



THE 



GARDENERS 



5 



CHRONICLE 



AND 



AGRICULTURAL 



GAZETTE 



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



No. 26.-1855.] 



SATURDAY, JUNE 30. 



(Price Fivepence. 

 Stamped Edition, fid. 



INDEX. 



u* i* tftsoi. ::1SJ 



i#v an H 



and Tillage, 



— • • • • 

 Society 



_ rural... 



— tjrrinilturAl 



ryacw ulkvonn 



Ckrmnt fcemon . the ... 



Brilliant 



ibm, fiftotie 



. . . .••••• 



« « • • 



439 6 



444 a 



439 fl 



440 b 



445 a 



436 a 



440 a 



436 C 



438 a 



t ....441 c-443a 



a ( Dr.T Angler, rer 439 6 



■zpeikncei 



442 

 435 

 436 

 438 

 iS 

 433 



b 

 e 

 b 



c 

 e 



Bocimanni, fruit of. . 



Gariisi tboct Loodnn 



UnlUs*. ttocki *. »cions .... 



r ( yiaiui Mfenteum 



Iliad Tillafe, bj Bottomley, 



rcr ,_ J 



Hrst tad vegetation 43, b 



flat. Societr. garden 439 c 



Irrifalioa, ftraen 438 a 



Lareaeooet, monstrous 438 c 



Lin paean Society 439 a 



Lolinm remulentum ... 443 a 



London Parks, &c 43S c 



Manures, Parr on, rev 444 b 



Mildew, Vine 440 c 



Mistletoe on Oak 43S c 



National Floricultural Society 440 6 

 Natural History, Popular .... 438 6 



Oak on a Willow 438 e 



— Mistletoe on 438 c 



Oaiers 445 6 



Pampas Grass 438 a 



Paris n^ri. show 441 c 



Parr on Manures, rev 444 6 



Patholojry, referable 436 6 



Paulovnia imperialis 438 6 



Plants, vital force of 435 c 



Silkworm, Chinese 436 a 



Soils, fertility in 442 b 



8 team power 443 b 



Stocks v. scions 438 e 



Vegetation and heat 437 6 



Vine mildew 440 e 



Vital force 435 c 



W heat, seed, to cover ........ 4 44 c 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 

 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the NEXT 

 EXHIBITION of FLOWERS and FRUIT, in the SOCIETY'S 

 ARDEN, will take place on WEDNESDAY, July 11, at 2 pji. 



Tickets, price 5$. each, can be procured at this Office, upon 

 presenting the order of a Fellow ; or on the day of the meeting, at 

 Tarnham Green, price 7s, Gd. each.— 21, Regent Street, London. 



ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, Regent's PariT 

 -The LAST EXHIBITION this season of PLANTS, 

 FLOWERS, and FRUIT will take place on WEDNESDAY, 

 .July 4th. Tickets to be obtained at the Gardens only, by orders 

 from Fellows or Members of the Society. Price 5*.. or on the 

 day of Exhibition, 7s. 6d. each. 



S.B. By accident some of the tickets issued are wrongly dated 

 July 6th instead of Wednesday, July 4th. The holders of such 

 Ticket! are requested t o correct the date. 



U Y AITSOUTH LONDON FLORICULTURAL 



w • ^?« I ^ TY ' under t,ie Patronage of her most gracious 

 ■•JiBtrtteQoiEx.-The Third Exhibition of the season will 

 Uke place at the Royal Cwmorne Gardens, Chelsea, on THURS- 



# M #■ ii 7 • 0pen t0 a11 Ex l"t>itors. Prizes will be awarded 

 wtneronowin| productions, viz.:-Collections of Miscellaneous 

 *wts. tape Heaths, Orchideous Plants, Pelargoniums, Varie- 

 SdrlS? te ' Fachsias . Roses, Pinks, Verbenas, Cut Flowers, 

 uL«?& *° J^ewus extra Prizes offered by members. 

 !S°i™ a " d ^e Rules of the Exhibition may be obtained 



taSinr rEf 7 y £ l Cremorne Gardens, Chelsea; and of the 

 g^^EbenezerJf lonse, Peckham, John Taylor Neville. 



fiftSrP A FL0RAL AND HORTICULTURAL 



mmhri t >*u£i&\ Anmial Exhibition of this Society at 

 PKVL*P H - LRSDAY ' the 26th of Jul 7 ^xt, an Extra 

 Ste Llw Ume f k° pen t0 a11 E^land, will be awarded for 

 SffitotSr °i J W6 L Ve St0ve a " d Greenhouse Plants, in 

 ■T£ telSv T?£ ^ emb ? rs and Cottagers' Prizes. The rules 

 •l£ti^ tJ \7J «r Scbedu,e8 of Pr «es, may be obtained on 

 JWion to Mr. Warwick, the Treasur. * 



^^^reury.^sieaford, June 30. 



