THE 



GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



AND 



AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



9 



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



SATURDAY, JANUARY 27. 



[Price 6<£_- 



index. 



55 



Ikefcra. treiti* on, re* »J « 



IJSioDii. w ..reef of !» c 



white 



54 c 

 56 a 

 61 a 



^,Sicultur_l "■ 



taffiM****^ M6 



(Utile market, new *7 J 



taarcoal, use* of » J 



Commutation averages 59 6 



Contort, to graft f c 



ore import;. f° 



Dahlias, seedling f> 



l)»t ura ceratocau Ion »•» 



Drainaje, J. B. Denton on 



Jucatioa and natural history 

 Employer* and employed .... 

 j_m, estimate of a JJ <? 



Fowfi, Royal .......... 5l c 



Fmit trees, composition for .... os c 



Holcui saccharatus 54 c 



Jackaoa's (Messrs.) nursery .. ho c 



• o • • 



60 

 53 

 60 



a 



e 

 c 

 a 



b 



" Knowledge ia Power," rev 55 b 



Liunean Society 55 a 



Manuring, subterranean 63 a 



Myart (Mr.) death of 5fi a 



Natural history, ignorance of .. 53 a 



Pathology, vegetable b'i a 



Pear seeds. 54 a 



1 CdrS| I Hrl \ ■ t • « • • • a • • • « • a f • • • • • ** * C 



Plants, new 53 a 



Potato, fluke 55 a 



Pus<*y, Mr 58 c 



Rhododendrons, grafted 53 6 



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 



William E. Rendle & Co., Union Road, Plymouth. 



w 



HITE 



MANGOLD 



BELGIAN 

 WURZEL, &c- 

 sou for 54 6 at the lowest market prices. — Apply to 



Root-grating machine 60 6 j., „ • _ _ r • rr^if tv 



WILLIAM E. RENDLE & CO., Seed Merchants, Plymouth. 



CARROT, 

 Several Tons to be disposed of 



SUTTON'S SHORT SEED LIST. 



SUTTON'S SHORT SEED LIST, containing only 

 the most desirable sorts, will be sent post free, in 

 return for one penny postage draft or receipt stamp. 



Sutton & Sons, Seed Growers, Reading, Berks. 



Rye-gras», Mr. Telfer's 57 e 



Society of Arts , 60 c 



Things, common 53 c 



Trees, forest 51 e 



Tropseol urns, to increase 53 c 



Vegetable pathology 53 a 



Wheat, Payne's Defiance 60 c 



Woodlice, to kill 54 a 



Woods and forests 51 c 



NEW SEEDS JUST HARVESTED can now be 

 obtained of the most genuine description, from 



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



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 

 The WINTER MEETING will take place at the Society's 

 House, 21, Regent Street, on TUESDAY, February 6, from 



12 4 p.m. 



T EMLWORTH. — THE GRAND ANNUAL 



IV EXHIBITION of FLOWERS. FRUITS, and VEGE- 

 TABLES (open to all exhibitors), will be held (by permission) 

 among the Ruiris of Kenilworth Castle, on WEDNESDAY, 

 4th of July next, when Prizes on the usual liberal scale will be 

 swarded. Further particulars will be duly announced. 

 Priory Gardens, Warwick, Jan. 23. J. Cheyne, Sec. 



pARDENERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT INSTI- 



VJ TUTION.— At a General Meeting of the Subscribers to 

 this Institution, held on Wednesday, the 17th inst., at the Horti- 

 cultural Society's Rooms, Regent Street, for the purpose of 

 ecting Three Pensioners on the Funds of the Society, the foi- 

 owing was the result of the Ballot :— 



CANDIDATES. 



RENDLE'S PRICE CURRENT and GARDEN 

 DIRECTORY for 1855 is now published, p? ice 6d. 

 To be had of all Booksellers, and from 

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



PRICED NURSERY CATALOGUES. 



A PAUL and SON will be happy to forward the 

 • following priced Nursery CATALOGUES in return for 

 one postage stamp each:— A, Roses; B, Ornamental Trees 

 and Conifers; C, Fruit Trees; D, Herbaceous Plants; F, 

 Greenhouse Plants, &c; G, Seeds; II, Hollyhocks - r J,. 

 Bulbs.— Nurseries, Cheshunt, Herts. 



»_ 



chants, Plymouth. 



M 



Name. 



Application. 



• _•■••• t •• 



Age. 



Votes. 



•Mill, 



••••• . . . . 



John Appleby 



Cornelius Robinson 

 Henry Schneider . 



JohnBlacke 



Kobert Oliver 



William T hacker . 

 Charles Charlton . 

 Elizabeth Curtis 



Joseph Jeffree- „.. 



John Kent ..... 



