THE 



GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



AND 



AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



Stamped Newspaper of Rural Economy and General News 



No. 52.— 1855.] 



SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29. 



Horticultural Part Edited by Professor Lindley. 



" /Price Fivepence. 



(^Stamped Edition, 6<£ 



Agricultural i tatistics 



Ascension, vegetation of 



Australia, transport of seedi 



and roots to 



Satates 



Beech oil 



Bread, brown 



Calceolaria violacea 



Dublin Botanic Garden 



Dutton Hall Farm, noticed .. 



Experiments, small 



Fibrous substances 



Fruits, seedling 



Grass seeds 



Guthrie's sermons 



Holcus saccbarams 



Horticultural Society 



Humbert on encumbered 



•states 



Irish Agricultural Society .... 

 Jamaica, textile plants of .... 

 Lands, Highland waste .'..,.. 



Linnean Society 



Manure, salt as 



Maristow Agricultural Society 

 Oaks, British 



INDEX. 



857 c 



851 a 



852 6 



854 a 

 SU c 



860 a 



852 b 



855 b 



861 b 



^7 6 

 8a3 c 

 854 c 

 S61 6 

 t-54 c 

 8i4 6 



853 b 



860 c 

 860 a 



853 c 

 859 6 



854 c 



859 a 



860 6 

 854 6 



I • • | ....•-■■•■■.• 



Oil, Beech 



Orchard house, top-dressing for 



Palms, history of 



Pathology, vegetable 



Pear trees, seedling 



Plants, new 



— textile 

 Potatoes, sweet . . 



— in peat 



Roots, transport of 



Salt, its uses 



Sandiway farm, noticed 

 Seeds, longevity of. 



— transport of 



Statistics, agricultural 



S ream cultivation 



Superphosphate of lime 



Textile plants 



Tineina, history of 



Turf pits 



Van Diemen's Land, vegeta- 

 tion of 



V^g^ration of Ascension 



Vine disease, Cuthill on 



851 c 



85* 



856 



85 H 



852 



>* 

 Hb'2 

 85 H 

 851 

 854 



• ■ • 



■ - • » 



52 

 8^9 

 861 

 Si4 

 852 



8^7 



»S 



859 



»3 



855 



854 



c 

 b 

 b 

 c 

 a 

 b 

 b 

 a 

 a 

 b 

 b 

 e 

 b 



c 



c 



(I 

 b 



•••••• 



855 

 851 

 855 



5 b 



! 



GARDENERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. 

 — The Subscribers of this Institution are earnestly re- 

 quested to Vote for GEORGE KIDD, aged 71 years. His claims 

 nponyour sympathy and support are based upon his inability to 

 obtain a living from his age and a fall while gathering fruit, by 

 which he broke his wrist ; his having brought up a family of 

 12 children, and his having been a Subscriber to your Institution 

 nine years. His case is strongly recommended by 

 J. A. Henderson, Esq., 64, Hamilton Terrace, Edgeware 



Road, London (late of Pine Apple Place). 

 Mr. T. Gaines Battersea, Surrey. 



Mr. F. Kinghorn, St. Margaret's, Isleworth, Middlesex. 

 Thomas Jackson & Son, Kingston, Surrey. 



By whom proxies will be gladly received. 



^TESTIMONIAL TO Mr. GLENN Y, THE OR1GI- 



-*- NATOR OF GARDEN NEWSPAPERS.— Persons de- 

 sirous of promoting this object are requested to communicate 

 with W. Watson, Esq,, Treasurer, Salisbury Square ; or Mr. 

 Carrtngton, Hon. Secretary, West Brompton. One hundred 

 names have been al ready entered. 



GEO. GLEN NY, Horticultural Agent, Dun- 

 gannon House, Fulham, will be glad to receive all his 

 commissions to procure, and dispose of, Stock of all kinds, in time 

 to publish in his List for general circulation.— Dec. 29, 1855. 

 Trade Ca talogues should be sent. 



I L L I A M B A K U A T T, 



LANDSCAPE GARDENER, Wakefield. 

