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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



Y 



AND 



M 



DANVERS STREET, CHELSEA, 



ipoctfullj lolieit the attention of the Nobility 



pleasure in giving 



following 



with Horticulture, 



Th «J bar* 



*4 



Peach Uoaae 

 & bj 19 feet. 



Tinery, 

 80 by 16 feet. 



Greenhouse, 

 45 by 20 ft. 



Vinerv, 

 30 by 16 ft. 



J i u Der * 

 SO by 16 ft. 



Eitract oft Letter from 

 Jon* Sbaw LtmH, Esq^ U perfectly satisfied 

 building and heating. " -• ■ - 



Stove, 



45 by 20 ft. * 



[Ebected fob John Shaw Leigh, Esq., Luton Hoo.] 



u I have much pleasure in expressing my entire satisfaction with the ranere of houses you erected here. I may also state that mv hn™ , 

 , i. pcr,^-^ „»w 3U ed. I have no hesitation in statin*, that to the best of my knowledge, there is not a more complete range of glass in the country a T ed en «* 

 1 may add that they are admired by every Gardener who has seen them. I shall have much pleasure in answering any references you may please to <W?* ***** fi 



(Signed.) - James Feasee, Gardener, LutonToo P^, 



fl AJiDKNERS 1 CHRONICLE.— To be Sold, a Set, 

 -J from ina commencement of 1811 to the end of 1850(10 

 Volumn la aU). All well bound, in green el >th. and in perfect 

 mm! cJaas condilon. Lowest price, &. 8a. — Address, J. L., 

 Office of this Paper. 



STRONG PREMIUM 1IARE AND RABBIT PROOF 



WIRE SITTING. 



CHARLES D. YOUNG and COMPANY (late 

 W. and C. YOUNG), 



MANnPACTtTRRRS OF IRON AND WIRE WORK, <fec. t 

 W, fMUUW!^. ' sTRKRT. WESTMINSTER, LONDON; 

 13, PORT II HRIDQK. v [SBUROR; 



. ST. K I S'lUARK, OLA W- 



1, CASTLE RCILDLV i, DERBY SQlf ARE, LIVERPOOL • 



bag rtapactfully to call the attention of Landed Proprietors and 



other* to thtlr strong Wire-Net Fence, for excluding Hares 



M *Jy* Wufr «» Garden*, young Plantations, Nurseries, &c. 



This flat «as exhibited at the Show of thp Highland and 

 ApicQltu-sl Society of Scotland, held lately at Inverness, 

 where <s EtMtacjr, Great Strength, and Exceeding Cheapness 

 attracted gentra. attention, and had awarded from the Judges 

 thm Society's Silver Medals, with high commendations. 



r he isAmaose damage done by Hares and Rabbits in Gardens 

 Md Young Plantations is often i great, that in the course of 

 a year or two it will amount to more than the entire cost of 

 ffHrtsxjtJnf than with this Net. It is go durable, that when 

 W ***S? M .* r * *q*»c'g"dy advanced to be independent of its 

 Er ot **™ > ' c * n k* r ***Qved to other exposed situation* with 

 m% greatest facility, by any labourer. As a Fence Against 



Ham and tUhbiu. it U of Itself qui ta sufficient having onh to 



bannroUadaiid attached, with small wire sent for that par. 

 M^tet W*!^*! a ^! ? rt T* D t ^ to *• Kronnd, about every six 



Safe? ^t-fl V f\ **>*2* m l Peculiarly adapted for ren- 

 Mfng Hedges Paling other existing Fences, comfiUUt* im- 



tilTjZri^XT" r " % M *•*****. it forms a most era. 

