4— 1-' ,5 



-rrS^^^TT^Tv^FAVOURITE PEA (NEW). 



oi^ S ^ARTHUR DICKSON and SONS, 



-n 4 VCb -">**_, Chester, have much satisfaction in 



f ^d *^£*«5 Pea which they believe they are per- 

 vJgStaSS^ the 'best and most prolific Early Pea 



SSw^ 00 -. -.a =Mebr side with all the best early and second 

 Vhtf been tor Slae \ ni ha8 h«en pronounced by many 



J. pets « f "*,." g SW it under the circumstances to be much 

 ^L*^ ene "I.K-ofits season hitherto introduced. 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



51 



^1*^.-- r itg seaS on mmerio niuuuuwu. 



0^ *$!£$* * eek Iater than the "Early Emperor" 

 ^€8 (m w°« g about;4 feet high, and produces 



MM^^f f^don of pods, which contain on an average 10 



Thompson, see Gardeners' 

 Pint. 2s. Messrs. Hurst & 



[** »JT infusion of pods, wmcu 



C*^o t2 fi?i)er U Quart; per Pint, w. »e»«. ™"»*" 

 W* ^e Vrimim &c. f 6, Leadenhall Street, wholesale London 

 M'tfrxi^ f easni * , ^^ most Nurserymen and Seedsmen 



A***"' *fL rnited Kingdom.— N. B. The Trade supplied on 

 S^^ ut ^ 1?6 Eastgate Street, Chester; (and 14, Corpora- 



ti0B — NEW PEA. 



j K.FKs. Seed Merchant and Grower, 



w 



EPFS, 



-r'.t„«tane has much pleasure in offering the following 

 • " 1 £» 1 it -will give the highest satisfaction. 

 *\^pt? RAGLAN, OR IMPROVED MAMMOTH. 



p-i selected from Hair's dwarf Mammoth two years 

 TWi \j iaunauestionably the best and finest in cultivation, 

 •*■?* -i^nrnve to be the standard Pea of the day It is a dwarf 

 *** ^wKSfd marrow of very large size, and an immense 

 *** StWt dwarf, branching 3 to 4 feet high, producing 

 cropper ' nWprs of large bright green pods from the base of the 

 fTS^Md" similar in shape to the Scimitar, but of 

 bM ^_i« veO filled with seven to ten Peas, which are larger 

 _Fa« British Queen, and equal, if not superior in its flavour. 

 "S- *Tntf Quart. Wholesale Prices to be had on application. 



Pnce,W.jW r H u » , M»Mttt.tttv fcppd Merchants 



\i Messrs. Hukst and M'Mullen 

 ' 1 Street, London 



Seed Merchants, 



Agent: 



— "PARKER begs to offer the following : — 



• CINERARIAS (Seedlings), from all the finest varieties, 

 ««__I1y selected, including the new varieties sent out last autumn, 

 mime established plants, in 4-inch pots, at 4*. per d«zen. A 

 Sa collection of named Cinerarias in strong established 

 •tots, purchaser's selection, at 9$. per dozen 



EOSES consisting of the best varieties of Hybrid Perpetuals, 

 Teas Bourbons, Ac, well established in pots. Purchaser's selec- 

 titTait 125 per dozen. List of names forwarded upon application. 



A remittance or reference to accompany all orders from 



enknown correspondents. 



Paradjaejlursery, jlornse y Road, Islington. 



SUPERB LATE WHITE BROCCOLI-" EMPEROR." 



P. DIXON having purchased the entire stock 



of the above Broccoli of Messrs. Elletsons, Market Gar- 



i Thomgnmbald, near Hull, begs to announce that he is 



prepared to send it out in sealed packets at 25. 6d. each. This 

 Broccoli has been raised by the Messrs. Elletsons, the raisers of 

 tic Mammoth, sent out some time ago, who state that the 

 EMPEROR, if sown at the same time, will come into use before 

 it Is of very dwarf growth, perfectly hardy, with heads from 

 15 fl». to 20 lbs. weight; keeps its colour, and stands firm three 

 wwfcs after it is ready to cut. A noble flower, and commands the 

 best price of any other in the Hull market, where it is well 

 known, and will be a great acquisition to the market gardeners 

 around London, as well as those who wish for a first-rate 



Broccoli. 



