







THE 



GARDENERS 



5 



CHRONICLE 



AND 



AGRICULTURAL 



GAZETTE 



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



No. 4—1851.] 



INDEX. 





Atrip*** hortensis il * 



Beaui for cattle 61 * 



Birds, British *ong 43 a 



Btef kt American M • 



lordtn, fruit-tree 64 b 



Botanical Society of Edin. 



burgh ■ 55 b 



Brickm^kers, hiotto 54 a 



Calendar, Horticultural 56 a 



— Agricultural 61 * 



Cattle. bree<: in ir fat 60 b 



— Beans for : 61 b 



Dairy management 60 a 



Drainage Act 58 a 



Farming, Scotch and English.. 57 c 



Food, Beans as 61 b 



Fruit-tree borders 54 6 



Gardening, market 53 c 



Geranium at sea 55 b 



Grafting b?, b 



Grubber, Scoular*s improved.,.. 53 6 

 Halesworth Farmers' Club .... 60 c 



Li one an Societv 55 a 



Manure, experiments with 57 a 



Market gardening 53 e 



Moss, Carrigeen ............... 60 6 



Mulshing M • 



Oracle 51 « 



Osiers ..' W« 



Plants, mVarpflnn of nitrftgfa by 55 a 



— thawing froien 53 e 



— mulingaraong 55 a 



— seaside 54 e 



Poultry, to pinion 60 b 



Rabbit keeping 60 a 



Rain at Boznor 53 a 



— in Dumfriesshire* 55 a 



Raspberries ripe 55 c 



Ro«e, Ma-an-ga 55 e 



Royal Bot. Garden Edinburgh 56 e 

 Saintfoin, influence of saline 



matters on 59 a 



Seeds, packets of bib 



Sheep, to feed 61 b 



Soil, effect* of mulching 54 6 



Sprotbro* Farmers' Club........ 61 a 



St^am eugine boilers 60 b 



Timber, to prps»rve 54 e 



Tours, agricultural , 61 • 



Vegetables, to earth up 54 a 



Wau horn, Lieutenant... 54 c 



Weather, the 61 e 



AMERICAN PLANTS . 



JOHN WATERER'S CATALOGUE of Hardy Rho- 

 dodendrons, Azalea*, Roses, <fec, may be obtained gratis od 

 application. It describes the colour of every Rhododendron 

 worthy of cultivation, thus affording purchasers every facility 

 in making- selections. He has many thousands of Rhododen- 

 dron ponticum iu sizes very suitable for planting immediately 

 into Game Preserves, very healthy bushy stuff, price bl. t 7&. 10s., 

 and 102. per 1000. 



The American Nursery, Bagshot, Surrey, near F irnborough 

 Station, South- Western Railway, and three miles from Black- 

 water, South-Eastern Railway. 



TO GENTLEMEN, GARDENERS. AND OTHERS. 



ORANGE and LEMON TREES.— Any private 

 grower having f >ur Orange and two Lemon Trees to dis- 

 pose of, 8 or 10 feet in height, with clean stems, good heads, 

 and in a healthy condition (by stating price), may hear of a 

 purchaser by applying to Mr. Roberts, Gardener, Raby Castle. 

 Raby Castle, Darlington, Jan 25. 



DOUBLE ITALIAN TUBEROSE ROOTS.— The 

 Bulbs of this most beautiful and fragrant Flower have 

 been just received from Italy, at A. COB RETT'S Old-esta- 

 blished Italian Warehouse, 18, Pall-mall ; tbey are warranted 

 double, and large and choice roots of which are selected at 4s. 

 per dozen. N.B. — Orders by post punctually attended to. 



^EW KITCHEN GARDEN SEEDS.— Warranted 



-*^ Excellent quality. Carriage Free! (See below). £ s. d. 

