

















THE GARDENERS- CHRONICLE 



£SSK*> 



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F^T^p that in consequence of their inability to supply 

 - ^"ffirient strength so early in the season, two of the 

 *^jSr->™ not be sent out this year, consequently the set 



3»TJ*^f ite! I Lady of the Lake, 



gppr^tuffeu i Q U een Victoria. 



*** Attirt. Kaffaelle. 



22mnT" J Water Nymph. 



^SlTfifftbe above can only oe booked and executed in rota- 

 2r£LiL earlier orders are despatched. 

 m THE NEW SPRING CATALOGUE 



wva linr'r &• published and forwarded post free on appli- 

 lStftlefl wishing lor the same will have their names 



A COLOURED PLATE, 

 of a group of Nine new Flowers belonging to the 

 j — ~* and Garden. It will be sufficient to say 



Mb* 



TOHN rATTFTrr £W DV |f AR f NAST ^RTiUMS. 



JUHiM CAirhLL has much pleasure in brinmn- 



'. m rotlCP thes e two very showy hardy ANN U V LS vi* • ° 



,nn'^ T V\ TIL : M DWARF CEIMSON^-The ^ of thl 

 common dark crimson. 0I tne 



B r» D rli* B -I A ¥ S ?ARLET.-The colour very rich orarre 

 scarlet, with a fi-ry shade on the upper part of the throat. * 



»At!l%? re '} ^l*r ih % aw * T{ ™ m V* ct h »bitof minimus, and 



poo? on/ fW d f ° r *"??* j«n^P«W^ in S 

 pooi soils, the flowers are the size of the common Nasturtium 



throu^r 2? ab ° Ve tbe f 2 1,a W and are a ma8S of wSm 

 S"S3?2. ea'ch, ToTfrZ "* ^^ ***«' "»**** 



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299 



^ndjtwf, tne exnmeni noncuiuu-ai zirusc, nas tnera in 



>n,and under his superintendence full reliance 



^ plicedontheir accuracy ; anyone wishing for the same will 



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will 

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K 12 postage stamps; and if ordered in time m 

