THE 



GARDENERS 



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AGRICULTURAL 



CHRONICLE 



Stamped Newspaper of Rural Economy and General News.— The Horticultural Part 









No. 39.— 1855.] 



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29. 



Price Fivepence. 



Stamped Edition, fid, 



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f>4S c 



Abicf Kaempferi ........... 



Agriculture, peculiarities of 



Agricultural statistics . . 



Ash, berries of Mountain 



BauaBas, to dry. 



Bean, St. Ignatius 6*8 e 



Books reviewed ,. M/ © 



British Association 647 a 



O*leodar, horticultural 648 a 



Clod-crusher, Cobby's J»3 a 



Concrete J-jf f 



Currant, Champagne 646 ft 



Dioscorea Batatas .. 646 a 



Draining for Sugar Lane in 



Jamaica ••• 646 c 



Drainage and warmth 6^1 a 



Eucalyptus cordata 646 c 



Heat conferred by drainage .. 651 a 



Heating, Wiliiains on 651 c 



Hitcham Hort. Show 646 a 



Johnston, the late Professor.. 653 b 



Loddiges' (Mr.) Orchids 647 c 



Mountain Ash berries 648 c 



INDEX. 



644 c 

 652 6 

 652 b 



6*8 e 



Nectarine, Stamvick 646 e 



— white 648 c 



Padiham Farmers' Club 652 A 



Park, St. James's 643 c — 6 i5 a 



— Sunderland 646 ft 



Pathology, vegetable f 44 c 



Plants, new 644 e 



Plough, steam f.Vi a 



Poultry, to fatten £50 6 



Heaping machines, 649 c, £51 a, 652 6 



St. James's Park 643 c— 64a a 



Statistics, agricultural 652 6 



Steam cultivators 650 a — 6f>2 a 



Steam ensines 651 c 



Stornaway Hort. Soc 645 c 



Strawberry, Delices d'Automne 6l7 a 



Sugar Cane, culture of 616 c 



Transplanting, notes on 645 6 



— machines 616 6 



Wardian cases 644 a- 647 a 



Weathercocks, zinc 646 6 



Williams on Combustion 651 c 



Wounds, tree C43 c 



Ebbatum— In the advertisement of Cheltenham Flood inserfed 



last week, for Mr. W. Tavey, King's Road. Chelsea, read Mr. 

 W. Pavey, 11. Is. 



QCOTTISH GARDENERS AND LAND 



O STEWARDS ASSOCIATION.— ELECTION OF PEN- 

 SIONERS.— The Fifth Annual General Meeting for the 

 Election op Pensioners wilt be held on the 14th November 

 ensuing. Persons eligible for admission are u aged and infirm 

 or disabled Gardeners, Nurserymen, Seedsmen, Land Stewards, 

 Bailiffs, and Foresters," and the Widows of such Persons. 

 Printed forms of application for intending Candidates may be 

 had of the Secretary, 6, York Place, Edinburgh, and all claims 

 must be sent in on or before the t&th (V.fnhpr 



WILLIAM 



BARRATT, Landscape Gardener, 



Wakefield. 



V Plans and Estimates furnished. 



T ANDbCAPE GARDENING, GAKDEN ARCHI- 



AJ TECTURE, AND GENERAL IMPROVEMENT OF 

 DOMAINS, WOODS, PLANTATIONS, Ac. 



« „ CH , AET r KJ s M<rxTOSir » F.R.P.S., A.L.S., &c, Author of the 

 Book of the Garden" and other works on Horticulture, &c. 

 Late Cuiator of the Gardens of his Majesty the King of the 

 Belgians at Clare raont and Brussels, and latterly of those of his 

 Grace the Duke of Buccleuch at Dalkeith Palace. 



Newcome Villa, Murrayfield, Edinburgh. 



HARD Y~ hTa T H S. ' 



WATERER and GODFREY respectfully invite 



2 f attention to their large stock and first-rate collection of 

 these most beautiful Hardy Plants. Priced Catalogues may be 

 had free on application to Waterer & Godfrey, Knap Hill 

 Nur sery, Woking, Surrey. 



