THE 



GARDENERS 



? 



CHRONICLE 



AND 



AGRICULTURAL 



GAZETTE 



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



No. 48 



1851.] 



SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29. 



rPiUCE Cxi. 





INDEX. 



ifMimti.fcnn 7^5 6 



TjJJfBltarAl rheraistry ' 63 * 



JCMCk.Glpnny's 750 6 



lech on »& Oak tJ7 e 



Jm* Briti»>> iotu • • • • . 7»6 o 



Eiical Soc.ety of Edm- 



gffb ,,.»»»•»»••»•••••••••• < ' a 



frjfii«r Horticultural JfiO a 



— Ajrricultufd . 763 c 



O rr. agricultural 763 c 



fcijairtkemqma. lTorjra .... 7*2 e 



tbrTtftBfhemura ahow, Stoke 



5f¥iiiftoii 7^9 b 



Cbrni 7'>o a 



Cbrtrftilure 764 a 



flg toU" ^ terrestrial 7^6 c 



CoiODMttf r, to bow 760 c 



Ctroniber di*e**e 7*>6 c 



fmrrttion, Highland 761 A 



IvfcnCiub 765 b 



tjnai, imall 765 6 



ftm-itf, steam 762 a 



Jum *<*c »un s >65 6 



ftratt trees, to prune 753 6 



G» .-<i*n. to make 753 a 



6i 759 e 



61ms, tour h plate 753 a 



Glass houses, winter covering 



for 756 c 



Grap<». Joflling's 7&S a 



Gu-ino, Australian 761 6 



Gynerium arjrenteum 757 e 



1' c ST HCK8 .a.................. < 5* C 



NijfhtinKale, the 759 a 



Ohk <*** lleoh "57 C 



Orehi^rvor the million 756 a 



P^xton, Sir Joseph Jbh a 



Phosphate modules 764 t 



Planch-m, Dr 759 t 



Plane tree umber 757 c 



Potatoes in Perthshire 753 t 



Potato disease 759 e 



Poultry show, Birmingham..., 766 a 



Pruniujf forest t>ees 758 4 



KUddodendron javamcam .... 758 S 



Snowstoim .... • 7^3 e 



Strawberries, n*»w 757 a 



Tnnb-r, Plane tree 757 e 



Tree leaves 757 a 



V-crnria Rejcia 756 c 



Walls, glass 755 a 



Weather, the ..,,,,....... 766 a 



Weeds 755 e 



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H0SE.\ WATERE1VS Descriptive Catalogue of 

 AMERICAS PLANTS, CONIFERS, ROSES, <fcc, for 

 the ensuing Autumn, is just published, and may be had on 

 application, enclosing two postage stamps, to Mr. Hosea. 

 WATEBit^Knap Hill Nursery, Woking, Sur rey. 



THK AMERICAN NURSERY, BAGMIOT, SURREY. 



TOHiV WATER ER begs to announce that he has just 



" published* new CATALOGUE of Hardy Rhododendrons, 

 Aza is, Roses, Couifers, &c, and which may be obtained by 



I ttcl 'sing two postage stamps. 



V 1 - Colours of all the Rhododendrons worthy of culti- 



Intion are described ; thus purchasers are afforded every facility 

 lanvikin? selecti ons, 

 P JACK MAN, Nurseryman, Woking, Surrey, 



j , * (U mile from Woking Station, 9 oath- Western Railway), 

 1 sags to announce that he has published a new and complete 

 ogue of his American Plants, Ornamental Evergreens, 

 j Conifer?, Flowering Scrubs, Standard and Dwarf Roses, Fruit 

 J ind Forest Treea, Ac, and mav be had on application by 

 j jsclosing two postage stam ps.— Woking Nursery. Nov. 29. 



2TANDISH and NOBLE'S detailed Advertisement 



l J will appear ia this Paper on the first Saturday in every 

 loath, to which they invite the attention of all interested in 

 miD\ ORNAMENTAL PLANTS. Their Descriptive Cata- 

 Hne, with the treatise on the "Cultivation of American 

 riin's, can still be had by enclosing .six stamps for postage. 

 A Gentlemen requiring the services of a. Landscape Gardeuer 

 1 aa procure such by applying to the Advertisers. 

 J^ gsDot, Surrey, Nov. 29 . k 



Larue surplus stock of forest trees, shrubs^ 

 fc, now ov sale at rendle's nursery, ply- 



MOUTH—ESTABLISHED 1786. 