PURE MAMMOTH BROCCOLI.— Numerous applications 

 fctving been made to Messrs. Elletsons last season for Seed of the 

 Pure Mammoth Broccoli, they determined to allow a flat to stand 

 for Seed, carefully selected from the original stock, producing 

 heads from 18 lbs. to 25 lbs. each. E. P. D. having purchased the 

 stock of this celebrated Broccoli, is prepared to send it out in 

 packets at 2s. 6d. each. 



Each may be had of Messrs. Noble, Cooper, & Bolton, 152, 

 fleet Street; and Messrs. Hurst & M'Mcllev, 6, Leadenhall 

 Street. London. Also of the Advertisers 57, Q ueen Street, Hull. 



VEW SEEDLING POTATO— THE CHAMPION 



*.. t, KIDNEY. 



This Potato bears a great resemblance to that fine old Potato, 



m Ashleaf Kidney ; it possesses the following good qualities 

 «i*the Ashleaf. If planted at the same time it will be ten days 

 JJditL all the sets always vegetate well, and do not die off in the 

 ground as the Ashleaf does; 2 pecks of seed will produce a 

 PHter weight of Potatoes than 3 pecks of the Ashleaf. It is 

 JWi equal to that in flavour, and is eatable during the whole 

 Wer. Sets that have had the shoots broken off five or six 

 PJ 1 ^ tn « spring will vegetate again as if it had been the 

 wnoot About twenty Gentlemen and Gardeners who had 

 *•* to plant last season have assured me that they never before 



w£*l * t0 t0 equal if > and 8hou,d continue to grow it as a 

 from at0, Numerooi orders have been already received 



STii?**' who saw il Rowing during the last summer. It 

 «oeen grown and thoroughly proved for the last four years, 

 Jjwrad to be less liable to disease than any other Potato that 

 not *!? % T0 7. rL ^«t °f 25 sacks grown this season there was 



8_m ■ dlsmed p °t&to among them. 

 Htoli n q . ua ? tities of not less than 1 peck ; they will be sent 

 CSrfr p * cka 5« f ree, at 5*. 6rf. per peck, or 4 pecks for 11., 

 JijIES] A remittance in cash must accompany all orders, 

 *well t * monnts ^ penny postage stamps. Purchasers would 

 XDWAPn e i heneare8t raiI *ay station to their residence. 



U TJ LEY > NUBgBRTKAN, SEEDSMAN, & FLORIST, 



Mi Abbey Church Yard, Bath, Somerset. 



AMERICAN NURSERY. 



GEORGE BAKER'S DESCRIPTIVE CATA- 

 LOGUE of AMERICAN PLANTS, &c, as exhibited by 

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

 by inclosing two postage stamps. 



G. B. begs to call attention to his fine stock of Weeping 

 Hollies, Coniferous Plants, Ornamental Shrubs, &c— American 

 Nursery, Windlesham, near Bagshot, Surrey, near Staines 

 Station, South- Western Railway, where conveyances may be 



obtained. 



'"AMERICAN PLANTS. 



JOHN WATERER begs to announce that he has 

 published a new Catalogue of his Rhododendrons, &c, as 

 exhibited by him in the Gardens of the Royal Botanic Society, 

 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 

 St ation, South- Western Railway. 



AMERICAN PLANTS. — A Descriptive Priced 

 CATALOGUE of HARDY AMERICAN PLANTS for 



the coming season is just published, and may be had by enclosing 

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

 Plants is grown to an unequalled extent at this Nursery, intending 

 purchasers would do well to provide them selves with this Catalogue. 

 WATERER and GODFREY, Nephews and Successors to the 

 late Hosea Waterer, KnapHill Nursery, Woking, Surrey. 