AMERICAN PLANTS. 



WATERER and GODFREY beg to announce their 



* v Priced and Descriptive Catalogue of American Plants for 

 this season is now published, and will be sent free on application. 

 As the collection of American Plants at this Nursery is altogether 



naqualled in extent or quality, purchasers will find it to their 

 interest to pay a visit to the Nurserv, which may be readily done 

 by the South Western Railway to Woking Station. 



Knap Hill Nursery, W oking, Surrey. 

 SELECTED SEED 



ABRAHAM HARDY 



| CHOICE CALCEOLARIA SEED. 



LUCOMBE, PINCE, and CO. have now ready for 

 sending out Seeds of their very superior CALCEOLARIA, 

 saved with great care from all the newest and choicest varieties, 

 which if sowed now will flower finely next summer. 



The great satisfaction which their Calceolarias have given 

 for several successive years enables them to recommend their 

 Seed of the present season with much confidence. 

 Packets sealed and warranted by them, at 2s. 6<t, free by post. 



EXETER NURSERY, 



EXETER. 



Established 1720. 



1 — ■ ' ■■ ■ ■ — ■ ■ - ■ ■ — - — . 



NEW SEEDS.-CROWTH OF 1855. 



TlflXLIAM e. RENDLE and Co , Seed Merchants, 



** Plymouth, are now harvesting in fine condition their 

 General Collection of Agricultural and Garden Seeds for the 

 coming season. 



In order to give increased facilities for conducting 

 their Seed Bv&iness, they are now considerably enlarg- 

 ing their offices and warehouses 9 tchich 9 when completed, 

 will enable them to attend to all orders with promptness 

 and despatch. 



William E. Rexdle & Co., Seed Merchants, Plymouth. 

 Established 1786. 



NEW CATALOGUES. 



WILLIAM WOOD and SON'S New Catalogue of 

 ROSES for 1855 and 1S56; also their New Supplementary 

 List of GENERAL NURSERY STOCK will be ready for dis- 

 tribution on and after the 1st of October. 



W. W. & Son will forward copies as usual to all their cus- 

 tomers, and to other correspondents gratis on application. 

 Woodlands Nursery. Marosfield, near Uckfield, Sussex. 



^V RIVERS hopes to have his DESCRIPTIVE 



-*■ • CATALOGUES ofROSES and of FRUITS ready for dis- 

 tribution early in October.— Nurseries, Sawhridgeworth, Sept. 29. 



N EW PLA NT LIST. 



JOHN and CHARLES LEE'S CATALOGUE OF 

 STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS for the present 

 Autumn is just published, and may be had, post free, on application. 

 — Nursery and Seed Establishment, Hammersmith , near London. 



" A LIST OF PLANTS," including RARE"md 



^ HARDY CONIFERS, HARDY ORNAMENTAL 

 SHRUBS and CLIiMBERS, GREENHOUSE PLANTS, 

 ERICAS, EPACRIS, CAMELLIAS, GERANIUMS, CAR- 

 NATIONS, PICOTEES and PINKS, HOLLYHOCKS, 

 PHLOXES, CHRYSANTHEMUMS, HARDY HERBA- 

 CEOUS PLANTS, &c. 



Cultivated and Sold by Youell and Co., Royal Nursery, 

 Yarmouth, Norfolk, is now ready, and will be forwarded on 

 receipt of two postage_stamps. ■ 



ROSE CATALOGUE, ETC. 



HLANE and SON'S CATALOGUE of ROSES, 

 • TREES and SHRUBS, and FRUIT, will be ready the 

 1st of October, and will be sent as usual to their customers. 

 Parties intending to purchase can have them on application to 

 the Nurseries, Great Berkham stead, Herts. Also Catalogues of 

 Azaleas, Stove and Greenhouse, and Herbaceous Plants. 



