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THE 



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GARDENERS' CHRONIC 



AND 



AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



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



Nfc 9.-1855.] 



SATURDAY, MARCH 3. 



[Price Gd. 



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INDEX. 



Mflnfeare, backward 

 Tm. Soc of Enplanjl 

 L — Joornilof.. 



- ititiitici 



lpplf . Dommii 

 Vboricultural Society 



UpWgM..... 



looki ■<* iced 



ftlfiUr horticultural 



— agricultural .... 

 Cattle, pedisrreea of. . . . 



limiee 



Cau*n thinp 



Cncke -ap for 



Cftittu Adnrni 



-trophyliuni gracile 



Sors; 

 fc>y*i 

 toteit 



Hone food 



Bort Society's garden. 

 Lad Improreinent C< 

 LBwran Society 



.»•■•« 



140 

 140 

 140 



ns 



134 



l: 



H4 

 135 



l r> 



139 

 131 



131 



136 



131 

 139 

 133 

 146 

 139 

 135 



i: 



13.S 



a 



b 



c 



c 



c 



a 



b 



b 



a 



c 



a 



r 

 b 

 C 

 C 



a 



c 



a 



c 



c 



c 



b 



a 





Manures for top dressing 



— application of 



Nitrate of soda 



Pathology, vegetable 



Plants, new 



Protections, straw 



Rain at Rothamsted 



Rats, water 



Reaping machine, Australian. 



Rhododendrons, grafted 



Rice fund 



Seakale . 



Snow protection 



Statistics, agricultural 



Temperature , 



Thermometers, position of. . . , 



Things, common 



Turnip grating 137 o 



Vegetable pathology 



Water, to purify 



Whittlewood forest 



Winter, in the north 



Woods and forests , 



133 

 139 



i; 



133 

 132 

 135 



134 

 1: 



141 

 134 



140 



1 



134 

 133 

 134 

 134 

 134 

 -139 

 133 



135 



133 

 133 



a 

 c 

 a 

 a 

 c 

 c 



e 



a 



a 



6 



a 



b 



b 



c 



c 



e 



b 



b 



a 



b 



a 



a 





132 a 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 

 FIRST SPRING 14EETINQ will take place at the 

 Pocfety s House, 21, Urgent Street, on TUESDAY, March 6, from 

 . to 4 ?.M, 



. _____ 



nR VST AL P A L A C E.— HORTICULTURAL 



\J FETE.— It is intended to hold a grand Horticultural Exhi- 

 at the Palace on SATURDAY, the 2d June next. The Rules 

 lid-Schedules of Prizes will be immediately issued, and early 

 notice will be given when they are ready for distribution. 



Feb - 24 - By order , G. Grove, Secretary. 



THE NATIONAL FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY^ 



TT7r^r; Vn il iversary Meetin S» by adjournment, will be held 

 fu Til LR^DAY next, the 8th instant, at 1 o'clock precisely for 

 the Election of Officers and other business. 



21, Begent Street. j. Edwards, Hon. Sec. 



YORTH OF ENGLAND SEEDLING SOCIETY. 



Established August, 1854. 



JS^r ' ^ fes | ionals » Amateurs, and others desirous of 



janing the above Society are requested to observe that the 



twna Entrance Fee viz. 5s., will become due on March 7, 1855. 



Meetings for the Exhibition of Seedlings will take place at the 



Xt mh B Tk? n 2" ******* «W vi^! a May 3o! 

 September 19, 1855. Prospectuses of Society, Ac, with 

 uj other information, on application to the Secretary 



R. Dcnderdale, President. 

 ^ P. Charltox, Secretary. 



rTNTT^? fiufSlftSfc^IS ACT OT 'PARLIAMENT. 



TTMrED GARDENERS' BENEFIT SOCIETY 



Waterloo Arms, Camberwell, Surrey. Instituted 1839. 

