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GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



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AGRICULTURAL 



GAZETTE 



Stamped Newspaper of Rural Economy and General News,— The Horticultural Part Edited by Professor Lindley 



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STAINES HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION, 

 to be held on SATURDAY, June 21st, 1851. A Prize of 

 THREE POUNDS will be given for the best Collection of 6 

 biitiact Species of Stove or Greenhouse Plants, which shall 

 not contain more than two of the same genus — excluding 

 Pelargoniums, Fuchsias, and Calceolarias. Confined to Gar- 

 deners only. Persons exhibiting in this class will not be 

 allowed to compete for the hi. Prize. Open to all Competitors. 

 A Prize of FIVE POUNDS will be given for the best Col- 

 lection of 10 Distinct Species of Stove or Greenhouse Plants, 

 which shall not contain more than two of the same genus — 

 excluding Pelargoniums, Fuchsias, and Calceolarias. A second 

 Prixe of 21, IO5 will also be given. 



A Prixe of POUR POUNDS will be given for the best Col* 

 lection of Six Pelargoniums, varieties, in No. 12-sized pots. 

 A second and third Prize will also be given. 



A Prize of THREE POUNDS will be given for the best 

 Collection of Six Pelargoniums, varieties, in No. 24-sized pots. 

 A second and third Prize will also be given. 



Six Exotic Orchids, varieties - One Prize 



Collection of British Ferns - ditto 



Collection of British Plants and Grasses ditto 

 The Judges will not be bound to award the full amount of 

 a Prite if they deem the production unworthy of it. No Article 

 sent for Competition will be allowed to be touched or removed 

 nil 6 o'clock. 



Great difficulty having hitherto existed in making arrange- 

 ments for the Show, Exhibitors are earnestly requested to 

 fcrward to the Secretaries, at least three days previous to the 

 Exhibition, a list of the articles they intend to produce.— All 

 Productions must be on the grounds by 11 o'clock, after that 

 time they will be disqualified.— Charles Wallis, William 

 watxiwi. Honor ary Secr etaries. 



THE YORKSHIRE FLORALAND HORTICUL^ 

 TURAL SOCIETY, open to all England. 



President and Patron. 

 His Grace the Lobd Archbishop of Yoke. 



Vice-Patrons. 

 ffis Grace the Duke of Leeds j The Hon. and Very Rev. the 



uis I Dean of Ripon 



of Londonderry 

 The Right Hon. the Earl Fitz- 

 william 



The Right Hon. the Earl of 



Effingham 

 The Right Hon. the Earl of 



Carlisle 



The Right Hon. Lord Fever- 

 sham 



The Right Hon. Lord Wharn- 

 eiifte 



The Right Hon. Lord Londes- 

 borough 



The Right Rev. the Lord 

 Bishop of Ripon 



The Rev. R. M. Taylor, M.A. 

 Lady Pa 



William Lawaon, Bart. 

 Sir Henry Boynton, Bart. 



Sir W*. Payne, Gallwey, Bart., 

 M.P. 



The Rev. J.H. Duncombe, M.A. 

 George Hudson, Esq., M.P. 

 Ralph Creyke, Esq., M.P. 

 Thomas Prickett, Esq. 

 Henry Boynton, Esq. 

 Yarburgh Greame, Esq. 

 Robert D. Oxley, Esq. 

 James Clay, Esq., M.P. 

 Henry Edwards, Esq., M.P. 

 Edward Waud, Esq. 

 The Rev. H. F. Barnes, M.A. 



The Lady Frankland Russell 



The Lady Boynton 



Mrs. Prickett 



Mrs. Boynton 



Mrs. Barnes 



Mrs. Creyke, Rawcliffe Hall 



The Right Hon, the I 

 of Effingham 



The Right Hon. Lady Fever- 

 sham 

 The RtHon.Lady Wharncliffe 

 The Right Hon. Lady Londes- 



borough 



With others in course of addition. 

 , Th * object of this Institution is to encourage and promote 

 the Cultivation of Fruits, Flowers, and Vegetables, and to 

 improve the practice of Floriculture and Horticulture in 

 general ; and is proposed to follow the Yorkshire Agricultural 

 society in its Meetings, and not only thus secure a large and 

 influential attendance, but also give additional interest to the 

 meetings of that valuable Society itself, which has specially 

 approved of the formation of this. 

