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THE GARDENERS' CHROXICLI 



595 



XEW KOSE*. 



-iiaM WOOD am) SO have the pleasure i 



111 L that their DESCRIPTIVE CaTaLOGU 



Ess 



of 



E 



-m • »«« r*adv M aod will" be ■ Vorw *r.le<i to ail wdo 

 S^aad post tree to aU applicant. Such 

 rJ Shtion "■ been mu to their Stock that th^y are 

 - !,Slte order* of auy mignitude with good Plant 



^Sob£d in London of Messrs. Nikon, 123 

 ■*? Street Oxford- treet ; of Messrs. Hurst and 

 U V Lea7enhall«treet ; and or Mr. Carter 233, 

 * A nd a'- the Nursery the following; a Catalogu 



What a lesson for the young men he was trainii 



up ! And nevertheless, what 



rence. It probably did not 



friend that these plants grow 



he thought that weeds came 



vet we can assure him that 



an e very-day occur- 

 strike our innocent 

 J rem seed ; perhaps 

 yf themselves. And 



like 



they 

 that 



grow 

 he takes 



his 

 such 





i**^ul Tree* and .Shrubs, including a fine i collection 



r tlnd choice Herbaceous PldDts; and a Descriptive 



e of New and Select Fruita. The Trade Catalogue is 



••*«■ 





, 4 „t\\ma strawberry. 



The combined 



*\£dant bearer, good navonr 



fJkeol »ur. *ea*on of ripening lat 



* t ^sri*t August 8, of last year 



^tTawb^rrV are now ready for sale, price 3tt*. per 1U0, 



Strong 



plants of this 





— liiution to SaMOEL Jackson, Gardener, Marlieet-lane, 

 Jf APwt.offi.'e order is requested on the receipt of plants. 



Scioal allowance to the trade. 



BAMG9TIR , a NEW EARLY No. 1 PEA. 



AY SANGSTER, and CO., in submitting the 

 ' JLt ralnabte PBA to the public, can recommend it 



lTth« rrea'e-t confidence, at the largest podded and best 

 St Pel known, and of tint-rate quality; height, 2 feet. 



•mm U 6d. V r quart. 



*kRi*2^ut Potatoes, from prepared cuttings, 6s. per bush. 



bridge IUdic U do. (a first-rate second early) 6*. do. Early 

 ido., lo* *d. do. Early Ebrin^ton Kidney do., 10s. 6d.do. 

 JJI Adb-leaf Kidney do., 10*. Gd. do. 

 %iuuffi-e orders to be made payable at the Borouirh Post- 



t to Hat, Sawgster, and Co., Nursery and Seedsmen, 

 ■•nnftcn Butts, London. One-bushel hampers and booking, 



i ; two-bushe! it. 6d. Sacks, 2 *. fi d, each. _ 



TflB IMRRICAN NURSERY,, I3AG.SHOT, SURREY. 



10HN WATERER begs to announce that he has just 



J publi*h.da new CATALOGUE of Hardy Rhododeodrous, 

 1U jI i V »^eg, Conifers, die, and which may be obtained by 



c •.. .i! 4 tw postage s-amps. 



*V Tue Colour* of all the Rhododendrons worthy of culti. 



Mignonette and China Asters 

 pains to save the seed of. Nay, more, we will 

 recommend to his notice the following calculation, 

 made on a very low average of cases. 



The common Groundsel ripens about 52 seeds in 

 each head of flowers ; and produces about 40 heads, 

 or 2080 seeds. The Dandelion ripens about 135 

 seeds in each head, of which it produces about 20, 

 or 2700 seeds. The Sow-thistle ripens about 230 

 seeds in each head, and produces about 48, thus 

 yielding 11,040 seeds per plant. The annual 

 Spurges form about 180 seed-ves-els, each contain- 

 ing three seeds, and therefore produce about 540 

 seeds per plant, 

 low 



yellow, and makes it U ver) p u ot \ •kling 



(); ns. Just, however, before the crop was ready, 

 a disease, if it maybe so called, app&an d, which 

 completely marred its beauty. Almost every Onion 

 was covered with round black spots, consisting of 

 more or less concentric dote, which, though they 

 did not penetrate into the substance of the bulbs, 

 impaired very materially the quality of the sample. 



hese 



averages. 



making selections. 



GUEKX^EY AND BELLADONNA LILIES. 



BPAGE and CO. have the pleasure to offer FINE 

 • FLOWERING- BULBS of the above beautiful Autumnal 

 ijliti. "* Per dozen. — s. d. 



GUERNSEY LILIES ' ...4 0; 



BELLADONNA DITTO * 



EARLY DOU'SLK ROMAN NARCISSUS . 4 



LARGEST DOUBLE JONQUIL^ 4 



P. and Co. have received iheir ANNUAL IMPORTATION 

 af ftlJTCH 3ULBS in the finest possible condition, which they 

 ar« abla to offer at greatly reduced rates, priced Catalogues of 

 •fech nny be had upon application to Page and Co., Seed 

 Jtochauts. Sou ^ i amp/on 



CAMELLIAS AND INDIAN AZALEAS WITH FLOWER 



BUDS. 



