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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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WARRANTED UNEQUALLED. 



^ nRE RT WHII3LEY is now supplying Selections 



0° „ , f w geiect coliectioa of 



1 1 r5T Twelve VarietL new aod distinct, of last year, 



^ee List containing a *reat ranety of choice 



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^L, r±amj< * °° e ^^'pp- 



Nursery, Keuniopton, London 



ROSES. 



nUI PAUL and SON beg to inform their friends 



\2dth* oublic in irenerai that they have still a ijood stock 

 _^-f the leadinz kinds of ROSES, which, when the selec- 

 * fc left to them, they offer on the following advantageous 



PLANTS! PLANTS! PLANTS! NEW AND CHEAP. 



H WALTON begs to offer the following at the very 

 • low prices named. DAHLIAS of 1850, 9s, and 125. per 

 dozen; older varieties, 4$. 6d. to 6s. per dozen. 



*.j*,M, «. v «., v. -« .x« ±v. , wiuci » ants- 



CINERARIAS, sent out last spring, 

 RAN I U MS, 7s. Gd. to V2s. per dozen. 



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SZLlard Rose*, in 12 superior vars., 18*. to 24s. per doz. 

 Srf standard do. do. 12*. to 18*. 



KEn* Rose* do- 95< t0 125> 



Jpriced descriptive Catalogue forwarded on receipt of one 



I? packages delivered free of carriage to London. 

 jfrJari^Tctwhii at, Herts, M arch 22. 



^^Tplanting SEASON.— WOODLANDS NUR ERY, 



M MiLRE^FIrfLD, NEAR UCKFIELD, SUSSEX. 



TT r 3L WOOD and SON having still on hand a very 



\ V extensive and superior stock of ROSES, will be happy to 

 tau ^ f collections as under (the selection ot sorts being left 

 JEpielves). The plants are remarkabiy strong and healthy, 



9s. to t3i. per dozen ; older varieties, 65. per dozen. 12 of 

 the choicest PANSIES of 1850, 16s., or 24 for 11. ; older varie- 

 ties, 6s. to 9s. per dozen. 

 9s. to 12s. per dozen. GER 



12 6rst-rate Sbow CARNATIONS. 9s. to 12s. ; 12 tirst-rate Show 

 PICOTKES, 9s. to 12s. ; 12 first-rate Show PINKS, 4s. to 6s. 

 Named CHRYSANTHEMUMS, 6s per dozen. 



For particulars of the above see Catalogues, which may be 

 had by enclosing one stamp. Strong, healthy, well rooted 

 plants, may be depended on ; securely packed, so as to ensure 

 the safe delivery of all orders at the least possible expense. 



It is respectfully requested that all orders be accompanied 

 wi'h a post-office order, made payable at Marsden, in Lancashire. 



Henry Walton, Florist, Edge End, Marsden, near Burnley, 



Lancashire. 





^JJotu Tout first-rate kinds will be sent. 



ROSES. 

 |0n tall Standards, budded with from 3 to 6 best 



tarieties on a stem 



Scum superior selected Standards 

 ft* Dwarfs and Dwarf Standards 

 |!Z r b do. do. (for exhibition) 



Dwarfs, on own roots, in 50 varieties, per 100 



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Per dozen, 



42s. to 60s. 

 18s. to 24s. 

 10s. to 16s. 



18s. 



50s. 



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tit*! do. do. without names, per 100 30s. 



f.B. A liberal quantity of plants will be given over with 

 ticb order. Catalogues free on application. 



ft :ppers, of various sizes, for pruning, 2s. 6d. to 4s. each. 

 Tbs Kippers are of an improved shape, being made so as to 

 ore a shoot without bruibiog the part left ; they are highly 

 nded as a useful addition to the implements of 

 amateurs. Metallic Labels for pot Rones. 2s. per 100. 





Ifl£ BL K AUSTRIAN PINE. 



T UCOMBE, P1XCE, and 



-"PINU3 AUSTRIAUA." 



