THE 



GARDENERS 



5 



CHRONICLE 



AND 





AGRICULTURAL 



GAZETT E 



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



tfo. 46.— 1855.] 



SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17. 



(Price Fivepence. 

 Stamped Edition, d. 



INDEX. 



••■••••#•# 



Befrotr Castle 



Birds, memoranda concerning 

 Bread, household 



Bujrs, Chrysanthemum field .. 

 Cat'le. to stall feed 



Chrysanthemum field bug .... 



Climate, remarks on 



C uc urn D6rs. .«••••• -•■••••••«■» 



Dendrobium cumulatum 



Diarrhoea, cure for 



Diosoorea Batatas 

 Drains, running of 



Drainage, Keythorpe 



Entomological Society 



Farming, improved 



Farm buildings, portable 

 Farm servants . 

 Ferns, books on 



— names of , 



Food, supply of 761 6 



Haddington Farmer's Club. . . . 



Harvest, the late 



Irrigation, subterranean 



Larch, to plant. 



Linnean Society 



Manures, artificial 



759 e 



757 c 

 762 6 

 757 a 

 761 b 



757 a 

 757 



756 6 



758 b 

 755 6 

 764 a 



i - ■ > • 



• ■ • 



762 

 759 

 7*3 

 764 



••••«•••••••»,, 4 



c 

 a 

 c 

 a 



65 6 



• • • • 



759 6 



760 c 

 762 a 

 764 c 



762 a 



758 e 



759 a 

 759 a 



763 t 



Newton Abbot Farmers' Club 



Oaks, British 



Paper, wasp 



Pathology, vegetable 



Peach, double flowered 



Perfumery, Piesse's 



1' iesse's perfumery 



Plants, new 



Pomatum 



Poplar timber 



Quercus sessiliflora 

 — pedunculata . 



Rain, shell 



Rondeletia anomala 

 Seeds vitality of..., 

 Seeding, thin 

 Shell rain ... 

 Shows, agricultural 



S tall feeding 



Wasp paper 



Wheat, winter 



Wheat growing 



Wookner Forest 



Worms, cure for 



Yam, Chinese 



Yapanna, a cure for diarrhoea. . 



* • 



••»••• 



* • 



• ■ 



• •-••••••• 



• - 



• •*«•■■• 



• *••...»..■ 



76> b 

 75 i a 

 756 e 

 756 b 



758 6 



759 b 



759 6 

 "}&6 b 



759 b 

 7S9a 

 756 a 

 756 a 



7»H 6 

 756 b 



758 a 



763 6 

 7^8 b 

 7*4 b 

 761 6 

 756 c 

 7*4 c 



764 6 

 75S e 



760 e 

 755 6 



75S b 



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. 



\TORTH LONDON FLORICULTURAL 



-^ SOCIETY'S GRAND EXHIBITION for CHRYSAN- 

 THEMUMS, open to all England, will be held at the Penton 

 Rooms, Pentonville, near the Angel, Islington, on MONDAY, 

 November 19. Doors open at 1 o'clock. Admission from 1 to 

 4, Is. ; and from 4 to 7, 6d. George Smith, Hon. Sec. 

 . Hornsey Road. 



CCOTTISH GARDENERS' and LAND- 



^ STEWARDS 7 ASSOCIATION. 



At a General Meeting for the Election of Two Pensioners on 

 the funds of the Association, held at 6, York Place, Edinburgh, 

 on Wednesday, Nov. 14, Professor Balfour in the chair, the 

 following Candidates, having the greatest number of votes, were 

 declared duly elected :— 



MALCOLM McGREGOR, aged 75, native of Perthshire. 



ROBERT RAITS, aged 74, native of Lanarkshire. 



Charles McIntosh \ c _i.,-„ QOWI 

 James Dodds j- Scrutineers. 



