THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 





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ESTABLISHED ABOUT HALF A CENTURY 



♦ 



BASS 



AND 



BROWN'S NEW SEED LIST 



IS NOW READY, 



AND CONTAINS EVERYTHING WHICH CAN BE DESIRED OF THE CHOICEST 

 A NEW, AND OTHER VEGETABLES. 



Considerable attention is paid to grow only the finest sorts for sale, and our Collection is very select. 



ASSORTED COLLECTIONS OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



The following 9 of the very best in cultivation, cannot fail to give the most complete satisfaction. 



unn fnr a larsre garden, containing auan- Tsi rt q n^u n ^; n „ :« .,„,..n„.. ....„ A! .„ 



Vo 1 Collection for a large garden, containing quan- 



tities sufficient for one year's supply £3 Qs. Od. 



Vo 2 Collection in smaller proportion 2 



A FEW CHOICE NEW 

 EPPS'S LORD RAGLAN, or Improved Mammoth, pro- 

 ducing 8 to 10 Peas in a pod, and allowed to be the finest 



in cultivation per quart 5*. Od. 



EPPS'S MONARCH, new tall marrow, and the largest 

 sized Pea cultivated per quart 5 



No. 3, Collection in smaller proportion... 



Collection of good kinds for a small garden 



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£1 55. 

 15 



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VARIETIES OF PEAS. 



MKIN'S PARADISE, a most valuable early very large 

 marrow Pea, pods large, long, and well filled, and fine 

 flavour. This Pea, though very large, comes in imme- '' 



diately after the Warwick per quart Is. 6d. 



HAIR'S DEFIANCE, wrinkled marrow, fine do. 1 9 

 V Sangster's No. 1, Daniel O'Rourke, Hair's Dwarf Mammoth, 

 Early Emperor, or Fairbeard's Conqueror, Burbidge's Eclipse, 

 Champion of England, and other best sorts. 



Ztt X C» tUUI * W»flrt- v* ••• ••• ••• • - ■ A 1 



Fi/KBEARD'S NEW NONPAREIL, a delicious new 

 f/rinkJed marrow, of great produce and fine pods, a very 

 rapid grower, coming in before the Champion of England 2 6, m „ 7 _ u . 



The List of FLOWER SEEDS will also be found, as usual, very select. Goods Carriage free (not under 205.) 



to all the London Termini, and all Stations on the London and Norwich Colchester Line. 



SEED & HORTICULTURAL ESTAB LISHMENT, SUDBURY, SUF FOLK 



ENDLE'S PRICE CURRENT and GARDEN 

 DIRECTORY for 1855 is now published, price 66. 

 To be had of all Booksellers, and from 



William E. Rendle & Co., Seed Merchants. Plymouth. 



Per dozen. 



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185. to 24 

 10s. to 12 

 245. to 30 

 , 9s. to 10 

 245. to 30 

 425. to 48 



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FRUIT TREES.— SURPLUS STOCK. 



WILLIAM JACKSON and CO., Bedale, Yorkshire, 

 Laving a portion of their Nursery Ground to clear, beg to 

 offer the following FRUIT TREES of the most useful and 

 approved sorts, strong and well grown, in a bearing state, at 

 Annexed cheap rates :— ***- A — — - J 



Apples and Pears, good strong Standards 



Do. do. do., Dwarfs 



Do. do. do., Dwarfs, trained 



Cherries, good strong Standards 



Do. do. do., Dwarfs, trained 



Plums, good strong Standards 



Do. do. do., Dwarfs trained 

 Apricots, Peaches, and Nectarines, trained 

 A reference or remittance is respectfully solicited from un- 

 known corre spondents.— Jan. 13. 



HOLLYHOCKS. 



JOHN CHATKR and SON offer the following New 



v and Choice HOLLYHOCKS in Pots at 185. per dozen, hamper 

 included :-Pourpre de Tyre, Yellow Model, Saffranot, Duke of 

 Rutland (new), Penelope, Swansdown, Gem, Lady Braybrooke, 

 Spectabihs, White Perfection, Black Prince (new), King of Roses, 

 Kaphael, Napoleon, Magnum Bonum, &c. 