Co. have a large and 



healthy stock of this most desirable Pine, exceeding 



,000, from 9 inches to 3 feet high, which having been fre- 



tly transplanted, are well rooted and safe to remove ; they 



can offar them, varying according to age and quality, from 



Us., 40s., to 60s. per 1000. This Pine has been proved to thrive 



m Weak and exposed places, and in the poorest soil* ; growing 



rapidiy and producing dense shelter in places where other 



utea will not grow; it also thrives well close to th.3 sea, 



re*Utin£ the spra/' and roughest winds. 



Exeter Nursery, March 22. 



TO GENTLE \fBX ENGAGED IN PLANTING. 



GEORGE JACKMAN has to offer a large and well- 

 irrown Stock of tbe following at very low prices, whu-h 

 •canbehaaon application. —Beech, 4 to5f. ; Chestnut, Spanish, 

 * 3 ft. ; Ditto ditto, 3 to 4 ft. ; Elms, English. 4 to 5 f r. ; Fir, 

 Larch, 2 too fc. ; Di to ditto, 3 to 4 ft. ; Ditto, Spruce, 2 to3fc. ; 

 >ltto ditto, quartered, 4 to 7 ft. ; Ditto, Silver, 1 *o 3 ft. ; Hazel, 

 to % fc. ; Ditto, 4 to 5 ft. • Hornbeam. 4 to 5 ft. ; Oaks, English, 

 4 to 5 ft. ; Ditto, Scarlet, 2 to 3 ft. ; Quicks, strong bedded. 

 N drinfji u rsery, Ma rch 2 2 . 



CAMELLIA STOCKS FIT FOR IMMEDIATE WORK. 



ENE LANGELIER, Clarendon Nursery, St. Helier, 



Jersey, begs to inform the Public that he has a very 



xtensive stock of the above, fit for immediate grafting, very 



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



•otsequeutly much less expense iu conveying to any distant 



flaee. Price 36s., 40s., aod 50s. per 100. 



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

 Fublic by any grower. 



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

 sta yery moderate rate and reduced price, as will be seeu by a 

 t**logue recently published, iu which it is proved that they 

 on stand the climate out-of-doors without protection. The 



ie can be had of R. L. by inclosing four penny stamps. 

 *«»*t— re or reference from unknown correspond eafes. 



Ct^t.^ AMERICAN PLANTS. 



LODDIGES and SONS, in consequence of part 



to c Vttfortzsh-**** b€iDg giV€Q UP t0V buiiaiu S> are enabled 



Finest Ghent Azaleas, strong bushy plants named, and being 

 SrdOT. ' are P 6 ** 11 * 11 ^ adapted for forcing, 18s. 



Aiaiea pontica, large, 12s. per doz. 



Aadromeda floribunda, 3 to 4 feet across, 10s. each. 



Jiyimims 30 specie?, 12s. per doz. 



Andromeda Ditto 24s. per doz. 

 J2£°ffice Orders to be made payable at Hackney, near 



CUCUMBER 



"PHENOMENA," AND 

 "BROMHAM HALL " MELON. 



DWARD TILEY wishes to inform the Nobility, 



***J? e^ j D ' , 6entI *y» aud lowers in general, that he has still 

 »***of good sound Seeds of the above superb CUCUMBER 

 *» HfcLON. and other varieties, as advertised b? him in the 

 J*****' Ghwnkle, Feb. 22d, 1851. Cucumber Phenomena, 

 S2f- Per packet; Bromham Hall .Melon, is. 6d. ditto; 

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

 f*w varieties of Cucumbers and Melons, at the prices 

 Hin the former Advertisement. 



jSc^^^* wUI be se,lt P ,sta - e iree on rereint of a Post- 



iSdh & ° r ttle amouat in penny postage stamps. 



ii. AkjZ. n^ WAR , D T,LEY » Nurseryman, Seedsman, and Florist, 

 \»ej Churchyard, B h. 



y ERBENAS.— A Set of Twelve of the most extract 



tkeir^S S€ed! l » ll g Verbenas ever offered. As a proot of 

 cstes ■ tw ^ "^ harebeeo awarded 30 first-class certifi- 

 **«^I^ni» ?* *iU be figured in tbe -Gardener's Maga- 



***** wS y L. pr L G * s - bt, « 6 10 sa y that tbe y are vt - r y 



*W» DlanS vH 8u rP ass ai? y Previously raised. The set in 

 * »«e>^BS5 e third week in April, at «., or 5s. per plant. 

