THE 





GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



AND 





AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



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



No. 44.— 1855.] 



SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 



(Price Fivepence. 

 Stamped Edition, 6, 



INDEX. 



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■ • • « *.*>»■•■ 



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Allotments .^ 



Ammonia, salt a fixer ol 



Apples, cracked 



Atmosphere of hothouses 



Aquarium, form of 



Caird on the harvest 



Cattle, shows of fat 



•— tO ICcCl •■••■••••••••«*••• 



Climate, Indian 



Cook on Wheat growing 



Crew kerne Farmers' Club 



■Cucumber growing 



Cupheas, standard 



Dairy produce ... 



Drains with brushwood ... 



Drainage and temperature 



Flower?, favourite 



Forest, New . . . . 



Fruit eaten by wire worms .... 

 Funyi, Pear 



Garden, Wilkins'a model 



Glass, artificially frosted 



Harvest, laird on the 



Heating at Porthgwidden 



Hooker's (Dr.) "Elora Indica," 



IC'IC" CU • a * ■ ■■ • • ■ ■ f f f 1 1 § | . , , 



Hothouses, atmosphere of 



India, ciimate of 



Larch, varieties of 



Loughborough Farmers' Club 

 Manure, liquid 



— adulteration of 



Mustard beetle . 



733 

 732 



727 



7-7 

 731 

 729 



732 

 723 



733 



733 



727 

 727 

 732 

 732 

 732 



727 

 732 

 726 

 724 

 723 

 726 



731 

 726 



723 



7-7 



723 

 725 



*rvo 



723 

 731 



72 



"6 



b 

 b 



6 

 a 

 b 

 b 

 c 

 a 

 b 

 c 

 b 

 a 

 a 

 b 



a 

 b 

 c 



c 



c 

 6 



c 

 b 

 b 

 c 



b 

 a 

 b 

 c 

 c 

 c 

 c 

 a 



• • • 



• « - 



-••••*...,,,,, 



Nymphjeas, affinities of 



O range trees, c ren ch 



Orchard houses 



Orchid house, Mr. Phillpotts* 



Pas-«inora cinnabarina 



Pathology, vegetable . 



Peach, double flowered 



Peat?, cracked 

 Plants, new .. 



— production of 



Plough, Fisken's 



Plums, American 



Potato digger 



Hain, s^ell. 



Ranunculuses, culture of 



Rhubarb, to force 



Roses in beds 



Salix Babylonica var annularis 



Salt a fixer of ammonia 



Seeding, thin 



Shell rain 



Statistics, agricultural 



Steam culture 



Tamarisk 



TVmperature and drainage 



Transplanting, midsummer. . . . 



Turnips, varieties of 



Wheat growing. Cook on 



Wilkins' model garden 



Willow, Weeping 



w ireworms and fruit 

 Yew berries 



723 t 

 727 b 

 726 b 



7-» c 



724 

 724 



72n 



724 

 724 



72,-i 



c. 

 c 

 c 

 b 

 c 

 b 



7<l c 



7:6 a 



726 c 

 734 a 

 72; c 



7*7 



728 



-.1- 

 * -J 



• • • « • 



a 

 e 

 a 

 b 

 h 

 a 

 c 

 c 



• • • 



•••••••-.... 



* . • • 



• • • « 



7-G 



7: 



732 

 726 



732 

 730 b 

 7S e 



732 b 

 726 b 

 7*) c 



733 c 

 723 c 

 726 6 



725 c 



726 c 



T SEEDS FOR EXPORTATION. 



OtJTTON and SONS are now p re p ared to execute 



O orders for exportation for N< w Seeds, growth of 1855, 

 consisting of the most desirable sort?, properly pad 

 arrive in good condition. Free on board at London, 

 Bristol, or Southampton. 



_ Buttok & Soot, S ed Growers, I; idl:iLr. 



SECOND IMPORTATION. 



FRESH IMPORTED BULBS bloom much finer 

 than those which have been long exposed to the «ir 

 before planting. 



John SUTTON & Sons, Reading Berks, can supply liM PULPS, 

 .just imported, at low prices. See their Catalogue, which may b 

 had, postjree, In return for one penny stamp. 



r PHE BEST CUCUMBERS FOR FORCING. 



^ SUTTON'S BERKSHIRE CHAMPION, per pkt. U.te. 



SIR COLIN CAMPBELL „ 16 



LORD KENTON'S FAVOURITE ... , 1 



, .»«^ DUTCH FLOWERING BULBS. 



TAMES CARTER and CO.'s CATALOGUE OF 



anist-i t published, will he forra i /,- 



>3 US 



r T . U| napplfc tion to address at : 



<>f first-rat* quality. 



Jamp.s Carter A Co . 238. HUrh Tfolborn. I n. 



K 



is now rea» and will bo forwai 



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t f ree u n a p plica! n. 