 HORTICULTURAL ERECTIONS on the best improved 



principles. 

 *** An extensive stock of Fruit Trees, C . amental Shrubs, 

 Evergreens, Forest Trees. Roses - id Thorns. 



F INLAY FRASER, Jun. (lately with M essrs. 

 Minier, Nash, & Co., Strand), WILLI /.M RICHARDSON, 

 and WILLIAM LEWIS GOAD (many ears with Messrs. 

 Jacob Wrench & Sons, London Bridge), beg respectfully to 

 inform their friends, the trade, and public generally, that they 

 have taken the premises, 82, Bishopsgate fc reet Within, where 

 they intend carrying on the SEED Bl'-.INESS in all its 

 branches and trust by great assiduity ar. strict attention to 

 mertt an extended share of patronage. Tl eir Priced Lists will 

 be published in a few days and extensively circulated ; they con- 

 fidently refer to their lengthened practical experience as an 

 assurance that the goods they offer have been selected with the 

 greatest attention both as to genuineness and quality.— 

 London, Dec. 29. 



.»*,« TO THE TRADE. 



AJEW* PURE WHITE COLLINSIA.— The price 



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

 on application. 



J. G. W aitk, Seed Merchant, 181, H igh Holborn, Londo n. 



PHARLES SHARPE and CO. beg to acquaint the 



\S trade that having harvested their stocks of SEEDS they 

 will be glad to forward prices on application. 

 _ _ Nursery and Seed Establish ment, Sleaford.— Dec. 29.* 



T^O BE SOLD, very handsome large IRISH 



*■*- YEWS, from 4 to 8 feet. Purchasers takin^ a large 

 number will be liberally dealt with. Prices on appUcation.-- 

 T homas Jackson & Son, Nurseries, Kingston, near Lo ndon. 



HARDY HEATHS 



WATERER and GODFREY respectfully invite 



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

 these most beautiful Hardy Plants. Priced Catalogues may be 

 fl&d free on application to Waterer & Godfrey, Knap Hill 

 «urserv. WnTrin** Surrey 



EXOTIC NURSERY, CHELSEA. 



JAMES VEITCM, Jun., respectfully announces that 

 his CATALOGUE of KIT \' GARDEN, AMIICUL 



TURAL, and FLOWER SEEDS, foe 1856, with a List of 

 Implements and other Garden requisites, is now published, and 

 will be forwarded post fret* upon application. __ ____^ 



JG.WAITE'S CATALOGUE is now ready, and 

 • can be had on application. 

 Seed Kstabli-ihmen t, 161, High Ho lborn. London. 



BASS and BROWN'S new AUTUMN CATA- 

 LOGUE, c<- arising a considerable portion of descriptive 

 and useful in forn" ion for purchase , will be sent free by post 

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

 have received f «m. 



8eed and F u-ticulhiral Establishment, Sudbu ry, Suffolk. 



W OLESALE SEED CATALOGUE. 



WILLI// l E. RENDLE and Co/a WHOLESALE 

 SEE > CATALOGUE is now ready, and can be obtained 

 by the Trad • only on application, in exchange for one penny stamp. 

 W illi f &. Rendle & Co., Seed M erchants. Plymouth. 



THE MOST CONCISE AND USEFUL SEED CATALOGUE 



YET PUBLISHED. 



SUTTON'S NEW TRICED CATALOGUE is now 

 Midi/, and will be sent gratis (post free) en 

 application. It contains select Lists of 



TO NOBLEMEN, CLERGYMEN, AND OTHERS. 



THE most E tomica 1 < d Com Mode of 



ordi /GAK1 ;N SEEDS is : send for <mc c 

 ■ Sutton 9 * Cumpktt Collections for one yea*** supj /" 

 particu rs of wh k may be had on apph «, 

 addressed — 



Sotton A8ok(l S* 



KITCHEN GARDEN SEED 

 FLOWER SEEDS 



AGRICULTURAL SEEDS 

 SEED POTATOES 



AND BEDDING PLANTS. 

