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GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



[April 



1. 



SEEDS CARRIAGE FREE. 



A GRICULTUHAL SEEDS.- Landed Proprietors 

 f\ and Farmers «ho require large quantities 



Mamaold Wurzel, Carrot, or any other kinds of 



of 



I '-iSSJSlA •* * *»pp lied m ** e most liberal 



terms. — Appty to 



William E Ke.vdt.f. A Co Merchant s, Plyroontb 



P~~ Rl KS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL. 

 Tfo />nce* gao^i in Messrs. Sutton's Advertise- 

 ment of last week, page 237 >w'Jl not le considered binding 

 for articles ordered after the expiration of the present 

 month, . 



TTALIAN RYE-OKAS-. — Instructions on the 

 Cultivation- of this useful plant are sent with til parcels of 

 - moil's Improve Italian Rye-grass/' and " D'^" 8 ™ * 

 Italian Itve-gris -teed, aupplied by Messrs. Sitton, who * il 

 40 be hap] v to forirard a copy of the same to any of their 

 friends on receipt of one penny sump for postage.— Address, 



Sctt'.v & S >*•«* Grow ers, Readin g, Berks. 



NEW AND RARE CONIFER/E. . 



1 JETER LAWSON and SON, the Queen's Seeds- 

 men- Edinburgh and London, have still on hand a small 

 quantity of the Seeds of the following RARE CONIFERS, &c. : 

 Pi mis Lambertiana, 50 £ s. d. 





Seeds ... 1 5 <> 



P.tuberculata,entirecones2 2 



P.monticola, 50 Seeds ...2 2 

 P. Jeffrevi do. ...2 2 



P. Beardsleyi do. ...2 2 

 Libocedrusdecurrens, do. 15 



Taxus Lindlevana (quite 

 new) 50 Seeds ... 2 



Club-headedAVheat (cul- 

 tivated by theold Cali- 

 fornians) 200 grains 1 



AY heat (a variety of 

 Triticum durum) do. 



2 







15 









Full descriptions will be found in the last page of the Gardeners 

 Chronic, tor Feb. 3.-Orders may be addressed to Peter Law- 

 son& Soy, in Edinburgh; or to their London House, 27, Great 

 George Street, Wes tmi nster. 



CHARLES TURNER begs to intimate that his 



New SPRING CATALOGUE is now ready, and contains 



descriptive lists of— 



Carnations, 



Picotees, 



i 



SIORVINCTS IMPROVED TURNIP SEEDS. 



\\T SKIRVINO, Queen S^iare, Liverpool, begs to 



\ V • acquaint his t nds and the public that he has fixed the 

 prteeof his TUKMP SEEDS for the season an h>l Iowa:- 

 IKIRVINti ^ IMPROVED SWEDE TURNIP, at ls.M.perlb. 

 "" ■ IMPWVEO PIRPLE-TOP YELLOW BIL- 

 LC KTUH 1 P, at U. M. per In, 



AU other kinds of Turnip and Agricultural needs in general, of 

 the m**t select description, at moderate prices. A remittance, or 

 reference rmni unknown correspondents, is respectlully requested 

 to accompany erdem. W. S. has m agent in town or country. 



Liverpool* Ap 1 SSS. ______ 



SEED P O T A TOES. 



ALSTONS K 1 1) N BY,— TkU is perfectly distinct 

 f a any oti Potato Ti is an astonishing cropper, 

 and the. t trn are of a large size. It keeps well, and is 

 ■ >t flavoured, and is altogether an excellent and profit 



oble variety. 2s. id. per pede $ or lh. per bushel. 



PRiNU; OP WALKS.— TkU is « terly round! 



white P 'o f which, for a general crop, can be h hip 

 re< amended, ft k a .sort that gives t/ie most complete 

 satisfaction to every one who sows it 2s. 6d. per peck, or 

 9s. per bushel. 



J. C. Wfl <- E* ft Son, Gloucester, Seedsmen to the Gloucester- 

 shire Agricultural Society. » 



v !ir isHED IS Ti EA RLY PABT OF TU B 18TH CiyTUB V. 



R HODODfc H DRON C A M tPAfvnJ LATU M (true). 



