

THE 



GARDENERS' CHRONICL 



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AGRICULTURAL GAZETT 



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



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No. 47.— 1855.] 



SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24. 



INDEX. 



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BelYPir Castle , 



Books noticed 



Cbertsey Farmers' Club 



Cucumber, Srar of the West.. 



— Ipswich Standard . . 



Pioscorfa Batatas 773 t 



Drama with brushwood 



Drill, dry v. water 



Fairy rings 



frames, covering for. ... 773 c 



Harrest, Cair J on 



Hedges 



Horticultural Society 

 Knife, Saynor and Cook's 



Land, waste 



Larcae*. to thin 



Lowes Magazine, rev 

 Manuring, liquid ... 



— farm-yard 



Microscope, cheap... 



«••€•*■« 



• » 



• - ■ - • 



*>■■•»■ 



7"i» b 



775 6 



7*L 6 



773 c 



774 a 



77* a 



7W) a 



775 a 



7:-2 c 



7/3 a 



777 b 

 780 a 



774 6 



772 a 

 780 b 



773 c 

 7'o b 



779 b 



779 « 



771 c 



■ • • 



t • 



• • • 



■ • • ■ ■ 



Mole, the 



Orchids, Mr. Schroder's 

 Pathology, vegetable.... 

 Ploughing, steam 



II* 1 i. 1 1 17 ■■ ■•••■•••■• 



Potato, produce of 



Potato crop, a sound. »»« 



Protective materials ....773 <? — 

 Sea-water and se^ds 

 Seeds and salt water 

 — vitality of .... 

 Steam culture . 

 Stone breaking ... 

 Threshing machine 

 Timber, durability of 

 Turnip, the , 



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11 



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Vine disease in Portugal ., 

 Wheat, disrauce to plant . 

 Winter, the late, in Devon 



• t 9 m 



7S-1 



776 



17- 



7' 



7-U 



7*1 



77S 



77o 

 77< 

 773 

 773 

 781 



781 

 780 



7«< 

 7 V 



77 1 



7*i 

 773 



b 

 c 

 b 

 c 



a 



b 



e 



a 



a 



a 



b 



a 



a 



c 



a 



c 



b 



a 



b 



b 



TO THE SEED TRADE. 



GENUINE NEW SEEDS, of the under mentioned 

 kinds, warranted all of tltc growth of 1855, may be 

 obtained from the Unders/gutd, who will forward pncee 

 on application, 

 CARKOT, of several sarts. SKIIIVINC.'S SWEDE, fine stock 



MANGOLD WURZEL, do. GREEN GLOBE TUKMP. 



Button & Sohb, s. -d Grower*. R*a/Mncr. 



ORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



AUTUMN MEETING, Nov. 20th, 1855. 



AWARD OF MEDALS 



ETC 



Newly Introduced Plants. — Ouvirandra fenestralis, S.K., 

 Rev. Mr. Ellis, of I oddesdon. JEschy nan thus fulgens, C.l, 

 Messrs. Veitch & Son, Exeter and Chelsea. 

 Mixed Collections— lessrs. Henderson, Wellington Road 



Nursery, S.K. Messi =*. Rollisson, Tooting, S.B. 

 Pompokb Chrysanthi ums.— Mr. Richard Wetherill, Gr. lo 



Mr. Jas. Shrimpton, Gr. to A. J. Doxat, 

 Windsor, Gr. to A. Blyth, Esq.,C.l. 



3.— Mr. Robert James, Stoke Newing- 



D. McNeil, Esq., S.K. 

 Esq,, S.B. Mr. Thos 



L ABGE C'HYRSANTHEMU 



ton, S.K. 

 Orchids.— Messrs. Rollfsson, L.S. 

 Chinese Primulas —Mr. Thomas Windsor, S.B. 

 Single Specimens. — Sonhronitis grandiflora, Mr. M. Clarke, 



ILnldeadon, S.B. Lselia Perrini, Messrs. Rollisson, C.l. 



Sonerila margaritacea, Mr. Ingram, Gr. to J. J. Blandy, 



Esq., C.l. 