FRUI T TREES IN POTS. ~~~ 



HLANE and SON have the pleasure of announcing 

 • that their very extensive collection of FRUITS IN POTS 



w 



f '., Po st Office, 1 ngstok 



ANTED TO BUY, 



are now ready for sending out, well set with bloom-buds, con- 

 sisting of Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, Cherries, Plums, Pears, 

 Apples, &c., and are quite worthy the attention of those who 

 take a delight in this particular branch of horticulture. 

 ■ The Nurse ries. Grea t Berk ham stead, Berks. 



FINE FRINGED CHINESE^ PRIMROSE. 



J and J. FRASER beg to offer some excellent 

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

 award of the Horticultural Society last winter, in packets at 

 2s. 6d. each. A remittance in stamps is requested from unknown 

 correspondents.— Lea Bridge Road, Sept. 29. 



VINES FOR FRUITING IN POTS." 



, Lea 



have a 

 very choice selection of the best sorts of VINES from eyes 

 grown in 12 and 15-inch pots, Price 5*. and 7s. 6d each. 

 N.B. Strong Vines for planting out, 35. 6d. each.— Sept. 29. 



TO AMATEURS IN CONIFER/E. 



MR. BARRON, of Elvaston Castle, will send out in 

 a few days his Seedling Plants of PICEA NOBILIS. 

 They are three years old, very strong for their age. with splendid 

 roots, never having beenin pots. Largest size, 635. (very few of 



i TT i i m r * n * s s * ze remam unsold); next size, 42 v. A remittance or refer- 



several Hundred Tons of ence from unknown correspondents ord< 



WHEAT. 



SON, Seed-Growers, 



p Maldon, Essex, beg to offer their celebrated PROLIFIC 

 i*Lp, at 15.9. Also Rough Chaffed, or Satin Wheat, of superior 

 quality, at 12*. 6i. per bushel. New bag, Is.; sack, l 2s. 

 Remittances must accompany orders. Prices of selected earlie&t 

 lQtatoes _in variety on application. 



JJKOWICK RED WHEAT. —SEED WHEAT of 



,. the above description, and true, may be obtained imme- 

 diately by addressing Mr. Edward Ball, Bailiff, Post Office, 

 iseacoi.sneld. Price, by quarter or sack, 10s. per bushel. All 

 gram to D fraccomp anied liv a Post Office order o r remittance. 



gROWlCK RED WHEAT, warranted a true Stock 



Mr T ft R* per,r,ectl y clean, grown upon new land, may be had of 

 ner h ' 7 A . KER ' Bui T Farm, Stapleford, Cambridgeshire, price 10s. 

 ^r Diisne?. All orders to be accompanied with a Post-office order. 



TTT . M R H U B A R B STOOLS. 



\y ANTED TO PURCHASE, several Thousand fit 



•a a. I Planting out next month.— Letters with price to be 

 *Garesspd to S. 



vnvug rwrv ri\uinmu mm ruio, 



MESSRS. J. and J. FRASER, Nurserymen 

 Bridge Road, Essex, beg to announce that they 1 



Address Mr. D., 12, Chester Street, 



**st Greenwich. 



piNES.— Two or three dozen Fruiting PLANTS 



BmirtPS be had on application by letter.- A. G n Esher Station, 

 ^ ^-Western Rail wav. 



ering after this date. 



way, 

 P I N 



Succession 



nur^r. • •* E PLANTS, 



u-ofci SOLD, Forty Fruiting and Forty 



tnd or r vl ants> con tin S°f CAYENNE, BLACK JAMAICA, 

 alar- T » Perfectly clean, and in good health.- For partt- 

 TO - apply to Wood & Ingram, Nurseries, Huntingdon. 







CAMELLIAS. 



-** ?F SOLD, five larp;e Plants, one double white, 



OEPFra ^ others - with 700 flower buds; also one specimen of 

 ■orisr%oi I ^ CIuSS - HslMA > P™* #. 10«.-Apply to J. Bray, 



TO BE 



imh*' th, Va nxhall. 

