THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



approved *orta of Culiuarj Vegetables in cultiva ion. 

 extensive collection of Flower Seeds, including the 



Also an 

 extensive collection of Flower Seeds, including the imported 

 German kind*, with descriptions, stating the proper time for 

 sowing, hardiness, duration, beighr, time of flooring, and the 

 colour of each, with much other useful Information. Tue col- 

 lections of speeds sent out last year b- S. F. and Co. having 

 eiven general satisfaction, they agaiu offer hem *s under. 



VEGETABLE SE£D s._ Cabeiage Free. 



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prove the grown of each kind before we send them out. 

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FLOWER SEEDS— Carriage or Postage Free. 

 100 of the most select hardy, half hardy, and green- 

 house kinds, 1 packet of each 

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25 Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. 



Hardy kinds separate, per dozen packets 

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The kiods and quantities contained in each collection are 

 stated in the Catalogue. — We have constant communication by 

 Railway and Steamboat with all parts of th* kingdom. — A 

 remittance or reference is required from unknown correspond- 

 ents. — Nursery and Seed Establishment, Gateshead, New- 

 castle- upon- Tyne. 



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CUf.UMBER— "PHENOMENA." 



EDWARD TILEY begs to offer to Cucumber- 

 growers generally the above superb CUCUMBEli, which 

 he feels confident will give the greatest satisfaction to them, 

 as did the former kinds sent out by him during the last seven 

 years, being Victory of Bath, Gordon's White Spine, and Lord 

 Keynon% Favourite. 



The above splendid Cucumber, u Phenomena," was a hybrid- 

 between Hamilton's Black Spine and Mills's Jewess, which it 

 surpasses, both for its prolific qunlities and length of fruit, 

 generally growing from 2l to 28 iuches. It is a beautiful black 

 spine, of a dark green colour, and free from ribs or shrivels; 

 it also grows quickly, carries its boom well, and will be found 

 first-rate for exhibition. As a proof of Its prolific qualities 

 and length, the following may be vouched for, viz. : — There 

 were cut fr«m two plants, grown in a oue-light box, the size of 

 which was 4 feet by 6, 24 brace of Cucumbers, each fruit aver- 

 aging 22 inches long— total length of the whole amounting to 

 29 yards 1 foot. It is solid, and eats very crisp. Sold in 

 packets containing seven seeds. 5s. ; or three seeds, 2s. 0d. 



E. T. has also seed of his three other superb Cucumbers at 

 the foJ lowing prices : 



Victory of Bath, per packet 2s 



Gordon's White Spine, ditto 1 



Lord Keynon's Favourite, ditto ... ... 2 



This last is the best for winter cultivation. 



MELONS. 

 BROMHAM HALL GREEN-FLESH MELON.— This has 

 again tins season surpassed all others for its superior flavour • 

 ic was placed first and second for flavour at the Chiswick Ex- 

 hibition last season, and obtained a great number of first 

 prizes throughout the country where exhibiied. Sold in 

 packets at Is. 6d. each. 



E. T. has also seeds of the following superb Melons, which 

 lie can with confidence recommend : 



Camerton Court Green-flesh 



Queen Melon 



Blackali's Green-flesh 



Bailey's Green-flesh... 



Bowood Green-flesh... 



Beechwood Green-flesh 



Windsor Prize ditto... 



Emperor 



Fleming's Trentham Hybrid 



Duncan's Green-flesh do. Improved 



Hampton Court Greei-flesh 



Egyptian do. do. Improved ... x v 



Any quantity ot the above will be sent postage free "to anv 

 J"uS^S° f Bpa,NOfltefl order, or th P e aoLtta penny 7 



QTANVVICK NECTARINE-SALE op, in AID 



SOCIETY. E FUND ' S OF THE GARDNERS' BENEVOLENT 

 Circumstances have rendered it necessary to modify thd fa. 