EXHIBITION 

 Knap 





IMPROVEMENT OF GRASS LANDS. 



CUTTON'S RENOVATING GRASS SEEDS 



^ should be sown immediately after the hay is carried. 



These Seeds consist of Perennial Clovers and pine Grasses 

 for improving the bottom. Price 9d. per lb., or 80s. per OTH 

 Eight or 12 lbs. per acre will be sufficient, and will produce a 

 great increase in the pro duce —Sutton A Sons, Reading, Berks. 



THE BEST SUBSTITUTES FOR SWEDES. 



CUTTON'S PURPLE-TOP YELLuW HYBRID, 



U SUTTON'S GREEN-TOP YELLOW HYBRID AM) 

 ORANGE JELLY TURN I P.— Prices, &c, will be forwarded, 

 Post-free, on application (stating quantity required), by Sutton 

 & Sons, Seed Growers, Reading. 



THE QUICKEST TURNIP KNOWN. 



SUTTON'S EARLY SIX-WEEKS TURNIP.— 

 Good New Seed Is. pev lb. 9 or 6s. p.yallon, 4 Ss.per bush. 



Carriage free except small parcels. 



SUTTON & SONS, Seed Growers, Readin g. 



TURNIP SEED OF PURE SELECTED STOCKS. 



FOR 



T>ASS and BROWN'S Advertisement of present 



-*-* prices, see Gardeners 1 Chronicle of April 28th, and May 5th 

 and 12th. Reduced prices for large quantities. 



Errata.— For " Laing's Purple-top Swedes, 1*. per lb.," read 

 " Is. 9d. per lb." the same price of the other three Swedes. 



__To the Trade.— Prices will be supplied on application. 

 Seed Establishment, Sudbury, Suffolk. 



THE BEST EARLY CABBAGE CROWN. 



COTTRELL'S EARLY CHAMPION may be sown 

 any season. Sold in sealed packets, Is. per oz. The usual 

 allowance to the Trade. — To be had only of Dawe, Cottrell, & 

 Benham (Successors to F. Warner), Wholesale Seedsmen, 3, 

 Lawrence Pountney Lane, and 36, Moorgate Street (late 28, 

 Cornh ill). ^Established 1720. 



ENGLISH CROWN RAPE, OR COLE SEED. 



CHARLES SHARPE and CO. beg to acquaint the 

 Trade that they can supply any quantity of the above ; 

 prices and samples forwarded on application. 



Nursery and Seed Establishment, S lea for d, Jane 3 0. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



^HANDLER and SONS, Nurserymen, Wandsworth 



Road, Vanxhall, are now sending out good plants of the 





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er ; or to Mr. Peakb, 



best CHRYSANTHEMUMS, large and small varieties, from 9*. 

 to 12«. per dozen. A Catalogu e ma y be had on app lication. 



TOSEPH NORRIS, Osterley Park, Hounslow, 



*-J Middlesex, having an immense Stock of PANSIES, inclnd- j 

 ing all the finest and newest in cultivation, offers them at 6s. , ; 

 9s., and 125. per dozen, package included, sent to any address on 

 the receipt of a Post Olhce Order, payable at Hounslow. 



The Trade supplied. 



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Large buyers 



can be supplied with White Lisbon Onion Seed in 

 quantity. — Apply to Mr. Henry Clarke, Seed Merchant, 39, 

 King Street, Covent Garden. 



TlfMTE LISBON ONION SEED, 



w onn hp «;nTmliprt with Whit ft Lishm 



TO NURSERYMEN AND GARDENERS. 



TJEIGATE SILVER SAND, 12*. pet too, i,. 6 rf. 



-" per bushel, or 16s. i>er ton, delivered to any of the London 

 Wharfs or Railways, or within a rcuit of five miles. Peat and 

 Loam of various qualities. Sacks fc idi. 

 Kknvard Brothers, sw»t> i'la«f. < >ld Kent K otd. 



FOR WATERING GARDENS. 



