THE 



GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



AND 



AGRICULTURAL 



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



No. 



49. 



1855.] 



SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8. 



(Price Fivepence. 



INDEX. 



Agri. Soc. of England 812 6 



Anbury ^4 b— SIS a 



Apricots i» orchard houses se6 c 



4rrirroneta BOG c 



Uituinn .*... 85 a 



Beech oil 7 c 



Books noticed 807 a 



Cake, Earth-nut BIS b 



Cstlle, fattening SI I a 



— stall feeding 811 b 



ChryianthemumB, Mr. Salter's SOJ c 



Oops, returns of 810 c 



Cypresses at Constantinople.. 86 c 



Drainage 81 "a 



Earth-nut cake 813 6 



Farm near Chelmsford 811 a 



Fiiken's plough 810 a 



Genetyllis 80J a 



Genera PJantarum Florae Ger- 



manicae 805 c 



Gourds 8113 6 



Harvest, the late 810 c 



Hatfield Farmers' Club 812 c 



Haws, to sow 806 c 



Heating 80S b 



Hooker's Himalayan Journals 8(7 a 



Iron roofs t. slate 813 a 



Irrigation, subterranean 804 c 



Lawes's (Mr.) testimonial.... 80S c 

 Linnean Society 806 e 





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THE BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY'S EXHIBITIONS OF PLANTS, 

 FLOWERS, and FRUITS, for 1856, are fixed to be held as 

 follows:— The Summer Show, on the 25th and 2Gth of June, and 

 the Autumn Show on the 3d and 4th of September, on the same 

 grand scale as in former years. 



Thomas Attree, Esq., Chairman of the Committee. 



E. Spaby, Superintendent of the Exhibition. 



' Edward Carpenter, Secretary. 



NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN7thatthePAltTNER- 

 SHIP heretofore subsisting between WILLIAM MYATT 

 and JOSEPH MYATT, Market Gardeners, of Manor Farm, 

 Deptford, in the county of Kent, was DISSOLVED on the 29tli 

 day of September last, by mutual consent. All debts owing: to or 

 by the said concern will be 

 My att, who will in future 

 separate account. — Ma n or Farm 



I L L I A M BAR R~ A ~T Ti 



LANDSCAPE GARDENER, Wakefield. 

 HORTICULTURAL ERECTIONS on the best improved 



principles. 

 An extensive stock of Fruit Treks, Ornamental Shrubs, 

 Everore > h, Forest Trees. Ro ses, and Thorns. 



D ODECATHEON ELECANS. 



DOWNIE and LAIRD have upwards of 3000 of 

 the above beautiful Herbaceous Plant to dispose of. Price 

 to the trade, 40.9 per hundred, or 65. per dozen. 



1 7, South Frederick Stre et, Edinburgh.— Dec. 8. 



CUPRESSUS LAWSONIANA. 



PETER LAWSON and SON beg to intimate to 

 inquirers after the above fine hardy Californian Tree, that 

 they will be able to supply good plants early in the spring, when 

 a scale of prices will he duly advertised, and commands executed 

 in the order In which they are received. A list of other rare 

 Californian Conifer* may be had on application. 

 Edinburgh, December 8 . 



STANDARD AND DWARF TRAINED FRUIT TREES. 



RICHARD SMITH begs to inform the Trade and 

 the Public generally that he has a fine stock of flat and well 

 trained FRUIT TREKS of all the best and most popular sorts 

 (true to name), which he will be happy to sell at very moderate 

 prices.— Priced Lists will be sent on application. 

 Nurse ries, St. Joh n's, W orcester. 



NEW COnTfER/E AND SPECIMEN EVERGREENS. 



RICHARD SMITH has a fine stock of all the best 

 Ornamental EVERGREEN TREES and SHRUBS for 

 Lawns, Shrubberies, or for single specimens.— Priced Lists will 

 b€ out on application.— Nurseries, St. John's, Worcester. 



NURSERY TREES. 



POWLER and WRIGHT, Seedsmen and Nursery - 



COOD SEEDS. CARRIAGE FREE. 



