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GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



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INDEX. 





186 b 



toorty 01 saguu- *g j 



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JlU^oiicultaral 



jXfcftJturil 



^lUzcfor 



Kig^Bpuiih 



rws the mam* the . . . . • 



r bihirtt • • • • • 



tbcrntt 



j^f xie 



- Mr. HnAwn'i . 



» fculdinct, p«int 



* to dry }§; 



to erect 1SU c 



for 



181 c 



182 a 

 1S4 c 

 184 a 



1*9 * 

 184 c 



184 c 



182 6 

 187 e 



183 6 



185 b 



184 C 

 1-2 e 



1S8 e 



187 6 



186 a 



Glass houses, to move the sir in 182 6 



GrftJtin* ....-•••••• {& ° 



Grass by inoculation "» « 



Hepaticas ....—.•• JST . 



Horticultural Society 'J*. « 



Hudson's (Mr.) farm \™ J 



Husbandry, Tullian 186 6 



Insect, whan is an? ^ a 



Ireland, forming m iju » 



Land, open furrowed. *°/ ° 



Market gardening 



• « • • 



• • ■ • 



18 



Mechi, Mr , and the poor 189 a 



Varcissus teuuifolms l*f « 



Nymphsea caerulea J »* ° 



Open furrows ....... i°7 a 



Paint, durable '£' ° 



Payer on Cryptogams, rer is* « 



Kailroads, farm..... ™° a 



Superphosphate of lime SX ? 



Transplanting, theory of 1<9 & 



Vegetables, to dry. }»J a 



Ventilation *»* J 



Victoria Regia JJa 



Villafgardening 1«» J 



Weather, the. 189 6 



rTORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



I vnT OB ia hereby given, that the EXHIBITIONS of 

 imilnT^^l^ SOCIETY'S GARDEN, in the 



^season will take place on the following Saturdays 

 **?! T 7 1 " d iiiivlO- and that Saturday, April 5, 

 A*!^ day on "hie* X usual privileged Tickets are 

 JSd to Fellows of the Society. Each Fellow may, this year , 

 Shm « ! -uch Tickets, at 35. 6d\ each, at the Society's Office, 

 L, Rege nt. street, London. . - — 



DOYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, Regent's Park. 



U GENERAL EXHIBITIONS — Wednesdays, May 14, 



Ime 11, and July 2. _ 



AMERICAN PLANTS-Saturdays, May 31, and June 7. 



ROSE GARDEN— Saturday, Jane 121. 



Ticketi, which will admit the Bearer to either of the above 

 bhibitions, or upon ANY ONE DAY in the month of JUNE, 

 oeept Sundays, are now ready, and may be had at trie 

 hardens, by orders from Fellows of the Society. Price, on or 

 afore Saturday, May 3, 4s. ; after that day, 55. ; or on the 

 Exhibition days, 75. 6<2. each. Fellows of the Society may have, 

 * or before May 3, any number of packets containing Thirty 



ickets each, for Five Guineas the packet, being at the rate of 

 k M. each Tic ket. __ ".. 



VTATIONAL FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY.— 



II OFFICES, 21, REGENT-STREET, LONDON. 

 The Printed Rules, <bc, of the National Floricultural 



iocnrrr will be forwarded to all post paid applications. 



John Edwards H on. Sec. 



PR (3 LONDON FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY] 



I The Subscribers and Friends of this Society are respect- 

 ally informed that a Meeting of the Society will be held at 



ietrr Hall, Strand, London, on Tuesday, the 15th April 

 ext, at 6 o'clock precisely, for General Business, and the 



rther meetings will take place at the days and times men- 

 toed below, for the Exhibition of Seedlings and Class Show- 

 ag, and for General Bu-iness of the Society. 



Foa Seedlings and Class Showing. 



Tuesdays, at 12 o'clock. 

 Apiil.— Auriculas and Polyanthus. 