 SPANISH CHE ST NUTS. 



to\\ 



cm, SOLD, about 200,000 Strong SPANISH 



«B8TNUTS, from 2 to 4 feet Price sent on application 







i25*M and Godfrey, Knap Hill, Woking, Surrey.) 



TO NURSERYMEN~AND OTHERS. 



**& feOLD, about 1500 strong plants 



PHLOXE8, 



T P yard 



r. i . * r. b ' Tlamf ' ( *' of best varieties, up to 1851: also abo 

 ■nu or BOX Ki ;iNO t 9 rears old, i 



lS > A. \ ., Office of this Paper. 



of 



out 



TO THE SEED TRADE. 



GEORGE TABER, of Ravenhill, Essex, begs to 

 inform the Trade that his growing crops of Seeds are now 

 open to inspection. All Turnip Seeds grown from sound 

 tr ansplanted roo ts. Lists sent on application.— Sept. 29. 



DOUBLE ROMAN and PAPER WHITE NAR- 

 CISSUS, 4s. per dozen.— The above Bulbs, tbe former of 

 which is so justly esteemed tor its early blooming and excessive 

 fragrance, and the latter for its purity and elegance, have just 

 arrived, and maybe obtained at A. Cohbett's Italian and Foreign 

 Warehouse, 18, Pall Mall, near Waterloo Place, London. 



BARRATT'S MAGNUM BONUM has this year 

 fully sustained its high character as one of the finest 

 flavoured STRAWBERRIES known, and may now be had at 20s. 

 per 100, or 3.9. per doz.— Catalogues containing all the leading 

 varieties of the day may be obtained from Will: i Barratt, 

 St. John's Nurseries, Wakefield. 



NURSERY STOCK. 



HBIGLAND and CO. be:* to state that the LEASE 

 • of their NURSERY having now expired, they have con- 

 cluded to offer the remainder of their STOCK (consisting of 

 Evergreens, Fruit, and Forest Tre« Greenhc &c.) by 



Auction this autumn ; the precise time will be named in a 

 fi re Af!v< merit. 



Bi lia Nursery, Whalley Kange Manchester. 



DUTCH FLOWERING BULBS. 



TAMES CARTER and CO/s CATALOGUE OF' 



<* DUTCH AND CAPE BULBS, the most comprehensive 

 and select published, will be forwarded free of charge and pot 

 paid, upon application to address at foot. The Bulbs are as usual 

 of first-rate quality. 



James Carte r & Co., 3, High Holborn, London. 



I J PARKE It beijs to inform his friends and nMfrons 

 «• that his PRICED CATALOGUE of DUTCH BULB6 



is now ready, and will be forwarded post free upon application. 



Paradise Nursery, Hornsey Road. Hollowa 



IMPOKTE.D DUTCH BULBS. 



JAMES GRAHAM be^s to announce that his priced 

 Catalogue of DUTCH BULBS is now ready, and can be had 

 free on application.— Seed and Horticultural I ablishment 

 Northgate, Chichester (late Sti.vrblqc k and Sox.)- S ipt. 29. 



V1TILLIAM CUTBUSH and SON be* to acquaint 



» ▼ 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 well known." but 

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

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

 Highgate Nurseries, n ear Lon don. 



DUTCH HYACINTHS AND OTHER BULBT 



J and J. FRASEH beg to announce that they have 

 • received their annual importation of HYACINTHS and 

 other FLOWER ROOTS, of which a descriptive Catalogue mav 

 be had by enclosing one postage stamp. This Catalogue contains 

 some instructions for the successful cultivation of the various 

 roots.— Le.a Bridge Road, Sept. 29. 



~ ~ DUTCH FLOWER ROOTS. 



Nun- 



the High- 

 land and Agricultural Society of Scotland, respectfully intimate 



that they are" now ready to execute orders for HYACINTH 

 ROOTS, &c, &c>, of the finest kinds and in excellent condition 

 Catalogues may he had, free, on application. 

