





THE 



GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



AND 







AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



• 



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



No. 43.— 1855.] 



SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27. 



/Price Fivepence. 



Stamped Edition, 6<L 



INDEX. 



Abie* cilicica 707 e 



Asia Minor, vegetation of .... 7«7 c 



Baker's Ceylon reviewed 710 c 



Cholera flie« miscalled 7*<> a 



Coffee cultivation 711 a 



Cucumber jrrowin^ 710 6 



Cyclamen ciliciimi 708 a 



])'io*corea batatas 7 «'9 c 



Drain '-tie experiences 715 6 



Electricity, and plants 70S a 



Fences, living 713 c 



Yemt, new garden 708 c 



f\»\ crop, return of 71 7 c 



Golspie Farmers' Club 71/ a 



Good*ir on plant electricity .. 708 a 



Gourds, large 710 « 



H«Ue plants 713 c 



Hoi Jyuock*. select 711 6 



Horse labour, cost of ,. 715 a 



Horticultural Society 709 b 



Irrigation 716 o 



— subterranean 7*H* c 



Joniperus drupacea 707 c 



Knighton Farmers' Club 71" b 



Labourers' schools 714 6 



Meat, influence of PapAW on . . 710 a 

 Mildew, viue 710 6 



Papaw, influence of on meat .. 710 a 



Paasifiorn, Australian 71f> a 



Pathology, vegetable 709 



Paul's (Messrs.) nursery ...... 711 t 



Pea, everlasting 716 a 



Pigs, Mangold for 716 a 



Plants aiid electricity 70S « 



Potato-s. Seedling Make 7'0 b 



Rain, shell 711 r 



Roses in beds, culture of 709 c | 



Sand-hills, cultivation of 717 e 



Schools, labourer's 7:4 A 



Sheep farming 71" a 



Shell rain 710 a 



Shrubbery, trenching, &c 710 a 



Star Apple, juice of 71* a 



Sunderland Park 710 6 



Sunfliwer fibre 7' 2 e 



Transplanting machines 710 a 



Trenching, &c, cost of 7 10 a 



Turnip crop, to preserve 717* 



Tulips, to plant 712 a 



Vegetation of A aia Minor 707 e 



Vine mildew jli» b 



Wheat, produce of 7I6 b 



Witham Farmers* Club 716 b 



Wool, weight of 716 6 



ROSE CATALOGUE. 



T and J. FRASER, Nurskrymkn, Lea Bridge Road, 



*J • Essex, beg to announce that their New CATALOG I E of 

 ROSES for 1855 and 1856 is now ready, and may be bad 011 

 application. 



ROSE CATALOGUE. 



I AMES MITCHELL begs to announce that his New 



' CATALOGUE of ROSES is now ready, and will be for- 

 warded on application. 



Piltdown Nurseries, Maresfield, Sussex.— Oct. 27. 



good 



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% Wandsworth 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 

 The AUTUMN MEETING will take place at the 

 Society's House, 21, Regent Street, on TUESDAY, November 

 20th, from 12 to 4, p.m. The Chair will be taken at 2 p.m. 



B~RITISH" P O MO L OG I C A L SOCIETY.— Aa 

 Extraordinary Meeting of the British Poraological Society 

 will be held at the Rooms, 20, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, on 

 MONDAY, the 5th of November, to compare and determine the 

 merits and qualities of Fruits, for the election of Members, and 

 for general business. 



It is hoped that all who take an interest in the cultivation of 

 FRUITS and FRUIT TREES will forward to the meeting 

 specimens of such varieties as they can obtain, correctly named, 

 and otherwise assist in promoting the objects of the Society. 



Persons desirous of becoming Members are requested to make 

 application to the Secretary on or before the day of meeting. 

 Members are elected at all the Meetings of the Society ; and 10»\ 

 entrance fee, with 10s. annual subscription, constitute member- 

 ship.— Robert Hogg, Secretary. 



CAMELLIAS. 



p HANDLER and SONS, N 



^ Road, beg to inform their friends and customers that their 

 CAMELLIAS are finely set with flower buds this season. They 

 are sending out bushy plants from 30s. and upwards per dozen. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



CHANDLER and SONS, Nurserymen, Wandsworth 

 Road, have a large collection of the above now coming into 

 flower. Good flowering Plants from 6s. to 12a. per dozen. 



CH RYSANTHEMUMS. 



Fand A. SMITH have a large Stock of Pompone 

 • and large flowered varieties of the above now in bloom, 

 which they offer on moderate terms. The plants are in 48-inch 

 pots, bushy and dwarf, and well flowered, and will be found well 

 adapted for purposes of decoration. Prices on application. — 

 Dalwich, Surr ey. ___ -_ 



CHR YSA NTHEMUMS. 



