THE 



GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



AND 



AGRICULTURAL 



GAZ ETTE 



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



1851.] 



SATURDAY, JULY 19. 



[Price 6d. 



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PHK ANNUAL SHOW DAY AND DINNER 



1 OF THE BUCKINGHAM HORTICULTURAL AND 

 .ORAL SOCIETY, will take place on WEDNESDAY, 

 Jtth Julv, 1851, tt which the Most Noble the Marquis of 

 Chando-, M.P. will preside. The Show will be held in Spacious 

 Booths erected for the Society, on Church IliU. By the kind 

 9crmU«ion of Colonel Hall, M.P., the splendid band of the 

 1st liegiment of Life Guards will attend. Five Piiz^ss will be 



f' i to Worsen men and Market Gardeners for the best 

 2 Picoteet, II Carnations, 12 Hollyhocks, 12 Dahlias, and the 

 gest collection < f Roses. Every person intending to compete 

 Jbr Prizes, is requested to send a list of the Plants, &c. in 

 order that proper space maybe provided. The Flowers, «kc, 

 srtll be open for inspection at V2 o'clock. In the evening, a 

 auunidcent display of Fireworks will take place under the 

 tetion of a celebrated Pyrotechnist from Loudon, who has 

 aged for the occasion. 



CATTELL'S Superior DWARF BARNES CAB- 

 BASK, and CAiTELL'S RELIANCE Ditto.— Seed of 

 the above valuable Cabbage- may be had as usual, Post free, 

 by enclosing 1.' peony stamps for each, the former containiug 

 1 oa., and the latter 4 oz.— -Address JoHH Cattell, Seedsman, 

 Westerham, Kent. 



BECK'S SEEDLING PELARGONIUMS, &c. 



JDOBSON, late Gardener to Mr. E. Beck, respect- 

 • fully inf.rms the public that his Priced Catalog ie of 

 Pelargoniums, including M Incomparable," and other fine 

 varieties, will be ready in a few days, aud will be sent in answer 



to prepaid application. 



Woodland* Nursery, adjoining the Railway Station, Isle- 

 worth, Middlesex. 



I RIVERS'S LARGE YELLOW STONE TURNIP 



v • SEED, is particularly recommended for very late rowing ; 

 it is much superior to any known variety ot Yellow Turnip, f-r 

 quickness of growth in its young state, hardiness in with- 

 standing the winrer, and keeping in the clamps until late in the 

 spring, and for growing to a greater weight per acre. It 

 originated frnn a cross between the Stubble Swede and the 

 Green-top Stone; those of yellow flet.h have been carefully 

 •elected, to make a distinct kind ; price 1*. Od. per lb —Orders 

 are respectfully requested to be addressed to Johm Rivebs, 

 Seedsman, Sawbridgewortb, Herts. A Post-oftice order is re- 

 quested from unknown correspondents.-S ,4 wbridgeworth, Herts. 



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WARWICKSHIRE HORTICULTURAL EXHI- 

 BITION— The SECOND GRAND HMRTICULTUItAL 

 FETE of the Season, Open to all England, trill take pluce in 

 ih»J£PH*ON GAKDENS, ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA, on 

 TUESDAY, AUGUST 2G. 1851, being the birthday of hit 

 Eovsl fligbne^t the Prince Consort. 



In Class A , the Fir*t Prize (Open to all England), will be a 

 SUPERB GOLD CUP, of the value of Eighty Guineas, given 

 brthe Town of Leamington, for the best PRODUCTION OF 

 PLANTS, not less than 30 in number, of any growth or genera 

 (the winner to pay bl. towards the expenses). Four Competitors, 

 or the Cup will not be awarded. 



Second Prize £10. 



Programmes, with Rules, &c , and any farther information, 

 Bay be obtained on application to the Secretary, at the En- 

 trance Lodge ot the Jephson Gardens. 



