Dec. 15, 1855.1 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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B W EARLY MARROW PEAS. 



Habbison's Glory (blue) & Habrison's Perfection (white.) 

 —These extraordinary Peas, which are nearly similar in habit, 

 are as early as Double-blossomed Frame, about 3 feet in height, 

 full of large pods which cluster from the bottom to the top of the 

 haulm, and are equal in flavour to Knight's Marrow. Samples of 

 the haulm may be seen at the following firms in London, of whom 

 only they can be had, in quart packets at 5*. each :— 



Batt, Rutley, & Silveblock, 412, Strand. 



Beck, Henderson, & Child, Middle Wharf, Adelphi. 



Hubst & M'Mullen, 6, Leadenhall Street. 



Mixieb, Nash, & Nash, 63, Strand. 



Noble, Coopeb, & Bolton, 152, Fleet Street. 



Jacob Wrench & Sons, 39, Kin g William Street, City. 



WATERER'S AMERICAN PLANTS—A new 

 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE is now published of the 

 -celebrated Collection of hardy Scarlet and other Rhododendrons, 

 as exhibited by John Wateber at the Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 Regent's Park; it will be found to contain a few practical obser- 

 vations on their successful managemtnt, and will be forwarded 

 on application by enclosing two stamps for postage. Apart from 

 its enumeration of the most popular American Plants in cultiva- 

 tion, a List of choice Coniferse will be seen, embracing the latest 

 importations of this fine and hardy tribe of Plants. 



J. W. has now the pleasure to offer in large quantities, and of 

 all heights, the following selection of CONIFERS, with the 

 remark that they are all now growing in the open ground, are 

 trashy and handsome as can be desired, and have been trans- 

 planted each succeeding spring, whereby no risk can be encoun- 

 tered in their removal from the nursery : — Araucaria imbricata, 

 Cryptomeriajaponica; Pinus Douglasi, Cembra, excelsa, Lam- 

 bertiana, insignis, Jefferyana, Beardsleyi, tuberculata, &c; 

 <Cedrus Deodara, Lebanon, and Africana; Wellingtonia gigantea, 

 Cupressus, Juniperus, Taxus, Thuja, &c. 



§&- The attention of gentlemen, public companies, and others 

 engaged in planting, is especially directed to the foregoing; 

 indeed, all intending planters would be well repaid by a visit to 

 inspect our stock, as much may be seen which of necessity 

 cannot be given within the limits of an advertisement. 



The Nursery is easily reached by railway, being near the 

 Farnborough Station, South- Western Railway, and Blackwater 

 on the South -Eastern Railway. 



The American Nur sery, Bagshot, Surrey. 



WATERER and GODFREY respectfully invite the 

 attention of parties engaged in Planting to their fine 

 Stock of the following HARDY ORNAMENTAL TREES, &c. 



Araucaria imbricata, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 feet high, in quantities, 

 all stocky well grown plants; the larger sizes especially it 

 would be difficult to match. 



Cedrus Deodara, 11,2,3,4, and 5 feet, by the thousand; do. a 

 fine lot of larger, 6, 7, and 8 feet; do. some magnificent Trees, 

 10 to 15 feet. These are all in a famous condition for Trans- 

 planting, having been annually removed. 



Cedars of Lebanon, 3, 4, 5, and 6 feet; do. a few splendid Trees, 

 10 and 12 feet. 



Cedars Red Virginian, 5 to 8 feet. 



Cedars, variegated white, 2, 3, and 4 feet, one of the handsomest 

 variegated plants we know. We have a large stock. It is ex- 

 tensively planted at Elvaston Castle. 



Cryptomeria japonica, fine plants, 4 to 7 feet. 



Cupressus macrocarpa or Lambertiana, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 feet. 



Nothing can be handsomer than some of the specimens of this 



fine hardy plant. 

 Juniper, Chinese, 2, 3, 4, and 5 feet; a fine lot of large plants, 



6 to 8 feet. 

 Do. Irish, upright, 3, 4, 5, and 6 feet; do. larger, up to 8 and 10 

 feet. Our stock of the two last mentioned Junipers we believe 

 to be quite unequalled, the Irish especially; the larger sizes 



are perfect columns. 