 c»eot ga iii ^^eexpatm, for individual Plants tod Bhmbs 



*^SSsaSfttt-r ::1^ 



Bo. of I y.rds, 30 ins. wide .. 6 5 



Do. of too yards, Wins, wide .. " 7 10 



PoI^'Va^- g f * 5 1 ? a : lrairabI J «<*apted for Pheasantries and 

 Fonitry.yards and n charged at the same rate. As carriage 



tba weight of one vard of thlir *t £ £ tba ? b * 9tatin K that 



ssa -er ml SSfi -- 18 was? j?i* 



^C J nvi! m SL ,e i P IM PccUon sent tree of «Z !e 



KIZE ESSAYS.— A PRIZE OF FIVE GUINEAS 



^. will be given by Mr. WILLIAM E. RENDLE, Plymouth, 

 through the South Devon Botanical and Horticultural Society, 

 for the best ESS AY— 



" On the Cultivation and General Management of a 

 Kitchen Garden; including the Rotation of Cropping, 

 and Description of the best Vegetables." 



A PRIZE OF FIVE GUINEAS will also be given by Mr. 

 WILLIAM E. RENDLE, through the same Society, for the 

 best ESSAY— 



" On Heating Horticultural Structures, including the 

 best mode of applying Bottom Heat'' 



The above to be competed for by Gentlemen's Gardeners 

 only, and to be sent in to the Secretary not later than the 1st of 

 September next. 



Persons wishing to contributa are desired to communicate 

 with the Secretary, JoHBI C. Hancock, Esq., Stonehouse, 

 Devon, as early as possible, from whom all other particulars 

 can be obtained. 



Mr. Rendle has received a communication from a corre- 

 spondent signed " Hope," without an address. He is requested 

 to communicate with the Secretary. 



^ 



SMART'S UNRIVALLED, DOUBLE, CRIMSON BRANCHING 



STOCK. 



JAMES SMART, Seedsman, 56, Queen-street, 

 Glasgow, can confidently recommend the above, as the best 

 ever offered to the public, for richness of colour and fragrant 

 odour, combined with its graceful habit of growth.—Sold in 

 Packets, at 5s. and 2$. 6d. each. 



TAMES DICKSON and SONS, Nubsery and Seeds- 



J men, Hanover-street, Edinburgh, heg to inform their 

 numerous customers and the Public that the HYACINTbl 

 BLOOMS, which took the First Prize this day at the Royal 

 Caledonian Horticultural Socie'y, are now ON VIEW at their 

 Nur^ries in Inverleirh-row. — March 8. 



ALVANusED 



WIRE GAME 



P«r jwd. 3 fee- wi,i. 



NETTING, 



X 



OalTan. 

 iaed. 



W. per yd. 

 ... 12 



•*i 





»> 



II 



•I 

 Iff 



Japanned 



Iron. 

 5d*per yd. 



I 



8 " 



11 



MESSRS. STANDISH and NOBLE'S new de- 

 scriptive 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 

 J Funebral Cypress, Notices of Cephalotaxis Fortunii. Crypto- 

 men a japonica, Quercus sclerophylla and inversa, Viburnum 

 pHcatum and macrocephalum, 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 

 gue Designs for Laying out New Grounds and Plans for Im- 

 provements ; also Estimates for all kinds of Planting, whether 

 onmmental or economic— Bagshot Nurs eries, March 8. 



C NEW, TRUE, AND GENUINE GARDEN SEEDS. 

 1L&RKE and Co., Seedsmen and Florists '86 



x^L m ^l reet A ® orou ^> ^ndon, about 30 doors from the' 

 London-bridge Railway, beg respectfully to inform the public 

 genera ly they have a choice and well selected stock of 



18o0, and beg to direct especial attention to the following 

 collection, having supplied the same sorts and varieties for 



IT^ll^ Pa8t ' K hi t h haVe alway8 * iven ^ reat satisfaction to 

 a.i purchasers who have patronised us. The collection a^ 



follows, price 10* , sent to any Booking-office, Wharf or Ran 

 way in London, free :-2 qts. Early and Marrow Peas four 

 ben sorts ; 2 qts. Early and Late Beans, four hest sort"' 2 07 

 On ion four early and keeping sorts ; 1 pt. Radish three forts' 