HANCOCK'S IMPROVED VULCANISED 

 INDIARUBBIl; UotE and TUBING is now manu- 

 factured especially for the above pnrj <• : is c greater i: i- 

 biHty than any other description of Hose: is capable of re jr 



great pressure, and made suitable for attaching to the maiun of 

 water-works, or to tanks of high el ms. 



WATKR1NG HOSE fitted up with the necessary brass joint*, 

 stop-cocks, branches /an d spresuhrs complete. 



YULCANISED INDIA-RUBBER SUCTION Til made 



any length or size for Pumps or <«arden Engines. 



VULCANISED RUBBER WASU£R8 tod also In Sheet, 

 any thickness, for all kinds of ste«m and water joints, or made 

 any size or figure to order. 



All communications and orders punctually attended to,address*4 

 to the Manufactory. J as. Lynf HANCOCK, Goswell Road, 1. ion. 



TO LAND AGENTS, STEWARDS, GARDENERS. ETC. 



MITCHELL'S ANTISEPTIC MINERAL BLACK 

 PAINT is the best and cheapest preservative of J'nrk 

 Fencing, Barns, Out-houses, and all outside Wood and Iron 

 Work. Sold ready for use, price 17s. 6d. per cwt. Allowance on 

 large orders. Used largely now and for many years pa t by the 

 West India Dock Company for Fencing, Lockgates, B urges," &c. 



Manufactory: Kenningt me, L mbeth. 



/ LARSON'S ORIGINAL ANTI-CORROSION 



v-/ PAINT, specially patronised by the British and ther 

 Governments, the Hon. East India Company, the principal Dock: 

 Companies, most public bodies, and by the nobility, gentry, and 

 clergy, for out-door work at their country seats. The Anti- 

 Corrosion is particularly recommended as the most durable out- 

 door Paint ever invented, for the preservation of every description 

 of Iron, Wood, Stone, Brick, Compo, Cement, &c, work, as has 

 been proved by the practical test of upwards of 60 years, and by 

 the numerous (between 500 and 600) testimonials in its favour, 

 and which, from the rank and station in society of thox* who have 

 given them, have never yet been equalled by anything a$ the 

 kind hitherto brought before the public notice. 



Lists of colours, prices, together with a copy of the testimonials, 

 will be sent on application to Walter Car » & 9. Ores* 



Winchester Street, Old Broad Street, Boyal EAchange. Lonch n. 



No Agents. All orders are particularly requested to be sent 



di rect. 



•J^ANNED ^ETTl^G, for the~protectJoii of Fruit 



■1- Trees from frost, blight, and birds, and for the m tv of 

 fresh sown seeds, either in Gardens or Fields, at Id. per squars 

 yard; 200 yards. 14$.; 600 yards, 30f.; 1000 yards, 50s. Scrim 

 Canvas, for Wall Fruit.— At EDGINOTON and Co.'s, Kick 

 Cloth, Tent, and Waterproof Cloth Manufacturers, 17, Smifa- 

 field Bars, City, and Old Kent Road, £ ithwsrk; Emigrant 

 Outfitters, Ship Chandlers, and Export Merchants, Brut ick 

 Street, near the East India Export Dock, Blackwall. 



OF 



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JVVAP FTrrr XT AW ER|CAN PLANTS. 



ATFPFD HlLL Nuesery, Woking, Surrey. 



the%MpPT^ G0I)FREY be S to announce that 



** Wy 2? «i N K PLAN TS at this Nursery are now in 



*•% reached ^v ruS? be * 8ee t n dai1 ^ gr**"- The Nursery is 

 __ J rescued by Railway to the Woking Station, where capital 



__yal"> aysbe_obtained. 



OH^'w^^^ £ AlflERICAN PLAWT8. 



w rivalled £u > K be ^ s t0 announce that his un- 



? E XDB0Ss!u now 11 - f _? ard ^ ScarIet > and other RHODO- 



^^toceamay" 



* Park TZa° U Yiew at the K °y*l Botanic Gardens, 

 t Mi ^ly hv vln' , 0rders of admission are granted 

 2**J*l dow «« Tn 5 the Societ y- The Plants at the 

 ^Surrey, JnneS) bloom ~ Th e American Nursery, Bag- 



SUPERB HOLLYHOCKS, SEEDS, 



WILLIAM CHATER begs to offer packets of seed, 

 consisting of 20 varieties, from his best Show Hollyhocks 

 at 5«.; 12 varieties, 25. 6d.; and from good double sorts, 1*. 