 hi irfft^-'" and sent with their new Spring Catalog 

 lite frtte *1*> applies to any nurseryman that may wish 

 h*n me Plate.- Wel lington Nursery, St. John's Wood. May 5. 



~~~~NEW BEDDING PLANTS. 



CHARLES TURNER has much pleasure in intro- 

 igtae following New Plants :— 



CALCEOLARIA "PURITY," a new and beautiful shrubby 

 Ttritty, pore paper white, dwarf free habit, and a most desirable 

 badAiBi plant. Very highly recommended. 7s. 6d. each. 



NEW VERBENAS. 

 •WONDERFUL (Edmonds), rich plum purple, with very large 

 vfettacttrrt. This is without exception the finest and most dis- 

 ttoit nrfety y«t introduced, and is especially recommended for 

 ^-pnrjxws, continuing fully in bloom until very late in the 

 It obtained a Certificate of Merit at National Floricul- 

 fenJ&Ktety. 



•BLUE BEARD (Edmonds), a decided blue, good shape, large 

 tro*, and an excellent bedding variety. Highly recommended . 



\DY LACON (Edmonds), bright rose, with large pale yellow 

 outre, food ahape and habit This also is a first-rate bedding 

 TtriitT. Obtained a First-class Certificate at National Floricul- 

 tarai Society for form. 



COMMANDER-IN CHIEF (Edmonds), bright cerise, with 

 ytlmw eye, free bloomer, and good habit. Very fine. 



WPRESS OF FRANCE (Edmonds), large pale rose, fine truss. 



FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE (Edmonds), pink, yellow eye, 

 good scape. J 



ROSE OF ENGLAND (Edmonds), bright rosy pink, with 

 yellow ere, good form, free and distinct, fine. ' 



7 Vfi p^' P ^^ E JI dm0Dds ^ dee P blue P ur P!^ fi«e and dis- 



tiuct Received a Certificate at Nnrwi^ * ' a 



Alstraemeria acutifolia . . . 



Anemone, single Poppy, 

 fine mixed 



Auricula alpini, from fine 

 named varieties 



Azalea, from finest Green- 

 house varieties 



Cineraria, from very superb 

 varieties 



Celsia arc turns 



Geranium, from new florist 

 varieties, 12 seeds 

 „ from finest older do., 

 12 seeds 



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6 



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2 6 



6 



26 



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Lychnis fulgens 



Mandevilla suaveoiens ... 



Nierembergia intermedia . 



Oxalis rosea 



Petunia, from finest vara." 



Polyanthus, common, from 

 showy varieties for bor- 

 ders, &c. ... 



Do. fine mixed 



D». from fine named vars. . 

 Saponaria calabrica 

 Verbena teucrioides 



„ venosa 



„ mixed, from finest 

 named varieties 



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Zinnia eleganscoccinea,fine 6 



: , do. fancy do., 12 seeds 1 

 Lmum grandiflorum, true . 1 



*JrJE } £? ° ? cco ™P an 7 a» orders from unknown corre- 

 spondents.-Nurseries. Westerham, Ke nt 



-^ „ N E W R cTs~E~S " 



gENJAMIN R. CANT begs to offer strong Dwarf 



"■^ Plants, m pots, of the following NEW ROSfs-_ 



TTOMasot k.st N«w Ca,.,->:,.,, H a S adapted KOR BKI.I..W 

 „ PMOECnn ... OR POT < I.TUBK. »w>wiw> 



X/nTTPT? NAp OLEON AND EMPRESS EUCENIE » 



yOUELL and CO. have much pleasure in inTroduc. 



which hfy'dote .t aUtifl " VaHC,ie . S ° F tl,iS foT0Urite flo»«. 



entire «?.&„ T h e e ^V ""Meiice of giving tbe mos 

 scripti.n-- lhe foUoWin g will be found a faithful de- 



large oranse-Marlet flow! U ^ .v 0we S stems ' dense he *^ s °f 

 baifdcd wlSfiwift' co"ou°r Jtllne ° f eaCh being distinctI y 



buf ™otS^^ - *• ^er, is of a dwarf 



enormous head of rich*, S'o' LdZ? y **?■* ^ ms > an 

 of size, are unequalled. «>.oured flowers, which, in point 



«hH^ f :Ein%^Sd!stlou^^^^^^ 



now ready for sending out at 7s to e°ach *Uhk« lhe above are 



r tt^wP PERB NEW HYBRID HEATHS " 



LUCOMBE P1NCE, AKD CU. are nlw'prepared to 



MATHS .°tL their ^^r^ VeU known N£ W HYBRID 

