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GARDENERS 



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CHRONICLE 



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AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



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Stamped Newspaper of Rural Economy and General News.— The Horticultural Part Edited 



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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 



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INDEX. 



AcrieoHare, improreraent in .. 91 b 

 - Iran 92 a 



Arriculiural Society of England 92 6 



America, gardening In 88 a 



Arunii ••*• .................. ^ 88 t 



Bees 87 a 



Bejronia Fochtioidet 87 a 



Birds, Br tith tonf 84 e 



Bostrichus capacinui 85 • 



Cabbsjre, Shantung 87 e 



— Drumhead 93 » 



Calendar, Horticultural 88 a 



Chapman's (Mr.) Vauxhall . . . . 87 t 



Currant trees 83 e 



Dairy management 91 e 



Deron, trip to 90 a 



Drainpipes 91 



Edgings for walks 86 a 



Farming, Scotch 89 • 



Fences ... 03 # 



Fruits, useful gg b 



Garden ornaments 86 * 



Gardening, market 84 »~87 a 



— In America 88 a 



Gooieberry trees 83 6 



Grafting 35 e 



Grapes, shows ot ... 87 e 



Grape scissors . 87 a 



Hepaticas 55 , 



Lands, waste, to plant 86 t 



Latch....... Q3 e 



LeaTes, dead 97 e 



Liiinean Society.. 87 a 



Manures, price of 93 a 



Market gardeuing 84 6—87 e 



Peat.Talueof 83 c 



charcoal 84 s 



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Plants and nitrogen 

 Poultry 



PuseyU (Mr.), speech 



Season, mildneis of 



Sheep, to shed feed 

 Skylark 



Timber, to preserre 

 Trees, old 



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86 c 

 91 e 



89 6 



87* 



87* 



90 . 



87 « 

 86 c 



87 



Tulips, early 86 m 



Walks, edgings for 



Weather, the 



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86 

 93 



heat, blight in 92 « 



PRICED CATALOGUE OF KIT CHE S.GARDEN SEEDS 



Jnwv R J?F£m C .\ TALOolTB 0F FLOWER SEEDS. 

 OHN CATTELL'S Descriptive Catalogues of the 



a ne a nnv.u^ ^ hftd .. 011 *[>P Uc *«<» I * *>J post, by enclosing 

 ti?lZn 1 ^ P *u°r each - t The y «> nt « l » *• best kinds in cul- 

 w * ' and thmr * enul Q«ie8t may be relied on. 

 Westerham. Kent. 



N E E Y EPS? GARDEN SEEDS.-Warranted 



Ko 1 p«™i < ! D . <,Ua , ,tr :. C'" 1 ' 8 ^ Free! (See below). £ ,. a. 

 »o. 1. Complete collection of 20 quart, of the newest 



and moit prolific Peae, with all other Seeds in 

 v • - P r °P° rt,on . for one year's supply 

 Ko. !. Complete collection, in smaller quantities "* 

 »o. 8. ditto ditto ditto 



V>v ST* , ditto ditto »'•" • 



SL™£ a-*? ° Ur PRICE Current and Gaedbn 

 Gardeners Chronicle, /an. 4, 1851, Aa«t »a*«. 



N B —AH thA N*-r v * u, eed Merchar *ts Plymouth, 

 from time to tlmeTn tTv"* * nd F J ower Seeds advertised 

 the re^ current pHce" ^ C " ** ° btalned from ™> « 



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CUCUMBER—" PHENOMENA." 



T^DWARD TILEY begs to offer to Cucumber- 



*-* growers generally the above superb CUCUMBER, which 

 he feels confident will give the greatest satisfaction to them, 

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

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

 Keynon's Favourite. 



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

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

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

 generally growing from 22 to 28 inches. It is a beautiful black 

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

 it also grows quickly, carries its bloom 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 from two plants, grown in a one-light box, the size of 

 which was * 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, 2*. 6d. 



. B » T ; has also seed of his three other superb Cucumbers at 

 the following prices : 



Victory of Bath, per packet 25.04. 



Gordon's White Spine, ditto 1 6 



Lord Keynon's Favourite, ditto 2 6 



This last is the best for winter cultivation. 



MELONS. 

