







THE 



GAR 



CHRONICLE 



AND 





AGRICULTURAL ' GAZETTE 



9 



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



No. 35.-18^5.] 



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. 



("Price Fivepence. 



(^Stamped Edition, 6d. 



INDEX. 



E«chynanttius without arti- 



ficial heat 



Amckarii alsinastrum 



•looks noticed... — . 



Cilendir. horticultural 



— agricultural «• 



Cheeie, mitjr 



Cherries, brandy 



Cow, Alderney i . 



Crops, Yorkshire 



— Feu .. 



Dairy itatiatica 



— produce » 



Dio*corea Batatas 



ication , agricultural 



farming, experimental Grass . 

 Farm labour, value of 



X £ II CCS •••••••*•••♦•••••••••« •• 



Fern, Hare's foot 



Fertility in toils . 



Gardening, Somersetshire .... 



Gosse's Zoology 



Grass farming 



• -*' ••■••••■■•••••■••■•*•■ 



Hollyhocks 



Hop disease and sulphur, 57 J c— 



Irrigation, pipe 



Isthmus of Suez Question .... 



Kw Garden 



Manure, urine as 



M adowa, water 



532 e 

 552 c 



583 a 

 BS4 a 



589 e 



590 a 



584 c 



585 c 

 588 6 

 SSS c 

 588 6 



588 c 

 682 c 

 590 a 

 53" a 



589 6 

 532 a 

 534 c 



586 a 



581 b 

 583 a 



587 a 



582 a 



583 e 

 ■581 c 

 586 o 



583 a 

 h8i a 

 5^2 b 

 58/ 6 



• • • • 



• • 



Newdegate ou Customs, rev. .. 



Oats, chlorotised 



Oilcnke 



Pathology, vegetable 



Pear fly 



Felar^onium Endlicherianum . 

 Plants, new 



— and artificial heat 



Potato growing 583 b- 



Poultry -how 



Pyracantha 



Royal Agri. Society 



— Botanic Gardeu, Kew 



Salt water and seeds 



Seeds and salt water 



Shrubland Park promenade 



Soils, fertility in 



Strawbeny Sir Harry 



Suffolk Natural History Club 



Sulphur anl Hops 579 c- 



Trausplamin?, notes on 



— machines 



Trees, transplanting 5'la- 



Urine, as manure 



\ anilla crystals 



Vine disease ,. 



Water meadows 



Wheat crop 



— — Lois "VVeedon 



Wheat midge 



Yeast, to make 



c 

 b 



b 



• >••«••■• 



• • ■ 



583 a 

 586 a 



5 S3 b 



5 SO c 



B82 a 

 580 b 



580 6 



582 < 

 -588 



589 

 581 



599 a 



583 a 



53 > a 

 580 



583 



586 



582 

 5*2 

 -581 

 •3s 1 a 



582 b 

 -582 b 

 5S2 6 

 582 a 

 5S2 b 



5S7 6 



585 c 

 5sG a 



5SS c 

 582 c 



a 

 c 



a 

 b 



c 

 c 



• ■ • 



« • • 



« • • 



5 



12 



6 

 



A MEETING of the BRITISH POMOLOGICAL 



j± SOCIETY will be held at the Rooms, 20, Bedford Street, 

 Corent Garden, on MONDAY, September 17th, at 1 o'clock, for 

 examining and reporting upon collections of Fruit; and it is 

 hoped that all who take an interest in the cultivation of Fruits 

 and Fruit trees will aid the Society by sending such specimens 

 ©t traits as they can command. Persons desirous of being 

 nected members are requested to make application to the 

 secretary, to whom also all packages are to be addressed, 

 - Robert Hogg , Secretary, 



TJEREFORD HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY— 



iu Tb !v TH r IRD EXHIBITION for the present year will be 

 held on the Castle Green, Hereford, on TUESDAY next, 

 Sept. 4, when Special Prizes will be given for Plants, Stove and 



tt \j Tv l F,0 T ? er3 ' Fruits, and Vegetables.- Wm. Phillips, 

 zyiu^o^yH om Sec.— Se pt. 1 . 