 7 May.— Cinerarias, Calceolarias, Pelargoniums, Pansies, and 



Tulips. „ , 



-Antirrhinums, Pelargoniums, Pinks, Ranunculus, 



and Roses. 

 •Carnations, Fuchsias, Picotees, Phloxes, Petunias, 



and Verbenas. 

 SAcgcst.— Dahlias, Fuchsias, Hollyhocks, and verbenas. 

 J fcrTEMBER.— Dahlias, Pausies, and Roses. 

 5 5oyimber.— Chrysanthemums. 



For Seedlings and General Business. 



Tuesdays at 6 o'clock precisely. ^ ^ 



15 April. 13 May, 10 June, 8 July, 12 August, 9 Sept., 14 Oct., 



Xfcr., 9 Dec, 13 Jan., 1852, 10 Feb., and 9 March. 



On the 22d April next, in addition to the usual prizes awarded 



the Society, a Silver Cup of the value of Five Guineas 



"01 be given for the beat Four Plants of Auriculas, one of 



*o class. Also — „_ 



flj-for the best plant of Dickson's Duke of Wellington. 

 2lf. Ditto Page's Champion. 



Mil Ditto Dickson's Apollo. 



Mi, Ditto Clegg's Crucifix. 



Ma, Ditto Oliver's Lovely Ann. 



M*. Ditto Dickson's Duke of Wellington. 



*S| Iame-street, March 22. J. W. Jewitt, Hon. Sec. 



OHN WILMOT (late Wilmot and Son), begs to 



inform the Nobility, Gentry, and the Trade that any orders 

 they may honour him with will be attended to with the 

 same punctuality as during his father's lifetime. 



Isleworth, March 22. — _ - 



JACKSON and SON have still on hand a limited 



-a. - quantity of their Improved KIDNEY POT AT 'O , at Is.Gd 

 ner bushel and Golden Dwarfs at 55. 6d, (an excellent Early 

 Frame Potato); for the particulars of their merits, see 

 Gardeners 9 Chronicle of the 14th or 21st December. 



T. J. and Son, having the largest stock in the country of 

 Taxodium sempervirens, are enabled tc i offer ; them at the 

 following low rates :-Fine plants, 2 feet high, 25. M. ; 6 feet, 

 215. ; intermediate sizes at proportionately low prices For 

 sytbia viridtssima, 3 feet high, full of flower-buds, 25. 6d. ; and 

 all other general Nursery Stock at equally low prices. 



Nurser y. Kington, Surrey. March 22. ___ 



GENUINE SEEDS, DAHLIAS, PLANTS 



THEODORE LOCKHART, Seedsman and Florist, 

 84, Fleet-street, London, warrants the following of first. 



rate quality ;— 



12 distinct vars. German Aster 



12 Ditto Ditto Stocks 



Glenny'a 6 vars. Camellia Balsam 



„ Straw-coloured Ditto ... ... 



A packet containing 500 Seeds, saved from the finest 

 Show HollyhockB 



Walcheren Broccoli, per oz. 



Imported Brussels Sprouts, per oz. 



Lockhart's Rosette Colewort, the finest summer and 

 autumn variety yet introduced, with ^tructions for 

 sowing and growing, by which they will be fit for use 

 in five weeks from the date of planting out, per oz. ... 



All the above in sealed packets. 



The improved Zinc Label, per 100 



B. 

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Indelibfe Horticultural Ink, per bottle ... . . . M- and 1 ^ 



A Dahlia List, just published, and sent free Jj PWt on app - 

 cation ; and, in a few days, a second and improved edition will 

 appear of T LnngHART's Seed List.— Mar ch {I. m 



"XbRAHAjOaRD Y and SON'S HOME-GROWN 



A SEEDS, selected from their general Seed list. Post free. 



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FLOWERS, packets of each : 

 Heracleum Giganteum 

 Root do. do, 



100 vars. Hardy Annuals ... ... 10s. '• 



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12 vars. 1 



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20 

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*5 



2 



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2 



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GORMAN'S "LORD NELSON" NEW PICOTEE. 



l " The heaviest edged purple raised, quite {free from spot or 

 •*t *nd good pod, with superb white and large petals, 10s. 6d. 