 No. 1. Complete collection of 20 quarts of the newest 



and most prolific Peas, with all other Seeds in 



proportion, for one year's supply 

 No. 2. Complete collection, in smaller quantities 

 No. 3, ditco ditto ditto 



No. 4. ditto ditto ditto _____ 



A List of the kinds furnished in the above collections 

 will be found in our Price Current and Garden- 

 Directory, which can still be had on application. — See 

 Gardeners' Chronicle, Jan. 4, 1851, backpage. 



\* All Seed Orders above 21. delivered Free of Carriage to 

 any Station on the Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, or South 

 Devon Railways ; or to Cork, Dublin, or Belfast, by steamers. 



Apply to William E. Rendle & Co , 



Seed Merchants Plymouth. 

 N.B. — All the New Vegetable and Flower Seeds advertised 

 from time to time in this Paper can be obtained from us, at 

 the regular current prices. 



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SPLENDID NEW HARDY DIANTHUS.— " DIANTHUS 



REIDIL" 



JREID begs to state that he has succeeded in 

 • saving a small quantity of the seed of his new Dianthus. 

 The flower of this magnificent plant is from 3 to 4 inches in 

 diameter, the colour is bright scarlet, laced with wh ; te. From 

 the middle of May till the end of August this gem of the flower- 

 garden is perhaps without a rival. J. R. is also sending out a 

 small quantity of choice Polyanthus seed, which he can with 

 confidence recommend. 



Dianthus eeed.ls. per packet. Polyanthus seed,6d. per packet. 

 On the receipt of penny postage stamps to the amount, one or 

 both will be sent free to any part. 



J. Reid, Seedsman, <fcc. 

 Richmond-street, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset. 



HORTICULTURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SEED ESTA- 

 BLISHMENTS, MAIDSTONE. AND ADJOINING THE 

 W SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY STATION, ASHFORD. 

 M. JAS. EPPS begs to state that he has taken 

 the Nursery and Seed-growing business late in the occu- 

 pation of Mr. James Cutbush, Sen., adjoining the Railway 

 station, Ashford, where he is making extensive alterations for 

 carrying on the above business, in conjunction with his 

 nursery and Seed Establishment, Maidstone. The proximity 

 L.i l OI C business to the Romney Marsh (which is the 



kin?dL^ »*u y fa _, ih Sl beftt seed-growing district in the 

 n ffnf?^' m! 1 1 enable him t0 offer man J advantages ; great 



to W tte? kind ^ ln SeleCdn * and ****** the •***■ true 

 frnrn an V ipaAo ft," n . ow P re P*red to receive commissions 

 Zlft thu '!! pectab,e who1esal e bouse. The price*, per con- 

 EoTunon /hU TV ex . ceedin ^ low, and any further informa- 



wnoirie £5 r S e U t SisT o? **£* "*** aPPllCati ° n ' *° ** 



SeId'/*wMnh a l a large and *Plendid stock of the following 

 rices Ir™ h , e K Can wan ! an t to any extent, and at very low 

 kirv^ satisfactory reference- 



KoW Twnr^i ur P^ ° P n Wede ' ^in^ Purple-top Swede, Man- 

 Peas TmnlrL v lt f S^Sf* Parsnl ?' Champion of England 

 CabbW of •:2^ t0ri 5 ¥? rr _? w ' BLuePrusaian, Broccoli, and 



ctSfrJi ♦ T 8 ; , Koh l Rabi and bustard. All seeds 

 carnage paid to London.— Jan. 25. 



SATURDAY, JANUARY 25. 



[Price 6d. 



SUTTON'S LETTUCES AND CUCUMBERS. 



JOHN SUTTON and SONS, Seed Growers, Reading, 



J Berks, have much pleasure in referring their triends to the 

 description of their superior sorts of Lettuces, given by the 

 Iditor of the Gardeners' Chronicle, in March last, which will 

 be seen in Messrs. Sutton's advertisement on the last page of 

 the present Number of this Paper ; as also the following extract 

 from a letter just received : 



From Mr. Smithers. Head Gardener to the Earl of Carnarvon, 



High Clere, near Newbury. 