Superior Quilled German and French Asters, in 12 varieties, 

 mixed, Is. per packet; separate, 25. Fine Quilled African Mari- 

 golds, 6d. per packe t.— Saffron Walden Nurseries. 



EMPEROR NAPOLEON— a New Scarlet Geranium. 



WHAIAII 





BARRATT, Landscape 



Wakefield. 

 iJ^illir^Estimates furnished. 



FERGUSON 



Gardener, 



Landscape Gardener, 



ng Planter, Stowe, 



]>V1D 



rT Gardey i".7* %V-UOV1 ' l » ■L'ANDSC 



?«*ia*£n N w B - ITE u CT ' and Contracti ..-, ., 



^^^^^mhel t0 Prepare f ° r PlantiDg iD SCP " 



HN H A R Ri S o Nf 1^^™^ seedsman, 



p,4 n« and f t! EISTj Landscape Gardener, &c. 



fcS? aN ^ed • aii 01 ^ furnished; Experienced Gardeners 



^i ** Gsrds n !?.,^7 eral Yoim ^ r Men ^ «ie Nursery waiting 

 g-^!5!!i^tuations.---Darlington, June 30. 



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Choic i E TAYLOR, J 



E * *TO* and Vegetable Salesman, 



St. John's Market, 



Liverpool. 



V N., 







CTOR ana T>.~ Liverpool. 



*an<r Plrchaser of Choice Garden Produce, 

 salesman on Commission. 



Terms j Cash. 

 PtT^ forward as above. 



BE SOLD 



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«^din.^r*f^ araucaria braziliana, 



in an earthen vase. 





St^mV^SL}^ from the Kround.i 



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f °r the ^ , growth ' and is s 010 because it is getting 

 *nterbnrV e 8e *"~" AppIy to Mr ' Ma8TERS > Exotic 



J. Eppc^ LEA 5^N^rERrCA^ 



*iiifr«»g nne^buX! h ^^ ^ ^"^ ^ 



!*best 



well-grown plants, and of the 



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Sta 



^^leaViT b ' in large * and 32 " size P° t8 ' 



^CAS il ^r/ Q d0zen ' hL P er 100. 



* M « make v p€r dozen ; * L and W " P er 100 * 



2! *° W a«tomL pI - et i ty 6pec " im ens for the ensuing season ; 



^^ts.^ Maida7?, le r* lth a omittance from unknown 



JOHN BUTCHER is now sending out the above 

 splendid GERANIUM (a Seedling raised by himself), being 

 a very decided improvement upon the great favourite Tom 

 Thumb; the habit is more compact, the trusses of Flowers very 

 much larger, and for brilliancy of colour far superior, sending 

 up the truss of Flower finely above the Foliage. Fine for Bed- 

 ding or Vases. Was exhibited at the Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 Regent's Park, London, June 13 (see Gardeners 1 Chronicle of 

 June 16).— June 30. 



HOLLYHOCK SEED. 



A PAUL and SON have ready for immediate sow- 

 • ing a fine lot of HOLLYHOCK SEED saved from their 

 choicest varieties which have obtained many of the leading 

 prizes during the last three years : — 

 1st selection, saved from 25 varieties, per packet 

 2d do. .. 12 



Good Mixtures 



Also, price Is., AN HOUR WITH THE HOLLYHOCK. 



N.B. Free by post, and payment received in postage stamps. 



Nur series, Che shunt, Herts. 



ROSES, 



A PAUL and SON invite inspection of the Collec- 

 • tion of ROSES at the Cheshnnt Nurseries, which is just 

 coming into Bloom, and will continue to offer new objects of 

 interest from the present time till the end of October. The best 

 means of reaching the Nurseries is by Eastern Counties Rail to 

 Cheshunt or Waltham Stations. 



Cheshunt Nurseries (13 miles N.E. of Lo ndon), Jnne 30. 



CALCE OLARIA S E E D. 



T3 PARKER has now ready for sending out Seed 



*-%,• which he can recommend with the greatest confidence, it 

 having been saved from flowers of the finest form and m 

 beautiful markings, in packets at Is. 6d. aud 2s. 6d. each. Also 

 choice CINERARIA seed saved from the finest named varieties 

 at Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. per packet. A remittance or reference to 

 accompany all orders from unknown correspondents. j 

 Paradise Nursery. Ho rnsey Road, London. 



