THE GARDENERS' 



CHRONICLE. 



NEW CATALOGUE of 



, _.n v~ .Mt frpe on 



ffK ffSJLeiii £ be *en t free 



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DWARF DAHLIAS, to be sent out the 



first week in May. 



CHOIfiK BEDDING PLANTS 



BNRY WALTON, Florist, to* 



Marsden, near Burnley, 



E<fce-end, 



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teacben, viz.. 100 nne 



Pinks, 4s. ; 

 amt, 4s. 6d. 



25 for 9, to 185-12 for 4, M to *• ^™ n ? me d 

 varieties, 105. ; 12 do., 45 «* to 6* l- . 



12 Verbenas, Si ■**. : U^e*™***™ Geraniums, -fine 

 to 65.; 12 Ivy-leaved do., 4 %vi«hea" S5. <3^ .; 12 Heliotro- 

 Btrong plants 4.. 6,1. to * ; ^^ ni ^, 45. li Mimnlus, 

 plums, of sorts, 45. ; 1- J"" 81 "/. 1 . or 12 f each nf tbe above 



GAINES'S PRINCE ARTHUR, beautiful carmine ; height, 

 ISinebes. 10s. 6d. The above is the greatest novelty ot the 

 season ; pood for 'bedding or showing. 



GAINES'S RACHAEL, crimson purple, ripped .with- white ; 

 3 feet. 105 Gd. This is one of the best fancy Dahlias ever 



offered to the public. ■.%.*«. i - ««. ♦l,* 



Descriptive Catalogues may be had by applying at the 



sery, Surrey-lane, Battersea, near London. 



"ROYAL CHANCElIopr^?^-^ 



W# TURNER, F WW «%ggp5: 



_ T T • he is preoared to send n»* 'ui^ S ^ *Dlui 



Gerani 



t « T s T end °«t hi 8 



Nur- 



the ROYAL eHANCElYnn 1 ** 

 grower and bta>mer 9 of dwarf habit i'" an 

 nouneed by competent j*dg es to dp %h\ . U »*« 

 firsutate. form yet out. '.Plants \ L ^^ , 

 Discount to the trade when three Tar* V, pa ***«i 

 must accompany all orders. aken « 1 



Richmond Gar den, Madinj lyroadJ^^^ 



4f. : 12 L 



Tbe above may be bad the 



lots for 11 u ™^ as to ensure safe 



delivery of all orders.^^ longiflora alba, fimbriata, Gbies- 



strong bea 



Achimenes Tugw< 



. 7 ^^FVlieri,ro«ea sup-rb, eximia rosea, cor- 



Catalogues may be had by inclosing one stamp, strong 

 ^1 rn S nlanrs may be depended upon. It is respectfully 

 requested alforders be^ccompanied with a Post-office order, 

 gdejjyableji ^ near Burnley, Lancashire. 



— nFFrrYTFOLD kidney potato. 



AMES LAKE, Nurseryman, &c, Bridgewater, 



TULIPS. 



MR DAVIDSON, Camden Grrjve, Peokham, will 

 -submit a portion of his BULBS for Sale, during the 

 Woom, by private contract.— Applications for Catalogues; (*rith 

 a price to each row) will please address, free, inciting a 

 posta ge stamp. ^ _.- r , 



WARRANTED UNEQUALLED. 



ROBERT WHIBLEY is now supplying Selections 

 in Pots, and by Post, from his select Collection of 

 FUCHSIAS. Twelve Varieties, new and distinct, of last year, 

 105 Gd. cast*. See List containing a great variety of choice 

 new plants for one stamp.— Nunsery, Kennmgton, London. 





