



THE 



CHRONICLE 



AND 



AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



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Rural Economy and General News 



Horticultural 





No. 19.— 1355.] 



SATURDAY, MAY 12. 



[Price Gd. 



INDEX. 



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cbemisry .... 

 England 



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319 <r 

 833 a 



324 a 

 3:5 a 



fcnrticultarnl 33d a 



- ipWallartl 375 a 



hOirnw^l ........ 317 » 



nxinufecture oi . . 3 lb a 



■Wt.hnmed 3.2 b 



- MMftBffit cf dairy .. 3C4 a 



Sl itltof 316 6 

 jun«t?iculture.... •}--,« 



~T"~fi. 3 86 



317 a 



MfJe 318 c 



- i«(i-aeof antic in the . . . . 317 6 

 CritkMB ■tritimum an anti- 



317 * 



Bitatas 818 b 



Martin Doyle on Small 323 a 



efrct of on plants 313 c 



it mi t w c ht 317a 



Itatfc, ahite Mediterranean . . 317 e 



Infer, OM boiler plan of 318 a 



■oct ural Society 313 c 



poifton 319 c 



oTnbweo 81S4 



natural 317 * 



POSTPONEMENT. 



T>OYAL NATIONAL TULIP SHOW, under the 



-*-*' Gracious Patronage of Her Majesty and His Roy \l 



Highness Prince Albert.— This Grand National Exhibition 

 will be held, in connection with the May Show of the 

 Cambridge Horticultural Society, at Cambridge, on TUESDAY, 

 May 29th, instead of May 22d, as previously advertised ; for 

 which occasion a most liberal schedule of prizes has been 

 announced— larger in amount than has been offered at many of 

 the previous meetings. The Show will be held in the grounds 

 of the Old Botanic Garden, subject to similar regulations to those 

 issued at former exhibitions. Subscriptions and entrance-money 

 Roses treatment of young.... 3|7 a to be paid to the Hon. Secretary (Charles Edward Brown), bv 



£$ ISSS' iSSEfe:: l£ I £* ° ffic * °^h ?7 a , ble at CaU rid = e - A " articles to L X 



Sheep, food tor 321 c-323 c ■"«"**■ *- ^ -'-•—*■ — ^ *- 



Things, common ....... 31" « 



Tobacco, Mosquito... 318 6 



Vanda helvola 316 6 



Vcitch's (Mr.) nursery 319 b 



Vegetable pathology 316 b 



Note-book, Chinese 318 6 



Osage Orange 317 « 



Pathology, vegetable 316 6 



Pears, Beurr6 Ranee 317 c 



— for exposed places 320 



Piius insigois 317 



Plants, new 316 



— effects of frost on 315 



— specific vitality in 315 



— hardiness of Chinese .... 318 



Plough, steam , 322 



Poplar, Black Italian.......... 317 b 



Protections, spring 317 c 



Khododendrous, hybrid 317 b 



c 

 b 

 b 

 e 

 c 



b 

 c 



BIDDING PLANTS. 



JOHN HAYES, Florist, Farnham, Surrey, begs to 



Y offer the above from !«. to 4*. per dozen, the latter end of 



May, when the weather will permit. Catalogues sent on the 

 receipt of one postage stamp. 



FLOWE RTiv G PLANTS. 



If and A. SMITH beg to offer FLOWERING 



*- * PLANTS of the following (in quantities to the trade): 



Geraniums, Fuchsias, Verbenas; Heliotropes, Calceolarias, if y- 



ses, Cactus, Eric." T> - — »— •«- «•-•— -. 

 Neriums, Scarlet Geraniums, &c. rrices on application. The 



drangeas, 



the grounds by 10 o'clock on the morning of the Show. 



GOOD SWEDE SEED. 



OUTTON and SONS have good new Ashcroft, Skir- 

 O vintfs, and other Swede Seeds, true to their hinds, 



V^ol^^^e 1 ^!: 1 ..:::: U I 13?^ of laM year's O^oth. p ri ce, in l arge or small 

 Wall trees, to protect 317 c q". an tities, 2s. per lb. Large quantities Carriage Free. Re- 

 mittances or references required from unknown correspondents. 