 «rp%ir. warranted a fine show variety. Catalogues on pre- 

 aid application to Benjamin Norman, Florist, Bull Fields, 



\ 



GOLIAH STRAWBERRY. 



I -.*jvj jvhijEj 1 can suppiv guuv* Plants ot his 



celebrated Strawberry GOLIAH, at the very low price of 



i. ii* rl00 » or 12 Plants, free by post, for 18 postage stamps. 



"°™« Plants of Dwarf German HOLLYHOCKS mixed, at 125. 



22?; tn ese have all bloomed, and are very double and 



J**™* HOLLYHOCK SEED, saved from a fine collection of 



^e varieties, 18 packets, named, free by post, for 55. ; ditto 



**t Per packet, 25 Gd. SWEET WILLIAM SEED, from a 



!^anety of beautiful brilliant colours, per packet, 15. 



^yiCOmbe Valo V„- «— r»„*u A,r«««K 00 



JI-USTONES and CO., of the Nurseries, Stunner, 



ihftSfk* Ha verhiU, Suffolk, have to offer a few hundreds of 

 Wthuses, saved from named flowers, 205. per 100, 35. per 

 •JJ; ' double major white Rocket, 20«. per 100, 35. per dozen ; 

 ^ climbing Roses, 65. and 95. per dozen ; fine hardy Climb- 



**nts, including some beautiful new Honeysuckles, d&c, 

 ?n ii f ? n; Herbaceous Plants, in fine collections, 305. per K . m m 



»aoUy hocks, gaved from fine named flowers, 15s. per 100, I Sold by Edward Tilet, Nurseryman, 

 *• per dozen. 



Half hardy | J 



Tender — f ^ 



Biennials and Perennials ... .. 



VEGETABLES, packet* of each : 



Beets ... 

 Broccolies 



Cabbages 



Cauliflowers 



Celery ... 

 Frame Cucumber 



Lonx prickley do. 



Endive 

 Gourds 

 Lettuces 



Melons 



Parsley, extra fine ... 



Potato, early 



Savoys 

 Tomatoes 

 Vegetable Marrow 



• Fine Brussels Sprouts 



* Fine Green Curled Canada Broccoli 

 Treatise on Potato Culture 



Those marked * Sd. per oz. ; 5 oz., 25. Gd. 

 • Agricultural Seeds, <fcc, carriage free to London 

 vahfe—Early Potatoes, 9 varieties, each, Is per peck or 85. 

 ner bushel- Mangold Wurzels, M.per lb. ; Altnngham Carrot, 

 L per lb V White do., Sd. ; Parsnip, 9d. ; Turnip and Swedes 

 15 per quart ; Asparagus Plants, 3 years old, U. per hundred, 

 &c. Packages free. Remittances must accompany orders. 

 This Advertisement will not be repeated. 



Seed Establishme nt. Maldqn, E ssex. 



~ HOLLYHOCK SEED. 



EDWARD TILEY begs to inform the lovers of that 

 beautiful flower that he has been successful in procuring 

 a quantity of good sound SEED of the above from an Amateur 

 Gentleman who has one of the most superb and choice 

 collections in cultivation 5 the seed having been selected with 

 every care and attention, he can confidently recommend it. 

 Sold at 25. 6d. per packet, containing 150 seeds, or 55. for a 



nacket of 400 seeds. _^ - - - 



P GERMAN ASTER SEED. t-|J . 



Unequalled for the superiority of flower the shape .of which 

 forms that of half a globe, and has been admired by thousands 

 of spectators at numberless exhioitions. There are from 20 



to 30 varieties, 15. per packet. cr.^™ 



SWEET-WILLIAM SEED. 