"Messrs. Sutton and Sons.— Gentlemen,— I have grown all 

 the sorts of Cucumbers which I have 6een advertised, but the 

 1 Conqueror of the West' is far before any other in my estima- 

 tion. I have now grown it several years, and intend to grow 

 none other this season. Your Lettuce, too, is excellent, and 

 certainly I have never seen any sort so large. I have observed 

 that it is not so apt to run to seed as others, which renders it 

 very valuable in hot dry summers and for autumn use." 



N.B. —These Seeds will be sent free by post on receipt of 

 postage stamps in payment, according to the prices named in 

 the advertisement ab^ve referred to, . 



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HEATHS AND OTHER PLANTS FOR EXHIBITION. 



WILLIAM JAMES EPPS begs to state that he has 

 for sale the finest Stock of Young HEATHS and other 

 Greenhouse and Stove Plants possible, which will make 

 splendid specimens in a short time. The superior character 

 of Plants sent out from this Establishment is justly admitted 

 by all who have purchased. The magnificent specimens of 

 Heaths, <fcc., exhibited by him last seas mi at the Exhibitions at 

 Chiswick and the Royal Botanic Gardens, London, where he 

 received the highest awards, fully justify the foregoing remarks. 

 Strong bushy Plants can be had at the following low prices, 

 exclusive of packing, carriage paid to London : 



100 fine varieties of £ s. 



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Heaths 

 50 ditto ditto 

 25 ditto ditto 

 100, including all the 



finest varieties of 



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 50 ditto ditto 



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100 fine vars. of Stove £ $. d. 

 and Greenhouse 

 Plants 



50 ditto ditto 

 25 ditto ditto 

 100 newest and finest 

 vars. of ditto 

 50 ditto ditto 

 25 ditto ditto 



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All the new leading kinds of Geraniums and Cinerarias 12s. 

 to 21 s. per doz. 



Catalogues of the above may be had on application. 

 Bower Nurseries, Maidstone.— Jan. 25th, 1851. 



MESSRS. STANDISH and NOBLE'S new de- 

 scriptive 0\TALOGUE 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 

 Funebral Cypress, Notices of Omphalotaxis Fortunii, Crypto- 

 meria japonica, Quercus sclerophylla and inversa, Viburnum 

 plicatum and macmcephalum, with mauy 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 out New G unds an d i'laus for Im- 

 provements ; also Estimates for all km ' »f Planting", whether 

 ornamental or economic. — Bagshot Nurseru-, Jan. 2-3. ^f 



ITCHELL'S ROYAL ALBERT RHUBARB 



has proved itself to be the earliest, finest flavoured, and j 

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

 yet grown. Strong roots, 12$. per dozen. Also My&tt's Lin- 

 Ettiftf, V2s. per dozen; and Victoria, 9j. per dozen ; with usual 

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

 be made payable to William Mitchell, Enfield Highway, 



Post-office, Enfield, Middlesex. 



\/i ITCHELL'S MATCH LESS WINTER PARS- 



i-*A LEY, Extra Superior for Garnishing. — J. HT. having a 

 quantity of new Seed to dispose of, can highly recommend it to 

 Market and Gentlemen s Gardener* as tne hardiest and best 

 winter sort ever produced. R til price, 2s. 6d. per lb. Also, 

 his superior dark-green Savov, Is. 6d. per lb. A liberal allow- 

 ance made to Seed •< men. — Po^t- Office Orders made payable to 

 Joiim Mitchell, Ponder's End, Enrleld, Middlesex. 



G, WAITE'S CATALOGUE of VEGETABLE 



SEEDS£is now Ready, with Prices to suit the times, and 

 can be had on application. 

 181, High Holborn, London. 



JG.WAlT&SCATALOGU^oTFLOWERSEEDS 

 • is also Ready, and can be had on application. 

 181, High Holborn, London. 



