THE 



GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



AND 



AGRICULTURAL 



GAZETTE 



Stamped Newspaper of Rural Economy and General News 



No. 2—1 Sol.] 



Horticultural Part 



SATURDAY, JANUARY 11. 



[Price Crf. 



Agricultural education 



— Phjaiology, D / Dr. Kemp, 

 ret 28 e 



Apples, select 24 e 



Arctic Yoyage, noticed 23 b 



Bird*. Br.tifth »on< 20 c 



Botanical Society of Edin- 

 burgh : c 



Cacti, to graft 83 a 



Calendar, Horticultural 24 a 



— Agricultural 29 b 



Calvert's (Mr.) pamphlet 25 c 



Camellia, culture of 21 c 



Cattle, food for 2S 6 



Chaff-cuttera 28 a 



Conservatories, construction of 19 a 



Dahlias, select 24 c 



Draiua<e Act 25 a— 27 6 



Education, agricultural 27 c 



Entomological Society 22 c 



Exhibition, Rreat building of .. 19 a 



1 arming, Mr. Mechi'a 28 b 



Farm accounts 27 e 



Pood, cattie 28 6 



Fossil tree, gigantic 24 a 



-Fountains, bird 22 a 



Gardens, winter 19 « 



— market., 20 6 



grafting 21 a-22 a 



Heatiug : t 22 a 



Home colonisation 26 e 



INDEX. 



27 c Horticultural meetings, Ameri- 

 can.... 23 e 



Hyde-park, budding in 19 a 



Laws affecting agriculture .... 25 e 



Market gardening 20 b 



Oat bruisers 28 a 



Pears, select , 24 e 



— to train 21 b 



Plants, effect of locality ou .... 22 e 



Poinsettia pulcherrima £2 b 



Potatoes, early 20 b 



Poultry houses 27 c 



— rearing 23 6 



Rain at Arundel 22 b 



— at Witham 22 6 



— at Cirencester 2S b 



Ranunculuses 24 c 



Roses, cont tuuouB bloomers. . . . 23 a 



Scale, to kill 22 6 



Smithfield show 17 o 



— market 27 e 



Tithe commutation 27 6 



Trees, to transplant 19 c 



— gigantic fossil 24 a 



Tussac Grass 23 a 



Victoria houses 19 a 



Vila gardening 21 6 



Vines, cure for bleeding in .... 22 a 



Weather, the , 29 6 



W]l mot (Mr.), death of 23 c 



Winter gardens 19 a 



ViCTORIA REGIA SEED. — Each seed, 5s.\ f^TAXWlCK NECTARINE— SALE of, in AID 



* The usual discount. ~ ~ - - - ~ 



At Locris Van Hoctte's Nursery, Ghent. 



(Free to London.) 





T^IR CONES. — A Gentleman desirous of completing 



-*- a collection of rare Cones, such as Araucaria, Crypto- 

 meria : Mexican, Californian, and Himalayan Pinus ; Picea, 

 Cedar, &c, would be glad to hear of any one willing to part 

 with them. No objections to the seeds being out if the Cones 

 are in a good state.— Direct to T. G. P., care of Mr. Wells, 



High nam court, Gloucester. r 



WATERER'3 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN 



PLANTS, &c. 



TTOSEA WATERER begs to announce his new 



^T7^ e8Criptiv * e CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN PLANTS, 

 COMFERS, ROSES, &c, is just published, and may be had 

 by enclosing two stamps for postage to Hosea Wateber, 

 Knap Hill Nursery, Woking, Surrey. 



t^ 3 Everybody who has any idea of planting the ensuing 

 autnm n should possess themselves of this Catalogue. 



]Yf ESS RS. STANDISH and NOBLE'S new de- 



t^r 8c "P tive CATALOGUE OF SELECT HARDY ORNA- 

 MENTAL PLANTS is just published, and may be had for four 

 postage stamps. Besides a Treatise on the cultivation of 

 American Plants, it contains a Plate and Description of the 

 Funebrai Cypress, Notices of Cephalotaxis Fortunii, Crypto- 

 meriajapoiuca, Quercus sclerophyila and inversa, Viburnum 

 plicatum and macrocephaluin, with many recent introductions 

 from the north of China, quite new to English gardens. 