\\ r ILLlAM JACKSON and CO., Bedale, Yorkshire, 

 * having a lar stock of this most distinct and beautiful 

 species, will sup flue bushy plants, perfect Shrubs on their 

 own to . 9 i hes high, 40j. per 100, or Is. Gd. each ; 12 to 15 

 inches high, 60*. per 100, or 2#. &i. each, dnrio- the present 

 iambic a* ; afterwards no more will be offered at the 

 prices. Not a leaf is injured by the lat tevera winter. 



BEO0INC AND OTHER PLANTS. 



Tf and A. SMITH'S Descriptive LIST of the under- 



-1 • mention*! is now readv. and maybe had, post free, on 

 application -.-Antirrhinum rbenas, I chsiaa, Scarlet ra- 

 nlums. Calceolarias, V Bias, Heliotropes, Pentstemons, Chry- 

 Ma-nthftfituu. l« Latvia »btHas,_¥c imbersin vri«*t- 

 limit *Uar .-ctiosefG re* '.house. U. They have 

 <•<■** in h? loans, Hoses, Verbenas, Fuchsias, 

 spotted Ci arias, Erica Hybrids, Cactus, Geraniums, _c. 

 The Trade supj I.— Dulwlch, Surrey. April 21. 



Dahli 



Fancy Dahlias, 



Cinerarias, 



Verbenas, 



Fuchsias, 



Hollyhocks, 

 Chrysanthemums 



1'inks, 



Pansies, 

 Auriculas, 



Shrubby 



Calcec- 



Scarlet and Horse- 

 shoe Geraniums, 

 Delphiniums, 

 Mimulus, 

 Pentstemons, 

 Petunias, 

 Bedding Plants, &c.,. 



including several new Dahlias, new Verbenas, new White 

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

 ou application— Royal Nursery, Slough. 



HP O THE SEE D 



X TURNIP SEEDS, &c. 



NEW AZALEA— •« ALBA Mfu^T^ 



ryillS is the one exhibited by us mX*L 



X "Alba Magna" among our collection to »w ■"** 

 Prize was awarded at the Regent's Park Show ^ Ifc 



white, and quite first-rate. Price 7s. 6W loI'<u CrTl **l3 

 Also a superior stock of Azaleas, for which see imi* * lt - 



The Spring Catalogue, consisting of i enhn ^ 

 Plants, and the Herbaceous one can be had b -^ *■* 

 postage stamp. 7 ^"^ 



H. Lank & Soy, T he Nurseries, Groat Berkb 



CHOICE GERANIUMS 



^yiLLIAM HUSSEY begs to offer 



inclu< 



Colonel of the Buffs, Conspicuum, Christine V'iH? 1 



Chloe, Diana, Elise, Enchantress, EurvdiccGawraS 



ralissimo, Gulielma, Lavinia, Lord Mayor. I.i«i* iSSf^. 



ficent, Ma 



Nectar Cup 



of Orange, Prince 



**INL 



WT ,, 7 , cgs xo oft er the 



named collection for 30s., fine healthv y>wL 



included, viz.:— Alonzo, Ariadne, Belle of the Viiwi 



TRADE. 



Orange Globe Wrrzel 



Broccoli, of sorts 

 Fairbeard's Nonpareil Peas 



Cole's Crystal White Celery. 



idrving's or Liverpool Swede 



Laing's 



\\ hi te Globe Turnip 



G reen 



Red Tankard 



\V. J. EfM can with confidence offer the above (not large quan- 

 tities), having been grown from the best selected stocks possible. 



—Prices sent on application. 



Seed Kstablislinien2J[^j_Street,_Maid stone f April 21. 



FOR PERMANENT PASTURE, 



245. to 30s. per acre 







 

 

 







JCOLK b( i to inform the admirers of Calceolarias 

 • that he is now preparid to supply a few more onlers from 

 his Choice Stock of Unbl rued SEEDLINGS; the seed was 

 saved from the choicest spotted and striped vari es, carefully 

 Impregna at 3<. and 4#. per dozen, 80*. and 25s. per 100. 