£3B* All Exhibitors travelling on the London and North 

 We*tern Railway will have their Plants conveved for one fare. 



/. CfANS, Secretary. 



The Lodge, Jephson Gardens, Leamington, July 19, 



l w J desirable P'ants 



12 Orcbide*, choice species and good plants, for 



50 Choice Greenhouse Plants, one of a sort, by name (thi§ 

 collection is highly recommended) 



24 Choice Ericas, one of > tort, by name 



H Fine new Fuchsias, do., do. 



12 Fine new Gloxinias, do., do, 



12 Fine new Achimenes, do., do. 



l'as*in »ras and Jasminums, Stove and Greenhouse spe- 

 cies, each ... ... ... ... •*• ••• 



Gardenia Florida, Radicans and Fortunii, per dox. 



12 Tea-scented Roses, one of a sort, by name, in pott 



12 Climbing do., choice sorts, in pots 



12 Choice Chrysanthemums, new sorts, by name ... 



12 New Dwarf Chinese Carysanthemums, do., do. 



12 New Perennial German Phloxes, one of a sort 



12 Ferns, beautiful varieties, in three collections, each, 

 suitable for Glass Cases, Greenhouse, and hardy rock 



work ... ... ... ... ••• ••■ ••• ••• 



Choice Vines, strong plants, from eyes, in pots, per doz. 

 By Post, I3e%t Cineraria, Calceolaria, Primula, Pansy, 

 Cyclamen, \uricula, and Geranium Seed, each packet 

 Albion Nursery, Stoke Newington, London, Jalv l^. 



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NEW PELARGONIUMS. 



CHARLES TURNER begs to inform growers of the 

 above beau i ml and very p«», ular Flowers, that the entire 

 stock of tho-e first-rate new varieties raited and exhibited by 

 F. FofTEB, Eeq.. Clewer Manor, and G. w\ Hotle, Esq., of 

 Reading, are in hi* possession ; plants of which will be ready 

 the 1st of Oct «ber uext. Order* executed in strict priority as 

 received, the stock of same being equal to a limited demand 

 Only. A .'descriptive List will shortly be ready. 

 Royal Nursery, Sl»ugh. 



CHRY-sNTHEMTMS. 



CHANDLER and SONS, Nurserymen, Wands- 

 worth-road, Nirrey, are now sending out the b«>»t sorts of 

 HRYSANTHEMUMS, fine bushy plants, for flowering this 

 su'umn. at 12*. p*r dozen. A printed list may be had. Post- 

 office orders payable at Kennington-cross. 



A Few Hundreds of SEEDLING HOLLYHOCKS, 

 saved from the best named varieties, by an Amaicur. It 

 planted out now, will bloom fine next summer and autumn. 

 Pric*, per 100, 20s., or Zs. per dozen. — Dillistone and Co., 

 Stunner Nurseries, near Halstead, Essex. 





 

 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



STRONG PLANTS FOR EARLY FLOWERING. 



D ASS and BROWN have a fine and strong stock of 



*-* 'he ab «ve, and are enabled to offer them at the following 

 low price*, comprising the best new *orts, very superb. Tbey 

 •re in small pots and in strong growth for immediate shifting. 

 Tbey can be sent out by pott, if desired, prepaid. s. d. 



40 new and splendid varietiei 20 



i'>do. do., 12*. ; 12 do. do 9 



9 beautiful Lilliputlenne do 5 



ACHIMENES. 



Fine plants to flower immediately. The following 10 new 

 •ed beautiful varieties for 12*.. viz. :— Bowmanii, Bodmerii, 

 jj^neagranriirlora, Muitiflora, E-cheriana, Fimbriae, Longi- 

 "*■ L* ib *, Rosea soperba, and Tugwelliana. 



i-verj fine varieties 6*. 



GLOXINIAS. 



