





THE 



GARDENERS 



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CHRONICLE 



AND 





AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



9 



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



Xo. 27. 



SATURDAY, JULY 7. 



INDEX. 



Fivepence. 



d Edition, 6d. 



— ftttiitict *™ c 



C«te*4*r, horticultural 4o6 a 



- Mr.culiural 461 a 



Carterton Conifers, rev. 4od c 



Mm, Chtthire 461 a 



Cktrrj tree and frost 4o4 o 



u>*r Agricultural faS e 



Ctwprt, Carrie rf od, rev 45* r 



Cioat ia Yorkthire 459 b 



Arantt, aew wiy of pro- 



ptgitiig 4p4 6 



practice ...459 c 



.Ltfof. 454 e 



ct of on a Cherry tree 454 b 



topreaerre 456 c 



G arte pot «, new 453 6 



Hottor*i(Dr.^ appointment .. 451 c 



HoUftock paper 456 * 



Hr aoda, ganie n 451 b 



r.yaiion 458 6 



lev garden! 451 c 



Labourer*' gathering at Coles- 

 mil ! 4^7 c 



Land, Ye ater eultu; e of deep.. 4fc> a 



' .... 456 e 



Onion failure 454 a 



Onion fly 456 c 



Paper, H oily hock 456 a 



Paris exhibition 452 c 



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452 e 



Pathology, vegetable „_ „ 



Pinus Beardsleyi 453 c 



— Craigana 453 c 



Plants, new 453 c 



Pots, new garden 453 6 



Preserving fruit 456 c 



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Royal Botanic Garden, Kew .. 451 c 



— — Society 454 b 



Soils, fertility in 45S 6 



Sowing, thick and thin 459 c 



Statistics, agricultural 45 S e 



Steam culture 458 a —459 a 



Stephens on Deep Land Culture, 



_, • ••■•••••«..•',.......... 460 cl 



Tares of Scripture 454 a 



United States, winter in 456 a 



Vegetable pathology 452 c 



Vines, atem roots of. 454 a 



Wheat in Hampshire 458 c 



Winter in United States 456 a 



S T Tr™Jy PROVErVIENT OF CRASS LANDS. J 



UTTON'S RENOVATING GRASS SEEDS 

 should be sown immediately after the hay is carried. 

 These Seed* consist 0/ Perennial Clovers and pine Grasses 



fI/^ToX the boUom ' Price 9d - P er lb > or SO*- per cut. 

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



great increa se in the pr oduc e.- Sutton & Spy*. IN- ading. Berks . 



THE BEST SUBSTITUTES FOR SWEDES I 



JTTON'S PURPLE-TOP YELLOW HYBRID, 



n W AvKS T ?^T? v G i5I?S N - T0P YE LLOW HYBRID AND 

 ORANGE JELLY TLRMP.-Prices, & c ., will be forwarded, 



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

 & Sons, Se ed (.rowers, Reading." 



Timm-™* QUICKEST TURNIP KNOWN. 



UTTON'S EARLY SIX-WEEKS TURNIP.— 



Good Neiu Steel Is. per lb., or 6s. p.gallon, ASs.per bush. 



Carnage free except small parcels. 



SUTTON & SONS. S r. 1 1 > Growers, Reading. 



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JAMES MITCHELL £ g V to announce that kli 



V unnyalled collection of ROSES is now in fine bloom. 

 * Htdown Nurseries, Mai d, Sussex. .July 7, 



ROSES. ~" 



P. FRANCIS' extensive collection of Roses on 



Tni/10 V VIa,iet , ti !! 0ck MiU U in f«« Woom and after 



July 12. Trains direct to Hertford from Snoreditch Station 



« Nurseries, II, 1 (ford. 



T) OSES.— The ColUt-tion at Siwbrid] worth nill fe 



£* 111 fine bloom the ensuing and following weeks. T 



nS££ SmK r° "/'i * StaU '^one mile \ \ 

 Nursery, will be found the most convenient 



Nurseries, Bswbridge wor th.— Jul y 7. 



ROSES. 



A 



ORTICULTURAL SOCIETY- OF LONDON. 



THE LAST GARDEN MEETING for this SEASON 

 will be held on WEDNESDAY, July 11, on which occasion the 

 « ads of the Duke of Devonshire will, by the kind permission 

 of his Grace the President of the Society, be open to visitors. 



