THE 



AflUT 





GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



AND 





AGRICULTURAL 





Newspaper of Rural Economy and General News 



The Horticultural 



No. 31. 



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SATURDAY, AUGUST 4. 



INDEX. 



urn 



Auiunr. i'n>t OweiTi Lee- 



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tion, Page's 



522 6 



51S 6 

 5 IS a 



common 



_ jrtiioc. 

 C.kaiar. kocti * tural 62 • a 



~- ifncttlural 5?o c 



Caytra! HO r 



n.p* . rrport* of p-'l o 



'airy j rodac€ ........ •• »*2 o 



pioaoona Bt'ttAs M7 <* 



Djn,LJftai 518 c 



■n tttnXx alba »•/ e 



to mo yc . • ■ 517 f 



|lK r of mill 521 b 



Gb» paint for 51S e 



Cgjwfcirrr rat r -illar ..517 a — 5LS a 



UMiiBf and mil Hating 528 6 



Hrdgr*, an ird 518 6 



iiataJaras vfffiation 515 6 

 at*. mati 525 c 



^ml Society's garden 618 c 

 ». taMm? f»20 f 



Urcii. aupplr of 518 6 





Leaf burn in jr «»]8 e 



Leptndactylon californicum ., a IS * 

 Lichen dyes &)$ e 



Lie! a Asfri. Chemistry 621 e 



Maaon. Mr &)« ft 



Mechi's (Mr.) gathering 52a a 



National Florirultural Society 52 • a 

 Owen's (Prof.) Lectures on 



Anatomy, J 5IS 6 



Paee's composition 51H a 



Pathol.. -v. vegetable 516 6 



Pea8, select 51** a 



Plums, new 5 6 



— HiTiial'van 515 b 



Potato, culture of 622 « 



Protections, spring 518 6 



Rainfall in July 516 a 



Shorthorns, sale of , 525 c 



Soils, fertility of b3l 6 



Strawberry culture 51S b 



Tea, acenteil 617 b 



Transplanting evergreens .... 51" r 



Vegetation, Himalayan 515 6 



"Ventilating and heating 518 6 



W all trees, to protect 518 6 



NOW HARVESTING, 



T.,„ „ And Suited 1 or Present Sowing 

 HE LINCOLNSHIRE RED GLOBE TURNIP 



1 m "" A , fin t e ^fgeand quick growing variety 

 J elly and other kinds for late flowing. 



I*AB8& liKowK^dhnry iflolk. 



. JOW HARVESTING. 



("Price Fivepence. 



(^Stamped Edition, Gd. 



Also 



t/ 



T 



-».* nu|uuvcu vftiiury 01 tne j>nn 



r e rTb ac Vr!i^ a j; be * h ^ ror pr> nt and Autumn •owinR « 



per lb. I rice to the trade on application. 



more 



Base .V- Brown-. Sudbury. Suffolk. 

 CABBAGE SEED 





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UORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 21, Regent 



JVSFTb ^SPrl^k GENE KAL MEETING of this 

 Society will be held on 1 L ESDAY, August 14, at 1 p.m. precisely, 

 to elect a new Member of Council and Treasurer in the room of 

 l>r. Jackson, deceased.— By order of the Council, 



AB » li f . W. B. Booth. 



XT A T 1 NAL FLORI CULTURAL SOCI E IT Y , 



-*- 1 21, Regent Street, 28th July, 1855. 



HOTICE is hereby given that at the next Meeting of this 



-*u£ V ° S ^P, 00 , THURSDAY, August 9, Special Prizes 

 will beaararfed for Hollyhocks, three distinct spikes, 15*. & K)j • 

 Duio, twelve distinct blooms, 10*. & Is. 6tt; Verbenas, ditto, W. 

 iN#.6tf. Extra Prizes will also he awarded for Roses, twelve 



STT. S°7'i *-V 7 *- **"' & 5s '> DabIias > six distinct blooms, 

 F«*L:. #2 5f.; Fancy ditto, six ditto, 10s., 7s. 6tt, & 5s.; 

 FB^three distinct varieties (plants), 15s., 10s., & 7s. 6d. 



ffiln»VttfrlS IIair ditto ' thre « ditto, 7s. 6d.,5s. f & 5s. 

 Zyt c Fir 1 - 16 llie1r own show boxes. Everything in- 



nwi^L^* tev S r *l rnves later win be «b a oIurely excluded 

 ft^ee tt n » f< T 1 Prize8 ' The Prizes will be announced at 

 «_ °P en ^ a» competitors. No entrance fee. 



n AT PELL'S DVVAHF BARNES, a nd CATTELL'S 



V-/ DWAJ;P RELIANCE may be had bv post for 12 penny 



tVtTJu PaCketj th l former ^^ining one ounce and the 

 l^tejj^fanjmjn : e.->^ f .ri Psterhain. K ent 



AHOLLYHOCK SEED. 