H'lLLIAM E. RENDLE and CO., Nurserymex 

 and Florists to her Most Gracious Majesty t/w 

 fr , have a LARGE SURPLUS STOCK of TREES 

 AND SHRUBS more than they require for their usual 

 tofe, and will be sold at very low prices. 



V For prices, see front pa*?e, Nov. 1, 1S51, of tlm Paper. 



' Autumnal Catalogue of Forest Trees, Shrubs, and 

 m\t Trees is just published, and can be obtained for one 

 stamp. 



" r 'Uujf E. Rendle and Co., Nurserymen, Plymouth. 



MESSRS. J. MYATT and SONS have a Stock of 

 the VICTORIA or RAHY CASTLE CURRANT, andean 

 supply good strong Plants at 25*. per 100 ; extra strong, '.'year 

 old, 5j. per dozen. Also, a good Stock of 2 years planted 

 Rhubarb roots. 



HYATT'S LINNiEUS l^.perdoien. 



MYATT'S VICTORIA 10#. 



MITCUELLM ROYAL ALBERT 



Smaller 1 year planted .ots, at 50*. per 100. 

 Manor Farm, Deptford, Nov. 29. 



NEW GARDEN SEEDS, 



SAVED THIS SEASON. 



WILLIAM E. RKXDLE and Co., Seed Mkr- 

 chants, Plymouth, beg re pectfully to state that they 

 are now receiving from some of the moat careful growers a 

 choice assortment of 



NEW AND GENUINE SEEDS, 

 Of first-rate quality; and as the season is fast approaching 

 when afresh supply of seeds will be required for the Kitchen 

 Garden, they take the liberty of recommending the proprietors 

 of every garden, whether extensive or small, to procure with- 

 out deiay a copy of 



RENDLE'S PRICE CURRENT and GARDEN DIRECTORY, 



Which cost more th<m One Hundred Pound* its pro- 

 duction, and has been most favourably noticed by sortie 

 of the most eminent Horticulturists of the day, as well as 

 by the Editors of the leading Gardm Publication*. 



It contains 24 folio pages, and is the same size as Oit 

 Gardeners' Chronicle. 



It contains a Descriptive Catalogue of the best Culinary 

 Vegetables in cultivation, with the time of sowing, height, «nd 

 other useful particulars, as well as the quantities furnished by 

 William E. Rendle and Co. for their Collections; also a 

 Descriptive Cata'ogue of all the choicest and best varieties of 

 Agriculrural Seeds ; and an excellent Descriptive List of all the 

 newest and choicest Flower Seeds. 



Iclikewisec ntains aCOMPLETE CALENDAR OF OPERA. 

 TIO^S in the Kitchen Garden for every month in the ; tr, in 

 a concise and useful form. 



Copies can be obtained from any Bookseller in town or 

 country, 'price Fivepence, through Messrs. Bradbury and 

 Evans, the London publishers. 



Copies will also be sent gratuitously on receipt of & 

 penny postage Stamps {to pay the postage), on appi 

 to William E. Rendle & Co., Seed Merchants, Plymouth. 



Our ocks 9 Early Peas, Beans, Radkk, and ( rrots 

 are alrca/fy in, and can be supplied ' on 



BEST LANCASHIRE GOOSEBERRIES, named, 

 at 15*. per 100. 

 Also, APPLES, PEARS, CURRANTS, RHUBARB, <fcc , 

 in ail the best varieties, and at equally moderate prices. 

 Carefully packed, to carry any distance, or for exportation, 

 H. Bigland and Co., Manchester. 



BAKER'S 1H.M uirrn i; ( ATA 



EORGE 



LOQUB OF AMI \N PLANTS < MPFRa' 

 ROSES, ORNAMENTAL - US, 1 . IT A> T 



TREES, A*r\, mtf be had on application, by enclosing two 

 posta ge sta mps.- Wl. .-*b 4 Nur>ery. Ragsho S u »r«j. 



|>IXE PLANTS— For Sale, a quantity of PInU 



* APPLE PL*. NTS. of nil ths approved vart es, l ire 



asocce**ion offru they an an and health*. -For 



particulars, a] by i vr to W, IUidii, at the Garden* 



Castle A ih by, Northampton, 



AMILTON'S NEW JiAKLY PKA, THE 



NOVEMBER PIKM 1 »IC, 2i. <d per quart. 

