THE 



GARDENERS 



5 



CHRONICLE 



AND 



AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



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



X* 13. 



SATURDAY, MARCH 



[Price 6<7. 



^SwJtteSefc 211 b 



A^jXrVf 212 a 



^^ aH#rt. Soci«r --.- 2U6 c 

 Wrtkmlrurai 



.w3bc 1211 



• • • • 



ft. Trffmi* 



Import*. 1 . 213 a 



_ rka» to meaiure 211 a 



Socitty'i i '.rim 517 fl 



l«4*.ttft« plant! of ...... 204 a 



Um pruning 206 a 



tetofMun 211 6 



.er. Magnum Bonuin .... 2> 6 c 



Society 306 c 



nediaeaaein 205 c 



INDEX. 



Mangold Wurzel.,... 211 c 



Manure, sewage 209 c — '212 a 



Nymph sea gigantea 203 e 



Onion Potato 206 m 



Paria Hort. Society 207 6 



Pathology, vegetable 206 a 



Pigeons, laughing 211 * 



Plants, fibrous of India 204 6 



— new 205 a 



— hurt by the frost 207 b 



Potatoes, autumn-planted .... 206 6 



Rhododendrons, hybrid 206 a 



Rye-grass, Italian 210 6 



— weight of 213 a— 211 * 



Sewage, town 209 e— S12 a 



Statistics, Scotch 211 b 



Steel, tempering 20f. a 



Strawberries, late 208 c 



Textile materials 204 a 



Turnips. Swede 206 c 



Vegetable pathology 205 a 



Victoria Fitiroyana i03 e 



vine disease in Madeira 205 e 



Water, supply of to wells 206 b 



Water power 206 c 



Winter, effects of the 207 b 





HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 

 The SEi'OND SPRING MEETING will take place at 

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

 from 12 to 5 p m. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON 

 GARDEN EXHIBITIONS. 

 Notke is hereby given that the FIRST EXHIBITION of the 

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

 frr the Great Exhibition of 1851, in the GROUNDS of 

 E HOUSE, on WEDNESDAY, May 16. 

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

 * fallowing : regulations :— AH Fellows of the Society will be 

 Omitted without tickets, from half-past 12 till 6 o'clock, on 

 toing tbeir names in a book at the entrance. Visitors can be 

 •touted only by tickets, to be obtained by the personal or 

 Triton orders of Fellows of the Society. 



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

 Apnl, may obtain at the PRIVILEGED RATE of Three Mil- 

 wpwd Sixpence each, any number of tickets not exceeding 

 I2?a" S JV J application for such tickets will be received 

 2 i,r" *«««** of the Society subscribing for tickets at this 



STl S/ a , a ckar week f rom the mth °f A P ril during 

 ■wBjwymay claim them. Aftbr that period all the 35. 6d. 



K7hfSS RrB r D 4 F0R ' BDT KOT "SUED, MAY BE CANCELLED. 



mLtZa^v ,, Apri1 ' Rn ? further number of tickets will be 

 2/??»iS . w , s „ on their personal application or written 

 III *mSt *?** °i FUe killings each ticket. 



ofc f S;Krs£ r et ickets must *" made at the Society7s 



OfTrrl^nili J&4" BE ,SSUED IN RECENT STREET 



SrfterHH S r°/ EXH, BITION. On those days Offices, 

 ?fl»u.™ Vt .^ance, *iU be opened at half-past 12 o'clock 



*M*tore s tate^ I at 7S ' 6d ' each? but StiU Under the Te S ula >- 



^mJ^! LZ P £ ° F ALLOWS. -Fellows of the 

 two ffo£, £' 6nter free at h alf-past 12, but can also introduce 

 ^«rl8 at rT . T , ICK ? TS ' at Gore House » Kensington Gore, 



« bit bV tr! ICk r' Jl L ne 20 ' and Ju] y u - 0r tbe Fellow's 

 Ger mouW l ran f erred . *° " brother, sister, son, daughter, 

 Jn™* r , o rwite residing in the Fellow's house, provided 

 fcketBMPd k W *? * he tran sfer is made be furnished with a 

 •^OfMrU L u hellow - That is to say, the power of 

 ■faj«k>n. ma - v be transferred, but not the right to free 



°t]^^^ Regent's Park. 