 BROJIHAM HALL GREEN-FLESH MELON.-Thia has 

 again this season surpassed all others for its superior flavour • 

 it 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 exhibited. Sold in 

 packets at 1*. 6d. each. 



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

 he can with confidence recommend : 

 Camerton Court Green-flesh 

 Queen Melon ... 



Blackall'e Green-flesh 

 Bailey's Green-flesh... 

 Bowood Green-flesh... 

 Beechwood Green-flesh 

 Windsor Prize ditto... 

 Emperor 



Fleming's Trentham Hybrid 

 i Duncan's Green-flesh do. Improved 

 Hampton Court Green-flesh 

 Egyptian do. do. Improved ... ... * .„ 



Any quantity of the above will be sent postage free "to any 

 part on receipt of a Post-office order, or the amount in penny 

 postage stamps. . y J 



vS^t £ y 1& WA ? TlLET ' Nurseryman, Seedsman, and 

 Florist, 14, Abbey Church-yard, Bath. 



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 LAUREL, LAURESTINDS. PORTUGAL LAUREL, &c all 

 of very superior quality, of various sizes, which, owinir to the 

 Lease of one of their Nurseries on which they now /row ex- 

 piring at Lady-Day n-xt, will be sold at greatly reduced prices. 

 -For parttculars of size and prices, apply to the Exeter .Nur- 



scry i £-X6t€ia 



gUPERB RANUNCULI.-The present being the 



^Lmw.-a H,° Ut f h ii ,,M, | Pla °f "*• the R «"»coliu. we beg to 



recommend the following selections. 6 



Tht vtw varieties have been sehcted with great care of 

 first-rate sorts, from immense quantities of seedlings, and 

 for vigorous growth and free flowering are far preferable 

 to the older varieties. Selections, in strong roots at the 

 following reasonable charges, with printed instructions for 

 planting and treatment J 



RANUNCr/LUS.-JFrw by post. 

 50 Splendid new varieties, with names 

 25 do. do. do. 



100 do. varieties from new and other best named 



Borts 



50 fine named varieties 

 100 finest mixed 

 109 fine do. fit., or free by post, 6s. 



ANEMONES ; by post, 3*. per 100 extra. 

 100 new and superb named double varieties 

 50 do. do. I85. ; 25 do., 10*. ; or, by post 

 100 finest large mixed double 

 100 fine do. do. 



Fine new mixed single, per lb. v 



Fine double varieties, per dozen: Apenina,' light b'ue, 3*. • 

 CsBlestina, blue 3s 6<J. ; Coleur de Sang, red, i : Cratnoiie 

 Royale, scarlet, 3s ; Josephine, cnm«jon, 3s.; Prince Albert, blue 

 8s. ; Rose Surpassante, 3s. ; Scarlet Superbe, 3#. • True Blue,' 



GLADIOLUS-Autumn varieties of the Floribundus and 

 Gandavensis habit :— 



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Each. 

 Albusroseus Is. 6d. 



Autumnalis, orange ... 1 



Brenchleyensis, scarlet 3 6 



Floribundus, 2s. 6d.p.doz. 3 

 Gandavensis, 5s. p. d»z. 6 



Copies of our Autumn Root 



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Fscittacinus ls.6<2 p.doz. 0s. 2d 



„ Sanguineus, dark, 



7s. 6d. perdoz... 



Splendens, rich, scarlet 3 



Vernalis Spicatus ... 1 



Catalogue may still be had. 



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Remittances required from unknown correspondents 



BASS and BROWN. 

 S . ee JJ^ d _.g Qrticultural Establishment. Sodhnry. Suffolk. 



Chiswick and tbe Roval Bo^Z P ea f n a V be Exhib ^ions at 



reived the Lhesta^ wh «« he 



Strong bush? P*L*™*\ f ?l l n™*!y to* forgoing remarks. 



ing low prices, 



received 

 Strona 





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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 £ s. 



and Greenhouse 

 Plants 



50 ditto ditto '" 

 25 ditto ditto 

 100 newest and finest 

 vars. of ditto 

 50 ditto ditto 

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ditto 

 All the new leading kinds 

 to 21s. per doz. 



ESSRS. STANDISH and NOR, P'«j „ .. 