Messrs. S. and N. take this opportunity of stating that they 

 give Designs for Laying : v Grounds and Plans for Im- 



provements ; also Estimates for all kinds of Planting, whether 

 ornamental or economic— Bagshot Nurseries, Jan. 11. 



J^ITCHELL'S 



ROYAL 



ALBERT RHUBARB 



rr^uf ™ V Proved itself to be the earliest, finest flavoured, and 

 most productive kind, as well as the best for early forcing, ever 



Xlnf?? 11 ' St 5 on * r00ts ' 12s ' P er d02en - Also Mvatt ? s Lin- 

 zuZ'll: ? er ^° Z f n L and Tictoria . »* Per dozen ; with usual 

 allowance to the trade. Post-office orders are requeued to 

 be made payable to William Mitchell ~ q 



FOR CHEAPNESS, QUALITY, DISPLAY', and 

 UTILITY, the following are strongly recommended, 



HOLLYHOCKS, No. 1, fine double named kinds, 



all shades of colour, per doz., 9s., or per 100, 21. 10s. HOLLY- 

 HOCKS, No. 2, for border display, very good, per doz , G$. , or 

 per 100, U. 105. These are selected from some hundreds of 

 seedlings, and may be confidently relied on. 



HERBACEOUS PLANTS.— Purchasers Selection, 



from List, per 100, M. 3s. 



W. May's selection, extra fine, No. 1, 21. 2s. per 100 ; 

 pi ,, really good, No. 2, U 10s. „ 



Having an immense stock they can be furnished at these low 

 prices. The collection extends over 700 sp-cies and varieties 

 selected from the choicest stocks in the country (regardless of 

 expense) for display, and warranted second to none. To meet 

 our customers in every way, we hope to be favoured with lists 

 of such plants as are already in tneir collections, that dupli- 

 cates of any article may not be sent where the selections are 



left to ourselves. 



FLOWERING SHRUBS AND ORNAMENTAL 



TREES.— The finest vars., purchaser's selection, from the list, 

 per 100, 31. S$. 



W. May's selection, No. 1, extra fine, per 100, 21. 2s. 

 m m No. 2, good kind*, ,, 11. 5s. 



This Nursery has long held high celebrity for possessing a 

 most splendid stock of flowering shrubs, extending over up- 

 wards of 600 species and varieties of the choicest kinds. Some 

 hundreds were selected by Mr. E. Kemp for the Park at 

 Birkenhead ; and for correctness of naming, quality, and 

 health, not excelled by any. 



To gentlemen forming Arboretums, or making extensive 

 Ornamental shrubberies, this is an opportunity seldom offered. 



COMMON LAURELS, 1£ to 2 feet, per 1000, 41. ; or per 100, 

 10s., fine healthy stuff; 2 to 3 feet, bushy, extra fine, per 1000, 

 51.— per 100, 15s. 



GOOSEBERRIES, all the finest Lancashire show 



sorts, i^r 1000, 41 , in 100 varieties, or per 100, 10*., in 50 varie- 

 ties ; the stock extends over 30,000, and is very fine and h althy. 



CURRANTS— White, Red, and Black, including 



Black Nap'es, per 100, 10s., fine. 



Fruit and Forest Trees, fine, and equally low, and of the 

 most approved kinds, warranted true. 



Kitchen and Flower-garden Seeds, of the best quality, very 

 cheap. 



Greenhouse and Stove Plants, a splendid stock, at low prices. 

 Catalogues on application gratis. 



Orders (except lor Forest Trees), above bl, will be delivered 

 carriage free, or allowed to London or within 150 miles of the 

 Nurseries.— Address, Willuk Mat, Hope Nurseries, Leeming- 

 lane, Bedale, Yorkshire. Post-office orders should be ma<?e 

 payable on Bedale to J<>io May. 



^ of the FUNDS of the GARDENERS' BENEVOLENT 

 SOCIETY. 