S TON-HOUSE DWARF FRENCH BEAN, new, 

 early, buff speckled. This is the earliest Bean known, 

 and can be had in any quantity, price 21s. per bushel. — At 

 J. G. Waite's Seed Establishment, 181, High Holborn, London, 

 where every other kind of Seed in cultivation can be had, on 

 better terms than at any other House in the Trade. 



RHUBARB ROOTSTRUE TO NAME— Myatt's 

 Victoria, 6s. per doz \ Myatt's Linnaeus, 9$. per doz. ; 

 Mitchell's Albert, 9s. per doz.— At J. G. Waite's Seed Esta- 

 blishment, 181, High Holborn, London. 



STRAWBERRY PLANTS.— Kidey's Goliah, 10s. 

 per 100; My att'a Eleanor, 4s per 100.— At J. G. Waite's 

 Seed Establishment, 181. Hiirh Holborn London. 



NEW GIANT ASPARAGUS l>LANTS,5s.per 100. 

 LARGE GIANT SEAKALE PLANTS, 83. per 100. 

 At J. G. Waite's Seed Establishment, 181, High Holborn, 

 London. 



AN UNLIMITED STOCK OF REMARKABLY FIXE SEED- 

 LING AND TRANSPLANTED LARCHES AT REDUCED 

 PRICES. 



ROSES. 



ADAM PAUL and SON beg to inform their friends 

 and the public in general that they have still a good stock 

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

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



terms : 



Standard Roses, in 12 superior vars., 18s. to 24s. per doz. 



Dwarf Standard do. do. 12*. to 18*. 



Climbing Roses do. $s. to Vis. 



A priced descriptive Catalogue forwarded on receipt of one 

 postage stamp. 

 All packages delivered free of carriage to London. 



Nurseries, Cheshunt, Herts, Jan. 25. _________ - _. 



NURSERY CATALOGUES.— The following priced 

 Catalogues may be obtained from the Cheshunt Nurseries, 

 free by post, on receipt of one postage stamp. 

 A. Descriptive Catalogue of Rosea. 



Catalogue of Hardy Ornamental Trees and Shrubs. 



Fruit Trees. 



Hardy Herbaceous Plants, 

 Forest Trees. 

 Greenhouse Plants, dec. 

 Agricultural, Garden, and Flower Seeds. 

 The prices are attached to every article. All packages 



delivered free of carriage to London. 

 AniM Paul and Son, Nurseries, Cheshunt, H erts. 



ASS and BROWN'S DESCRIPTIVE PRICED 



CATALOGUE of SEEDS is now ready, being a part of 

 their ANNUAL SEED and PLANT LIST, which will shortly 

 be complete, aad forwarded as a newspaper, free by post. The 

 Parts now ready mav be had together f .r a penny stamp, viz. : 



Part I. FLOWER SEEDS, containing a scale of 



priced selections of 422 of the new and most approved sorts, 

 with colour, height, hardiness, duration, price of each packet, 

 and other useful information. 



Part II. VEGETABLE SEEDS, with priced scale 



of collections, time of sowing each description of Vegetable, 

 and price of each variety, with heights of Peas, and other 

 descriptive information. 



Part III. AGRICULTURAL SEEDS, containing 



also much useful and descriptive information. 



Part IV. ROOTS. FRUITS, and BULBS for early 



planting. 



Part V., as far as complete, contains a scale of prices 



of our choice selections of plants, aud the principal part of our 

 descriptive list of Geraniums. 



Seed and Hortic ultural Establishment" . Sudbur y, Suffolk. 



NEW DWARF OtilMSON SEEDED BEAN, 

 Alias Feve Tbes Natne Rouge, Naine R »uge. 



