

THE 



GARDENERS 



5 



CHRONICLE 



AND 



AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



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



No. 12.-1855.] 



SATURDAY, MAECH 24. 



[Price 6d. 



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ELSlpwch Standard.. 190 6 



IaJZEirai Society 191 a 



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INDEX. 



188 6 



iffptUlfht 188 f 



&mi> to top dress 



Holou taecbaratus 

 Hotey dew, black 

 Wtreeabrokmby 



194 6 

 I9U b 



192 c 



191) 6 



Ink irall, British 188 c 



Lettuce, Bedale Hall 190 b 



London sewage 196 a 



Low's (Mr.) nursery 191 a 



Maladies, vegetable 188 a 



Manures, sewage .....,., 193 e 



— artificial 194 a 



Manuring, underground 190 a 



Meat manufacture 195 c 



Nice, climate of 189 b 



Pathology, vegetable 188 b 



Pinus insignia 190 6 



Potato sets, roasted 190 b 



Protections, spring 189 c 



Rain at Witbam 190 6 



Rhododendrons, hybrid 190 6 



Sewage manure 193 e— 196 a 



Steel, tempering 1S7 e 



Top dresnugs 194 a 



Trees broken by ice 190 6 



Vegetables, preserved 190 c 



Vegetable pathology 188 6 



Vicar of Wakefield 191 e 



Water wheels 190 a 



Wheat, top dressing 194 a 



Winter in Scotland 190 e 



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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 

 The SECOND SPRING MEETING will take place at 

 (k Society's House, 21, Regent Street, on TUESDAY, April 3, 

 12 to 6 p.m. 



ORTiCULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



GARDEN EXHIBITIONS. 



SEEDS FOR THE FARM, CARRIAGE FREE.— See 



RENDLE'S" FARMING PRICE CURRENT and 

 AGRICULTURAL DIRECTORY." 

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



BUTTON'S FARM SEED LIST, with Prices, 



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

 vered Carriage Free, as see Catalogue. 

 Reading, Berks, Ma rch 24 . 



YOUELL and CO. beg respectfully to refer the 

 Subscribers to the Gardeners' Chronicle to their advertise- 

 ment which appeared on the 10th of March, containing a detailed 

 List, with prices, of some very choice " Greenhouse Plants," 

 " Rare and Hardy Conifers," " Hardy Ornamental Shrubs and 

 Climbers," "Fastolff Raspberry," with other desirable fruits; 

 ''Choice Flower Seeds for present Sowing," "Norfolk Hero 

 Cucumbr ' &c. &c.— Ft >yal Nursery, Great Yarm outh. . 



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

 CATALOGUE, post free, of American Plants, Coniferse, 

 Roses, Geraniums, Fuchsias, Orchidea, Stove and Greenhouse 

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

 Choice Flower Seeds, 20 papers, 5*. ; 40 do., 10s. free by post. 



Albion Nursery, Stoke Newington, London. 



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TF. WINSTANLEY'S Descriptive Catalogue o f 

 • GARDEN and FLOWER SEEDS is now ready, and can 

 be had on application, or sent free by post. 



28, Market Place, Manchester. 



Notice is hereby given that the FIRST EXHIBITION of the 

 Season will take place, by permission of her Majesty's Commis- 

 ifeMTfl for the Great Exhibition of 1851, in the GROUNDS of 



►USE, on WEDNESDAY, May 16. 



The Garden will be opened to the Public at two o'clock, under 

 tb€ following regulations:— All Fellows of the Society will be 

 ftimitted without tickets, from baif-past 12 till 6 o'clock, on 

 rigoing their names in a book at the entrance. Visitors can be 

 admitted only by tickets, to be obtained by the personal or 

 written orders of Fellows of the Society. 



All Fellows who shall apply, on or before Monday, the 30th of 

 April, may obtain at the PRIVILEGED RATE of Three Shil- 

 ling and Sixpence each, any number of tickets not exceeding 

 Tum-six; but no application for such tickets will be received 

 ate that day. Fellows o/ the Society subscribing for tickets at this 

 friee vtS be allowed a clear week from the 30th of April during 

 • *te*i fe y may claim them. After that period all the 3s. 6d. 