George Kidd.. ...*.... 

 ♦TohnLawson „...., 

 James Smith .........] 



Ann Arnold ' 



Thomas Blair " 



Frederick Burnet 

 William Dungate 

 Alexander Gregory 



. W ILLIAM TlIOENTON 



He?rv i h ifn r ^ an dec x lared Eli zabeth Curtis, Robert Oliver, ind 



Sd pif • er ' as havin S ihe neatest number of Votes, duly 

 elected Pensioners on this Charity. 



14 Ti^.^,.1 t> E. R. Cutler, Secretary. 



~^__'I!^^ 18. 



T mTmr?? 81111118, ROYAL BENEVOLENT 



8i Dcerethank S M f V X -~"?? ,Iv 1 KKNT desires to return his most 

 the lu nlJ° thos f fnends *ho so kindly supported him at 



"npportartbf ri D \* lld . hopes to be favoured ;with their further 

 -H!__i_i5_Elecl^n in June next. 



ARDENER3 



Tenth 



62 



348 



Eighth 



77 - 



289 



Seventh 



88 



441 



Fourth 



80 



57 



Four tli 



72 



481 



Fourth 



67 



46 



Third 



68 



130 



Third 



70 



517 



Third 



62 



41 



Third 



72 



89 



Third 



69 



163 



Second 



76 



26 



Second 



69 



25 



First 



63 



86 



First 



70 



158 



First 



53 



71 



First 



69 



20 



First 



62 



69 



First 



69 



9 



^ Bp« a - BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION- 



tkwks to th. k E, .^. KB ' of Ford - Wilts . returns his grateful 

 election as » *»!!• scnbe js who go kindly supported him on his 

 ~-i__i__wwner of the above institution'-Jan. 27. 



-^ th*nk^ !i LiVER be g a *o return his very grateful 



BENEVOr Fvt it member8 of the GARDENERS' ROYAL 

 for Wm at th P iL ^STITUTION. who have so kindly voted 

 -^^JateelPctio n.-Sheffleld. Jan. 24. 



T s HRU K ES > FOREST TREES, EVERGREEN 



•Pplication to wvf ' Catalo Rues of the above may be had on 



- ®* A »n. ."" Barra tt, Wakefield. 



•— _ quantity of tine Transplanted Whi te Thorns. 



W IL UAM MASTFIW »n A S nS N 'i| C , A - l 



th * fo!Ioirin/E g tubers with the Chinese mode of culture at 

 4 Tubers : ~~ 

 10 Ditto '" - - £0 10 Of 50 Tubers £5 5 



^rtedColWh-;;- X c 2 6 ' 10 ° Ditt0 10 



for lar^nl S ?f Vegetable Seeds, from 10*. 6<Z. to (>3s., 

 ^ ^__J_r^njangarde n a .—Exotic Nurser y , Canterbury' 



CEMETERIES. 



MASTERS and SON 



having been 



WnajAM 



S^take the i^v?^ 8 ^ 6 Cemetery works, are prepared to 



a E0Und S, Mwin NG 0UT and PLANTING NEW 



S e "fcest Act of p ? R the 0raam ^nting such as are closed by 

 ^Tfcfcs & gov t l ! ament r ty contract or otherwise.— William 

 . ^-^JLggape^Gard eners, Ca nterbury. 



"w^ C A I N _ff7 BERING "GERANIUM. 



\ GainpA S C . a r L E T UNIQUE. 

 ; f^einl7i?i°^ form the nobility, gentry, and 



- «wv e be aU Hfui that . he can supply strong healthy plants 

 h?*. ProducTnJ ^. ^ l T ane ty. In habit it is like Kollisson's 



V* ^hihitS S ma P lfic ent trusi 

 2* w 8 •SL^.the Chiswick and Royal Botanic Horticnl- 



trusses of brilliant scarlet flowers. 



-< : n^* ] ^ it 



aiS? for beddiJ J P f l COn8i i er . ed a ^ €at no^lty, and well 



«W*?PHve Ust nf e i 8 - €n t0 com P €n «*te for carriage. 

 ** an ^ f__/_*.?fj!f« law Collection of Pelargoniums, 



Hard- 



ureery. 



Uf t F*ncyTa ri „.;i ll! arge Collection of Pelargc 

 ^^ h ^^y^f^^ Greenhouse, and 



^ y ^e, Battel «ir° at free » b ^ applying at the K 



«ea, g urrey. 



H ULCUS SACCHARATUS, OR CHINESE 

 SUGAR CANE. — For a full description, see the 

 leading article in the Gardeners' Chronicle, by Pro- 

 fessor Lindley, page 35, January 20, 1855. 