Oaks, English X* e SeEDS Di **CT ™OM THE GBO* THE MOST CERTAIN *E 



Orchard houses. Apricot* in .. FOB c OF PlU TIN«. DISAPPOINTMENT. 



ft'Hk.'aS&tt ::::::::;: i * Qutton and sons, s KBn g, », * feeing, 



Peach. J6ubie crimson chineie f a k-/ Berks, can supply even/ hind of G A H I ) EN S E EI >S 



Pear, Verulam ^ b and FARM SEEDS of genuine and superior quality, 



warranted all of the growth of \i 



Horticulturist* and Agriculturists realdir In the most r« mot 

 parts of the kingdom, can praam (rood Be**d* at very wodcrai 

 prices from this Establishment.— 1 particulars, apply to 

 Burrow & Sons, iro* ling, Berks. 



SCARLET RHODODENDRONS. 



and J. FRASER, NiRSKKYMEN, Lea Bridge 



oad, Essex, beg to offer Aim bushy Plants f the aho 



2 to 3 feet high, in Tots, well set with Flower bud Price 

 10*. 6</. each. 



CAMELLIAS. 



CHANDLER and S< >.\S,Niiuskiu men, Wandsworth 

 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 30*. and upward*) per dozen. 



to thTtrade. 

 MEW PURE WHITE COLL1NSIA— The 



HI 



A>S AM. 



I \TA 



va 



Planrs, new S»'4 



Plough, Fisken's 810 a 



Pumpkins ] 'A t> 



Quick, to sow N'6 e 



Roofs, iron v. slate 813 u 



Roots, finders and toe* in, 804 0—810 a 

 Savings banks 812 a 



Seeds, longevity of »»5 I 



Sheep dressing S13 6 



Slate roofs v. iron MIS a 



Siuithiiell Club 809 r 



— market, old SI'i a 



Soil, culture of 812 e 



- (Hashes i 6 



Steam culture 811 e 



— engines 813 a 



Stockhnrdt's lectures 807 a 



Superphosphate of lime 812 a 



Turnips, fingers and toes 



in 804 6-S10a 



| Turnip fly 811 e 



Vetch's (Messrs.) nursery.... 7 b 



Weather in September 80fi b 



Whitethorn, to sow 8if> e 





price 



per ounce of this n«\r and beautiful ANNUAL can be had 



on application. 



J. G. Wah Seed Mer e ha t, . Hi^h Ifol horn. London. 



WAITE'S DANIEL OUtOURKE TEAS.— The Lest 

 Early Pea in cultivation can be supplied in any quantity, 

 and juice had m application to J. ti. WAIT*, Seed Merchant, 

 161, High Holborn, London. 



/ CHARLES SHAKPE and CO. beg t<> acquaint the 



V-/ trade that having harvested their stocks of SEEDS they 

 will be glad to forward prices on application. 



Nursery and Seed Establishment, Sleaford.— - Dec K 



ARLY VEG STABLE S BEDS.- A tiik Skli ct 



Kinds for immediate sowing, growth of l may be had of 



S^eda^p^^^aUWttMAli **** 9****** 1 Seedsmen, Hi -,»h , r „. I „don.^ 



•e carry on the business on his own; TTHIEAT FOR LATE AND SPRING SOWING. 

 'arm, Deptford, Dec. 8. p | V V —Samples with prices of Rod Hybrid, Nursery. Brow, k, 



BROWN'S tew ACTUM! 



AKil ! OOfiip t c»ft» 



an i u ful nnatioti for pur- 



I for ti. -uny stamps, or gratia to 1 



have r. \'ed them. 



(1 mid H liter* 1 Estahhthmaat. jnjhsi j ttaHi 



TO THE ShED TRADE. 



URAHAM HARDY r> S(»N 



Mai i 1 a: Kg A I 



PKlCEh ITAL(M <>l - !»ganc: i I <** 



ready, nmi mav Im« h nil (Vw ipphestioti J ». 



GERMAN FLOWEK AND VCCtTABL'. SEtO»7 



Ml IS. PLATZ i i SON, *.u. Ofcowraa, 

 Ert Prussia, tactfully I cm the Tra *t 



Catalofrue for 1KVJ oont«in< more new are! r! 

 hsveewr been offered. Ksrlv apfttratiens an» ►.< i th: h 



•ir A ! surr ktKKR! nedford i ory r 



•lit harden. L 



TO PEAR AWIATEURS. 