 Do. recurva, 3, 4, 5, up to 8 feet. 

 Do. hispanica or thurifera, 2, 3, and 4 feet. 

 Abies Douglasi, 2, 3, and 4 feet. A fine lot of large and very 



handsome plants, 7, 8, 10, and 12 feet. 

 Picea nobilis, several hundreds of nice plants, li to 2 feet, well 

 grown, and with good lead. None are grafted. A few taller 

 specimens up to 6 feet. 

 Do. Nordmanniana, a large quantity of remarkably handsome 

 plants, 1J, 2, 3, and 4 feet. Nothing can exceed the vigour of 

 these plants, and all from seed. 

 Do.Pinsapo, magnificent plants, 4 to 7 feet high, in perfect health. 

 Pinus insignis, 1£ to 3 feet; a few good specimens up to 7 feet. 

 Lambertiana, from seed, 4, 5, and 6 feet. 

 Cera bra, 3, 4, 5, up to 10 feet. 

 Montezuma?, fine plants, 4 and 5 feet, 

 macrocarpa, 2 and 3 feet, from seed. 

 Weeping Larch, clean, stems good, heads 7 feet high. 



The following 10 varieties form a very singular group. They 

 are of dwarf habits ; the well known Abies Clanbraziliana may 

 be taken as the type of the whole. We believe our collection to 

 be quite unique, and, we may add, most interesting. 

 Pinus strobus pumila (the dwarf Weymouth), 

 sylvestris pumila (the dwarf Scotch). 



DENYLR'S 

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NEW 



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Abies Clanbraziliana 

 n compacta 

 pygmaea 



Abies pumila "> All dwarf varieties 

 „ diffusa y of the 



„ Gregori } Spruce Fir. 



Pieea pectinata pygmcea (the dwarf Silver Fir), Hudsoni. 



Yew, common English, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 feet, in large quantities. 



I>o. upright, Irish, 4, 5, 6. and 7 feet; some splendid plants, 



8 to 12 feet. 

 Do. Dovaston or Weeping, a great many fine plants, worked on 



straight stems, 7, 8, and 10 feet high, with good heads. 

 Do. adpressa, 2 and 3 feet. 

 Do. do., worked on common Yew, as standards, 

 jjo. gold striped, 1J to 2 feet, by the thousand. 

 Do. do., a splendid lot of plants, 4 to 6 feet. 

 Do. do., worked as standards on the common Yew, 8 to 10 ft. high. 

 Do. do., worked on Irish Yews, 6, 7, and 8 feet high. 

 Do. elegantissima, or new gold striped; a large quantity, 1£ to 



2 i feet, and also worked as standards on the common and Irish 



Yewg. We may safely assert our stock of Golden Yews is 



unsurpassed. 

 Do. yellow berried (true), very beautiful when in fruit as we 



bave it, li to 3 feet " fc ^ 



^oocednis chilensis, 2 to 3 feet, very handsome and bushy. 

 Thuja Weareana, fine bushes, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 feet. This is one 



ol the most useful, and, at the same time, ornamental hardy 



Plants we possess. 

 j(o. American, for hedges, doubtless the very best, 4, 5, and 6 feet. 

 u o. aitrea, or Golden Arbor-vitae. This plant originated at this 



Nursery; it has now, as it deserves, become a universal 



favourite. Our stock of it enables us to offer a choice of many 



hundred fine specimens, from 14 to 3 and 4 feet high, and as 



touch through— in fact, perfect globes. 

 " ellingtonia gigantea, a few of the finest plants in the country, 



being near 14 feet high, and as much wide, 

 follies variegated, by the thousand, 2, 3, and 4 feet high. 



«Plendid Plants, 10 to 15 feet high. 



v v« tnay here remark with reference to the large specimens 

 •uuded to In this Advertisement that every one of them is in a 

 condition to transplant, and travel any distance with perfect safety. 

 1 hey have one and all been annually removed in our Nursery, 

 * n d m soliciting a personal inspection of our stock, we believe 

 7e are justified in stating it offers a choice which is to be found 



J?. ut r « v establishments of its kind in this country. 