Wean Plants, It contains a Plate £ A vHnZftlT*? ° f 



^e e ^„; a f0 ^ Lk; J a n k , e o t ni S N °e P r? Wni V f "«^ "hat they 

 prov emeo 8 ts. al s0 B«ima?« rlZil™"?**,*** Plans { ^ !<*>- 



oma men ta, or ^SSKSftS KrlLfSft' Whether 



3*» 8To wn . Strong roots il* r e *T f ° r early forcia « *™ 

 »ff M . 12*. per down -and ^ q Z * n - J Also M y H "' 8 Li »- 

 •Uowance to the trade plsfnffit 9 '" j? er dozea i *l»«> usual 

 be made payable to Waf^2 erS „ are re( i^^ to 

 PM ^ ffi «^Eufteld. MidaLse" MlTCBEtI " Enfield Highway, 

 C A ME LLlA^^rTiTr^r^- ~ 



V Jersey, begs v ,\„ t K ' Cla rendon hiursery, St. Helier 



«ten 8 ir e s^Sock If ^^ the Public that he has a rej 



srS^-^-% swKxa ?of 



i! L b n aDy gr ° Wer - DeV8r bef ° re teen ° ffered to the 



&lo^ n "^" »M^°SK ? of Dou We Camellias 



T^trxr UT ^r^H TTDCE8 AND CUCUMBERS. 



JOHN SUTTON and SONS, Seed-Geowers, 



y Heading, Berks, hare much pleasure in referring their 

 friends to the description of their superior sorts of Lettuces. 



^Z- a v, *■ .V 1 ! Edltor P f the Ga ™™*™' OhronieU, in March last 

 which will be seen in Messrs. Son a advertisement on the 

 last page of the Gardeners' Chronicle, «f January i'5. Also, the 

 following extract from a letter just received :— 



Messes. Sottom amd Sons :-Gentlemen,-I hare grown 

 all the sorts of Cucumbers which I hare seen advertised, but 

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

 mation. I hare now grown it several years, and intend to 



f Z J T1 °, h T r u bU 8ea80n - Your Lettttc «> t<^ U excellent, 

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



rendZt / hat " *? n0 , 1 , '? °P t t0rUD t0 Wed » <>» her ». ^bich 



f«- « V* VB 2 va ' ua We ,n hot dry summer?, and for autumn 



"!!• ~ S^i 5 r - Smtth *rs, Bead Gardener to the Earl of Car. 

 narvon, High Clere, near Newbury. J 



N.B. These Lettuce Seeds vriil be sent free by post on 

 receipt of postage stamps inpayment, in good-sized packets, 

 at Is. each ; but the stock having become very short, they 

 cannot now be sold by the ounce. 



J h p e CONQUEROR OF THE WEST CUCUMBER is 2s. 6d. 

 perPacket, or three seeds for 1». 



T Si r^\Vs?T? T ir' 1 T B pn li8 ' 1, HVA L . lTY > CAKR *AGE FREE. 



T C. A\ HEELER and SON have had the honour of 



rnW.? 1D ? a PP° inted 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 



to hT » n , S Ji St f °i U,, t le ?e nan,e8 : U is reall y what i4 Passes 

 ?.ifi «.Vi. e In* bes ! Seed * ia cultivation, and will be found 



a oate guide to alt purchasers. 



lo» ^ •.^ INI> ^ ET, ia the Gardners' Chronicle, of the 2d March 

 last, strongly recommends it in the following term« : 



" 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 maks, in common with 

 ourselves and others, against the useless, incomprehensible 

 Seed Lists of the day. In this, as in all 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- 

 lent, will greatly prefer a short select Seed List to an intermin- 

 able labyrinth of names, which, for the most part, represent 

 nonentities or rubbish. Messrs. WHEELER'S little book will 

 do something to satisfy their expectations." 



J ir?;n W |, H T EL l E and ^ 6eliTer their Se eda Careiage Free. 

 _Kingsholm Nursery ; and 99. Northgate-street. G! 