: <*1W SUBSCRIBED FOR, BUT NOT ISSUED, MAY BE CANCELLED. 



Atortiw 30th of April, any further number of tickets will be 

 •■▼wed to Fellows on their personal application or written 

 *m, at the price of Five Shillings each ticket. 



A_ applications for tickets must be made at the Society's 

 Ofci 21, Regent Street. 



<_M C E!ll W,LL BE ISSUED IN RECENT STREET 



_? Ik ,■ ? YS 0F EXHIBITION. On those days Offices, 

 ■w tne barden Entrance, will be opened at half-past 12 o'clock 

 "ru» issue of tickets at Is. 6d. each; but still under the regula- 

 IHiiaboYe6tated. fa 



SPECIAL PRIVILEGE OF FELLOWS. - Fellows of the 



£»«7 not only enter free at half-past 12, but can also introduce 

 wo me nd s ^,-g TICKETg> at Gore Houge( Kensington Gore, 



«J», at tniswick, June 20, and July 11. Or the Fellow's 

 may be transferred to a brother, Bister, son, daughter, 

 fe-U* t 7 r »°J' wife » wsiding in the Fellow's house, provided 

 __r_»-i_i !? ^ whom the tra °sfer is made be furnished with a 

 3 a^ned by that Fellow. That is to say, the power of 

 222*wiy may be trausferred, but not the right to free 



RWAL "BOTAOTC^OCIETY, Regent's Park.- 



•Mooirtiu.i 1 ITI0NS of Plant s, Flowers, and Fruit this 

 ^4 _nH A place on WEDNESDAYS, May 9, June 13, and 



AbhS _ f /" E ? ICAN Plants , MONDAY, June 18. 

 *t the G«S_« , ssl ? n are now bein £ ^sued, and may be obtained 

 Sadat? nrf y ' y orders from Fellows or Members of the 



\ r j^°EJ__tefore May 5 , 4s. ; after tha t day, 5 s. each . 



\\1U1AM BARRATT, Landscape Gardener, 



Wakefield. 

 Plans and Estimates furnished. 



rp F. WINSTANLEY'S Descriptive AGRICUL- 



-L • TURAL SEED LIST will shortly be ready, and may be 

 had on application, or sent free by post. The above List contains 

 much useful information. — 28, Market Place, Manchester. 



/^ORNISH EARLY WHITE BROCCOLI, 



v>^ is. per packet, or 6s. per oz. 



CONQUEROR OF THE WEST CUCUMBER, 



Is. per packet, containing 12 good seeds. 



The above can be had, warranted genuine, by forwarding post- 

 age stamps for the amount to 



James Lak e, Seedsman, &c, Bridgewater. 



FINE DELPHINIUMS of SORTS for BEDDING 

 AND FLOWER-BORDERS. 



Azurea, per doz 65. Od. Azurea pleno, per doz. 24s. Od. 



Barlowi, „ 6 Elatum pleno, „ ... 12 



Hybridumpleno,p. doz. 24 Mesoleucum „ ... 4 

 Magnificnm, per doz.... 42 Sinensis „ ... 4 



Wheeleri „ ... 18 



Also a quantity of fine Seedling Delphiniums, strong plants of 

 various colours, Ss. per dozen. 

 D. Wood, Welton Nursery, near Brough, Yorkshire, March 24. 



Not to be repeated. 



VINES. 



JOHN and CHARLES LEE have an extensive stock 

 of strong well rooted VINES of the following sorts, war- 

 ranted true: — 



Black Hamburgh 

 Black Prince 

 Black Alicant 

 Black Tripoli 

 Black Frontignan 



White Frontignan 

 Barbarossa 

 Chasselas Musque" 

 Muscat of Alexandria! 