1 he Nursery may be reached in 40 minutes by Train from the 

 i^aterioo Station; and the South Western Railway Company 

 D , ln K a Branch on to the North Western, enables us to send 

 *"*nts to all parts, in trucks throughout, without packing and 

 QUi er extensive additions. 



Knap Hill Nursery, Woking, Surrey. 



PROLIFIC GREEN MAR- 



A fine variety for succeeding the first early 

 Crops. Very hardy, and one of the greatest cropping Peas in 

 cultivation. It obtained the first prize at the Hastings and also 

 at the St. Leonard's Horticultural Exhibitions. 



From the Dean of Battle.—" The sample of Peas you sent me 

 surpasses in beauty of colour and richness of flavour any that I 

 have ever met with." 



From Mr. Waters, Gardener to Lady Webster, Battle Abbey.— 

 " 1 have examined the growing stock of your new Pea, and nod it 

 crops abundantly, the pods being a good length, very broad, and 

 well filled. It is also a fine flavoured and beautifully green- 

 coloured Pea." 



From Mr. Bunyard, 3 f aid stone.—" My opinion of the new Pea 

 is, that it is a distinct sort, a good cropper, and for colour I do not 

 know its equal." 



From Mr. Parks, late Nurseryman and Seedsman, Dartford, Kent. 

 —" I am much pleased with your new Pea. It certainly is a very 

 fine cropper. The Peas are large, and the pods completely filled. 

 It will when known become a superior Pea for market." 



Price 3s. 6d. per quart. Post Office orders payable to William 

 Denver, Seedsman, Battle, Sussex. May also be had through 

 the London and other seedsmen. 



WALTON NURSERY, LIVERPOOL^ 



TO NOULEMEX AND GENTLEMEN PLANTING NkW PlEASHRE 



Gboi'nds, ob Improving Parks or Drives, and to Com- 

 panies Planting Public Parks ob Cemeteries. 



WSKIRVING begs to offer his extensive Stock of 

 • TREES and SHRUBS of various sizes, adapted either 

 for immediate effect or for extensive new Plantations, where 

 smaller sized and less expensive plants are required. In addition 

 to his general stock of the leading kinds of Trees and Shrubs, 

 which is allowed to be the most extensive in England, he this 

 season offers upwards of a hundred thousand of the two most 

 valuable Trees lately introduced, the ARAUCARIA IMBRI- 

 CATA and CEDRUS DEODARA, of various sizes, from one 

 to six feet. 



W. S. invites any one wanting considerable quantities of 

 Specimen Trees and Shrnbs to inspect hfs collection and obtain 

 prices on the spot, as the mere height of such trees (as quoted in 

 lists) gives no idea of the value of well grown select plants for 

 choice situations. 



N.B. A few hundreds of the larger sized and finely shaped 

 plants of the Araucaria imbricata and Cedrus Deodara have been 

 grown in tubs, to secure their travelling in safety to great dis- 

 tances in this country, or to any part abroad. 

 Priced Lists will be sent on application. 



WEST OF ENGLAND HORTICULTURAL 

 AND AGRICULTURAL SEED ESTABLISH- 

 MENT. — The Proprietors have during the past summer 

 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. 



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



RENDLE'S PRICE CURRENT FOR 1856. 



RENDLE'S PRICE CURRENT AND GAR- 

 DENER'S DIRECTORY FOR 1856, is just 

 published by Messrs. Simpkin & Marshall and can be 

 obtained through any Bookseller in the United Kingdom, 



or from the Proprietors, William E. Kendle & Co., 

 Seed Merchants, Plymouth, price Sixpence, or free to 



purchasers of Seeds. 



The present Edition is. printed the same size as 

 the " Florist," and will contain 120 pages, and 

 be found even more complete than the former 

 Editions. 



It contains a valuable Descriptive List of KITCHEN GAR- 

 DEN SEEDS, with prices affixed to every article, and in addi- 

 tion to these descriptions there are short and concise cultural 

 remarks for every kind of Vegetable, pointing out the best 

 varieties for Early, Medium, and General Crops. 



