



THE 



GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 





AND 





AGRICULTURAL 



Stamped Newspaper of Rural Economy and General News. 



GAZETTE 



Horticultural 





No. 40. 



1 



SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6. 



f Price Fivepence. 



Stamped Edition, 6d 



INDEX. 



Agricultural chemistry 



— statistics 



— societies, advantages of, 



Ammonia, salt a fixer of 



Apple. Gooseberry 



Botanical Gardens 



Calendar, horticultural 



— agricultural 



Capsicums, to pickle 



Cheese manufacture 



Chemistry, agricultural 



Cinerarias, treatment of , 



Cockneyfied, what ia 

 Drainage experiences 



Entomological Society . , 



Ferns, new garden 



Figs on heavy clay 



Food markets, Prussian, 



Gardens, botanical 



Horse, Suffolk 



Hyacinths in glasses 



Lawes's (Mr.) experiments. 

 Millie and her places, rev. 



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667 

 66S 



6 



664 



660 



664 



669 



664 



6h9 



667 

 661 

 662 

 666 



663 

 6«:o 



659 

 669 

 660 

 666 

 661 



667 

 668 



6 

 6 

 b 

 c 

 c 

 a 

 a 

 a 

 c 

 a 

 b 



c 



e 



c 



a 

 b 

 c 

 a 



a 

 b 

 a 

 b 



c 



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Park, Sunderland .... 



Pathology, vegetable 



Pea, everlasting 



Plants, lifting .... 



Plant growing in mines 



Ploughs 



Plums, little known 



Potato disease 



Poultry, to fatten 



Salt a fixer of ammonia 



Statistics, agricultural 



Strawberry, Hautbois 



— Di'lfcesd'Auiomne 

 Temperature, fluctuations of 

 Transplanting, midsummer .. 



Tipperary Farmers.' Club 



Tomato sauce 



Veirch's (Messrs.) nursery .... 

 Weathercocks, zinc 



Wheat, growth of , 



— smutty .... 



— night fiowerin 

 Wire, galvanised . 



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• • • »••••. 



662 b 



661 b 



665 a 

 6*12 a 



663 a 



666 a 

 601 c 

 66-J a 



P67 c 



665 c 



668 b 



64 e 



662 c 

 662 b 

 662 c 

 668 b 

 664 e 

 '63 b 

 662 a 

 668 6 

 668 b 

 662 b 



THE GARDENERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT 

 INSTITUTION.— Notice is hereby given that an Election 

 of THREE PENSION EHS on the Funds of this Ir itution 

 will take place in JANUARY next. All persons desirous of 

 becoming Candidates are requested to send in their certificates 

 and testimonials to the Committee on or before THURSDAY 

 the 6th day of NOVEMBER next, after which time they will not 

 be received.— By order of the Committee, 



E. It. Cutler, Sec. 

 October 6, 1855. 14, Tavistock Row, Covent Garden. . 

 Application must be made by printed form only, which will be 

 forwarded upon requisition to the Secretary as above. 



OCOTTISH GARDENERS AND LAND 



^ STEWARDS ASSOCIATION.— ELECTION OF PEN- 

 SIONERS.— The Fifth Annual General Meeting for the 

 Election- of Pensioners will be held on the 14th November 

 ensuing. Persons eligible for admission are " 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 15th October. 



SjhTCHARLES NAPIER.— Reduced Pb 7. ~~ 



SMITH still continues to send out strong 



Runners at 16*. per 100. — Richmond Road, Twickenham. 

 BECK'S AND WHITE'S MEW PELARGONIUMS. 



T DOBSON and SON are now sending out t be 



*-* • above, which are first-rate varieties for all purposes. 

 Catalogues with full description and prices may be had on 

 appli ca t i o n . — W oodlands Nnrs e rv, Isleworth. 



P A NSIES. 



T DOBSON and SON beg to offer the following 



*J • very choice PANSIER, at IBs. per dozen, hamper included : 

 — Ariel, British Queen, Charles Cowan, Constance, Father 

 Gavazzi, Lady Emily, J. B. Gough, Mary Taylor, Marion, 

 Pomona, Sir J. Paxton, Satisfaction. 



selections at 6«., 9s., and 12s. per dozen. 

 Woo dland* Nursery, Isleworrh. 



VINES FOR FRUITING" IN POTS^ ~~ 



MESSRS. J. and J. ERASER, Nurserymen, Lea 

 Bridge Road, Essex, beg to announce that they have a 

 very choice selection of the best sorts of VINES from eyes 

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



N. B. Strong Vines for planting out, 3s. M. each.— Oct. 6. 



SEEDLING RHODODENDRON PONTICUM. 