Pope's Hamburgh 

 Esperione 

 West's St. Peter's 

 Royal Muscadine 



Cannon Hall Muscat August Muscat 

 Dutch Hamburgh | Prolific Sweet Water 



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N ursery, Hammersmith, near London. 



/CHARLES TURNER begs to intimate that his 



V-/ New SPRING CATALOGUE is now ready, and contains 

 descriptive lists of- 



Dahlias, 

 Fancy Dahlias, 

 Cinerarias, 

 Verbenas, 



Fuchsias, 



Hollyhocks, 



Chrysanthemums, 



including several 



Carnations, 



Picotees, 



Pinks, 



Pansies, 



Auriculas, 



Shrubby 



Calceo- 



Scarlet and Horse- 

 shoe Geraniums, 

 Delphiniums, 

 Mimulus, 

 Pentstemons, 

 Petunias, 

 Bedding Plants, &c, 



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to* FttL A n KS ' S£EDlI(v| G FUCHSIAS.-1855. 



DESCRIPTION BEE FORMER ADVERTISEMENTS, AND 



\\T J rpDc OK Applicati <>n}. 



H . Ahn I much P leasure 5n stating that the 



^^\SSi5 , L Cb '?i as,,Rve been P roved ^ he the finest that 

 ^7 <*im ^L 7 v^ c « leDrat ed grower E. Banks, Esq., Deal. 

 ^t^r/ 01 '"^- The set.of six, 21. 2s. The usual 

 =* the trade.-Bower Nurseries, Maidstone. 



1L wAM CHATRP k«„„ L ~m~. _l_j____ 



Mfc 



T. 



**■: 12 vanlti I varieties, from his best Show Hollyhocks, 



W^^fSf ?f • W ' and from g°° d dou ole sorts, U. 

 *H_ ._? T "^ Y erman and French Asters, in 12 varieties, 



W^fAM CHATER "begs'to offeV packet! of seed, 



v *rieti< 



**> «*'£t ■ iKi* ; S^P?™*®. 2 ^- Fi °e Quilled African Mari^ 

 ^^ ffTjacket-^S affron Walden Nurseries. 



HE fino^r^^ 01 ^ OF E.WGLAMD CtLERY. 



- verv en ry ^ et in troduced, beautifully white, 



^^th_n S . P n aTld ^ olid ^ and withstands a greater amount 

 ? ** KtaanA ? 7 r er know n variety ; it has been blanched 

 •NfciSTa? J ee _'~- To be obtained of T. F. Wins anley, 

 W «t : pricel ? to ^ PlaceT Mftnch <*ter, price 2s. 6d. per 



R. fWTH 



Strawbe 



■' pricpq *« tl . r| ace, Mancheste 

 ^~^!Jh2deon application. 



WM 1S now sending out his New beedling 



I^^davTlL^^ARLES NAPIER, the best forcing 

 S^^one [0 Pm^^ 11 Mohave seen its growth, and for 

 _> 8 »Charl P R v« V ,f ri ce3Z.perlOO; 50for30 5 .; 25 for XL 

 V 4f ^ Forcing 'jl apUr ' Britis h Queen, and Ivans' Seedling in 



: «»»h«n. bMITH ' Ma rket Gardener, Richmond Road, 



p H F \ p — . 



^^neflLert? 1 ? G00D CINERARIAS — 

 Sft^P^.jSfnS^ from T^^^s best sped in large 

 l^ fi ^l>UntVof^ n ? ,ntobloom > at from 4s. to 6*. per dozen. 



•lb?* 1, Adela V^H Var - tieH ' consist i n ^ of Mr. and Mrs. 



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Kate K««l 8t Ga r1and, Constellation, 



J » & Ingbam, Nurseries, Huntingdon. 



L»dy H. 



larias, 



new Dahlias, new Verbenas, new White 

 Bedding Calceolarias, &c, offered for the first time. Can be had 

 on application.— Royal Nursery, Slough. 