™ ' J£ni ITIOX ?, of Pl : ANTS - Flowers, and Fruit this 



T^HE ROYAL NATIONAL GRAND ANNUAL 



«Za EXHIBITION OF TULIPS (Adjourned from the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens), will be held at Cambridge, on TUESDAY, 

 May 22, in connection with the Cambridge Horticultural Society! 



Treasurer.— U. Headly, Esq., Stapleford, Cambridgeshire. 

 Hon Secretary.— Mr. C. E. Brown, 62, Sidney Street, Cambridge. 

 Ti.e Committee have pleasure in directing attention to the 

 following extended and liberal 



SCHEDULE OF PRIZES. 

 Class A.— Six Dissimilar Blooms, with one Feathered and one 

 i lamed Flower in each Class of Bizarres, Bybloemens.and Roses. 



Si R ^7 D £u E nJ KR ^ BIZE ' a Si,ver Cu P> value 10 '- 10*.; 2d, fJL; 

 3d, 41. ; 4th, SI. ; 5th, 21. ; 6th, 11. 



Class B — Twelve Dissimilar Blooms, to consist of four 

 Bizarres, four Bybkemens, and four Roses. 1st prize, a Silver 

 Cup value 11. ; 2d, 41. ; 3d, 31. : 4th, 21. ; 5th, 11. 



Class C— Eighteen Dissimilar Blooms, consisting of six 

 Bizarres, six Byblojinens, and six Ros 1st prize, Silver Cup, 

 value 61. ; 2d, 41. ; 3d, 3Z. ; 4th, 21. ; 6th, 1/. J ' 



^ j. SINGLE SPECIMENS. 



Class D— Feathered Bizarres. 1st prize, H; 2d, 15#.: 3d, 

 10s. ; 4th, 7s ; 5th, 6*. ; 6th, 5s. *->,•,, 



Class E.-~Flamed Bizarres. 1st prize, IX; 2d, 15s.; 3d, 10s. ; 

 4th, 7s.; 5th, 6*.; 6th, 5s. T 



q^ C 1a SS ?;r£ EAT ? ERKD Btri ^mens. 1st prize, It! 2d, 155.; 

 3d, 105. ; 4th, 7s. ; 5th, 65. ; 6th, 55. 



Class G.—Flamrd Bybl<emkxs. 1st prize, 12.; 2d, 15«. : 3d, 

 105.; 4th, 75.; 5th, 65.; 6th, 55. ' 



Class H.— Feathered Roses. 1st prize, 11. ; 2d, 155. ; 3d, IO5. ; 

 4th, 75.; 5th, 65.; 6th, 5*. ' 



a£ 1 Z M i , T F /1 LAMIlD RoSES - lsfc P rize » fci 2d, 155.; 3d, IO5.; 

 4th, 75.; 5th, 65.; 6th, 55. • 



Class K.— Six Dissimilar Breeders. 1st prize, 1Z.; 2d, 155.: 

 3d, 105.; 4th, 55. 



Premier prizes of 1?. each will be awarded to the best 

 leathered and Flamed Flower in each Class, selected from the 

 entire Exhibition. Certificates of Merit will be awarded to 

 Seedlings, which the judges think worthy of such distinction. 



In Class B, private growers only will be allowed to compete, 

 ine other Classes are open to all growers. 