 vht-I • ? x> the7 A W o ere exi,ibite d at the Horticultural Societv^ 



Th« foiV D . Rp «? nt 4l S tre , et > and Stained the large Silver Medal 

 The following is the description given by the Editor of th# 

 Gardeners 1 Chronicle, May 28, 1853 :— e 



for a Collation o/Xew Hybrid Cape BeaSm, conSgof **** 1 



LINDLEYANA, EXONIENSIS 



DlglGNIS, PULCHEMIMA, EXQUISIT1 



METULCEFLORA-SUPEKBA ' 



all fine kinds, posse.isina In™* h*hi 4t, M *~* »- j x_- x* ., 





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IVA (Tamer), pnre white, fine truss, and free bloomer 

 TV tbowe fi». each, or tbe Set for 21. The three varietipR mnrtori 

 •■ • wot figured in the « Florist » for ApriUSK. ed 



»-.w < .„, „ NEW DAHLIAS. 



\^^!i ( l e] }'"? ,s) 10s - M - Glenlyon (Fellowes) 



IjrtBitb (Wheeler) ... 10 6 Diadem (Fellowes) 



22»(Tnrneg ...10 6 Constancy (Hopkins) "* 



*"*>< Bath r Bush1 ,n « The N1 ^aj 



Baron Alderson (Perry) 

 a fancy variety 



(G. Holmes) 10 



■Mloweg) ... 10 



'Fellowes)... 10 



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7*. 6d. 

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7 

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6 

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Hybrid Pebpetuals. 

 Alfred Colomb 



Alphonse de Lamartine ... 

 Ceres 



Cicero 



Comtesse Vaillant 

 Conseiller Jordeuil 

 Duchess of Norfolk 

 Deuil de F. Willenn02 

 George d'Amboise 

 Gloire de France ... 

 Gloire de Parthenay 

 Lady Milsom 

 Lady Shelley 

 La Ville de St. Denis 

 Madame Domage... 



Hector Jacquin 

 Masson ... 

 Laeroix ... 



F. Rigaux 

 Place ... 



Recamier 

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 7 6 

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Hybrid Perpetuals.. 

 Madame Theodore Martel 



m Quetel 

 Marie de Bourges 

 Prince de la Moskowa 

 Sir John Franklin 

 Triomphe en Beaute* 



P. Moss, Andre Thouin ... 



Bourbon, Omer Pacha 



Tea, Louise de Savoie 



Nois, Augusta 



Moss, D'Arcet 



Gloire de Mousseuses 

 Jeanne de Montfort 

 L'Eblouissante 

 Marie de Blois 

 Vandael 



Gallica, Amphitrite 



., George Vibert ... 

 H. Bour., Charles Lawson 



„ Gervaise Rouillard 



raised from 3fassmi, AmpuUacea, 

 ita, ally it will be seen, good parents: 1 



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I* •« B SL\ , r" VI Tw 1,cae ™ ne ties ^e Cat? 



J wTtfaat 1p Si gS l ? ,llf0rm h, * S frieDds ™ 

 *K the nlttaTfS?- 3 * l n raisi «g from Seed a 



•^•tbe British ^n ^1, th. 6 ° ,d Z™} 1 **' the fruit as 



rdin^J 1 * a i!l h f 5^^ d v S°°d qualities 



dwarf habit, &c, which 



It was exhibited at the 



•«' B, A he new H y brld Perpetual Rose Emperor Napoleon 



~^°l he J en l ° Ut ^ f ° re June; h ? that tiffie I shatlhave 

 proved it If not more than semi-double, I much question if it is 



worth 7j. erf. I, however, received a very high character of it 

 which induces me to offer it to the public, bit not to let if out 

 before proving its worth. 



Carriage paid to any Station on the Eastern Counties Railway. 

 S^Jojin T sStreetJN T ursery y Colcheste r. 



♦ IV * 1' ca " assure a11 cultivators of this beautiful tribe of 

 ants that these fine varieties cannot fail to give satisfacUon £ 



ot much substance, which are produced in great profusion — 



mending them to the public Price, 'SI. the set of Six. 



Exeter Nurs ery. Exet er,— Estab" bed 1720. 



FLOWER SEED S. 



DETER LAWSON and SON, Seedsmen and 



*LJ ^ wl!7 M?N *° *t e Q V KEy ' Ed,nbu ^, and at 27, St George 

 Street, \\ estmmster beg leave to invite attention to their very 

 choice selection of Flower Seeds. ^ 



27, St. George Street, Westminster. 