CHOICE STOCK SEED.— One packet of wy 

 choice Scarlet Intermediate, or one of White Emperor 

 Stock, will be forwarded to any one enclosing 12 postage stamps 

 to E. N., Post Offi ce, Louth, Lin colnshire. - 



IMPORTED GERMAN FLOWER SEEDS; 



F. WINSTANLEY has received his annual im- 

 portation (direct from Frankfort) of unrivalled Collections 

 of German Seeds, including Double Ten-Week Stocks, Asters, 

 Zinnia elegans, Truffeaus, new Paeony-flowered Aster, very 

 beautiful, and many other varieties too numerous for insertion. 

 Prices on application ; lists free by post. 

 28, Market Place, Manchester.^ 



COVENT GARDEN. 



Wand S. GAINES beg respectfully to offer to 

 • Gardeners, Farmers, and Nurserymen, the following 

 SEEDS:— Scarlet Runners, 275. per bushel; China, Dwarf, or 

 Robbin's Egg Beans, at 285. per bushel. Potatoes for planting; 

 also Annual Flower St-eds, fifteen varieties, 2s. 6d.\ thirty 

 varieties, 5*. Prices for cash.— Post-office orders payable to 

 W.& S. Gaines, Charing Cross, London. 



HOPS SUPERSEDED BY THE BAVARIAN 

 BITTER, a perfect substitute for Hops, of an agreeable 

 flavour, quite soluble in wort or beer, saving the trouble of 

 straining through a Hop-back, and giving to Beer the well-known 

 keeping properties of the Bavarian Beer. Price of 1 packet. 

 2*. 8d., which is equal to 5 lbs. of best Hops. — Prepared only by 

 Thomas Pratt Wills, St. George's Square, Po rtsea. Freeperpost. 



NOTICE TO THE TRADE, " 



JOHN ADAMS, Nurseryman and Seedsman, High 

 Street, near the Market Place, New Brentford, Middlesex. 

 Nursery Grounds at Acton Green, established several years. 



John Adams begs to inform his kind friends and patrons that 

 he intends carrying on the above bu.sintss >n a large scale, and 



begs a continuance of thtir kind fai »rs, and that lathing on his 

 «»rt shall be wanting to give entire satisfaction.— Brompton 

 Park Nursery, March 24. 



GERMAN FLOWER SEEDS FRESH IMPORTED. 



SUTTON and SONS have imported a superior assort- 

 ment of New German Flower Seeds, a Priced List of 

 which may be had post free. 



ALSIKE CLOVER (TRIFOLIUM HYBRIDUM)] 



SUTTON and SONS have some pure genuine Seed 

 of this superior new CLOVER, which will be found an 

 invaluable Perennial Plant, 



WHITE BELGIAN CARROT SEED. -Pur- 



» * chasers of Largk Quantities will be treated liberally. 

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

 the quantity required. 



SKIRVING'S SWEDE SEED. — Purchasers of 

 Large Quantities will be treated liberally.— For prices, 

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

 quantity require d. 



MANCOLO WURZEL SEED. 



PURCHASERS OF LAKGK QUANTITIES will 

 be treated liberally.— For prices apply (stating the quantity 

 req uired ) to Si tton A So> Seed Grow - . Rending. 



MANGOLD WURZEL, ETC.-TO THE SEED TRADE. 



BASS and BROWN beg to offer, of the finest Stocks, 

 Mangold Wurzel, Long Red ; Do. Yellow Globe ; Do Red 

 Globe; White Carrot; Skirving's Swede; Orange Jelly Turnip; 

 Meadow Fescue Grass. Wholesale prices to the trade on appii- 

 cation. — Seed Establishment, Sudbury, Suffolk. 



MANGOLD WUHZEL SI ED, LONG RED, and 

 YELLOW GLOBE, warranted genuine, and the growth of 

 1854. Price 45?. p er ton.— A ppl y to R. S. Hews, K elvedon, Essex. 



SPECIAL CONTRACTS FOR SEEDS.— Nobicmcn, 

 Clergymen, or Yeomen requiring large quantities, 

 special contracts will be made, at a great reduction in 

 price, on application to 



William E. Rendle & Co ., Seed Mercha nts, Pl ymouth. 