TRELOAR'S COCOA-NUT FIBRE MANUFAC- 

 TURES, consisting of MATTING, MATS, MATTRESSES 

 BRUSHES, NETTING, HORSE-HAIR, and BRISTLE SUB- 

 STITUTE, are distinguished for superiority and excellency of 

 workmanship, combined with moderate prices. Prize Medal both 

 in England and America at the Exhibition of all Nations. 



T.Tkeloar, Cocoa-nut Fibre Manufacturer, 42. Ludgate Hill, 

 London. 



GAKDEN NETS, FISHING NETS, and SHEEP 

 NETS, &c, made by machinery, and sold at vei f lowp: 

 Worsted Wasp Net, well adapted for shading greenhouses, ad- 

 mitting air and excluding Bees; also for Protecting Blo> m 

 and the Ripe Fruit afterwards, td, per square yard, in varion^ 

 widths. Sheep Nets, 20s, per 50 yards, nearly 4 feet high. 

 Double Walled Trammels, on the best construction, 3s. per yard 

 run, 6 feet deep.— R. Richardson, 21, Tollbridge Place, New 

 Road, London. 



T?IGHT HOUSES ON WHEELS 12 feet long by 



-L* 7 feet broad, and 8 feet high inside, suitable for Cottagers, 

 Gamekeepers, Watchers, Shepherds, or Freehold Land Allot- 

 ments. Price 15?. each, or 112. without Wheels, Springs, and 

 A xlea.— R "Rtpw ART>sr>y. 21 . Tonhri dg e Place, Nsw Road , London 



MARQUEES ON HIRE TO SUIT THE TIMES* 

 —50 feet by 30 feet, 31. ; 70 feet by 30 feet, 11 ; 100 feet 

 by 30 feet, 51. A large Round Tent, 60 feet diameter, with six 

 swings, for gatherings of school children, 4J. On Sal*\ Umbrella 

 Tents, 10 feet diameter, 4 feet to 12 feet, SI. Wire-framed 

 Garden Tents, 41. Patrol Tents (weight 12 lbs.), 25s., packed in 

 bag. — R. Richardson, 21, Tonbridge Place, New Road, London. 



N.B. Rickcloths, 30 feet by 30 feet, for 30 tons of hay, prica 

 51. 10s. each. ^__ 



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t^RlGI DOMO."— Patronised by her Majesty the 

 Queen, the Duke of Northumberland for Syon Home, His 

 Grace the Duke of Devonshire for C swick Gardens, Profe^or 

 Lindlev for the Horticultural Society, Sir Joseph Fax ton for the 

 Crvstal Palace, Royal Zoological Soc ty, Mrs. Lawrence., of 

 Ealing Park, aud — Collier, Esq., of Dart ford. 



PROTECTION FROM MORNING FROST. 

 "FRIGI DOMO," a Canvas made of patent prepared Hair 

 and Wool, a perfect non-conductor of Heat and Cold, keeping, 

 wherever it is applied, a fixed temperature. It is adapted for 

 all horticultural and floricultural purposes, for preserving I ruts 

 and Flowers from the scorching rays of the sun. from wind, 

 from attacks of insects and from morning frosts. To be had in 

 anv required length, 2 yards wide, at ls.&z. per yard run, of 

 Eli«ha Thomas Archer, whole and sole manufacturer, 7, Trinity 

 Lane, Cannon St r City, and the Royal Mills, Wandsworth, 

 Surrey a and of all Nurserymen and Seedsmen through nut the 

 i ngdom . " 1 1 N n luch cheaper than mats as a covering." ^ 



"GARDEN VASES, FOUNTAINS, ETC. 



HOMAS SOMMERVILLE, Landscape Gahdeneb, 



Nurseryman, Seedsman, and Florist, Garden Road, St. 

 John's Wood, London, begs respectfully to inform the nobility, 

 gentry, and his patrons generally, that he has entered into 

 arrangements with an eminent company in Scotland for the sole 

 disposal in London of their highly ornamental and very durable 

 Vases, Fountains, &c, samples of which may be seen at bis 

 grounds in the Garden Road, as above. 



T. S. has much pleasure in being the first to introduce to the 

 notice of the public a highly ornamental Vase, capable of resist- 

 ing the most severe weather, and at little more than half the cost 

 of any other p-. essing the same qualities; and he has m *a- 

 tion in stating that a more suitable Vase for the grow th of plant* 

 cannot be manufactured. 



