THE 



mONICLE 



AND 



AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



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



INDEX. 



lAimeaet 



Cibicu, horticultural 



^Tipicultural 



Olru, rcariu? of 



• ■ • 



^•weet-icwted 



cir, Co«W^« 



Climate of M<* 



Common thingi. 



Cottapttf comfort* 



Datum certtocaulon 



Dilf i>)f, pri« of 



ffftmumBcea 



flew, cure /or ■ 



food wd its Adulterations, rev. 



food pliut*..... • 



frigi Itomo, oued 



Horse labour, distribution of .. 

 Horticultural Society s garden . 

 Liwexpmes 



69 

 70 

 || 



n 



77 



7* 



69 

 70 



7^ 



77 



69 

 69 

 69 

 69 



70 



63 



7* 

 70 



71 



76 



71 

 74 



7» 

 75 



a 



e 



a 



a 



6 



a 



a 



6 



a 



a 



6 



6 



a 



6 



6 



6 



b 



c 



a 



c 



a 



c 



c 



c 



• • • • • 



Lois-Weedon cultivation 



Manure for Turnips 



Manuring, subterranean 



Mustard-cake sold for Rape- 



C« tie .................. / O <.■— 



Nice, cliniate of 



Pathology, vegetable 



Pear treeB, pyramidal 



Plants, new 



Potato substitutes 



Rape-cake, Mustard-cake sold 



for 



Rhododendrons, grafted 



— standard 



Sraithfield new market 



Spade husbandry 



Stables, boarded floors in I 



Statistics of cattle feeding 



Steam cultivation 



Things, common 



Turnips, manure for 



Vegetable pathology 



Wakefield Farmer's Club . 



WelLingtonia sitrantea 



76 a 



76 



;g b 



-7« 6 

 69 b 

 68 c 

 7'2 c 

 6S 



76 



C 



c 



• • • 



o*^ 



7* e 



70 e 

 69 a 



74 6 

 76 a 



77 

 75 

 75 



69 



63 



76 

 69 



6 



a 

 c 

 a 

 b 



e 

 6 

 c 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 

 The WINTER MEETING will take place at the Societ 

 House, 21, Regent Street, on TUESDAY, February 6, fr< 

 8 to 4 p.m. 



KENILWORTH AND LEAMINGTON HORTI- 

 CULTURAL and FLORICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS 



ftrl855. 

 The KEXILWORTH EXHIBITION will be held (by per- 



Bteion) among the Ruins of Kenilworth Castle, on WED- 

 NESDAY. 4th of July next. 



The SECOND EXHIBITION will be held at the Arboretum, 

 Leamington, on WEDNESDAY, the 22d of August next. 



i 1 particulars will be duly announced. J. Cheyxe, Sec. 



The Priory Gardens, Warwick, Feb. 3. 



IENROLLED AGREEABLY TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT. 



KNITED GARDENERS' BENEFIT SOCIETY, 



vJ Waterloo Arras, Cambcnvell. Surrey. Instituted 1839. 

 This Society (established for Gardeners only under 35 years 

 of age), has proved for 16 years the accuracy and soundness of 

 principle upon which it is founded, namely, the highest amount 

 of benefits to be received by its Members in Sickness, Super- 

 annuation, and Mortality, for the smallest amount of contribution 

 consistent with stability and permanence. The accounts are 

 always open to the inspection of all the members, who have also 

 the control of the expenditure of its funds; it is therefore incum- 

 bent on all, by a small monthly contribution, to provide against 

 the casualties of life, from which none are exempt, by enrolling 

 themselves in a Society of this nature, which guarantees 12s. per 

 jreeic in sickness; &?. and 4*. per week superannuation; XQl. at 

 toe death of a member, and SI. member's wife, for the small 

 contribution of 2s. Bel. per mouth. 

 ^ambe£weH G reen ; Surrey. Charles Stoxell. Secretary. 



TUVID FERGUSON, Landscape Gardener and 



_ Contracting Planter, Stowe, Buckingham. 



WILLIAM 



BARRATT Landscape Gardener 



* * 



Wakefield. 

 Plans and Intimates furnished. 



^yiLLIAM MASTERS 



***** ^ n ^ a » ed u P° n extensive Cemetery works, are prepared 

 S^** the LAYING OUT and PLANTING NK 



E R I 



AND 



E S. 



SON 



having 



been 



to 

 NEW 



£w±TV f 8 *? 11 as th ^ Ornamenting such as are closed by 

 1aS«7aV? of Parliament, by contract or otherwise.— William 

 i^nnt sft So^ J^arrds^apeGa rdeners, Canter bury. 