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"-eness, hardiness nf «!.-♦ ^ mD L r '« a &°° d qualities 



«^^« it a general L„ n H- nt 'r d 7 arfhabit ' &c - wl»«ch 

 ^"W flartlenlmiiTi.-te?."' 9 - !* wa s exhibited at the 



a First-class 



• ""TT"' t.'/irowcto, July i Si 1854 _ 



J. I, the ftrawben^'"!'-^ t,pin, ' 0M - 



*•» braised hv ,.,*. ° 0f the 0,d Carolina, but 



S** '^ S^w&S^af '«!S? ^ the P a P«r Which 

 **»*« on the pITr if L Saturated *** W and 

 | ^.«JJto Mniish colour^ s™^ yrUp - T 8weet ' ^hesive, 

 Tf ** Propertie S ."I See r^Z^W™ does not "™»«y 

 i J^e^rioned gentLen t^ x™"^' Ju ' 7 *• 1854 



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'Mloffrm* ^ ^ vim »_ nnr* -rein . ■-; » " 



tn acquisition 



last summer 





» 1 £S!? 1 ! **nnta of Lan 



sdowne's, Bowood." 



£?* 



^""PHsatisft,.^^^ and feel assured it will do you 

 •n.. . «.!.».. 5 a " w 5° may purehase U * 



: ln «f and tastinrthB tv, -7 r reqnent0 PP° rt,lnit ies 



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berry; 



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saw 

 a first- 



.tt^^wr, and flavour" 



W^^ted P^aSt?^ mdc ™*e Nursery, Bath " 

 ^*\«« byVoJt 3 ^ DW read ^ a t «. per locjio.. 



^^^iVa^ Bath. 



PRES 



Andromeda floribunda, per dozen" 125. to 



25 Azaleas, new hardy Belgian varieties, one of a sort by 



name on their own roots 



25 Azaleas, American varieties, do. do 



Hardy Heaths, Ledums, and Kalmias, per dozen 

 25 Hardy American Plants, one of a sort, by name 

 12 Rhododendrons, including scarlet, white and rose !!! 

 Fine hardy Scarlet Rhododendrons, 1 to 2 feet, per doz. 

 New Yellow Rhododendrons, in pots, each 3s. 6tf. to 

 6 Fine hardy Magnolias, one of a sort, in pots 

 Wistaria sinensis, strong plants, in pots, each 



12 Hardy Climbers, of sorts, in pots , 



Fine climbing Rosea, of sorts, per dozen, in pots ... a 



Bourbon Roses, budded, 1 ft., fine for beds or edgings, do. 10 

 Fitz-Roya, Saxe-Gotha?a, Cephalotaxus, Libocedrus, each 5 

 Wellingtons gigantea, and other choice and cheap 



hardy Coniferae (see list). 

 Cedar of Lebanon, 2 to 3 ft. t well grown, per doz., 12*. to 18 

 Greenhouse Azaleas, choice varieties, per dozen 12s. to 18 



6 New Achimenes, and 6 Gloxinias 10 



50 choice Greenhouse plants, one of a sort 45 



Orchidea Plants, beautiful species, by name, per dozen 40 

 24 choice Ericas, one of a sort 16 



24 choice Fuchsias, fine proved varieties ... 12 



6 Tree Carnations, choice sorts g 



Verbenas and Petunias, best sorts, per dozen ... '..] 4 

 Calceolarias and Cinerarias, in flower, per dozen, 9s. to 12 



Fancy Geraniums, best sorts per doz . 15 



x irst Class Carnations and Picotees ... . 10 



First-rate sorts of choice Pinks " * 



25 choice Pansies, one of a sort ' " jq 



25 choice hardy Herbaceous Plants, named ... .\'.* '" 10 

 Pentstemons, Lobelias, new Phloxes and Potentiiias per 



no d i?r en £ ^ Tm •" , ' ••• 6 



Dahlias, the best fancy and show sorts, p^r dozen ... 12 u 



Choice Flower Seeds, 20 papers, 55. ; 45 ditto, lOt. Free by post. 



Conservatories, Greenhouses, and Gardens* furnished on mode- 

 rate terms. 



Albion Nursery, Stoke Newington, London.— May 5. 



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SA TURD A Y, MA Y 5, 1855. 



MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK 



TjJKiDAY, May 8- Horticultural q , „ 



Wembsdat, — 9-Royal Botanic ^~*^ 2 t.m. 



Last Tuesday was ihe fiftieth anniversary of the 

 Horticultural Society of London, and the Council 

 took advantage of the occasion to lay before the 

 meeting a sketch of the rise and progress of this 

 great Corporation up to the present time. The 

 report itself is much too long for our space, and we 