K°h n /5 ipregSei1 \ l P - 676 0i the Oardeneri' Chronicle* respect- 

 ing the bTANwicK Nectarine. Up n examining ihl S 



ior sale is much waller than was anticipated, and that there 

 is a considerable difference in their quality. ' Applicants are 

 moreover anxious to obtain their plams ^ithouUoss o^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 as.de the finest 

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

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



flrs? ro^ed ^ ' b6 brou * ht to tne hammer ai at 



J^ l 5 e 8el ^ ct e<i specimens, some are beautiful plants in pots 



K th^Vni% P >° h 8t ° Ck ' ^ d C0Vered with ^o.som-bud^ so 

 t^at they will fruit next year if repotted ; for these five guineas 



will be charged. The remaioder are very fine maiden plants in 



buds^r^a^ budded ° a Plum 8tOCk8 ' and ^thout blossom" 

 a?tW !L if « uln 1 eas . are squired. Gentlemen desirous of 



Sffi <ff Xl! XC f tnt ch # t0 whose funds the Produce of the 

 Bnkeof Nor?h P la £ S , Wll J be ap P ,led - b * order ot bis Grace the 

 BaMLWow th ^ mberlaud ^ are requests to apply to Mr. W.lliam 

 dresstrand'^ , ^^ e i? t " d u eet ' L » n dun f giving their exact ad. 

 trKittd f^ in f by W - bal conve > anc e the plants are to be 

 of the Eastrn r ^V^V* Har,ow ' 0n ^e Cambridge line 

 withouffuf th?r o°h aDtlM ****** where th *y ^l»l oe delivered 

 inajfflr K ge * ll i8 reauest ed that Post-office orders 

 then- l££i W ab * ** Mr - W,lliam Bbailsfoed, who, upon 



guinea and to^uiuea nUn^ 106 ^ be glVCa When the five 

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pecuniary prott? Tan L ^ * X P res ? a ho P e . th »t although no 



whose proceeds aoJ?a^h "^ by nur&er J m en from a sale 



'i endeavour iom.L r ? ble U8e ' yet lbat tbe y wil, » never - 

 vu^omers, the turns on It ? 1 * ilbin the circle of th «" 

 &ow be procured hlcb tbe Stanwick Nectarine may 



thelfc88 

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- A S?^ Beaufoi^eet^uS. 



consisting of biLk am?^^ AMh ^ AL WaTBH FOWL, 



POR CHEAPNESS, QUALITY, DISPLAY, and 



J- UTiM rV the following are strongly recommended. 



HOLLYHOCKS, No. 1, fine double named kinds, 



all shades of colour, p*r doz. f 9*., or per 100, 21. 10a. HOLLY- 

 HOCKS, No. 2, for border display, very good, per doz ., 6s., or 

 per 100, U. 10a. These are selected from some hundreds of 

 seedling*, and mav be confidently relied on. 



HERBACEOUS PLANTS.— Purchaser's Selection 



] from List, per 100, U. '6s. ' 



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

 ii *i really g ^od, No. 2, U 10s. „ ' 



Having an immense stock they can be furnished at these low 

 prices. The collection extends over 700 species and varieties 

 selected from the choicest stocks in the country (regardless c 

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

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

 of such plants as are already in their collections, tha": dupli- | 

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



left to ourselves. 



FLOWERING SHRUBS AND ORNAMENTAL 



TREES. — The nnest vars., purchaser's eelection, from the list, 

 per 100, 31 ds. 



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



f, ,, No. 2, Kood kinds, ,, 11. 5s. 



This Nursery has longr held hi^h celebrity for possessing a 

 most splendid stock cf flowering shrubs, extending over up- 

 wards of 600 species and varieties ot tin* choicest kinds. Some 

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

 Birkenh- ad ; and tor 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 LA.UHBLS, 1$ to 2 feet, per 1000, 41. ; or per 100, 

 10^., fiue healthy stuff"; 2 to 3 feet, bushy, extra fine, per 1000. 

 5*.— per 100. 15s 



GOOSEBERRIES, all the finest Lancashire show 



sorts, per 1000, il , in U>0 varieties, or per 100, 10«., in 50 varie- 

 ties ; the «toek extendi over 30.000. and is verv fine and h aithy. 



CURRANTS— White, Red, and Black, including 



Black Naples per 100, 10 5 ., fine. 



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

 most approved kind-, warranted true. j 



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



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

 Catalogues on application gratis. 



Orders (except for Forest Tree?), above 5Z., will be delivered 

 caniate frve, or allowed to London or within 150 miles of the 

 Nurseries— Address, William May, Hope Nurseries, Leeming- 

 laoe, Bedale, Yorkshire. Post-office order* should be made 

 pa yable on Be« e, to Johw May. 



RAILWAY NURSERY. WATFORD; AN T D NURSERIES 



RICKMANSWORTH. 