Par«d Nursery. I lor Rrvnd, II .war. 



WARD'S IMPROVED SION HOUSE 

 Sutton & Sons, Seed Growers, Reading. 



1 



P nmr „ DUTCH FLOWER ROOTS. 

 ETLR LAWSON and SON. Skw» and Koi 



SERYMKN To \\ KR MAJESTY THE Qv , ( , the Hie 



andandAgricu tral S - of B ". 



i!^Ar^ y r are now lvady t0 ex ecute orders for HYACINTH 

 ROOTS, &c. &c of die finest kinds Rn d In < Uent i idltion. 

 Catalogues may be had, -e. on applkaUon. 



27» G reat Gww* Street, WeRtminster.— Nor« 3. 



TTORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.— 



f 1 - The AUTUMN MEETING will take place at the 

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

 20tb, from 12 to 4 P3C. The Chair will be taken at 2 p.m. 



DRITISH POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY.— An 



-^Extraordinary Meeting of the British Pomological Society 



m 'vn a v d ^ the Rooms » 2 °. Bedford Street, Covent Garden, on 

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

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

 lor funeral business. The Chair will be taken at 1 o'clock. 



t.DrT 8 mJ ped tbat aI1 who take an in ^erest in the cultivation of 

 1KLITS 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 10s. 

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

 siijp.— Robert Hogg, Secretary. 



Q TOKE NEWINGT ON C HR YSANTHEMUM 



^ SOCIETY.- The Ninth Annual Exhibition of this Society 

 will be held at the Mmor Rooms, Church Street, Stoke Newing- 

 »n, on WEDX ESDA Y, November 14. Doors open at 12 o'clock. 

 Admission from 12 t<> 4, U. ; af ter 4 o'clock, Sd. 



M OSAGE ORANGE (WACLURA AUKAMTIACA^"" - 

 ESSRS. MORRISON and SON have to offer 

 about 50,000 Plants (5 to 6 inches high) of this fine new 

 Hedge Plant (see Gardeners 1 Chronicle, May 13, 1854). price 10s. 

 per 100. Price to the trade on application. Railways to all parts 

 of the kingdom.— Nurseries, Mmvntcofter. Banff, N.B. 



H A RD V WFATWQ 



tiTATERER and GODFREY respectfully invite 



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

 these most beautiful Hardy Plants. Priced Catalogues mav be 

 had free on application to Waterer & Godfrey, Knap Hill 

 N ursery, Woking, Surrey. 



\y TOWNSEND has now ready to send out 



f ' • GERANIUM CYDONIA CARMINEA-for description 

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

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

 Certificate. Plants 55., 7$.6d., and 105. fri. each; one over to 

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

 oayawatgr.-- Notti ng Hil l. 



Qr O O D PINES WANT ED, 



From 2 lbs. to 4 lbs. each. 



m«n 0r Sl Ar T i niTnedUtel y t0 George Taylor, Jun., Fruit Sales- 

 man. M. John]* Mark. Liverpool. 



WANTED TO PURCHASE, about 150 "yirda <if 



olH • EVEIi GREKN PRIVET HEDGE, about 3 or 4 years' 

 •«t m good condition, and about 4 feet high.— Address, stating 

 l»nce, to VV. W., 4, Grove Terrace. Bt John ? s Wood. Lnndon._ 



T^ BE S0LD » at a nominal price, 200 DOZEN 



form i^N^UMB, in large and small 60's; clean, strong, uni- 

 I'itt m t' 2 * 1 ' Hnd al1 earI >'» free-flowering, saleable sorts.— R. 

 Head ' llwich Common, Surrey. Enquire at the Alleyn's 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



TT/'OOD 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 65. to 

 95. per dozen.— Nurseries, H untingdon. 



VJNES FROfVI E YES. 



TORN and CHARLES LEE beg to offer a very 



«J superior stock of all the leading kinds of VINES, both for 

 planting out and for fruiting in pots. 



, Nurse ry and Seed Establishment, Hammersmith. 



VINES FOR FRUITING IN POTS. 



M 





ESSRS. J. and J. FRASER, 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*. fa each. 



N.B. Strong Vines for planting out. 3*. Sd. each.— Nor. 3. 



TO PINE GROWERS. 



LIVERPOOL IS THE BEST MARKET. 



"pORWARD TO GEORGE TAYLOR, 



E_ r .. TT> IMPORTED DUTCH BULBS. 

 V AN I A UL begs to inform his patrons and friend 

 tbat boli 4 ved hU fire t Importation of tl bov* wbi 



have arrived in first-rate condition, early orders for whit 1 ar« 

 respectfully solicited. Catalogues forwarded po.» ge ii e on 



application.— Tl Nurseries, Derby, Nov. 3. 