1 YFn°n L w WURZEL SEED, LONG RED, and 



1854 PriLlli GL013E r wiirranted genuine, and the growth of 

 -p^nctJWjerjtoiL^ Apply to_R. S. Hews, Keiyedon, Essex. 



N E \ SE ^S JUST HARVESTED can now be 

 Wrr? r °f the most Qenuine description, from 



m ^^R^ulej&C o, . , Seed Merchants, Plymouth. 



I K S\ PENZAN CB BROCCOLI, saved by one of 

 ** ^ Per J? f f 0Wers in the neighbourhood of Penza-cc, 



* tw Sr^outh WlLLIAiI E - Rwwub & Co., Seed Mer- 



SrPTTnv * ~ nce Sixpence (or gratis to purchasers 

 Mru/ 7 & - S • ? " (tl Growers, &c, Reading. 



?7»vi As hleaf 



T os EPH.\VTrlnxrT" E " EARLY CHAMPION." 

 to* hisUt ,» &EK nsMAN, Ipswich, begs to state 



Jt* 1 "? splendid - ear,y SEl:D POTATOES comprises the 

 ** fr *e from HiJL letu ' s ' S row " expressly for seed purpose s. 

 IK^^out fS 8 ;, The ••Champte" Ashleaf, 12,., a new 

 10 da ys earlier th 1,rst time this 8cas °n; thev are about 



t roUfic - Jackqnn' n - any otner Ashleaf, finer in flavour and more 

 Aihletf 7, ^ s improved < ly Ashleaf, 9*. ; the Short top 



t^r British o n « npHriel K tfneys, 65. 6rf.; Moss Kidneys, 

 r 1 / *>ame &nTT; J 8 ' U > the earliest round variety known. 



i? don J ao char£ f S 1Jng8 ' Ss ' per bushel - Free * 



^oerg^^^ %v lor sack . A remittance must accompany all 



^»is4n AT0 - 



A new second early 





Jki-.-'Mo diseaw f every other iu its capabilitr of resistin 



iSf p o:at(>inp„i,- 1 . without exception the finest and mos>t 



i°^ h »d eenu ni'^- i?, n ,V , V>,ice P er cwt -- 1 5 , -> bags included. 



r'' -iei • « 5 „ M T U0IiN1IILL & DICKSON, Lawrence 



rp H . JJdJto. 1. \Vi,„. Street, Bristol. 



- 1 rarilv^E KIDNEY p«iTATn_Ti.{-«.w-oii-«* 



h« ^etyhn-T ""- ,i,rjX rui'ATU 



.*: ■ It was d iS?? *««1 nwre prolific th« 



5s 



^i-ottice 



Y POTATO— This excellent 



not pa] crop, being 

 J**as raised i^M-Ti, 1 " P rolific than any other in culti- 



*&id, ^ , foOlbs.-Apply to John Holland, 



Orders foK U •^•Manchester. 



re to be made p ayable at Middleton, Lancashire. 



SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3. 



[Price GcL 





SUTTOW f S SHORT SEED LIST. | 



SUTTON'S SHORT SEED LIST, containing only i 

 *Ae mos^ desirable sorts, will be sent jiost free, in 

 return for one penny postage draft or receipt stamp. 



Sutto n & Sons , Seed Growers, Reading, Berks. 



RENDLE'S PRICE CURRENT "and GARDEN 

 DIRECTORY for 1855 is now published, price 6d. 

 To be had of all Booksellers, and from 

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



ESSRS. J. and H. BROWN'S NEW PRICED 



CATALOGUE can be had by post. American Plants, 

 Coniferae, Orchidea, Stove and Greenhouse Plants, Fruit Trees, 

 &c. A separate List of Garden and Flower Seeds. 

 Albion Nursery, Stoke Newingron, Lo nd < i n . 



BASS and BROWN'S SEED and PLANT LIST 

 for 1855, sent free by post for three penny stamps. . 



It contains as usual a large number of the most attrac- 

 tive and popular new articles, with much descriptive aud \ 

 useful information. 



The AUTUMN PLANT LIST also for three penny stamps. 

 Bass & Brown, Seed and Horticultural Establishment, 

 Sudbury, Su ffolk. 



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; H, Hollyhocks; I, 

 Bulbs. — Nurseries, Cheshunt, Herts. 



LOUISTVAN HOUTTE'S SEED CATALOGUE 

 is to be had at Mr. K. SILBERKAD'S, 5, Harp Lane, 

 Great Tower Street, London. 



"j^RUlT TRbES, FOREST TREES, EVERGREEN 



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

 application to William Barratt, Wakefield. 



fgF A q u an t i tyof _fi ne Transpl anted White Thorns. 



ROBERT KENNEDY, Agent for Messrs. Platz and 

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

 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 

 E. Kennedy, Bedford Conservatory, Covcnt Garden, London. 



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

 Foreign Ferns forwarder on receipt of six postage stamps. 