 therefore confine ourselves to condensing portions 

 of it, recommending every one to read the complete 

 report if he can. 



^ The Society was established in the year 1804, 

 since which time great changes have taken place* 

 the face of gardens is entirely altered, and the art 

 of cultivation has been brought to a state of perfec- 

 tion which could not have been anticipated 50 

 years ago. Probably few persons have any distinct 

 recollection of the real state of gardening in the 

 beginning of the present century. It is however 

 obvious from the writings of those who flourished 

 at that time, that no English garden bore much 

 j resemblance to the first-class establishments of the 

 present day. Vegetable physiology had only just 

 begun to be applied to practice ; what was good in 

 cultivation did not extend beyond the fruit and 

 kitchen garden, which was scantily supplied with 

 varieties scarcely now remembered, except in the 

 case of a few fruits and esculents little susceptible 



S ttTTON 



PRICES OF 



M SEEDS. 



9 



FARM SEED 



BEING NEARLY OUT OF PRIN T 



LIST 



fe 



NG EX ™ACT IS PRESENTED, WITH PRICES OF SEEDS 



* P TED 



HYE-GitASS 



ditto 

 ditto 

 ditto 



Per Bushel— s. d. 



... 7 



... 7 



••• 5 



6 



6 

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N '**Hovi^ - F0R PRESEW T SOWING. 



^^^_ ditto 



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Per lb. 

 .10 



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D *ESS 



SWEDE SEEDS, OF SORTS 



TUKNIPS, of Sorts 



CLOVERS, of Sorts ... 



MUSTARD sndRAPK, or COLE 



BENCH FURZE and LUCERNE i.'.' I 



?r?i.L L . R ^ B ' and D "UM HEAD CABBAGE 

 SUTTON'S I A ULY CATTLE ditto 

 2 CJALSIKE HYBRID CLOVER * 



CarruS J SS^J ^°J e "' ****** for Permanent Pasture 



l,T-^,i.. FREE . EXCEPT SMALL PARCELS. 



RS, READII 



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Per lb.— s. 



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... 9^. to 1 

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UTTON & SONS, SEED-GROWE 



of change. Flower gardens, shrubberies, and plan- 

 tations contained little that had not been in them 

 for a century and more. Marshall, whose book on 

 gardening had passed through five editions by the 

 year 1813, has even at the last date few trees among 

 his lists beyond .such as are natives of Europe, or as 

 form the commonest vegetation of the United States; 

 and his annual and perennial flowers have long since 

 been confined to Botanic Gardens, with the excep- 

 tion of Cockscombs, Balsams, some Convolvuli, 

 Hollyhocks, Stocks, Mignonette, Chinese Pinks, and 

 a small number of other common species. 



Of the then state of gardening we may form some 

 idea from an address in April 1805 by the late 

 Thomas Andrew Knight, beyond all comparison 

 the most experienced practical gardener, as well as 

 scientific experimentalist, of his day. Speaking of 

 the need there was of some stimulus to horticulture 

 he made the following observations ; — 



"Societies for the improvement of domestic 

 animals, and of agriculture in all its branches, have 

 been established with success in almost every dis- 

 trict of the British Empire. Horticulture alone 

 appears to have been neglected, and left to the 

 common gardener, who generally pursues the dull 

 routine of his predecessor ; and, if he deviates from 

 it, rarely pos>esses a sufficient share of science and 

 information to enable him to deviate with success. 

 In training wall trees there is much in the modern 

 practice * hicfa appears defective and irrational : no 

 attention whatever is paid to the form which the 

 species or variety naturally assumes, and be its 