\l*> strong plants of hi* Fine Bedding Calceolaria Prince of 

 range, i habit and pro i of bloM unequalled. Strong 



i'lai thout pot . per dozen; well established, 9*. per dozen 



The Trade liberall nipplied. A Benittance solicited from 

 unknown msponder )Ht-office Orders payable at St. Aiban* s. 



K«'Vflild Nursery. 



hM >NV\ll ; or. thf. *« BURNING BUSH n of 

 i N UTil AMERI \.— The advertiser has just returned 

 from America, and brought with him a few Seeds of the above 

 new and bear 1 hardy ornamental small tree. It grows from 

 6 to 10 feet high, and of an uniform bushy, compact habit, quite 

 unlike any of the varieties known in English gardens. For four 

 months in the autumn it is densely idded with its beautiful 

 scarlet sped which make* it an object of the mn- striking and 

 admirable charac and hence the name " BuaxTKO Busn r has 

 b u given by the natives. The advertiser's knowledp >f 



pl-int* and ir worth enables him to sav that hundreds of 

 trees have b* i sent out as being hardy and ornamental, whose 

 Uims to flee were far, very far inferior to those of the 



60 perfect seeds will be forwarded post free, 

 on the receip t 50 postage stamps, addressed to A. B., 12, Great 

 Pulteney Street, Golden Square. 



N ii. Spe nens of this charming plant will be shown at the 

 next Monthly Meeting of the Horticultural Society, 21, Regent 

 8 tree- L> ■■ i. 



FARM S EEDS. 



I*' DRU.MMOND and SONS have implicit con- 



' • fidence In rec > mending the following Seeds:-— 

 PERENNIAL. BYE-GRASS, from the most select growths, and 



perfectly clean. 



ITALIAN RYE-GRASS, direct from Lombardy, and through 

 the same ntlernan in that country who has for several y rs 

 been employed by us in collecting- those fine parcels which 

 hav.> hitherto given so much sa faction to our customers. 

 QRA IS R PERMANENT PASTURE.— Having been 



tmong the first to recommend the use of the Natural Grasses 

 im ihe formation of Perma n t «kt Pasture, the subject has ocempied ! 

 a lar share of our attention. We have carefully noted the species j 

 compotina the best Natural Pastures, and the results of combina- 

 tions in culture under varied circumstances of soil and situation ; 

 ana% as tht suit of our observations, as well as from the great 

 lien our actions have given, we feel warranted in recom- 

 mendme, in addition to the Grasses usually sown, a variety of such 

 *?#*** «* <w* known, not only to yield the greatest bulk of herbage, 

 but the largest amount of milking and feeding properties, varying 

 those spools i the proportions of each, according to the nature 

 ta*d to b I tiown. From the increased demand, we are 

 •asWedtochar a lower price than formerly. An excellent 



Sft^TI*- f l t? U,>Wm K * ™*ral supply of Seeds, may be had 

 at from Ms. to ^6#. per statute acre 



T ^!u^ormed m£* ****** ^* rte ^ ei » 8aved b y ourselves from 



V Pnrid ? rJtl • SS HV ^ ** M ™*> * ^ry superior sort. 



J m^ ^ f a ^7 e * WUh e ? rv other ^crtption of Farm 

 , may be had post free on application. 



Fail Delivert.-AH Pare f of Seeds above 21 value Twith 

 th^ exception of Grain and Vetches), delivered free In ondon 

 Liverp-I, Hull, ircaatle, Belfast, Londo^errl AWeen' 

 Inverness, and to all the Stations along the Lines of th«» rVii 

 donian and North British Railways, <&c. ^ Cale ' 



W. Diu:. i D & Sons, Seed and Implement Warehouse.' 



/ 1 RASS SEEDS 



IMPORTED ITALIAN RYK-(iK ASS, 6s. per bushel. 

 PACEY'S PERENNIAL KVE-iiKASS, 4s. 6U to 55. 6d. per 



bushel. 



LAWN GRASS SEED, Is. per lb. ■ 



TRUE PERENNIAL RED CLOVER, OR COW GRASS, lOd. 

 per lb.— Delivered carriage free. 

 J. C. Wheeler & Sow, Seed Growers, Gloucester, Seedsmen 



to the Gloucestershire Agricultural Society. 



Established in the early parj^o' the 18th century. 



