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 No. 9— 1S51.] 



onomv and General News 



Horticultural Part 



SATURDAY, MARCH 1. 



[Price 6rf. 



IXDEX. 



Beau, calf ure of. . . . • 



Bcfoo i*t 



Bird*, to keep from fruit 



Houncal Society 



BrewiDf 



Broccoii 



Cacti 



Calendar, Horticultural 



— Arricul rural 



Calf e», slipping 



Charcoal* p*at ......... ..,,,,. 



Dcodrobiura aoMle 



Fosla, slipping ,. 



Garden, bricklayer '• 



Uardeotnf. market . . 



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loaect, what ia a? 



I>and, Tullian culture of 



I.aureii, at ami aril. .. 



I.ianeao SocKty 



Linne'i Nemeats Dmu 



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Market gardening 



Orange tree*, substitute for . 

 Paature, permanent 



Peat charcoal, Irish 



Pit, forcing , 



Plant*, sale of . 



Plant buy nir 



Puney (Mr.), on farming 



Rhubarb, ro cook . 



Season, m ldneaa cf 



Seed, to prepare . . . 



Sheep, in East Kent 



Soils absorpt Ye powers of ... . 

 Timber trees 



Torenia aaiatica . ,, 



Trade memoranda 



Treea, in "Crystal Palace".... 



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V Ha eardeninf 

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TO « PHARO. — " A Loverof a Gay Flower Garden," 

 and all other. 1 ", can hare their wants supplied, and queries 

 answered, on application to John Mat, who begs to n tVr all 



enquirers to his advertisements of the 11th, 18th, and 25th of 

 January last, and also to the 15th and 2 2d if February, and 

 to-day's Chronicle. — Address to W. Mat, the Hope Nuseries, 

 Leeming-l me, Kedale, Yorkshire. 



TO CDCCMRBR AND MELON GROWERS. 



\Y 1LLIANI HUSSEY begs to offer the under- 



* * named sorts of CUCUMBERS and MELONS in packets, 

 containing six Seeds, at the following prices :— 



Cucumbers, Walker's Rambler, black bpine : ... 0*. fid. 

 „ Mackie's improved black spine .. 6 



Melors, Bromham-hall, preen flesh 1 



Emperor, green flesh 8 



Duncan's, green flesh, improved ... 8 



line Apple 8 



Bet ch wood, green flesh 8 



The above can be had, post free, oti receipt of Post-office 

 order, or the amount in penny stamps. 

 Horticultural Gardens, Norwich, March 1. 



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CUCFMHER "PHENOMENA," AND 

 "BROMHAM HALL" MELON, 

 EDWARD TILEY wishes to inform the Nobility, 



-*-* Clenry, Gentry, and Growers in pentr*), that he has still 

 a Stock of good sound Seeds of the abdve superb CUCUMBER 

 and MELON, and other varieties, as advertised bv him in the 

 Gardeners' Chronicle, Feb. 22d, 1851. Cucumber 'Phenomena, 

 2s. 6J. per packet; Brornhnm Hall Melon, is. 6d. ditto- 

 Fleming's Trentham Hybrid Melon, Is. ditto ; and about 20 

 otper good varieties of Cucumbers and Melons, at the prices 

 mentioned in the former Advertisement. 



Any quantity will be §ent postage free on receipt of a Post- 

 ofBce order, or the amount in penny postage stamps. 



Sold by Kdwabd Tilet, Nurseryman, Seedsman, and Florist, 

 12, Abbey Churchyard, Bath. 



\\ ILLIAM JACKSON and CO., beg to offer the 



following at the reduced prices annexed ; all are well 

 grown and well rooted, and are sure to please, their goods 

 having given great satisfaction throughout the kingdom for 

 many years. ° 



Trained FRUIT TREES, for Walls and Espaliers, correct 

 to name, and ot the most useful and approved sorts. s d 



Apples, 3 and 4 years trained, dwarfs, each ... Is. 6d. to 2 6 

 Pears, Plums, Peaches, and Nectarines, 2 and 3 y*ars 



trained, handsome plants, each 2s. to 3 



Dwarf Roses, in 50 named first-rate show vars , 100 for 40 

 Herbaceous Plants, in 50 named showy useful kinds. 