FRUIT will be the great feature of this Exhibition. 



rickets, price 5i. each, may be procured at 21, Regent Street, 

 c- .' the Ga rden, on the day of meeting, pr jceTg^. each. 



UOYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, Regent's Pabk. 



^* T * ^ 8 *PP° in ted for the Exhibition of Plants, Flowers, 

 m^J^^T WEDN ESDAYS, Ma y 28th, June 



WATFORD HORTICULTURAL AND FLORI- 



i^S;^, 8 ?,^ 1 ^ 1 ^ 61 ^ &*»* Show of the 

 CiSJhSr?? 1 held by permission of the Earl of Essex, in 

 Osttobury Park, near Watford, on WEDNESDAY, the 18th 



til dnlV V^P Exhib ^' An efficient band'willbe in 



ESSEX. SHg; S£TTSSrf cau be had on appli " 



By order ot the Committee, John Pearce Taylor. 



T??rnv E ¥' R0YA L liENEVOLENTlNSTI. 



iKletr hVld rA wJ 1 G « ntral Meeting of the Members of this 



Name. 



TURNIP SEED 



SELECTED STOCKS. 



OF PURE 



B. p _ FOR 



ASS and BROWN'S Advertisement of present 



flri , ^l™*'*** Ga rdeners' Chronicle of April 28th, and May 5th 

 and 12th. Reduced prices for huge quantities. 



« 1 E , R 0^ A, ~~£°» « Laing ' S Pui *P le - to P Swedes, Is. per lb.," read 

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



To the Tbade.— Prices will be supplied on application. 



Seed Es^ljsjiment 1 Sudbury^ffolk. 



coming into Bloom, and will < ,tinue to orTrr w ol s of 

 interest from the present time till the end of October. Ml * 

 means of reaching tin Nurseries is by Eastern Counties Rail to 

 Cheshuntor "YVal'ham Stations. 

 Cheshunt Nurseries 18 miles N.E. of London), July 7. 



ROSES. 



C ^ m THE BES T EARLY CABBAGE CROWN. 

 OTTRELL'S EARLY CHAMPION may be sown 

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

 allowance to the Trade.— To be had or.lv of Dawe, Cottreli., & 

 Eexham (Successors to F. Warner), Wholesale edsmen, 3 

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

 Cornhi ll Established 1720. ' 



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John Appleby 

 Corneli !ls Robinson 

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 jWHUm Thacker 

 ^*ries Charlton 

 *«epb Jeffer^ 

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 <j*«s Smith 

 « Arnold 

 S? 118 Blair .. 



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471 



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196 



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15 



NEW SPRING CABBAGE "EXCELSIOR." 



TyiLLIAM KNIGHT, Seedsman, &c, begs to call 



* T attention to this fine variety, which is unsurpassed for its 

 excellent quality, being of a very superior flavour, and a certain 

 crop, as it ha3 never been know to run t6 seed before heading- 

 it is particularly hardy, standing the test of the last winter with- 

 out a failure. As a certain crop for spring use it is invaluable, 

 for it may be sown at any time without risk, and it will produce 

 a certain crop. Seed is now ready to send cut in packets Is. each, 

 or four packets for 3s., post free. 



6 7, High Street, Battle, Sussex. 



NEW GERANIUM CATALOGUE. 

 DOESON and SON leg to announce that their 

 • new C IALOGUE of PELARGONIUMS (or GERA- 

 NIUMS) will be ready by the end of the present month, and 

 will contain only those varieties worth growing, and at reason- 

 able prices for good strong plants. 



A Treatise on the Pelargonium sent for eight stamps. 

 Woodlands Nursery , Islewor th . 



CHOICE CALCEOLARIA SEED^ 



r DOBSON and SON are now prepared to send 



*J • out SEED of their unequalled collection of CALCEO- 

 LARIAS, in packets at Is. 6d., 2s. 6d., 3s. 6d., and 5s. each. 



Woodlands Nursery, Isleworth. 



j 



TO EXHIBITORS OF PELARCOMUMS. 



Cvfettsj 



** d Pf ^ioners of this CharU e greatestnumb e™f Votes, duly 



Ju '7, S. 



Edwd. E. Cdtljci!, Secretary. 

 14, Tavistock Eow, Covent Garden. 



