



THE 



GARDENERS' CHRONICI 



AND 



AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 





A 



Stamped Newspaper of Rural E conomy and General News 



Horticultural 



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JUNE 21. 



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•oott) 



cutting* 



390 a 



tL^m^md taprovement .... 39o 6 

 HP^miZLL* «i KagUnd 396 a 



, 391 a 



5*i***« *g* 



L- /—■* #*nttiDZi 0>* A 



390 6 



RTSSSTw' "•'".' 388 «-»3 ? 



rA^Ktt, Drumhead 398 a 



SStr. Horucultuf*) ..... 392 a 



mfhmlMif«l 397 r 



nuril to m»k* . ■ 397 c 



JJST louftic G*rJea 391 e 



! SJ «tek N t* ■* * 



_ ret low Rotes at 



riw^uy ^ 



ibitrom cutting*.... 3"** a 



187 a 



Cnul'uUcc 394 a 



^'^ Society 391 6 



390 a 



cam power .... 393 6 



rrpa#rn 390 6 



jftfirChiiwick 389 6 



to pr*#*rt e 390 b 



0# d w ittmp»n<i, foreign .... 3^8 6 



Benevolent Iutti- 

 389 a 



rou«h pint* 390 a 



Ml 

 391 



INDEX. 



Gortpria rieeni 390 a 



Highland Society 396 a 



Hop plants 393 a 



Horticulural Socie'y 39' b 



— Fellows' right! 3S3 a 



Ireland, ttate of 394 e 



Larch plantations 3S7 6 



Linnean Society 391 b 



Orchids for the million 389 A 



Orchid ehowi 389 c 



Peas, greeu winter 390 a 



Pe*->hells 387 a 



Pear tree Astyagei 390 e 



Pots' o disease 390 r 



Ko-.ei. vellow 391a 



— Mr. Paul's pamphlet on.. 391 e 



St. Petersburg 333 6 



Smithfleld, removal of 395 c 



Stocks, coverings f >r 395 6 



Steam-power and farming .... 393 6 



Tbreshmg machines 394 a 



To qmy, climate of 391 a 



Trade memoranda 389 6 



Tuberoses 392 c 



Turnip cutters 395 6 



Viper bite cure for 398 a 



Walks, to salt 391 a 



We^d destroyer. Fleming's.... 390 c 

 Wheat stacks, covering for 395 6 



EXHIBITION OF AMERICAN PLANTS—ROYAL BOTANIC 



GARDENS, REGENT'S PARK. 



JOHN WATERER (the principal Contributor to the 

 above Exhibition), begs to say that his unrivalled Collection 

 is still in full bloom, and may be seen gratis by Orders from 

 Fellows of the Society. — The American Nursery, Bagshot, 

 Surrey, June 21. 



NOTICE.— AMERICAN PLANT3. 



GEORGE BAKER begs to announce that his exten- 

 sive collection of AMERICAN PLANTS will be in boom 

 on and after the 30th 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, Royal Botanic Garden, Regent's Park. 



Windlesham Nursery, Bagshot, Surrey, June 21. 



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ROSES. 



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ROYAL SOUTH LONDON FLORICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. — Under the Patronage of Her Most Gracious 

 Majesty the Qontf.-Tbe THIRD EXHIBITION for the Season 

 will be held at the Royal SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, 

 It WEDNESDAY, 25th JUNE (open to all Exhibitors), when 

 the Priies will be awarded for the following productions, viz , 

 Miscellaneous, Orchideous, and Specimen Plants. Pelar- 

 gonium*, and Fancy varieties, Cape Heaths, Roses, Pinks, 

 Ranunculuses, Fruit, &c. ; also by Subscription, Prizes for 

 Seedling Pelargoniums, Fancy ditto, Pinki and Ranunculuses, 

 in ad »n ro Certificates granted by the Society. The following 

 Exhibitions will also take place at the Royal Surrey Zoological 

 Gardens, on Thursday, 24th July, aod Wednesday, 3d Sep- 

 tember. List of Priaes, and the Rules for Exhibition, may be 

 obtained from, John Tailor Neville, Secretary. 



Ebeneier House, Peckham, Surrey. 



EXHIBITION OF AMERICAN 



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 Wateree 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, Regent's-park. — Knap-hill, Woking, Surrey, June 21 



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GRAND HORTICULTURAL FETE, 



Under th distinguished patronage of H. R. H. the 

 Pcchmsof Kent, the Earl of Abergatenny, and the Nobility 

 SrS/ ' he ntdgnbuurhood, will take place in the 

 rmilf JUNE im* 9 TUNttfUDGE WELLS, on FRIDAY, 



The Committee have great pleasure in announcing that they 

 nave made an engagement with Mr. Fpps, of the Bower Nur- 

 pi"; M *J d »'one, to exhibit his magnificent Collection of 



R ?h* T ? bUp * rinten<1 the Horticultural arrangements. 