Saved from 24 superb varieties. The flowers are very large, 

 and of dwarf habit. They were much admired when in bloom, 

 by countless spectators, and the Seed numerously ordered by 



them; I5. per packet. ... 



' ANTIRRHINUM SEED. 



E T being a most extensive grower of all the choicest sorts 

 known'in cultivation, has selected the Seed with great care 

 from the finest varieties, as to colour, shape and habit ot plant. 

 There are more than 50 distinct varieties ; 15. per packet. 

 DWARF ORANGE AFRICAN MARIGOLD SEED. 

 Unrivalled for its superior size and darkness of colour, many 

 of the flowers last season measuring 5 inches over, and not 

 more than 1 foot high ; 6d. per packet. 

 Or, if preferred, a 55. packet of Hollyhock and a packet ot 



each of the above varieties for 75. 

 Walcheren Cauliflower Broccoli (as imported) 15. 0<Z. p. packet. 



Tamworth Broccoli ... } a 



Wilcove Broccoli ••• * ® 



Cole's Superb Solid Celery 6 



Bath Cos Lettuce, seed true, the best and finest 

 flavoured in cultivation ... ... ..-.J ■ » ". 



A remittance roust accompany the order, either in ca»n ur 



penny postage stamps for the amount. 



TRUE DRUMHEADS for CATTLE, also EARLY 

 BATTERSEA, the large Imperial, Early Vanack, «fcc. t 

 at THOMAS WELLANDS, Surrey Gardens, near God aiming, 

 Surrey, packed and delivered at the Godaiming Station, 35. b«. 



per lQiX); he lot;,. A^iHMcOdnlin.iwr Plun'B. 3s. i.er 100. 



XTURSERY CATALOGUES.— The following priced 



i-\ Catalogue* may be obtained from the Cheshunt Nurseries, 

 free by post, on receipt of one postage stamp. 

 A. Descriptive Catalogue of Roses. 



Catalogue of Hardy Ornamental Trees and Shrubs. 



Fruit Trees. 



Hardy herbaceous Plants. 

 Forest Trees. 

 Greenhouse Plants, &c 

 Agricultural, Garden, and Flower Seeds. 

 —The 1 prices ure attached to every article. All packages 



delivered free of carriage to London. 

 Adam Paul a nd Son, Mqrserirs, Ch e abunt, Herts. 



""rTVISRV* S'lMBLti SWEDti 1.U&MIP SEKI). ~~ 



RIVERS solicits the attention of Agriculturists 



v. to his quick-growing SVVBDB TURNIP The variety 



owes its origin to a cross between a large variety of the Early 



Stone m 1842? and the old Green Top Swede. It has become 



a distinct variety, by carefully selecting, for seven years, 

 a distinct variety, y j h gQ that nQw 



t Is a^ true Swede! with the earliness of . the Wnite 



Stone- it is green-topped, with a short neck, wrh the solid 



JeSoVnesh of the common Swede ; for sowing in May, for early 



ffll? or for late sowing upon heavy land and sheep-fed leys it 



^ C Id a 8 aluable Turnip for hardiness and keeping 



n^aliUes also for sowing near large towns, to draw off 



2«rlr U ^rew n tons per acre after Tares, mowed, without 



manure on'the6thof August, 1849. Specimensof the roots were 



Swbited ?t the Baker street Cattle Show ; also Specimen Roott 



of dfferent times of sowing, from May till August, were exhibited 



Order "or a™v quantify Sbove 10 lbs. will promptly be attended 



to if addr^^ Rivers. Seedsman, S^nruiirewo^th, 



Herts, at 25. per lb., carriage paid to London. ^ J 1 " ^ 



aold in sealed bags, of 2J lbs., price 5s. t and 5 lbs, IC5., 



tJ thP following agents -.-Aberdeen, Union-street, Mr. J. 



rL Ay^ N Messrs. Imrie and Sons ; Belfast, Messrs 



Farrell and Co. ; Bristol, Messrs. Gara-.y, Mayes and Co ; 



Cariitle. Messrs/Little and Ball , ne ; ObjS». Messrs F. 



and J. Dickson ; Chilwetl, Nottin^ n **??'£*• ut ff 

 Pearson- Cirencester, Mr. R. F. .way; Chichester, Mr. H. 