 FAUL and SON have ready for immediate sow- 



• ingafinelot of HOLLY1KM K SI r.n 81V ed from th^ir 

 choicest varieties which have obtained many of the leading 

 prizes during the last three years :~ B 



1st selection, saved from 25 varieties, per packet 

 2d do. ,, 12 . 



Good Mixtures * » 



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

 XS.iJ. *ree by post, and payment received in postage stamps. 



Nurser ies, Che shunt. Herts. 



LlSlANTHUS R ITS S E L LIANUS. ~ 



A N AMATEUR having raised from Seed a consider- 



i-A able number of the above beautiful plant over and above 

 what he will require for his own flowering, begs to offer them on 

 the following reasonable terms :— 



For 12 Plants i 2 s 



1 - 20s. 



ROSES. 



JAMI MITCHELL beet to announce that his 



unnvaUed collection of l: S is now 5 ftU bJooMT 

 rdown PKHea. M argflj ^j ^x, Ang. 



G E S?S, E M ? LARKE ^ t0 - "»«woo that his fine 



JA\ircr>° U1CH FLOw ERINC BULBS. ' " 

 1 1 V \> , ! ' K AND °°' 9b «»niprrli«.|ini % ^ CATA- 

 LOGUB or DUTCH aid CAM HI LM am. r.Ve 



'EW 



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S. 



5 



2 



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.. y. f"-..^., oeeoi cnar^.'. mid po*t paid. *>dm 



PELARGONIUMS raise,! l.v.J. Heck , I" 



of Isleworth; and T. White. Hiq.. of \\'.-i. «n^|<! 1 t* 

 Catal ues with full detcrtpi is and price, ft 

 vanet.«fl f r warded pOfl: 6 for one stamp, on ippllc - 



JOHN BUTCHER is now i 



w flplendid Geranium: a seedling 



GKRw.rjf. 



it 



10;) 



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mi 



50s. 



alwu^P^ 8 ^ Ajitinhinums, VW1 



* 



These will be received 



moned are Meters. Lochner 



; Messrs. Cook, Holmes, 



ard, Parsons, & Moore, 



Hamp & Robinson, for 



SPAWN.— Patronised 



ratueaaf, t uchsias, &c. 



jj&nt ^?* to Tisltorsb y Cards only, to be obtained at 

 ^ ZzHOz Jony E dwards, Secretary. 



THF PD^nL P ^ N ' BRIGHTON. 



At?pu^ GH J° N and SUSSEX FLORICUL. 



kl/ a!:;„L AKi ^?.? R TICULTUKAL SOCIETY will hold 





^WERsT Exbl ^ n of PLANTS, FRUITS, CUT 



^MthofSeSmSr^^P^ and THURSDAY 12th 



^Gmnds on m,p Jo ' at tl,e ftb0Te s P lendid suite of Rooms 

 *w «lS 1 with th e ame grand scale as former years. Prizes 

 ^**y Cap value l0 Sam? liberalit > r M Previously. Also the 



The I lants are potted singly in Fmall 60-sized pots, and for the 

 convenience of Purchasers they are placed for distribution in the 

 nands of Mr. J. Vi;,tch, Jnn , Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, to whom 

 ail orders and payments for them are to be addressed.— Aug. 4. 



IMPROVED MUSHROOM 



7" b £ "/ny of the Nobility, the London Horticultural Society, 

 &C. bold in packages containing a sufficient quantity to plant 

 50 feet of bed for 5s., with printed description and cultural 

 directions. 



Large Flowering ANTIRRHI XUMS 



HEARTSFASE 2 6 



DIANTHUSS 2 6 



See former Advertisements. 

 Address \V . PREST O E, Florist, & c. t B* stoke, Ha nts. 



(CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES in full bloom for 



V^ Sale; 150 stove pots of the best varieties, all Show Flowers. 

 Each pot will make from four to eight pairs of plants.— To be 



seen at Mr. R. Tasker's, Florist, May field Road, Daiston, 

 London. 



- ■-- — "— **«/»■ i»'iaim; v^iruens. r^-pi ; s Purl: 



Undon. See Gard rs' Chronic^ June 16 <■ piV n L f v 



immediate Bedding, 18s. per doz. : extra size •> ?%d illfZ 

 agents, Messrs. Dawb, Cottrell. & Bknhah ^ *™ 



Royal Nursery, f<»rd^n-Ayon.- A „ 8 t 4. 