Address, Sutton & S ons, Seed Growers, Reading. 



HPHE PERENNIAL WHITE CLOVER. — This 



-L Clover is included in all Messrs. Sutton's mixtures for 

 Permanent Pasture, and is very superior to the common White 

 Clover; it may be purchased separately, price Is. 6d. per pound. 

 Address— Suttos & Sons, Seed Growers, Read ing. 



OUTTON'S LARGE YELLOW GLOBE MAN 



j Burcheilia, Kalosanthus, 

 Prices on application The 



Giants are stocky and in good condition : an inspection solicited. 



— Dulwi ch, Su r re y . 



l\f ESSR& JOHN WEEKS and CO. have iiowT^ty 



-*-«- a well grown stock of BEDDING PLANT- Iccted from 



*-— - a wen grown stock ol BEDDING PLANT?, select 

 the best existing varieties, and at most reasonable prices. 

 Horticultural Establishment, King's Road, Chelsea; 

 Frankfort-on-the-Maine. 



and at 



Weather, the 31S a 



Wheat, steep for 323 b 



Yam, Chinese 318 6 





IWLY 



CORE HOJSE, KENSINGTON GORE. 



EXHIBITION OF THE HORTICULTURAL 



*~* TV, May 16. -The Gates at Gore House will be 



open to the Public at 2 p.m. Tickets, price 5s. each, will be 

 MMHd daily at 21, Regent Street, tiil the afternoon of May 15. 



WICtal Privilege of Fellows.— Fellows of the Society 

 only enter free at half-past 12, but can also each intro- 



*6 two frieeds, vith Tickets, at the same hour. Or the 



f>.w*s power may be transferred to a near relative, provided 



••person to whom the transfer is made be furnished with a 



K\A n F*lu 7 lx \ V{Uow ' That is t0 sa ^ a near relative, if 

 ^ed with an admission ticket, may enter at half-past 12, 

 •rt of a Fello wr, and also introdu cftJ^njVipml«_ ' 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OFTONDON. 



FIRST SUMMER MEETING, May 8, 1855. 



Av. ard of Medals, &c. 



Toailn^ rT?^L UCED Jf L i HTg ' - Messrs - Rollisson & Sons, 



5 eS§tt r',?', HeBdeBM & Son ' Wellington 



KT7pV Messrs ' ^ eitch & Soil » Chelsea, H M. 



■% "s b"™"" '• Dobson ' IsIeworth » S K ; Mr. Turner, 



^^t!u^TT l "'T John Allnutt » Esq, S K ; Mr. Tod- 

 "rgr. foiCrs. Duckmaster, S B 



»nJ.VhosT a ^ r R^^ G ^ X ^ to A " Palrae ^ ^q., 

 hror *J2: pu? e ; ? B Jti te ^ a , S B; Messrs. Rollisson C 1 



"•TkJJ-aSrJJ 11 ^ Sl1 ^ S B ; Messrs. Dobson, 



fc<53 rK es cT: ^ itch ' i^ ; John A1,nutt ' "*. 



lw w.gr. to j\f a^V? X ] l [essrb > p ^lis«on, C 2 ; Mr. John 

 ^S^ji ft f Strachan, Esq, C2; Messrs. Standish & 



^ n B g U ^7 M h r ;, C r emen ^ Oak Hill, East Barnet, S K ; 



ft^Mi&effi C« R^ the ^ Dukc of Sutherland SB 

 «ii^KM. Co -' B "g h ton, C 1 ; Mr. Munro, gr. to Mrs. 



J^^^^i^ 1 " ' sr - t0 Mrs - oadie » C * 



?5^ P. to his Grlpo'T n ^- t0 Lord Boston . ^ - i «r. 



^SB Alr ' FIemin ft g^ to his Grace the Duke of Suther- 



FLOWER SEEDS. 



TJETER LAWSON and SON, Seedsmen an^ 



-■- NuRSERYMEy to the Qiteev, Edinburgh, and at :7, St. George 

 Street, Westminster, beg leave to invite attention to their very 

 choice selection of Flower Seeds. 



27, St. George ea», Wes tminster. 