William E. Rendle & Co., Seed Merchants, have just im- 

 ported from France an excellent parcel of Seeds, which will be 

 sold in sealed packets at Is. and 2*. 6d, each, post free.— Apply to 



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

 HOLCUS SACCHARATUS, OR CHINESE SUGAR CANE. 



SUTTON and SONS can supply this Seed genuine 

 as imparted in sealed packets at Is. or 2s. 6d. each. 

 Post Free. 



For description and uses, see Gardeners' Chronicle, Dec. 30th, 

 1S54, p. 835.— Sutton & Sons, Seed Growers, Reading. 



__ I POMCEA RUBRO Cy_RULEA. 



£\ EORGE ROBERTS begs to acquaint the Seed 



y* Trade that he can supply the above choice seed at a con- 

 siderable reduction on the prices of past years. 

 32, M oorgate S t reet, London. , , ' ' 



SEEDLING FOREST TREES AND SHRUBS^ 



r\AVID REID and SON, Nurserymen and 



-*-* Florists, Leith Walk, Edinburgh, beg to direct the atten- 

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



Catalogues free on application. 



YEWS FOR HEDGES. 



XpDWARD SANG and SONS, Kirkaldy, liave for 



-*—- sale, at a low price, a large quantity of fine healthy YEWS, 

 once, twice, and three times transplanted, in various sizes, from 

 12 to 30 inches hig h. 



TO THE TRADE. 



T ROY, Jun., Seedsman, Aberdeen, has pot to hand 



«-* • a consignment of 35 bales of very superior CUBA BAST. 

 The hales weigh about l^cwt. each. Price forwarded on application. 



^ — i — ■ " ■ ... _ . — . ■— . ^— ^ —_ i » ■— ^— ^^^— — __~_^ 



JOHN HOLLAND can supply, in strong plants, the 

 heaviest Lancashire Show GOOSEBERRIES (named), of 

 excellent flavour, and large size, at 6s. per dozen, on receipt of 

 Post-olhce order, payable to John Holland, Bradshaw Gardens, 

 Middleton, near Manche ster. 



MANGO LD~WURZEL SEED! 



TO BE SOLD, LONG RED and YELLOW 

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

 R. S. Hews, Kelvedon, Essex. 



IMPORTANT TO SEEDSMEN AND OTHERS. 



TO BE SOLD by a Grower, at a moderate Price, 

 300 Bushels of GREEN GLOBE TURNIP SEED, all of 

 the growth of 1854, first-rate in sample, and stock warranted. To 

 be sold in small or large quantities, at the option of the purchaser. 

 —Apply to Mr. Wm. Taylor, Nashenden Farm, Rochester, Kent. 



TO BE SOLD immediately, fine sound DUTCH 

 BULBS, just arrived, at about half catalogue price. They 

 consist of every description of Hyacinth, Tulip, Anemones, 

 Ranunculi! , Narcissus, &c— For particulars of price, apply, by 

 letter, to Mr. John Williams, 9 and 10, St. Bride's Avenue, 

 Fleet Street, London. 



ASH-LEAVED KIDNEY POTATOES. 



TO BE SOLD, a quantity of this valuable POTATO, 

 sound and pure, at bs. per 4 stoues. They will be put on to 

 the Railway without additional charge, excepting cost price of 

 bags.— Apply to John Beldon, Gardener, last Abbey, Rich- 

 mond, York s hire. 



THE EARLY CHAMPION ASHLEAF. 



JOSEPH WILSON, Seedsman, Ipswich, begs to call 



^ the attention of Growers and the Trade to the New ASH- 

 LEAF called the EARLY CHAMPION," as being decidedly 

 the finest ever yet introduced ; it is more Iproiific, finer flavour 

 hardier, and about 10 days earlier than any other Ashleaf; out 

 of an acre planted last season there was not a single dise ed 

 root found. Price 125. per bushel, free to London, and no charge 

 for sac ks. Ord ers must be accompanied with a rem ittance. 



rpHB FLUKE POTATO.— A new second earJy 



-»- variety, surpassing every other in its capability of resisting 

 the Potato disease, and without exception the finest and most 

 prolific Potato in cultivation. Price per cwt., 155., bags included. 



To be had genuine of THORNHILL & DICKSON, Lawrence 

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



-■■■-— — ..■■■■■ , . . - 



HTHE 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 genuin n 

 an quantity lift*, per bushel of 56 lbs.— Apply to John Hollani 

 Bradbhaw Gardens. Middleton, near Manchester. 



^Post-othce Orders to_beraade payable at Middleton, Lancashire; 



GERMAN FLOWER SEEDS. 



