THE 



CHRONICLE 



AND 



AGRICULTURAL 



GAZETTE 



© 



A 



Stamped Newspaper of Rural Economy and General 



News.— The Horticultural Part Edited by Professor Lindley, 



SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 



[Price Gel. 



INDEX. 



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twit Sac 



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BOtkti 



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91 b 



90 h 



93 b 



87 c 

 > a 

 S a 



93 6 



88 c 



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• • • • 



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_ martin of feeding 



r rt ~_d«u rwf a 



Cud la broccoli JJ 



fohliu 



fl^ vi«ttr •••• 



ftotue, Aces from 



f„p Homo, oiled 



ft* a**, to prune .. 



1_A eoMBinption or at h.e\r . . 

 - - it Mesirs. Weeks' 86 a 



brie, to tow 9-J * 



stKew ° fl 



c 



90 c 

 8"> a 

 86 a 

 a 



85 a 



86 a 



85 c 

 84 6 



s; a 



86 a 

 S6 a 



Heating at Messrs. Weeks' 

 Horticultural Society ....83 c 

 Indigo, green 

 Kew, luatinsc at 

 London Farmers' Club 

 Manure, sewage .... 

 Mechi on town sewage 



Mildew on Hoses 



Paper, material for 87 



Pathology, vegetable 84 



Pear, Choix d'un Amateur 



W a 

 S7 " 

 84 b 



hi o 



91 

 91 



9! 



• ■ • • 



,.«!•••• • 



€ 



C 

 C 



b 



a 



€ 



Si a 



Plants, new S4 6 



Pruning fruit trees 86 a 



Rain at Itchen Abbas 87 a 



Rhododendrons, to graft 86 6 



Roses, mildew on 86 6 



Statistics, agricultural 90 6 



— of cattle feeding 90 e 



Things, common 85 a 



Trade memoranda 87 a 



Trees, age of 84 a 



Vegetable pathology 84 c 



Weather, the 86 c 



Wellingtonia gigantea S3 c 



Woods and forests £5 c 



. . * fit • ■ • 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 

 Gardeners and Nirserymen who propose to EXHIBIT 

 it the next MEETING on March 6, can have the Schedule of 

 fcdiv sent them by post, upon application at this Office. 

 H Kegent Street . W, B . Boo th. 



ORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



WINTER MEETING, FEBRUARY 6, 1855. 



Award of Medals. 



C 2, Genetyllifi fuchsioides : Messrs. Hen- 

 derson, Wellington Nursery. 



SB. Messrs. Veitch ; C 1, Mr. Todman; 

 C 8, Mr. Ingram. 



S B, Mr. Fleming. 



3 K, Mr. HiggsJ 



S K, Mr. Todman; S B, Mr. Fleming; C 1, 

 Messrs. Rollisson. 



L S, Messrs. Rollisson ; S K, Messrs. Veitch ; 

 S B t Mr. Woolley. 



S B, Mr. Green; C 1, Mr. M'Ewen; C 2, 

 Mr. Chilman. 



C 1, Epacris hyacinthiflora : Messrs. Veitch. 



C 2, Eriostetnon myoporoides : Mr. Todman. 



S K, Mr. Forbes; S B, Mr. Clark; C 1, Mr. 

 Snow; H M, Mr.Butcher. Mr. Ingram, 

 Mr. Fleming, Mr. Jennings. 



S K, Mr. Forbes. 



SK, Mr. Fleming; SB, Mr. Dodds; C 1, 

 Mr. James; H M, Mr. Bailey. 



S B, Mr. M'Ewen; C 1, Mr. Snow. 



S B. Mr. Tillyard ; C 1, Mr. Snow ; C 2, Mr. 

 M'Ewen; HM, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Bloore. 



SK, Mr. Ingram; S B, Mr. M'Ewen. 



CI, Mr. M'Ewen. 



Snr Plants 



1CWSES 



EpmrrtLtng 



limns 



hroLur Azaleas 



Oichid 



tarsal Primulas... 



:xcli Specimens,. 



Late Grapes 



Eably Grapes 

 Pixr Apples 



Apples 



Pi.ua "" 



■■•••■ 



'*CED VegetABLI 



'<»ced Salads 



**illa> ;s.-C 2, Seedling Azalea : Mr. Fleming. C 2, 

 Mtttie: Mr. Fleming. C 2, Cinerarias: Mr. Todman. 

 ti, Brussels Sprouts: Mr. M'Ewen. H M, Design for a 

 winter \ egetable Garden: Mr. John Miller. HM, Model 

 __^_™ ng Stage^ a^Smith. 



TISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY.— The 



•££• V lgreed t0 offer ^izes (open to all) for ESSAYS 

 Obein^ mg branch es of Practical Forestry: the Essays to 



I rm yCaSe, founded on the experience of the author :— 



KSmL • tt PfiUHIK0 I I"- THINNING 

 Ewrs • ND CURING 0F °^K BARK. 