 Sutton & Sons. Seed Growers and Merchants, Reading, Berks. 



4 Growy and Merchant*. Headi ng. 



TO CUCUMBtR GROWERS 



BUTTON'S liKRKSiilRK CHAMPION it not only 



^ one of the most prolific Frame Cucumber*, an shown by 



•everal corrwnmUMitK of the irdhter OhromieU 'at m 



tiers' Chrop page 09S Uni i* al*< tine f!« <i 



handsome thatit Invariably TaKos the Prtw vfefu ted in 



co m pet I U with other lending kinds. *d can bet 



1#. 6 per packet (if ordered Immediately) he ine aorta 1> 



per packt t, as see Catalog which may be had poit fr- 



.. arrros * Heading. IWirk 



l^ARLY VEGETABJ SEEDS,— All the Select 



■ i ELtEM for immediate eotptng, Rrowtli of 1856. may be had of 



James » abtbh & Heed - !ti«b lioibeni. imAon. 



Sfcto""TRADE. 



tru« 

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NEW AND GENUINE SEEDS. 



DAWE, COTTRELL, and BEN HAM r,e& to 

 announce that their Annual Catalogue of FLOWER, 

 VEGETABLE, and AGRICULTURAL SEEDS, for 1856, is 

 now ready, containing many New and Choice kinds, with accu- 

 rate descriptions of about 1000 varieties of Flower Seeds.— Post 

 free on application.— 36, Moorgate Street, and 3, Lawrence 



Pountney Lane, Cannon Street. London. 



ETER LAWSON and bOiN, Seedsmen, Murskry- 



men, and Wood Foresters to the Queen's M >st Excellent 

 Mnjesty; and to the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scot- 

 land, Edinburgh, and London. 



Peter Lawson & Son beg to intimate that their Prices, Lists 

 of Seeds, Plants, &c, for the present season are in course of Pub- 

 lication, and will be sent free by Post on application. 



7, Great George Street, Westminster. 



IMPORT A NT~TO PLANTERS. 



EAGLE and HENDERSON, Nurserymen, Serds- 

 mf .«?, and Florists to the Queen, beg respectfully to 

 announce that their CATALOGUE OF ORNAMENTAL, 

 FRUIT, AND FOREST TREES, CONIFER.E, &c. is now 

 published; also their Lists of Garden, Flower, and Agricultural 

 Seeds, all of which may be had free on application. 



S hrub Bank N arseries, LHth Walk, Edinb urgh. — Dec. 29. 



"AMERICAN PLANTS. 



IOHN WATERER'S CATALOGUE of RHODO- 



tl DENDRONS, AZALEAS, &c, as exhibited at the Royal 



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



can be had on application. 



Igp The Catalogue describes the colours of the Rhododendrons. 



The American Nursery, Bagshot, Surrey.— Dec. 29. 



~ AMERICAN PLANTS. 



WATERER and GODFREY be^ 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 Nursery, Wok ing, Sur rey. 



TO THE 



COUTHAMPT^N WHIT 



^ with great care.— Price 

 Seed G rower. ''ihamUr 



SCARLET RHODO"d\KiDRO*S. 



and J. 1 KASKR, NinsRRYMfrv Lea Bridge* 



Road, Eueex, beg .flfer fine bushy Plants of the abo 

 2 to 8 feet high, in Pots, well set with Flower buds.— Pric 

 10*. Cut. each. 



"GYMNOCRAMMA LEPTOPHYLL A." ~ 



Or the A> Al M aides-hair Frbk. 



BERNARD SAUNDERS, Cmmmam Nurseut, 

 Jersey, will be happy ^o supply six growin -lanta of the 

 above pretty lilt I- - Fern, in a small box, postage free, to any 

 amateni wishing to possess \t,fi>r 2s. c>d.~l . 29. 



%• 



REO BEET SEED. 