Black Grapes.— Mr. Geo. Tillyard, Gr.to Rr. Hon. the Speaker, 

 S.B. Mr. Wm. Hill, Gr. to R. Sneyd, Esq., C.l. Mr. Thos. 



Webb, Gr. to E. Hales, Esq., C.2. 

 White Grapes.— Mr. Wm. Hill, S.B. Mr. Robr. Clark, Turn- 

 moss, near Manchester, C.l. Mr. M'Ewen, Gr. to the Duke 



of Norfolk, C.2. 

 Pine Apples or Collections.— Mr. M'Ewen, Gr. to the Duke of 



Norfolk, S.K. Mr. Fleming, Gr. to the Duke of Sutherland, 



Trentham, S.B. Mr. R. Jones, Gr. to Lady Charlotte Schreiber, 



C.l. 

 Pnrs Apples — Single Specisiens— Mr.^T. J°7> C.l. Mr. D 



M'Ewen, Gr. to Col. Wymlham, C.2. 

 Late Strawberries.— Mr. M'Ewen, Gr. to the Duke of Norfolk, 



C 1 

 LateRaspberries.— Mr. G. Tillyard, C.l. Mr. Dan. Clements, 



Oakhill, Barnet, C.2. 

 Plums.— Mr. W. Hill, C.l. Mr. G. Tillyard, C.2. Mr. W. Muir- 



head, Gr. to Lord Charles Wellesley, H.M. 

 De ert Apples.— Mr. Ingram, Gr. to Her Majesty, C.l. Mr. 



J. B. Whiting, Gr. to If. T. Hope, Esq., C.2. 

 Kitchen Apples.— Mr. M'Ewen, Gr. to the Duke of Norfolk, C.l. 



Mr. W. Taylor, Gr. to J. Coster, Esq.. C.2. 

 Dessert Pears.— Mr. D. M'Ewen, Gr. to Col. Wyndham, C.l. 



Mr. J. B. Whiting C.2. 

 Kitchen Pears.— Mr. D. M'Ewen, C.l. Mr. Ingram, Gr. to Her 



Majesty, C.2. 

 Figs— Mr. D. M'Ewen, Petworth, C.l. Mr. G. M'Ewen, Arundel 



Castle, C.2. 

 Winter Cucumbers— Mr. Jas. Morris, Gr. to Coles Child, Esq., 



C.l. Mr. Alex. Ingram, Gr. to J. J. Blandy, Esq., C.2. j 



Celery.— Mr. C. Lidgard, Hammersmith, C.l. Mr. J. Lan- 

 caster, Deptford, C.2. 

 Miscellaneous.— Messrs. Henderson, Wellington Nursery, S.K., 

 for Dioscorea Batatas. Mr. Ingram, Gr. to Her Majesty, S.B., 

 for the same. Messrs. Wm. Manle & Sons, Nurserymen, 

 Bristol, C.l, for Vauda caerule.a. Mr. Jos. Pascal!, Chisie- 

 hurat H.M., for specimens of Propagating and Seakale pots. 

 Mr. D. M'Ewen, H.M., for American Cranberries. 



CC0TT1SH AUBORieULfORAL SOCIETY.— 



k -^ The Second Annual General Meeting was held at 6, York 

 I'lace, Edinburgh, on the 14th Inst, Mr. Brown, President, in 

 the chair. Twenty-two new Members were admitted. Prizes 

 * e awarded a follows: -Medal to Mr. Rutherford, Buckden, 

 for Essay on Drainage ; Medal to Mr. R. Philip, Aldbar, for Essay 

 qn Pruning; M< dal to Mr. Thomson, Chopwell Wood, for Essay 

 ou Stripping and Curing of Oak Bark. 



It was resolved that Prizes .should be offered (open to all) for 

 the best 1 SAYS on each of the following departments of Prac- 

 tical Forestry,- the E ay* to be in all cases founded on the 



NEW SEEDS, CROWTH OF 1855. 



WILLIAM E. RfcNDLE and CO, Si d Mer- 

 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. Kindle & Co.. Seed Merchants, Plymouth. 