SUPERB SHOW CARNATIONS, PICOTEES, PINKS, 



PANSIES, ETC. 



JOHN HOLLAND, Bradshaw Gardens, Middleton, 

 near Manchester, is now sending out choice selections of the 

 above, in strong well-rooted plants, package, &c, included. 

 25 pairs cf Show CARNATIONS In 25 different vars. £1 

 25 pairs of PICOTEES do. do. ... 1 C 



25 pairs of PINKS do. do.... 10 



25 tine show PANSIES, in 25 distinct varieties ... 12 

 AURICULAS, ALPINES, POLYANTHUSES, &c. Extra 

 fine selected TANSY SEED, Is. and 2s. per packet. Priced and 

 Descriptive Catalogues are now ready, and maybe had for one 

 postage stamp. Post office orders to be made payable at 



Middleton, Lane lire. 

 The FLUKE KIDNEY POTATO, TRUE, 5*. per bushel of 



lbs. 



I7PPLEHENT to MAY'S CATALOGUE of 



HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS to be had free by post 



on application at the Nursery. The Catalogue and Supplement 

 contain the most rare and beautiful varieties of this interesting 

 Class of Plants, amounting to upwards of 2000 sorts :— 



100 fine Herbaceous and Alpine Plants, named ... 

 100 do. do, do., Purchasers' selection... 



HK) fine Double Hollyhocks ... 



1*2 fine named Calceolarias, new 



1 2 Sine do. Shrubby do. do., including " Mas- 

 terpiece," " Surprise," and " Superba" 



12 fine El is, named 



12 do. Epacris do. 



12 do. Cinerarias, do., including "Lord Stamford" 



N.B. — A fine collection of Shrubs and Hardy Trees, also Green- 

 house. Plants, &c. &c. See Catalogue. — Address, Henry May, 

 The Hope Nurseries, near H» Yorkshire . 



ROBERT PARKER begs to inform his friends 

 and the public that his New Spring Catalogue containing 

 Descriptive and Priced Lists of the following:— 



[varieties 

 and fancy 



lucre, ttnjL? 



ma Elise, Enchantress; Eurydice,' G^£E& 



Gulielma, Lavinia, Lord Mayor, Little \rfi 'iT* 1 



gnet, Major Domo, May Queen, Mocha4 



p, :Narcissus, Ocellatum, Optimum <.;j W^TS* 



8 , Prince Arthur, Pearl/ Puk-hr* ] ;*JN 



RoWeana, Rosamond, Rachael, Silk Mercer, Virgi* OnL^ 1 ** 



A remittance or reference to accompany aU^rderasL 

 known corres pondents.— Horticultural Gardens, Norwich 



PHLOX BEAUTY OF MlLRlQ 



DREGHORN and AITKIN, Nursery^ W 

 men, Kilmarnock, N.B., beg to acquaint the PalfcS 

 they have still a small stock of the above PHLOX % 

 sidered by all good judges who have seen it in ftoi to JZ 

 best white Phlox in cultivation, both as to size and f -nntiffr- 

 Price 25. 6ti. each, with one added to every three ordewrfZ^ 

 Trade. * 



D. & A. beg to acknowledge thankfully the hr<»e innn 

 patronage they have received for this flower. 

 Kilmarnock, April 21. . 



" CHEAP NEW FUCHSIAS ANO~VERBENAS 



IOKN HOADE, Addlestone, near Chertsey, 



«' the following:— Autocrat, Clio, Charles Palmer 



Hero, Duchess of Lancaster. Duke of Wellington, 

 Glory, King Charming, Macbeth, Nil Desperandum, fyy. 

 Omega, Perfection (Standish's), Queen of Hanover, YumI 

 Post tree 8s. the dozen ; single plants, Is. 



YE RBENAS.— Avalanche, Fair Rosamond, Iver Rival, I 

 parable, King of Scarlets, Hon. Mrs. Gerard L u i 

 Wales, Prince of Orange, Queen of Pnrpli Rougr 

 Sarah, Standard. Post free at 5s. per dozen; older sc fc 

 per dozen. 



O FKUSG FLOWERs._CINERAKIAS,goodfc^ 



ing Seedling Plants, 4s. to 65. per doz.; fine named varWn, 



65. to 9s. 