109 for 



*me proved Hollyhocks, large plants, to flower in the 

 autumn, per 1 -o 



Fine prize Hollyhocks, for exhibition, per do* ... 



Ornamental flowering and evergreen shrubs, including 

 some of the handsomest American plants, 10a for 

 The rarest and most ornamental Conifer®, all from 



Handsome plants in pots. Prices and sizes on application. 

 The Nurseries, Scruton, Bedale. Yorkshire, March 1. 





 



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THE NEW EARLY SWEET-KERNELLED KAI8H\. 

 t-.„„~ APRICOT. 



EfeSRS. VEITCH and SON feel much confidence 



._,„ „ ,n . bnn K«ng into public notice the above valuable new 



*ir q k'vL? • ,a> the K entle ™aa by wh-m the valuable Stan 

 Ttari, £ *""• Wa * introduc <*>- Having obtained 

 he^thJ y 3 Ere \ ovr P re P are «l to send out a limited 

 f.vnn/J ", g Tr / M at the Allowing pric-es, and 



feate' tffiST WWCh eD8Ure g °° d tre69 3Dd 



H.alth, one year old Trees ... 21*.0<I. 



>. one jear trained ... 31 



. J'. tw ojear trained ... 42 



A »w two , ear old trained, chiefl, half-standard, and stand. 

 OnPTien* '*' . 42s. each. 



In o^ri^TbV,Vv^ Tr ^ e WheU three are taken - 



Messrs. Vr itch and sLk' 1 ? ew early Apricot for 8ale ' 



bj Dr. Lindllt tn the * f^ g ^ ?**/ t° ! he d ^riptIon given 

 Societj," t r Jill 18% J .°"nal of the London Horticultural 

 riven : UlJ » 1840 ' tTo ™ which the foilowinsr extract is 



it'tuLAKiAs, nne snow varieties, at zs.&i. cacn ; Madame 

 ric, Emperor, Supreme, Masterpiece, Standishii, Mr.Wilcke, 

 Beauty Supreme, Ditto Bedding varieties, Kentish Hero*, 



JOHN CATTELL, Nurseryman and Seedsman, 

 Westerham, Kent, has the following desirable Plants, very 

 cheap, now ready to send out (ihose marked thus * J. C. cm 

 suppiv in lanr* quantities to the trade very liberally), viz. : — 

 CALCEOLARIAS, fine show varieties, at 2s. 6 I . each ; Madame 

 Merric 

 and 

 and Intermedia, at 6s. per doz. ; CattelPs Hero, 3s. 6d. 



Tigridia pavonia*, 2s. per doz. ; Ditto, Conchifiora*, 2s. 6<i. 

 per doi ; Delphinium Barlowii*, and gran iiflora maximum, 

 8s. ptr doz. ; (E not h era macr.»carpa*. 8s. per doz.; Anemone 

 pavonia, fine scarlet, now coming into flower, 6s. per doz. ; 

 Gladiolus Brenchliensir*, 2s. each ; Ditto, Gandavenais, Hs. per 

 doz.; Geranium "Flower of the Day," very strong, 10s. 6J. 

 each ; also a fine stock of clean heilthy plants of m< st of the 

 leading sorts of Florist. Fancy, 8carlet, Pink, and other Ge. 

 raniums, Dwarf Hose Geaut de* Batailles, on their own roots, 

 or bad led, at the purchaser's option, 2s. each, or 18s. per d< z. ; 

 Cedars of Lebanon, from 5 to 6 feet, in large pots, 10s 6<J. to 

 15s. each.— N.B. No Goods sent from this Establishment to 

 unknown correspondents without a remittance or reference. 



AMERICAN PLANTS. 



CLODDIGES and SONS, in consequence of part 

 • of their Nursery being given up for building, are enabled 

 to offer for cash— 



Finest Ghent Azaleas, strong bushy plants named, and being 

 well eet with buds, are peculiarly adapted for forcing, 18*. 

 per d<»z. 