Circumstances have rendered it necessary to modify |fej in- 

 tentions expressed at p. 67(5 of the Gardeners* Chronicle, respect- 

 ing the Stanwick. Nectabine. Upon examining the young 

 plants in Mr. Rivers's hands, it turns out that the number fit 

 lor sale is much smaller than was anticipated, and that there 

 is a considerable difference in their quality. App Lcaota are 

 moreover anxious to obtain their plants without loss of time, 

 and without waiting for the chance of an auction which cannot 

 take place, to the advantage of the charity, sooner than next 

 spring. It has therefore been resolved to set aside the finest 

 plants for sale at irom 4 to 5 guineas each, and to dispose of 

 others at 3 guineas each. Such as are un-old in the spring if 

 there should be any left, will be brought to the hammer as'at 

 first proposed. 



Of the selected specimens, some are beautiful plants in pots 

 budded on the Peach stock, and covered with blossom-buds so 



-om 

 buds ; for these 4 guineas are required. Gentlemen desirous of 

 aiding the excellent charity to whose funds the produce of tha 

 sale of these plants will be applied, by order of his Grace the 

 Duke of Northumberland, are requested to apply to Mr. William 

 Brailsfobd, 31, Ue-ent-strect, London, giving their exact ad- 

 dresses, and stating by what conveyance the plants are to be 

 transmitted from the station at Harlow, on the Cambridge line 

 of the Eastern Counties Railway, where they will be delivered 

 without further charge. It is requested that Post-office orders 

 may be made payable to Mr. William Brailsford, who, upon 

 their receipt, will return an order upon Mr. Rivers for the 

 transmission of the plants. 



Applications will be complied with in the exact order in which, 

 they are received, and due notice will be given when the five 

 guinea and four guinea plants are exhausted. 



May we be permitted to express a hope, that although no 

 pecuuiary profit can be derived by nurserymen from a sale 

 whose proceeds go to a charitable use, yet that they will, never- 

 theless, endeavour to make known, within the circle of their 

 customers, the terms on which the Stanwick Nectarine may 

 now be procured. , 



Post-office, Enfield. Middlesex. 



Enfield Highway, 



J> ENE LANGELIER, Nurseryman and Florist, 



bera to off °r t? f'? 6ry ' St * Helier > Jerse ^ Channel Islands, 



Ieurrf Mite? " e T PEAIiS ' of the fi «* merit • 



this valnSL v P AIRE A GEAlj » baring the name of the raiser of 

 a^I^ »*i»g. and 



fHP B «™u ? D '^ HI J ER -T Also lar S e > and*eeps till April, P er- 



^/n RR P ^f JS t W nd S? at ^^ Price 5,. P ,P ° 

 BEURRE >, ANT A IS.— The earliest Pear known excellent 

 and great bearer. Price 2s. 6d. ' exceuent » 



^ItaIa 1 ??* R ,' L * Can 8tron ^ , y recommend. None will be for- 

 c?shorreUtr^ COrres ^ Qdents «*pt °» the receipt°of 



„^ NEW FA CY D HLl^-'MRS, WILLKS." 



UDWARD LIDDI. ID, Hungerford, Berks (the 



x ~-f raiser of "Miss Con oh," which gave such universal 

 satisfaction last season) is ding out roots of the above fine 



F u U A y \ D * hli!l to the trude . at U. 3j. each. Colour, blush, 

 shaded oft co the margin wtth maroon, full and constant in its 

 marking. Height, 3 feet Cinches. Plants in May, 7s. Cd.~ 

 Address as above, or to Mr. E . Spaby, Florist, Brighton. 



AJEW RANUNCULUS ROOTS^ a choice selection, 



-L^ containing edged, spotted, striped, and superb self- 

 colours, which have gained upwards of 40 first prizes, are offVred 

 in one mixture at 2 Is. per 100 ; the best old named varieties, 

 at 6s. per 100. Maybe had at 6, Leadenhall-stre t, London- 



or of Samuel Walters, Nurseryman, <Lc, Hilperton, Trowl 

 bridge, Wilts. 





RosES. 