 JiU .2 o P«rmi«si.»n of the Commandants, the following 

 gubrtted Bands will be in attendance: The Band of th* 

 Koyal Marine (Chatham Division). Master, Mr. Kogers 



A prop p . eJ u°!r! and (Maidatone). Mas er. Mr. Treson. 



rfii.viy M '/ B wiU §hortl y be published, containing some 



Of the most popular Pi , C es of the day. 



Safavrihl " r T?\ 10 * *? Wlli be entitled to Six Ticket*. Non- 

 W&scnber s Tieke ■*». it obtained before the day of Exhibi ion, 



-. - Kpi ,, o<mer .nurseries, & 



wr?' A * hf,,rd ; ant at the Crown Ho-el. Tun bridge, 



■ffion wi./beY/ 8 WiU ^ admUted at * °' ClOCk - At 4 the 



to w^m q Pnz^swiU be aTarde' d' ** P "*»*»» * ^"agers. 



ATIONAL 



NOTICE 



FLORICULTURAL 



21. REHBNT-STRGET. 



SOCIETY. 



Pelarg 



lUm.,^ Tk r a "? S,e8 .' ° r m,s «HHne t n» subject., <na.t have 



Mxt th« 26,h ^lr ed VI p" g ' d ' bef ° re 1 °' duCk °» Thursday 

 V a • The Cen8 <>™ appointed are : 



|Z *""*" * ND . EBtcaa-Massrg. Frager, Fairbairo, Rol- 



■"pn, noil ulenrlmninff. ' 



yo*P£LAaG..ii 1C MS-Meigr«. Gaines, Cock. Catleueta. Am- 

 **«, Robinson, and the Re» R. Garth. B ' 



c<n.?«r~M!;.r. AN v E8: .i CA, ^ ATioN8 '« p ' c " TEE8 ' and ra >""'- 



IfcMard. »««"e, Kejne., Newhall, Norman, and 



fo» R, r«!i Sa r ' IVE * T - Lochne '. and Turner. 



»«jer, Lee P Z "'!, CE p , ' LANE008 S°»"«8-Me8sr 8 . Lane, 

 c/n raul, and Parsons. 



which t.me h E U xhi^ * UOCf ual1 * in . ••tendance at 1 o'clock, at 

 PriTilege^ Tl.ck^ l Z\Z Te ? qUir . ed to ^hdraw. Members' 



**pp%ai n ' Bv nrl. adml8S T 0n ot l friend ^ ~n be had 

 : *-f ion. By order, John Edwards, Hon. Sec. 



2l D a * oraer i 



•h Ke tot street, June 21. 



CHOICE SEEDS, suitable for present sowing, all 

 of the best quality. Per paper. — s. d. 



ANTIRRHINUM, saved from a superb collection 

 ANEMONE, new hybrid, splendid colour ... 

 CALCEOLARIA, saved by an amateur, from the most 



splendid show (lowers 



CINERARIA, from the choicest show flowers, saved by 



one of the best growers, from a superb collection of 



prize show flowers 



HOLLYHOCK, double, saved by a celebrated grower, 



from Chafer's best flowers 



P*iN>Y, very choice, saved by Thomson, and other 



celebrated growers 



SWEET WILLIAM, very fine, singular colour 

 STOCKS, AUTUMNAL FLOWERING, 6 best and 



brightest colours, very double ( per collection) 



WALLFLOWERS, 6 beautiful varieties imported; these 



will produce a proportion of double flowers ... (percoU) 



The above are confidently recommended, having given great 

 satisfaction previous seasons. — To be had of William Denier, 

 Seedsman and Florist, 82, Gracechurch^street, London. 



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Collection will be in full bloom the end of June and beginning 

 of July. A day may now be agreeably spent among? t the 

 vari >U8 collections of Plants and Trees at the Che«-hunt Nur- 

 series. Twenty Trains of the Eastern Counties Railway leave 

 and return to London da^ly. The Chesbunt and Waltham 

 S tations are equally convenient for reaching the Nurseries. 



ROSFS 



« O ANGST ERS FLORUMBRA," for the protection 



O of choice Roses, when in bloom, from 6un or rain, as 

 well as for d stroying the Green Fly, with the assistance of 

 Brown's Fumigator, may be had wholesale of Messrs. Barber 

 and Groom, London ; and retail of most Seedsmen and Iron- 

 mongers in the Kingdom ; and of W. and J. Sanoster, at their 

 Manufactory, 74, Cheapside. Price, as Shades only, f rom ± s% 

 each, or complete, from 7s. 6(J. according to size. List of prices 

 sent on application, 



PLANTS OF CABBAGE, SAVOY, KALE, BROCCOLI. 