 The Society's Exhibition in this, its First Year, will be held 



^i^f?J r J?«, LISGT0N AND THE QUAY » on TUESDAY 

 *nd WEDNESDAY, the 5th and 6th days of August next ; 



JW«. ad ^ it X on to the Prizes usually offered for Flowers, 

 xnuti , and Vegetables, the Society has determined to offer 

 Jrtxes for a GARDEN DESIGN, accompanied with a short 

 Suf* 5 n * Monthl J Calendar of Operations on the general 

 jnicivation thereof; also, Prizes for Wirework, Tools, and 

 «**rials for Protecting Trees from Frost, Birds, and Insects. 



tr> X d i T% and Prize Sneet8 caQ t* na <* on application 

 5 "*« Secretary, at Tbirsk, to whom also the Names of 

 •embers or Subscribers should be sent. 



The Society has adopted the following Rule (subject to the 

 itS r re 8ulation) :— " That Members and Subscribers of 5s 

 S^ 1 l P T arcU be entill * d «o exhibit free of any charge ; and 

 «ai Subscribers of from 5s. to 10s. be entitled to One Ticket 

 ^ AonmtHHi s 15s., Two ; and 11. and upwarete, Three." 

 ■r i»* **** al *° DeeQ determined to devote the surplus of any 

 £°o?eds it :may have to the charitable institutions of the 

 m **£ t J where the Exhibition is held. By order, 



•"urtk, May 31. Robert Hick, Secretary, 



« HPHE FLOWER OF THE DAY" may now be seen 



J- in bloom at J. and C /LEE'S Nursery, Hammersmith. 

 Price, per dozen, acco dinir uAize. on application. 



AZALEA INDICA "SYMMETRY" (Kinghorn), will be 

 sent out on 1st June, price 21s. Discount to the tr ade. 



FUCHSIA "CLAPTON HERO" (Batten). Ditto 

 "PAGODA" (Batten).— These can with confidence be 

 recommended as the best of the dark varieties of this season ; 

 price 7s. 6d. each. 



POTENTILLA LUCIA ; or, BICOLOR GRANDIFLORA.— 

 Colour, sulphur yellow, edged with scarlet ; vigorous grower, 

 and produces the largest flowers of any known variety ; 5s. each. 



POTENTILLA ANT WE RPIENSM.— Colour, dark brilliant 

 orange, dwarf growth, producing semi-double flowers in great 

 profusion, which do not close at night ; 7*. 6d. each. 



SWEET ORANGES, 18 inches to 2 feet,|in Fruit ; 10s. each. 



Also all the new English and Continental Verbenas, Fuchsias, 

 Liliputian Chrysanthemums, German Daisies, Ac. For par- 

 ticulars of which we refer to our general Catalogue just 

 published, which can be had by post, free, on application. 



Hug h Low and Co., Cl a pton Nurser y. Lo ndon. * " 



CALIFORNIAN FLOWER SEEDS.— The under- 

 signed having received a collection of CALIFORNIAN 

 SEEDS, chiefly Perennials, among which some striking novel- 

 ties may be anticipated, be offers them at the following prices, 

 in small packets, prepaid : — 



The entire collection of 30 packets ... 18#. 



Half of ditto, or 15 ditto 9s. 



A selection of 10 sorts 7s. Gd. 



Referring to his advertisement in the Gardeners* Chronicle of 

 the 3d and 10th inst., he begs to suggest, that the flower seeds 

 may still be sown with advantage during the next fortnight. 

 Of the hardy Annuals, he recommends half to be sown now, 

 and the other half in the autumn, for early flowers next year. 

 The cold, backward springs of late, render such precaution 

 necessary. Perennials and Greenhouse Seeds may be eowu till 

 July. 



James Carter, Seedsman and Florist, 23S, High Holborn, 

 London. 



THE VICTORIA REGIA IS NOW FLOWERING* 



GROWING IN THE OPEN AIR, AT 



J WEEKS and CO's., King's-road, Chelsea, Horti- 

 • cultural Architects, Hothouse Builders, and Hot-water 

 Apparatus Manufacturers. 



NOTICE.— AMERICAN PLANTS. 



GEORGE BAKER begs to announce that his exten- 

 sive collection of AMERICAN PLANTS will be in b 00m 

 on and after the SOth May, and may be seen gratis. The 

 Nursery is situated seven miles from Staines Station, South- 

 Western Railway, and three miles from Virginia Water, where 

 conveyances may always be obtained, 



G. B. takes this opportunity of informing the Nobility, 

 Gentry, and Public that he is a Contributor to the American 



Exhibition, Koyal Botanic Garden, Regent's Park. 

 Windlesham Nursery, Bagshot, Surrey, May 27. 



"^ToTtTCE;— EXHIBITION OF AMERICAN 



l^i PLANTS, KNAP-HILL NURSERY, NEAR WOKING, 

 SURREY.— The American Plants, at this Nursery, are now in 

 bloom, and may be seen daily (gratis), Sundays excepted. 