Tf R. GREENUS, from his proximity to the Wat- 



J— '• ford station, on the London aud North- Western Rail- 

 way, begs to say that be has an opportunity of executing all 

 orders conferred on him with the utmo>t dispatch. 



E_. R. G. has from 2000 to 3000 fine Standard and Dwarf 

 ROSES, of the best and most approved sorts, to dispose ot at 

 the most reasonable prices; as also Standard and Dwarf 

 Trained Fruit Trees, strong Standard do. for Orchards, with 

 a collection of fiue Evergreens, Flowering Shrubs, Pi a uses 

 <fec, all of which will remove with excellent fibrous roots, and 

 without the least danger; ani the Evergreens with balls of 

 earth attached to them, a*, from the nature of his Nursery 

 Grounds, no large roots are made, and, consequently, no cutting 

 and amputating them in removal. All sorts of Agricultural 

 and Garden Seeds, of best quality. 



N.B. Carriage paid to Londoo, or within 20 miles, on nil 

 orders above 21. Reference required from unknown corre- 

 spondents* 



All letter s to be di re cted to Rickmansworth. 



f^ UT FLOWERS. — Gardeners or others having Cut 



V 7 ^ lowers to dispose of are requested to communicate with 

 W. H. Maitlawd, Seedsman 41, Great Georg e-st., Liverpool. 



CTNERARIA " SEA-NYMPH." 



TAMES MACINTYRE, in offering this new CINE- 



«J HARlAtotbe Nobility, Gentry, and the Trade, begs to 

 state that, in point of novelty, beauty, and symmetry of growth, 

 i' is unsurpassed by any of this class of plants sent out for many 

 >ear3, and may be briefly described thus : -Colour pure white 

 t-pped with ultra-marine blue, aud flushed with rose; habit 

 dwarf and robust; a very free bloomer. Its striking peculia- 

 rity and beauty consists in the two very distinct colourp, form- 

 in- two distinct rin^s, the inner oue a pure white, and the 

 outer one a rich lively blue, flushed with rose. The white st-mds 

 boldiy out, whilst the rose shadiuar on the outer margin of the 

 blue circle, gives to the whole an ease and elegance not fre- 

 quently met with. 



Plants of the above will be ready for delivery early in March, 

 at 55. each ; and as the stock is limited, eariy'orders are parti- 

 cularly reque-ted, and will be executed in strict rotation. The 

 usual discount to the Trade. 



Catalogues of stock cultivated forsake, at the Taunton Nur- 

 series, may be had on application. 



Taunton Nurseries, January. 



by things no better than they should be; andwi 



know that Mache 

 in high favour with all persons of good taste" or 

 lovers of easy digestion. To-day we beg permission 

 to present another candidate for readniission into 

 good society. 



In the wilds of Siberia and Tartary there grows a 

 plant of noble stature, clothed in purple or green 

 vestments, the glory of those regions, though but of 

 only annual existence, which our forefathers obtained 

 at a period so remote that its introduction is lost in 

 antiquity. Of their gardens it was one of the proudest 

 ornaments 'and the most useful ; by degrees its 

 descendants spread over the allotments of cottagers 

 till at last, become vulgar in the eyes of fashion, it 

 disappeared so entirely from cultivation that even 

 experienced gardeners have forgotten its verv exist- 

 ence; so that when some lingering descendant of 

 the race chances to reappear, a limb is sent to Lon- 

 don for a name and history. Some, indeed, profess 

 to know it, and call it Spinach ; but this false name 

 only shows yet more plainly how utterly its memory 

 has passed away. It is thus spoken of by a cor- 

 respondent near Yarmouth : 



"I grew it last year for the first time; it is 

 a large sort that will stand two or three months in 

 the summer time before it seeds; it grows from 4 to 

 6 feet high, with large leaves, more like Cabbage 

 leaves than the old round Spinach. 1 had the seed 

 from the captain of a trading vessel ; only six plants 

 came up, and they supplied the family with Spinach 

 two or three times a week, all May, June, July. It 

 is better flavoured than the common round sort, and 



I sowed it the 



does not waste so much in boiling, 

 second week in March. 



and no one in 



I never saw any till 

 this part knows 



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anything 



I think no one ought to be without it who 



year, 

 about it. 

 likes Spinach. " 



The seeds he sent are represented in the annexed 

 cut. They are small pale-brown, flat, round bodies, 



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Che ©artreuersf Chronicle 



JANUAR 



Monday. Jan. 