J. H. Balfour, Chairman. 

 __ Edinburg h, November 17. 



CHOICE CINERARIAS 



TT7ILLIAM HUSSEY begs to offer the undernamed 



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

 Stowe, Polyanthiflora, Rosy Morn, Nonsuch, Rosalind, Lady 

 Paxton, Prima Donna, Georgiana, Mrs. Sidney Herbert, Charles 

 Dickens, David Copperfield, Queen of Beauties, Kate Kearney, 

 Agnes Wakefield, Conspicua, Charlotte, Delicata, Loveliness, 

 Pauline, Prince Arthur, Marianne, Adela Villaris. 



Horticultural Gardens, Norwich 



GRAPES WANTED. 



MUST BE FIRST CLASS QUALITY. 



Forward to GEORGE TAYLOR, Jun.. Fruit Salesman, 

 The Grand Stand, St. John's Market, Liverpool. 



WANTED, TWO LARGE DWARF-TRAINED 

 MOORP ARK APRICOTS, in bearing state.— Please state 

 price for Cash, including Package and Delivery at Railway 

 Station, to Samuel Finney & Co., Gateshead Nursery, Newcastle- 

 upon-Tyne. 



O O D P I N E~S W~A N T E D, 



From 2 lbs. to 4 lbs. each. 



Forward immediately to George Taylor, Jun., Fruit Sales- 

 m an, St. John's Market, Liverpool. 



PINE S. 



r "PO BE SOLD, a quantity of large, clean, and healthy 



x Fruiting QUEEN PINE PLANTS, many of them ready to 



start. No reasonable offer refused. 

 Teddington, Middlesex. 



Apply at J. Steer's Pinery, 



PINE P L A N TS. 



r rO BE SOLD, at a very moderate Price, about 230 



-*■ clean and healthy Fruiting and Succession PINE PLANTS, 

 m good condition for removal, being the property of a Gentleman 

 leaving his present residence. — For further particulars apply to 

 Messrs. J_& J. Eraser, Nurserymen, Lea Bridge Road, Essex. 



T PINE PLANTS. 



BE SOLD, very cheap, 400 RIPLEY and 

 MOSCOW SUCCESSION QUEEN PINE PLANTS, 

 thoroughly well rooted in 6 and 7-inch pots, and warranted per- 

 fectly clean. — Application respecting the same to be made to 

 «. Glendinxing, Chiswick Nursery, London, 



__^ SPANISH CHESNUTS. 



TO BE SOLD, about 200,000 Strong SPANISH 



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

 toWATRRER and Godfrey. Knap Hill, Woking, Surrey. 



TO BE ISOLD, 1,000,000 Seedling QUICK, 3 to 6 



^ inches, at 2s. per 1000, at W. Woodcock's, Seedsman, 

 » wbeach^Canibridgeshire. ___ 



TO BlTsOLD, 500 ENGLISH YEWS, 3 and 4 feet 



high, flue bushy plants.— Apply to Thomas Moore, Nur- 

 seryman and Seedsman, Kingsbridge, Devon. 



A RGB JRISH YEWS, 



YEWS, from 4 to 8 feet. 



Very handsome IRISH 



Purchasers taking a large 



number will be liberally dealt with. Prices on application 

 ^*<>mas -Jackson & Sow, Nurseries Kingston, near London. 



£Ruit TRtES, COOSEBtRRY _ CURRANT BUSHES, 



O BE SOLD, the surplus Stock, comprising Standard 



ferries. Plums, Apples, and Pears, from 6 to 12 years' old 

 growth; several thousands Rifleman Gooseberries, and iarge Red 

 t /*P 9 Currants, from 2 to 4 years' old, will be sold for much iftM 



no. ii ■ v * l| ie.— To ™~» *PPly to Mr. Mittok, Lampton, 

 "W ttounslow, 1 mile, Iwm station. 







DUTCH FLOWERING BULBS. 



SEEDS FOR EXPORTATION. 