^lana Van Horn*, each, 3s. 6<i. ; Frederick Uufeg, 2*. 6d. ; 

 jwo. Baudrand, Zt. fcl. \ Godfroud de Bouillon, 2* Gd. ; or the 



loir f.trlo*. 



qJLV^T* S Qe varietic * for l2 « . Including Carminata splendenF, 

 «ran n» t Fyfiana, Rubra grandifiora, Teuchleeri Wortleyaua, 



•boreYo* ffCe t0 London; andextra planu gratis for orders 



Catalogues on application. Pott-office ordert payable to 

 wiand Biown. or to Stepheit Baoww. Remittances from 

 sannown correppondenfs. 



•eed and Horticul rural Establish ir Pn k Rn.ir.nrv Snff.,11, 



DR. HOOKER'S NEW INDIAN RUODOUISNUaiiS. 



WILLIAM HUSSEY begs to offer several Species 

 of the above beautiful RHODODENDRONS, Seedling* 

 of this year, well established, in small pots, at 7s 6d. each, or 

 60*. per dozen.— For description of the above,, see the Gar- 

 deners' Chronicle, March 15, 1851. A!* ) the under named :-— 



Mitraria coccinea, per dozen 6*. 



Camellias, fine plants, per do. 24*. to 30 



Ericas, tine plants, per do. 9 



Ozallt elegans, per do 6 



— major, per do. 6 



Calceolaria grandis, per do. .. 6 



Horticultural Gardens, Norwich, July 19. 



STRAWBERRIES, CHERRIES, AND WALL 

 FRUIT.— TANNED GARDEN NETTING, for protecting 

 the ab ve from birds, or as a fence for fowl.'*, pigeons, Tulip 

 and seed beds, can be had in any quantity from John King 

 Farlow's Fishing Tackle and Net Manufactory, 5, Crooked, 

 lane, London-bridge, at \\d. one yard, 3d. two yard*, or 6d. 

 four yards wide. Forwarded, carriage free, on all orders over 

 20s. t accompanied with Post-office order or Stamp*. 



EAKE'S WARRANTED GARDEN TOOLS. 



Horticulturists, and all interested in Gardening pursuits, 

 arc invited to examine G. and J. Deane's extensive Stock of 

 GARDENING AND PRUNING IMPLEMENTS, best London 

 made Garden Engines and Syringes, Coalbrookdale Garden 

 Seats and Chairs. 





Av^runcatort 



Axes 



Bagging Hooks 



Bills 



Borders, various pat- 

 tern * 



Botanical Boxes 



Casee of Pruning In- 

 struments 



Chaff Engines 



Chaff Knives 



Daisv Rakes 



Dibbles 



Dock Spudt 

 Draining Tools 

 Edging Irons and 



Shears 

 Flower Scissors 



„ Stands in Wires 

 and Iron 

 Fumigator* 

 Galvanic Borders & 



Plant Protectors 

 Garden Chairs and 



Seats 

 Loops 



Rollert 



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Garden Scrapers 

 Grape Gatherers and 



Scissors 

 Gravel Rakes and 



Sieves 

 Greenhouse Doort 



and Frames 

 Hammers 



Hand-glass Frames 



Hay Knives 



Roes of every pattern 



Horticultural Ham- 

 mers and Hatchets 



Hotbed Handles 



Ladies' Set of Toolt 

 jLabelt, various pat- 

 terns, in zinc, por. 

 celain, &c. 



Lines and Reelt 



Marking Ink 



Mattocks 



Menographs 



Metallic Wire 



Milton Hatchett 



Mole Trapt 



Mowing Machine 







HORTICULTURAL TOOL WAREHOUSE. 