 WA ER'S EAKI.Y CONQITEROR, 1*. per «iu H rt 

 Gl i UY'S KARl Y HAn<U)OWN BEAT .? r qua 

 LORD KKNYOVvsFAVniTKirECUnTMBER \, MTMel 



And all 



rt. 



packet 



oMor favourite aorta of Kttchtt Garden Seeds, 



Catal . nes of which io now ho had i»rtwop ge stamp*. 



i application, a We > i, J MM Sottok and Boas, Seta 



wers, Reading, Berks. 





i 





*^S and BROWN beg to refer to their Advertise- 

 ment of CHOICE GERAiNIUMS, in the 2d page of each 

 *tol*r of Gardeners' Chronicle, of Sept. 27th and Oct. lith. 

 ^« plants are exceedingly fine and vigorous. With immediate 

 jotting, they will make good specimen plants for exhibition 

 •Reason, with abundant blooms, and will be found very 

 jJJP- They also, in the same Advertisements, beg to refer to 

 5- elect list of NEW PLANTS. Also NEW CHRYSAN- 

 J^^UMS, AZALEA INDICA, &c, of which they have a 



y e assortment, strong and vigorous, and offered at low 



j^cei, 



#J* splendid Stove Plants, for winter and early spring flower, 

 201, 12 beautiful Greenhouse Plants, for do., 15s. 



«fib?* ues on application. Goods free to London, or any part 

 * e Ipswich line to Norwich, and extra plants, gratis, for 



r*^ 3 ot 40s. and upwards. Remittances from unknown cor- 



*£tienta. 



CJ^n d^ Horticultural Estahli«hmpnt, Sudbury, Suffolk. 



^ . t OJEDKUS DEODAHA, 



with ** n ^ Avenues, single specimens for Lawns, or mixing 

 ^ Fir and other plantations, grown 



M TOt Jfpots. 

 AULE 



1^. ^bout planting, that their immense stock of this most 

 . f ab!e Hardy Ornamental Tree consists of well-grown plants 





A COMPLETE ARBORETUM. 



C. LODDIGES and SONS beg to state that they 

 • are now supplying the above, comprising upwards of 

 1200 species of TREES and SHRUBS, correctly named, for 

 50t., cash on delivery ; and as their collection of hardy planta 

 will have to be dispersed this season, in consequence of the 

 land being let for building, they most respectfully suggest that 

 all persons contemplating the formation of a COMPLETE 

 ARBORETUM should make early application, as the stock of 

 some species is very limited. — Hackney, Nov. 22. 



DWARD GEORGE HENDERSON, Wellington- 



road Nursery, St. John's Wood, London, will be happy 

 to forward his New Autumn Catalogue (post paid), on 

 application. It is also post paid throughout America, Austria, 

 Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, and Prussia. 



E. G. H. can supply plants of the following (for description 

 seepage 27 in the above Catalogued | 



The New Raspberry Belle de Fontenay, 7s. 6d\ each ; Weigela 

 lutea, or Middendotffitna, 10s. Sd. each ; Hesperis Matronalii 

 Flora Plena (Double Crimson Rocket), 2s. each. 



Tropaoolum azureum, 2s. Bd. each; T. tricolor, 2s. 64. and 

 3s. 6d each ; T, Hockerianum (true), for winter flowering, 



fine. 3s. 6d. each. 

 Cremont's Perpetual Strawberry, Is. each, or 9s. per dozen. 



Wll MOR > M'KPIMSK GERANIUM. 



TOllN Am CHARLES LEE bog to announce thai they 

 v have purchased me entire atoclt of tu» extraor41s«np 



novelty of Mrs. Will more, of Bdgba n near Blrmin-baim, 

 and th- y Intend flf ring It to the ih \c in the au'.nmn of 1852, 

 wh-n they will have proved I qualiii- as a bedding ; ant, 

 which they be'ieve t ■•» be ftrst.rate; andopportun tim Hill have 

 been 9ff \ at the vaiioiia 1 wer &bons of win etting what 

 may be regarded as a iioral wonder. 



Mrs. Willmore hasstit<dher belief that iff parentage l : et 

 between Oeranium erabeacens and a Hollj Mir great 



Horticultural authority, Dr. Lindl repudiates the idea, but 

 arknowledgei it to be an extraordinary prodin'j.oi Meant 

 Lib hope to produce such pro. fas nay possibly atagger the 

 learned Dot r'sopii if it fails to convince bin, For the 



-esent, suffice it to * rtruetitr* of the p'ant is dif. 



ferent to anything to I he Oeranium ; the r«vot§ are 



(i e unlike any n» the class, and the teed pods are formed 

 diore HUe a Hollyhock than a < aniu . The flowers art 

 aemidoubla, and the whole tru hi monatrori rm allow 



ing it to be no more tlrin a mere iport from tf.e « r^> »t» 



merit" far exceed anything hitherto in* ict>l as a gay harder 



or bedding flower.— N»i» y, ffammcr#m b. 