SUTTON and SONS are now prepared to execute JAMES CARTER and ( s CATALOGUE 

 orders for exportation for New Seeds,growth of 1855, ' l>UTCH and CAPE bulbs the mMt Mmmi 

 consisting of the most desirable sorts, properly packed to 

 arrive in good condition. Free on board at London, 

 Bristol, or Southampton. 



Sutton <fe Sqks, Seed Growers, Re* d i ng. 



^THE BEST CUCUMBERS FOR FORCING. 



the most comprt 

 and select published, will be forw.irdtd fn* httrg 



pa upon application to address at foot. The 

 of first-rate quality. 



James C autre it Co., 238, HUH H«lh«rn '4*don. 



OF 



naiva 

 ar> i luw. 





Mer- 



SUTTON'S BERKSHIRE CHAMPION, per pkt. Is. 6d. 



SIR COLIN CAMPBELL „ 16 



LORD KENYON'S FAVOURITE ... ,. 10 



WARD'S IMPROVED SION HOUSE „ 10 



Sutton & Soys, Seed Growers, Reading. 



SECOND IMPORTATION, 



FRESH IMPORTED BULBS bloom much fim 

 than those which have been long exposed to the air 

 before planting. 



John Sutton & Sons, Reading, Berka, can supply fine BULBS, 

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



had, post-free, in return for one penny stamp. 



NEW SEEDS, CROWTH OF 1855. 



WILLIAM E. RENDLE and CO., Seed 

 chants, Plymouth, are now receiving their general 



Collection of Seeds from the Growers, and all the earliest 

 varieties are now ready for delivery. 



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

 J Established 17S6. 



WEST OF ENGLAND HORTICULTURAL 

 AND AGRICULTURAL SEED ESTABLISH- 1 

 MENT. — The Proprietors have during the past summe 

 considerably enlarged their Offices and Seed Warehouses 

 at a considerable expense, so as to be enabled to execute 

 all orders with regularity and dispatch. 



With increased exertion, redoubled energies, and more assist- 

 ants, they hope to give the greatest satisfaction to all who honour 

 them with commands. 

 Wi lliam E. Rendle & Co.. See d M hu nts, Ply mouth. 



TO THE TRADE. 



EW PURE WHITE COLLINSIA.— The price 



of this new and beautiful Annual can be had on application. 

 _ J. G. Waitk, Seed Merchant. IS 1 , High Holhorn. L ondon. 



NEW RHUBARB, EARLY RED EMPEROR, 

 The stalks of this variety are as large as the Victoria, very 

 high in colour, red throughout, good forcer, and very prolific. 

 Price 18^. per dozen. 



J. G. Waite, Seed Merchant, 181, Iliph Holborn, London. 



the size 



Canes, or 

 40$. per hundred. 



J. G. Waite, Seed Merchant . 181, Hi gh Holborn, London. 



\*f AITE'S DANIEL O'ROURKE PEAS.— The best 



* * Early Pea in cultivation can be supplied in any quantit: 

 and price had on application to J. G. Waite, Seed Merchant, 

 181, High Holborn, London. 



~ TO PINE GROWERS. 



LIVERPOOL IS THE BEST MARKET. 



FORWARD TO GEORGE TAYLOR, 

 FRUIT SALESMAN, 



The Grand Stand, 



St. John's Market, 



Liverpool. 

 Terms— Cash. 



R PARKER heirs to inform his friends and p»rrons 

 • that his PRICED CATALOGUE f DITCH LI 

 is now reach*, and will be forwarded \ (r*e n n application. 

 Parad- Nurserr, Hornanv I! I, II •Huw.-iv. 





OASS am) BROWN'S new AUTUMN CATA- 

 -i-J LOG UE, comprising a eon lerable portion riptiv* 



anl useful Information lor purchasers, will be tent fret i post 

 for three penny stamps, or gratis I heir custom »ay not 



have received them. 



Se< -d and Hortic ultura l nt. £ r. - Ik. 