Subscribers of 11. Is. and upwards to be allowed to show free in 

 their respective classes. N on- subscribers to pay the following 

 entrance-fees : In Classes A, B, and C, 5*. each Class ; in Class 

 K,25. 6d.; Single Specimens, I5. each bloom. There will be no 

 charge for Seedlings. All Entries to be made, and the Entrance- 

 money paid, on or before the 9th of May, to the Secretary, of 

 whom further particulars may be obtained. 



I^f ? t S t. /5S ™ KJ&* "*TC ARR I AGE FREE.-Seb 

 )LNDLE'S "FARMING PRLCE CURRENT and 

 ^ AGRICULTURAL DIRECTORY." 



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



SCfRMAN FLOWER SEEDS FRESH IMPORTED. 

 U rTON and SONS have imported a superior assort- 

 ment of New German Flower Seeds, a Priced List of 

 which may be had post free. 



SALSIKE CLOVER (TRIFOLIUM HYBRIDUW). 

 UTION and SONS have some pure genuine Seed 

 of this superior new CLOVER, which will be found an 

 inval uable Perennial Plant. 



O IANT "ASPARAGUS PLANTS.— Fine plants, 



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

 Shilling, Nurseryman, North Wamborough, Odiham, Hants. 



TWARF FRENCH BEANS _ carTbe had in any 



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

 High llolborn, London. 



T^IQUIDAMBAll^The" undernamed is a buyer of 



-*— • either a large or small quantity of the above. Send cash 

 price, and height, t o Mr. J eyes, Nurseries, N- liampton. 



w 



STATICE PSEUDO ARWIERIA. 



Payment to be made in postage stamps. 



, Norfolk Nursery, East l'» rebam. 



T UCERNE.—FRESH IMPORTED SEED may be 



-■— ' had of S«TT«>s' & Son's, Reading, price Is. per pound, or 

 955. perewt. April is the best month for sowing. Trae French 

 Furze, (Ulex europeus), 1^. per pound, or 95*. per cwt. 



pINE STRONG SEAKALE ROOTS, fit for 



-*- immediate planting. Apply to Lucombe, Pince & Co., 

 E xeter Nurser y, Exeter, Established 1720. 



CABBAGE PLANTS. 



^HOMAS WELL AND orTers extra fine DRUM- 



A HEADS for cattle; also E. BATTERSEA, E. YORK, 

 E. IMPERIAL, &c, at 3s.6d. per 1000, safely packed Tor anv 

 part of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, crat* Included, 

 and sent tree to Godalming Station.— Surrey Gardens, near 

 Godalming, Surrey. 



ELLETSON'S LATE WHITE BROCCOLIS, the 

 EMPEROR and MAMMOTH.— Packets of the above 

 highly esteemed variet ; of BROCCOLI may still be had, at 

 2s. 6d. each, of Messrs. Noble & Co., 152, Fleet Street: Messrs. 

 Hurst & Co., 6. Leadcnhall Street; and of I'.. P. Dixox, 57, 

 Queen Street, Hull. 



Y 



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

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

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

 and Climbers/— Royal Nursery, Great Yarmouth. 



COS 



LETTUCE 



•MOOwi 



in 



9, June 13, and 

 r I'aZ""'^^ rLA i™», MONDAY, June 18. 

 f tt « Girt-nii ™w , ?. n are " ow bein & 'ssued, and may be obtained 



ftSS-prS 'm ,2 , by , ori ? r s from F e |1( >ws or Members of the 



n<*2? orbeforeM^^i.. ; after tbatjjay, 5s. each^ 



^ FETE_.y f L . P A L A- C E.- HORTICULTURAL 



^*n »t tile P.i 1 ,!i mte ^ d . e i t0 bold a K rand Horticultural Exhi- 

 **• «ft<rf SATURDAY, tbe 2d of June next. The 



**3»° n t0 the ^creta e ry are "^ ™* } '' ^ CaD be ° bt * ined 

 \ rii — ^ fjy_prdcrQ G. Gbove, S ecretory. 



^^."L'RAL SOCIETY. 