 ^ € ^-eiofnf ' 8ee Cata tague, which will be forwarded on 

 kaitifal p„l V ne PO"age stamp, with the description of the 

 ^Botanv » ? a e l 0n1a » fi & u,efl int "e M Gardener's Magazine 

 ^^Ws « ith • ' Al8 ° uis new 1>etuni *» »«<! Heliorropes. 

 *»frinooN p IMlc . esof v «rbenas, Fuhsias, Dahlias, Chry- 



* nT H. Tollin^ r ^? l,Jlm8 ' &c -» at moderate prices. — Gjeokge 

 ^ ^|ngtonNuwery f Homsey.road, Islington, London. 



H m S. 



STANDISH and NOBLE'S 



new de- 



J?KTAt^fw C T \ T - AI ^ GUB u 0F SELECT HAUDY ORNA- 

 ^Vts^^rJJt U J a *l P ub |i s bed, and may be h«d for 

 *«pCS P? ; B< l S1<,es a ? rea »»e on the cultivation of 

 '«*c»l CVSSS* 'Z™. atain l % P i»*» "« IWrip-ion of the 

 S?^ 8 ^OnJ ** f c 9*«to»«fc. Fortunii. Crypto- 

 &*o<d and ^.?- ercu , s Mlerophyliu and inversa. Viburnum 



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'*>orthofPMt pllalU - m ' wi, - h # "««y "cent introductions 

 s . °* ^ T hlna . qui-e new to Eng h gardens. 



S? ^ ' &S2«** ^^oPl"l rtunH J OI "»«ng that they 

 £w«ieM S • ak,7l $" K °?* ?ew Grouads and Plans lor Im- 

 ^smeatal or .„ ^P^ 8 for all kinds of Planting, whether 

 e «U or economic-B^abot Nurseries, Marcu 22 



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UGH „ LOW and CO. beg to offer established 



Plants of the undernamed : 

 PHLOX, 21 superior sorrs, each 



24 newer varieties, each 

 12 best Belgian varieties of la?t year, each 

 CHRYSANTHEMUMS, in great variety, per doz.... 



„ per 100, one plant of each 



sure ••« > • • ••• 

 ,, newer varieties, per doz.... 



LILTPUTIAtf CHRYSANTHEMUMS. — These miniature 

 varieties have, during the past season, established themselves 

 as groat favourites, on account of their dwarf habit and pro- 

 fuse blooming. 



12 varieties of 1849, Is. each, or 9s. per dozen. 

 18 ,, of 1850, 2s. each, or 18s. per dozen. 

 GLOXINIAS. 6 fine Contiuental nvbrids, 'Is. 6d. each. 

 BLUE MIMULUS (Mimulus ringens), a fiae hardy herba- 

 ceous plant, 2s. Gd. each. 



A few fine round-headed SWEET ORANGE TREES, 2 feet 

 stems, full of fruit, los. each. 



Post-office orders payable at Hackney. 

 Clapton Nursery, London. 



ALUABLE VEGETABLE S.— 



CAULIFLOWERS. — Myatt's improved early, much 

 earlier than the old varieties, m jre compact and heavier, con- 

 sidered by the raiser as most desirable, quantity very limited, 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS, improved variety, direct from 

 Brussels ; Is. per oz.. Gd. per packet. 



C\»BAGE2, MITCHELL'S ENFIELD.—This has been tried 

 at the Horticultural Society's Garden, and pronounced one of 

 the best ; Is. per oz., Gd. per packet. 



CABBAGE, CFIAPPEL'S COLE WORT, excellent for Winter 

 Greens ; Gd. per oz. 



CARROT, ST. JAMES', one of the best for small gardens, 

 and shallow or heavy s ils ; 3d. per oz. 



CELERY, COLES' SUPERB RED, very extensively grown 

 last season, and pronounced first-rate ; Is. per oz., 6d. per 

 packet. 



LETTUCiS, VICTORIA CABBAGE, but little known, but 



one of the handsomest grown, and which no gentleman's gar- 

 den should be without. 