Also the following strong ground Roots, 75. Gd. per dozen :— 

 Queen, Bella Donna, Elegans, Brilliant, M amnion, Mrs. Russell, 

 Venosa rubra, Obscura, Aurantia, Purpurea elegans, Flower of 



uL i ^n M ? rchioness of Breadalbane, Queen of England, and 

 Model of Perfection. 



tJ i ^P Ti Sf on R «£ ets ' 6s ' Per dozen; Double White do., 35. 



per dozen, 20s. per 100. 



Hollyhock Seed, in packets containing 200 seeds, 15. Gd. ; 

 i-S.T « ; *?"? nted fr °m best flowers. Choice Pansy, Is. per 

 P rt • S * eet Wil,i »ro, Gd. P 



Descriptive Catalogues may be had on application to J. Cn ater 



HiTOhil?* ' Suffolk — rost 0ffice 0rders P^able at 



SEEDS FOR THE FARM. 



OUTTON'S PKICED LIST will be seen on the last 



^ page of last week's Chronicle, page 16. 



N.B. — In the List above referred to, ttco typographical 

 errors occurred, viz., in the prices of " Sutton's Purple- 

 topped Hybrid Turnip," and "Hardy White Swede." 

 Both of these useful hinds are 1 s. 6ci per pound. 



Early orders are requested and recommended. 



earthed up or hoed, operations which did not appear 

 to be required. The tubers were taken up on the 

 Cth of November. The following return shows the 

 results of the different modes of planting and culti- 

 vation which were adopted. 



A. Tubers planted entire, weighing on the average 

 10£ oz. each. — Three tubers produced very vigorous 

 plants, each of which formed one fresh tuber ; two 

 of these were enormous and quite out of the common 

 run, one weighing, when taken up, about 3 lbs., the 

 other 2 lbs. 9 oz. The third was attacked by the 

 grub of the cockchaffer, and only yielded pieces; 

 its stems, moreover, withered in August. The 

 tubers which had been planted were shrivelled 

 without being much decayed or changed. Notwith- 

 standing the size of the two new tubers obtained, 

 this mode of planting is considered to be very 

 objectionable. 



B. Plantation made with pieces of the tubers 

 varying in length and thickness. 



• PLANTS WITH STA KES TEN FEET LONG. 



This lot consisted of 16 plants, of which one pro- 

 duced two middle-sized tubers, weighing together 

 fully Hi oz#? an( i w hich ought to be considered as 

 only forming one. Weighed carefully three days 

 after the tubers were taken up, and when dry and 

 clean the following was the result : 



No. 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 



7 

 8 



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Grammes. 



095 

 140 

 390 

 540 

 260 

 330 

 390 

 420 



No. 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 



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175 

 350 



185 

 105 



95 

 100 

 100 



30 



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JANUAR 



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ottptt ST ^ LFF RASPBERRY. 



vucll and CO. are now sending out extra strong 



tv .n^W™ - ? b °/ e most excellent K ASPBERRY, unequalled 

 •t S £■ !m "7 f ° r th ?. size 0f its fruit and richne8S of "a™"-. 



MoX p p,.r„ ; g dut?: 2 Y, h ?e e rS: pberr7 ' 245 - per ,ooi Ne * 



6 

 30 

 12 



8 

 30 



9 

 36 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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perdoz. 



APPLM^/JV 1 ! 8 (Warranted tbuk to name.) 