HYACINTHS in pots, various colours, just show 

 45. per doz. ; also a few very fine named flowers, many of itti 

 are catalogued at Is. to Is. 6d. each, in the same state uts 



above, 9s. per d r z. 



FINE HERBACEOUS CALCEOLARIAS, from Mian 

 seed, in large and small 60 pots, 4s. to 6s. per doz. 



Wood and Ingram, Nurseries, Huntingdon. 



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WILLIAM 



» V their annual importations of ORCHIDS from tbeirnV 

 lectors in the East, which they beg to offer on the Mnt 

 terms, many of which are one and two years estibfoW 

 Yanda enrulea, 21s., 42s., 63s., 105s.; Yanda ter 

 Aerides odoratum, 10s. 6tt; Aerides aflSne, 42.?. ; Foxbrunv» 

 Dendrobium Devonianum, 10s. 6a\; Cambridgesmim ,1 

 Gibsoni, 10s. 6d.; densiflornro, 10s. 6rf.; Farmcn, lw*» 

 chrysanthum major, 7s. 6rf. : nobile, mixed witfl w 

 7s, 6d.; Pierardi, mixed with lati folia, 7s. Qd.\ clavatBB,l»>w- 

 moschatum, 10s. Gd.; Camarotus purpurea, 10s. ^^w^JC 

 or Pleome, Wallichi and maculata, in pots, wltu .'^ f, f J!! 

 plants or bulbs. 10s. 6tt each ; Saccolabium ampnW 

 scarce), small plants, 63*. each^jTheJ^ursene^Bf^ 



^/I R. J. LINDEN, of Brussels, has much pleww 

 J announcing that his CATALOGUE of NEJ Jig 



this Paper. 



SELECTS 



Roses in pots 



Dahlias — show 



Fuchsias 



Selaginillas or Lyeopodiums 



Gloxinias 



Cinerarias 



Calceolarias — bedding varieties 

 Verbenas 



Miscellaneous bedding plants 

 &c, &c. 



U? HEELER and SONVS SHORi 

 LIST.-Our Priced List of Seeds *»* *"***$ 

 ing Descriptions and Prices of the best GAM'fc* » u + 

 SEEDS, will be forwarded free by post. It i* oui ' « ^4 

 vourtosend out all Seeds, whether for the G **™ nu & 

 the very best quality and true to name; and a* ,ma . 



are ou/ own growing, and are P^J^S* 

 generally succeed in giving entire satisfaction to u ^ 



We are in daily receipt of most grahfytno * 4 



orders from those we had the honour of sen J*£p0 

 as we deliver our Seeds Cakeiage Fkek. ™ ^ J oix( 

 solicit the honour of an order from those woM* B y 



us a trial.- J. C. Wheeler & Sox, Gloucester, **« 



louce stershire Ag ricultural S oc iety. _. -- - - Q u ^| 



OUEEN'S GRAPERIES AND wuRSE p B 

 Park Strfet. and at 176, W**T*B* ^'SU* 



and 



Exotic Orchids 



Ferns— stove, greenhouse, and 

 hardy 



I eraniums — show/ancy, scarlet, 

 variegated, and hybrid bed- 

 ding varieties 



Chrysanthemums — large flower- 

 ed, and Pompone varieties 



Petunias 



Antirrhinums 



Is now ready and can be had Post-free on application. 



_ Paradise Nursery, Hornsey Road Rolloway, London. 



Great Novaxnsfl for inE Ensuing Season. 

 FUCHSIAS WITH WHITE COROLLAS. 



UCOMBE, PINCE, and Co. beg leave to announce 



that they shall be prepared to send out two splendid and LANDSCAPE CARDENIM2, CA.-_ yv 



entirely novel Seedling Fuchsias, early in May next, viz.:— AND GENERAL ,!V,P ^tATiONS, ETC. 



I 



T7» SPARY, Nurseryman, Florist, ^*g 

 & • begs respectftilly toretnm S^^SS^t^ 



and friends for the increasing Peonage rec 



direct attention to his extensive collect ion or u ^^ 



&c, &c, at the above establishments. ■*JL dy and «■ * ' 



select Dahllag, Plants, &c v for 1S55 \* now reactf 



on application, *n£ST&jffi 





FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. 

