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A Stamped Newspaper of Rural E conomy and General News. 



The Horticultural Part Edited by Professor Lindley 



1851.] 





SATURDAY, JUNE 14. 



[Price 6d. 



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Pelargoniums, new 



Plants, heat of 



PlHnr houses, shading for 373 t 



Potato disease 373 t 



Root crops 373 b 



Koyal Bot. Society's Show 375 b 



Selection th true source of 



improvement 378 ft 



Shading for plant houses 373 c 



Tanks, material for 370 e 



Vegetables, improvement of . . 3J8 b 



Water, London 371 t 



Weather, the .....331 c 



Weed destroyer, Fleming/ • .... 37*3 « 



Whitewash 37» °- 



Wireworm, the 376 a 



RAND FA POSITION OF ALL THAT IS 



GROWN IN THE GARDEN AND THE FIELD. Open 

 to Growers of the United Kingdom. 



Tne Lajt Week in AUGUST next, in the Grounds and Pre- 

 mises of TARVIN HALL, near Chester. 



Fruits, Flowers, and Vegetables, Agricultural Roots, Arti- 

 ficial Grasses, Hops, Flax, and Corn in the Straw ; Garden 

 Tools, Ornamental Manufactures in Rustic Wood-work, Wire- 

 werk, and 8tone, f r Garden Decorations ; Domestic and Orna- 

 mental Poultry ; the Productions of Cottage Gardeners ; with 

 ■rfeatever is Interesting and useful to the Gardener and the 



Agriculturist. 



The whole will be classified, and duly arranged into sections, 

 and completely catalogued, under the direction of T. C. Archer, 

 E#q., w.io was app- tinted by the Committee to arrange the 

 natural products into Liverpool for the Great Exhibition. 



There will be a Dejeuner each day, when Papers and Essays 

 will be read by eminent practical men in their several depart- 

 ment!. Growers from nearly all parts of England and Ireland, 

 and several from Scotland, will be contributors. 



The moit ample accommodation will be provided, and Tents 

 and Stages erected for each description of produce. 



Farther particulars will be duly announced. 



PRIZE ESSAYS. 

 For the best Essay on laying out and keeping in perfection 

 throughout the year an Ornamental Garden from one acre 

 upwards. The names, colours, and height of the Flowers and 

 Tlowering Shrubs arranged as they will bloom each month in 

 the year; their mode of culture, and kind of soil suitable ior 

 *•**»•— A Gold Medal, value Five Guineas. 



vL* f ^ C beSt E8Sa y on the management of the Vegetable and 

 Fruit Gardens throughout the year ; sorts to be grown.Jsuitable 

 •oil and situation, time of sowing or planting, quantity of seed 

 cr plants to a given space, time of fruiting or coming to per- 

 fection in the Northern, Midland, and Southern Districts of 



y n J?'"~ A G >ld Medal » value five Guineas. 



For the best Essay on the laying out and management of a 



I !?** 6 Augment, from a quarter to half an acre in extent.— 

 A Silver Medal, value Three Guineas. 



For the best Essay on the management of a mixed Farm of 

 100 acres, on the relative economy of artificial and other 

 manure*, and spade and plough tillage.— A Gold Medal, of the 



Talue of Ten Guineas. 

 Jun* j4. t ». 



'THE CHILDWALL FLORAL AND HORT1CUL- 



- 1 - TURaL EXHIBITION, (open to all Competitors, will 



take place in a spacious Marquee, near the Ab v, Childwall, 



Liverpool, on TnrxsnaT, the 10 ;h ins' ant. Patrons : The 



Most Noble the Marqais of S isburv ; The Right Hon. Lord 



Stanley; Sir J -hn Gerard, Hart John Ireland Blackburne, 



Esq., and His Worship the Mayor of Liverpool. Subscription 



St., entitling the Subscriber to 55. Doors open to Subscribers 



until 3 o'clock, after which the charge to the Public will be It. 