WDRUMMOND and SONS' NEW DESCRIP- 

 • TIVE CATALOGUE, containing select varieties only, 

 of VEGETABLE and FLOWER SEEDS is now ready, and may 

 be had post free on receipt of one postage stamp. This Catalogue 

 will, at a glance, furnish the Gardener with all the necessary 

 material for drawing out his Seed List correctly and without 

 trouble. In reference to it the Gardeners 1 Chronicle remarks : — 



n It is simple, short, and one of the best we have seen. They 

 are pursuing the sensible course we have so often insisted upon 

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

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

 W. Drummqnd & Soars' Seed and Imp l e ment Warehouse, Stirling. 



GODFREY'S BLACK SPINE. 



Splendid and Prolific Frame Cucumber. 



WOOD and INGRAM beg to offer seeds of the 

 above beautiful variety. Colour, magnificent dark green, 

 with a very fine bloom; average length, 18 to 21 inches, and 

 produces in great abundance through an entire season. Packets, 

 containing 12 seeds, 25. 6d. ; 6 ditto, Is. 6d. 



W. & I. will be happy to refer any persons wishing further 

 information respecting the variety to three or four Noblemen and 

 Gentlemens' Gardeners who have grown it, and prefer it to any 



other. 

 London Agents : Messrs. Hurst & M'Mullen, 6, Leadenhall 



Street. 

 W. & I. have also the following esteemed varieties to offer, in 



packets, 1*. each, containing 12 seeds: — 



Sion House I Sagg's Royal Exhibition 



Barnes's Fearnought I Conqueror of the West 



Walker's Prolific Improved Sion House 



Constantine's Incomparable. I Manchester Hero. 



Huntingdon Nurseries, January 27. 



SPECIMEN IRISH YEWS. 



T~ HOMAS JACKSON and SON, having a large 

 Stock of fine specimens of this very ornamental tree, beg to 

 offer them at the undernamed low prices. 



8 to 9 feet high, and 8 feet in circumference... 635. OriJ. each. 



8 i. 



7 to 8 * 



6 to 7 „ 



6 



and 4 to 5 feet 

 and 4 feet 

 and 3 to 4 feet 

 and 3 feet 



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21 

 15 

 10 



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Handsome smaller specimens at proportionately lower prices. 

 Kingston, Surrey. 



""" VEGETABLE AND FLOWER: SEEDSl 



PETER LAWSON and SON beg leave to intimate 

 to their English customers and the public that they are 

 prepared to supply from their London establishment assortments 

 of 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. & Son have also t» intimate that they will shortly issue 

 their LIST of AGRICULTURAL SEEDS, all of which have 

 been carefully saved from the most select stocks. 



Liberal arrangements will be made for the carriage of their 



seeds to all quarters. 



PETER LAWSON and SON, 

 Queen's Seedsmen, Wood Foresters, &c, for Scotland, and to 

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

 Westminster, London. 



~~Vl E C ETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS. 



JAMES DICKSON and SONS beg to intimate to 

 their Patrons and the Public that, having now completed 

 their stock of GARDEN and FLOWER SEEDS for this season, 

 from the best growers and truest stocks, they are now prepared 

 to send them out, making arrangements for carriage likely to 

 meet the views of all parties who may favour them with their 

 commands. Priced Catalogues may be had on application. 



J. D. & Sons would also call attention to their AGRICUL- 

 TURAL SEEDS, which have been carefully grown under their 

 own inspection, from selected stock, priced lists of which will be 

 ready shortly.— Nursery and Seed Warehouse, 8B, South Hanover 

 Street, Edinburgh. 



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ESTABLISHED ABOUT HALF A CENTURY. 



B ASS AND 



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BROWN 



I 



NEW 



SEED 



LIST 



IS NOW READY, 



AND CONTAINS EVERYTHING WHICH CAN BE DESIRED OF THE CHOICEST, 



NEW, AND OTHER VEGETABLES. 



