."— Bury Post, 

 October 11, 1S54. 



The. above Mammoth variety have been christened the 

 " Lord Raglan," and there are a few sacks of the medium size 

 to dispose of, price 21. 2s. per sack ; also Jackson's Improved Early 

 Ashleaf. price 9s. per bushel; the Short-top Ashleaf, 7s. 6<l. ; 

 British Queen, 7s. 6rf.; and Nonpareil Kidneys, 6s. 6d. Free to 

 London, and no charge for sacks ; all orders must be accompanied 

 w ; Oi a rpTnUtwrop. — ,T« c>ttt WrLROK, Seedsman, Ipswich- 



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CRYSTAL WHITE, X COLE'S LWARF 



RED CELERY. 



UBSERTMEN, SEEDS^ 



near Manchester, beg to 

 announce that they are now prepared to supply these two well- 

 known varieties, raised by Mr. "NV. Cole (late of Dartford). 



CRYSTAL ^ 11ITE, $ oz. packets,free bvpost, for 12 stem?*. 



8UPEKH DWARF K ID. £ oz.pkts., free by post, for 9 stamps. 

 Price per lb. to the T rade cn application. 



HUBARB ROOTS for FORCING or PLANTINCf. 



— Strong one-vear planted roots of MYATTS VICTORIA 

 end LINNAEUS, MITCHELL'S BOYAL ALBERT, at 6s. per 

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

 a larger variety than the Victoria, and is expensively cultivated 

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

 100O f on application to MEJUttft. J. MYATT akd SONS. 



Manor Farm, Deptford. Jan. 13. 



/S'HOICK- FLOWER " SEEDS FOK PRE SENT 

 V_y ~ SOWING. perpacketr 



FANSY, saved from 100 of the best varieties, bvname ... 2s. M. 

 POLYANTHUS, do. 50 ditto ditto ... 



VERBENA, do. 50 ditto ditto ... 



HOLLYHOCK?, do. 60 of the most superb kinds, do. ... 

 CALCEOLARIA, do. 24 ditto, spotted varieties 

 DAISY. do. 50 of the new Belgian do. do. 



ANTIRRIIINUM,do.20 best named varieties ... 

 ANEMONE, from the most showy and brilliant kinds... 



30 packets of Choice Flower Seeds per post free for 5*. 

 The above, per post, free— Postage Stamps received in payment. 

 YOU E LL asp CO., Royal Nursery, Great Yar mouth. 



VEGETABLE' ArvD FLOWER SEEDS. 



PETER LAWSOM and SON Leg leave to intimate 

 to their English customers and the public that they are 

 prepared t<» supply from their London establishment assortments 

 if GARDEN and FLOWER SEEDS of superior quality, com- 

 prising all the esteemed standard sorts and those recently intro- 

 duced. They will be happy to send Catalogues on application. 



P. L. o. Son have also t.» intimate that they will shortly issue- 

 their LIST of AGRICULTURAL EEDS, all of which have 

 been carefully saved from the most select stocks. 



Liberal arrangements will be made for the carriage of their 

 eeds to all quarters. 



PETER LAWSOX Airb SON, 

 Queen's Seedi-men, Wood Foresters, &c, for Scotland, and to 

 tlie Highland and Agricultural Society, 27, Great George Street, 

 Westminster, London. 



PRICED NURSERY CATALOGUES. 



A PAUL A?*D SON will be happy to forward the 

 • following priced Nursery CATALOGUES in retnm for 

 one postage stamp each:— A. Roffs: B, Okname^tal Trffs 

 and Conifebs; C, Fruit Trfes; D, IlERBACEors Plants; F, 

 Greenhouse Plants, &c. ; G, Seeds; H, Holiyhocks; J, 

 Br lbs.— Nurseries. < heshunt, Herts. .__ 



ARTHUR HENDERSON am> CO. beg leave it>> 

 inform their patrons and friends that th( ir Stock of VEGE- 

 I TABLE and FLOWER SEEDS (containing many choice and 

 new kinds) is now ready for sending out. 



Their Seeds may be fully relied on as being in every respect 

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

 had on application —Pine Ai §> _Eu gew are R oad, Lon df n. 



GERMAN FLOWER SEEDS. 



MOSCHKOWITZ and SIEGLING, Erfurt, Leg to 

 infoim the trade that their new Wholesale Catalogue of 

 Choice German and other Flower Seeds, is now ready, and may 

 be had on application to their Agent, Mr. H. Henkel, 70, Fen- 

 church Street, London. 



WDRUMMOND and SONS' NEW DESCRir 

 • TIVE CATALOGUE, containing select varieties only. 



i xoiAiUJbd, i*i the finest *ize and 



flavour, direct from the grower to the consumer's door, free 

 within three miles of King's Cross, at 14a. 6d. the imperial sack 

 of 224 lbs., for cash, from C. Flitton, factor, 21, York Road, 

 King's Cross. 



THE FLUKE KIDNEY POTATO.- Thi 8 excellent 



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



more free from disease and more of VEGETABLE and FLOW ER SEE! 1CV ready, and may 



nation. It was raised in Middleton, and may he bad M rha , hfld t free on f rf Tli is Catalogue 



any quantity at .55. per bushel of 56 lbs^Apply to John Holl A >d, wi] t ^ a , f . , Gardener with all the necesslry 



Brad^baw gardens, Middleton, near Manchester. _ | mfii ^ M f( f r dra ; ing out Wg ?€ed Lisfc comctlv and withoi J 



trouble. In reference to it the Gardener? Chh eft remarks: — 



"It is simple, short, and one t I the best wc have seen. They 

 btq pursuing the sensible course we have so often insisted upon 

 for the sake of both buyer and seller;" and this opinion has teen 

 cordially responded to by all our old and many new customers. 

 W. Pf.immond & 8< ^eed and Implement Warebtiu-e, Stirling. 



Hfc FLUKE POTATO— A new second 



variety, surpassing every other in its capability of resisting , 

 the Potato disease, and without exception the finest and most 

 proline Potato in cultivation. Price per cwt., 15s., bags included. 

 To be had genuine of TIIORX II ILL & DICKSON, Lawrence 

 Hill Nurseries; and No. 1, Wine Street, Bristol. 