 27, Great Geo rg e Stree t. We stminster. — Sept. 29. 



IMPORTED DUTCH BULBS^ — 



EVAN PAUL begs to inform his patrons and friends 

 that he has received li rirst importation of the above, which 

 have arrived in first-rate condition, early orders for which are 

 respectfully solicited. Catalogues forwarded postage free on 

 application. — The Nurseries, Derby, Sept. 29. 



DUTCH BULBOUS ROOTS. 



MARTTN and SUNT have much pleasure in inform ins 

 their friends that they have received in good condition 

 their annual importation of the above, which are particularly 

 tine, and trust to be favoured with early orders — Catalogues may 

 be had and also of their Nursery Stock for two stamps.— 

 Nursery and Seed Establishment, Cottingham (1788); Hull 

 Branch, Junction Street. 



HYACINTHS AND OTHER IMPORTED BULBS. 



DETER LAWSON and SON, Seedsmen and 



*• SEBYMEN TO II ER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, and tO tllC 



receiv 



in very fine condition. Catalogues on application. 

 3, Laurence Pountney Lane, and 36, Moorgate Street, London. 



Established 1720 at 23, Corxiiill. 



GUERNSEY and BELLADONNA LILIES may 

 now be had of Dawb, Cottrell, & Hexham, 3, Laurence 

 Pountney Lane, and 36, Moorgate Stree t. London. 



FINE BLOOMING BULBS. 



(GUERNSEY and BELLADONNA LILIES, 4*. 



V~J per doz.— Price to the Trade upon application to B. Page & 

 Co., Oxfor d Street, Southampton. 



IMPORTED DUTCH FLOWER ROOTS^ 



>y F. WINSTANLEY begs to announce that his 



-*- • 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 cultivatios. 

 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. 

 28, M arket Place. Manchet *. 



DUTCH BULBS ^D~F^(^ER~RdOTS. 



THOMAS JACKSON and SON mpeetfnKy inform 

 their patrons and thepnblic that they have received in the 

 finest condition their annual consignment of Bulbs and Roots, 

 and that they are of the largest size and very finest quality. 

 Good Double Hyacinths 4*. per down; mixed Polyanthus 

 Narcissus, 3s. per dozen : Donble Roman Narcissus, 45. per dozen. 

 Their Priced List of Bulbs, &c. and also their General Priced 

 Catalogue of Stove, Orchidaceous, Greenhouse Plants, Orna- 

 mental Shrubs and Trees, and Herbaceous Plants may be 

 obtained on application.— Nursery- ^ Kin g n, Surrey. 



CHOICE HYACINTHS, NARCISSUS, TULIPS, 



CROCUS, ETC. ETC. 



JAMES CHARTKES and CO., Importers op 

 Dutch Flower Roots, Seedsmen', ac, beg to announce 

 that their unrivalled Stock of the abovchave arrived in splendid 

 condition; the Boots are remarkably large and handsome. 



J. C. & Co. earnestly solicit early orders to insure the finest 

 Roots. A Cata rue may be had on application. 



74, King William Street, City, and York Nursery, Hanger 

 Lane. Stamford Hill, Lorn i.— Sept. 29'. 



~~ SUPER OR LETTUCE SEED. 



IT7ILLIAM TOOGOOD has now ready to offer to 



* ▼ his friends his superior BROWN COS LETTUCE 

 SEED, which he can recommend to be the best hardy winter 

 Lettuce in cultivation. Per racket, 13., free by post. 

 W estergate Nursery, Arundel. 



TOWNS END has now ready to send out 



GERANIUM CVDONIA CARMINEA-forrewption 

 see Advertisement, 4th Angnat; has been exhibited at the 



National Society, 15th June and 26th August, and obtained a 

 Certificate. Plants 5s., 7s. 54, and 10*. 6//. each: one over lo 



every tbi 9 ordered in t . L ic<. rs payable at 



I water.— dotting II 



vv. 