SEEDS CARRIAGE FREE. 



\ GRICULTURAL SEEDS.— Landed Proprietors 

 1\ and Farmers who require large quantities of 

 Turnip, Mangold Wurzel, Carrot, or any other kinds of 



Agricultural Seeds, will be supplied on the most liberal 



terms., — Apply to 



William E Rendle & Co., Seed M erchants, Plymouth^ 



COUTH AMERICAN CALCINED BONES (for 



^ Agricultural Purposes), for SALE, in Store or Afloat, by 

 Goad, Rjgo, & Co., Broke rs, 17, Mark Lane. 



FLAX SEED, CROWN IN THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND. 



HPO BE SOLD, in quantity, excellent FLAX SEED, 



-I- grown from Riga Seed imported. Samples may be had, and 

 prices learned from Benjamin Rkid & Co., Seedsmen, Aberdeen, 

 Scotland. References required from unknown correspondents. 



DWARF FRENCH BEANS can bThad m~any 

 quantity. — Apply to J. G. Waite, Seed Merchant, 181, 

 Hig h Holb orn, London . 



CAMELLIA JAPONICA. 



CHANDLERJand SON'S extensive collection of this 

 beautiful plant is now in flower and will continue for some 

 weeks. Also a great variety of Flowering Plants for rooms and 

 conservato rips. — Wands worth Road, Va n x hall. 



BEAUTIFUL SEMI-DOUBLE PR! MULAS.— 

 Only a few packets remain on hand. To prevent disap- 

 pointment, order without delay. 



The celebrated Ipswich Standard Cucumber is sold out. 



Thomas Wild, Ipswich. 



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GIANT ASPARAGUS PLANTS.— Fine plants, 

 three years, at 25.*. per 1000, can be had of Stephen. 

 Shill ing, Nurseryman, Nort h Wa rnhorough, Odiham, Hants. 



TQXJIDAMBAK,— The undernamed is a buyer of 



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

 price, and height, to Mr. Jbteb, Nurseri es, Northampton. 



if RUIT TREES, FOREST TREES, and SHRUBS, 



* GARDEN and FLOWER SEEDS, PERMANENT PAS- 

 TURE GRASSES, and FINE DWARF LAWN GRASSES. 

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

 Barratt, Saint John's Nursery, Wakefield. 



TO BE SOLD, a few thousand good strong trans- 

 planted ENGLISH OAKS, 5, 6. and 7 feet high. Price 

 on application— W.Jackson & Co., Bedale, Yorkshire. 



ONE YfcAR S-EDLING LARCH. 



ILLIAM WOOD and SON have a fine Stock of 



the above, and will be happy to furnish prices on appli- 

 cation.— Woodlands x irsery, Mares6eld, near Uckfield, Sussex. 



CHFAP NURSERY STOCK. 



Important to all Planters who desire Immediate Effect. 



WILLIAM JACKSON & Co., Bedale, Yorkshire, 

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



n icle and Agricultural Gazette of the 17th March, pa ge 181. 



BOX TREES. 



ESSRS. E. G. HENDERSON and SON, of the 



Wellington Nursery, St. John's Wood, having on hand 

 a large stock of FINE BOX and LILAC TREES, beg to call 

 the attention of parties engaged in laying out Cemeteries and 

 Ornamental Grounds to the same, which they are willing to dis- 

 pose of at very reduced prices.— March 24. ____________^ 



TO PLANTERS 



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

 followir —600 to 700 strong Standard PEARS, 500 Dwarf 

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

 refused, as the ground must be cleared immediately. 



Apply t > Hay, Bangstke, & Co .. Newington Butts, London; of 

 whom also may be had for seed York Regent Potatoes, 65., and 

 Early American. 8s. per bushel of 56 lbs.j the produce of theiv 

 prepared Cuttings. Terms ensh, 



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