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



jn - ASSORTED COLLECTIONS OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



^°- 1 Coliectinrt f ^^ °f thtwry 1> €S t in cultivation, cannot fail to give the most complete satisfaction. 



* ttt ** «il_#?_i? 1, _ a lar S e &- rd en, containing quan- 



lWQ m «a*Uer proportion 2 



A FEW CHOICE 



2^°* 8 to lo PoJ^f ^ Tj AN > or Improved Mammoth, pro- 

 •ftautfon * Pod, and allowed to be the finest 



£$'* MONAfcrtt " x „ P er quart 5 *' 0d - 



IT Pea cuiMv.#ii H ' new tal1 marrow, and the largest 



JiKBEARiJa l» w v- per quart 5 



SS 11 * 1 harrow J EW NONPAREIL, a delicious new 



^W grower cnm£ ?' e ? t P rod «ce and fine pods, a very 



The I __» TJ, * in Wore the Champion of England 



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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NEW VARIETIES OF PEAS. 



MEIN'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. &f. 



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

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

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



SEED 



List t x? "*"«« me unampion oi England z t> unampioi ngiana, ana ocner nest sorts. 



to h^^R SEEDS will also be found, as usual, very select. Goods Carriage free (not under 20j.) 

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



CRASS SEEDS 



CUTTON'S GRASS SEEDS (Carriage Free). 



& NATURAL GRASS SEEDS FOR PERMANENT 

 PASTURES, separate or mixed, expressly to suit the soil. 

 — Messrs. Sutton and Sons having for many years paid 

 especial attention to the examination of Natural Pastures, and 

 tbe collecting of the Grasses which thrive in the various soils of 

 Great Britain and Ireland, are enabled to supply the sorts and 

 quantities of Seeds, varied to suit the soil for which they are 

 intended, The cost will vary from 24s. to 30s. per acre, 

 according to the sorts and quantities the soil requires. 



FINE LAWN GRASS SEEDS, for making New or improving 

 Old Lawns, price Is. per pound, 2s. 6d. per gallon, or 20*. 

 per bushel. For forming new Lawns, 2J bushels, or 50 lbs., is 

 the quantity required per acre. 



FINE GRASS AND CLOVER SEEDS FOR IMPROVING 

 OLD PASTURES (Sutton's Renovating Mixture). Quantity 

 required per acre, 8 lbs. to 12 lbs. price 9d. per lb. 



N.B. It will be seen above that we have greatly re- 

 duced the prices of our Grass Seeds this season, especially 

 the fine Lawn Seeds and " Sutton's Renovating Mixture" 

 for impr'oving Meadows and Pastures ; and we doubt not 

 that our liberal charges will induce a more general prac- 

 tice of sowing our superior hinds of Grass Seeds. 



Sutton & Sons, Seed Growers, Reading, Berks. 



ENDLE'S COMPLETE COLLECTIONS OF 



KITCHEN GARDEN SEEDS are now ready. 



They can be had to suit various sized Gardens at tfie 

 following prices : 



No. 1 COLLECTION £3 



-* jj ••• •■« ••• ■«• — u 



O yy a#V III •*• ••« 1 O 



* yy ••• ••• ••• ••• V It) 



The quantities are fully detailed in their " Price Current and 

 Garden Directory," a new edition of which is just published. 

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



Established 68 Years. 



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MELVILLE'S HARDY SCOTCH BROCCOLI 

 will stand the most severe winter, and therefore 

 invaluable. 100 Seeds for Is. 



For full description, see " Rendle's Price Current and Garden 

 Directory for 1855." 



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





MELVILLE'S TKEBLE CURLED GARNISH- 

 ING BORECOLE.— This it the choicest and most 

 useful Vegetable for garnishing ever introduced, and 

 should be grown in every garden. 200 Seeds for Is. 



For description see "Rendle's Price Current and Garden 

 Directory for 1855." 



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



MELVILLE'S NEW INTERMEDIATE HY- 

 BRID CABBAGE.— This is a valuable addition 

 to our stock of Vegetables, and should be had by all who 

 have gardens. 200 Seeds for Is. 