GREEN and CONSTABLE, Wholbsalb and Retail 

 IaonxonGKEs, 8€, l*r>g William-street (four doors from 

 London Bridge , beg to inform Amateur* and Gardeners tbey 

 have a large assortment of new and improved Garden Toolt, 

 including Lyndon'n Patent Spades, Lord Vernon's Patent 

 Hoes, jointed Hothouse Syringes, Galvanised Iron Garden 

 Engines. Transplanting Toolt, Patent Water-pots, Brown't 

 Patent F mm gator, Improved Garden Labels and Sticks: also 

 a large assortment of Saynor's Pruning and Budding Knivet. 



PATKNT STUDEN NETS— The Subscribers beg 

 to inform Noblemen and <;«ntletnen that thev have now 

 on hand a large stock of Nets suited for Garden purposes. A 

 Net calculated to cover an area of about 600 square yards will 

 cost 60* net. Other sites, in proportion. Ordert promptly 

 attended to. — J. and W. STUAtT, Patent Net Factory, 

 Musselburgh, July 12. 



]\yf ARQUEES, Tents, and Flags, for SALE and on 



yji HIRE. Kick, hay, and waggon rloths , ropes, twinet. 

 and sacks ; cocoa matting and mats. Manufacturers by Royal 

 Letters Patent: Moeison and llrtu \ Norton -fain ate. 



PEACH ANDGRAP8 GLASSES. 



HALLIMAN'S REGISTERED FRUIT PRO- 

 TEC TORS are now ofi red at 40 per cent, less than the 



former price : 



Glasses, 4 inches diameter 6#. 0d. 



Cinches „ 9 } per dozen. 



M 8 inches , f 15 w 



By the use of these Glasses the Fruit on the wall grows to a 

 much larger size, wasps and flies are effectually kept out, and 

 the Fruit when ripe cannot fall to thp ground. Wasp Traps, 

 Zt. 6d. per d-ten.— To be had only of James Phillips and Co., 

 116, Biahopsgate-street Without, London. 



GLASS. 



♦pHOMAS MILLINGTON'S FOREIGN SHEET 



1- GLASS is far superior to any other manufacture, as well 

 as cheaper. In 100 feet boxes packed for immediate delivery, 



6 inches by 4 and 6 inches by 44, 14s. each. 



165. per box : 

 6 int. by 5 and 7 ins. by 4 I 6J ins. by 6 and 7 ins. by 64 

 6 „ 54 „ 7 „ 5 04 „ 64 „ 74 „ 64 



6 „ 6 M 7J ,, 5 | 



18s. Cd. per box. 

 9 ins. by 7 and 11 Ins. by 8 | 9 ins. by 9 and 12 ins. by 9 



8 „ 8 „ 11 „ 9 10 „ 8 M IS m » 



9 „ 8 „ 12 ,, 8 I 



And many other frizes, or cut to order in various thicknesses. 

 Cases containing large Sheets, in 100, 200, and 300 feet, at 



21*. per 100 feet. 



ROUGH PLATE, perfectly flat, J in. thick, best manufactured. 



In sizes under 15 inches 6<f. per foot. 



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» 50 „ 9|d. „ 



ii »t '* ti lid. it 



ic Pans, 2s. to 6*. each ; **«*>! Hand -frames, Glass Tiles 

 and Slate* ; Cucumber, Propagating, and Bee Glasses ; Wtsp 

 Traps, Gla*t Shades, and Plate Glass, at 87, Bishopsgate- 

 street Without, same side as Eastern Counties Railway.— 

 Established 100 years. 



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FOR PIT FRAMES, HOTHOUSES, Ac* 



in Boxes of 100 feet, 85. 6d. each. 

 5 by 24 ... 6 by 24 ... 6 by 3J inches. 