Tuesday, 



Wednesday, 



Thursday, 



Friday, 



Saturday. 



Feb. 1 



S FOR THE KNSU1XG WEEK. 



C Entomological { Anniversary )....» f.m. 

 27< British Architects 8 p.m. 



( Geographical 8$r.M. 



28 i il ,v il E ?<»neera 8 p.m. 



I Mmiicaland Chirurgical ...8ii.M 



29-Sncietyof Arts s *.u. 



«q f Antiquarian ,,,y r M. 



31 - Royal Institution s*p w. 



\ «« 8, *5 ,c ..2 P.M. 



(.Medical ............8pm 



■hoveller,. go W "ed and * ,ter < eal . g«d*«U, Labrador 



*>me.t.catea „„!,* Intoned • \? ""? Car °' i,,a ducks - *°- 

 ^ a '»J, Poland, Sarrei Zd W i? "° , Sp ?" i9h - ««<**«» China 



»««» common pea-fowf" and n?"* n£ f ° wU ; whlte - Ji ^ an . P«e«« 



Fashion is a despot that exercises influence every- 

 where, tyrannising over our gardens as much as our 

 clothes and manners. Right in some things, reason- 

 less in many, fickle in all, she compels her unreluc- 

 tant votaries to shift and change incessantly their 

 affections, their sympathies, their habits. Food i 

 no more beyond her control than dress; and if 

 there is little resemblance between a modern kitchen 

 and one of the last century, so is the old kitchen- 

 garden equally changed. It must be owned that 

 this is often for the better : but it is by no means 

 clear that it is always so; for change is not the 

 same as improvement, however firmly restless people 

 may believe it to be. 



It is now a year since we ventured to take by 

 the hand and reintroduce to the polite world an old 



enclosed between a pair of dry round leafy valves, 

 growing in ample bunches from all the upper part of 

 the stem. Botanists call the plant Atriplex horten- 

 sis ; the French Arroche ; our old herbalists 

 Au rack e and Orachc ; under which latter name it 

 may still be bought of the English seedsmen. In 

 France, indeed, it is in as much request as ever, 

 being there employed both as Spinach and as a 

 means of softening the acidity of Sorrel. The second 

 names given it by the French, Bonne-Dame and 

 Belle-Dame, evidently point to the usefulness and 

 beauty of the plant. 



Its use as Spinach is undoubtedly of great 

 quity ; it seems in fact to have been the plant thus 

 employed before the present garden Spinach came 

 from the Holy Land. But it was valued not merely 

 as a capital summer pot-herb ; it had considerable 

 medical reputation, in common with many other 

 plants that possessed the important qualify of doin<* 

 no harm, if they conferred no benefit. 



"Green Orach, bruised," says KkmbrandtDodoeks 

 through his translator Henry Lyte, u is very good 

 to be laid upon inflamations and hot swellings. 

 That of the Garden, at the beginning of the swelling 

 or inflamation ; and the Wild, at end or going 

 away of the same. With saltpeter, honey, and 

 vinegar, it is laid to cholerike inflamations, called 

 wild fire (because it doth waft and consume the 

 member it is in), and also to the gout. The often 

 use of Orach ingendreth many infirmities, over* 

 turneth the stomache, and causeth diverse spots 

 freckles, or pimples to arise in the face, and all the 

 rest of the body. Also it is hard of digestion, as 

 saith Diocles and Dionysius." 



In like manner old Gerarde tells 



what 





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 thought of it in his days, u Orach, saith Galen, is 



of temperature moist in the second degree, and cold 

 in the first, Dioscorides writeth, that the garden 

 Orach is both moist and cold, and that it is eaten 

 boiled as other Salad herbs are, and that it softeneth 

 and loo th the belly. It consumeth away the 

 swellings of the throat, whether it be laid on raw 

 or sodden. The seed being drunken with mead or 

 honied water, is a remedy against the yellow jaundice. 

 Galen thinketh that for that cause it h;tth a 

 clensing quality, and may open the stopping of 

 the lifer." r & 



Without vouching for the truth of what mav have 

 been said by Galen, or Dioscorid: , or Diocles or 

 Dionysius, we can answer for the excellence of 



discarded favourite whose place had been usurped Orache as a vegetable, whether employed i^the 