AGE and CO., Seed Merchants, &c, to the Ilortij 



cultural and Agricultural Society of Western In i 1, 

 38, Oxford-street, and 5*, Above Bar, Southampton, have to 

 offer a few packets of the above excellent Bean, at \s. Gd. each, 

 so highly reconlmended in the Qardcnerg* Chronic'e of Feb. 9, 

 1850. The earli^-t and most dwarf 1 \ all the sores of Beans, 

 stems scarcely attaining a f t in height, bearing profusely, 

 pols about 3 mc .ength. generally well hll*d. The seed, 



when dry, is crimsu. ., nearly the Biz* r f the L >ng-pod # It 

 might be grown in rows, from 12 to 15 1 c s apart. 



New r ld«n P h«,st late variety known), 2s. Gd, per 



quart; Pagb's Goiiah uitto, 2s. Gd per quart. 



Calceolaria, Cineraria, and Geranium, saved from the fines: 

 named s »rts, Is per packet ; 12 pickets of Hardy Annuals, Is. 



Our detailed Priced LWt of Seeds may bd hEd gratis, upon 



application. 

 N.B. Gardeners' and Land Stewards' Registry Office. No 



charge except Postage 



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42s. to GQs. 

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THE PLANTING SEASON.— WOODLANDS NUKs-RY, 

 M AKBSFItfLD, NEAR UeKKl tfivi>. &U8&BX. 



M. WOOD and SON having still on hand a very- 

 extensive and superior stock of ROSES, will be happy to 

 supply collections as under (the selection oi sorts being left 

 to themselves). The plants are remarkably strong and healthy, 

 and none but first-rate kinds will be sent. 



ROSES. 

 Extra tall Standards, budded with from 3 to 6 best 



varieties on a stem 



Extra superior selected Standards 



Fine D waifs and Dwarf Standards 



Superb do. do. (for exhibition) 



Fine Dwarfs, on own roots, in 50 varieties, per 100 



Good do. do. without names, per 100 30s. 



N.B. A liberal quantity of plants will be given over With 

 each o rder. Cata logues fiee on application. 



SEEDS OF THE BEST QUALITY, CARRIAGE FREE. 



C. WHEELER and SON have had the honour of 



being appointed Seedsmen to the Gloucestershire Agri- 

 cultural Association. Their Priced List of Seeds for this 

 season is just ready, and will be forwarded free by post to any 

 address on receipt of two postage stamps. This Catalogue is 

 not a long list of useless names ; it is really what it professes 

 to be, a List of the best Seeds in cultivation, and wiil be found 

 a safe guide to all purchasers. 



Dr. Lindley, iu the Gardeners 9 Chronicle, of the 2d March 

 last, strongly recommends it in the following terms : 



" THE CATALOGUE OF SEEDS SOLD BY J. C. WHEELER 



AND CO., GLOUCESTER, appears to us to deserve notice, 



because of the stand which its authors make, in common with 



ourselves and others, against the useless, incomprehensible 



Seed Lists of the day. In this, as in ail matters of taste, there 



will be a difference of opinion as to the relative qualities of 



varieties ; yet the mass of buyers who have no fancies, but who 



dislike being perplexed, and are satisfied with what is excel- 



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-r-_v*/r \\rnr\r\ C a\t v. • l « i,^u^-- ^nt. will crreatly prefer a short select Seed List to an intermin- 



X\f M. WOOD and SON, being very extensive holders m » W1AX s ic * v J f 



VY of the above, and all other kmd* of seedling and trans- Me labyrinth of names, which, for the most part, represent 

 planted Forest trees, will be happy to furnish prices on nonentities or rubbish. Messrs. WHEELER'S little book will 



ar x? H o ati £ U : 1 _-*_-_._,-« --_-L-.it J do something to satisfy their expectations." 



N.B. Catalogues of Vegetable. Flower, and Agricultural uu DU * * r t 



Seeds, also of Nursery Stock, will bo forwarded free. J. C. Wheeler and Son deliver their i^eeda Carriage I bee. 



Woodlands Nursery, Mareaneld, near Uckfield, Sussex, J Kingsholm Nursery ; and 9D, Nurthgate-street, Gloucester. 