>-n-nwwT- TO DAHLIA GROWERS. ~ ~ 



j^ ORFOLk and NORWICH HORTICULTURAL 



^ SOCIETY.-The DAHLIA SHOW will be held at the 



.♦w I Ang % Norwich » on WEDNESDAY next. Amongst 



Turn t K r Z?^J l '> ?•> and 2l w!n be offered for 24 dissimilar 

 ™i i * L00MS (Fancies excluded), open to all Nurserymen 

 aiid such Amateurs as are Subscribers. No entrance fee. 

 J^r wich, Sept. 1. Arthur Preston, Hon. Sec. 



fnn _, ROYAL PAVILION, BRIGHTON. 



THE BRIGHTON and SUSSEX FLORICUL- 



4W a ^ L AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY will hold 

 jneir Autumn Exhibition of PLANTS. FRUITS CUT 



ffffiL*?* °\ W ? D , XE3DAY aild THURSDAY, ^ 

 ttSr ? th 1 " s 1 tant » at _] ,e above splendid suite of Rooms 

 and Grounds, on the same* and scale as former years. Prizes 

 are offered with the sam^iberality as previously. Also the 

 «alway Cup value 10 guineas, for the best 24 Show Dahlias for 



PhntsT' n,V h8 liherA } l Fr?l the RaiIwa ^ company, all 

 C ,ii ;' T- lU be C0 J lve > ,€d t0 Brighton and back, carriage-free, 

 SL ! stat T S ° n th ? lines ' Schedules can be had on appli- 

 <W L ^ S ^ ARY ' Superintendent of the Exhibition; or the 



orderofT^P Cai ?« ntep i 45 > Lavender Street, Brighton. By 

 owerofu ie Committee, E. Carpente r, Secretary. 



\ EWBURY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.— 



Antn m« «k L ™ CKS AND DAHLIAS (Open Class)._Ar the 

 ^Im^Z ° f t be S ,°l et ^° n . PRIDAY next, the 7th instant! 



similar umTvun e n,? fl mnfiM > the be st collection of 12 dis- 

 Thn*Vs£a LY ?°S. K ^ on S P ikes . an d the Society will give 



best cullectiou of of Society will give Three Guineas for the 

 Guineas for tVL 4 dissimilar blooms DAHLIAS, and Two 

 Floors to be readTf "^^ 4 ' En . trance F ™ to either class, 5,. 

 precisely Thj Cr? I ^ in ^P ectlon of the Judges at 11 o'clock 

 *<1dress to the T^ n o J ? m . tbe Station.-For further particulars 

 -__ Hon. becretanes, 0, Northbrook Street/Newbury. 



fUddAU BARRATT, Landscape Gardener, 



Wakefield. 

 Pjans and Estimates furnished. 



FINE FRINGED CHINESE PRIMROSE. 



1" and J. FRASER beg to offer some excellent 



*J • Seed of the above, saved from plants which obtained the 



award of the Horticultural Society last winter, in packets at 

 25. 6d. each. 



A remittance in stamps is requested from unknown corre- 

 spondents.— LeaBri.lge Road, Sept. 1^ 



TMCKINSON'S ITALIAN RYE-GRASS SEED is 



■1—/ now ready for delivery, for present payment only, 75. per 

 bushel. — New Park. Lymhurton. Hants. " 



TRI FOLIUM,, fine home-grown, per lb Os. 8d. 



ITALIAN RYE- GRASS, fine imported, per 



bushel, bs. to 

 MUSTARD, per bushel... 



T> PAGE and CO. can supply fine samples of the 



JA • above at their usual strict Farmers' prices. 



Oxford Street Seed Stores, Southampton. 



_ FLOWER SEEDS FOR PRESENT SOWING. 



T> ASS and BROWN'S superior Selected Seeds per 



-L* packet, as under : — 



CALCEOLARIA, choice, Is. From new vars. of our superb 

 Collection. Extra 2s. 6d.- GERANIUM, choice, 1*. Extra from 

 new vars. of our superb Collection, 25. 6d.— GLOXINIA, choice, 

 6d. Extra from new vars. of our superb Collections, 25. 6d. — 

 VERBENA, choice, Is. Extra from new vars. of our superb 

 Collection, 25. 6^.— CARNATIONS, extra from 400 vars., 25. Gd. 



For a variety of other choice seeds for present sowing see 

 advertisement in Gardeners' Chronicle, August 18. 



Seed a nd Horticultur al Establish ment, Su dbury, Suffolk. 



FERNS. 