(MACLURA 



GOLD WURZEL, from Selected Roots, quite Hardy.-»- 

 Seed of this fine large Mangold Wurzel may be obtained genuine 

 of Messrs. Sutton, price Is. per lb., or 51. per cwt.; other sorts 

 cheaper. Early orders are requested and recommended, as the 

 stock is limited.— Address, 



John Sutton & Sons, Seed Growers, Reading, Berks. 



ORTON'S YELLOW GLOBE MANGOLD~ 



From Seed grown from the original stock of J. C. 



Morton, Esq., the Editor of the -Agricultural Gazette. 

 Is. 6d. perl 



WILLIAM E. RENDLE & Co., Seed Merchants, Plymouth. 



WHITE BELGIAN C ARROT,2s. per lb. 

 or much cheaper by the act. 



WILLIAM E. RENDLE & Co., Seed Merchants, Pl ymouth. 



HUE GUERNSEY PARSNIP. 



OSACE ORANGE (MACLURA AU*ANTIACA). 



CHARLWOOD and CUMMINS can supply SEED 

 of the above-named Hedge Plant at 65. per lb., with hill 

 directions for treatment. The month of May is the best time for 

 sowing.— 14, Tavistock R o w t Covent Garden, London. | 



BANKS' SEEDLING FUCHSIAS. 



V^\7" J- EPPS begs to say he is now sending out 



»▼ • three of the above splendid FUCHSIAS, strong plants, 

 namely, Climax, Maid of Kent, and Omer Pacha; the other 

 three will not be ready tiil next week. Thev will be sent 

 carriage free to all orders on h and.— Bower Nurseries, Maidstone. 



DWARF FRENCH BEANS~cairSThad io~~any 

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

 High Holborn, London. . 



r pHE FINEST CRIMSON DAHLIA OF THE 



-■ SEASON, ABLITTS "INCOMPARABLE '—It is the 

 brightest of its class, and full size. Perfect outline, very deep, 

 full, compact, and symmetrical; and for a flower so beautifully 

 cupped, well up, and good in the centre, — Mr. Glenxy's Opinion. 

 £jp Strong healthy plants, at 10s. &£. per pair, may now be 



i.-.k GUERNSEY PARSNI P.— U^ 3 Strong healthy hints, at 10*. Gd. per pair, may now be 

 X This is a large and superior sort, and can lestronqbi had of Mr - Har arket; Mr. Turner, of Slough ; and of 



iV7!/»f».4i!4W*/7 Tho Rvl^.^h**.* h,.,* ^ ct 2_ 4*1 ~ Edw ar ?_ Ablitt. ( )nn house, Stn wmaiicet, S uffolk . 



recommended. The Subscribers hart just imported a 

 choice lot of Seed from Guernsey, and can supply it at 

 2s. per lb. 



WILLIAM E. RENDLE & Co.. Seed Merchants, Plymouth. 



CHOICE PANSIES. 



T")AViD FERGUSON, Landscape Gardener, 



-^^ Garden Architect, and Contracting Planter, Stowe, 

 kingham. Now is the time to prepare for planting in Sen- 



Buc 



tember, October, and November. 



SK; Mr. 



^ A C BLE8 - 



W ILLIAM MASTERS a n d S O N, 



^ » Lands cape Gardeners, Exotic Nursery, Canterbury. 



\\J I L L I A M B A RR ATT, Landscape 



* » Wakefield. 



Mr. MEw 



en, gr. to his Grace the Duke of 



^^1; Mr Lewie: IT' gr ' l ° ms Ura ce the 

 ^^Gr^j oh L n e VLn ,lo ^ 0nj Cov ent Garden, C 1. 



M'Ewen, 



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his Grace the Duke of 



^,C2 Ir M Even, gr. to hi 



Sfl Mr - nuo5l SS "; ***«?** & Son, York, SK; Mr. 



I? R 'ght H„ n ' th '" , a FP' e V'Me, SB: Mr. G. Tillvard er 



teS*^', ; 1 ' ** O. Turner, Slo« y g h.faYi 

 C?»ii«. aC'E™ „,? ^}L¥^ Frost > gr- to Lady Gren- 



*^,* Plans and Estimates furnished. 