I OHN SEALEY, Florist^ Mn*i^ 



O St. George, Bristol, will be pre™iJ Ugi ^ d 

 plants (ready to send out the 1st of \ul Y-, n e *«i*L 

 WHITE DAHLIA, the QUEEN OF W^S 



general Catalogue of the leading varietiA «S *u ST - * 

 had on application—April 26. 5 vanetle s of the day ^ 



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BAT FT NURSERY. 



out 



AMES GRIFFIN begs to announce that his Annual 



j had on 

 application. It contains a Descriptive List of all the newest 



Spring CATALOGUE is now ready, and may 



'PHE following useful desc^tb^TvFi 



1 STOCK may be procured from ?he t 2L J 

 ground of W ROGERS, Sen., Nubs^™^; 1 * -^ 

 Planter, Red Lodge, near Southampton dri?j£3T*<3 

 of the Stations on the South- Western Rallwai a? i?** 

 the best season for transplanting them •— *•!*• 



Rhododendron ponticum, 2 to 4 inches 40* r*. ^ 

 6 inches, 80s. per 1000 ; 12 to 15 inches, fit for" ELS* !«» 

 planting out for cover, 10 j. per 100 : 2 to 2A .feet *£?*** 

 100 | Standard, 5 to 6 feet, tit for workinl the iS^ 1111 * 

 arieties, 40a. per 100, or 6s. per dozin- £2** 



Somerset, begs to inform the public that he is now sending 

 his Seedling Fiftv-fold Kidney Potato, six tubers of which 

 were sent to Dr. Lindley, April 29th, 1850, and produced 312, 

 quality very good ; six tubers also sent to Beck, Henderson, 

 and Co., at the same time, produced 580, although grown in 

 poor ground. Price 4s. per peck.— London Agents : Hurst and 

 M'Mullen, 6, Leadenhail-street. 



J. L. having grown from 15 to 20 lights of Aban'g Conqueror 

 of the West CUCUMBER, successfully for three years, can with 

 confidence recommend it to the public as being one of the best 

 kinds in cultivation. Packets containing 12 seeds, Is. each. 



NEW DAHLIAS: E. FOSTER'S, Esq, CHOICE PELAR- 

 GONIUMS; PICOTEES, CARNATIONS, HOLLYHOCKS, 

 PANSIES, Ac. 



WILLIAM BRAGG, Star Nursery, Slough, begs to 

 say his Catalogue of the above Flowers is now ready, 

 and can be had on application. His choice SEEDLING 

 DAHLIAS will be sent out the first week in May at 10a. Gd. 



each v\z j — 

 ADMIRAL, rich lilac, very constant, gained first Seedling 



prize, 253.. at the Royal South London Exhibition ; 21s. Shackle- 

 well Open Shows, &c , fourteen first class certificates ; the most 



successful flower of the year. 



CARMINA, rich carmine, constant show flower, gained 6ix 

 first class certificates, <fcc, shown in several winning Btands. 



The Hon. Mrs. ASHLEY, waxy white, tipped with rose, 

 splendid show flower, <fcc. W. B. thinks it the best Dahlia of 

 the season ; was awarded by Dr. Lindley a certificate of merit 

 at the Horticultural Society, Ac. Gained five first class certi- 

 ficates. 



QUEEN OF FAIRIES, Domeyer. W. Bragg has purchased 

 the stock of this fine and constant fancy Dahlia, from the 

 above amateur, who will give 5i. in prizes the next season for 

 this flower. It gained a Seedling prize and first class certificate, 

 with Edwards's Mrs. Hansard ; at the Royal South London 

 Open Show Exhibition five first class certificates. 



W. B.'s stock of Picotees, Carnations, and Pinks are strong 

 and good ; tbe best Hollyhock Seed ever sent out can be had 

 in 2s. Gd and 5s. packets, post paid, for prepayment. 



AZALEA INDICA" SYMMETRY" (Kinghorn.) 

 The celebrity this Flower has gained, and the euiogium that 

 has been bestowed irpon it, render it only necessary to mention 

 the opinions of competent judges, the awards it has received, 

 and simply to add that it is superior in shape and substance to 

 any variety hitherto introduced, and equal in colour and habit 

 tothemos'. popular kinds. In May, 1850, a first class certificate 

 was awarded to it by the London Floricuhural Society, and it 

 *was thus described in the tfar^iers' and Farmers' Jonrnal. 