 Pure white corolla, with brilliant scarlet sepals, finely reflexed ; 

 an extremely lovely and novel variety. 



CALANTHIFLORA-PLENA. 

 (The Double Snowdrop Corolla'd Fuchsia.) 

 Pure double white corolla, resembling a fine large double Snow- 

 drop, with rich scarlet sepals; altogether distinct from anything 

 of the kind ever yet produced. Price lus. 6d. each. 



Together with a very beautiful new double Purple varietv 



VIOL/EFLORA-PLENA, 

 Rich double blue corolla, resemblingafine double violet, 7s.Sd. each. 

 L. t P., & Co. have also fine plants of the following choice kinds 

 of Fuchsias at 18s. to 42s. per dozen. :— 



Purple Perfection 



Sir Harry Smith 



Sidonia 



Sir J no. Falstafl 



Telegraph 



Resplendent. 



nHARLES 



WOODS, PLANTAT c 



M'lNTOSH, F.RP>. 



A.L- 



fr 



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V^ Author of the "Book of &?<i«4g>J* { «J 



Horticulture, &c late Curator of 0»e O*^ «*"& 



at Claremont and B ' p,ikeift >" 



King of the BelgUna at uiaremon >• »••- ' h at D» ls "^ -* 

 those of his Grace the Duke of *****%; ovs of «• 

 begs to inform the nobility and the pi opn ftpp iic.0«» 



sequence of the ""^'tendenc* «' "#* 



rally, that, in c- 

 been honoured wi 



Aspasia 



Apollo 



Brilliant 



Duchess of Lancaster 



Duke of Wellington 

 Domini ana 



They are also now 



Glory 



Lucretia 

 Orion 



Prime Minister 



Princess 

 Kossuth 



prepared to send out their beautiful new 

 VERONICA KERMESINA, 

 Raised by that eminent horticulturist J. Lnscombe, Esq., of 

 Coombe Royal, who sent specimens to Dr. IJndley, at the time of 

 its first flowering, who thus pronounces his fir opinion of it:— 

 " The variety sent with this was charming, a decided rose colour 

 having mingled with the violet." See also notice of Dr. Lindley 

 in the Chr icle for Dee. 2, 1854, as follows :— **L., P ,& Co. Your 

 V. Kermesina is a handsome dark variety of V. species*,' its 



beautiful lar^o spikes of deep purplish cr n blossoms cannot 

 fail to makt* it a favourite." Price 7s. M, each. A few extra- 

 sized specimens may be had. 



The I aal discount to the Trade when three or more Are taken. 

 Exeter Nursery, 1 ter.— Estai hed in 1720. 



ntion to in.- - f botfi"'M 

 wards of 40 OT ^ 



-«^ in a fr-W Y* MtMlt 



Th« practical experience of upwam- n flrffl 



Britain and on the Continent, and [in ^ h}m t 



believes more extensive and ran e MP**% f t0^ 



most individu 3 in his professi on J ^ • with their a— 

 guarantee to those who mav honour n 



that they wi 



ill be executed etRa««t\y- 



,l<r particularly direct iM „ 



thotiw 



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C. M. woiiiu p«.*.» i -*wt< m n"**' 



Ills new and important improvement. f f| m 

 tory Building, which he ^flatterj , bunas ^ ^^ 



economy, elegance, and htness 



examples can be referred to. After 1st oi 



Address, Lugton, D^^^rnhiirKh. 

 Newcome Villa, M urry field, Edrnbm%_ 





of St. Paiicras. and Krid»»ic« : »*) ' , st 



Printed by Wn.i iam Brad« 



w*.^**S&& 



is 



Stivet. in the P 

 the County of 





Ch of St M a W'VKeir 0*ff 



the Precinct of Wbitetriar;, ^^^V^n tb« W % ■; 

 at thP Office, Wo. S. ^^ , " 1 f p L7!i{ Adverti-^^ 

 G^rd.n.inthcs Raaatjr, wh ^™£-*tfV*»*'' ' 

 are to be A»dbe«bkd to thb Ed"^ «• 