Duncan Haibb, in offering the above selection from his 

 general List, b-gs to inform his friends that he warrants them 

 to be as described. 



109, St. MartinN-lane, Ch%rincr-nross. London. 



MESSRS. HAY, SAiNGSTEil 

 ready to supply their prepared P" 



and CO. will be 



ready to supply their prepared Potato Cottings about 

 the middle of April next, the produce of which proved so highly 

 -atistactory last, as well as the experimental trials of the three 

 former years, as to Quality, Quantity, and Size, being more 

 than double the crop this year of tho^e planted in the usual 

 way, and containing a much larger quantity of starch, which 

 is so essentially necessary to the preservation of that valuable 

 root. A report of the analysis wili be found below. Oar own ex- 

 periments give about one-third more saccharine matter than 

 the best we could procure grown under the old system. All 

 orders must be to hand on or before the end of the second week 

 in April, as H. S. and Co. are preparing to plant a large 

 breadth, and will only provide for what may be ordered up to 

 that time. Post-office orders to be made payable to John 

 Sanchtkr, at the Borough Post-office, Southward. Printed 

 instructions for planting and management will be sent with 

 the plants ordered. 



Per 1000—5. d. 

 York Regents .. ..10 6 

 American Native . . 10 6 



White - blossomed Kid. 



ney 10 6 



Soden's Early Oxford ..150 

 Early Cockney . . . . 15 



Package and delivering to any Carriers' Office iu London, 

 1080 to 5000, Is.— Newiugton Butts, London, March 22. 



%* We have examined a sample of Potatoes, called York 

 Regents, grown by Messrs. Hay, Sangster, and Co.. in com- 

 parison with two other samples of Potatoes of the same deno- 

 mination, obtained by ourselves from a highly respectable 

 Potato Salesman, with a riew to ascertain ie amount ot 

 starch contained in each, with the following results— viz., 



Starch. 

 Messrs. Hay, Sangster, and Co.'s York Regents 15 J per cent. 

 Salesman, No. 1 ' ... „ ,, il| 



Maurice Scanlan, F.C.S., Chemical Works, George- street, 

 Bermondsey; Alfred An D£*iON,F.C,S. , Experimental Chemist, 

 Great Suffolk-street, Southwark. 



Per 1000— s. 



d. 



New Early Ebrington 





Kidney . . . . 15 







Do. Ash-leaved . • . . 15 







Do. Frame Round . . 10 



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Do. Radical .. ..10 



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Fox's Seediinsr . . . . 10 



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SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1851. 



MEcTTINns F« THE 3 SUING WEEK. 

 Moitday, March 21 f £ Titi ^ ^ rch ( £ecta §.*-*- 



VVMDAY, 

 WjSDSlSDAY, 



Thvrsdai, 



Friday, 

 Saturday, 



I Uto^raphical Sjp-w. 



iCml titijcinf*rs 8 r m. 



< M«4teal And CMrurgical Sfetja . 



(Zoological 9p.m. 



nQJ .ety or Arts a p.*. 



I Geological S£p.m. 



r Royal Sor, of Literature 4 p.m. 



27 < A n flw y M K M ffl ., w P M . 



( K oya I 8 * p . m . 



38~Uoyul Iastitucioa s^p m. 



— -dsdical •«..»•».,..,., ...».S p.m. 



It is quite remarkable to observe, how much has 

 been written, and yet how little is really known, 

 respecting the theory of transplants a subject 

 of the first importance to the working gardener ; in 



some cases 



a good deal of sound knowledge, and 

 good practical experience, is so overlaid with tine 

 words and absurd affectation of sc ace,, that the 

 seeker after 



■traction has no easy task to separate 

 the sense of the author from hk nonsense. In 

 [ other cases, that which isAltogtifcer false, and with- 



out any real value whatever, is stated as unques- 

 tioned facts, and is told with such an air of decision 

 and authority, that it may easily deceive those who 

 are not aware of the true weight to be attached to 

 such authority, and the real value of such facts. It 

 is to be regretted that there is hardly any really 

 good book especially devoted to this subject ; it is 

 probable that if there were, we should not so 

 frequently observe the evil effects of ignorant and 

 careless planting in plantations and woods, as we 

 do at present. 