 ** Azalea indica Symmetry is a magnificently formed flower, of 

 extraordinary substance ; colour salmonishpink, varying to 

 light scarlet, richly spotted in the throat with deep crimson ; 

 size large." At the June show, 1850, at Chiswick, it obtained 

 the Silver Banksian Medal, and was recorded in the Gardeners 9 

 Chronicle as "a considerable improvement on Lateritia." 

 John and Chables Lbe having purchased the stock of Sym- 

 *metry, intend sending out healthy Plants on the 1st of June, 

 price 2U. each. — Nursery and Seed Establishment, Hammer- 

 smith, n<?ar London.— April 26. 



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and best Dahlias, Fuchsias, Verbenas, Phloxes, <fec. ; also a 



Select List of the most useful plants adapted for decorating the 



F'ower Garden. The prices will be found exceedingly low. 



We&ton-ro ad, Bath. 



TO AMATEUR DAHLIA GROWERS, AND OTHERS, 



AHLI AS.— New light tipped Dahlia " Sylph," raised 



by Mr. Servey, Chingtord, Essex, and certified first-class, 



at the Roval South London Floricultural Society's Show, 

 Surrey Gar'dens. "Sylph" is of fine free habit, blooms well 

 out of the foliage, smooth cupped petal, circular outline, and 

 very high centre ; indispensable to exhibitors. 



Joseph Codrcha having purchased the above, will be pre- 

 pared to send out strong plants the first week in May. Price 

 10s. Gd. per plant. The usual allowance to the trade. J. C & 

 Annual Catalosue may be had, on application, to Joseph 

 Codrcha, Florist, Wellington-row, Hart's-lane, Bethnal Green- 

 road, London. . 



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CARCE AND BEAUTIFUL SEEDS. 



SWEET WILLIAM SEED, in 100 varieties, Is. per large 



paper. _ _ _ « 



SNAKE CUCUMBER, grows 6 to 8 feet long, Is. per paper. 



CINERARIA, from the most superb varieties. Is. per paper. 

 EMPEROR STOCK, flowers from July to November, and 

 the same plants vear after year, Is. per paper. 

 CHINA ASTER.— flowers of this sort have taken first prizes 



wherever exhibited, 6d. per paper. 



CALCEOLARIA, from a most superb collection, Is. per 



P *CALENDRINIA UMBELLATA, a brilliant and beautiful 

 hardy perennial, Is. per paper. 



Tbe above may be had of Messrs. Jetes and Co., Nursery- 

 men, Northampton. 



Payment can be made with postage stamp 



NEW HELIOTROPE "GEM." 



JOHN SALTER, F.H.S., will send out this beautiful 

 variety on the 1st of May, at 5s. per plant. It was pro- 

 nounced by all who saw it in bloom last season to be the most 

 distinct yet raised. The colour is blue purple, with large white 

 centre* it is a free bloomer, compact trusser.very odorous, 

 dwarf habit, and well adapted for bedding; was awarded a 

 First-class Certificate at the grand Metropolitan Show in Sep- 

 tember, and is figured in the *• Magazine of Botany." Coloured 

 prints may be had by sending four postage stamps. His new 

 Dahlias Gracilis, Uranus, Mr. Chouverau. Phaeton, Pompey, 

 and Princess Charlotte, with many other fine new varieties 

 (see Catalogue) ; together with new Phlox, Chrysanthemums, 



Ac, will be ready in May. 



The stock of Pentstemon Salterii not being sufficient to 

 complete orders, cannot be sent out until the summer ; it will 

 then be exhibited. This variety is quite distinct from any 

 other, and must be seen to be appreciated. The tube and 

 sepals are white, edged with bright pink ; the throat finely 

 pencilled carmine. 7s. 6d.«per plant. 



Versailles Nursery, near Hammersmith-turnpike, London. 



100 



new V«*«v.w», ,..o. p«. . W| ui o*. per cozen ; faml'ii-' 

 9s. per dozen ; Hybnda, in many fine miiedS? 