Dwarf ' lD b6St « election r good heads, 9s. Od. p 



PEARS J«J M f ^'"o ditto 



• s ' gar* s 22 



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PEACHF^AA • * ditt0 ditto 36 



NECTARIN^ 



APRICOTS W - red ditt ° 36s ' t0 60 



^ Standard, m Gne variety, ditto ... 12 

 » Dwf d i tt0 'ditto ... 9 v „ 



^OOs'bERRJEsi- f + t Ut0 , ditto 365. to 42 " 



Netted for s 7 « in^flo the o? nest varieti es (good bushes), 

 nm»* . .--? aize and flavour .qn. per 100y or 4s per dozen# '• 



bite Dutch, Black Naples, 



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Since the account of the Chinese Yam (Dioscorea 

 Batatas) which we gave a few weeks since 

 (1854, p. 820), a further report by M. Decaisn_ 

 upon the result of last year's experience in France 

 has reached us. It appears from this statement that 

 the root has excited the greatest interest in that 

 country, that it is already regarded as a sufficient 

 recompense for the disasters which attended the 

 Potato disease, and that the public establishments 

 are overwhelmed with applications for it from all 

 parts of the country. The substance of M. Decaisne's 

 statement ivS as follows : 



a mean per tuber of 8 oz. ^.] 



•• PLANTS WITH STAKES 6 to 7 FEET HIGH. 



The plants, of which there were 28, also pro- 

 duced only one tuber each, of the following 

 weights : 



No. 



1 

 2 

 3 



4 

 5 

 6 



7 

 8 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 



Grammes. I No. 



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About the middle of April, when he considered ' 13 



CURRANTS -mll/r' ^ P er 100 > or 4s - P er dozen- 

 Raby Cwtie ^T ed ^ la f ge White Dutch - ^lack 

 ^«e are the ( mi' t H D f • ,a K? 6 , ? ed Gra P e - *'■ P er d °zen. 

 g«Wy recommended. '* bIe kinds in cultiva «on, and are 



per doz. ; Linnaeus, 9s. per doz. 

 „ „_„,„ , y ea rsr6s.perl00;3years,8s.perdo. 



Aii^.j 1HK VALLKY—a 



RHUB-ARR mend f d - 



•W.8«firf. o~ Extra 8,ro ' 

 "LY OF^ThV 6 ^ T 'f' 2 '- 



liU order8 of it anrt ,!t Y ~f tTOns for forci »S- 6»- Per 100. 

 if"? ''. Hull and *£- up ^ ards ar e delivered carriage free to 

 £*"«> »Mn B 'm ^.^"e-on-Tyne, as well as to any railway 



£!?"« «* raw 'r n n f th f N " rsPr y- Communications by 

 Slhi" We " a Mhe Con ' P*^ 8 « f En ^'a"d, Ireland,*,,,! Scot- 

 P*yabl e ^ y^^e. Continent. Post Office orders to be made 



p, yp-J^-Hg ^^ al Nursery, Great Yar mouth. 



n . B bEED LlNG^OTAmrTHE CHAMPION 



..Thw p ntato . KIDNEY. 



Zr t h 'r af Sidney* K <I r esemb, 1 anc 5 to th <* *°* old Potato, 



«KW* f - " Planed »?m S th6 fo,,owin g g«^ qualities' 

 " «r, all the sets «iP ed at t,,e same "me it will be ten dav* 



SKJ" ^MUXITT "I"' and d0 ^t dL e off n in R L 

 ^""e eht of Pota Lf e fu ; 2 pecks of »«* wi » Produce a 

 *tot^ tt *l to *« in fla 6 !, han ? ? ecks of the Ashleaf. It Js 



fiTiw 8 ^ ,h « have lZ *« " d I* Mt t ble , durin » the wh <>le 

 8ftT:,? Un «g the SDri ,,„ . ad the shoots broken off five or six 



^ t^ Aboai'% »'» ^eetate again as if it had bee°n the 

 P»»L P '^'ast season 7. wwtemen and Gardeners who had 



?°«n M^ Pot * to - Numernno ^ should ^^^^ to grow it as a 

 *■• be^" 8 wh o aaw it ^l°. rder8 hav « be«« already received 

 l^i^ B ^th^^r Rdur ! 1 n L th « ^t summer. It 

 ^C h ^iH , 5 TprweB for the ,ast Io»r years, 

 n^fc 11 - °« of 4 aacka^ ^^"y other Potato that 



the danger from frost to be over, he planted out in 

 the garden of the Museum of Natural History some 

 pieces of the roots. Some were taken from the 

 upper and smaller part of the tubers, others from 

 the thicker part. The first were scarcely as thick 

 as the little finger, and averaged 2| inches in length ; 