D IMPORTANT NOTICE TO NURSERYMEN. 

 OiNALD and SON, of the Gold worth Nurserv, 

 "NVoking, near Ripley, Stnrty, beg to intimate tliev will 

 not publish h New Trade Catalogue tins sea a refer thei 



numerous customers to the one of last r t which substantia 1 .'^ 

 contains all th.-y have now to offer. The stock geuerallv is 

 remarkably good, and free from blight. 



N.B Any amount of Dwarf Maiden Apples and Pears, &c. t can 

 h e well supplied. Fruit tree stock s are good but scarce. 



PANS iTsi 



I DOBSON and SON have a large and healthy Stock 



' • of the above, consisting of the best -oris only, which are 

 now ready for sending out. at 6s.. 9*., 12*., and 18*. per dozen. 

 . Woodlands Nurnerv, I -worth. 



j 



FRUIT SALES M A 



The Grand £tand, 



St. John's Market, 



Liverpool. 

 T erms— Cash. 



ROSE CAT A LOG UL ~ 



JUN., 



_^ CHOICE PANSIES. 



JOSEPH NORRIS, Osterley Park, Mounslow, offers 



the following fine Pansiei at 12*. per dozen, viz. : Brilliant. 



ROSES for 1S55 and 1856 is now ready, and may be had on 

 application. 



ROSES, HOLLYHOCKS, ETC. 



A PAUL and SON'S PRICED DESCRIPTIVE 

 • CATALOGUES of K03E3 and HOLLYHOCKS are 

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



A fine stock of CONIFE&4E, ORNAMENTAL TREES and 

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

 Nurseri es, Cheshunt, Herts.— Nov. 3. 



P E L A R C oVf Ulvi C A T ALOCUE. 



JDOBSOiN and SON'S ANNUAL CATALOGUE, 

 • with full descriptions and prices of Beck's new varieties 

 and other leading kinds, may be had on application. 

 Woodlands Nursery. Ista worth. 



N' GAINESTbegsto annouiice his PRICED CATA- 

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

 ing Show and Fancy Pelargoniums, Azaleas,Camellias, Fuchsia*, 

 Chrysanthemums, Verbenas, Ericas, Epacris, Ferns, Stove, and 

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



Thf Nursery. Surrey Lan^, Battersp.a. 



BASS and BROWN'S new AUTUMN CATA- 

 LOGUE!, comprising a considerable portion of descriptive 



Earl Mansfield, Emperor, Father Gavazzi, J. . Emily, Lord 



Raglan, Mtss Talbot, Monfticb, Osrrich, .Sovereign. Sir J. Cath- 

 cart, Sir J. Paxton. 25 finest van. . including the above 

 11. Is ; 25 fine ditto, 15s. ; 25 pairs fine Pinks, 12/. 



Sent to any address, package and hamper included, on the 

 receipt ol Post office I *r der p ayable at Hounslow. 



\\ T AITE'S DANIEL O'ROURKB PKAS.— The best 



Early Pea in cultivation can be sunplied in any quantity 

 and price had on application to J. G. W r E , -ed Merchant 

 1S1, High Holborn, London. 



TO THE TRADE. 



A AC DA VIES can supply the following New 



iERANH'US at reduced prices :—Fair Ellen. Phaeton 

 Pandora, Petruchio, Serena. To] T Grand Sultan, and Cloth o 

 Silver.— Lark field Nurserv. Wavertre**. Liverpool. 



1 



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Grafting. Price on application. Rose Lists foi ded as usual. 

 j ' N.! ries. gert rd. 



AZALEA INDICA. 



JOHN and CHARLES LEE be* to offer good 



Plants of the most select kinds cf AZALEA INDICA, well 

 set with buds, at IS*., 30s., and 42s, per dozen. 



Nursery ami Seed Establishment. Hammersmith. 



Trir^ RASPBERRY CANES. 

 O BE SOLD CHEAP, about 1000 fine RASP- 



B, *> EI J KY CANES, at 6U the dozen for the lot.— G. P., Mr. 



SillSlgiBoot makPr, Shoreditch. 



r--r> r,^ SPANISH CHESNUTS. 



j V ^ BE SOLD, about 200,000 Strong SPANISH 



♦ * V C ^^SNUTS, from 2 to 4 feet. Price sent on application 

 aterer and God frky, Knap H i ll, Woking , Surrey . 



^OUBLE ROMAN and PAPER WHITE NAR- 



*hlcl . °^^S, 4s. per dozen. — The above Bulbs, the former of 

 »°Ta. 1S S ° J U8 ^y esteemed for its early blooming and excessive 



Ap-iV J? 06 ' ai,( ^ ^ e * atter f° r ^ts purity and elegance, have just 

 W flw ?i ■ and may be obtA 'ned at A. Cobbett^s Italian and Foreign 

 J^Hs^jiS^all Mall, ne ar Waterloo Place, Lon don. 