There are many hundred thousands of acres of 

 laud in various parts of England perfectly barren 

 and useless, and, consequently, of little or no real 

 value to their po^essors, but which, if judiciously 

 planted, might, in time, be rendered profitable in 

 various ways. We have sometimes suggested to the 

 possessors of such tracts of land, the advantage of 

 planting with suitable trees some of these waste 

 lands, and have not unfrequently been told, in reply, 

 that it was quite useless to do so, because nothing 

 would grow there ; the place was too exposed, too 

 high or too low, too wet or too dry ; and in support 

 of this, the failure of some attempt to plant a 

 neighbouring piece of ground was adduced. Now, 

 in nine cases out of ten of this sort, it will be found, 

 on closely inquiring into the matter, that the failure 

 of the neighbouring plantation has arisen from the 

 miserable and careless mode in which the planting 

 has been effected. The work was, perhaps, done by 

 contract, the trees were bought as cheap as possible, 

 fetched from a distance, and badly packed, so that 

 they received as much injury as possible on the road, 

 short of absolute destruction. In 



probable that nothing 

 make hoi 



planting, it 

 done than 



single 



is 

 more was done man to 

 in the ground, or rather slits, with 

 a single cut of a spade or pick, the trees 

 thrust in, and rammed hard, to prevent them 

 from being blown away, generally being buried 

 a few inches deeper than they ought to be. Of 

 such planting we can only say, that if the roots of 

 the plant chance to be put into the ground — in fact, 

 if the tree is planted with the right end upwards, it 

 may possibly grow. No one need wonder if the 

 greater number die, whilst those which do grow 

 look starved and miserable, and at last, if they live 

 long enough, form something between a bush and a 

 stunted tree ; in short, it is more wonderful that 

 any of the trees thus planted grow at all. Let it 

 not be thought that we are too severe in making 

 these remarks ; we are unfortunately not speaking 

 of one case, but of many, as any one may learn, if 

 he sets out on a journey to discover badly managed 

 plantations. 



We doubt very much whether there is any great 

 quantity of land in England on which trees of one 

 sort or other might not be profitably cultivated. 

 Of course there are situations, as, for example, on 

 the sea-coast, and exposed to the influence of high 

 tides ; and again, in certain rocky districts, where 

 there is, perhaps, no true soil, in which plants could 

 not grow, but, with the exception of these and 

 similar casi , there are but few instances of barren 

 land which, by a little care and attention, might not 

 be in a few years covered with healthy trees. As, 

 on the one hand, we could point to numerous 

 instances of the failure of bad planting in barren or 

 exposed situations ; so, on the other hand, we might 

 mention many cases in which, by the expenditure 

 of a little more care and money, the most successful 

 results have been obtained. In planting barren 

 land, the various conditions of situation, exposure, 

 and soil, must be considered ; and if there is any 

 thing which is evidently wanting, or unfit, it must, 

 if po ible, be remedied at once. The depth of 

 the soil, and the nature of the subsoil, must be 

 inquired into. The superabundance of water must 

 be guarded against ; and at the same time it must 

 be borne in mind, that it is quite possible to over- 

 drain land ; especially that which is very light and 

 porous, and which, therefore, soon becomes dry 

 and scorched in a hot summer. Above all things, 

 *otne pains must be taken in planting the trees 

 themselves ; they must be selected according to 

 the situation to be planted, and they must be care- 

 fully planted in the soil when it has been properly 

 prepared, and not merely r „uck in holes and the 

 earth rammed hard round tkeni, as if they were so 

 »any hedge-stakes. 



In exposed situations, as in bleak downs by the 



sea shore, it is often found that nothing Kit some 



lardy Fine, or similar tree, is able to wi^tand the 



wind ; but even in these c es, by pl^^ng in belts, 



and by making use of the shelter which the more 



hardy t es afford, it is eaqr i* a & w 7 e * 1 * to ^ ve 

 thriving plantations of aw?- oi <** otdmary forest 

 tree<. The valae of ahp'ter is strongly u i on 

 y all who have had *&e management of plantations 

 »y the sea bhoi* and it may be readily by 



observing U outer trees 01 exposed w md 



co .ri«g titem with, simitar U*« which have 