 the others were much larger, and formed slices or 

 cross sections of a cylinder, each 1£ to 1£ inch thick 

 on the edge. Three tubers weighing from lOf to 

 14 ounces were planted whole, in order to compare 

 their produce with that of the cut sets. The 

 plantation was made in an open border on the level, 

 and not on ridges, as ought to have been done, a 

 circumstance, however, which in no way affected 

 the growth of the tubers ; it only rendered the 

 taking up difficult. The distance between the 

 plants was 19£ inches every way ; this was another 

 mistake, for, according to the judicious observations 

 of M. L. Vilmorin, they should have been much 

 wider apart. The short time which has elapsed 

 since the introduction of the Chinese Yam prevents 

 M. Decaisne's determining what may be called a 

 good or a bad year for it ; the future alone will 

 show under what conditions of climate it best 

 succeeds. All that can at present be said is, that 

 in 1854 the growth of the plants was uniform, that 

 their long twining stems grew vigorously, and were 



thickly covered with leaves, that abundance of 

 flow 



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450 



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 19 

 20 

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 26 



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 28 



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270 

 380 

 370 

 270 

 265 

 220 

 230 

 225 

 355 



165 



210 



175 



[Total, 9 kil. 655 grammes, 

 on the average, 12 oz. ^^ per mvw.i 



*** PLANTS NOT STAKED, THEIR STEMS STRAGGLING* 



ON THE GROUND. 



The number of plants was 13, and they gave the 



following results : 



No, 



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 4 

 5 

 6 



7 



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488 

 475 



460 



488 



400 



495 



290 



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12 



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 245 



150 



140 



120 



110 



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sent 



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the beginning of August, and finally that vegetation 

 ceased and the leaves began to acquire a yellowish 

 tint after the middle of September, thus indicating 

 that the tubers had nearly come to maturity. 



With the exception of some specimens kept apart 

 for other experiments, all the plants were separated 

 into three distinct lots. Two of these lots were staked 



■one with strong stakes 10 feet or more in height, 

 the other with stakes 6 or 7 feet high. The stems 

 twined round the stakes very regularly, in the same 

 way as Running Kidney Beans, and soon grew 

 beyond them. In the third lot the plants were left 

 unsupported, and their stems spread over the ground 

 without taking root, twining amongst each other ; 

 these did not nearly attain the length of those which 

 were staked. In no case were the plants either 



1 



[Total, 3 kil. 916 grammes, = 8 lbs. 6£ oz., giving 

 an average of 10 oz. ^ per tuber.] 



The sum total of the produce of the three lots 

 planted with pieces of tubers gives 17 kil. 286 



oz., as the produce of 57 

 plants, wincn is at the rate of rather more than 10J- 

 oz. for the average weight of each tuber. 

 ! In this calculation the quantity of space on 

 which the plants grew is not taken into account, 

 nor would it have led to any useful inference, 

 because, as has been already stated, the plants 

 were too far apart, But when he takes into 

 consideration the perfectly tap-rooted nature of 

 this plant ; the shortness of the slender lateral 

 roots, which are not more than from 3 to 3£ inches 

 long ; and moreover the large development of the 

 stem and leaves, which clearly indicates that the 

 plant lives principally on elements dissolved in the 

 atmosphere, M. Decaisne infers that at the dis- 

 tance of 10, or even 8 inches every way, the plant 

 would have sufficient space for its proper growth. 

 There would thus be from 16 to 25 plants in a 

 square metre. Taking the 20 plants to produce on 

 an average each 10£ oz. of tubers, we have about 

 13£ lbs. per square metre, or a total of about 

 23 tons 17 cwt, of tubers per acre. This is double 

 the average weight of Potatoes produced in France 

 on the same space of ground. 



So large a produce M. Decaisne admits to be entirely 

 hypothetical, and calculated for the best conditions 