N £ saT~shrub BY~~C A L C EOLARIAS^ 



MR. HENRY MAJOR, Knosthorpe, near Leeds, 

 begs to announce that a Descriptive Catalogue of his 

 beautiful new Shrubby Calceolarias is now ready, and may be 

 had upon prepaid application. 



Very choice Calceolaria and Pansy Seed, 2.9. 6<l. per packet. 

 Postage stamps are re sp ectfully requested in payment of the seeds. 



pAREY TYSO'S CATALOGUE of FLORISTS' 



v^ FLOWERS for 1855 may be had post free for two label*; 

 TREATISE on RANUNCULUS for eightj labels; ditto on 

 ANEMONE for four labels. 



RANUNCULUSES, 100 splendid named sorts, 40s. to £4 



25 superb seedling ditto ... 1 



j, 100 fine mixtures ... from 85. to 1 



DOUBLE ANEMONES, 50 fine named sorts, 10$. to 



IMPORTED GERMAN SEEDS.— Asters, Balsams, Stocks, 



Larkspurs, Poppies, Zinnias, &c, in named assortments, 2s. 6d. 



each. Ranunculus and Anemone Seeds, 2s. Gd. per packet. 



C. Tyso's sovereign assort ments of 18 select Ranunculus, and 

 18 choice Anemones, postage free for 21s. — Wallingford, Berks. 



N EW CAULIFLOWER. 



TTfAITE'S "ALMA," far superior to Walcheret. 



» ^ very large and firm heads. Price to the trade '2is. per lb., 

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

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

 llolborn, London. 



EARLY DANIEL O'ROURKE PEAS. 



JG. WAIT E begs to inform the Trade that be is now 

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

 can be had on application. 



Seed Establishment, 181, High Holborn, London. 



EARLY WHITE FIELD PEA.— NEW EARLY 

 RACEHORSE— comes off early in July in time for Turnips 

 and is a good cropper. Price 12s. per bushel. 



Sutton & Sons, Seed Growers, Reading. 



w 



SON beg to inform their 



GOLDEN DROP CREEN FLESH MELON, 



Six Seeds for Is. &/. 



1LLIAM WOUD an 



Friends and the Public that they have sold their stock of 

 Seeds of the above superior Melon to Mr. Edward Tiley, Niu- 

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

 .supply orders for the same. 



GOLDEN DROP CREEN-FLESHED MELOI>L 



T CHARTRES and CO. have a limited quantity of 



f ^ • Seed of this splendid variety, which they can with cor- 

 fidence recommend. It is of moderate size, oval shape, and 

 beautiful gold colour. Six seeds, Is. 



Seed Warehouse, 74, King William Street, City, London. 



j) 





 10 





 13 





 

 

 





pOMQJUEKOR OP THE WEST CUCUMBER. 



V> A Packet, containing 12 good seeds of this first-rate Fram«3 

 Cucumber, which for productiveness is second to none, will be 

 sent post free, on receipt of 12 postage stamps, addressed to 

 James Lake, Nurseryman, &c, Bridgewater. 



GENUINE SEEDS. 



TAMES CHARTRES and CO. beg to inform their 



*J patrons and purchasers of Seeds generally that their unri- 

 valled stock is now arranged, and they earnestly solicit early 

 orders, as many choice articles are deficient in quantity this 

 season. A Catalogue may be had upon application. 



Seed Warehouse, 74, King William S treet, City, London. 



GENUINE SEEDS. 



THE MEMBERS OF THE «■ SEED GROWERS 

 SOCIETY," continue to supply genuine AGRICULTURAL, 

 VEGETABLE and FLOWER SEEDS at Growers prices. 

 Lists with price and terms of business maybe had on application 



to the Secretary, John Moss, Jan., Peering. Kelvedon, Es sex. 



IPOMCEA RUBRO OERULEA. 



GEORGE ROBERTS begs to acquaint the Seed 

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

 siderable reduction on tlte prices of past years. 



32, Moorgate Street, London. . 



TO T rTFT R A DL 



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

 • a consignment of 35 bales of very superior CUBA BAST 

 The bales weigh about 1 2 cwt. each. Price forwarded on a ppli< ior 



YEWS FOR HEDGES. 



T^DWARD SANG and SONS, Kirkaldy, have for 



J--J 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 high. 



\\/ HEELER and SON'S SHORT SELECT SEED 



» ' LIST. — Our Priced List of Seeds for this season, contain- 

 ing Descriptions and Prices of the best GARDEN and FLOWER 

 SEEDS, will he forwarded free by post. It is our earnest endea- 

 vour to send out all Seeds, whether for the Garden or Farm, of 

 the very best quality and true to name ; and as many of the Seeds 

 are our own growing, and are proved before sending out, we 

 generally succeed in giving entire satisfaction to our customers. 