 5 by 3 ... 6 by 3 ... 6\ by 3 

 54by-3 ... 64 b> 3 ... 64 by 34 



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Pick Axes 

 Potato Forks 

 Pruning Bills 



Knives,various 

 Saws 



Scissors 

 Shears [riety 

 Rakes in great va- 

 Reaping Hooks 

 Scythes 

 Scythe Stones 

 Shears, various 

 Sickles 

 Sickle Saws 

 Spade and Shovels 

 Spuds 



Switch Hooks 

 Thistle Hooks 

 Transplanting Tools 



Trowels 



Turfiug Irons 

 Wall Nails 

 Watering Pots 

 Weed Extractor! 



and Hooks 

 Wheelbarrows 

 Youths' Set of Tools 



LIXGHAM'S PER- 



tsitli kin nigttrxed 



List of Horticultural Tools, can be ?enr, pott paid, to any 

 part of the United Kingdom. 



Alto, wholesale and retail Agents for Saynor's celebrated 

 Pruning Knifes, u*ed exclusively by the rirat gardeners in the 

 United Kingdom. Geobge and John DttsE {opening to the 

 Monument; London Bridge. 



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/ J LASS 



44 by 8 

 44 by 3 



44 by 34 ... _ . . _ . _ 



Larger Squares increase in price according to size. Every 

 site kept ready packed in boxes, aud may be had at a moment's 



notice. m ■ 



Extra Crown, Sheet, and Patent Rough Plate Glass, cut to- 



tize for Conservatories, Greenhouses, tkc. 



Gardeners and others glazing on Mr. Paxton's plan can be 



supplied with Sash-bars of any length for the purpose. 



PROPAGATING, CUCUMBER, FERN, PEACH, and 



every description ot Garden Glasses. 



Bailiffs, Farmers, Dairymen, and others supplied with Lord 



Camoy's Milk Syphons, Milk Lactometers, Glass Milk Pans, 



Glass Tiles, Slates, <fcc, Ac, for collections of which Messrs. 



Cogan and Co. were honoured with the 8ilver Medal of the 



Dublin Society, as also the Silver Medal of the Liverpool and 



Manchester Society held at Warrington in September last. 



For Estimates, Prices, and further particulars, please address 



Messrs. Cogah and Co., 48, Leiee&ter.square, London. 



Glass Shades. Gas Glasses, White Lead, Colours, <fcc, as usual. 



GLASS FOR CONSERVATORIES, Ac. 



HETLEY and Co. Bupply iG-oz. Sheet Glass of 

 British Manufacture, at prices varying from 2d, to 3d. 

 per square foot, for the usual sizes required, many thousand 

 feet of which are kept ready packed for immediate delivery. 

 Lists of Prices and estimates forwarded on application, for 

 PATENT ROUGH PLATE, THICK CROWN GLASS, GLASS 

 TILES and SLATES, WATER-PIPES, PROPAGATING 

 GLASSES, GLASS MILK PANS, PATENT PLATE-GLASS, 

 ORNAMENTAL WINDOW GLASS, and GLASS SHADES, 

 to James Hetlet and Co., W, Soho-square, London. 

 .See the Gardeners* Chronide first Saturday in each month. 



G. and J. Deane are sole Agents for 

 MANENT LABELS, samples of which, 



GLASS WATER PIPES, 



MESSRS. COATHUPE and CO., Crown 

 and Sheet Glass MANrFACTOEEmt, Nailsea, near 

 Bristol, Somerset, beg to inform Engineers and others that 

 they are supplying GLASS PIPES, with their Joints, from 

 I to 4 inches bore, capable of bearing very great atmospheric 

 pressure in lengths from 3 to 7 feet, the lengths being lets 

 as th«* diameter of the bores increase. These Pipes maj be teen 

 at the Exhibition (Class 24, Section 47), with their forms and 

 modes of joining, in the Section allotted to the Glass Manufac- 

 tures ; and references can be given of their great utility in 

 numerous localities, where they hare been successfully em- 

 ployed. The great advantage of Glass Pipes for tbeconvey- 

 ance of pure wa-er over all metallic substances, hat been too 

 largely dwelt upon by medical and scieotin> atttfwmttes to 

 rec re any further comment. 



Nailsea Glass Works, near Bristol, 





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