THOMAS R!\ El< S D KIPTIVE CATA- 



L 1 I I of 1' H print jwratch « ( a'a 



lopne of I tit, and wil he ►ent free OD « * to 



Nnr Saw bridge* •{. _ 



PLANTING SEASON. 



am' ~(>NS reape illv inti- 



i KM KM* 



SHltll HEKllACEOI PLAM*S,db8 PM -e Ua4 wi 



application 1 »«>pdee. 1> 



\\TVL URQUHART urn s< 



' » mate thai their PRICED LI - 



t 



AliUOW SMITH'S (NrnaniiYiuNi C'ATAI UJ 

 sr«- now ready, and m«y be hs on apptlraitoa. 



roKKST PLANTING imdartaken h% < art. 



LAND APBa»d ORNAMENTAL - >S«xecnted. 



-'.nop©, nes atlw i>erbrahire. 

 HARDY HEATHS 



TATERER am. GODFREY raape'tfuVy \ : Its 



attention » their lara« stock and llecUoo of 



these rooet baautitul Hardv 1 f'rioed ' ataJma aUQT be 



W 



and other kinds of R< ] wheat will be sent free on application fo 

 Mr. H. Raynbtri in ok»«. 



pINUS BENTHAMIANA.— The finest -plants yet 



£ offered of this noble hm^-leaved hardy PIN E. Thev are 



from Seed, and from 12 to 18 inches higl\ 7s. 6cf. each. Prioe 

 per 100 to the Trade on application. 



Hugh Low & O.. Clapton Nurseri es, London^ 



DUTCH FLdwER"~ROOT5~COC ANoTchlaP. 



WILLIAM DENYER, Florist, will send out the 

 following for Ten Shillings :— 



had f n application to Wa '^ipraav. Kuai 



Nurser- l rrey. .________«_««_««_ 



AMERICAN PLANTS 



ATERER and GODFREY ^C to annonnta their 



Wi 



24 Cboioe Hyacinths 12 Polyanthui Narci 



12 Early Tulips 12 I>oubl lonquils 



12 Beautiful Iris 12 Splendid An ones 



100 Dutch Crocus 12 Uare Gladiolus 



82. Gracechurcb Street, London.— No charge for packages. 



TO THE TRADE. 



TT7ILLIAM MASTERS and SON have to offer 





this season : 



Fine Standard MULBERRIES 



WALNUTS 



CHERRIES 



it 



)f 



OOSEBERRIES and CUR- 

 RANTS. I name 

 FASTOLFI RASPBERRI1 



" Also fine bloominir plants of Rliododendrons and Az ileaa. 



Exotic Nurserv. I burj 





RHUBARB.— Good one year planted Roots of the 

 following varieties can be snnpl : ed:-- 

 Myatt's Victoria 30s. per 100, or hs. per doz. 



* • • 



* men, Glasgow, have on Sale a fine Stock of SEEDLING 

 and TRANSPLANTED FOREST TREES, ORNAMENTAL 

 PLANTS, SHRUBS, and FKUIT TREES, at very moderate 

 prices. Catalogues may be had on application.— Dec. 8. 



ISAAC DA VIES can supply the following in large 

 quantities at reduced prices:— APPLE TREES, of all the 

 best kinds, 4 feet in the stem, two to four years grafted ; PURPLE 

 ELM. 6 to 7 feet, bushy ; SCARLET THORNS, two years grafted; 

 WEEPING MOUNTAIN ASH, with stout straight stems, 7 to 

 10 feet ; Do. ELM, 6 to 8 feet, with handsome heads. 



Larkfield Nursery , ^Wavertree„ near Liverpool. 



ANTED TO PURCHASE (Sound Maiden Trees) 



300 Peaches, 300 Nectarines, 300 Apricots. 300 Plums, 300 



Myatt's Linnaeus ... 



Mitchell's Royal Albert 



Howard Prince Albert 



Hawke's Champaign 



Large two year planted Roots for Forcing ... 125. 



Extra strong SEAK ALE Roots for Forcing 105. 



- - 





30 j. p»«r 1", or5s. 

 80s. per 100, or 5*. 

 60*. per 100, or 9*. 



125. 



• • • 



t ■ • 



n 

 n 



DecS. 