 The Knap-hill Nursery is within one hour's ride of London, 

 being near the Woking Station, South- Western Railway, where 

 nearly every train stops, and from whence conveyances may at 

 all times be obtained. 



Hosea Waterer takes this opportunity of stating that the 

 Exhibition of American Plants in the Horticultural Society's 

 Garden, Chiswick, is entirely supplied from his Nursery, and 

 that he is not this year a contributor to that in the Botanic 

 Gardens, Re gent's-park.— Knap-hill, Woking, Surrey, May 31. 



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THE AMERICAN NURSERY, BAGSHOT, SURREY. 



JOHN WATERER begs to announce that his splendid 

 Collection (containing many thousand specimens) of 

 RHODODENDRONS, AZALEAS, Ac, is now in full bloom, 

 and may be seen daily, gratis, Sundays excepted. 



The Nursery is situated three miles from the Blackwater 

 Station, South-Easteru Railway, and near the Farnborough 

 Station, South- Western Railway. — Conveyances are always to 

 be obtained at either Station. 



He also begs to state, that he is the principal contributor to 

 the great American Plant Exhibition, now on view at the 

 Botanic Gardens, Regent's Park. 



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STORY'S SUPERB SEEDLING FUCHSIAS. 

 FUCHSIA PRINCE ARTHUR (Stori's).— This is the 



finest of all the double corolla flowers yet raised and offered by 

 Mr. Story. The corolla is of intense purple and well formed ; 

 the tube and sepals are a fine scarlet, smooth and without 

 excresence, the sepals being sufficiently reflexed to show the 

 corolla to advantage. It is a free bloomer, of good habit, and 

 a great novelty. Strong plants, 10s. 6<J. 



FUCHSIA ATTRACTION (Story's).— This is a very attrac- 

 tive flower, of extra large size and brilliant colours. The tube 

 and sepals are vermilion, the corolla a fine purple, and ren- 

 dered very conspicuous by the sepals reflexing. A free-flower- 

 ing and saleable variety. Strong plants, 7s. Qd. 



FUCHSIA DEYONIENSIS (Story's).— This is a fine variety 

 of excellent habit, with a short scarlet tube, and sepals of fine 

 texture ; corolla beautiful, light violet, and well formed. It is 

 an abundant bloomer, and will be an acquisition to every col- 

 lection. Strong plants, 7s. Qd. 



The set of three, taken together, package included, for 21*., 

 for cash (prepayment). The usual discount to the Trade. 



Messrs. Yeitch and Son have much pleasure in offering the 

 above beautiful Fuchsias. They are seedlings raised in 1849, 

 and proved in 1850 by W. H. Story, Esq., of Wbitehill, Newton 

 Bushell, and were selected from a vast number of seedlings. 

 Tbey are all perfectly distinct, and worthy of general cultiva- 

 tion. Mr. Story's well-known character as a raiser of seed- 

 lings will be a sufficient guarantee that he would permit 

 nothing to be sent out, with his name attached, that was not 

 of first-rate character, and calculated to give satisfaction. 



N.B.— A remittance or reference from unknown correspond- 

 ents required ; this will be strictly adhered to. 



Exeter, May 31. 



ROSR NU 

 FRANCIS 



carriage 

 per 



ERIES, HERTFORD. 



EP. FRANCIS offers the following Stock of 

 • Beddin«-out Plants, strong and vigorous, in CO-siie pots, 

 and which will be sent to any part of the kingdom, carriage 

 paid to London : 



SCARLET GERANIUMS, Tom Thumbs, &c, 4s. 

 dos., strong. 



VERBEN AS, all the best varieties in cultivation, 3*. per dox. 

 PETUNIAS, Splendens, Beauty, and Fielderi, As. per doz. 

 FUCHSIAS, all the best leading varieties, 4s. per doz. 

 HELIOTROPES, including the new varieties, 8*. per doz. 

 PENTSTEMON*. fin- varieties, 4#. per doz. 

 AGERATUM CCELESTINTJM, Zs. per doz. 

 CALCEOLARIAS, Yiscosissima and other varieties, Si. 

 per doz. 



AN AG ALLIS. blue and red, 4s. per doz. 

 rflEREMBERGIAS, is. per doz. 

 CUPHEA PLATYCENTRA, 3*. per doz. 

 GAILLARDIA PICTA, Ac., 3s. per doz.— May 31. 



~ "BERBERI8 DARWINIl." 



(Beautiful Hardy Evergreen Shrub, from the Snow line on, 



tbe Andes of Patagonia.) 