HORTICULTURAL AND 



The Exhibitions for 



SJ* r will C LV / ^ M ^i^.-The Exhibil 



I Hl »AYtiwf-Iu 1< ll n the CastIe Ground, Dev 

 %tettber. * tbe 5th of Ju, y» ^d on THURSDAY, th 



lzes. on 



pORNISH EARLY WHITE BROCCOLI, 



^ U. 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 

 Jamf Lake, Seedsman, &c. f Bridgewater. 



T O P OTA TO GROWERS. " 



WANTED TO PURCHASE, a considerable quan- 



^ ▼ tity of good sound POTATOES.— Address, in the first 

 instance, with full particulars, lowest price, &c, to E., care of 

 Sotheran & Co., 10, Tower Jkreet, London. 



EARLY P O T A T O E S . 



CHARLES SHARPE begs to offer to Market Gar- 

 deners and others the following sorts of Early Potatoes for 

 Seed:— 



^I AMPSHIRE BUOWN 

 1 PLANTS, tine, at :>*. per 1000. 

 CABBAGE PLANTS, tine, of all kinds, including the true 

 QUEEN, and FLAT DUTCH CATTLE, at 3s. 6d. per 1000. 



PICKLING RED CABBAGE PLANTS, 9*. per 100. 



Can be had in any quantity of Stephen" Shilling, Nursery- 

 man, North Warnborough, near Odiham, Hants. 



RAN U N CULUStS, ANtMON ES, GERANIUMS, ETcf" 



KENRY GROOM, Clapham Rise, near London, 

 by Appointment Florist to Her Majesty, be^s to say 

 that his Spring CATALOG IE is ready, and will be forwarded 



by post on application. He would beg to call attention to tin 

 being the time to plant Ranu nculuses and Anemones^ 



CHTAP 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- 

 nicle and Agricultural Gazette of the 17th March, page 181 



Ashleaf Kidney (Jackson's) 

 Early Foxe's Seedling 



Early Martin's Globe 



Rilot's Flour Ball. 



J.J. Fox 



the 6th of 



Hon. Secretary. 



T » : • 5!zJKarch3: l . 



i^i A r M MASTERS and SON, 



U M rTf7^-^gggg g!y Exoti c Nnwwy, Canterbury. 

 H ILU AM BAKRTrr, LANDsr^i 



Wakefield, 



Gardener, 



Terms per ton, or for less quantities, may be bad on application. 



Seed Establishn it, Wisbe ach, Cambridgesh ire. 



EARLY 

 FIFTY- 

 FOLD, and several other choice sorts at moderate prices, 

 particulars of which may be had on application (stating 

 quantity required) to 



Sutton & Sons, Seed Growers, Reading. 



SEED POTATOES, Sound and True. 

 OXFORDS, FLUKES, REGENTS, 



B 



MANGOLD WURZEL, ETC.-TO THE SEED TRADE. 



T 



FLUKE K'DNEY POTATO. 



• * 



-« 



i!«!!l8nd Estimates fun ished. 



f'° B E sor n f\ °^, A w ' c a l. 



1 PLANTS sci^'.'r ,^ 1,owin g Collections of BRITISH 



ite*"' ^Z^^^^r^!^^ "ranged , 





few 



egant FEKNS 



ft I 9 



£2 

 10 

 8 







6 

 



; r«*Sffi&Br 



\V A ERR ^^gJ^ ^Market Place, Thirsk. 