EDWARD SANG and SONS, Numrrthrn and 

 Seedsmen, Kirkcaldy, beg to offer to the Trade RED BEET 



SEED of their own raising from carefully selected fnll-grown 

 roots. The eort is very superior, producing well-shaped medium- 

 sized roots of remarkshh- fine quality and colour. Prices on 

 application. — Kirkcaldy. Dec. 29. 



GLEiSNY'S IMPROVED BALSAM SEED, from 

 Double Flowers, 3 inches over. 8ix claseee, 37 stamps; 

 mixed, 13 stamps. Sealed packets only. Trade supplied. 



Geo. <; lrnny, Ful ham. 

 A few other s . \ % saved with eq ual care* 



NEW DOUBLE WHITE PETUNIA— " IMPERIAL " (TRUE). 



(CHARLES TURNER will be able to supply strong 

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

 variety, which is as double as an Oleander, and fragrant. Plants 

 3s-. 6d. each, with a considerable red in on to the trade if a dozen 

 are taken. C. T. begs particularly to recommend it, at it is not 

 only a novelty but also a valuable bedding plant. 

 Royal Nursery. Slough. 



NEW TUKNIP. 



WAITE S " ECLIPSE," PURPLE TOP YELLOW HYBRID 



TURNIP. 



n^HIS new and distinct variety is a hybrid between 



J- the Purple Top -wede and Purple Top Yellow Scotch 

 Turnip ; it possesses the properties of the Swede, and may be 

 sown much later. Coloured Drawings of this splendid Turnip 

 may be had on application, or may be seen at the principal Seed 

 Establishments throughout the kingdom. The Se«d can be 

 obtained ot all respectable Seedsmen, price 3«. per lb.— A liberal 

 allowance to the Trade. 



J. G. Watte. Seed Merchant, 181, High Holbom, London. 





GEORGE BAKER begs to announce his DESCRIP- 

 TIVE CA ALOGUE of AMERICAN PLANTS, ORNA- 

 MENTAL SHRUBS. FRUIT and FOREST TREES is now 

 ready, and may be had on application. 



American Nursery, Windlesham, near Bagshot, Surrey, seven 

 miles from Sta nes, Windsor Branch, South Western Railway, 

 where conveyance s may be had. 



I NEW CONIFER/E AND SPECIMEN EVERGREENS. 

 } ICHARD SMITH has a fine stock of all the best 



T Ornamental EVERGREEN TREES and SHRUBS for 

 f^ns, Shrubberies, or for single specimens.— Priced Lists will 

 geseat ^ap plication .—Nurs eries, St. John's, Worcester. 



R S ™* DARD AND DWARF TRAINED FRUIT TREES7~~ 

 aCHARD SMITH begs to inform the Trade and 



w t Jt, Pllbllc £ er, erally that he has a fine stock of flat and well 

 wined FRUIT TREES of all the best and most popular sorts 

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

 paces.— Priced Lists will be sent on application. 



____^_Nurseries, St. John's, Worcester. 



p £ARS CRAFTED ON THE QUINCE AS PYRAMIDAL 

 r SHAPED TREES. 



•J . t ND . FRAS£ R beg to announce that their 



noaf *L riced r ' ist of tn e above is now published, and may be had 

 T I eeona PP Nation. 



three vp» F ' ha J? 80,d a large number of these Trees for the last 

 in tha VT y 8 l T e recei ^ed numerous letters from gentlemen 



ae 8s Tha 7 8 P ea l kin ^ hi very high terms of their productive- 

 dencefnfK 7 °^? the ™ tor e recommend them with greater confi- 

 u <* to the notice of their friends and the public in general. 



Lea Bridge Road, Essex. 



FLOWER AND VEGETABLE afcEDb. 



TAMES CARTER and CO., Seedsmen, 238, Hich 



«J Holbom, London, have now published their TWENTY 

 FIRST ANNUAL CA1 ALOGUE OF FLO"ICULTURAL, 

 VEGETABLE, AND AGRICULTURAL SEEDS, acknow- 

 ledged to be the best Annual Catalogue of Seeds xtant. It gives 

 a complete description of 1979 species and variet s of FLOWER 

 SEEDS, and a most comprehensive list of VEG TABLE AND 

 AGRICULTURAL SEEDS., all ofwhichuin be t >plied and are, 

 as usual, of first-rate quality \ It also contains li *- of TEXAN, 

 INDIAN, AND CALIFORNIAN FLOWER SEEDS, forming, 

 in fact, the finest Collection c ' Seeds ever submitted a nyone time to 

 public notice. Catalogues forwarded free of charge and post paid 

 upon application. 