A«iiiDKE^ ld w af for , con 'Petition must be sent to Mr. Jajie 

 **• l!t of i„™ f l i°J K Uce > Edinburgh, the Secretary, on 

 ""■jmiedh^.." * 1H55 ' each bearing a certain motto, a.._ 

 ■**»WnWth. ^ arate s , ea,ed letter > bearing the same motto, 



>. s«fe th »„ e J5?. d ad A ress <? ** -* 



PRESENT PRICES OF AGRICULTURAL SEEDS.— See 



MESSRS. SUTTON'S DESCRIPTIVE LIST, on 

 the last page of this day's Gardeners' Chronicle. 



SUTTON'S SHORT SEEO 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, SeedG rowers, Reading, Berks* 



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 and 

 useful information. 



The AUTUMN PLANT LIST also for three penny stamps. 

 Bass & Brown, Seed and Horticultural Establishment, 



Sudbury, Suffolk. 



MESSRS. 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 fr o wing ton, London. - 



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, 

 Bit lbs. — Nurseries, Cheshun t . Herts. 



DOWNIE and LAIRD beg to intimate that their 

 NEW LIST of FLORIST FLOWERS, &c, for 1855, is 

 now ready, and may be had on application. — 17, South Frederick 

 S t rcet, Edinburgh, Feb. 10. 



OBERT 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 

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



P.S. Also, R. Kennedy's General Catalogue of i*itish and 

 Foreign Ferns forwarded on receipt of six posta ge stamps. 



PETE^LAWSON andJJSON, the Queen's Seeds- 

 men, &c, Edinburgh, respectfully intimate that they are 

 supplying their English customers and the public, at their London 

 Establishment, 27, Great George Street, Westminster, with 

 VEGETABLE and FLOWER SEEDS of the best description, 

 and at moderate prices. Catalogues may be had on application. 

 27, Great George S treet, Wes tm i nster, Feb. 10. 



PERENNIAL RYE-GRASS 





N EW CAULIFLOWER. 



WAITE'S * ALMA," far superior to Walcheren 

 very large and firm heads. Price to the trade 24s. per lb. , 

 smaller quantities 2s. Gd. per oz. No orders attended to for lean 

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

 llolborn, London. 



EARLY DANIEL O'ROURKE PEAS. 



JG. W AITE begs to inform the Trade that he is now 

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



can be had on application. 



Seed Establishment, 181, High Holborn, London. 



PARKER, Florist, Dalstoa, has VERBENA 



and SCOTCH RANUNCULUS SEED saved from the 

 b est Show Flowers of last year, at 2s. 6d. and 5a. per packet. 



SUPERB HOLLYHOCKS, SEEDS, ETC. 



TTTTILLIAM CHATER begs to offer packets of seed, 



V V consisting of 20 varieties, from his best Show Hollyhocks 

 at 5?.; 12 varieties, 2s. 6d.; and from good double i, Is. 



Superior Quilled German and French Asters, in 12 varieties, 

 mixed, Is. per packet ; separate, 2s. Fine Quilled African Mari- 

 golds, 6d. per packet.— Saffron Walden Nurseries. 



R. 



COLE'S CRYSTAL WHITE, & 



RED CELERY. 



COLE'S DWARF 



or 

 and 



*** with pLcf^ r avite communications on subjects 

 *»Uws ft f III 7> • whlch R Pecial prizes are not offer 



fttanli***:. IUie . ft °Ciety f and Other information mavhenn 



con- 



ffered. 



•PPUcation t« H* and other information may be obtained 



10 ll le Secretary, as above. 



MEMBERS 



C i ^mo B r:f EV V LENT INSTITUTION. 



'kindwU™ * ¥ r grateful thanks to all 



of the GARDENERS' 



— Elizabeth 

 , — -w*mmy far-nil -: ' ~V" li '" lv ' lu »«w« w »u the member** 

 "*••«*«« iPentS ? ier with their votes, have enabled her 

 TTriLT the above Institution.— Clapham, Feb. 10. 



f> 4 »ARRATT, Landscape Gardener, 



, # p Wakefield. 



c o^'TRA^T! iU;SON, Landscape Gardener and 



wo Planter, Stowe, Uuckingham. 



^ E M E T E R I _ 



^ASTERS and 



^V ILL uu 



?8*W 



E S. 