A I DSTE VAN GEERT, Nurseryman, Ghent, 



±* ,'ium, begs to offer to the Trade and Public in general, j 



.UELLIAS, with flower buds, at 61. per loO and upwards, 

 all (food and well shaped flowers. INDIAN AZALEAS, well 

 sttfiai bloom, from hi. to 11. per 100 and upwards. His new 



y ti. per iuv anu upwarus. n"* «ct 

 *Jafue, just published, may be had on aptication to Mr. R. 



Teat Tower-ntreet, London. 



OLiATH STRAWBERRY.— A Post-office order 



* :5*. will, secure (package free> 100 strong plants of this 

 < rawberry, or 12 plants, free by post, on receipt of 



iipo*tajies?amps. Also Tr<.»llopV Victoria, At. per 1C0, and 

 any of the. Id varieties at very low prices. The usuil allow- 

 inee^to ihejtrade. — J as. Kitley.- Lvnco mh VulftNnrqpry. Tt»»h. 



\[i r ATT'S NEW SEEDLING STRAWBERRY, 



: }J - "QNfQUEFOLIA,."— The character of this Strawberry 

 i* quite distinct, having generally five leaves on each foot- 

 stalk. The truss* s are strong, producing an abundance of 

 Jarge fruit of a fine flavour. For general description, see 

 Gardeners? Cltronicle, of Julv 12th, and " Gardeners' Journal," 

 * July 19<h. giants of this variety 50s per 100 ; also MyaU's 

 ■-"prise, %U. ; British Queen, Eleanor, Globe, Deptford Pine, 

 annmoth, Eiiza, Fertilised Hautbois, Hooper's Seedling, 

 ^a's Seedling. Swainatone Seedling, Elton Pine, Black 

 pince.nHicton Pine (whi'e), 2s. Gd per 100. Kitley's GoTfah, 

 «.; Jackson's BrUannia, o« — Post-oflice orders are requested 

 bem Yde "payable \o Joseph Myajt, Manor Earm, Deptford, 

 **nt —sept. 20. 



Kow, according to this calculation 



Seeds. 

 1 Gronnd.«el producing WSO} 



l' lan "w°,1 i, 3 fl?2>-W.3«Opla«>'«» 



1 Sow thistle 11. 0101 • r 



1 Spurge 5i»'J 



which will cover just about three acres and a half of 

 land, at Zfcet apart. To hoe land costs, we will 

 say, 6s. per acre, so that the allowing four such weeds 

 to produce their seed may involve an expenso of a 

 guinea. Tn other words, a man throws away 6*. 3rf. 

 a time as often as he neglects to bend his back to pull 

 up a young weed before it begins to fulfil the first 

 law of nature. We know that some well fed folks 

 object to all inflexion or deflexion of the vertebral 

 column — they are generally fond of hard words — 

 but then they also object to its being considered in 

 their wages, which is not exactly fair. 



Let u look at the foregoing data in another point 

 of view. Every Dandelion left to flourish unchecked 

 may plant an acre of ground 4 feet apart ; every 

 Sow-thistle may do the same 2 feet apart ; every 

 Groundsel 5 feet apart, allowing for waste. Sup- 

 posing a garden to consist of two acres, 16 Dande- 

 lions, or 4 Sow-thistles, or 21 Groundsels, or 80 

 Spurges will cover it with a crop a foot apart. ! 

 Taking this calculation in their hand we recommend 

 every body afflicted with weeds, or with a gardener 

 whose vertebral column will not bend, as aforesaid, 

 just at this time of year, to count the Dandelions, 

 Groundsels, Sow-thistles, and Spurges upon the 

 first square rod of ground they can measure off. 



Seriously, this forgetfulness of the consequences of 

 allowing weeds to seed is a fault of the first magni- 

 tude ; the more inexcusable, because no skill is re- 

 quired to remedy it ; nothing whatever, except in- 

 dustry and foresight, is demanded. It is quite certain 

 that any garden may be thoroughly and permanently 

 cleaned", if the gardener will bestir himself, and if 

 his master will support him. It is quite certain that 



The disease is not only quite new to us, but the 



minute fungus, to whose 

 extremely pretty object. 



presence it is due, is an 

 It is possible that the 



though 



atat 



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1851. 



the cost of once effectually eradicating these things, 

 is as nothing, when compared with the endless 

 charge of hoeing and raking them up. As practised 

 in some places, the gardener reminds us of the gen- 

 tleman who spent his time in twisting ropes of sand, 

 or of those unlueky daughters of Danaus, who were 

 condemned to the interesting occupation of pouring 

 water into a sieve. We would even suggest that a 

 weed-neglecting gardener should receive the name ^ hec ^ Q at present 



DaN.VID. r\. . _!..„„« ; m rw^rforl 



appearance may be familiar to some of our large 



Onion growers, 



we have 

 not observed it 

 before, and it was 



confined to the one 



variety, though 

 others close to it 

 on ground of pre- 

 cisely the same 

 nature, and under 

 exactly the same 

 system of cultiva- 

 tion, were com- 

 pletely free. The 

 species of Vermi 



i'ularia, to which 



it is due, 

 certainly unde- 

 acribed, but should 

 it have occurred 

 elsewhere, we 

 should be greatly 

 obliged for speci- 

 mens, accompa- 

 nied by the name 

 of the particular 



on which 

 been ob- 



i 



variety 

 it has 



Cnr 



TV 



■ IDA 



WEEK 





D«J. h/ T Vu S'V^.-WedTienlay. S- P r. 24 :" North" London \l\itM sate) 