 EstablishedJTsB. _ 



I) ASS and BROWN'S new AUTUMN CATA- 



-*-* LOGUE, comprising a considerable portion of descriptive 

 an 1 useful information for purchasers, will be Nent ice^ by post 

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

 have received t he in. 



Seed and HortieuUural EstiMUhment, Sud hmy, Suffolk. 



TO PEAR AMATEURS. 



HPHOMAS RIVERS'S DESCRIPTIVE CATA- 



1 LOGUEof PEARS is printed separately from the Cata- 

 logue of Fruit, and will be sent free on application to The 

 Nurseries. Sawbridgeworth, Herts. 



K PARKER be^ 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. Hornse v Road. Hollo way. 



PLANTING SEASON, 



WM. URQUHART and SONS respectfully inti- 

 mate that their PRICED LIST OF FOREST TREES, 

 SHRUBS, HERBACEOUS PLANTS, &c, may now be had ou 

 application. — Dundee. Nov. 24. 



A 





FOREST PLANTING undertaken bv Contract. 

 LANDSCAPE and ORNAMENTAL GROUNDS executed. 

 Sydnope, near Matlock . Per mire. 



~~ PLANTS. 



experience of the competitors. 



T - Thinning (Medal). 



JI. Planting on Moss Lands 

 (Medal). 



III. GENERALPLANTING(Medal) 



IV. Fencing (Medal). 

 V. Entomology (Medal). 



AMERICAN 



IOHN WATER KR'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. 



iJ3T The Catalogue describes the colours of the Rhododendrons. 

 The American Nurser y, Ba gshot, Surrey.— Nov. 24. 



GERMAN FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



MESSRS. PLATZ and SON, Seed Growers, 

 Erfurt, Prussia, respectfully inform the Trade that their 

 Catalogue for 1856 contains more new and choice articles than 

 have ever been offered. Early applications are solicited through 

 their Agent, Mr. Robert Kennedy, Bedford Conservatory, 

 Covent Garden. London. 



S EEDS. — TRADE LIST. 



VAN HOUTTE'S Wholesale TRADE LIST is to 



• be had at Mr. E. Silbeerad's Office, 5, Harp Lane, Great 



Tower Street, ndon. 



TO THE TRADE. 



VIEW PURE WHITE COLLINSIA.— The price 



-L^ per ounce of this new and beautiful ANNUAL can be had 

 on application. 



J. G. Waite, Seed Merchant, 181. High Holborn. Lo ndon. 



SCARLET RHODODENDRONS. 



J and J. FRASER, Nurskrymen, Lea Bridge 

 • Road, Essex, beg to offer fine bushy Plants of the above 

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

 10 f. 6d. each. 



CHARLES SHARPE and CO. beg to acquaint the 

 trade that having harvested their stocks of SEEDS they 

 will be glad lo forward prices on application. 



Nursery and S eed Establishment, E - aff ord. — Nov. 24. 



nPHOMAS BbLL, Seedsman, Wigan, Lan 



- has for sale TRUE LANCASHIRE FLUKE POTATOE: 

 45 9d. per bushel, of 80 lbs., or 61. 6s. per ton. YORK RE- 



GENTS. 4*. M per bushel. RED DOWNS. 4». frf. ner hn<h-l. 



DUTCH FLOWER HOOTS. 



WILLIAM DENYER, Seedsman and Florist, 

 offers the following choice Collec i >n for 10s.: 



shire, 



VI. Introduction and Cultivation of the Newer Conifer v; 

 ano other Forest Trees, with special reference to the 

 Climate of Great Britain and Ireland (Medal). 



It was also agreed to invite communications on any other sub- 

 lets connected with Forestry, for which Prizes will be awarded 

 *& all cases where they are deemed worthy. 

 . All Essays intended for Competition must be given in to the 

 wretary (Mr. Alexander, 1, Wateiloo Place, Edinburgh), not 

 «M<ar than 1st August, 1856, each Essay bearing a Motto, and 

 being accompanied by a separate sealed letter bearing the same 

 motto, and containing the. name and address of the Author. 