ROSE CATALOGUE 



J and J. FRASER, Nurserymen, Lea Bridge I i<l p 

 • 1 ex,bP£toan- e that their New CATALOuUl t 

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

 application. ^^ 



VINES FOR FRUITING IN POTS. 



MESSRS. J. and J. FRASER, Nukseuym' , Le 

 Bridge Road, Kssex, beg I announce that they have 

 very choice selection of the best sorts of VI N from eyei 

 grown in 12 and 15-inch pots, Price Is. and 7*. 6ti each. 

 N.B. Strong Vines Pox planting out, 3#. 6rf. each.— Nor. 1 



SCARLET RHOOOOE N CM* ONS . " 



J and J. FRASER, Nurskrymi N. Lea Bridge 

 • Road, Essex, beg to offer fine bushy Plants the abov 

 2 to 3 feet high, in Pots, well set with Flower buds. —Price 

 10$. 6</. each. 



I 



1 



WILLIAM WOOD an 

 fidence recommend their 



N can with ^reat can- 

 rfor stock of tine DWARF 



n 4-inch pots, for Fore *, 



HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSi 

 at 24^. per doztm. 



Woodlands Nursery, Maresfielo, near Uckfield, Snsaex. 



N L W CH RY*ANTH£fn U fV! sT~ 



JOHN SALTER begs to inform bifl friends that his 



'* unrivalled Collection of Chrysanthemums is now in bloom, 

 including many seedlings, among- which is ALFRED SALTER, 

 the finest light flower in cultivation. A visit to the winter garden 

 will amply repay those amateurs who may honour him v ft their 



patronage.— VeraaiHea Nursery, William 8 et, near Hammer- 

 smith Turnpike. 



]V[EW VICTORIA RASPBERRY, twice 



-L^l of Falstaff, and a good bearer, price 6s. per dozen 



T ENNOX T. DAVIS 



w 



J vs., 



FRU IT TRE ES IN POTS. 



JOHN and CHARLES LEE have the finest stock 

 of the above ever yet offered, consisting of— 



PEACHES I APRICOTS I CHERRIES 



NECTARINES | PLUMS | APPLES 



and PEARS. 

 All warranted to bear good crops the first season. 



Nursery and Seed Establishment, Hammersmith. 



VINES FROM ETES. 



JOHN 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. 



Nurserv and Seed Establishmen 



^ H ammersmith 



SI) WARD P. F KAN CIS offers to the Trade strong 

 MANETTI STOCKS, well tabiished in big fiO pots for 

 Grafting. Price on application. Rose Lists forwarded as usual. 



Ro se Nurseries, H ptI rd. 



has SCARLET HYBRID 



RHODODENDRONS (with or without flower buds),IRI8H 

 YEWS, PERNETTYA8, HARDY HEATHS, Ac, and oth»r 

 Shrubs, to offer cheap and in quantity. Prices on application ; 

 delivered at Belfast. 



Ogle T s Grove Nur sery. Hi HO i^h, ( IXwn. 



HARDY HEATHS 



7ATERER and GODFREY respectfully invite 



attention to their large stock and first-rate collection of 

 these most beiuti ful Hardy Plaits. Priced Catalogues may 

 had free on application to Watkreb & G< FREY, Knap Hill 



Nursery, W^oking, 8u «y. 



OSAGE ORANGE (MACLURA AURAfVT! ACA). 



MESSRS. MORRISON and SON have to offer 

 about 50,000 Plants (5 to 6 inches high) of this fine n*w 

 Hedge Plant (see Gardwrs 1 Ci »k May 13 1854), price 1 

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

 of the kingd nv — Nnrspripg. Monntcoffer, flanff. N.B. 



AMERICAN PLANTS. 



JOHN WATERER'S CATALOGUE of RHODO 

 DEN D RONS, AZALEAS, &c, as exhibited at the H 

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

 can be had on appl'catiou. 

 fl5»*The Catalogue describes the colours of fhe Rhododendrons, 

 The American Nursery, I Surrey.— Nov. 17. 