 "•.-Tkurwlay, SppU p ; Stoke fewiQftta 



Xewiaston J)dalia, wid, O.ifufd Horti 



*iHtirtf 



There are few gardens in which, at this time of 

 year you may not find snug places in which Sow- 



«rtie, Dandelion, Groundsel, and the annual 

 r^ T f, es . are ^joying themselves, .and providing 



apirijy f or the establishment of a nice young family. 

 \-7 7 ou lo °i among the flower borders you will pro- 



nr^vi • ^ ay P^kly he wanting; and hence it 



> ue imagined that, in such 'places at least they 



*6 Bussing. \y e no ^ i on g since met with an inno- 



/^J -geutleman who pointed with much complacency 

 tkat^ S an( * kept ground, intending doubtless 



tt^^ S 8 ardp n should be looked upon as a sort of 

 TJJp ; and he was quite surprised at being told 



and title of a Da 



If the true history of the growth of weeds were 

 inquired into, we suspect that our old enemy, 

 procrastination, would be found at the bottom of 

 it. They are so easy to kill, that any time will do. 

 They are so little at first, that they are not worth 

 pulling up. They are so common, that nobody 

 minds them. " It's only a bit of Grunsel, sir," is 

 the common reply to a remonstrance against sloven- 

 liness. A man will pass one of these weeds day 

 after day for weeks ; he will watch it from its 

 smooth leaves to its rough leaves, then to its 

 flowers ; and, at last, to the lovely down which it 

 so plentifully disperses, and when at last he pulls 

 it up, it is just too late, the plant having already 

 distributed its favours over all the neighbourhood. 

 If he would but have stooped once more than usual, 

 Vio wnnlrl h;ivfi destroyed the mother of an acre oi 



served. We are 

 the more anxious 

 for information on 

 it seems to be a 

 from foreign seed, 



case of a new plague imported 

 and actual specimens are necessary, because a some- 

 what similar appearance often occurs on the necks 

 of Onions, and more rarely on the bulbs, caused 

 by entirely different parasites. 



The spots consist of multitudes of distinct ex- 

 tremely minute sub^lobose peritbecia, clothed with 

 long rigid black hairs, and seeding off in every 

 direction from the base flexuous hyaline articulated 

 often branched' or anastomosing threads, which con- 



trast very prettily with the dark bodies seated on them. 

 The spores are oblong, slightly curved, and attenu- 

 ated at either end, though the very tip is obtuse. 

 Their endochrome is either retracted to either end, 

 leaving a free space in the centre, which looks like 



■ ' \ole mass is broken up into 



The pecies may be charac- 



■ - 



wa S slovenly, because his old Strawberry 



' 3 . v*d been forgotten, and were rejoicing in a 



^Whmg crop of weeds. <> Oh ! " said he, " as to 



-nTe ie ^ 0D ty a ^ 6W Groundsels and Dandelions 



*M bow-thistles, I '11 pull them up in * minute f^^ 



or t . Ufe ei * ou g^j ui less than a minute, a handful 



■ ^9 l»t tflHxA rJanta hn<\ Kppn torn nn sirul WP 



nuisances. 



One day, after walking very carefully through a 

 nursery in the west of England, we could not help 

 expressing our satisfaction at not having seen one 

 single weed over many acres of highly kept ground. 

 The answer of the proprietor was, " Weeds ir, are 

 too expensive for us • we can't afford them." "What 

 a bitter sarcasm upon the mass of cultivators ! 



».0nl y a 



the&e pi 



had been torn up, and 



andelions, and 



Amongst the seeds distributed by the Horticul- 



a septum, or the w 

 several round bodies 



tcris6(l 



Vermicularia circvw™ / vacuus ormcuiariDus ; 



peritheciis concentricis mycelio hyalino articulato 



xadiato insidtuitibus. 3L J. B. 



BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- 

 MENT OF SCIENC E. 

 Section D. Tuesday, July 8.— On some facts tending 

 to &QU2 the probability of the Convention of A set into 



Rev. ML J. Berkeley and 



^ m m ^_._ ^., by 



tural Society last spring were those of a very beauti- [ jft r# c . e. Broome.— A/ter alluding to the observa- 

 ful white Onion, called Ognon de Xocera, received 

 from Paris. Nothing can exceed the beauty of its 



What a speech for a gardener ! | ness 



form, and the 



tions of other bot lists on this subject, the authors 

 communicated as "follows. The specie3 which have 



and the extreme puwv oi ns »uuv%> w*«*^- aimu^ « re .j,u^xmi .«« ^ — 7-w — • — 



which excludes every tint of red, brown, or more especially three, viz. Tympams sahgna, Tode ; 