TAMES SMITH has to offer about 500,000 2 and 



° 3-year old RHODODENDRONS : 2 years, 7s. 6d. per 1000 ; 

 3 years, 10s. per 1000. Also 3-year old, 1 year transplanted, 16s. 

 per 1000— Darley Dale Nnrserv, near Matloc k.— Oct . 6. 



_ FINE BLOOMING BULBS. ~~~ 



(^.UERNHPY and BELLADONNA LILIES, 4s. 



>^ per doz.— Ijjjce to the Trade upon application to B. Page & 

 Co.. Oxford st ree't, Southampton. 



J TIGER LILIES. 



OSEPH FRYER can supply a few Thousands of 

 the above at 12.<. per 100: also every description of Fruit, 



J -rest, and Ornamental Trees. Evergreen and Flowering Shrubs, 

 Greenhouse and Herbaceous Plants, at low prices. 



Clarendon Nurseries, Camberwell. 



, CHOICE CARNATIONS AND TULIPS. 



J-£ FRANKLIN, Florist, Flora Cottage, Canonbury 



p * Park. Islington, has fine strong Plants of Brooks's 

 _iZ__ GARLAND, four pair for 1 guinea, and all the other 

 J'aofce kind-; at verv reasonable prices; also a few clean strong 

 healthy Bulbs of Franklin's GLORIOSA, Bar., at 2 guineas 



CABBAGE PLANT S > 



THOMAS WELLANI) offers fine and 'True Early 



^' ari various .sorts, and Drumheads, packed and delivered 

 « G aiming Station, at 3.-?. &/. per 1000. 



Surrey Gardens, Oodalming, Surrey. 



JUST HARVESTED. 



O UTTON and SONS, Seed Growers, Reading have 



O now harvested some fine seed of TRUE EARLY 



SHOKT-HORN CARROT, MUSTARD, CRESS, 



LETTUCE, EARLY PEAS, and other Seeds' for 

 early sowing. 



HPHE BEST TWELVE HYACINTHS FOR POTS 



X OR GLASSES. 



(Parcels if not less than 20s. value, carrla free.) 



The best 12 HYACINTHS imported (by name). ... 9#. Qd. 

 Double do. for open ground, mixed ... per doz. 4 



CROCUSES, many sorts mixed, per 10U0 12 6 



TULIPS, fine mixed, early for pots or borders, per 100 6 

 ANKMONES, fine double mixed per 100 5 



And all other BULBOUS FLOWER ROOTS at low prices, as 



per Catalogue just publish* il. 



>i«»HN - SitttoS & Soffs, Seed Growers, Reading, Berks . 



VyiLLIAM DENYER begs to offer DUTCH 



* T BULBS of superior quality and low in price, as the fol- 

 lowing choice collection will testify, for 20$., package included. 



NEW CATALOGUES. 



WILLIAM WOOD and SON'S New Catalogue of 



t I ! ?2!£?o£_ i 8 ^^ 1856 : also tb " ir New Supplementary 

 List of GENEEAL NURSERY ST K will be read v for d 

 trilmtion on arid , r the 1st of October. 



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

 tom* r and to other correspondents gratis' on application. 

 . } N >odlands Nursery. Mansfield, i ir I >k field, Sussex . 



ROS 



r 



E CATALOGUE 



ROSES for 1855 and 1856 is now ready, and may be bad on 



application. 



P P. FRANCIS' New DESCRIPTIVE CAT A- 



-^ • LOGUE of ROSES will be readv for distribution on and 

 after October 13th, and will be forwarded gratis on application. 

 Rose Nurseries. Hertford. 



12 named early Tulips 

 12 best double Anemones 

 12 named English Iris 

 12 Jonquils 



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12 Choice Hyacinths, named 

 12 Double Tournesol Tulips 

 12 Choice Gladiolus 

 12 Polyanthus Narcissus 

 100 Dutch Crocuses, all colours | 50 Snowdrops. 

 With every other kind of Flower roots equally moderate in price. 

 Descriptive and priced Catalogues forwarded on application. 

 Wm. D enve r, Seedsman and Florist, 82, Gra cechurch Street. 



K PARKER be*{s to inform his friends and patrons 

 • that his PRICED CATALOGUE of DUTCH BULBS 

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

 Paradise Nursery, Hornsey Road, HoUoway. 



DUTCH FLOWERING BULBS. 



TAMES CARTER and CO/s CATALOGUE OF 



O DUTCH AND CAPE BULBS, the most comprehensive 

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

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

 of first-rate quality. 



James Cakter & Co., 23 .- Kieb.Ho l rn , London. 



DUTCH FLOWER ROOTS. 



OETER LAWSON and SON, Seebsjcen and Nur- 



*- SEBT MEN to I ! . MAJESTr the Q ,.\\ <md to the High- 

 land and Agricultural ciety of Scotland, r pectfully intimate 

 that they are now ready to execute orders for HYACINTH 

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

 Catalogues may be had, free, on lication. 