WOOD and INGRAM beg to offer fine flowering 

 plants, covered with healthy foliage to the bottom, of good 

 sorts, both Pompone and large flowering varieties, at from Qs. to 

 3*. per dozen. — Nurseries, Huntingdon. 



AZALEA INDICA LEEANA. 



T0HN and CHARLES LEE are now prepared to 



** send out this fine Seedling, which for habit of growth and 

 substance of petal, combined with perfect shape and purity, is 

 decidedly the best white Azalea yet out. It has gained 

 Certificates wherever exhibited. Price 21s.; a few extra strong 

 plants at 42s.— Nurser y and Seed Establishment, Hammersmith . 



NEW VArTeCATED^CERANIUM-MRS, LENNOX. 



OHN and CHARLES LEE are now sending out 



this novelty, which is a decided improvement on The Moun- 

 n of Light. It is of much more vigorous growth than that 

 variety, the margin of the foliage is of a purer white, and in 

 other respects it possesses the same good qualities. Price 7s. 6d. 



Nursery and Seed Kstablishmen t. Hammersmith . 



R a s p r ERRY CANES. 



'TO BE SOLD, about 900 (more or less) of Fine 



•*- CANES, at a low figure.— Address to G. P. E., care of Mr. 

 grown, Bootmaker, near the Railway, Shoreditch. 



^_ SPANISH CHESNUTS. 



TO BE SOLD, about 200,000 Strong SPANISH 



X CHESNUTS, from 2 to 4 feet. Price sent on application 

 t £j^ATKRER and Godfuky, Kna p Hill, Wok ing, Surrey. 



TTO FLORICULTURISTS. 

 O BE SOLD, 13 first-rate CAMELLIA PLANTS, 

 iu excellent condition, and covered with buds. They are to 

 be sold on account of being too large for the Proprietor's present 

 accommodation. They stand from 4 to 6 feet high. Price for the 

 w >^e, 15*. 



To the above may be added 12 beautiful AZALEA PLANTS, 

 **l superior varieties ; price seven guineas. Decidedly bargains. 

 Also nine fine DAPHNE PLANTS.— For particulars apply to 

 *«-JoBN Keynes, F1<m ist, &c^_Castle Stree t Nursery, Salisbury 



TTO SEEDSMEN AND OTHERS. 

 O BE SOLD, for cash on delivery, 200 Bushels of 

 BKrRVlNG'S -WEDE, raised from selected and Trans 

 JI* r Bulbs, warranted neat and genuine, and of the growth of 

 yJf-" AUo for sale on the same terms, a few cwts. of MANGOLD 

 *V RZEL and CARROT SEED, of sorts, just harvested.— For 

 £ nr ' • &c, apply to Mr. William Taylor, Nashenden Farm, 



Kochesh.,.. Kent. 



R H U BARB 



TO BE SOLD, 3000 Roots of' VICTORIA AL- 



BERT and LINN-EUS RHUBARB in splendid con- 



\u price ^ s - p er 100, or 201. per 1000, including package. 



K(m5 Mr. Willie Harnett, The Cottage, New Cross, 



Post V ad]oinhj ' : tlie Brighton and Croydon Railway Station. 



■v-oflice orders to be made payable at London. 



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P. FRANCIS' New DESCRIPTIVE CATA- 

 LOGUE of ROSES is now ready for distribution, and will 

 be forwarded gratis on appli cat ion. — 1 Nurseries, ll«rt j. 



ROSES 



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 com- 

 plete guide for the Amateur. 



The DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF FRUITS is now at 

 Press.— N urseries, Saw brid g e worth, Herts. 



FRUIT TREES. 



RIVERS'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE of 



FRUITS is now Ready for delivery, and will be sent post 

 free. Applications enclosing six stamps (which will be returned 

 to those who order Trees) will be promptly attended to; it con- 

 tains 2S pages, has been compiled with much care, and is so 

 arranged as to be a useful guide to the purchaser of Fruit Trees. 

 Nurser ies, Sawbrid g eworth , 1 1 arte. 



ROSES, HOLLYHOCKS, ETC. 



PAUL and SON'S PRICED DKSCRIPTIVE 



CATALOGUES of ROSES and HOLLYHOCKS are 

 now ready, and may be had post free on application. 



A fine stock of COMFERvE, ORNAMENTAL TREES and 

 SHRUBS, FRUIT TREES, &c. Prices furnished on application. 



Nurseries, Cheshunt, Herts, Oct. 27.' 



EO RGE BAKER begs to announce hiaDESC RIP- 



TIVE CATALOGUE of AMERICAN PLANTS, ORNA- 





A. 





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MENTAL SHRUBS, FRUIT and FOREST TREES is now 

 ready, and may be had by enclosing two posiage stamps. 