The List of FLOWER SEEDS has been much improved, and 

 contains descriptions of all the leading sorts, with directions for 

 sowing seeds, and other useful practical remarks ; and in this 

 department Mr. Erring ton has written expressly for the work 

 an original article on ANNUAL and OTHER FLOWER 

 SEEDS, which will be read with much interest. 



The Calendar op Operations for the whole of the year has 

 also been revised, and will be found even more useful than the 



one in the last edition. 



The Almanack is now a prominent feature of the "Price 

 Current, " and a page is devoted to every month. 



Full detailed lists are given of the quantities and descriptions 

 of seeds sent in the " Collections of Seeds." 



The following Original Articles have also been 

 contributed, for which the Proprietors have to return their 

 sincere acknowledgements. 



FLORICULTURE. By Mr. John Edwards, the Secretary to 

 the National Floricuiturai Society, and Editor of the "National 



Garden Almanack." 



VEGETABLE FORCING. By Mr. Robert Erbiwgton, Gar- 

 dener to Sir P. Egerton, Oulton Park, Tarporley. 



RENDLE'S TANK SYSTEM OF HEATING. By Mr. John 

 Dobson, late Gardener to Mr. Edward Beck, Isleworth. 



GRAPE DISEASE AND MILDEW. By Mr. James CrTHiLL, 



ol Camberwell. 

 ON NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL MANURES. By Mr. J. 



B. Lawes, tlie celebrated Agricultural Chemist. 



ON THE PORTABLE and MINIATURE FRUIT GARDEN. 



By Mr. Niven, of the Garden Farm, Drumcondra, near 



Dublin. • 



ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE CUCUMBER. By Mr. 

 Joseph Hamilton, Author of the " HamUtonian System of 



Pine Growing." 

 LIST OF A FEW OF THE BEST FRUIT TREES GROWN 

 AT WOOLATON, the seat of Lord Middleton. By Mr. J. 



E W ROSES 



T and J. FRASER, Nurserymen, Lea Bridge 



y • Road, Essex, beg to offer fine Standards of the following 



beautiful NEW ROSES: 



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Belle Lyonnais 

 Com teas* d'Orleans 



„ Vaillant 

 General Jacqueminot 

 Gloire de France ... 



„ de Vitry 



Madame Guinoiseau ... 



Mademoiselle Aline 

 Gibbon 



Prince de la Moskowa. 

 Sir John Franklin 



Souvenir de Madame 

 Lille ... 



5s. Od. 



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Vicomtesse 

 Gironde , 



Madame Maason 

 Theodore ... 

 Carnbaceres 



,, Vidot 



„ Hector J acquin 

 Lord Raglan ... 

 Madame Place ... 

 Panache" d'Orleans 

 pTince Leon 

 Triomphe de Paris 

 Gloire de Dijon (Tea) 



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Melanie Wiliermoz (Tea) 3s. 6c*. 



For a full description of the above M Catalogue, which may 

 be had on application.— Dec. 15. 



ENDLFS PRICE CURRENT and GARDEN 

 DIRECTORY for 185G is now publifad, and 

 can be obtained thro th any Bookseller in town or 

 country, price 6d., or from the Proprietors, 



William Edgcumbe Rkndli & Co., Union Road, Plymouth. 





stone, 

 While 





Eixt Qarlrenerg' Chronicle* 



SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1855. 



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Now that curiosity is excited by the discussion 

 respecting marvellous cases of prolonged vitality in 

 seeds, showers of land shells, and the like, the 

 following abridgment of a paper by Mons. Dum£ril 

 in a late number of the Comptes rendus will be read 

 with interest, and may give rise to useful reflection. 



It appears that a stone mason in the Pas de 

 Calais, at work upon a cornice formed of calcareous 



made what he thought a curious discovery, 

 hammering away at the cornice his chisel 

 struck a place softer than the rest and chipped 

 off a fragment of the stone, which laid open a 

 small hole, one half of which fell to the ground 

 and was lost, but the other remained undisturbed. 