 50s. per 100 ; white Arboreum, 18s. per dozen- whi&T * 

 12s. per dozen. ' w 



Kalmialatifolia, fineplants, 2 feet, 12s.. per dozea 



Azalea pontica, 1 foot, 25s. per 100. 



Arbutus, 1 foot, 12s. 6d. per 100. 

 Laurestine, 1 foot, 3 sorts, 12s. Qd. per 100. 

 Double Camellias, 1 foot, 12s. per dozen, in 8 or 

 varieties. 



Single Ditto, strong, and fit for vforking,6?.per__»* 

 per 100, small, 25s per 100. F ^ r 



Abies Douglasii, from seed, handsome plants, life ife 

 in pots, or from open ground, 30s. per dozen. ' ^ 



Scotch Fir, 2 years' seedling, fine, 2s. per 1000. 



Stone Pine, 1 foot, 12s. 6d. per 100. 



Gaultheria procumbens, strong plants, 25s. per 1W. 



Mahonia aquifolia, for cover, 8s. per 100. 



Furze, for cover, 10s. per 1000. 



rpKUE YELLOW GLOBE MAHGOLiTwl 



X SEED, FROM SELECTED BULBS, in qmtattf 

 10 lbs. and upwards, at 6rf. per lb.; WHITE BSUlH 

 CARROT, 9d. per lb. ; FRESH IMPORTED LUCGMlJi 

 per lb.; ASHCROFT SWEDE, 9d. per lb.; 6M 

 LIVERPOOL SWEDE, 8cL per lb.; DlCKlNvJllJ*. 

 PROVED ITALIAN RYE-GRASS, 7s. 6d. per buUL 



Carriage free to London, Bristol, Sonthimpwn,fe. 

 Address— John Sutton and SoNS,Seed Growers, H»dii^fhh 



~RI V E RS 7 STSTUBBLE SWEDE TCKNIPSfsD. 



RIVERS solicits the attention of Azri 



to his quick-growing SWEDE TURMP. Its r«tt 

 owes its origin to a cross between a large rarity of fee L 

 Stone, in 1842, and the old Green Top Swede. It tat tarn 

 a distinct variety, by carefully selecting, for seven ye»n>is 

 most like tbe Swede in habit, so that now it i« a tree M^ 

 with the earliness of the White Stone ; it » green-toppw, 

 a short neck, with the solid yellow flesh of the commons' 

 *>* sowing in May, for early feed, or for late fep^yjg 

 land and sheep-fed leys, it will be found a valuable TW£ 

 hardiness and keeping qualities; also for sowing mm 

 towns, to draw off early. It grew 11 toa* per wreiwlg 

 mowed, without manure, on the 6th of Augju t, « hj._J> 

 mens of the roots were exhibited at the B*ker.ww*«» 

 Show also specimen roots of different times ot wuft" 

 May till August, were exhibited. Orders f^wqig 

 above 10 lbs. will promptly be attended I to if «;«"*•* 

 Rivees, Seedsman, Sawbridgewortb, Herts, at .per 

 riage paid to London. It will be sold m sea ed ba * 

 price 5s. ; and 5 lbs., 10. by hisBgent ; , a 1 *t^* 

 found in the Gardeners 9 Chronicle of 2 2d K"^*£ 

 Sutton and Sons, Seedsmen, ot Reading, ^JJL 

 Turnip with others in their w&^MfiS 

 as follows :-•« Seed sown on June o0 *>J™>£$*£ 

 10th, using the snme manure for all, gave *• ^^.^ 

 -from the first sowing the roots were mw* £ 



the other sorts; from the ^^^^^^^ 

 far superior in size, weight, and shape, tbo» **>** 

 liar adaptation for late sowing. 



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T COLE begs to announce that he has a fine healthy 



*J • Stock of PANSIES to part with, at 6s. per dozen. They 

 are all beautiful show varieties, and J. C. has no doubt 

 that they would give every satisfaction, should any lady or 

 gentleman favour him with their orders. 