&*« '"PPosU o* % , B h 0R0 , N , r . A SERRULATA. The 

 2"S <«d not knowing l, the "fcfMto" Las taken the above 



*•£*• *«y will iXjwZ f^Pl l "7? kindly taken 



" tint 



u * & Boh NnS ati0n respecting the sarne.- 

 00*, ^ur.erymen, Lea Bridge Road, Ley ton, 



barratt, 



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„ r , . Landscape Gardener, 



P1 Wakefield. ' 



i2^j^£_Fs ti mates furnished. 



n *£!??£!*' Nubseetjuh, Seedsman, 



^^ d P ed ;a^ S er J'^ Experienced Gardeners 



_ ^^rdeners'suno,- 0UD ? Men in the Nursery waiting 



ChoTc e f pt E T AYLOR, 



CE Thuit and Vegetable Salesman, 



St. John's Market, 

 Ct ob and 1W, .. . « Liverpool. 



oalesman on Commission. 



^ Terms, Cash. 

 ard as above. 



J U N., 





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^ a consSuf AN ANr> Florist, Basingstoke, 



^•dling l\Zf numh f T of the wndermenticned 



Beck's CONQUEROR, acknowledged to bo the most distinct 

 variety sent out for some time. Price on application. 

 Wood lands N ursery , Isleworth. 



NEW PELARGONIUMS. 



DOBSON and SON have much pleasure in 



1 announcing that they will send out the new varieties of 

 the above raised by E. Beck, Esq., of Worton Cottage, and J. 

 White, Esq., of Wethersfield, which will prove the gems of the 

 season. Catalogues with full description and prices will be 

 ready by the end of the present month. 



^_^_ Wornllands Nursery, Isleworth. 



\\/EST MIDDLESEX WHITE GLOBE TURNIP 



^ * SEED for Bunching, very first-rate; 155. per peck, Ss. 

 half peck, 56*. per bushel, for cash ; bag Ijc. extra.— W. G. K. 

 BREAviyGTpy, Vicarag e Farm, II< unslow, Middle x. 



HUE LISBON ONION SEED.— Large buyers 



can be supplied with "White Lisbon Onion Seed in 

 quantity.— Apply to Mr. HsxftS Clabke, Seed Merchant, 39, 

 King Street, Covent Garden. 



CALCEOLARIA AND CINERARIA. | 



MESSRS. E. G. HENDERSON and SON beg to 

 announce that the above FLOWER SEEDS, saved from 

 the choicest varieties, may be had in packets at 2s. 6d. and 5$. 

 each; the finest quality of CALCEOLARIA is only offered at 5s.; 

 second quality, 2s. 6d. 



This Season's CATALOGUE will be forwarded on applica- 

 tion, and a Beautiful Coloured Plate of nine new Flowers will 

 be sent on receipt of 12 postage stamps. 

 Wellington Nursery, St. John's Weed, July 7. 



that their extensive Collection will be in full bloom aft«r the 

 llth inst. Their Conifeia\ Rhododendrons, and a general 

 collection of Trees and Shrubs, also Fruit Ti » es (especur.v in 

 pots, which may be seen now in full bearing) are remarkably 

 fane and healthy and well worthy the attenth n of plantei 1 The 

 Nurseries are within a few minutes' walk of the Railway g ration 

 on the London and North Western Railwav, and an Or itna 

 i rom the station passes the gates. 



GROSES. 

 EORGE CLARJvE begs to invite his patroi s and 

 the public generally to an inspection of his superb collec- 

 tion, extending over 10 acres of ground, which are now in full 

 bloom, and will continue so till autun-n. Plants can be selected 

 now and orders * \< vuted in November. 



G. C. would direct special at ntion to his stock of Dwarf 

 Roses, comprising the newest and meet choice kinds bod 11 



the Manetti, which are remarkably fine; also to his fine collec- 

 tions of Azaleas, Ericas, Geraniums, Calceolarias, Variegated 

 I lants, Conifers?, Evergreens. Fruit Trees, Ac, which are of the 

 best and most seh ct description. The Norsery is situate on the 

 nearest and most p) Suit route from the ' West-end to the 

 < rystal Palace.— Stre a tham Place Nurse] Brixton Hill, 



London, July 7. 



LCHt/iC*; CINERARIA SEED. 

 UCOAiBE, PINCE, and CO. have now ready 

 sending out Seeds of their \<ry super i< r CINERARIA-- 

 which have been saved with jrreat care from the fine vartgfe*. 