 James Carter & Co., See dsmen. 238 . High Ilnlhom. London. 



NEW AN f\j"u A L $ L K I fc 5. 



KENNEDY and KEMPTON'S Scientific, Com- 

 prehensive f and Unique CATALOGUE OF FLORl- 

 CULTURAL, VEGETABLE, AND AGRICULTURAL 

 SEEDS is now published, and can be had on application, free. 

 It will be found to comprise all the New and Rare Flower Seeds, 

 and the Selected List of the most approved Vegetable and Agri- 

 cultural Seeds ever extant. Prepared by Mr. Kkmpton, 15 years 

 with Mr. James Carter, of Holbom, lately deceased.— Address 

 Kennedy & Kempton, Bedford Conservatories, Covent Garden, 

 London, 



IffAITE'S DANIEL O'ROURKE PEAS.— The he* 



V f Early Pea in cultivation can be supplied in any quantity, 

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

 181, High Holbom, London. 



NEW EARLY PEA. 



COTTRELL'S SEBASTOPOL.— The earliest and 

 best Pea cultivated, price on application. Also the New 

 Early Wonder Pea, early as frames and wonderful cropper, large 

 pods. To be had only of Da we. Cottreix, & Brxham, 3, 

 Lawrenc e Ponnrnev I ie. and 36. Moorgate Street, Lon don . 



M XT E WEAR LY MARROW P E A S. 



- I xN Harrison's Glory (blue) & Harrison's Perfection (white.) 

 —These extraordinary P*as, 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 i*i flavour to Knight's Marrow. Samples of 

 the haulm may be s j en at the following firms in London, of whom 

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



Batt, Rutley, & Silvrrlock, 412, Strand. 



Beck, Hen-oerw, & Child, Middle Wharf, Adelphi. 



Hurst & M'Mn/i fn. 6, Leadenhall Street. 



Winter, Nash, & Nash, 53, Strand. 



Noble, Cooper, & Bolton, 152, Fleet Street 



Jacob Wrf.nch & Son*, 89 King William Bti 



B 



, City. 



Ghent 



VERsCHAFKELT, Nurseryman, 



ginm), begs to offer a NEW BIOTA, which is 



(Bel- 



quite 



DOUBLE ITALIAN TUBEROSE ROOTS, 

 4$. per dozen.— The annual importation of the above- 

 named beautiful and fragrant Flower has just been received, and 

 large and well selected Bulb? maj be obtained,, without dis- 

 appointment, at A. Cobbetts Foreign Warehouse, 18, Pall Mall. _^ 

 N.B. Printed regulations for treatment sent ; also, just arrived, The Work can be seen and obtained of his Agent, Mr K.Silbf.rbad- 

 iry moist and open Parmesan Cheeses. , 5, Harp Lane, Great Tower Street, London. Pnc 12*, a year. 



A. 



distinct from the others, i is warranted particularly hardy, 



BIOTA MELDENSIS, good plants £1 15 



„ very strong *2 10 



9 This fine Coniferous plant will be shortly figured in Ver- 

 schaffelt's " Illustra tion H >rticole. ,T 



A. V. also directs attention to his Journal L'lLLUSTRA 

 TION liORTICOLF. which is one of the best FloricuUural 

 works on the Continent. The. last Number (12th Number of the 

 second V, 1.) is out, anl contains: — 



1. Genetyllis tuHpifera. 



2. Kose Perpetual Pan;\ch£e d'Orleans. 



3. Clematis campaniflora. 



4. Dion edule (fruits of). 

 5 Dion edule ire in its natural country). 



very 