 Rugby, Warwick! hire, April 26. 



T EXTENSIVE SALE OF PINE-APPLE PLANTS 

 O NOBLEMEN and GENTLEMEN requiring 

 PINE PLANTS, an excellent opportunity is offered for 

 supplying themselves with clean healthy plants. The stock 

 consists of several hundred fruiting and succession plants of 

 the following sorts :— Providence, Black Jamaica, Black An- 

 tigua, Monteerrat, Enville, Globe, Queens, Ripley Queen 

 Antigua Queen, Moscow Queen, St. Vincent, Blood, smooth 

 and prickly Cayenne, Trinidad.— For particulars apply to 

 J. and C. Lee Nursery, Hammersmith; to Mr. Maeotck, 

 ^yal Botanic Gardens, Regent's Park; or to Mr. Mopfatt 

 Cha mber Gardens, Work sop, Notts. ' 



WOODLANDS NURSERY, MARESFIELD, NEAR 



UCKFIELD, SUSSEX. 



M. WOOD and SON beg to offer choice collections 



of the following plants :— 



Per dozen- 

 fine collection, strong bushy 



NEW PLANTS. 



BASS and BROWN have to offer the following, in 

 well-established plants. Prices to the Trade on appli- 

 cation. 



Each. 

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EANETS WARRANTED MW* ^ 



Horticulturists, and all interested m^ W«» £= 



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Bouvardia leiantha 

 Capanea grandiflora 

 Calceolaria grandis 

 Centradenia floribunda 

 Chiri'a Moonii ... 

 Dielytra spectabile 

 Escallonia macrantha, 



3«. 6dL to 

 Fuchsia spectabile 

 Geranium Magnificent • 



„ Prince of Orange . 

 Flying Dutchman 



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Gloxinia M. Van Iloutte 3 



General Baudeaud 3 



Godlroid de Bouillon 2 



Hoya Delia, 2s. 6d. to ... 3 



Ixora salicifolia, 3s. Gd. to 5 



Justicia magnifica ... 2 



Lobelia thapsoidea ... 2 



Lucnlia Pinciana, ls.&S . to 2 



Rondeletia speciosa major 1 



Siphocampyius micro- 



rubra 2 



Tritonia aurea, 3s. 6<J. to 5 

 I Tropaeolum Smitbii ... 1 



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Aialea inclw j 

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 Ericas, fine and t^ 5a y 

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Corneas 



Geraniums, fine show varieties 

 plants ' 



Do., scarlet and rose colo_ 

 Chrysanthemums, best Frenc 

 Do,, miniature do. 



JPhloxes, all the best new kinds 

 Petunias 



Terbenas, very strong 

 Antirrhinums 



Puchsias 



Hollyhocks, fine sorts, unnamed 

 Anemone japonica . 

 Escallonia macrantha 

 Xycopodium caelum arboreum 



Extra plants presented to compensate fbr carrlei 



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tKose Nippers from 2s. €d. to 4s. per pair; Metallic Labels fnr 

 *Rose. 2s. per 100; Scotch prepare? Tobacco Paper ; £ 

 *.?£ lb as the best aort for all horticultural^ purposes^ 



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ACHIMENES Escheriana, Bodneri, Baumanni, Longiflora 



| alba or Jauregia, Rosea superba and Tugwelliana, 2s. Gd.each, 

 or the set for 12s. 



Descriptive Catalogues forwarded on application. 

 Seed and Horticultural Establishment, Sudbury, Suffolk. 



SEEDLING CINERARIAS AND ANTIRRHINUMS. 



\T/ M. IVERY begs to offer to his friends and the 



* ▼ public the superb Seedling Cineraria HAMMERSMITH 

 BEAUTY, blue, with a white cenrre, the most showy and 

 distinct ever offered * good plants 7s. Gd. each. W. I. can 

 supply a few good strong plants of the approved seedling 

 variety sent out la*t autumn. 