ROBERT SIM'S 16 page CATALOGUE of his 

 GENERAL COLLECTION of FERNS may now be had 

 for Four Stamps. Free to all previous - purchasers. 

 Nursery, Foot's Cray, Kent. 



RARE BRITISH FERNS. 



TAMES BACKHOUSE and SON can now offer 



O nice Plants of the rare PSEUD-ATHYRIUM FLEXILE, 

 from the Clova Mountains, Forfarshire, discovered by themselves 



PSEUD-ATIIYRIUM f Poly podium) ALPESTRE 

 WOODSIA ILVENS1S * 55. each, extra strong 

 LASTRJSA RIGIDA 

 CYSTOPTERIS DICKIEANA 

 POLYSTICHUM LONCIIITIS 



♦Though a British species, the roots offered are Norwegian. 



York'Nurseries, Sept. 1. 



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• • • 



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215. Od. each 

 55. Od. „ 

 7s. Gd. „ 

 2s. Gd. „ 

 35. Gd. ,j 

 35. Gd. „ 



H 



NEW GERANIUMS. 



UGH LOW and CO. have to offer healthy young 



Plants of the undernamed varieties: — 



Commander -in- Chief 

 (Dobson) 



Conqueror (Beck) 



Fair Ellen (Storey) 



Fidelia (Beck) ... 



Jessica (Foster) ... 



Lord Raglan (lloyle) 



Laura (Beck) 



Omar Pacha (Hoyle) 



5. d. 

 5 



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10 

 7 

 5 

 6 



7 



7 

 7 



6 

 6 

 

 

 6 

 6 

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Pandora (Turner) 

 Petruchio (Foquett) 



Phaeton (Foster) 10 



Queen Eleanor (Hoyle)... 5 

 Serena (Hoyle) ... 

 Seraskier (Foster) 

 Vesper (Cant) 



W.nderful (Hoyle) 

 Yerda (Hoyle) 



* * • 



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Ts.Gd. 



7 6 

 6 

 

 6 

 G 

 

 

 



7 

 7 

 5 

 15 

 5 



Clapton Nursery, London. —Sept. 1. 





T th " y,/r ,', * B T r -5'» A ' L ' S > & c-> Author of the 



!*te Curator of X«r- *} nd ot i ,er works on Horticulture, Ac. 

 ^lgians at aa r emL^ ar( ] e " s of "■ Majesty the King of the 



Gr *ce the Duke S ? d ? russpIs . ™* Utterly of those of his 



N* 0f Bu «*euch ^ Dalkeith Palace. 

 Newcome^Yilla, Murrayfield. Edinburgh. 



BlPJAxm RSERY •STOCK. 



of their i?rn^ D C °- be - t0 State that the LEASE 

 c i ad ed to offer « R y liavin 6 now expired, they have con- 

 ? ve ^eens Fn,VJ e rex ? a l? der of their STOCK (consisting of 

 f nction thifi fl »t ;' and , * orest Trees , Greenhouses, &c.) by 



fu! «re Advertisement PrCCiSe time wUl be na ™ ed ■ a 



rt '"~~ 9 ^'ursery, Whalley Ranc< 



RAPPQ ^ ANTED, 



%£S AND PEACHES 



Superior Quality. 



c forward ^n^x ^ nrj ° 0F SUPERIOR QUALITY. 



^^Urket°M 0RGE TAYL ^> K ^ ***-> Fruit Salesman, 



^iilJ^lLHverr^o^ Terms Cash. 







HOTHOU 5 E 



BE sotY^ T ^*^ grapes. 



^RINcp -It V ab0ut 200 B «"ches, chiefly BLACK 



i ^^jjjr-^>-iIL!^gg IL?n application at Chertsey Post Office. 



^f Cissus 5° MA , N AND PA ^*» WHITE NAR- 



!«tfi b ^ ^ Pf'^f n-The above Bulbs, the former of 



fr »gr 



IS go 



W» e ' an dmavhrZ- 'a U ! ? unt yand elegance, have just 



* arouse, la Pall v«iT ed at £- CoBBETT ' 8 lf « lian and foreign 



°» t all Mall, near "Waterloo Place, London. 



CALCEOLARIA SEED. 