For description see "Rendle's Price Current and Garden 

 Directory for 1855." 



William E. Rendle & Co., Seed Merchants, Pl ymonth. 



NUKbEKY AND &EE.D ESTABLISHMENT, SLEAFORD. 



CHARLES SHARPE and CO., Seed Growers, beg 

 most respectfully to invite the attention of the trade to 

 their very superior Stocks of GARDEN and AGRICULTURAL 

 SEEDS, all of which have been carefully grown by themselves. — 

 Catalogues of prices may be had on application. 



<WO new CUCUMBERS— "SIR COLIN CAMP- 



BELL" and "GENERAL CANROBERT."— For the full 

 Description of the above two unequalled Cucumbers, and the 

 List of EDWARD TILEYS Collection of Cucumbers and 

 Melons, which have all been thoroughly proved, see Advertise- 

 ment and Cut in the Gardeners' Chronicle of January 13, 1855. 



Sir Colin Campbell 3s. 6d. per packet. 



General Canrobert 3 6 „ 



A packet of either of the Melons mentioned in the former 

 Advertisement will be given to the Purchaser of the above two 

 Cucumbers. A remittance in cash or penny postage stamps 

 must accompany every order, and the whole or any part (as the 

 case may be) will be immediately forwarded. 



EDWARD TILEY, Nurseryman, Seedsman, and Florist, 

 14, Abbey Church Yard, Bath, Somersetshire. 



E\it <&ufts witxg C hronicle. 



SATURDAY, JANUARYS, 1855. 



# 



The following stereotyped paragraph, we suppose 

 proceeding from the Treasury, has appeared in such 

 of the morning papers as would insert it. 



• The instructions to the surveyors (Messrs. J. Mathews, W. 

 Murton, and W. Menzies), appointed by the Treasury to report 

 on the royal forests maintained for the growth of navy timber, 

 with their reports thereon, have been laid before parliament. 

 After having delivered five separate reports, referring to ques- 

 tions which had arisen with respect to various details of manage- 

 ment, the surveyors were directed to frame a general report 

 regarding the condition, management, capabilities, and future 

 prospects of the royal forests they had visited — viz., Alice Holt, 

 Woolmer, Bere, Parkhurst, New Forest, Dean Forest, High 

 Meadowwood. and Delamere. These forests contain altogether 

 about 103,150 acres, but the surveyors consider that the beneficial 

 interest of the Crown may be represented by ab 30,000 acres 

 of young plantations; and not only, they aay, Is the state 

 of those plantations " such as to merit approval, but, having 

 reference to their regularity, growth, and prospective ulti- 

 mate development, they are not surpassed by auy forest 

 property in the kingdom." A calculation of their value 

 leads the surveyors to the conclusion that they were ' a 

 profitable and most advantageous investment of public money, 

 though for the first period of their growth they appear to 

 make but small return upon their original outlay.* The sur- 

 veyors are of opinion that the present local management is carried 

 on with skill and ability; they deprecate the system of thinning 

 with reference to annual profit, instead of ultimate crop ; and 

 they also object strongly to the system upon which timber is now 

 supplied to the Royal Navy, as that department ■ should not be 

 permitted to require more than the forests can supply consistently 

 with a due consideration of their permanent welfare/ Th« 

 express their belief that at the end of another centurv the navy 

 will be mainly dependent upon these forests for its supply of 

 timber; they point out the mistake which has been committed in 

 taking so much large timber from the forests within the last few 

 years, during a period when the price has been unusually low; 

 and the report concludes with an observation on the importance 

 of securing the services of intelligent and thoroughly experienced 

 gentlemen to discharge the very onerous duties of deputy sur- 

 veyors." 



In order to determine the value of such a 



8 T_rr\Tx "*" - 1 ■■-■ - •' " • " *" uiuer iu uetemnne me vame oi snen a 



« HORTICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENT, SUDBURY, SUFFOLK, j document as that of which the above professes to be 