Cherries, 300 Pears, 500 Apples, 2000 Apple Gribbles, two packs 

 of Pear pips. Also to be sold or exchanged a large quantity of 

 Aucuba, Japonica, & c, Bays, Standard Roses, &c and other ever- 

 geen ahrnbs.— S. Eddy, Foxha^s Tftirsery, Ex wick tr Exeter. 



TO ROD GROWERS. 



WANTED TO PURCHASE, at the lowest price 



J * cash on delivery to any of the London £ftilmy 8tatta< 

 300 ROLTS of THREEPENNY, and 200 do LONG FISH 

 T >VIGS, all to be of best quality.- Address, \\ . Mason, Alpha 

 ^illa, Lower Road, Dep tford. - 



^{) l* .. ui ti n ^~« hntiHsmriR larsre IRISH 



Apply W. M YAT T, r Farm. 1> 



r— JO THE SEED TRADE. . 



IIaf.pt Winter White Rroccoli New Skip. 



W JACKSON and Co. have for sale new seed saved 

 • this year of the above White Hroccoli. When sown earl - 

 and grown well, it heads in November, December. January, and 

 February-si valuable winter kind. Price iu quantity on applica- 

 tion.— Nurseries, Bedale, Yorkshire, DecJ*. __„_ 



"GYMNOCRAMMA LEPTOPHYLL A." 



OR the Auntjal Matpen-hur Fern. 



BERNARD SAUNDERS, Cesarean Nursery 

 Jersey, will be happy to supply six growing plants of the 

 above pretty little Fern, in a small b:v postage free, to any 

 amateur wishi ng to possess it, for 2 M.— Pec. 8. 



Vf R. ROBERT BAKER, Writtle, Essex, be^s to 



Al offer his improved SKIRVIN* S SWEDE TURNIP 

 SEED, warranted of good stock and all of this year s growth, at 

 21. -2 .per bushel, inclusive of sack. A Post-office Order upon 

 Chelmsford to be first remitted. 



has sue- 



- 



riced and Df-n > tal ie of AfNHcaa Plaflfei t-r 



t! is season is now lished, and wttl tw» s«»nt friK* on appl 

 Ast oil rionnf American Plants b1 \* Nursery isalto^th^r 

 unequalled la as ntor< alfty, pin »«*r« will fi ihe»r 



interest 1 pa ivii N rm whir t.it be readily dooa 



by the S>uth Western Railway to IVokfnf r 



Knsp Hill N'uraery, V e. ^nrryjr 



AMERICAN PLANTS". 



IOHN WATEREK'S CATALOGUE of RHODO- 



•' DENIM NS, AZALEAS. .. exhibited at the Royal 



Botanic Gardens, i it's Pa nJon, is now pui .bed, aod 



can be bad <»n applies n. 

 U^- The Catalogue descril>es the colours of the llhododeu dress 

 i Vmericin N f. Btf*h(M Surrey. Dm a 



C* EORGE BAKER begs to announce his DESCRIP- 

 VJtITE CATALOGU1 Rl N PLANTS, ORNA 



MENIAL Siilin FRl IT and FORI i'REES is now 



ready, and may l>e had on ap; ion. 



American Nir«ry,V. dleaaaai, near Rag **n 



miles from Staines. Windsor Rranch, 80 AVeassrn Railwaj 

 when* con 1 ces may 1 had. 



FLOWER AND VEGETABLE S 



TAMES CARTER and CO. beg to an nee that 

 t v will publish, on fat January, r T'VT 



FIRST ANNEAL CATAI FLO! TIRAI 



VEG rABl AND A<iRH LI Kh M.r,OS. arknow- 



ledged to b iS most cot nslve rr»mpact Annua'- ata- 



1 f Se««- «xtant. It has t>een lb -*ted to a care ful and 



elaborate rt in order to eneare tbe greatest poss r- 



nctwas. Forwarded free of charge, and post paid, *» 



application. mma _ , 



Jamss « rter&Co., Seedsmen.. 6. Higl ) 1 I>on 



N 



T- 



ETER LAWSON a»d SON, ^^W. 