A DAM PAUL and SON beg to inform their friends 



c aod the P«bHc in general that they have still a good stock 

 of most of the leading kinds of ROSES, which, when the selec 

 tiou is left to them, they offer on the following advantageous 



THE NEW EARLY SWEET-KERNELLED KaISHA 



APRICOT, 



MESSRS. VEITCH and SON 'feel much confidence in 

 bringing into public notice the above valuable new Syrian 

 Apricot, sent to this country by the late John Barker, Esq., of 

 Suedia, the gentleman by whom the valuable Stanwick Nec- 

 tarine was introduced. Having obtained the entii » Stock, they 

 are now prepared to send out a limited numhtr of healthy 

 Young Trees at the following prices, and solicit the favour of 

 early orders, which will ensure good trees and meet with im- 

 arediate attention,; #- 



Healthy one eai Id Tree . 2U.M.') 



one ; ir t d ... 1 J5- S package include:. 



two ye ir trained ... -U^J j 



A few. elm fly half standards and standards. 

 In offering the above valuable ue \ early Apricot for sa'c, 

 Messrs. Vjeitcii and Son beg to refer to the description given by 

 Dr. LtNDLtT, in ihe "Jounal of the Londou Horticultural 

 Society" for July, 1849, from which the following extract is 

 given : 



k " The fruit semi-transparent, roundish 5| inches, in circum- 

 ference, skm s'ightly dowuy, pale citrou-colourtd where shaded, 

 tinged and marked with red next the sun. Flesh tender, juicy, 

 of a clear citron colour, parting freely from the atone, sugary 



and delicious, like w^ell refined lumo sugar combined with 

 Api icot flavour ; stone- small, roundirb ; kernel sweec like a nut. 

 A valuable early variety tor the dessert, and probably excellent 

 for preserving ; if it be employed for this purpose, the trans- 

 parency of its flesh will exhibit a new feature amongst Apricot 

 preserves. Sodjc of the fruits have ripened as early as the 12 ch 

 of July, and on the same wall at the time were Moorpark and 

 Turkey Apricots perfectly green and hard." 

 Exeter, Jan. 1351. 



M I T r ^^ LL ' s . MATCHLESS winter pars- 



'-"vltJjir, Lxtra Superior for Garnishing,— J M having * 



iSftoS^ S r y ' ^ Per lb/ A^beial aUow! 

 Job» v^L?, See 2 9m ? D --£°*t-Office Orders made payable to 

 ^MMitcheli,, Po nder'a Ead, Enfield. Middlesex. W m * t0 



G. WAITE'S 



one 



• SEEm « CATALOGUE of VEGETABLE 



can be-Kn appSnf 7 ' ^ ^ * 8UU *• thnes > and 

 181, High Holborn, London. 



• G - WAITFSCATALOGUEof FLOWER SEEDS 



181, Hllffiftft^iS" ^ had ° n ^^^ 



S\°4 H b °USE"^WARFT BEAN, new, 



and e c\ P n\ e b f ad S ^ n Ck ^ n Thi « is the earliest Bean 'known 

 J. G. WaitU* 8eU f!?/w 9 K antIty ' ppice 2l5 ' P er bushel.-At 

 Where every oth er ufud^f'^T 1 ?'' ,8 V High h ^opo, London, 

 better term^s ^^^&XS^X * ^ " 



MttcWa Albert/ 9 P , er De d r° Z H ; Mj A att T 8 Linnseu ^ 9s. per'doz. ; 



blishment, 181, High ifoibo™"'^^' G ' VVaITE ' 8 Seed Esta - 

 n to a iTrr^i,^ — j^oorn, London. 



KJ per 100- M«tf.i.,... AiU{> ' 





terms 



Standard Roses, in 12 superior vars., I85. to 24s. per doz 

 Dwarf Standard do. do. 12s. to IS*. „ 



Climbing Roses do. ds. to 12^ „ 



A priced descriptive Catalogue forwarded on ret pt of 

 postage stamp. w 



All packages delivered free of carriage to London. 

 Nu rseries, Cheshunt, Herts, Jan. 11. 