 Bis society (established for Gardeners only under 35 year's 



BBSS trf 



amount 



C won 1 tl ta * ll,ty i :' Kl Vfnumtm. The accounts are 

 Co .m n ti lm ^ tv,n " ( ■" »<" memben, who have also 



tat on b " * X, ,f ndUu !'1 of its fu " ds: " is therefore incum- 

 •tcli & Tcf I™""'? .^"tribution, to provide against 



tie deith of 7 ™Zv *': P* r ,VPek superannuation ; 101. at 

 ««tnba t !onof a 2s ra |f p e e r r "fatf mCmber ' S ^ ** ^ Sma11 

 i?mbenreU Green, S„rrey. 



C A 



Charles Stitxell. Secretary. 



M E lITTa japonica, 



^ fcianfi,iS R / ND S0NS ' ex ^sive collection of this 



^^ryfine ,u«o! ,Snow T , c ' ,nlin S W» A™er, and promises to 

 *«SK ' mE -tJ 1 *? V h 7 P la » ts «ith Flower-buds, in a 



N iON SEED for Sal 



e, 3s. €d. per lb. SPANISH 



A r M ^ N C0lD~WURZEL, CARRIAGE FREE 



AG E and CO.'S SUPERIOR STOCK OF 





Per lb. 



i i . 



• ♦ i 



• * • 



s. d. 



9 



9 



10 



^ , __ _ Perlb.-5 d. 



lied Globe o q 



A\ bite Kelgian Carrot 2 



Large Guernsey Cattle Parsnip 1 6 



^■"•.ttrictl iJT Agncultural connection, their 

 ^ ores (.X «? R ' i<"-mer.f Market P, ices. 



MANGOLD WURZEL ~~ ' 



L 'RCHASFUQ r,r? WURZEL SEED. 



wffi lT ' ^W** QUANTITIES will 



to SUTTON ilnv' J 1 "^ a PP^ (»t ; ng the quantity 

 7^ .-i!J!ilj^gOj; 9 t Seed Growers, Reading 



SEED 



POTATO* S. 



TO( <k nfu\ SEED Growers, Reading, have 



. i u ^ K of the beat P«rlv V««^ e ^ r»r.^ * «a^c ____ 



^eani 



the best early kinds of POTATOES, very 



^ Scttov A- c^ r.' •* v,is '7 «-v. f win ue sent no 



Tl :*r ^^Sga jggd Grower^ &c .. Reading 



o^f no" p!™ Y PUT ATO.-This excellent 



22L fpr V K di ^se andl h€re a ?.i he P rinci P al C ^P, being 

 ? w *s fflfe P rolir thnn any other in culti- 



(HE f^j^^BM^ payable a [Id ejon.Lan cn shire, 



-- . ^.mi , ^ T ATO.— A new second early 



m d ie! Sf C J,^ otl,f ' r in ^s capability of resisting 



SUTTON'S SHORT SEED LIST. 



SUTTON'S SHORT*SEED LIST, containing only 

 the most desirable sorts of Kitchen Garden Seeds, 

 will be sent post free. 



Sutton & Sons, Seed Growers, Reading, Berks. 



C U TTON^S~FARM~SEED LIST, with Pricks, 



^ may be had gratis and post-free on application. Goods deli- 

 vered Carriage Free, as see second pnge of Catalogue. 



Reading, Berks, March 3. 



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



^▼J- CATALOGUE, post free, of American Plants, Conifers, 

 Roses, Geraniums, Fuchsias, Orchidea, Stove and Greenhouse 

 Plants, Fruit Trees, &c. A separate List of Garden Seeds. 

 Choice Flower Seeds, 20 papers, 55.; 40 do., 10.9. free by post. 

 Albion Nursery , Stoke Newington, 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, 

 Bulb s. — Nurseries, Ches hu n^ Herts. 