 of the Long and Turnip - 1 pt . Summer Spinach ; 1 oz Celerv 



?«?!* T " rni P» two be8t »ort»; 2oz, Cabbage, four eariv and 



^oz. Brussels 



Kale ; 4 0, 'UngVric^CwTmbtp^iJ^ wT^ ^'^ 

 Frame Cucumber- A os EndivP • 1 '«. vi , , ndsor Pme 

 tuce, four Co, and Cabba °e 80r ts • i »l ^?? U 1 ° 2 ' Let " 



choice Melon ; 6 packets useful HerbV "^ato; 1 packet 



-5^Sii^S^ »* ^w Catalog of 



ftet The wn ,Te of t fc "' Blr ' h ' *' 9 - 10 < n ™* 12 



' oz Zl '■ V'i true i Caulifl O' r " ; 1 Pt. Milliard 



;"' f r oecoh, four best early and late sorts • *-, 

 K^rV^^^l' .4 »«• Crimwa Beet j J oz '. & 



Just published, in One Urge Volume sy o L ^ 8E,! tt 

 _^ Wood En K ravin t 'f. price 18, Z% lth *» 



rpHE GEOLOGICAL OBSERVER B vS ir7 



f T. Delabeche, P.R.S.. Director-Qeneral of I f* 

 gical Survey of the United Kingdom. ^ ° f *• «* 



London : Longman, Brown, Gkeen, and Lohomm, 



" fle that tU'eth his , land shall have pleuty^f^T 



Just published, price id. esch 



pATECHISMS OF COTTAGE FARlUNGAIft 



x a , a. CoNTENTS o y Cottage Faehcko. 

 Pfffiff daf^n-On Enclosing a Farmland Draiain,^ 

 Effects and Importance— Manures— The Manawm«Si 

 Two-Acre Farm-On Cow-Keeping- Thf 5222 i 1 

 Keeping-On Bees and Poultry— On the Culture of »fW 

 Farm of Ten Acres-On Flax and Rape-On theCultolJ 

 Cottage Farm of T wenty Acres. * lultmii 



Contents of Gardening. 

 The Rise and Progress of Gardening in England-Uali 

 and Situation Desirable for a Garden-On EnclosiorS 

 Lay mg-out a Garden— On the Preparation of the Soil-fiT 

 —The Growth of a Plant from Seed— Kitchen Gardea-S 

 tion of Crops in the Kitchen Garden— The Fruit Gar<Un-pri 

 pagation of Fruit Trees— The Varieties of Fruits and % 

 tables— The Flower Garden— Flowering Plants for WvakZ 

 On Pruning-On Weeding. AppENDix.-Listof Flowentfii 



to Pots m Wmdows-Lisfc of Tools Necessary in an (Mm 

 Garden. ^ 



London : Groombridge and Sons, Paternoster-roi. 



TABLES ON DRAINING, CATTLE, AND HAY, 

 Recently published, price 25. 6d. cloth, 



SERIES of TABLES on DRAINING }W| 



the number of roods and of rods of Drains, in * 

 quantity ot Land, from 1 pole to 100 acres, andfrom4tol 

 yards apart. Also, the number of Tiles, 12. H, 15,16, ■ 

 13 inches lo ig, required for from J rood or rod to 20,000 mi 

 or rods. And directions for constructing Tanks and meairar 

 their Contents. By James Strachan. Second Edition, • 

 fully revised, with Additions. 

 By the *ame Author, Seventh Edition, price 2s. W.ctaW 



A NEW SET of TABLES for computing the we$ 



of Cattle by measurement, the quantity of flay io RickU 

 different forms, the value of Land, <fcc, Ac To which a"" 

 added, a C lui-e System of FARM BOOK-KBEPWG. 

 The Book-keeping is also sold separately, price 6i 

 Edinburgh : Oliver and Botd. London: Simfkiit, U 



shall, andCo. 



ALL LOVERS OF A GARDEN SHOULD BUT ■ 



TPHE MIDLAND FLORIST, a Monthly HorW 



-*- tural Magazine, price 3d. Conducted bj J. P. ** 

 F.U.S., the Coppice, near Nottingham. 