JOHN KERNAN begs to offer the following list of 

 AGRICULTURAL SEEDS: 

 Agricultural Carrots, Red and White, Is. per lb. 



HART and NICKLIN, Flormts, &c, GuildforJ, 

 offer the following, thp, set for 125. :— Boadicea, Elegantis 

 sima, France Cycole, Sir J. Paxton, Constance, National, Crite- 

 rion, Alfred the Great, Caroline, Sylvia, Sultan, Marchioness of 

 Bath, Eva, Ophir, Mr. Beck, Duke of Perth, British Queen, 

 Euphemia, Adela, Blanche, Royal Purple, Pompey, Lady Carring- 

 ton , and Lord Jeffrey. — Choice varieties, 4s. per do zp n . 



MAY'S MAGNUM BONUM LETTUCE is by far 

 the largest, sweetest, and crispest Lettuce known, in procf 

 of which we possess numerous letters received from parties wha 

 GARDENER, had it last season. The addresses of the writers can be had or, 



application. It may be sown all the summer, and will stand th* 

 winter. Packets Is. each. 



HENRY MAY, the Hope Nurseries, near Bedale, Yorkshire. 



i r . ngran, » gr to his r. S G ^ ace the Bute of Norfolk, 



»^^ gr to F R f aC v the Duke of Rutland, C 2 

 •Wood rn> _ Beck r Fsq. % C 2: Mr. T«vW ^ ♦' 



*+¥?¥ % HjP Mr* xV H Sq " C 2 ^ Mr « Taylor^, to 



i fe^^^'ETY, ' REGENTS 



Mangold Wurzel, of sorts. 

 Skirving's Swedish Turnip. 

 Laing's Purple-topped do. 

 Ashcroft Purple-topped do. 

 Green-topped do. 

 Yellow Bullock do. # 



White and Red Globe do'. 

 Dale's Hybrid do. 



/p. 



<5C 



Italian Rye-grass (imported). 

 Mixed Permanent Grasses. 

 Parsley for Sheep-walks. 

 Cattle Cabbage. 

 Thousand-headed do. 

 Clover, Red and White. 

 Trefoil and Lucerne. 



V jjggS ^^^ Advertised in tne 



SBur^w SS i yHi n,,NS this season on 



JSN^' r W - I ^fo«-CBE^Vv« Miscellaneous; and on 



A. 



plication to 



are now ready, and can be 



51 L r S II '' n ^ c -."--yR-d,islin f r» 

 i^V'? N , o SOCIETY OFILMATEUR 



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The Trade supplied. Seeds carefully packed for all climates. 

 Catalogues may be had on application. 

 4, Great Russell Street, Covent Garden. 



NEW PLANTS. 



VERSCHAFFELT, Nurseryman, Ghent 



(Belgium), is now sending out his following New Plants: 



Achimenes Ambroise VcrschattVlt 8s. Od. 



Docteur Hopf 8 



Edouard Otto ... ... 4 



w Edmond Boissier 8 



Tyda\i Warscewiczi 15 



ltliododendron Prince Camille de Rohan (quite hardy) 16 

 All the above Plants are figured in Verschaffelt's " Illustra- 

 tion Horticole," which can be seen at Mr. R Silberrad's, 5, Harp 

 Lane, G reat Tower Street, London. 



WILLIAM KNIGHT, Florist, &c, begs to offer 

 the following Superb FLOWER SEEDS, saved from the 

 best varieties, post free : 



F. WINSTANLEY'S BEDDING PLANT LISt 



is now ready, and can be had on application, or free by 

 post— 28. Market Place, 



T. 



anchester, 





 

 

 



TO BE SOLD, about MO strong healthy young 

 PINE PLANTS.— For price and particulars apply toGKORoa 

 Tho mpson, Seedsman, Floris t, &e.. 13 6, Northgate S treet , Cheste r. 



F E RNS. 