SON 



havinjr 



the 7Jvrvn nsive Cemetery works, are prepared 

 ^,a w iV\ G 0UT dnd PANTING NE 



been 



to 

 fe t« ZT** & 8 Well «o *u ^ v * "**"* *" a «i*«v3r i> E W 



jreceritActofPare e Ornamenting such as are clospd bv 

 -^^ * ov Land eilt » b ^ contract or otherwise.— William 

 ^^—-^li i ! ! ^^G ardeners, Ca nterbury. 



.. Bnt »UR and U ' Hoim CULTURAL SURVEYOR, 



2L?^!S ' Hil! Ef™ B »<»^*B, late cf Greenwich 



!lfD,I y^aeqtPdMK rey !,. WU(ire a11 communications are 

 -^ — ^^atobeaddressed.--- Streatham Hill, Surrey. 



n c :ix BaiKiAq ^ t0 offer the following : - 



iaysel ected i^^edlings), from all the finest varieties, 

 52? fished nw/. then ^ varie «es sent out last autumn. 

 * Action of „™ii u i" mch P° te » a t 4s. per dozen. 



STUART and MEIN, Seed Merchants, Kelso, have 

 on hand 50 quarters of good PERENNIAL RYE-GRASS 

 SEED, about 15 10. per bushel, which they can sell at a moderate 

 p ri ce. — Apply, with reference , pre-paid, as above. 



CAMELLIAS 



CHANDLER and SONS beg to inform their friends 

 and customers, that they have a large stock of young 

 CAMELLIAS this season, now coming into flower, and in a fit 

 state to travel without injury. Fine plants well set with buds, 

 3s. 6d. to 5s. and upwards each.— Wandsworth Road. Vanxhall. 



ToiirTDOBSON and SON'S SEED CATALOGUE 



J FOR 1855 may be had on application, enclosing one stamp. 



Woodlands Nursery, Isleworth. '■ 



OHN DOBSON and SON will have much pleasure 



in forwarding their NEW GENERAL CATALOGUE of 

 FLORISTS' FLOWERS, on receipt of one stamp for postage. 

 Woodlands_Nursery. Islewort h. 



I3HL0X OMNIFLORA COMPACTA, New White 



1- Phlox. The above is strongly recommended for bedding 

 purposes, being very dwarf. Strong plants in March, price 

 3s. 6d. each. Further particulars may be had on application to 

 John Dqbson & So Woodlands Nursery , Isleworth. 



CRAPE VINES FROM EYES. 



GLENDINNING has a large Stock of the under- 

 mentioned Vines, extra strong in pots, with well ripened 

 wood, 5 ft. and upwards in the canea. Some of the kinds are new, 

 and which have been proved and found of first-rate quality : — 



JTHORNELEY,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 bv Mr. W. Cole (late of Daitford). 

 CRYSTAL \V HITE. * oz. packets, free by post, for 12 stamps. 

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

 Price per lb. to the Tra de on application. 



CHOICE CALCEOLARIAS. 



J 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 

 them 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 4s. per dozen, 

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

 respondents.— Key fieJdN^ery^St^l^an^j^ts. 



GENERAL SEED ESTABLISHMENT, NORTHAMPTON. 



JOHN JEYES begs leave to inform his Patrons and 

 Friends that his general stock of Seeds is now complete, and 

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

 supply of all those various Seeds his Establishment has long been 

 celebrated for, such as Matchless Cabbage, Imperial Cos Lettuce, 

 Conqueror Pea, Blood Red Beet, Dwarf Prolii Bean, Snow's 

 Green Cos Lettuce, do. Broccoli, Northampton Market Broccoli, 

 Giant Asparagus, &c . & c. , 



RUE PENZANCE BROCCOLI, saved by one of 



the best growers in the neighbourhood of Paizance, 



Is. per packet, from William E. Rendle & Co., Seed Mer- 

 cli a n ts, Plymouth. ___________ 



"AN GOLD WUHZEL SEED, LONG RED, and 



ELLOW GLOBE, warranted genuine, and the growth of 

 1S54 . Price 4 5/. per ton.— A ppl y to K. S. Hew>. Ivelvedon, Esses. 



D IOSCO RE A BATATAS, or Chinese Potato, 2*. 6A 

 each, or five for IOj. GJ. 



HOLCUSSACCHARATUS, sealed packets of 500 Seeds 1 



1200 S^ds 2 



Mt 



j> 





_ * "-* ~^ ^-^ — - ' 



Thomas Jackson & Sox, Kingston-on-Thames. 



WANTED, Ten Thousand OSIER SETs tor imme- 

 diate planting, delivered at any station on the South 

 Western Railway.— Apply, stating the price, to F. I., Avon, 

 in 





WANTED, 50,000 each, 2, 3, and 4 feet transplanted 

 LARCH FIRS.— Application, stating price and where 

 delivered, to A. B. Hurst & Co., Seedsmen, 6, Leadenhall 



Street, London. Feb. 10. 