T3 0BERT KENNEDY, Agent for Messrs. Platz and 



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

 he has received their Catalogue of Flower and Vegetable Seeds 

 for the trade for 1S55, which abounds with new articles of great 

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

 R. Kennedy, Bedford Conservatory, Coven t Garden, London. 



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

 Foreign. Ferns forw arded on receipt of six postage stamps. 



First-rate New Fuchsias, Verbenas, Geraniums, Cinerarias, 

 Dahlias, Pansies, Petunias, Carnations, Picotees, Green- 

 house> Bkddtng Plants, &c, unsurpassed for Cheapness 

 and Quality. 



\\7ILLIAM RUMLEY and SONS' NEW 



Vl DESCRIPTIVE SPRING CATALOGUE, containing, 

 first-rate collections of the above is now ready, and mav be had 

 on application.— (rillin g, Richmond, Yorkshire. " 



VICTORY OF BATH MELON SEEDS.— A 



* packet sent free on receipt of 13 Postage Stamps.— J. 

 Salte r, Ampthill Nursery, Ham pstead Road, London. 



CHEAP NURSERY STOCK. 



Important to all Planters who desire Immediate. Effi < >■ 



WILLIAM JACKSON & Co., Bedale, Yorkshire, 

 beg to refer to their advertisement in the Gardeners 1 Chro- 

 ntrl e ani Agricultural Gazette of the 17th February, page 110. 



NEW CAULIFLOWER. 



.TXTAITE'S "ALMA," far superior to WaMieren ; 



» » very large and firm heads. Price to the trade 24-f. per lb., 

 smaller quantities 2s. 6rf. per oz. No orders attended to for Ie*s 

 quantities than one ounce.— Seed Establishment, 161, High 

 Holborn, London. 



EARLY DANIEL O'ROURKE PEAsi 



J G. WAITE begs to inform the Trade that he is now* 



^ • ready to execute orders for this valuable early Pea. Pries 



cau be had on application 



Seed Establishment, 181, High Holbor n. London. 



EARLY WHITE FIELD PEA.— NEW EARLY 

 RACEHORSE— comes off early in July in time for Turnips 

 and is a good crupper. Price 125. per bushel. 

 S utton & Sons, Seed Growers. Heading. 



AJEW DWARF FIELD PEA. — " BISHOP'S 



^ LAST AND BEST," a large grey Pea. only 1 foot in 

 height, very prolific, and comes off very early. Adapted for 

 growing between the rows of Mangold Wurzel and Swedes. To 

 be dibbled in rows 3 feet apart, and the root crop to be subse- 

 quently drilled between them. Cue bushel of Peas sufficient for 

 an acre. Priced Lists sent post free. 



Sltton & Sons, Seed Grow e r s, Reading. B e rk s . 



i 



superior BLUE PEA, capital boiler, or an abundant bearer fo* 

 podding, 565. per quarter; also a quantity of genuine Skirving^ 

 Swede Seed of last year's growth, grown from large roots; 

 transplanted and other sorts of Turnips and Mangold Se^ds, <fec. 

 —Apply to Mr, George Taber, Seed Grower, Rivenhall, Witham. 

 Essex. Delivered carriage free. Terms cash. 



T A L I A N 



Per bushel. 



R Y E-G 



— s.d* 





j\jAY'S MAGNUM BONUM LETTUCE.— Parties 



Lv 1 who were disappointed last season in receiving the above, 



can now have it by early application, in Packets Is. each, free by 



post. We have numerous let ers to show, received from parties 



who had it last season, to say that it is the most magnificent Let- j 



tuce they ever saw.— Address, Henry May, The Hope Nurseries, I 



near Bedale, Yor k si lire. ' 



GENU I N E 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, Jo hn Moss, Jun., Fe ering. Kelvedon, Essex. 



ITALIAN RYE-CRASS. 



DICKENSON'S ITALIAN RYE-GR-ASS may be 

 obtained true of Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading. 