No. LI., for March, just published— a fair specimen •: 

 work— con ains: Part I.— Obiginal Communications-^* 

 to true Florists— Cultivation of Annuals in Pots-HemirtaJ 

 Judging Flowers-Fraudulent Showing— To keep Vert* 

 through the Winter— The Cottage Allotment ; No. !«.-«■ 

 Illustrations of our Floral Publications— Perennial Herb«>» 

 Plants; No. I.-Coppiceana : No. XII.— To destroy *<*»* 

 Fruit Trees. Part II.: Notices of New, Raib, otWJ 

 r kbits, Flowers, Plants, Tbees, and VtcBTABUJ-J* 

 rennial Herbaceous Plans- Greenhouse Flants->^*J 

 Part II r. : Extbacts, Hints, and Recollections^ r*» 

 or the London Charivari, to the Managers of Floral Ep»» 

 — Culcuro of the Pansy for March— Victoria re^a»£ 

 Queries— Answers to Correspondents— Calendar of Operaw" 

 tur March, and other useful information. ^ 



Price only Threepence per month, or free per pos. w\ 

 advance. To Advertisers this is a rare opportunity at *■" 

 price. : 



Simpkin, Mabshall and Co., London; ana 



R. Sutton, Nottingham. 



MAI5 ^ : 



MAWE'S GARDENER'S CALENDAR, 



GLENNY. 



BY 



t 



edition^. 



. , VERY MAN HIS OWN GARDE-N 



Now ready, 12mo., price 6s., cloth, the twenty-fifth^'- 1 



TPVERY MAN HIS OWN GARDE-NER^ 



I £S p L A NTS.-W ANTED, about 





"^V, w"^? iSTutS* v—c~« — 



**rUi. Utlmbtf l0 r!l!l I *'*H; u Wll! reduce the price one. 



^wTaSd dS«^f*/ aD ,* Bd B «a0P, Market-place 



* 



Lin^ojq^imu fields, Lon don. ' ' b ' l > Gai, den.place, 



QARDENING FOR CH?LDREN^Pd'* i , . 



Biv. C. A. Johns, Author of « rt+SZ ^ h ? the 

 ; Price 64, ' ulQOr ot ™ e *t Trees of Britain," 



doth, Gilt 



GLEN.NY'S OARDENWQ jb U R COT 



22S S?J-2;«m. with a 



e 08» Treatment of 



,,i8u j auurioas, uriginai i>ioiea, aim •■— -wr 

 scape Gardening, Fountains, Fruits, Flowers, Guaoo, n^ 

 Pruning, & c ., and the Catalogue of Popular PIan M »^ 

 down to the present day. By Geokge Glm»* t » ' 

 author of " The Properties of Flowers and Pla^s, ^'^ 

 London : Longmah and Co. ; J. M. Richardsoo i ; n ^ 

 and 8on ; Bagster and Sons ; 'Hamilton and Co. L»J"Si 

 Co.; Kivingcons; J. Hearne ; H»u!stone a^lgi 

 Capes and Co. ; E. Hodgson ; H. Washbourne ; bm . lc 'W 

 and Co.; P. RichardsooV O. Routledge ; Of— °" d ^ 

 g^h eran and C o. ; and Whittaker and Co LJ _____- rn 



^"HORSE and ^ 



T 



Com 



are 



Grant 



m 



[shed bf 



The author has subjected it to so compter a 

 ^ke it in many resteers a new work.*'— preface- 

 V Purchasers should order the edition puhna 

 ma»« and Co. 

 THE DOG. With Woodcuts. Svo, 65. cloth. ^ 



London : Longman, Bkoww, Gbees, and t.o> 



V* 





»«»* M ^ L " TT e £ MtdIe^ ?°tf» 



the County ot M *dl* ^ ul ti« 

 the Preciuct of W»»t Ir C ^f > 

 i« ,*.*" — » " uu pu»'«8aea D y mem *t the 9 ffl 1t- .aid Co** 1 *'** 



i?n,^ er L" e ■ ine,lti » nd CommmnnicatioM «e to be *>»** 

 ^oiTOBe^SATuaoAT, Mabch 8, 1881. 