Applications from gentlemen desirous of becoming Members 

 mav be addressed to the Society's Secretary, from whom copies 

 the lavs and all other information may be obtained. 



,^-B. Tke Society's 4l Transactions" will be sent to Members 

 *»?n ready. James Alexander, Secretary. 



*i Waterloo Place, Edinburgh , Nov.24 __ 



*EW DOUBLE WHITE PETUNIA — " IMPERIAL " (true). 



(}HARLF;S TURNER will be able to supply strong 



J^ Plants after the 1st of January of this beautiful new 

 J*nHy f wh j ch u as c1nU t)i e a8 an oleander, and fragrant. Plants 



fif* i ' e * ch » with a considerable reduction to the trade if a dozen 

 taken. C. T. b js particularly to recommend it, as itjs not 

 !l v a novelty but also a valuable' bedding plant. 



Royal Nursery, Slough. 



12 good Hyacinths 

 12 Narcissus 

 Double Tulips 



No c h a r ge for package s 



PI N 



12 Single Tuli} 

 12 Jonquils 



1*2 beautiful Iris 



T O 



12 splendid Anemones 



25 Snowdrops 



10) Dutch Crocus, all colours. 



S2, Gracechurch Street, London. 

 E GROWERS. 



LIVERPOOL IS THE BEST MARKET. 



ORWARD TO GEORGE TAYLOR, 



FRUIT SALESMAN, 



The Grand Stand, 



St. John's Market, 



Liverpool. 



Terms — Cash. 



f Price Fivepence. 



^Stamped Edition, 6d* 



JlN 



AZALEA ilMDiCA LEEANA. 



TOHN and CHARLES LEE are now prepared to 



ti send out this fine edling, which for habit of growth and 

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

 decidedly the best white Azalea yet out. I ™Lf?™** 

 Certificates wherever exhibited. Price 21*.; ^SS 

 plantsjit 42s.-N ursery and Seed I tablispm t jjammersmtth. 



NEW CHRVaAIMTHEMUWS.^ 



IOHN SALTER begs to inform his friends that his 



J unrivalled Collection of Chrysanthemums is now m Moom 

 including many seedlings, among which m [ ALFRED ^^^ 

 the finest light flower in cultivation. A visit to WWjWj 

 will amplv repay those amateurs who may honour him with their 

 patron^- VefsaiUe. Nursery, William Street, near Hammer- 



smith Turnpike. 



CEDRUS DEODAR A. 



beg 



-■> grown Plants of the above, admir* 

 planting, . at the following pr viz. 



furnished Plant 



Fine handson w*li 



irnished Plants. S to 8 feel. 3#. each, 86.«. p- 

 to 5 feet. f$. t*i. eacli 72/. per dozen. Th« abo% •• « .«r<» a!! ans- 

 planted last season, and will removi erf 



T IrCATALOGUE • Kan r»d Hardy ( rs "ai. .fir 



Ornamental Hardy Kvcrgreeii ami Flow« ng bimba, may 1 



bsd on application. Railway Can II a« 



very reaKur.a! I; al Nur V.-,i !: . u 



AZALtA IN DIC A. 



JOHN and CHARLKS LEE be^ to offer good 



'' Wants of the mo s t kinds f AZALEA INDi \, well 



set with bnls. al 18*., 30e., and 42*. per do: 



Nursery ami Seed E stablishment. 1U n*>» 



VINES FROM EYES. 



f ' superior stock of all the leading kinds of \iNli, both for 

 planting out and for fruiting in pots, 

 Ni > and Seed Establiahment. Hami < mith. 



V1NE$ FROM EVES. 



TOHN BUTCHER ran supply plants of the BLACK 



•^ BARBAROUS V, find a go»>d selection of the best boi 

 cultivation, in fine condition for fruiting in p or planting 

 Pries &>. n application to John lb ik.il, Uoyal Nun 

 Stratford-on-Avou. 



G ■' 



tilt. 



ser; 



APES \V A N TED. 



MUST BE Fil r CLAS QUALITY. 

 Forward to GEORGE PAYLOR, .Tun, Fi it 8al«sma 



The Grand Stand. St. Johi Market. Liv <»ol. 