 In the space which remained he observed a blackish 

 body speckled with white, looking like a fly which 

 seemed as if enveloped in cobweb or the silky matter 

 of a caterpillar ; the whole of this was imprisoned 

 in a true shell. The body was carefully removed 

 and placed on a piece of glass. At first it was taken 

 for the dead remains of some organic body. But 

 presently it exhibited signs of life ; wings, the 

 stumps only of which had been visible, expanded 

 by degrees ; and the black body, marked by some 

 cross bands of dirty white, became yellow here and 

 there, especially on the thorax and upper posterior 

 portion of the body. It appears that the observa- 

 tion of these phenomena extended over a period of 

 25 days, when Dr. Danvin, a medical man on the 

 spot, communicated them to the Academy of Sciences, 

 along with a very circumstantial account of the 

 nature of the limestone, which had been quarried 

 above a year before, and worked up (mise en oeuvre) 

 18 or 20 days afterwards. 



" It is curious," remarked the learned gentleman, 



to find vitality thus preserved in the midst of a 

 block of limestone raised from 16 or 17 yards 

 below the surface of the earth. Fortunately the 

 hole in which the living insect was found was 

 far enough below the surface to secure it from de- 

 struction by the frost of last winter." And he went 

 on to compare this occurrence with seeds which 

 have germinated after many years, toads found alive 

 in stones, and- the like. 



When the insect, carefully preserved in a vial, in 

 the midst of cotton wool, was shown to M. Dum^ril, 

 he recognised it as the common Odpnerus(or Vespa) 

 muraria. This and the allied species burrow in 

 sand and clay, or take possession of cavities else- 

 where, where they gather together the bodies of 

 spiders and other soft-bodied social insects; although 

 in their perfect state they live only upon the honey 

 of flowers. In the midst of this heap of soft-skinned 

 victims the grub of the wasp is hatched. Let us 

 hope adds M. Dcm£ril, that the insects thus assi- 

 duously collected as food for the young wasp are 



dead or rendered insensible before being 



the footless 



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Some 



MIGNONETTE, CULTURE OF. By Mr. William Melville, 

 Gardener to the Earl of Roseberry, Dalraeny Park. 



NEW AND ECONOMICAL MODE OF HEATING GREEN- 

 HOUSES, ORCHARD HOUSES, Ac. By Mr. Niven. 



Garden Farm, Drumcondra. 



ROTATION OF CROPS By Mr. Robert Erring-ton. 

 SELECTION OF KITCHEN GARDEN SEEDS. From the 

 "Scottish Gardener and Magazine of Horticulture and 



Floriculture." . 



THE OSAGE ORANGE. Introduction and Cultivation of. 



In addition to the above will be given short directions for the 

 CULTIVATION of FLOWER SEEDS, with modes ot TEST- 

 ING their GROWING QUALITIES. Also a descriptive 

 list of all the newest Introductions for the present year. 



A Description of the CEDRUS DEODARA. with an engrav- 

 ing kindly lent by the proprietora of the " Florist; and a few 

 remarks on the Dtaaeorea Batatas, by Samuel Curtis, Esq., 

 the proprietor of Curtis's " Botanical Magazine: 1 



Copies of the above edition can now be obtained through any 

 bookseller in town or country, or from the Proprietors, price 6d. 

 each, or free to all purchasers of seeds. 



W I L L I A M E. RENDLE & C O., 



Sekd Merchants. Plymouth. 

 Establish- • 1786. 



either 

 carried 



to the hole inhabited by 

 eventually to be hatched as a winged 



I have seen," he adds, * such 



the web of a 



creature 



insect. rc Often 



wasps suddenly strike against 

 spider in order to bring him out by the unexpected 

 shock, when they seize him by the back, pierce him 

 with their sting, snip off his legs, which remain stick- 

 ing to the web, and immediately carry him away 

 through the air with a velocity perfectly astonish- 

 ing." Such are the habits of these solitary wasps. 



It is certain that in all cases an egg is first 

 deposited by them in a hole secured against external 

 injury, that in this place the grub finds all the 

 nourishment it wants as soon as it is hatched, and 

 that the parents, before abandoning their young and 

 the food they have stored up for it, carefully close 

 the opening with a solid cement composed of s»d 

 or pieces of earth held together by saliva which they 