AMERICAN PLANTS. 



TTTATERER and GODFREY beg to announce their 



V V Priced and Descriptive Catalogue of Ar. ican Plants 

 this season is now published, and will be sentfreeonapplic.it .. 

 As the collection of American Plantaat this Nursery is alt getli«r 

 unequalled in extent or quality, purchasers will fand It to tj 

 interest to pav a visit to the Nurs< which may be readily doM 

 by the South Western Railway to Woking Station. 



Knap Hill Nuggr£,_Woking f Surrey. 



AZALEA INDICA. 



JOHN and CHARLES LEE beg to offer good 



J Plants of the most select kinds of AZALEA INDICA, well 

 set with buds, at 18s., 30s. r and 425. per dozen. 

 N ursery and Seed Establishment, Hammersmith^ 



AZALEA INDICA LEEANA. 



JOHN and CHARLES LEE are now prepared to __^ 

 send out this fine Seedling, which for habit of growth and J^w'and m be had on applies* ion 

 substance of petal, combined with perfect shape and purity, is American .rsery. Windlesham, near Bagshot Surrey, sf -c 

 decidedly the beat white Azalea yet out. It has gained mlles f rom Staines, Windsor Branch, Southwestern Rallwa; 

 Certificates wherever exhibited. Price 21*.; a few extra strong i wnere convey? s may be had. 

 plants at 4 2^.— Nursery and .S"ed E«»tahli>*hm«*nt. Hammemmith. ! — " 



NEW VARIEGATED CERAfM»UM— MRS. LENNOX. 



JOHN and CHARLES LEE are now sending out 

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

 tain of Light. It is of much more v >rous growth than th» 

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

 other respects it possesses the same good qualities. Price 75. 6d. 



Nurserv and Sped Establishment. Hammersmith. 



GEORGE JACKMAN be?;s to state his PRICED 

 CATALOGUE of choice CONIFERS, HARDY EVET- 

 GREENS and ORNAMENTAL TREES, which are well gro* 

 and constantly removed, also R- sea, Standard, Dwarf, an 

 dwarf-trained 'Fruit Tneea, and Forest frees, can be had « 

 application by enclosing *ne Postage Stamp. 



G. J. respectfully invites persons planting to pay a visi to h 

 exten^iv nursery, one and a half mile from Woking tat 



TSAAC^DAVIES can "supply thTfoTlowin, in large ^^^'V!k!S™ Wokln rey^ COnV "' 



X nuantities at reduced nrices •— \PPLE TRE1 S of all the can be ..Jhjw^V. -KinjgN^.rbery. u ■ R iiuej. 



besSs% feet £ STo'to f<mr vears grafted ; WEEP- j -p ERNARO SAUNDERS, H |»ehym» and I lohtst. 

 ING ASH, ELM, and MOUNTAIN ASH, with stout straight JQ C«wrean Nurseries, J er-ey. respectfully informs ^}^ s 

 stems 8 to 11 feet high, and Urge bushy heads. 



Larkfield Nursery, Wavertree, near Liverpool. 



and Fi '«ts that he has a good Stock of Yellow and Whit 

 Mmd PICOTEES to offer for sale this season, at2*.«rf. mt 



ground PICOTE 



T„ mM c DLMr Q,^,.,. Wi.ftii Lancashire, W, orders for which will be thankfully received land iom, 



HOMAS BELL, Seedsm K, WW ^wu i«, ^I cu ted. Also a small qi y of well ripened Seed of tl 



baa for sale TRUE LANCASHIRE FLUKE POTATOES, ^ ) U ^ IUM TE NAX or NEW ZEALAND FLAX at 2s. 6 



4*. 94. per bushel, of 80 lb,., or It. per ton. TDM' RE* ™^?i L ^|^, 



GENTS 4#, U per bu.he'. ItED OWNS, 4f. Ga. per bush,!, per packet of 60 b,cds. 