N 



•y 



high in colour, red throughout, good forcer, and very proli 

 Price 18*. per dozen. 



J. G. WAITR, ^.^ Merchant. I8L H<irb Holborn. London 



bize 



NEW VICTORIA RASPBERRY, twice the 

 of Falstaff, and a good bearer, price 6*. per dozen Canes, or 



40*. per hundred. 



J. G. W'Ai Seed Merchant, 1S1, lliiih Holbom. London. 



If^AITE'S DANIEL O'UOURKE PEAS.— The best 



V t Early Pea in cultivation ran be supplied in any quantity, 

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

 181, High Holborn, London. 



HARDY HEATHS. 



VITATEREll and GODFREY respectfully invito 



* » attention I tbeir larpe Stool and first-rat* collection of 

 lese most beautiful Hardy Plants. Pri I Cataloguoa may be 

 had free on application to Waterrk & Godfrey, Knap Hill 

 Nursery, Woking , Surrey. ^ 



NURSEn Y TREES. 



FOWLER and WRIGHT, Seedsmen and NrnsauT- 

 MMML Glaaaow, have on Sale a 1inn Stock of SEEDLING 

 and TRANSPLANTED FOREST TRF.ES, ORNAMENTAL 

 PLANTS. SHRUBS, and FRUIT TREI . at very moderate 



pricefl. Catalogues mav l)e bad n application. - Nov 24. 



., Cole- 



that they 



have one and two vears' edling Thorn Quick fw-sale; irist 

 Yews. Forest Trees, and Shrubs; Iteodi, 3 to 4 feet: Holly, 

 berries, 4*. per bushel: Haws, As. ditto; Common Laurel. 12s. fid 

 per 1000; Portu- o > ditto, 6*. per 100; Soadlin? F st Trees, 



che ap. Ca talogues with prices free bv post. — Nov. 24. ; 



OOD£CATHEON ELEGANS 



/1HARLES DALY and SO 



v_y raine. bee to inform the Trade 



D 



isp< 



t of the 



Price to 



the trade, 40?. per hundred, or 6*. per do; i. 



17. South Frederick Street, Edinburgh.- Nov 24. 



w 



c k o c u s i: s. 



stating lowest price per peck, to D. C. L- Critic Office, 29, 1. 

 Street, Strand. Also. SNOW DROP ? »TS. 



O O D PI N E S W A N T E D, 



From 2 lbs. to 4 lbs. each. 

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

 pool. 



TS. 



G 



PINE PLAN 



nr 



icces 



70 



riM) BE SOLD, at a low price, bU or a) very 



superior FRUITING and SUCCESSION PIM -PLANT 

 nrincipaPv Queens. Also 12 dozen pots of Strawheriies fc 

 C., promising an abundant crop.-Parri i and pricea 

 may be known on application to G. Edwards <k Sow, Nurserymen, 



Wells, Somerset. _ 



SPANISH CHESNUTS. 



TO BE SOLD, about 200,000 Strong SPANISH 

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

 to Watkrbr and Goni v, Kna iiill, Woking, Surrey. 



iO B SOLD, 500 ENGLISH YEWS, 3 and 4 feet 



— high, fine bushy plants— Apply to Thomas Moore, Nur- 

 seryman and Seedsman. Kin ^bridge. Devon. 



TO BE SOLD, very handsome large IRISH 

 YEWS 1 m 4 to 8 feet. Purchasers taking a large 

 number will bo liberally dealt with. Prices on application.- 

 Thoma< J o v & S ov, Nuraerte*. K gston. near j ^oagon- — _ 

 FRUIT TRtES, GOOSEBtRRY & CURRANT BUSHES 



TO BE SOLD, the surplus Stock, comprising otanaara 

 Cherries, Phnns, Apples, and Pears, from 6 to W year* old 

 crowth ; several th sands Ilifleman Gooseberries, and large Boil 

 SS Arrant., from 2 to 4 year B ' old will ^be^d for much g. 

 than their valne.— To vioir, apply to Mr. Mitton, L.auip«»» 

 near H< unslow, 1 mile from station. 