Azalea pontica, la? g , 12s. per doz. 



Andromeda florfbunda, 3 to 4 feet across, 10#. each. 



Yacciniums, 80 speeds, 12s. per do*. 



Andromeda Ditto 2ls. per doz. 



Po^t-onice Orders to be made payable at Hackney, near 

 London. 



CAMELLIA STOCKS FIT FOR IMMEDIATE WORK. 



RENE LANGELIEIl, Clarendon Nursery, St. Helier, 

 Jersey, begs to inform the J'-'M.r that he has a very 

 extensive stock of the ab >ve, fit K.. . mediate grafting, very 

 clean and healthy, well rooted, so as to leave without the po ; , 

 consequently much less expense in conveying to any distant 

 place. Price 36s., 40s., and 50s. per 100. 



The Stock is such as has never before been offered to the 

 Public by any grower. 



R. L. has a most extensive collection of Double Camellias 

 at a very m'xlerate rate and reduce i price, as wUl be s n by a 

 Catalogue recently published, in which it is proved that they 

 can stand the climate out-ot. .or* without .rotection. The 

 Catalogue can be had of R. L. by incloiiiu' four penny stamps. 

 Remittance or reference from unknown correspondents 



T~\ICKSONS and Co., Nurserymen, Seedsmen, and 



■U Florist*. Leith Wa.k, beg to call the attention of Landed 

 Proprietors and others to their very extensive stock of FOREST 

 TREES. Their collection of Fruit Tree* is also very exten- 

 sive, comprising all the most approved varieties lately intro- 

 duced. Catalogues of Greenhouse Plants, Calceolarias, Pansies, 

 tfcc, are in course of publication. 



Seed Warehouse, 1, Waterloo-place, Edinburgh, March 1. 



ESTABLISHED 17HG. 



WILLIAM E. RENDLE and CO^Seed Merchants 



▼ ▼ by special appointment to the Sooth Devow Agricul- 

 tural Association, and several influential Members of the 

 Royal Agricultural Society, Union Road, Plymouth. 



We h ive this season a choice and well assorted Stock of a'l 

 the best FARM SfiEDS, They have been grown and selected 

 with the greatest care, and can be highly tecomraended as 

 being of the most genuine quality. Our sale of Turnip Seeds 

 alone last season exceeded one thousand bushels; our extensive 

 dealings therefore enable us to sell at the lowest remuneratin 

 prices, and at the same time is the strongest evidence we can 



ffer of the large and increasing patronage best wed upon us, 

 for which we have to return our mostgrat : ul acknowledgments. 



the entire 

 number of 

 solicit the 

 meet with 



package included. 



given: 



" The 



«» WeT,Vn m i^ roundish. 5J inches in cir. 



.k.^ » ■" * sightly downv ^»>« «*— coloured where 



Lin. Flesh ten. 

 from a the stone, 



•naded, tinged and 



ir.,™ c ; , ^: d c r.'.r ir ked : itu Ved »«« "-- 



*«*»«, UkoweF^oedlum 



small. 



ugar combined 

 sweet like 



OUR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE of FARM 

 SEEDS is just publisJied, and can be had in 

 exchange for One Penny Stamp. It contains a description 

 of all the best varieties of 7urnips y Carrots, and* Mangold 

 Wurzel, with prices aflixed to every article. The list oj 

 Grasses is peculiarly comprehensive, and contains short 

 | description* of all the leading kinds. There is also some 

 useful etdvice relative to the sowing of Grass Seeds for 

 permanent pasture, concerning which Mr. Kemp, of Bir- 

 kenhead Pari, in a letter to us says :—" 1 am glad that 

 you repudiate the practice of sowing Corn with Grass 

 Seeds, a custom 1 have often had to combat." 



All Orders above 21. Carriage Free. (See Catalogue.) 



Apply to William E. Hendle and Co., Seed Merchants. 

 Plymouth. ' 



NEW AND CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS, GERMAN STOCKS 



GERMAN ASTER*, drt. 