 The great satisfaction which their Cinerarias bar. n for 

 several successive years, enal s them to recommend their S d 

 of the present season with much confid. ; ce. Packets sealed and 

 warranted by them at 2 d., free by post. 

 E xeter Nursery, Exet^ 1* . — Established 1720. 



ENGLISH CROWN RAPE, OR COLE SEED. 



pHARLES SHARPE and CO. beg to acquaint the 



Vy Trade that they can supply any quantity of the above ; 



prices and samples forwarded on application. 



Nursery and Seed 1 Uili- if, Slesf. rd. July 7. 



SEED. 



for 



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HOLLYHOCK 



A 



ing 



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CALCEOLARIA SEED. 



choicest varieties which have obtained many of the leading 

 prizes curing the last three years:— 3. d. 



1st selection, saved from 26 v ieties, per packet ... 5 



r d *£°t\ » n N » - 2 6 



Good Mixtures 1 



Also, price 15., AN HOUR WITH THE HOLLYHOCK. 

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

 Nurs< - Cheshunt. Herts. 



AZALEAS AND ERICAS. ~ 



7 J. EPPS has much pleasure in offering xhe 



following fine, bushy, well-grown plants, and of the 

 choicest and best varieties, in large 4S and 32-size pots. 



A Z A LEA S IBs. per dozen ; 51. per ICO. 



ERICAS 125. and 18$. per dozen ; 41. and 51. per ICO. 

 These will make very pretty sp< ns for the ensuing season ; 

 all orders to be accompanied with a remittance from unknown 

 corresponde nts. — Maidstone. July 7. 



OPEN AIR CULTURE OF THE MUSHROOM. 



PRESTOE'S IMPROVED MUSHROOM SPAWN. 

 — The only acknowledged imprcvemt-nt in this article from 

 the time ol Oldakeb. — Sold in pack es containing a sufficient 

 quantity to plant 50 feet of bed for 5s., with printed description 

 and cul.ural directions. 



W. Pkesxoe, in returning thanks to his friends, begs to inform 

 them that hereafter all packages to the value of 55. will he car- 

 riage free to any static n on the South- Western Line; all pack- 



a 

 or 



gre 



Wants, 



- res Pectfully offers them 



KS^Uten^ ° m U '"ge-st ,na mobt distinct kinds 



. ««4 «U? b * tns or Sweet' Win'" , 



"*tnir Te »»d *.„ > ^ rack,n g included.) 



i . - ieatL.. Ingstoke, Hants, 



to 

 s. 



5 

 2 



the 



d. 





 6 



2 6 



2 6 



ers for 

 consequence 



el for 



having been saved from flowers of the finest form and most 

 beautiful markings, in packets at Is. 6d. and 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. 

 Paradise Nurse ry. Hornsey Road. London. 



ges of the value of 10*. fi to any station en the Great Western 



rBerl and Hants Railways.— 1 he trade supplied. Post Office 



fwAtr* vpyohlp t" W'i - l f »-F sn kt . Hants. 



BEAUTIFU L NE CONIFEROUS PLANT, 



"ARIHROTAXUS DONIAVA" 



11/ MAULE and SONS have much pleasure in 



V 1 • announcing to the lov< rs of ( s and rare 



A 



DUTCH BULBS. 



the 



that after this week they intend sendii ut this beautif e 



from the R> cky Mountains, far south of Austi ia, which moun- 

 tains are stated by their collector to be covered with snow, and 

 inaccessible from ice nine months out of the twehv. This elegar 

 evergreen tree has stood with little or no injur- tie two last 

 winters, when at the same true Pinus insigi , Araucaria imbri- 

 cata have teen much injured, and mam f our old evergreen 

 quite killed close by their side. The stock of this ran tsnt ia 

 very lirni !. Established Plants, in 60 size 42*. each. 



Those gbntlunen who have subrcribed then- ders,and mar 

 order this 1 ew plant, are respect hilly informed e strictest 



, „. . , regularity will be observed in forwarding the stror | lants ia 



and (Jencral Forwarding Agent--. Cox's Q v, Lower Thar 8 : » as their orders have to I ar< 



Stree 1 , London.— July 7. ' ' Staileton Road Xun . D, 1st- 7. 



w^^ iv. i UC w.i.wfi season, we 



respectfully suggest to our friends and the trade generally, that 



they instruct their correspondents in Holland to con n ti 

 cases to our care here, for immediate transmission to their 



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