CAULIFLOWER, AND CELERY. 



OIIN CATTELL, Nurseryman and Seedsman,. 



Westerham, Kent, begs respectfully to inform the pnblio 

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

 ready, and will be forwarded, as usu il, to order, on receipt of 

 postage stamps or Post-office order, made pa\abie here, at the 

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



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

 Brussels Sprouts, is 6<i. per 1000 ; all the sorts of Autumn an. 

 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, 3s. 6d. per 100 (>. Gd. per 

 1000 less, when no nut or package is required. Packages of 

 1000 and upwards delivered free of carriage to the Edenbridge 

 Station of the South-Eastern Railway. A Circular, containing 

 the sorts of the above, may be had on application, by enclosing 

 a penny stamp. 



Seed of Cattell's Dwarf Barnes, and of his superior Dwarf 

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

 stamps per packet, the fomer containing 1 oz. as usual, and 

 the latter J oz. 



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ROSES. 



LANE and SON'S extensive Collection will be 



» in bloom about the 25 r h inst., and will continue during 

 the season. — The Nurseries, Great Berkhampsted, Herts. 



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ROSE NURSERIES, HERTFORD. 



P. FRANCIS offers the following ROSES* 



• on Dwarf worked Stems, well establi&bed in 32 and 24 

 size pots, full of bloom buds, strong and vigorous, fit for im- 

 mediate clumping, at 2s. each, carriage paid to London. 



HYBRID PER- 

 PETUALS. 



Aubernon 

 William Jesse 

 Louis Bon « parte 

 Madame La flay 

 AugustineMouchelet 

 Melanie Cornu 

 Earl Talbot 

 Marquise Boccella 

 La Reine 

 Lane 



Baronne Prevost 

 Robin Hood 

 General A I lard 

 Geant des Battailles 

 Cyuedor 



Jacques Laffitte 



C tmtessedu Chatelle 



Marquis of Ailsa 



BOURBONS. 



ABBAGE SEED. 



P AKEIL AND 



A quantity of fine early NON- 



BROMP.ON IMPERIAL CABBAGE 



wth, is offered 



K*;^ » uxxerea 



** earlim io cnltlwi„ n W ° Well " known Cabbages are the best 



^e'naa.e^^n.r^ 6 " 4 mi £ ake9 > there being two of the 



|i . J Pl ^A LIMBATA (Lindley). 

 E&SRS wt H r l J U i l SSSS ^ttiRManir Annual 



r5 S J V± R () LLISSON and SONS 1 



Ltmdlet 



have the 



life in 



e24th 



ROSES. 



du Siam 

 Safrano 

 Comte de Paris 

 Madame Rouselle 

 Clauda Gond 

 Gonda 

 Marie de Beaux 



CHINA. 

 Abbe Moiland 

 Archduke Charles 

 Marjolin du Luxem- 

 bourg 



Mrs. Bosanquet 

 Infidelitea de 

 Lisefe 



NOISETTE. 

 Minette 



Aimee Vibert 



Euphrogine 



Jaune Desprez 



La Bicbe 



Lamarque 



Smith's Yellow 



Phillaparte 



Prince de Croi ril t . r _, ._ 



Comte deRambuteau X l °u? - of Gold 



Ophirie 



Phaloe 



»e. th^r « -I j r uu, "B uut » on and afrer tbe 24rh 

 «^^W IPOMiEA (named by^* 

 I rf usuhI ^^^ lr ^^^ >™ ««»»« into 



N -B. Kir 1 , aia «"unt to tbe trade. e 



$*, from 7 1'^V? [*' J™ RHODODENDRON JAV 

 ** Ank-Tonli° I ?■ 6<i - and ««-. according to the si 



Tooting, Surrey*. 



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size of 



Armosa ' 



Augustine Margat 



Celimene 



Phoenix 



Queen 



Augustine Lelieur 



Acidalie 



Bouquet de Flore 

 Paul Joseph 

 Edward Desfosses 

 Pierre de St. Cyr 

 Souvenir de la Mal- 



maison 

 Lady Canning 

 Dupetit Tbouars 

 De Tourville 



TEAS. 

 Anteros 



Elise Sauvage 



Gigantesque 



PnuceBse d* Ester- 

 hazy 



MOSS. 

 Prolifere 



Unique de Provence 



Mousseuse presque 

 partout 



Ponctue Nouvelle 



Comtesse de Muri- 



nais 

 Lanii 



Celina 

 White Bath 



PROVENCE. 



Crestata 



Grand Agathe 

 GALLICAS. 



Boule de Nautieul 

 K^-an 



Letitia 



HYBRID CHINA. 