 ^ilveXk- Clonmel, Ireland, Messrs. Hig^ins and Sons ; 

 n 1 v n e a 7« ' p : Messrs Hogg and Wool ; Dundee, Messrs. 



L3S?aJ?SsrSSft I £ a ssasra 



£, fi M e S Cckfi' , Sus-er, U^rl Wood and Son ; JMltjm. 



and Sons ; Sudbury, burT.lk, M ew J 8 * Ba f * 8 J" j Catteil • York! 

 Messrs. Fisher and Holmes; We^terham, Mr J.Oatteii , ior Kf 



Messrs. Backhouse and Sous. 



T HE FINEST CARNATIONS PICOTEES, 



-We have the , p ensure u, ann ^ ^ ^^ unMURU 

 Celebrated Col Uction ■ of *e f gendi out in fiae welu 



^^ySt^Si^^ VM *»"»**-.««• ex. 



r P a^W a ^t f ts^r "ho- -varieties of Cama- 



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12s. to 18s. per dozen 



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99 



j 14, Abbey Churchyard, Bath, 



tions and ricotees 

 12 naira do. do. oo .. 



25 pairs of very tine show varieties of do. 

 12 pairs do. do. ao - 



Fine mixed border do.— per dozen pairs 

 True old Cove -per pair ... ... •• 



PINKS, finest tirst-class show flowers, 



&ew S Seedling PANSIES, « Commander-in-Chief, w and ■ Pr nee 

 Trthur "-Two of the best flowers of the season, price 5s. 

 each. For particulars of iheir merits, see advertisement of 



PAN b sTES y -12 of the finest first-class show flowers, including: 



the above for 21s. 12 fine bhow flowers, 10s. 

 FUCHSIAS.- Ail the besc and newest varieties worthy of being 



zrown, 9s. to 12s. per dozen. 

 VFRRENAS do. do. Ss. to 10s. per dozen. 



CINERARIAS do. do. Fine flowering plants, 9s. 



to 18s. per dozen. 4 ^ tt j^, rt „ 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS do. 6s. to 12s. per dozen. 



lUKl » aw unsi LiU tiau varieties of 1849, 6s. per doz. 



„ of 185o, 12s. per doz. 



ERICAS.-Fine flowering plants of all_ the : «" ""«!"_£ 

 Ventricosa, and other free- blooming kinds, 12s. to 18*. per 



EPACRIS.— Fine flowering plants of all the best kinds, 12*. 

 CAMELLIAS— An extemive collection of the most snperb 

 F^CYGERAN P ruis -Strong Plants, in 5.inch pots, 12*. to 

 6r^nh P o e us d e |irnts, in 25 select kinds, b, name, for 20* 



Do 12 do - u 



ESCALLONlAMACRANTHA.anewandsplendidharayShruft 



flr»w*»m 9s. to 18s. oer dozen. fnr qa 



HARDTboNIFBILB. in U distinct and rare •P~«» f M, ^7 ha 

 ROSES Standar i», Balf-9«.n<Ui4i, and Dwarfs <* ** *** 



C fi&»»^. l S ^o^and rigoron^ ^owtb, 6*. to 9*. 



Ha P ^owering CLIMBERS 5n 12 ^ sorU ^10,.^ 

 Herbaceous Plants, of newest ana r^ ^ 



x TPvn?Tmf vat T FY ate 'OK, for blooming, 5s. per 100. 

 KSLfiS- I"new V a A n L d L v E Jv ?S^5 F.ower Seeds, 



ANEMONE Seed, s.ved from selected sorts, 2*. &L and 5*. per 

 PttC Yoce" ~4 Co^Rcjal Nnrsery, Great YarmonUu 