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 PRICES TRANSP ^ANTED LARCHES AT REDUCED 



L1LIUM LANCIFOUUM, RANUNCULUSES, ANEMONeK 



AURICULAS, AND PELARGONIUMS. 



iNRY GROOM, Clapham Risk, ne*r London, by 



appointment Flobist to her Majestt the Qdeew and 



t5>n;»M*jEHTTTai.KiNo up Sax-ht, besr to room end ia 

 tue attention of the Knbiliu, Gen and \at*ur 8 px- 



tenstoe awortm^r of th« above F.OWERv He be'gn to say 

 tuat this is a good tetton of the year to make a selection of 

 the inous kinds. Ranunculuses and Anemones should be 

 planted this month. « . *v 



LILIUM LANCIFOLIUM ALBUM, each, from It. to 2 « 



PUN'TATUM, do. ■. 3» to 



ROSEUM do :, JU. W. to 



TiVnvipnv ^ ' 5s ' t0 ° 10 



» JAFONICL M, do. ... ... ... fit to 7 



A new collection i HYBRID SEBDLING LILIES 

 6 sorts, i r q 15 



100 RANb*H< ^S, iQl00su^rfine*6«)rts"named' 110 



Superfine mixtures, per 100, from 5s. to 2ls. 

 100 ANEMONES, in 50 superfine sorts, named 2 2 



25 AURICULAS, in 25 superfine sorts, named ... 2 iq 



Good named varieties, per dozen, 18$ 



25 PEL ARGONrUMS, in 25 Kuperfine sorts, named . 3 

 Fine named varieties, per dozen, from 12s to 18« 



AMARYLLIS from RIO JANEIRO, 'without name, 

 fine large bulbs, per dozen o 



LILIUM LANCIFOLIUM ALBUM, 'excellent for 

 planting m shrubberies, being perfectly hardj, 



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A Cataloguewill be forwarded on appiicatioo. 



ROBERT HALL, 63, South Audley-street, Gix>s- 



if payment: SqUare ' ***** ** Ch " peL P ° Stage Stam P 9 taken 



'hpp,; Uft^H 10 rema J k th 2 hi ' TlJ BEROSE ROOTS have 

 been left in the ground a sufficient time to mature, instead of! 

 as is too generally the case, being hurried out to secure an 



lis f I^y W , he K U 0I H y a , b , 0Ut 0ne " half of tb™ will Zoom. 

 Al sosmall lorksh.re Breakfast Hams. IQd. per po ond 



UtrH LOW and Co. having a considerable stock 



of the above-named beautiful free flowering, hardy, suf- 

 t.uticose plant, producing splendid masses of pur^-e flowers 

 during the autumn months, offer strong plants at is. 6d. each, 

 or 12s. per dozen. 



nrVlfJ, also hare for sale yerv fine « health/ buehy plants of 

 CITRUS JAPONICUS, or as itiscommonV called, OTa HEITE 



ORANGE. Wherever this plant is known, it is universally 

 admired, on account of the facility «ith which i: can be made 

 to produce fruit in abundance in <* very small state. Price i2s. 

 per doz en. — Clapton Nurser y, jjondo n. 



NEW YELLOVFwl-iGELA MIDDENDORFFIANA 



Jt-ROM SIBERIA. 



UGH LCW and CO. have the pleasure to 



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yuccan Dehadof R T k . r l \ u ™™ protection. Th< 



««ce or Terence from uainowno'*-' f ° Ur pe , m " "*>** 



"ui unknown correspondents. 



announce that they will be prepared to send out in June 



D I!f ^ D r:l£ / a ^ ove - name d magnificent Shrub, alike suit- 

 able *x early forcing or the shrubbery, it beinir perfectly 



nW„T p" C "n 6 ' anQ aH otner kinds ot ' idling and trans- b^/- With the exception of the colour of the flowers wh^ch 



a p X d tion°. re8t tree8 ' wi » be ^ ;<> ««-** p— - j ^ ^^^^^:^^^^^^ i 



ri , r>. CdtalOlf" na *** "^ i-i-i- •«« . • — t^» H ■■ ■ ! I Pr!n« -. — _v_. -^ _.* . **• 



Seeds, also of 

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''.- ♦ .. :.] tn ««w?er»ally admired Weigela rosea. 



vT S 0f o J e f et ^le Flower, and Agricultural Price per plant, lOj. &*., with the usual discount to the 

 Nursery Stock, will be forwarded « ^ Trade wiien more than one is ordered 



Nursery, Marestield, near Urfcfleid, Sussex. | Cla *ton Nursery, London, Feb. 8. 