TJARDY and SON, Seed Growers, &e, MaUIon", 



#7 * Es^ex are prepared to send to any address, f^ by post 

 their best selected kinds oi ( ABBAGEand LETTUCR K & 

 for July and August sowings, in one or four vari, ' ' 



early sowing, one or three varieties of their selec VIIBAT& 

 now in repute sufficient for 1 rod, with direction.. A?c on r^cVii 

 of seven postage stamps for each yariotv. ,.„ e iottd wS«J 

 env, prowsrV a^ d to ifai destinst?: n 



•pIIOMAS BEACH, the well I no wn ^ Straw ber^r 

 -«- Grover, begs to inform the public that he has now readv a 

 large stock offine strong plants of his true BRITISH QI N 

 the same he beat the world with at the < stal Palace and at 



1 ^IIV™ n ?&' J " nls 8enf tn ^y J lIf ' ' t!i « ™rl«l ^ 5s. 



per 100. I ostHiffice orders on Hoiinslow to Mr. I .kaa Beaca 

 rawberry Grounds, Worton. Isleworth. Midd 



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n 



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2.,. M. per 100. |C UT ? IIL K S .STRAWBERRY FLANTS.-Th* 



n 



n 



w,,Ti r ? nd hfl , r l y IILA( ' K J,J;,N CE, and late PPT; 

 WALKS, two celebrated sortf. will be sent out n and after 

 August 15th. They are both enormous beare- and her of 

 them makes a most delicious and solid preserve, to which up- 

 wards of 300 ladles round h*re can tes ify. The Black Prince 

 St. per 100; the Prince of Wales, 7s. 6<*. per 100. ' 





^ 



guineas, for the best 24 Show Dahlias for 

 pUnt*,ic wilf hJZ llbeM f Ut y of the Railway com pan v, all 

 •S til liHo L on tL V i? ed to Cli ^^n and back, carriage-'free, 

 •"^ to E Tpap" th . eIine . s - Schedules can be had on appli- 

 8€tr ^rr, E fw. f^P^tendent of the Exhibition; or the 



^^thedmmTttee ' °' Lave "? e ^ Street, Brighton. By 

 lw ' E. Carpenter, Secretary. 



Large buyers 



ipplied with White Lisbon Onion Seed in 

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

 King Street, i -vent Garden. ___ 



r PRIPOLI ONION.— The trade canbe supplied^ith 



A SEED of the true flat Tripoli Onion, by Nutting & Sons, 

 Seedsmen, 4G, Cheapside, London. 



1 i outo, Strawberry, Asparagu 

 Preserve. 2s. 



C A L C 



TO 



NURSERYMEN AND OTHERS. 



PITY OP Lnii^5 , %.93L5f K ^^ A «»- 2. 1855- 

 y »<«lorLo' ?J " 0N f CEMETERY.-The Com- 



;il meet at r; u n h.n on T Cl ^ hereb ^ give notice that they 

 ** " *ock nrJ{.iS?2 Tuesday, the 11th day of September 



- m *• MippiT ofir%p« the , P!VT° SP °f receiving TENDERS 

 ^•tLUtlei^ SH RrRS for the Cemetery now 



!es, to which the prices are 



^^fortn 



at tL^^'^ybe ohtainVA"^'"""r ii r' u> wnicn T »e prices are 



SSr °«* of Mr wt r iu ftnd after t!,e 20th da y « f A : ' *"*■ 



* H O id Je ' r V ! r 300 ' Surveyor to the Com: 

 8^'^*^^^ <?** th « Office of Mr. 



pe uardaner, 36, Great Russell Street, Bedford 

 ^' JIEi AX-B A RR A Ti - P,, DAW ' PrinCiPal C,erk - 



w 



Jonx S tton, Gardener, Alton, Hants. 



two years old, suffi- 



, stating lowest price, to 



j 



CALCEOLARIA AND CINERARIA SEED. 



o.^.s aaraet uaraemng round London, \s.6d. See the ra- 

 commendation of it in the " Quarterly Review." Early orders 

 requested. Post-office orders payable at Camberwell ( ; reen. 

 *^Mi-: a Cothill, Camberwell , London. 



CHOICE CINERARl A " 



AND 



EOLARIA SEEDS. 



J" rCOMBE, PINCE, and ( . have now ready for 



■*-* sending out Seeds of their very superior 



CINERARIAS and < VLCEoLARIAS, 

 which have been saved with great care from the finest varieties 

 The great satisfaction which their Cinerarias and Calceolarias 

 have given for several successive years enables them to recom- 

 mend their Seed of the present season with much confidence. 

 Packets of each, sealed and warranted bv them, at 9a (M ' frm* 



Cineraria, Is.; Calceolaria, Is. 6 J., 2s. &L, 3s. 6d. and 65. each. 



ursery. Isleworth. 



J ° H N 



n*n 



Landscape Gardener, 



• * P1 Wakefield. 



-^I!l^TujM j^tfrnates furnished. 