American Nursery, Windlesham, near Bagshot, Surrey, seven 

 miles from Staines, Windsor Branch, South Western Railway, 

 where conveyances may be had. 



AMERICAN PLANTS. 



JOHN WATERER'S CATALOGUE of RHODO- 



** DENDRONS, AZALEAS, &c, as exhibited at the Royal 

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

 can be had on application. 



dgr The Catalogue describes the colours of the Rhododendrons. 

 The American Nursery, Bagshot, Surrey.— Oct. 27. 



A M E RlCAN P L A NTS. ~~ 



TT7"ATERER and GODFREY beg to announce their 



» » 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 

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

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

 by the South Western Railway to Woking Station. 



Knap Hill Nursery, Woking, Surrey. 



N GAINES begs to announce his PRICED CATA- 

 • LOcJUE for the ensuing season is now published, contain- 

 ing Show and Fancy Pelargoniums, Azaleas, Camellias, Fuchsias, 

 Chrysanthemums, Verbenas, Ericas, Epacris, Ferns, Stove, aad 

 Greenhouse Plants, &c, and will be sent free on application. 

 The Nursery, Surrey Lane, Battersea. 



BASS and BROWN'S new AUTUMN CATA- 

 LOGUE, comprising a considerable portion of descriptive 

 and useful information for purchasers, will be sent free by post 

 for three penny stamps, or gratis to their customers, who may not 

 have received them. 



Seed and Hortic ult ural Establishment, Sudbury, S uffolk. 



DUTCH FLOWERING BULBS. 



[AMES CARTER and CO/s CATALOGUE OF 



' 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. 



J ames Cart er & Co.. 238. H i gh Holbom. London. 



R PARKER begs 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, Horn«ey Road. Holloway. 



AZALEA INDICA. 



JOHN and CHARLES LEE be* to offer 



v Plants of the most select kinds of AZ ALFA INDICaT^'II 

 •et with but at 18.-*., 305., and 42*. per dozen. 



Nursery and s.-ed Establish men Hammersmith. 



FRUIT TREES IN POTS 



JOHN and CHARLES LEE have the finest stock 



'" or the above ever y offered, consisting of— 



PEACHES I APRTCOT3 I CHERRIES 



NECTARINES | PLUIM APPLES 



and PEARS 

 All warranted to bear good crops the first season. 



Nursery and 8eed Es tablishment, Hammersmith. 



VINES FROM EYES. 



JOHN and CHARLES LEE reg to offer a very 



O superior stock of all the leading kinds of VINES, both for 

 planting out and for fruiting in pots. 

 Nursery a nd Seed Establishment, Hammemith. 



. VINES FOR FRUITING IN POTS. 



TVjESSRS. J. and J. FRASER, NcRsmmiEN, Lea 



** * Bridge Road, I x, beg to announce that they hav- a 

 very choice selection of the best torts of VINES from eyes 

 grown in 12 and 15-inch pots. Price 5#. and 7.«r. fid each. 



N. B. Strong Vines for planting out. 3*. M. ear) Oet. 27. 



O O D PINE b WANTED, 



From 2 lbs. to 4 lbs. each. 



Forward immediately to Gkorok Tavlor, dun., Fruit Salea- 

 man, St. John's Market, Liverpool. 



AGRICULTURAL SEEOS, ETC. 



PETER LAWSON and SON, Sredsmex and 

 Nurserymen to II rr BlajaarY thr Qpekn, and to the 

 Highland and Agricultural Society of ,ahl> } are now 



upplying the fol lowing seeda of the best quality :— 



Italian Rye-Grass, Foreign seed | Dwarf Essex Rape 

 Crimson Clover (Trifolium in- Winter Tare* 



carnatnm) | Natural Grass Seeds, for 



Alsike Clover (Trifolium hy- tures and Lavns, 



bridum) | &c. <£c. Ac. 

 27, Great George Street, Westminster. 



TOWNSEND has now ready to send 



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5s. per 100. 



21s. per 100. 



6*. per doz. 



Is. „ 

 6$. per 100. 



10s. per 1000. 



6s. per 100. 



UTCH BULBS OF SUPERIOR QUALITY AT 



LOW PRICES. 



Anemones, early flowering, brilliant colours 



Hyacinths, Dutch mixed, all colours 



„ ,, named, separate colours 



Narciss, mixed 



Tulips, Dutch, mixed, early sorts... 



Crocus, Dutch, mixed, all colours... 

 Iris, mixed, all colours 



The above, with every other kind of Flower Roots, equally 

 moderate in price, may be had of William Denver, Seedsman 

 and Florist, F Gracechurch Street, London. 



Descriptive and priced Catalogues forwarded on applicati on. 