J SMITH, the raiser of " Sultan ," has with great eare 

 • and perseverance raised the finest Shrubby Calceolaria in 

 England, and by impregnation has saved a small quantity of 

 Seed, which he offers at 55. per packet. If not turning out first- 

 rate the money will be returned.— Apply to James Smith, Hendon 

 Place, He n don, Middl esex, by post-o ffice order on Hen don . 



C A L C E O L ARIA. 



JOHN CATTELL is still sending out seed of very 



O superior Calceolaria, saved from the finest varieties of 

 Major's and other growers, carefully hybridized, 2s. Gd. per 

 packet. Ditto, saved from an entirely new class to any hitherto 

 sent out by J. C, having very large flowers, with distinct and 

 splendid colours, extra free bloomers, 55. per packet. 



The other seeds advertised in the Gardeners' Chronicle, Aug. 4th, 

 and following numbers, may still be had. 

 Nurseries, Westerns m , Kent. 



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 25. Gd. and 55. 



each: the finest quality of CALCEOLARIA is only offered at 55.: 

 second quality, 25. Gd. 



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. 

 Wellingto n Nursery. St. John 's Wood, Sept, 1. 



CHOICE CINERARIA 

 AND CALCEOLARIA SEEDS. 



LUCOMBE, PINCE, and CO. have now ready for 

 sending out Seeds of their very superior 



CINERARIAS and CALCEOLARIAS, 

 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 by them, at 25. Gd., free 

 by post.— Exeter N ursery. Exete r. Estab lished 1720. 



SPLENDID HERBACEOUS CALCEOLARIA AND 



W_. r _. SWEET WILLIAM SEEDS. 

 ILLIAM BARNES has now ready for sending 

 out a small quantity of the above Seeds, the former of 

 which is unrivalled, and has given the greatest satisfaction to 

 all purchasers for the last four seasons, 2s. Gd. and 55. per packet. 



SWEET WILLIAMS, grown from the same stock as the 

 see4 now offered, may be seen at the present time in full bloom 

 at his Nursery, where they are pronounced by all who have seen 

 them to be unequalled. I5. Gd. per packet. Payment can be 

 made by postage stamps. 



C.\mden Nursery, Cambcrwell, London. 



1TYACINTHS AND OTHER BULBS JUST 



-LA IMPORTED BY SUTTON and SONS, Seed Gbowmii, 

 Reading, Berks —This is a superior assortment of Bulbs, and 

 will be sent out carriage free (except small parcels), at very 

 moderate prices. A List may be h ad post free. 



DUTCH HYACINTHS AND OTHER BULBS" 



T and J. FRASER beg to announce that they have 



<J • received their annual importation of HYACINTHS and 

 other FLOWER ROOTS, of which a descriptive Catalogue may 

 be had by enclosing one postage stamp. This Catalogue contains 

 some instructions for the successful cultivation of the variuns 

 roots.— Lea Bridge Road, Sept. 1. 



DUTCH BULBS. 



J AMES VEITCH, Junior, Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, 



<' begs to announce that he has received his annual supply of 

 BULBOUS ROOTS from Holland, and is pleased to say that 

 they are particularly fine and in excellent condition. "Cata- 

 logues are now ready, and will be forwarded on application. 



N.B. J. V. Jun., desires to impress on those who patronise 

 him the great advantage of giving him their orders early, as the 

 successful cultivation of Bulbs depends in great measure on their 

 being planted early in the season.- Sept. i . 



DUTCH FLOWtR ROOTS. ^~ 



IT UGH LOW and CO. are now receiving their 



a a. annual importation of the above, and would solicit the 

 early orders of their Friends. Catalogues may be had on appi.- 

 c ation.— Cl apton Nursery , Londcvn . Se pt. 1. 



DUTCH FLOWER ROOTST ETC. ETC. " 



OETER LAWSON and SON, Seedsmen and Nur- 



*- servmen to Her Majesty the Queen, and to the High- 

 land and Agricultural Society of Scotland, beg to intimate the 

 arrival of their first assortment of DUTCH FLOWER ROOTS. 

 Catalogues of which may be had, free, on application, and orders 

 for which are respectfully solicited, 



They have also on hand very select stocks of foreign Italiau 

 Rye-grass, Crimson Clover (Trifolium incarnatum), Alsike Clover 

 (Trifolium hybridum), Dwarf Essex Rape, Winter Tares, Stubble 

 Turnip, &c. &e, 



London : '27, Great George Street . Westminste r.— Sept. 1. 