T C. WHEELER and SON, Nurserymen and 



«*• Seedsmen, by Official App .intment, to the Gloucester, 

 shire Agnculrural Association, 99, Nortbgate-treet, Gloucester, 

 have selected, out of a large collection uf Piower Seeds, 20 of 

 the mosc beautiful and showy varieties, each sort distinct in 

 colour, and calculated to produce a fiue tfivct when planted 

 out in b ds or groups in the flower border. Each vaiiety is 

 distinctly marked with its Botanical and Euglish n^me, height, 

 time of flowering, colour of the flower, manner of growing, 

 whether erect or trailing, &c, Ac., the time >t should be sown, 

 and other valuable hiti:s as t > it* cultivation. In selecting 

 these 20 varieties, care has been taken to exclude all which are 

 shy- bloomers, or have an insignificant appearance; so that the 

 collection will comprise only th se which are really showy a 

 handsome, and which, it is believed, would prove to the entire 

 satisfaction cf any la<iy or gen*ltm*n whomi^ht b» disposed 

 order them. The Get man Stocks and Asters especially are 

 most superb.— ! he 2M Packets are neitly packed up in ne 



paper,'and will be sent free by post, to a »y p*rtof the Kingdom, 

 tor 5s. 



SUPERIOR GARDEN BKKDS. Carriage Fate. 



(All of fi n e g "»wth ) 

 "KITCHEN-GARDEN ^EEDS, including all the 



XV - . Vew Sorts y et in^roduotd. as advertised in previous 

 Numbers of the Gardeners' Chronicle; and FLO Weill SEEDS 

 as under: — 



Thebcjst sorts of imported Asters, Zinnias, Sfocks, 

 Larkspurs, Mar'nolds. Frtlox.es, &c, in complete 



collections for a large garden k £i \ n 



Hjtto, in smaller qumtiues 10 6 



Ditto, for a small warden ... 7 6 



Instructions for Cult varion will accompany the Flower Seeds. 



Ji»HN Scttton an i Sons, Readmg, Berk^. 



HUGH LOW and CO. have to offer fine large 

 Tubers of trie under-namei Tropaoolums *• — 



Aiureum 5s. 0J. i IMule 7,. cd 



Drachyseras ... 1 S | fricolorum ... 1 ' « * 

 Prices to the Trade OO application.— CI tpton N artery, London, 



NEEDLING LURCHES. 



WILLIAM WOOD and SON having on hand a very 

 extensive stock of the above in fine condition, bee to offer 

 them as und«-r. 

 One year seedling Lanh, at Is 3d , Is. fi</., and Is. 9 d. per 1000. 

 Two year ditto, 3s. to 3s. 6d per 100. 



One year seedling Alder, 3s. &f. per 1000. 

 One year seed ling Ash, li, 6d. per I00O. 

 Two year ditto, 3* iM. per 1000. 

 One year seedling Birch, It. per 1000. 



TRANSPLANTED. 

 Larch, 12 to 15 inches, 7s. Bd. per 1000. 

 Scotch Fir, I »o? feet, 12#. 6d. per 1000. 



Birch, 3 to 4 feer, 30s. per 1000. 

 Do., * to 5 *eet, 33s. per 10 JO, 

 Thorns at reduced prices. 

 With everv other kind or Forest Trees equally cheap. 

 Woodland» Na'serv. Maresft^ld, near rckfield, Su^nex. 



TO GRVTtEUKV EVGAGEl) IV PLANTING 



GEORGE JACK MAN has to offer a large and well- 

 crowa su>ck of the following at very low price* which 

 can he had on application. — He- eh, 4 ro 5 f'.; r ne s»nut Spanish 

 2 to 3 ft. ; Ditto ditto, 3 to 4 ft ; Elms, Koglish, 4 to 5 f . • Fir' 

 Lara*), 2 to 3 f . ; Di to ditto, 3 to 4 ft. ; Dnto, Spruce gro'sft. • 

 Ditto ditto, quarured, 4 to 7 f:. ; Ditto, Silrer, I »o SfL ; fUaseL 

 2 to 3 ft. ; Ditt«>, 4 to 5 ft. ; '1 ornbeam 4 o 5 ft. ; O »ks English 

 4 to 5 ft. ; Di to, Soarler, 2 to 3 ... ; licks, strong bedded. * 

 Woking Nursery, March 1. 