]\J URSERY CATALOGUES.— ThifoUowing priced 



j- 2 Catalogues may be obtained from the Cheshunt Nurseries 

 free by post, on receipt of one postage stamp. ■ 



A. Descriptive Catalogue of Hoses. 



Catalogue of Hardy Ornamental Trees and Shrubs. 



Fruit Trees. 



Hardy Herbaceous Plants. 

 Forest Trees. 

 Greenhouse Plants, «fcc. 

 _, . Agiicultural, Garden, and Flower Seeds. 



The prices are attached to every article. All packages 



delivered free of carriage to London. 

 Adam Pa ox and Son , Nurseries, Cheshunt, Herts. 



^CTSEEDSM^ 



J- GENUINE 1SEW SEEDS. 



Early Horn Carrot, selected 



B. 

 C. 



D. 

 E. 



F. 



G. 



N.B. 



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NEW EARLY PEAS, <fcc. 



O ASS and BROWN have a very fine Stock of the 



*-* undermentioned early Seeds, which they are enabled to 

 offer a: the following low prices :— Per quart.— «. d. 

 PEAS, Taylor's new Prolific, very early, hardy, and pro- 

 ductive, sent out by Barnes 



Essex Champion, hardy and very productive 



Danecroft Kival, very early 



Bishop's new Lon«-pod, great bearer ... 

 Early Warwick, Early Frame 

 Early Emperor, very early and hardy 

 Fairbeard's Champion of England 

 BEANS, Long-pod and Windsor 

 RADISH, early Short top Salmon 

 Wood's new early Scarlet ... 

 Their Wholesale List of Prices of the above and all other 

 description of Seeds will be forwarded on application. 

 Seed and Horticultural Establishment, Sudbury, Suffolk. 





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 * RW P 1 a \th n^-~ £!LiL^?™> London. 



. At J. G. Wai«- , sLd F*h£r \ PLA ^TS, 8,. per 100. 



London. TE s &€ed Establishment, 181, High Holborn, 



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Long Surrey Carrot 

 White Belgian Carrot 

 Selected Altringham do. 

 Improved Jersey Marrow 



Parsnip 



Drumhead Cabbage 

 Yellow Globe Mangold Wurzel 

 Lucerne (imported) 

 Skirving's Swede 



RENfi LANGELIER, of the Clarendon Nursery, St. 

 Heiier, Jersey, be^s to draw the attention of the Public 



Ringwood Marrow Peas [fine 

 Queen of Eng'and Peas, very 

 Brussels Sprouts, grown from 

 fre>h imported seed 



Fine stock green curled Savoy wm „„..«., v «„ 



Cole's superb dwarf red Celery I factionTor'sev'eral Years, 



Mignonette 



Mixed Sweet Peas 



True Italian Rve-grass. 



True Ash-leaf Kidney Potatoes 



JOHN SUTTON and SONS, Reading, having grown rather 

 more than they will require of the above-named articles, beg 

 to offer them to the trade, as being fine stocks, which they can 

 confidently recommend. Low Prices will be fftem in reply to 

 applications anting quantities required. 



to his still unrivalled collection of PEAR TREES, not yet sur- 

 passed in Europe, in which will be found ail the very best 

 varieties, insured for the season required. Trees may be had 

 already formed, either pyramidal or for espalier, in unusually 

 fine and healthy condition, such as will give the mo-t ample 

 satisfaction to both purchaser and R. L. The price has been 

 much reduced, and the quantity of trees R, L. possesses 

 enables him to supply the trade with guaranteed sorts equal to 

 any house on the Continent, having given the greatest satis- 

 Foreign correspondents will find a 



very great advantage if the selection is left to R. L., as they 

 will be cheaper, and none but the best sorts will be supplied. 



R. L/s Descriptive Catalogue, which has been found the 

 best and most correct yet publuhed, is only to be had at his 

 Nursery, Jersey, price Is. 6c/., and 6d. extra for postage. 



A very great reduction has been made in the transit by 

 steamers to all parts of England, so that It, L. can supply trees 

 cheaper than any other grower. 



A fine collection of Roses, Camellias, and yellow Picotees. 