We are in doily receipt of most gratifying letters and renewed 

 orders from those ive had the honour of serving last year ; and 

 as we deliver our Seeds Carriage Fi;i;e, we very respectfully 

 solicit the honour of an order from those who have not yet given 

 us a trial.— J. C. Wheeler & Son, Gloucester, Seedsmen to the 

 GlouceBti hire Agricultural Society. 



/ANTED, 



\\ 



/ 



DRUMMOiND and SONS' NEW DESCR1P- 



• TIVE CATALOGUE, containing select varieties only, 

 of VEGETABLE and FLOWER SEEDS is now ready, and may 

 be had post tree 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 Gar V Chronicle remarks: — 



"It is simple, short, and one of the best we hav«' seen. They 

 are pursuing the sensible course have so often insisted upon 

 for the sake of both buyer and seller: M and this opinion lias been 



lially responded to by all our old and many new customer?. 

 W. DRrMMoxn & Sons' Seed and Implement Warehouse, Stirling . 



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 Farnborongh 

 Station, South-Western Railway. 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. 



Liverpool Prices. 



PINE APPLES, 2 lbs. and above 5s. Gd. to 5s. 



CUCUMBERS, each 2s. 6<£., 2s v Is. GU. t to Is. 



ASPARAGUS, per hundred 5s., 75. 6d., to 10s. 



Other kinds in like proportion. 



Forward Immediately to GEORGE TAYLOR, Jun., 



Fruit Sa lesman, St. John 's M arket, Liverpo ol. _ 



C I O E R APPLES. 



Y\7" ANTED, a few dozen Strong Standard CIDER 



W APPLES, amongst them the COCK A GEE; also a few 

 Standard PERRY PEARS. Any one having either of the 

 above to part with, may hear of a purchaser by apt-lying to 

 G.Wy att, Nurseryman, Seedsman, «&c, High Street, Banbury* 



Oxon. 



WANTED to Purchase 150,000 three years Trans- 

 planted QUICKWOOP.— Address, cash price, to Mr. J. 



Nicholson, 48, Lowgate, Hull. 



TO THE TRADE.— SEEDLING BEECH. 



\X7ILLIAM TAYLOR, Nurseryman and Seedsman, 



" Cupar, Fife, has to offer 100,000 one-year Seed limr BEECH, 

 very line. Price may be had on application.— Seed Warehouse 

 Cross. Cupar. Fife, "Eel 5. 



THO BE SOLD, 



JL satisfaction, 10,0 



AMERICAN PLANTS. — A Descriptive Priced 

 CATALOGUE of HARDY AMERICAN PLANTS f« 

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



at Prices that will be sure to give 



000 STRONG CURRANTS ot the following 

 sorts viz.:— Red and White Dutch, common Black and Black 

 Naples, Wilmot's Superb Red, Champaign and Raby Castle. 

 Also {uantitv of strong dwarf-trained Pears and Plums of the 

 best sorts, Fastoltf and other Raspberries, strong standard Pears, 

 and a quantity of prime Seed Potatoes, wtll kept, of the best 

 sorts,— For further particulars, apply to James Lake, Nursery - 

 I i rid trewat er. 



FRUIT TREES, bUKPLUS STOCK. 



Apples, Pears. Plcms, Cherries, Goo uuiks, & Ccrrants. 



r P0 BE SOLD, at any reasonable ofler, for the purpose 



of clearing some ground, sveral hundred Pear t m- 



pi i ; Winter Nells, Gracilis, Williams Bun Chretien. Hazel, 

 nurr'er, Portugal, lieurrc ( plat 



two stamps for postage. As everything in t • way of American 



mtattuisNursery.U'tendir 



iaumonts. and other varieties. 

 400 V* tngton and Qoarrinton Apples, 200 Prince of Wales and 

 Magnum Bonum Plums, 50 Duke Circassian and Morell> 

 Cherries. All the above of about 10 years' growth, and com in 

 Plants is grown to an : unequalled extent at this Nurscrr.U'tonding into full hearing. 10,0001 ieman Gooseberry Plants, from 1 to 

 rchacerswonlddowell to provtoe themselves with thl atalogne. 4 ye s old, and 2000 large Red Grape Currants, 2 years old. 

 WAT: : B and GODFREY, Nephe* s and Sui sors to the I To view, apply to Mr. Mirrox, Lampton, 1 mil >m either the 

 late Host Wat ere r, Knap Hill Nursery, Woking, Sui jr. Isleworthor Ho^nslow Stations oi the South Western Railway. 