MESSRS. VEITCH and SON feel the greatest 

 confidence in offering for sale the above valuable 

 BERBERIS, a plant and also a cut specimen of which were 

 exhibited at the Horticultural Society's Rooms in Regent- 

 street, the 1st of April last, and received the u Large Silver 

 Medal." They beg to refer to Dr. Lindley 's report in the Gar- 

 deners' CJironicle of April 5th, as follows :— 



"This proves to be a species whose importance it is almost 

 impossible to overrate, inasmuch as it is exceedingly hand- 

 some, perfectly hardy, and naturally produces its rich orange 

 blossoms in Kreat profusion during the early months of the 

 year. Indeed, for general value, we have nothing at present 

 at all to be compared with th ; s fine Berberry ." 



Strong plants will be ready for sending out on and after the 

 Uth of June next, at 2 Is. each, with the usual allowance to the 

 trade.— Exeter. May 31. 



DAHLIAS. 



JOHN KEYNES, Florist, Salisbury, is now pre- 

 pared with extra strong plants of the following New and 

 First class DAHLIAS:— 



Yellow Superb 

 Hon. Mr Herbert 

 Beauty of Kent 

 Summit of Perfection 

 Nepauese Chief 



Baltic 

 Antoinette 

 Miss Pope 

 One-in-the-Ring 

 Miss Herbert 



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The whole stock of these are in the possession of Johm 

 Keynes, and Prizes for the best Six Blooms from the above 

 will be given at rhree of the leading Exhibitions of the season. 

 Orders for Dahlias from other growers faithfully executed in 

 conjunction with his own.— Salisbury, May 31. 



VICTORIA REGIA, and other AQUATICS.— 

 Joseph Knight and Thomas A. Perry avail themselves 

 of this excellent medium to acquaint their distinguished patrons 

 that they have, at an oulay of little less than 5001., erected a 

 house for these much-admired plants (for an interior view of 

 which see page 585 of the work called " London and its Vicinity 

 Exhibited in 1851," published by Weale), and that they are not 

 only able to show the following and other beautiful kinds, 

 growing in great luxuriance, to those who will condescend to 

 honour their establishment with their visits (which are most 

 respectfully solicited), but are also able to supply them in 

 healthy younir plants, and at reasonable prices. 

 VICTORIA REGIA. 



NYMPHJ3A RUBRA.— The flowers of this superb species are 



an intense carmine in colour. 



SANGUINEA. 



DENT AT A. — This magnificent Sierra Leone 



species bears flowers nearly a foot wide* 



C^RULEA. 



ST ELLA T A. —A beautiful and rather small tro- 

 pical kind, which would flower in a china vase. 



LOTUS. 



MEXICAN A. 



ESCULENTA. 



PY GM^ A.— This tiny water-lily may be flowered 

 in the smallest vase, and would, with little 

 attention, delight in a lady's boudoir. 



CYANA. 



MICRANTHA. 



NELUMBIUM SPKCIOSUM I NELUMBIUM ALBUM. . 



LUTEUM. I „ FLORE PLENO. 



Those who saw the grandeur of these noble oriental plants, 

 In our small aquarium, last year, will remember them as 

 among the most beautiful things ever introduced into this 

 country. 

 THALIA DEALBATA,— This is a very graceful plant, and 



flowers freely. 

 CALADIUM ESCULENTUM.— The leaves of this gigantic 



plant sometimes measure 4 feet in length, and 3 in width, 



and have the appearance of large shields. 

 CALADIUM BICOLOR. 1 CALADIUM PICTUM. 



„ ATROPURPUREUM. I „ PUNCTATUM. 



CYPERUS FLABELLIFORMIS. 



„ ALTERNIFOLIUS. 



PAPYRUS ANTIQUORUM. 



CERATOPTERIS THALICTROIDES,— This is the interest- 



ing water Fern. 

 PISTIS STRATIOTA. 

 PONTEDERA CRASSIPES. 



With numerous others, of great interest and beauty. 



Knight and Perry feel that they are perhaps outstepping 

 their province, yet they cannot refrain from suggesting, that 

 an aquarium, or residence for water plants, may be made a 

 most agreeable and elegant appendage to the mansion ; for, if 

 designed and executed with taste and judgment, it might com- 

 bine not only a fit abode for Ferns, Eastern Orchids, and low 

 growing Palms, but also the comfort and health fulness of m 

 tepid bath, the luxury of which, amid tropical vegetation, dis- 

 armed of tropical dangers, may be more easily imagined than 

 described. 



The convenience of their Brookiands Narsery enables them 

 to grow an excellent collection of hardy water plants, ot wiuen 

 they would most respectfully solicit an inspection. 



Exotic Nursery, King's Road, Chelsea, May 31. 



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