- mbk, and Wood FoaasTSaa to the Queens Most Ex let 

 Majesty; and to the II d and Agricultural Society of Beat- 



land, i;dinburgh, and London. ^ . n - t • * 



FCTKaLAWsos&Sovbegtolot- ^le that ur Prices,! tt 



of Seeds, Plants, &c - the pres e^n are in co ,e of I & 



lication/andwilibesentfreebyl n application. ^ 



27. r.r^a' rge Streer. Wastoinster: and at their Stand at 



Smithn*M Club Show. Raker Strei ^ r - _ 



af this toe hardy 



i 



>ICEA AMaRILI^.- iin 



species have been for a long time d*efra We. a- in f™**»* 



ot ao^arance it iiscarcely excelled PICEA N< iHI L(& Wa 

 have nnich pleasure in fT,r g s plsnts, three y 



oto91u gh, at Sla. «. each. 



Hitor L. iw St < !o . Clapton N Lonaon. 



NEW BEDDING PLANT, 

 iv ni.v, WHrra PrrrM* "I^^ial" (Tara) 



jhelmstvml to be first remitted. - J p^gR^ Wl LLIAM ROLL! HON AHD SONS can 



MR. ROBERT BAKER, Writtle, Essex, haa roe- 3] ; ow ' , v ^ood pin above-named at 5s. each, 



ceeded in obtaining a new SEEDLING ^ IDN " This ^toseniinary, new, sad beautiful rat -an be k trolly 



POTATO, the WRITTLE KIDNEY. It isa ■ odewrper, fre.. mraeBlW an d ubtteas will br an n ^rsal favourite^ 



from disease, superior flavour, fine yellow colour, and wa«s ^ ^ baddina and r plant 1 sf excellent 



is in perfection from September to July. and. as awie ^^ ^^ M d the flowers a-< dour 



mealy ; 



1 tr 



Bt. SOLD, very handsome large 



YEWS, from 4 to 8 feet. Purchasers taking a large 

 number will be liberally dealt with. Prices 

 Thomas Jackson & S< v. Nurseries, Kingston, 



Potato] is superior in May and June to any .known ^"^ Ganl ; nia blossom.- Ts Surseriea, , I-ondon. 



Prices on application. 



near London. 



T° B^ SOLD very cheap tor Cash, as the Ground w 



A required for other purposes, 10,000 ORNAMENTAL 

 FOREST TRE >. from 6 to 15 feet, a great variety of sorts, 

 ?p,0O0 GOOSEBERRIES and CURRANTS lead in ^ ^l"f ^ ; . r . ^ 

 BUSHY YEWS, from 4 to 6 feet; about 1000 ^FXIDLOLb 

 FLOWERING SHRUBS; and a law quantity of 2-year ma- 

 KALE and ASPARAGUS Plants.— Apply to Mr. Chas. Clabkf, 

 Nurseryman, &c^ 179, Windmill Street, Gravesend, Kent. 



^ou^'Tuber's o'f 18i4 are still in his ^essiom Pri ce per 

 bushel of 8011M. inclusive of sack, 10*. 1 ••fded upon remit 

 tance of Post-office ( »rder. payable at Chetms d. 



rimE FLUKE KIDNEY POTATO.-This excellent 



I and famed Potato, which has proved so ^^ *r^? 

 Farming interest, from its capability of w ^din^ [^^n 



and Its abundant bearing qualities was raisea in 



— »~ 





"= EARLYPEAS. 



1^11 ! DAM'S FA VOr RITES havin been te <l 

 acainst the earliest varieties own in this locality, fiv* 

 r rm are offered for 1 bushel any sort t- ' — *"* 

 nnif-.k^r. nrove more prolific, and better ad* ed f 



will eotfie 

 or the L 'on 



from the original stock. May be h»d m «ny q»»"«V- *' ^LJJ;' 

 bushel of 56 lbs.-Ap,.ly to Johs Holi-abd Bradshsw Usrden 

 Seton r,..,r M«neb«t«r. Post Office orders msy be made 

 p, ible at Middleton, Lancashire. 



mucker. prov« more pnnino. ana Deuer aunp •>'. <•«■• " 



\ rket Mav be sown diroctlv, or the fir week la Marcb- 



annlJ £„ Mr. T. K. Tiiwmh. 1 .1 i BroW, V aa, E-ei, by 



* 



wietv. and wi ng to test their respective l "its samples wl 



baexciian i. 



P.S, A few Quarts of me tars are 



aLo for sal 