Tf>uxT H » E . FL UKE KIDNEY POTATO (TRUE). 



tl^ HN HOLLAND, Bradshaw Gardens, Middleton, 



•S r Ma «cjiester, can now supply the above at 4s. per bushel 



at VmjT 1 * * 7l - P** ton - Post-office orders to be made payable 

 ^ddleton, Lancashire. 



S^fijJ. POTATOES.— Fluke Kidneys, 4*. per bushel 



k>P bnw# wTi per ton; La P sto «e Kidneys, bs. Early Short- 

 touahei eit Kldne y 8 ' &*. per bushel of 66 lbs.: sacks, &i. per 

 "^Apnlr t^u A11 onj6ra mnst oe accompauied bv a remittance 

 ti i to HUMPHKRY Chamberlain-. Kempsey, near Worcester. 



— -- — r ■ «^ g — 



an 1 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. 



See d and Horticultural Esta blishment. Sndhnry f Suffolk. 



A ME RICAN PLANTS. 



IOHN WATERER'S CATALOGUE of RHODO- 



»' DENPRONS, AZALEAS > &c, as exhibited at the Royal 

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

 can be had on application. 

 f&&* The Catalogue describes the colours of the Rhododendrons. 



The American Nursery, Bagshot, Surrey.— Nov. 3. 



N 



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AZALEA INDICA LEEANA. 





AMERICAN PLANTS. 



WATERER 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 Nurse ry, Wok in Surrey. 



C± EO RG E B A K E R 1 . egs 1 a n n om ice his DESCRIP- 



VT TIVE CATALOGUE of AMERICAN PLANTS, ORNA «-. ~ : . ..- 



MENTAL SHRUBS, FRUIT and FOREST TREES is now Italian Rye-Grass, Foreign seed ; Dwarf E^ x Rape 

 ready, and may be had on application. j Crin m Clover (Trifolium in- 1 Wii • Tares 



American Nurseiy, Windlesham, near Bagshot, Surrev. seven carnatnm) 

 miles from Staines. Windsor Branch, South Western Railway. Alsike Clover (Trifolium lvy- 

 where conveyances may be had. h " Hnml 



substance of petal, combined with perfect shape and puritv, i 

 decidedly the beet white Azalea yet ont. It has gained 

 Certificates wherever exhibited. Price 21*.; a fen- extra ng 

 plants at_4 2s.— N 111 d b d Establishment, Hammersmith. 



NEW VARIEGATED GERANIUM-MRS. LENNOX. 



JOHN and CHARLES LEE are now sending out 

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

 tain of Light. It is of much more v rous growth than tha 

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

 other respects it possesses the sail vlitie.s. Price 7*. 64. 



Nursery and Seed Estah bm r. Hamme rsmith. 



FRUIT TREES"! NP O T S. 



JOHN and CHARLES LEE have the finest stock 

 ot the above ever ve red, co ustingof— 



PEACHES \ APRICOTS I CHERRIES 



NECTARINES J PLUMS j APPLES 



and PEARS 



All warranted to bear good crops the first season. 



Nursery and Seed Establish] nt, Hammersmith. 



AGRICULTURAL SEEDS, lTC. ' 



PETER LAWSON and SOX, Seedsmen and 

 RintSBRT] n* to Hm MjURSTT the Qt-ef.v. and to the 

 Highland and Agricultural - of S t land, are 



llowing 



GEORGE JACK M A N be^s to state his PKICED 

 CATALOGUE of choice CONIFERA, HARDY EVER- 

 GREENS and ORNAMENTAL TREI - which are well grown, 

 and constantly removed, also Roses, Standard, Dwarf, and 



dwarf-trained Fruit Trees, and Forest Trees, can be had on 



app ication by enclosing one Postage Stamp. 



<J , J. respectfully invites persons planting to pay a visit to his 

 extensive nursery, one and a half mile from Woking Station, 

 Sonth Western R I way, .whero all trains si n, ami conveyances 



can be had.— Woking Nursery, Woking, Surrey. 



bridumj 



Crimson "Clover (Trifolium 



Natural Grass Seeds, for Pas- 

 tures ami Lawi 



« . &c. &c. 

 27, Great George Street, W«*«tmin«t . 



CABBAGE-SUPERIOR SORTS. 



JOHN CATTELL has Btill a lar^e supply of fioc 

 Redded Plants of the above at 5a. M per 1000*: also Red 

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

 Late, at 1a. 61/. per 1C0. Orders to the am itof R are delivered 

 carriage free to London, and to the Edenbshlge Station. nth- 

 Eastern Railway. No Charge for crate-, baskets, or packing. 

 A remittance or n rence to acenmpa ~s from unknown 



eesrespondents. — Num b, Westerham, K t. 