Tickets may be had of any Seedsman in Liverpool ; Messrs. 



JjayiES, Wavertree; Mr. Phtthiaw, Gateacre ; the Abbey, 



Childw all ; and Mr. T. C. AacnEE, 8tandard- office, Liverpool. 



Q.ARDENERS 1 BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. 



V-* —At a General Meeting of the Members of this Society, 

 held on v\ e mesday, the 11th June, for the purpose of electing 



Two;Pensioners on the Funds of this Charity, the following was 

 the result of the Fallot :— 



Name. 



1. Edwaid Maasniix 



2. Jon* Appleby ... 

 *. James Battet 

 J. Jonw Cocks 



5 - William Bbown 

 J. Rice Evans 



' . CoiMELICS RoBINgOW 

 ». JoH* S«oW 



• Thomas Fitzoeeald 

 *'. J-n» Hopkins ... 



He»ET ^CaMEIDER 



William Cartee 

 ^mes Gbeew ... 

 Willtam Jackson 



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* y meeting then declared John Cocks and Thomas Fits- 

 g™ ' as having the greatest number of votes, duly elected 



rentioTiprs. , By 0/der ' Edward R. Cctler, Secretary. 

 f^Farnngdon-street, June 14, 1851. 



E M rTi1 ¥?k V S sUp EK» SHOW OF RANUNCULUSES. 

 D\\ARD MITCHELL, Florist, Bristol hardens, 



of thfT?Av^^ e T??t?o § ^ e8 ^ tM, y t0 inform the Admirers 

 oowarH A /V M LLUS that his Mrtvalled Beds, containing 

 iKl» 7 "' 00 V 8 ^ on vlew ever y da y except Sundays, 

 ieMnlla« et, Q m H y be h ? d ' ^ at ^-„ €acb ' of Messrs. Hurst and 

 Mirr.rr / ^t 6 ^^ 11 ' L eadenhall-street, London; and at E. 



gpm/sL 55. Mari ne Parad e, Brighton. 



TO NURSERYMEN, FLORISTS, «fec. 



__ETHAM and BLACKITH, Custom-house, Instir- 



tbe^r r rt V« y ' L . OWer Thames-street, beg to return thanks to 

 t lev h enU and Home frl « n<li for tne numerous favours 



thai II? fc ? f m *}**gd$ enjoyed, and to assure them that 

 w<rld «?♦!? u ? to receive a°d forward goods to all parts of the 

 sTiitY "^•^^Powrf^ cbargas, consistently with responsU 

 '' "Wety, and despatch 



*x 







HE FLOWER OF THE DAY."— This elegant I 



variegated GERANIUM may now be seen in bloom, 

 under glass and bedded out, at 1. and C. Lee's Nursery, Ham- 

 mersmith, near London —Ju ne, 1851. 



GLOXINIA "PETOIANA."— Messrs. YOUELL 

 and Co. have the greatest satisfaction in offering the above 

 magnificent Ovinia, raised at the seat of Samuel Morton 

 Feto, Esq., M.i\, Somerleyton Hall, Suffolk, and is without 

 exception the handsomest of the genus. The flowers are 

 white, suffused wi'h the most delicate tint of blush, the upper 

 and lower parts of the throat being surrounded (is in Gloxinia 

 Fyfiana) with the richest crimson Lake. The following opinion 

 of it is given in the Gardeners' Journal of Sept. 14 th, 1850 : 

 11 Superb in substance ; ground white, of crystal-like appear- 

 ance, just tinged with an exquisite shade of blu«h ; the lower 

 portion of the throat is magnificent crimson lake, minutely 

 speckled with the same towards the base of the bloom, which 

 is of the most perfect consistency." 



Good established plants will be sent out on and after the 

 26th of June at 155. ea h with the usual discount to the trade 

 when three or more are taken.— Royal Nursery. Grea* Yarmou th 



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OTIC E.— EXHIBITION OF AMERICAN 



PLANT*, KNAP-HILL NURSERY, NEAR WOKIVG, 

 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. 