IMPORTED DUTCH FLOWER ROOTS. 



H^ F. WINSTANLEY begs to announce that his 



J • Priced Catalogue of Dutch Bulbs for the present season 

 will shortly be ready, and can be had free on application. It 

 contains a list of all the newest and leading sorts in cultivation 

 including Hyacinths, Narcissus, Jonquils, Amaryllis, Early 

 Single and Double Tulips, Crocus. &c, all of which have been 

 grown by one of the first growers in Holland, and can be relied 

 upon as being good sound Bulbs, and true to name. 

 2S. Market Place, Manch ester. 



BUICH FLOWERING BULBS. 



JAMES CARTER and CO/s comprehensive CATA- 

 LOGUE of DUTCH and CAPE BULBS and SEEDS for 

 Autumn sowing, is now published, and will be forwarded free 

 of charge and post paid upon application to James Carter & Co. 

 2SS, liiffliJHo lborn, London. 



T \j I L LI A M CUTBUSH and SON beg to acnuahTt 



* ▼ their patrons and friends that their ANNUAL CATA- 

 LOGUE of DUTCH BULBS can be had, postage free, on appli- 

 cation. The superior quality of their roots is w*U known, but 

 as a further guarantee they obtained the Awards at the Horti- 

 cultural Society's Rooms, Regent Street, last spring. 



Highgate Nurseries, near London. 



SCARLET CARNATION. 



WADSON begs leave to call attention to his 



•. advertisement of the above, with other Carnations, &c. in 

 the Gardeners' Chronicle of last week. 

 Albion Road, Hammersmith. 



|| OLLYHOCKS.— 'ihe collection of Hollyhocks at 



* a the Cheshunt Nurseries is now in full bloom, and may be 

 seen daily. Packets of choice Seed, It., 25. 6d., and 5s each.— 

 ___T A - 1 ' L & Son, Nu rseries, Cheshunt, Herts. 



• ■ TO THE SEED TRADE^ ~ * 



(_J_EORGE TABER, of Ravenhill, Essex, begs to 



V-J inform the Trade that his growing crops of Seeds are now- 

 open to inspection. All Turnip Seeds grown from sound 

 splanted roots. Lists se nt on application.— Sept. !. 



irr 



C A B B A C F P! AlMT*_ 



HOMASWELLAND begs to offer TKUE CATTLE 



DRUMHEADS at3*.per thousand; 8000 fori/ acked and 

 delivered at Godalming Station.— Surrey Gardens, Godalmin 



Surrey. 



R SMITH still continues to send out strung runners 

 • of his SEEDLING STRAWBERRY, SIR CHARLES 

 NAPIER, which this season has proved itself good ; both for 

 forcing and natural it has no equal. Trice '21. per 100. 

 R . Smi t h, Marke t Gard i n e 1% T wi ick* nham. 



BARRATT^ MAGNUM BONUM has this year 

 fully sustained its high character as one of the finest 

 flavoured STRAWBERRIES known, and miym w be had at2C*. 

 per 100, or 3s. per doz.— Catalogues containing all the leading 

 varieties of the day maybe obtained from William Barratt, 

 St. John's Nurseries , Wake field ! 



~ ~~~ N~E W S T R A W BERRY 



KITLEY'S CAROLINA SUPERBA, 'not surpassed 

 in flavour, habit, and productiveness by any Strawberry 

 extant, at the low price of 21. per 100, 9s. per doz.,' free by'posi, 

 to be had of Messrs. Garraavay. Mayes, & Co.. Bristol, agents 

 for the west of England and South Wales, or of anv respectable 

 nurseryman. For a full description, testimonials, &c n see this 

 Paper, April 14, 1855. 



* -Fames Kitley, Lyncombe Yale Nurse ry. Bath. 



PRICtD CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



THOMAS JACKSON and SON'S Triced Catalogue 

 of Plants may be obtained on application. It contains 

 Stove, Orchidaceous, Ferns and Mosses, Greenhouse, Ornamental 

 Shrubs and Trees, Roses, and Herbaceous Plants. 



T. J. & 8o„ are offe ring at very low prices a large Stock of 

 Azaleas, Camellias, Ericas, Epacrises, Helichrvsmns, Rhododen- 

 drons. <fcc, well deserving the attention of purchasers. 



Nurseries, Kingston, Surrey, 