R. 



Black Hamburg! 1 

 The Pope's Hamburgh 

 Wilmot's Hamburgh 



Mill Hill Hamburgh 

 Victoria Hamburgh 



Barnes's Muscat 

 Reeves's Muscadine 

 aisin de Calabre 



Whit Frontlgnan 



Grizzly Frontignan 

 Black Frontignan 



Cabul 



Gromier du Cantal 

 Welbeck Tripoli 

 Grove End Sweetwater 



Pitinaston White Cluster 

 Chasselas M usque" 

 Black Prince 

 Muscat non de jura 

 Chasselas de Fontainebleau 

 Royal Muscadine 



Large White Sweetwater 



o 



EuRGE 



Chi a wic k Nursery, London 



TAYLOR, J un., _ruit 



St. John's Market, Liverpool. 

 Purchaser ^^^ 

 during the Season 



tables to dispose of, may apply or forward as above. 



Terms, Cash. 



Salesman, 



rp and G. S WAILES having a large Btock of the 



X • undermentioned, would sell at low prices— BEECH, , one- 

 vear seedling fine; A S II, transplanted, 3 4 and 5 t.-et: ELMS, 

 Wvtchand Scotch, &c, 3, 4, and 5 feet ; HOLLY, transplanted, 

 1. 2, and 3 feet. Prices on application. 



Beverley Nurseries. Feb. 10. ___ — 



~ PYRAMIDAL PEAR TREES, 



Grafted on the Quince Stocks. 



and J. ERASER have still to offer strong trees ot 



the above PEARS; a Descriptive Catalo of the sorts 

 maybe had on application. To prevent disappoint mtear y 

 orders are requested, as the Stock of some . ****** 

 getting low.— The Nurseries, Lea B ri dge Road, 1 >__ __ 



j. 



►51. t»OUIl S mm 1-131, JUivr-i I'wi. 



of every description of Choice Garden Produce 

 ason. Growers having Fruits and Early Vege- 



CINERARIAS. 



par chaW«'Li Tlai ? ed Cinerarias in 

 I l S ! le r ion ^t^perdozeu. 



A 



strong GHtablished 



ST ' tt lc g wln he best varieties ^ II 



liLf Stance Z , f ° name * forwarded «P^» ^pucacion. 

 ^ wn Respondents 1106 t0 ^^P^y all orders from 



hybrid Perpetual 

 in pots. Purchaser's selec- 



p aradise 



Nursery, Hornsey Road, Islington. 



CHEAP AND GOOD 

 Fine flowering plants from Turner's best seed in large 

 60 and 4 - pots, just coming into bloom, at from 4s. to 6.s. per dozen. 

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

 S. Herbert, Adela Vi liters, Garland, Constellation, Lady II. 

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

 a ^. yier dozen.— Wood & Ingram, N urseries, Hun tii 1. 



DOUBLE ITALIAN TUBEROSE ROOTS, 

 4s. per dozen.— The annual importation of the above- 

 named beautiful and fragrant Flower has just been received, and 

 large and well selected Bulbs may be obtained, ^^uil" 

 appointment, at A. CoBBBTT'i Foreign Warehouse, 18, Pall Mail. 

 N.B. Printed regulations tor treatment sent; also, just arrived 

 very moist and open Parmasan Cheeses. 



TORN HOLLAND can supply, in strong plants, the 



J heaviest L^hire Show GOOSEBERRH I (named), of 

 Post-office or T, payable to John Holland. Biad_hA* Gardi 



Middleton, near Mancheste r^ __ : 



riM) RE SOLD, at prices that will be sure to give 

 ..satisfaction 10,000 STRl SG CURRANTS of the following 

 ^*%{j .lied and White Dutch, common Black and Black 

 Kes?Wilmo?s Superb Red. Champaign and Rahy Castk 

 A^mquwdty of strong dwart-trained Pears and PUn of the 



best sc >, Fastolff and other Raspberries, stron odard Pears, 

 and a tantity of prime Seed Potatoes, v., ii 1. . of the best 

 sorts,—For further particulars, apply to Jakes Lakk, Nar y- 



man. Bri« ?water. 



IIV1PORTAMT TO SEEDSMEM AND OTHERS. 



rpo BE SOLD immediately by Ae grower^ at^s low 



SEED •». -. — — „.- , 



dition/ and stock vueuM, To' be sold in small or large 



I qna ititi at the option of the purchaser. Apply t .At* ^> 



It - - -....-,. - . 



price for cash, 200 Bushels of OKI GLOBE TURNIP 



<:Ei>, U of the growth of 1S54; first-rate in sample and con- 



ay lor, Nv^shenden Farm. Rochester, Kent 