Hosfa Wateeer 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 be is not this year a contributor to that in the Botanic 

 Gardens, Regent's-park.— Knap-hill, Woking, Surrey, June 14. 



THE AMERIC\N 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. Eastern 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 Ga rdens, Regent's Park. ^ 



THOMAS JACKSON and SON S PRICED CA- 

 TALOGUE of PLANTS is now ready, and may be 

 obtained by-* Repaid application; it contains Orchidaceous, 

 Stove, Greenhouse, and Herbaceous Plants; Roses, Shrubs, 

 Ornamental Trees, dec. Ac. 

 Nurseries, Kingston, Surrey, June 14. 



~~~ _ GERANir.US. ~~~ 



ASS and BROWN have still a fine Stock of the 



following choice GERANIUMS, bushy plants, with 

 abundance of buds, for immediate flowering: Magnificent, 

 flying Dutchman, Painter, and Prince of Orange, Zt.Bd. each. 



Cassandra, Cavalier, Clara, Crusader, Distinctus f Elegana, 

 Empo, 7 For*et-iue-not, Grandiflora. Gulielma, Jenny Lind, 

 Queen of Scots, Paiuted Lady, Princess, Rachael Superb, 

 Rebecca, Refulgent, Resplendent, Rol'a, Rosa Mundi, Scarlet 

 Defiance, Star of the West, Sundown, Symmetry, and Windsor 

 Castle. The above set of 25 for 30$. , or any 12 for I85. 



Augusta, Rrockii, Camilla, Desdemona, Duke of Cornwall, 

 Duke of Hamilton, Gigantic, Isabella, Josephus, King, Lord 

 Chancellor, Madeline, Marmion, Minna, Mogul, Mustee, 

 Negress, Orion, Peri, Pluto, Pu'chellum, Rosy Circle, Sarah 

 Jane, Sir Robert Peel, The Jew, and Zenobia. The set of '25 

 for 15*., or any 12 for 9s. 



Also the following fancy varieties :— Anais, Black Prince, 

 Beauty of Winchester, Clown, Dandy, Harlequin, Jehu Im- 

 proved, Jenny Lind, La Belle d'Africana, Lady F. Hastings, 

 Maid of Anjou, Mazoppa Superba, Princess Alice Maude, Prin- 

 cess Helena, Q leen of Summer, Statiaski, and Yeatmannia- 

 num. The set for 15*., or anv 12 for 12*. 



BEDDING AND SELECT* PLAS'TS. See a list of these in 

 the Gardeners' Chronicle for May 31 and June 7. 



Catalogues supp'ied free on application. 

 Seed a nd Horticultural Establishment, Sudbury, Suffolk. 



PUCHSIA "CLAPTON HERO" (Batten). Ditto 



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

 recommended as the b»st 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 ; bs. each. 



POTENTILLA ANT WERPIENSIS.— 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 ; 10*. each. 



Also all the new English and Continental Verbenas, Fuchsias, 

 Lihputian Chrysanthemums, German Daisies, «fcc. For par- 

 ticulars of which we refer to our general Catalogue just 

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



Hugh Low and Co., Clapton Nursery, L ondon. 



ROSE NURSERIES, HERTFORD. : 



P. FRANCIS offers the following Stock of 



Beddiug-out Plants, strong and vigorous, in 60-sUe pots, 

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

 paid to London : 0*0 



SCARLET GERANIUMS, Tom Thumbs, &c , 4#. per 

 uoz , strong. 



VERBENAS, all the best varieties in cultivation, 3a\perdoz. 



S AL\ IAS, blue and red, 4f. per doz. 



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



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



PENTSTEMONS, fine varieties, 4s. per doz 



AGERATUM CCELESTINUM, 3s. per doz. ' 