 B renn us 



Belle Marie 



Comtesse de Lace- 

 pede 



Madame Plan tier 



Chenedole 



Juno 



General Jacque- 

 minot 



HYBRID 



BOURBON. 

 Triptoleme 

 Charles Duval 

 Coupe d' Hebe 

 President Mole 



Conuesse Mole 

 Zehler 



ALBA. 



Sophie de Marsilly 



DAMASK. 

 La Yille de Brussells 

 Madame Hardy 



AUSTRIAN 

 BRIARS. 

 Persian Yellow 



Double-margined 

 Hip 



Harrisonii 



STANDARDS. 



HYBRID PER- 



PETUALS. 

 William Jesse 

 Louis Bonaparte 

 Madame Laffay 



AugustineMouchelet 

 Duchess of Suther- 

 land 



Melanie Cornu 

 Earl Talbot 

 La Reine 

 Mrs. Elliott 

 Baronne Prevost 



Robin Hood 



CHINAS. 

 Mrs. Bosanquet 

 Persian Yellow 

 Harrisonii. 



TO THE ADMIRERS OF THAT SPLENDID 



AUTUMNAL FLOWER, 



THE CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



YOUELL and CO. are now prepared to execute 

 orders from their extensive and very select collection of 



the above, comprising all the new and fine continental varieties, 

 at the following prices : — 



50 best new sorts 25i. 



25 ditto 15s. 



12 ditto 9s, 



Well established in small po's, or'by post free. 



NEW DWARF CHINESE OR LILLIPUTIENNE 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



This new and beautiful class are well deserving tbe attention 

 of cultivators from their exceeding dwarf habit (not attaining 

 more than 1 foot in height). The profusion of flowers with 

 which they are covered as well as the great variety and dis- 

 tinctness of colour, will render them general favourites. Strong 

 plants for autumn blooming are now ready for sending out at 

 the following prices : — 



9 fine varieties, sent out in 18-49 5^ 



13 ditto raised by M. Lebois, and sent out for the 



first time last season 12s, 



30 extra fine ditto, quite new, of this year, and selected by 

 us when in bloom, 3s. 6d. each, 6 for 18j., 15 for 37a &J 

 or the set of 30 varieties ' ' 6Qs 



The above are per fee: gems ; engravings of the same may be 

 seen at the Nursery. J 



Descriptive Catalogues of the above may be had on applica- 

 tion. Printed directions of their successful and easy method 

 of cultivating the Chrysanthemum for exhibition, &c„ will bft 

 forwarded with all orders.— Royal Nursery, Great Yarmouth. 



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pHAPMAN'S SPRING KIDNEY POTATOES 



V-/ Messrs. C. andT C. are now sending out sets of the above 

 celebrated variety. Their produce are equal to the best forced 

 Potatoes in appearance and flavour, and are in perfection from 

 November until May, entirely superseding the use of glass • are 

 abundant bearers, and are no more trouble than an ordinary 

 crop. Directions for their culture will be forwarded with them 

 on receipt of a post-office order, payable at Brentford. Price 

 10a. 6d. per bushel, free to London. 

 Brentford End, Middlesex. 



ll is respectfully requested that this List 

 for reference. 



S T ?T E m B n??v T . T EliRLY ™RNIP FOR FIELD CULTURE. 

 UTTON'S EARLY SIX WEEKS. 



a* A !h! d r? f /ll 6 *? Turni P 8 . « r own by Mr. E. W. Moore, 

 Steward to Earl Radnor, on poor soil, at Coleshill, gained the 

 206. prize at the Farringdon Agricultural Show in 18 i 9. 



John Sutton and Sons confidently recommend the above 

 for first sowing, to feed off for Wheat 



Also, for succession, the New Lincolnshire Red, and 

 Sutton's Purple-topped Hybrid Yellow Turnip. 



The Lincolnshire Red Turnip (the stock of which was pre- 

 an«nM t fTff ^"f * ( ^^ hj Phlii P Pa9e y. Esq , M.P.), 



£? 2v e n e a*! b , efore . Chrlst nii8; and Suttom'i .Purple! 

 topped Yellow Hybrid, which is ♦•qual to a fine Yellow Swede, 

 may be sown very late with certainty of success, and will keep 

 till spring either in the field or housed 



Sold in quantities of no- less than 10 "lbs. weight, at the nnder- 



w«!«« e t PT T\ir carna 9 e f™ t to any station on the Great 

 Western, South- Webtern, or Southeastern Railways :- 



per gallon, per bush* 



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Early Six Weeks' Turnip 



Sutton's Purple-topped Hybrid !!! 

 Lincolnshire Red 



Ashcroft Swede 

 Skirving's Liverpool do. 

 Best Dwarf Rape ... 



Sutton and Sons, Seed Growers, Reading, Berks. 

 Agents for the sale of Rivers's Stubble Swede Seed. 



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