IMPORTED DUTCH BULBS. 



EVAN PAUL begs to inform his patrons and friends 

 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 



The Nurseries, Derby, Oct. 27. 



DUTCH FLOWER ROOTS. 



GERANIUM CYDONIA CARMINE A -for description 

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

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

 Certificate. Plants 5s., 7s. 6d. f and 10s. Sd, each : one over to 

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

 Bayswater.— Notting Hill. 



5TATICE H ALFO R dT m 



JOSEPH MORGAN has 300 healthy plants of dif- 



v ferent sizes, obtained immediately from the original stock. 

 Also a large stock of strong flowering roots of GLADIOLUS 

 BRENCHLEYENSIS and other choice varieties. Prices on 

 application. A liberal discount to the trade. 

 Torb av Nurseries, To rq uay, Devon shire. 



HARDY HEATHS 



TVATERER and GODFREY respectfully invite 



* * attention to their large stock and first-rate collection of 

 these most be*utiful Hardy Plants. Priced Catalogues may be 

 had free on application to Watebek & Godfrky. Knap Hill 

 Nursery, Woking, Surrey. 



OSAGE ORANGE (MACLURA AURANT|ACi*T)7 



MESSRS. MORRISON and SON have to offer 

 about 60,000 Plants (5 to 6 inches high) of this fine new 

 Hedge Plant (see Gardeners' Chronicle, May 13, 1354), price 10s. 

 per 10«>. Price to the trade on application. Railways to all parts 



of the k i ngdom. — Nurseries, MoontcoftVr Banff. N.U. 



MELON (oRION), The Crystal Palae© FavoariteT 

 CUCUMBER (Standard), unrivalled for forcing or natural 



growth, 

 PRI MULAS— Two new colours, scarlet and purple. 

 HOLLYHOCKS-From 21 best varieties. 

 PANSIES— From Hine's exhibition bed. 



The above celebrated articles are saved from perfect speci- 

 mens, and will be sent out at reasonable prices, by Thomas 

 Wild, of Ipswich. . 



AYNE'S DEFIANCE RED WHEAT, warranted 



true Stock and perfectly clean, grown upon new land, 

 may be had of Mr. T. Bakeb, Bury Farm, Staptoferd. Cambridge- 

 shire, price 10s. per bushel. All orders to be accompanied with a 

 Post-o nice order. 



EED POTATOES.— Fluke Kidneys, As. per bushel 



of 56 lbs.: 11. per ton ; Lapstone Kidneys. 5s. Early Short- 

 top Ashleaf Kidneys. 6s. per bushel of 5€lbs.: sacks, 6d. per 

 bushel extra. All orders roust be accompanied by a remittance. 

 Applv to ITrMPHKEY Ch ambfrlain. K*»mp^y. near Worcester. 



p a . 



application. 



PETER LAWSON and SON, Seedsmen and Nim- 

 BERT men- to Her Majestv the Quken, and to the High- 

 land and Agricultural Society of Scotland, respectfully '"J 1 " 1 ^ 

 that tuny are now readv to execute orders for HYACINTH 

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

 Catalogues mav be had, free, on application. 



27, I ", Westminster— Oct. 27. 



OUBLE HUMAN and PAPER WHITE NAR- 

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

 which is so justly esteemed for its early blooming and excessive 

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

 arrived, and may be obtained at A. Cobbett's Italian and Foreign 

 War^ 'pn^p. IS. Pall Ms 11. near Waterloo Pla ce, London. 



~ " CHOICE C I N E R A R I A S. 



WILLIAM HUSSEY hegs to offer the undernamed 

 collection for 14*., package included, viz.:— Mrs. Beecher 

 Stowe. Polyanthiflora, Rosy Mom. Nonsuch, Rosalind, Lady 

 Paxton, Prima Ponna, Georgiana, Mrs. Sidney Herbert, Charks 

 Dickens. David Copperneld, Queen of Beauties, Kate Kearney, 



Agnes Waktfield, Conspicua, Charlotte. Daltoata, Loveliness, 



Pauline, Prince Arthur Marianne. Adela Villaris. 



Horticultural G ardens, Ipswich. _ 



CABBAGE— SUPERIOR SORTS. 



JOHN CATTELL has still a large supply of fine 



tJ Bedded Plants of the above at 5s. 6d. per 1000; also Red 

 Cabbage bedded, at Is. per 100; and Cauliflower ditto. Early and 

 Late, at Is, 6<i. per 100. Orders to the amount of V are delivered 

 carri*pe free to London, and to the Edenbridge -ration, South- 

 Eastern Railway. No charge for crates, baskets, or packing. 

 A remittanc ^"reference to accompany orders from unknown 



corres] nls. — Surgeries, Weal Kent. 