CALCEOLARIAS, Viscosissima and oth-r varieties, 3s. 

 per doz, 



AN A GAL*. 13, blue and red, 4s. per doz. 

 NIERBMBERGIA*. 4s. per doz. 

 CUPHEA PLATYCENTRA, 3s. per doz. 

 GAILLARDIA PICTA, <fcc, 3s per doz -Jane 14. 



JOHN DOBSON, hue Garden 

 Beck, Worton College, Isleworth, 



to Mr. Edward 



bejrs to acquaint the 



admirers and cultivators of PELARGONIUMS, that he hat 

 commenced business as a FLOlv 1ST and SEEDS MAN. at Wood, 

 land?, Isleworth ; and by the a : d of his late employer, who bat 

 supplied him with a large stock of his finest varieties, he is 

 enabled at once to execute any orders with which he may be 

 favoured, and which, until his Greenhouses arc erected on his 

 own ground, may be addressed to him at Worton Cottage, 

 Isleworth, near London, w'.iere he has permission to show hit 

 Plants until he can remove them, as well a* Mr. Beck's collec- 

 tion of Seedlings of th« past and present year. 



AZALEA INDlOA 'SYMMETRY.* 



and C. LEE fire now sen ling out this fine variety, 



well established plants, 21s. each, with the usual discount 

 to the trade. 



Nursery, Hammer smith, near London. .Tnn*». 1RM. 



SELECTED CINERARIA SEED, saved from one 

 of the choicest and finest varieties in cultivation, this 

 being the proper time for sowing (which any amateur may 

 cultivate with little trouble and sure success), to insure good 

 strong plants that will bloom well the forthcoming season. 



Packets of the above can be forwarded to any part, on receipt 

 of 18 penny postage stamps.— Edward Tilrt, Nurseryman, 

 Seedsman, and Florist, 14, Abbey Churchyard, Bath. 



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ESSRS J. and II. BROWN offer the following 



desirable Plants: 

 12 ORCHIDE A, choice species and good plants, for 



50 Cboie GREENHOUSE PLANTS, one of a sort 



byname ... ... 



(Th ? s collection is highly recommended.) 



Choice E RITAS, one of a sort, by name 



Choice FUCHSIAS do. do. 



Fine New GLOXINIAS, one of a sort ... 



Fine New ACHIMENES do. 



New Double German DAISIES, by name 



New Perennial German Phloxes, one of a sort 



Choice CHRY3A NT HE MUMS, new sorts ... 



New dwarf Ditto byname 



Tea-scented ROSES, one of a sort, by name, in pots 



Climbing Ditto choice sorts, in pots 



First-class DAHLIAS, show and fancy varieties, 



per dozen ... ••• ••• 



Verbenas, Petunia*. Pentstemons, Salvias, Lobelias, 

 larias, Cupheas, Oenotheras, Geraniums, Antirrhinums, 

 Phloxes, Pansies, Lsntanas, CiimbtW, Ac, for planting 

 out, 3s. 6d. to 5s. per doz n. 



Catalogues of plants, Ac , free by post 

 Albion Nursery, Stoke Newington, London, June 14. 



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DALSTON NURSERY. MIDDLESEX. 



WILLIAM HARRINGTON, successor to the late 

 Mr. Jont* Smith, begs to inform the Nobility, Gentry, 

 and the Trade, that he has taken the above Premises, and 

 hope* by attention and assiduity to be favoured with the same 

 liberal patronage as his predecessor.— June 14. 



RIVERS'3 STUBBLE SWEDE TURNIP SEED. 



RIVERS solicits the attention of Agriculturists 



to his quick-growing SWEDE TURNIP. The variety 

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

 Stone, in 1842, and the old Green Top Swede. It has become 