 27, Great Geo rge Street, Westn ) i nster.— Oct. 6. 



IMPORTED DUTCH BULBS. 



"C 1 VAN PAUL begs to inform his patrons and friends 



-Li that he has received his first 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, Oct. 6. 



DUTCH BULBOUS ROOTS. 



MARTIN and SON have much pleasure in informing [ 

 their friends that they have received in good condition 

 their annual importation of the above, which are particularly j 

 fine, and trust to be favoured with early orders.— Catalogues may | 

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

 Nursery and Seed Establishment, Cottingham (1788); Hull 

 Branch. Juncti on Street. 



DUTCH BULBS AND FLOWER ROOTS. 



THOMAS JACKSON and SON respectfully inform 

 their patrons and the public 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 4s. per dozen : mixed Polyanthus 

 Narcissus, 35. per dozen ; Double Roman Narcissus, As. per dozen. 

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

 Catalogue of Stove, Orchidac* is, Greenhouse Plants, Orna- 

 mental Shrubs and Trees, and Herbaceous Plants may be 

 obtained on wpplication. — Nurseries, K in on, Surrey. 



IMPORTED DUTCH FLOWER ROOTS^ 



TF. WINSTANLCY, Seedsman and Florist, begs 

 • to inform his patrons and friends that be has received 

 direct, from one of the first growers in Holland, his first annual 

 importation of the above, comprising Hyacinths, Narcissus, 

 Early and Late Tulips. Jonquils, Iris, Crocus, Gladiolus, Ane- 

 mones, Ranunculus, <fcc. &c. All are unusually fine and well 

 ripened. Descriptive Priced Catalogues of which can be had on 

 application.— »28, Market Place, Manchester. 



CHOICE CALCEOLARIA 



ROSE CATALOGUE, ETC. 



tT LANE and SON'S CATALOGUES of ROSES, 



* * • TREES and SHRUBS, and FRUIT, are now ready, and 

 will be sent as usual to their customers. Also Catalogues of 

 Azaleas, Stove and Greenhouse, and Herbaceous Plants. 



______ The Nur a, Great Berk hams tead, Herts. 



TR O S E S. 

 RIVERS'S ANNUAL DESCRIPTIVE CATA- 

 • LOGUE OF ROSES is now ready for delivery, and will 

 be sent post-free, on application ; it is so arranged as to be a 

 complete for the Amateur. 



The DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF FRUITS is now at 

 Press.— N urseries. Sawbridgeworth, Herts. 



NEW PLANT LIST. 



JOHN and CHARLES LEE'S CATALOGUE OP 



*J STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS for the present 

 Autumn isjust published, and may behad. post free, on application. 

 —Nursery and Seed Establishment, H ammersmith, near London, 



T OUJS VAN HOUTTE'S CATALOGUE for this 



-L* season and nexf spring is to be had at Mr R. Sjlberraus, 

 5, Harp Lane, Great Tower Street, London. Sent free on appli- 

 cation.— Ghent, B ;inm , Qct.6. 



A VAN GEERT," Nurseryman, Ghen£ Belgium, 



-^ • begs to inform Amateurs and the Trade that he has it 

 published a new PRICED CATALOGUE OF PLANTS, con- 

 taining many Continental novelties and other useful pis s. 



May he obtained on application of his Agent, Mr.R. Silberrap, 

 f.. Harp Lane. Tower Street, London. 



AMERICAN PLANTS. 



JOHN WATER ER»S CATALOGUE of RHODO- 



«J DENDRONS. AZALEAS, Ac. as exhibited at the Roval 

 Botanic Gardens, Regent's Park, London, is now published, and 

 can be had on application. 



£5^ The Catalogue describes the colours of the Rhododendrons. 



The A iner Nn rserv. Bigshot, S u rrey. —Oct. 6. 



NEW STRAWBERRY. 



17'ITLEY'S CAROLINA SUPERB A, not surpassed 



-*-^- in flavour, habit, and productiveness bv any Strawberry 

 extant, at the low price of 21. per 100, 9s. per doe., free* by post, 

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

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

 nurseryman. For a full description, testimonials, "«&c. f see this 

 Paper, April 14, 1855. 



James Kitl t- y, Lyncombe Val e Nurs <• r_ Bath. 



TO AMATEURS IN CONIFER/E. 



MR. BARRON, of Eivaston Castle, will send out ia 

 a few days his Seedling Plants of PICEA NOBILIS. 

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

 roots, never having been in pots. Largest size, 63*. (very few of 

 this size remain unsold) ; next size, 42s. A remittance or refer- 

 e nce from unknown correspondents ordering afte r this date. 