• -J^ in^ fhi*\ Atll<sr » tele l Warwickshire "begs 

 f£r***m* Eypa 1 1 • w i hftt lie bas a nuniber of well-rooted 

 ^■•••Mod priced If 1! » . h i? can send out at a vei T low rate, 



X, J FLU ^ et SE ^Srsa^TfWlhe-be7t 



CsS"^. *Wu". Mil T""^' *l™,' from 1W yZZTs.': 



they do not bear cutting. Also Lapstone Kidney, Ashleaf, Flour- 

 ball, and many other varieties. Prices on application. The 

 Trade supplied.— 28, Market Pl ace, M anchester. 



rPHE FLUKE KIDNEY POTATO.- This excellent 



J- variety is now planted here as the principal crop, being 

 more free from disease and more prolific than any other in culti- 

 vation. It was raised in Middleton, and may be had genuine in 

 any quantity at 5s. per bushel of 56 lbs.— Apply to John Holland, 

 Brad.shaw Gardens, Middleton, near Manchester. 

 Po st-office Orders to b e ma de payable at Middleton. Lancashire 



^HE FLUKE POTATO.— A new second early 



variety, surpassing every other in its capability of resisting 

 ,.? otato diseas e, aT1 <l without exception the finest and most 



nrnlinr Prifof/% i« nnitirnt;.., t»_* _ . .. - * « i i 



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

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

 cation— Seed Establishment, Sudbury, Suffol k. 



TO PINE GROWERS. 



WANTED to purchase about 50 FRUITING 

 PLANTS, and 100 SUCCESSION Do.— Particulars of 

 sorts, with prices, may be addressed to Mr. Batbs, Gardener 

 Tittenhurst Park, Sunning Hill. 



_ PINE PL A NTS . ETC. 



JOHN A. WATSON, Fruit Grower, has now for 

 sale a fine clean healthy St. »ck, principally Ripley Queen ; 

 also fine young stock of the following kinds— Moscow Quren r 

 Bristol Queen, Providence, Black Jamaica, Smooth Havanah. 

 Sierra Leone, Smooth Cayenne, Prickly Cayenne, Envillts and 

 Blood. Lily of the Valley. 10s. per bushel ; Gooseberry Bushes, 

 16s. per 100 ; Thimble Raspberry, 10s. per 100. 

 Vine Gardens, Ealing. 



STRONC OAKS. 



and J. GAITSKILL have on band a fine healthy 



stock of the above, 1£ to 2 feet and 2 to 3 feet, which will be 

 sold cheap. Price on application. 



Hall San ton Nurseries, Whitehaven.— Mar. 31. 



STRONG QUICK] 



CHARLES SHARPE has for sale a quantity of 

 STRONG QUICK, 2 to 2£ ft. high, at 16s. per 1000. 

 Price to the trade may be had on application. 



Seed Establishment, Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire. 



T«0 BE SOLD (HEAP, i»ric7^i/.ra~small private 



1 Collection of ORCHIDS (130 PI ants).— Apply to Messrs. 

 ;, Nu rserymen, Lea Bridge Road, Leyton, r ex. 



show 



".: tti^iWSS £S S SSfcft! ' 



'** Kstgitt 



^^es'fo^neTa^S "'' G, ° Xini8 ' 



l0rti ^ * c -» n %h Street Battle, Sussex. 



WCOVENT GARDEN. 

 and S. GAINES beg respectfully to offer to 

 • Gardeners, Farmers, and Nurserymen, the following 

 SEEDS:— Scarlet Runners, 27s. per bushel; China, Dwarf, or 

 Robbin R Egg Beans, at 28s. per bushel. Potatoes for planting : 

 also Annual Flower 8<-eds, fifteen varieties, 2s. 6d.; thirty 

 varieties, 5s. Prices for cash.— Post-office orders pavable to 

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





Norfolk Nursery, Ea«t Dereham. 



anted WALNUT 



plication.— William 



bWEDt, C-RROT, AlMD MAMCOLD SEEDS. i 



O BB SOLD, a few sacks of SKIKVING'S 



SWEDE, of last year's growth, from large roots; some 

 YELLOW GLOBE and LUNG RED MANGOLD; and 

 ALTRINGHAM CARROT, all warranted. — Apply to Mr. 

 Geo. Taber, Seed Grower, Rivenhali, Witham, Essex. 