 Priced Lists post f rtel 



CLOVER SEE US. 



f^s ENUINE NEW CLOVER SEEDS can .be had 

 VT at the lowest marlet prices of JOHN SUTTON 

 & SONS, Seed Growers, Heading, Berks. 



TI7 II ITE BELGI AN CARROT SEED. — Pirtt- 



* ▼ chasers of Large Quantities will be treated liberal! v. 

 For prices apply to Sutton & Sons, Seed Growers, stating 



the quantity requi red. 



OKIRVING'S SWEDE SEED.— PraCBA&MS o* 



^ Large Quantities will be treated liberally.— For prices, 

 apply to Sutton & Sons, Seed Growers, Reading, stating the 

 q uantity re q uired. 



turnip" 



R A S S, &e. 



Pacey's Perennial Rye- s.d, 



grass, per bush., 35. Grf.to 5 O 



Summer Tares, per bushel 8 C 



9 







10d\ 



?i 





o*s 



Ul *«as<5. anri te ;*i^ ,u Jls capaoiury 



25 'cultivation 10 ! , . tl ' JC<,eptU " *'■« ft "« 



h«j - v "*»»riTinn v> i * " *- S ^ an( ^ most 



ur£i genil1ne of THOt v ; : , e T f7 o Wt '' 15 *i ba ^ s deluded. 



'*^l. Mine Street, Bristol. 



SEEDS DIRECT FROM THE GROWERS 



CARRIACE FREE. 



T)AGE and Co. can supply from the finest Trans- 



•*- planted" Stocks 



Skirving's Improved s. d. j White Tankard ... per lb. lOd. 

 Swede ... perlb. 1 9 | Purple-top Bullock 



Matson's Purple-top do.,, 1 9 Red Globe 



Green Gold Turnip „ 8 And every other variety worth 

 White „ 8 j growing. 



Page & Co. having a largo Agricultural connection, their 

 prices am, strictly speaking, Fat i Market Prices. 

 ^ eed 8torea, Oxford SI t. and Abo ve Bar, 3 uthamp ton, 



OUUBAKB ROOTS for FORCING or PLANTING. 



" —Strong one-y< r jdanted roots of MYATT'S VICTORIA 

 and LINN.-EUS, MITCHELL'S ROYAL ALBERT, at K*. per 

 doz.; HOWARD'S PRINCE ALBERT, 12$. per dozen. This is 

 a larger variety than the Victoria, and is ex naively cultivated 

 about Manchester. Price to the trade of the above, per 100 or 

 1000, on application to Ml as. J. MYATT and SONS. 

 Manor Farm, Deptford. March 3. 



fjHEAP AND GOOD C I N E R AR1 AS7~ 



V> Fine flowering plants from Turner's best seed in large 

 60 and 48 pots, just coming into bloom, at from 45. to 6s. per dozen. 

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

 S. Herbert, Adela Villiers, Garland, Constellation, Lady II. 

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

 at 9g. per dozen.— Wood & Ingram, Nurseries, II un tingdon. 



GEN n R v L ? E ' E ?- ESTABLISHMENT, NORTHAMPTON. f 



I ^} JEYES b< s leave to inform h&a Patrons and 



*J Friends that his neral stock of S< edfl is now cmnplefe, and 

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

 supply of all those various Seeds his Establishment has Ion n 



celebrated for, such as Matchl j Cabb , Imperial Cos L uce 

 Conqueror 1 Blood Red I t, Dwarf Prolific Bean, Snow's 

 Gr n Cos Lettuc'. do. Br >li. Northampton Market Broccoli, 



Giant Asparagus, &c. &e. 



Dickinson's True 6 6 



Fine imported 5 6 



True, home grown, Ss. 0d. to 4 6 j Giant Saintfoin „ 



Finest mixed Permanent Pasture and Lawn Grasses. 