CINERARIA "ELECTRA" (Iveet). -Violet purple, petals 

 broad, habit beautiful, colour new, bright yellow disc and 

 flowers abundant : 7s. Gd. • ' 



CINERARIA " MADAME MIELLEZ » (IvERY).-Pure white 

 ground, black eye, blue edge, petals broad, bloom abundant, 

 habit good • 7s 6d. ' 



CINERAMA « FEARLESS" (Iveey). -Light blue, fiery, 

 centre, and white disc ; form good ; 5s. ™ 



CINERARIA « LITTLE WONDER" (Tvert's).- White, 

 tipped with rosy crimson, fine habit, and attractive variety - 5$ 

 Good named varieties— 12s , 20s to 30s. per dozen 



ANTIRRHINUM -ALBA LUTE A.»-White' ground and 



yellow front, distinct ; 5s each. 



ANTIRRHINUM ■; DELICATISSIMA " (TTERT's).-Mixed 

 light and pink, beautiful veined. Shape very fine, and bold 



in front ; 5/. 



W. I.'g Spring Seleqt Catalogue of Geraniums, Fuchsias, 

 verbenas, Cinerarias, Petunias, Antirrhinums, Phloxes Chry- 

 santhemums Choice and *eiect Plants, and Hardy Herbaceous 

 Plants, can be had on application. 



Hanover Kurser y, Peckham, near Loadon, 



are invited to examine G. and J-J^^rsxs, 1^^ 

 GARDENING AND PRUNING I" LB £i**«* 

 made Garden Engines and Syringes, w 

 Seats and Chairs. 



Av«runcators 



Axes 



Bagging Hooks 



Bills 



Borders, various pat- 

 terns 



Botanical Boxes 



Cases of Pruning In- 

 struments 



Chaff Engines 



Chaff Knives 

 Daisv Rakes 

 Dibbles 

 Dock Spuds 

 Draining Tools 

 Edging Irons and 



Shears 

 Flower Scissors 



Stands in Wires 



and Iron 



Fumigators 

 Galvanic Borders A 



Plant Protectors 

 Garden Chairs and 



Seats 



Loops 





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Garden Scrapers 

 Grape Gatherers and 



Scissors 

 Gravel Rakes and 



Sieves 

 Greenhouse Doors 



and Frames 



Hammers 

 Hand-glass Frames 



Hay Knives 

 floes of every patter 

 Horticultural Bam 

 mers and Hatchets ^ 



Hotbed Handles 



Ladies' Set of Took 



Labels, various pa^- 

 terns, in zinc, por- 

 celain, &c. 



Lines and Reels 



Marking Ink 



Mattocks , 



Menogrflphs 



Metallic Wire 



Milton Hatchets 



Mole Traps 

 Mowing Machine 



Pick A*« 



Potato Wm 



PrnniD* B* 



Scytbes^^ 



Shears, r*^ 

 tickle* 



fracsp 

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G. and i. Heane are .«» •;? which wi ^ igt Li. *fl 



MANEST LABELS . »™l*" ^ » »•»«• tt£& M 

 i «„. *.t u.^.iP.iitnral Tools, c»' „_. -E 'j B^-jm*^" 



sole A (rents 



LisVof Horticu.tural Tools^^ Di*»^ K KfJ^ 

 part of the United k \Z^: nae nt, *», *** 

 Warehouse, opening to the Monum 



l.ondon-bridg e. TrTT~~~K B<& T * 



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Bboth E bs, The Aviaries, Cheltenham^ 



O "six" months old. Price, 



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using 4.»rtio«'t, new BM-JJJ* , utUity • ^ ^ 

 of Honey Bees ; its rea P r ^ an d tie* Bj^w j& 

 Nutt's Collateral, Taylor ? »» wl tnoat t ;i^,u« * l J5? 

 for obtaining the fruit of wg^ced ^t^j» 



a de,crip.«ve ^^^^tt^oJ^U^ 

 uten si I* 1'orwaj-ded o™ «g^ 74^racecB 

 Dee-hiTe and Honey wareiu>» 