W TOWNS END has now ready to send out 

 • GERANIUM CYDONIA CARMINEA -for description 

 see Advertisement, 4th August: has been exhibited at the 

 National Society, 15th June and 26th Ai t. and obtained a 

 Certificate. Plants 5s., 7*. 6ci. ? and 10*. «W. each; one over io 

 every three ordered in the trade. Post-office orders payable at 

 Bavswater.-Notting Hill. 



INES.— f wo or three dozen Fruiting PLANTS 



7»« « had on application bv letter.— A. G^ Esher Station, 

 *-W* -in Railway. 



LUCOMBE, PINCE, and CO. have now ready for 

 sending out Seeds of their very superior CALCEOLARIA, 

 saved with ^reat 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. Sd., free by post. 



EXETER NURSERY, E X E T E R. 



Established 17 



AGRICULTURAL SEEDS, 



T>ETER LAWSON and SON, Seedsmen asd 



*- Nurserymen to Her Majesty the Q s>\ and Tbb 

 Highland and Agricultural Society of Gotland, are now 

 supplying the following seeds of the best quality :— 

 Italian Ry« -( j rass, Foreign seed Dwarf 1 ex Rape 

 Crimson Clover (Tri folium in- 

 carnatum) 



Alsike Clover (Tri folium hy- 

 bridura) 



Winter Tares 

 Natural Grass Seeds, f 

 turea and Laeni*, 



&c. &c. &c. 



27 . Great < Street, W« ster. 



HEATHS. 



RANTED, a Quantify of PEACHES and NECTA- 

 RINES in pots fit for Forcing next season. — Particulars 

 Pn ! may he sent to O, 11. Gardener. Roeham pton. 



WANTED, 24 doz. LARCH, and 3 doz. CEDRUS 



IM:<»i) ara.— Addre ^, stating- age, height, and price, 

 _J f - iattok. Prittlewoll Priorv, R tiford, Essex. 



CHOICE 



NARCISSUS, TULIPS, 



HYACINTHS, 

 CROCUS, 



TAMES CHARTRES and CO., Importers of 



** Dutch Flowxb Roots, Seedsmen, &c, beg to announce 

 that their unrivalled Stock of the above have arr *d in splendid 

 condition; the Roots are remarkably large and handsome . 



J. C.&Co. earnestly aoli- early' orders to insure the finest 

 Roots. A Catalogue may be had on application. 



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

 Lane, Stamford Hill; London.— Oct. 6. 



1 iii u ■ • • „_ ■ i -« - - - '■ ■ ■■ ■ " » 



NURSERY *lTOCK 



HBIGLAND and CO. beg to state that the LEASE I 

 • of t ir N I R8 ICR Y having now exy'v <>d. they have con- 

 cluded to offer the remainder of their STOCK (consisting of 

 ■* i'«i T nv » ~— * — - ^ i -.— —(Evergreens, Fruit, and Forest Trees, Greenhouses, &«.) by 



2),w ^ XK ^- nam * '&> °f beat vwrtetv up to t; also about ! Auction this autumn: the precise time will \>Q named in a 

 - yards of BA* rcnrirvn a -*_~ „,a «„^^: a . ...,»«^_ : future Adverti uent. 



Brtl N WM!cT.IUpge,.?!a^ >ttr. 



To 



TO NURSERYMEN AND OTHERS. 



RE SOLD,* ab;)iit 1500 strong plants 



of 



J" > of Bo , 9 vertrs oia gU p l0r qU aHty, 



* re ^ A. f, Qriicee; thi« Pa r. 



H A R D Y 



T\TATERER and GODFREY respectfully invite 



v v attention to their large stock ami first-rat* collection of 

 these roost beautiful Hardy Plants. Priced Catalogues may b<s 

 had free on application to Waterer & Godfr'-y, Knap'llili 

 Nursery, Woking . ey. 



S E L L C TED S€ E P WHEAT. 



ABRAHAM HARDY and SON, Skbd-Growei 

 Maldon, Essex, beg to offer th celebrated PROLIFIC 

 RED, at 1 ' . Also Rough Chaffed, or Satin Wlieat, of superior 

 quality, at 125. 67. per bushel. New bag, Is.; ck, Vs. 

 Remittances mnat accompany orders. Prices of selected ear t 



Potatoes in variety on appl i cation. 



GJEORG E TAJiEH, of Raven hill7 Essex, begs to 

 ^ inform the Trade that his growing crops of I Is are nr 

 open to inspection. All Turnip Seeds grown from sound 

 transpla nted roots. L t a sent on a ; carii Oct. 6 



DOUBLE ROMAN MB PAPER WHITE NAR- 

 CISSUS, Is. per dozen.— The above Dulbs, tne fcrroer of 

 which is so \ Sv « eemed for its early blooming and xcessiv> 

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

 arrived. iy be obtained at A. Cobbkx alian and Foreign 



"Ware' e, : , 3PalI Mali, near Wat, i Place y - ndon. 