 a distinct variety, by care'ully selecting, for seven years, 

 those most like the Swede in habit, so that now it is a 

 true Swede, with the earliness of the White Stone ; it is 

 green topped, with a short neck, with the solid yellow 

 flesh of the common Swed -i ; for sowing in May, for early 

 feed, or for lat s sowing upon heavy land and sheep-fed leys, it 

 will be found a valuable Turnip for hardiness and keeping 

 qualities ; also for sowing near large towns, to draw off 

 early. It grew 11 tons per acre after Tares, mowed, without 

 manure, on the 6'h of August, 1849. Specimens of the roots were 

 exhibited at the Baker-street Cattle Show ; also Specimen Roots 

 of different times of sowing, from May till August were ex- 

 hibited. Orders for any quantity above 1 lbs. will promptly be 

 attended to, if addressed to John Rivebs, Seedsman, 8aw- 

 bridgewortb, Herts, at 2s. per lb., carriage paid to London. It 

 will be sold in sealed bsgs, of 2£ lbs., price 5s., and 5 lbs. 10s 

 by the following agents :— Aberdeen, Union-street, Mr. j! 

 Roy; Ayr, N. B., Messrs. Imrie and Sons; Belfast, Messrs! 

 Farrell and Co. ; Bristol, Messrs. Garaway, Mayes, and Co. fc 

 Carlisle, Messrs. Little and Ballantyne ; Chester, Messrs fI 

 and J Dickson; Chilwell, Nottingham, Messrs. J.' R, and a! 

 Pearson ; Cirencester, Mr. R. F. Darby ; Chichester] Mr. EL 

 Silverlock ; Clonmel, Ireland, Messrs. Higgins and Sons" 

 Dunse, N. B., Messrs. Hogg and Wood; Dundee Messrsl 

 Urquhart and S ms ; Edinburgh, Leith-walk, Messrs! Dickson 

 and Co. ; Exeter, Messrs. Veitch and Son ; Folkestone Mr. 

 James Mickle ; Glasgow, Me srs. Austin and M'Aslan • liver* 

 ness, Messrs. Howden (Brothers); Hull, Messrs. Dickson- 

 Maresfield, Uckfield, Sussex, Messrs. Wood and Son • Malton' 

 Yorkshire, Mr. John Sioter ; Norwich, Exchange. street Mr! 

 Ewing; Plymouth, Mr. A. Pontey; Perth, Messrs Dickson and 

 Turnbull ; Peterborough, Mr. Plutter ; Reading, Messrs. Sutton 

 and Sons ; Sudbury, Suffolk, Messrs. Bass and Sons ; Sheffield, 

 Messrs. Fisher and Holmes ; Westerham, Mr. J. Cattell ; York x 

 Messrs. Backhouse and Sons. 



PLANTS OF CABBAGE, SAVOY, KALE, BROCCOLI, 



CAULIFLOWER, AND CELERY. 



JOHN CATTELL, Nurseryman and Seedsman, 

 Westerham Kent, begs respectfully to inform the publio 

 that Plants of his superior true sorts of the above are now 

 reidy, and will be forwarded, as nsuil, to order, on receipt of 

 postage stamps or Post-office order, made payable here, at the 

 under-named prices, basket or mat, and package included. 



All the sorts of Early Cabbage, Savoy and Kale, including 

 Brussels Sprouts, 4s 6 t f. per 1000 ; all the sorts of Autumn ani 

 Spring Broccoli, 5s. 6d per 1000 : all the sorts of Celery, 5s 6d. 

 per 1000 : Cauliflower, Early and Late, and Red Cabbage, 9d. 

 per 100 ; Drumhead, or Cattle Cabbage, 3t.6d. per 100f». *<i. per 

 loOO less, when no nut or package is required. Packages of 

 1000 and upwards delivered tree of carriage to the Edeobridge* 

 Station of the South-Eastern Railway. ^ 



Seed of Catteli/s Dwarf Barnes, and of his superior Dwarf 

 Reliance Cabbage, mav be had in packets, by post, for 12 penny 

 stamps per packet, the fo- mer confining 1 o«. as usual, and 

 the latter J oz. 