A/TOSCHKOWITZ and SIEGL1NG, Erfurt, beg to 



inform 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, Feu- 

 church Street, London. _^_^ 



OBERT KENNEDY, Agent for Messrs. Platz and 



Son, Seed Growers, Erfurt, has much pleasure in announefng 

 he has received their Catalogue of Flower and Vegetable Seeds 

 for the trade for 1855, which abounds with new articles of great 

 interest, and will be forwarded, per post, on application to 

 R. Kennedy, Bedford Conservatory, Covent Garden, London. 



P.S. Also, R. Kennedy's General Catalogue of British and 

 Foreign Ferns forwarded on receipt of si x postage stamps. 



EARLY DANIEL O'ROURKE PEAS] 



JG. W AITE begs to inform the Trade that he i 

 • ready to execute orders for this valuable early Pea. 

 can be bad on application. 



Seed Establishment, 18 1 T High Holhorn, London. 



NEW CAULIFLO wTrI "~~ 



WAITE'S "ALMA," far superior to Walcheren, 

 very large and firm heads. Price to the trade 245. per lb. ; 

 smaller quantities 2s. 6d. per oz. No orders attended to for less 

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

 Holbom , Lond on. 



GOLDEN DROP GREEN FLESH MELOr^ 



Six Seeds for Is. 6d. 



TT7ILLIAM WOOD axd SON beg to inform their 



» * Friends and the Public that they have sold their stock of 

 Seeds of the above superior Melon to Mr. Edward Tilev, Nur- 

 seryman, 14, Abbey Churchyard, Bath, who will be happy to 

 suppl y orders for the same. 



COLE'S 



is now 

 Price 



CRYSTAL WHITE, X 



RED CELERY. 



COLE'S DWARF 



T THORNELEY, COLE, & Co., Nurserymen, Seeds- 



" • men, and Florists, Withington, near Manchester, beg to 

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

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



CRYSTAL WHITE, J oz. packets, free by post, for 12 stamps. 



SUPERB DWARF RED, 4 oz.pkts., free by post, for 9 stamps. 

 Price per lb. to the Trade on app lication. 



PYRAmTdAL PEAR TREES, 

 Grafted on the Quince Stocks. 



J and J. FRASER have still to offer strong trees of 

 • the above PEARS; a Descriptive Catalogue of the sorts- 

 may be had on application. To prevent disappointment early 

 orders are requested, as the Stock of some of the varieties is 

 getting low. — The Nurseries, Lea Br idg e Road, 



RANUNCULUSES, ANEMONES, LILIUM LANCIFOLIUM, 

 CALOCHORTUS LUTEUS, CALLIPRORA FLAVA, 

 GLADIOLUS. TRITON EA AUREA, DIELYTRA SPEC- 

 TABILIS, YALLOTA PURPUREA, ANOMATHECA 

 CRUENTA, AND AURICULAS. 



HENRY GROOM, Clapham Rise, near London, 

 by Appointment Florist to hir Majesty, begs to say 

 that he has a fine Selection of the above BULBS, &c, which he 

 can supply at Moderate Prices. His Catalogue will be forwarded 

 on app lication. 



GENERAL SEED ESTABLISHMENT, NORTHAMPTON. 



JOHN JEYES begs leave to inform his Patrons and 

 Friends that his general stock of ^»»eds is now complete, and 

 that he shall feel obliged by their early ordt . He has a good 

 supply of all those various Seeds his Establishment has long been 

 celebrated for, such as- 

 Matchless Cabbage J Snow's Green Cos Lettuce 

 Imperial Cos Lettuce | „ Broccoli 

 Conqueror Pea J Northampton Market Broccoli 

 Blood Red Beet Giant Asparagus, 

 Dwarf Prolific Bean 1 <v e. &c. 



RHUBARB ROOTS for FORCING or PLANTING. 

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

 and LINNJXS, MITCHELL'S ROYAL ALBERT, at 65. per 

 doz.; HOWARD'S PRINCE ALBERT, 125. 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. M YATT and SONS. 

 Manor Farm, Peptford, Jan. 27. 



CHEAP AND GOOD CINERARIAS.— 

 Fine flowering plants from Turner's best seed in large 

 60 and 43 pots, just coming into bloom, at from 4s. to 65. per dozen. 

 Also fine plants of named varieties, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. 

 S. Herbert, Adela Villiers, Garland, Constellation, Ladv H. 

 Campbell, Kate Kearney, Flora M'lvor, EtoiJe de Venus, &c, 

 a t 95. per loz en.— Wood & Ingra m, Kurs er . Huntingdon. 



ARTHUR HENDERSON and CO. beg leave to 

 inform their patrons and friends that their Stock of VEGE- 

 TABLE and FLOWER SEEDS (containing many choice and 

 new kinds) is now ready for Rending out. 

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



of first-rate quality, and true to their sorts. Catalogue- mar ho 



had on application.— Fine Apple Place, Edgeware Road, London. 