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MESSRS. STANDISH and NOBLE have to offer 

 the follow n% very de^rab'e planfR : 



AZ\LEA INDICA, "GLORY OF SUNNING-HILL." 



—In general appnarance this plant, vrhen in bloom, reminds 

 one of Nenum fpleodens, producing large double rose-like 

 flowers of th« ric .est pink ; good plant*, 3s. iki. to 10#. 04. 

 each. 



CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA SEEDLINGS. 



2 years 18s. per doz., or 105s. per 100. 



3 years 30s. ,, flat, 



1 foot 6 inches to 2 feet 6 inches high, 60s. ner dozen. 



2 feet 6 inches to 3 feet 6 inches high, 90s. 



3 feet 6 inches to 4 feet 6 inches h ; gh, 126s. 



And larger planrs in proportion. 



The whole of the above, with the exception of the two years 

 seedlings, were planted into the open border la»t spring, are 

 fine robust 8pe<imen*. and fir. for immediate plan'iog 



CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA, v ar . NANA, a very 



singular dwarf variety, 10s 6d. to 21s. 



CUPRESSUS FUNEBRIS, or WEEPING CYPRESS 



(North of China.) ' 



6 inches high, 10s. 6d. each ; 12 to 15 inches, 21s. each. 

 These plants are from the open border— robust specimens 



fit for immediate planting. 

 15 inf. to 24 ins.. Sis. 6d each ; 24 ins. to 30 ins., 42s each 



CUPRESSUS GuVc.Nl ANA. (California.) 



6 to 9 inches, 7s. 6i. each ; to II inches, 10s. 6d. each* 

 15 to 24 inches, 21s. each ; 2 t 3 feet, BU. 6d. 



CUPRESSUS LAMBERTIANA, 2 feet. 3*. 6rf. each. 

 CUPRESSUS THUR1FERA, var. ELEGANS, per- 



fectly hardy. 1 foot to 2 teet high, 3s. Gd. to ts. each. 



CEPHALOTAXUS FORTUN I I f strong plants, 31*. 6d. 



each. For de.cnpiiou, see <€ Botanical Magazine, 1 ' by Sir Vf. 

 Hooker. * 



FORSYTHIA VIRIDISSLMA. \ 



1 foot 6 inches to 2 feet Is. Bd. to 2*. 0-7. each. 



2 feet to 3 feet 2 s. 6d. 



3 feet to 4 feet 35 . 6(i . M 5#> 0dt 



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1* me b.ishy plants from opm border fit for immediate planting. 



JASMINUM NUDIFLORUM u.od. each. 



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Flowering plants Ss. 6d. B , 



This is a very desiiable nin er fliwering haidy planr, pro- 

 ducing a profusion of flowers of the richest ye low from 

 December to Kebroary. 



QUERCU3 SCLEROPHYLLA. (North of China.) 



This is undoubtedly the most remarkable of ait evergreen 

 Oaks, having foMage as large as the Spanish Cjestnut, and 

 more than twice the substauce. Strong seedling plants, 



QUERCUS INVERSA. (North of China ) Also ever- 



green, with smooth en ire ieave-*, having remarkably large 

 male inflow sceooe. Seedlings, 42s. 



FORTUNES YELLOW RUSE, a distinct species, 



admired by all who hare seen it. It would be loaposfble to 

 describe the combination or richness of the bronze and 

 yellow tints whuh ttie fl >wers present. Tt is a»i excellent 

 pillar Rose, and its f liage is distinct. It blooms freei^. and 

 in general habit resembles Ruga, warfs, 5$, ; S&audarda, 

 10s. Gd. each. 



TAXODIUV1 SEMPERVIRENS. 



1 foot to 1 foot 5 >mhen 2s. to 2$. Sd. each, 



I foot 6 inches to 2 feet 6 inches ... 3s. Gd to 's. „ 



8 to 4 feet 7s *a\ to 10s. 9d, „ 



Larger in proportion. 