TO BE SOLD, twelve distinct species of BRITISH 

 FERNS, correctly named, collected from their Natural 

 Habitats, and delivered in the neighbourhood of London or sent 

 by rail. The Set, one of each sort, for 5*. ; two of each, 8v. ; four 

 of each, 15>.; or 100 plants for 25s.- John Llovt>, Post Office, 

 East Hill . Wandsworth, Surrey, 



BOSSCIWS CHAMPION OF ENGLAND CELERY. 



r PHE finest Celery yet introduced, beautifully white, 



•A very crisp and solid, and withstands a greater amount 

 of frost than anv other known variety; it has been blanched 

 in the ground 3* feet.— To be obtained of T. F. Wjxstant.ey» 

 Seedsman, 28, Market Place, Manchester, price 2s. 6d. per 

 packet ; prices to the trade on application. 



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KEKlL^^--Umbeti;! U,IX *»*"*-> H<». Bee. 



%Z ^AMINGTON FLORAl 



ond Grand Horticultural Fete 

 ^m,^ „—-., 4ti, Ho ? r* {ns of Keniiworth 



d-^-P*. Of St *.^ ^e<t , n gtMe» by the Commi ttee, 



ants 



» every w**+i-Zi~ m ,llMBt succ es«ful com- 

 irv y J!ni™}*r> m _*y be had on appli- 



Antirrhirium, from 100 striped and spotted varieties 

 Balsam, from 25 best double varieties 

 Hollyhock, from 50 best show flowers 

 Fancy Pansy, from a choice collection 

 MimoltLS, from 12 of the most showy kinds 

 Verbena, from 100 of the newest and best varieties 

 Pansy, from 100 best show flowers ... 

 Gloxinia, from 50 newest varieties 

 Double Daisy, from 60 newest varieties ... 

 Sweet William, from 50 fine varieties 



67, High Street, Battle, Sussex. 



Per packet. 



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arv y W^lw, may be had on a 



BEDDING AND OTHER PLANTS. 



Ijl and A. SM ITU'S Descriptive LIST of the under- 

 • mentioned is now ready, and may be had, post free, on 

 application :— Antirrhinums, Verbenas, Fuchsias, Scarlet Gera- 

 niums, Calceolarias, Petunias, Heliotropes, Pentstemons, Chry- 

 santhemums, Minmlus, Salvias, Lobelias, &c. Climbers in variety, 

 also a mi Haneous Collection of Greenhouse Plants. They have 

 now in bloom Cytisus racen us, Hoses, Verbenas, Fuchsias. 



, spotted Calceolarias, Erica Hybrid i. Cactus, Geraniums, &c. 

 I The Trade supplied.— Dnlwich, Surrey, May 12. 





SUPERB HOLLYHOCKS, SEEDS, 



T17ILLI AM CHATER begs to offer packets of seed, 



V T consisting of 20 varieties, from his best Show Hollyhocks, 

 at 5s.; 12 varieties, 2*. &?.; and from good double sorts, U. 



Superior Quilled German and French Asters ml 12 ; varieties, 

 mixed, 15. per packet i separate, 2s. Fine Quilled African Man- 

 golds, 6d. per packet— Saffron Walden Nun ves. 



NEW SCARLET VERBENA.— MRS. WOODROFFE. 



ARTHUR HENDERSON and CO. are now sending 

 out this fine ew VERP-ENA: particulais of which may 

 be seen in their advertisement in the Gardeners' Chronicle of 

 Marc U. The usual discount to the Trade. 



HW This Verbena is the same as " Conqueror,'' one offered by 

 anothe r firm.— Pine-apple Pla c e, Edgware Road, London. 



E\\ WHITE VERBENA, s MRS. FOSTER? 



This very desirable variety wa^H»*sed. by MtJEdmonds, 

 Gardener to the Rev. R. Foster, of Fcratby Hall, anttpHRkHow- 

 ledged to be the very best pure JffhlU Verljerm tlM^has yet 

 been originated for bedding purp< it las also beea favourably 

 noticed by the National Floricnltyxal Society. It is of a robust 

 but very compact habit: the h* of bloom '(which nre produced 

 in profusion) are large and flat: the individual flowers, in pof 

 of size and shape, resembl t e of a finely-formett WlaX^- 

 tout, and of the purest white is Verbena will ar rsodc aH 



other White Verbenas in coiM e. Strong plan' h* bo# 

 ready for send in er out at 5.*. eaek, with one over sv< three to 

 the trade.— Youell & Co.. Koyal Nursery, Great YanvMtWf 





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