£t[ il ?° N > Nurseryman, Seeds 



**-oniBT, Landscape GAnnwpp Am 



h 



: 



»nd E^ 

 led * 



Gard 



ape Gardener, &c. 



ursery waiting 



°' ( ^0mS (8 S ? N ^?^ CATALOGUE^ 



CALCEOLARIA AND CINERARIA. 



MESSRS. E. G. HENDERSON and SON be^ to 

 announce that the above FLOWER SEEDS, saved from 

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

 each; the finest quality of CALCEOLARIA Is only offered at 5*.; 

 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 Nurse ry, St. John's Wood, A tig 4. 



CALCEOLARIA SEED. 



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 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 Nurserv. Hornsev Road. London. 



SPLENDID HERBACEOUS CALCEOLARIA AND 



SWEET WILLIAM SEEDS. 



117ILLIAM BARNES has now ready for sending 



!.j out A :l11 quantity of the above Seed's, the former 

 which is unrivalled, and has given the greatest satisfaction 

 all purchasers for the last four seasons, 2s. Gd. and 5$. per pack : 

 SWEET WILLIAMS, grown from the same stock as the 

 seed now offered, may be seen at the present time in full bloom 

 at his Nnrsery. where they are pronounced by all who have srsii 

 them to hp unequalled. Is. 6d. per packet. Payment can be 



made by postage stamps. 



, Camden Nursery, Camberwell, London. 



TO GROWERS OF ORCHIDS, ETC 



M 



beg 



M 



MAJOR'S CALCEOLARIA SEED. 



begs 



Growers of ORCHID ICBOITS PLA that they have always 



on sale a splendid assortment of the kinds peculiar the Brazil 

 and they will be happy to receive orders from parties residing in 

 England or on the continent, which they will execute with all 

 convenient dispatch, and at the most moderate prioes. A list 

 with prices can be forwarded. Ail letters (post paid) .uldi 

 to them, under cover to the Agent for H.M. Packets at Rio 

 Janeiro. Messrs. R. & M. will furnish Plants of everv descri ption 

 Tr^es, Ac. ■ 



fa 



^sm 



P*. 



Frpo a»TIti * v *"' "* ",i» .\& may 

 v t0 aI1 Previous purchasers. 



H °M A s ia^J^ l °gue OFlr^A^ 



Ft contains 

 Ornamental 



JWV 1 ^ maiW . AND S0N ' S p riced Catalogne 



T ! T f«e«, Rospc **J l r? U : * t Greenhouse 



*£']£ * «^ sre oftl H ^baceous Plants. 



•5i7, Ctn3 ^lias f E rt"? "i Vf T low Pnces a large Stock of 



^ *«-> well deserving i^^T 1 ^ } lclu 7««m«» Rhododeii- 



^ irtert«? Vt tten " 011 ot ' r "Chasers, 

 •series, Kingston, Surrey. 



this season is now ripe, and may be had in packets at 2#. Gd. and 

 5s. each. The 5*. packets will be equal to three 2s. 6d. ones. 

 The seed is produced from rich and beautiful varieties (for which 

 his collection stands unrivalledl therefore large, well-formed 

 flowers, and beautiful colours and markings may reasonably be 

 expected. The present, np to the latter end of August, is a 

 proper time to sow to insure an early spring bloom. Postage 

 stamps a re requested in retu rn. ...,_." 



PRIZE CALCEOLA RIAS.— A few packets of seed 

 saved from the group of Seedling Calceolarias to which a 

 Prize was awarded at the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace, 

 are now ready at 10s. Gd. each. These seedlings are unrivalled 

 for immense size of flower, richness of colour, and strong vigorous 

 ■owth. Seed from other Choice Seedlings at 5s. per packet. 

 Address to William Sanfobd. Gardener to 31 r. Henchman, 

 Edmonton, near London. No ter ended to unless 



enclosing a Post Office Order o* a . . , ». , 



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 a 



uout-NDRONS. 



JOHN WATERER begs to announce that he is now 

 prepared t> e^cnte orders for his two New Uardy Hybrid 

 Rhododendrons, in good established plants, at 42s. each. 

 Rhododendron JOHN WATERER, colour glowing" carmine 

 large truss, t • foliage, and a most abundant braMBi^ 

 perfection at©nt the 15th June. \ i 



Ditto, MRS. JOHN WATEKEK, a brifcht *<*%jk\ 



conical trass, a very free bloomings ^wer about 



15th of June. 



To the admirers of this justly noble: " class of Pbts v 



Waterer has the pleasure ot recommending ,*he abjMffs : 

 the greatest acquisitions yet offered. TlftfJorf -r'ctw 



degree the nece.ssary requisites for reallOrst-raff b* •- criaisan 

 varieties, viz., imposing colours, abundwnQ»I t«t 



barnine«?«, :md flower at a time when tfifirSfc bft? 



injured by spring frosts. r "" 



The American Km 



a 



mrr. Cassia 