 Page & Co. having a large Agricultural connection, their 

 prices are, strictly speaking, Farmers 1 Market Pi'ices. 



Seed Stores . Oxford Street, and Above r. : ithampt on. 



CABBAGE PLANTS. 



rpHOMAS WELL AND, Garden and Cattle 



-*- Cabbage Nurseryman, offers true and strong Drum heads, 

 Early Battersea, Early York, Early Imperial, &c. safelv packed 

 for any part of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, for $8. Gd, 

 per 1000; crates included. 

 Surrey Gardens, near Godalming, Surrey. 



WANTED TO PURCHASE, a quantity of FRUIT 

 TREE STOCKS and MAIDEN TREES.— Address. 

 stating sorts and price, James Lake. Nurseryman, Brid .irewater. . 



LIQUIDAMBAH.— The undernamed is a buyer of 

 either a large or small quantity of the above. Send cash ■ 

 price, and height, to Mr. Jeyks, Nurseries, Northampton. 



POM0EA RUBRO CiE RULE A. — Seed of this 



exceedingly beautiful Climbing Annual being now obtainable. 

 at a moderate price, all cultivators of flowers having a green- 

 house or wall with warm aspect are advised to include it in their 

 spring selection. — Seed supplied to Seedsmen and Nurserymen 

 only, by George Roberts, 32, Moorgate Street. London. 



tl^OVVLERAND WhIGHT, Seedsmen and Nursery- 

 mar, Glasgow, have for sale 1 year Seedling LARCH, 2 year 

 Seedling LARCH, 1 year Seedling BEECH, and 1 year Seedling. 

 ALDER. Pri ce forwarded on ap pl [cation. — M ar ch 3. 



PYRAMIDAL PEAR T REES, ~~ 



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 

 maybe had on application. To prevent disappointment early 

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

 getting l ow.— The N urse; ie- I Bridge Road, 1 >ex. 



PRUIT TRt.ES, FOREST TREES, and SHRUBS, 



i- GARDEN and FLOWER SEEDS, PERM WENT PAS- 

 TURE GRASSES, and FINE DWARF LAWN GRASSES. 

 — Catalogues of the above may be had on application to William 

 Balratt, Sail Im's Nursery, Wakefield. 



TO PLANTERS. 



HAY, SANGSTEK, and CO., have for sale the 

 following ;— 600 to 700 strong Standard PEARS. '00 Dwarf 

 do., and 100 Dwarf-trained do. Any reasonable offer will not be 



refused, as the ground must be cleared by the 25th March. 



Apply t^ Hay, Sangster, & Co.. Newington Butt-. L ndon; of 

 whom also may be had for seed Fork Regei Pot 65., and 



Early American, 8s. per bushel of 56 lbs., the produce of their 



prepared Cuttings. Terms c ash. 



CO. Nurseries, Forres, N.B., 



JOHN GKEG0Ra™v, v ., 

 have for sale vera) millions of g dlingand Transplanted 

 TRUE HIGHLAND SCOTCH PINE PDANTS, raised from 

 8e< ds collected in the celebrated native Forests of Strathspey 



They have received the numerous premiums hitherto awarded by 



the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland for tl. 

 propagation of the true native Pine. The superiority of such 

 plants compared with the produce of planted woods, degenerated 

 by cultivation, will be seen on referring to the art Pin'S. 



Tree'' in n's Ayr [cultural Cyclop h published by Blackie 

 and n. 



TO BE SOLD, at Prices that will be sure to give 

 satisfaction, 10,000 STRONG CURRANTS of the followin 

 orts, viz.:— Red and White Dutch, common Black and BI k 

 Naples, Wilmot Superb Red, Champaign and Raby Caatte. 

 Also a quantity of strong dwarf-trained Pears and Plums of the 



I ■ Fastolff and other 1 ipnerries, nng stam I Pear? 



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

 sort —For further particulars apply to James Lakb\ N rsery 

 man, B " ater. 