Transplanted thorn fttrrcKS at uau 



1 PRICE FOR J vl>V CASi.— SFl LIN6 i« he 



emainder of the Stork Tra >>]*')■&{ Thorn Q the 



property of the late Mr. Jobs M'Csaith, Nurtwnma^ H?l 

 kenn; 1 be cleaned off tin- , r. ent season, at he ^iog 



grei r educed price*. Two yaars old Tr«n»p)an'*' fhoina, 



* to IH inches in length ; vireumierenc'' 3-8ih» to TAx- a ; I. 

 per 1000. Three years old, transplanted: length, 17 » 24 

 inches; circumference, 8 to 10 ldtbs; Is. 3d. paw 1000. Four 

 years old, transplanted; length, 23 to 25 inches; circumfer- 

 ence, $.8th* to 1 inch ; Is. Sd. per H . Quantiti.-. of loo 000 

 and upwards dehv. r»d carriage free in Dublin or Waterford. 

 Apply to Mrs. Soianna M'Craith, Hiirh-stree*, Kilkenny 



Ll-T^ gl EDS, PLANTS, &c. " 



PETER LAWSON and .^ NT beg to state that the 

 following may be had at their Establishment, 1 

 George the Fourth Bridge, Edinburgh ; or from their Agent, 

 J. C. SOMMERS, 159, Fcuchurch street, London : — 





Agricultu al Seeds. 

 Garden Seeds. 

 Flower Seeds. 

 Treatise on Flower Seeds. 



orest Tree*. 

 Ornamental Trees and Shrubs. 



Herbaceous Plants. 

 F lor lata' Flow era. 



utch F wer Roots. 

 Stove and Greenhouse Planta, 

 Garden and Min r Agricnl- 



tUTal Implements. 



Also. 



Descriptive List • f Roses. 



Law*on f s Agriculturist'* Ma.iual, 8vo, pp. 430, 10«. 6J. 



Lawson's Treati-e on Grasses, 4to, pp. 48, Is. 



Lawson's Fruit Trees, 4to, pp. 83, Is, Cd. 



Lawson's Coniferae. or Fir 1 tibe, 4fo, pp. 104, It. Gd. 



Also, >>nopsis ot the Agricultural Products of Seat land, in 

 Parts, at Is. each ; or in 2 Vols., Is. \ First, now ready, 5s. 



ESSRS. PLATZ and >N, Seed G rowers f 



Erfurt, Prussia, inform the trade that th^ir CATA- 

 LOGUE for 1852 is now ready, and may be had on appli- 

 cation of their Agent, Mr. Robert Kennedy. Con serf stories, 

 Ccvent Garden, London. The universal approval which their 

 Articles nave obtained induce Messrs. P. and Sow to so it a 

 trial of the preset - »r*s Stock, which Includes many new and 

 j n t^rps^ns varioth.*,— F.r'urr, November 23. 



M 





from seed, either in or 



SONS respectfully inform Gentlemen 



||. " v "= nardy Ornamental l ree consists 01 wen-grown p 



S^ti, of all sizes, suited for the above purposes, which are 



J^ 64 by the dozen, hundred, and thousand, on moderate 



j? 8, CO=" Prices forwarded on application. 



I J e curious in seminal productions will find by inspecting 



1(3 Sons' Stock, many pleasing peculiarities of foliage in 



Sggenr state of growth.— Staplet on. road N nr«eries. Br istol. 



H. x SANGsr,lV8 NEW EAKliY No. 1 PEA. 

 AY, SANGSTER, and CO., in submitting the 



^ above valuable PEA to the public, can recommend it 

 IW P ffreate%t confidence, as the largest podded and best 

 |Ste«5 e{ \ k *«>*n, and of nrat-rate quality; height, 2 feet. 



^briJ T RtJnt P(,tat oes, from prepared cuttings, 6t. per bush. 

 l*ri * e R; »aicil do. (a firat-rate second early) 6*. do. 

 5b a a u ? ahv «. 10*. 6d. do. Early Manley, 105. Gd. 



TV h - ,e ^' Sidney, 105. M. do. 



SUPERB NAMED AND MIXED ASSORT- 

 MENTS OF ANEMONES, RANUNCULI, GLADIOLI, 

 TULIPS, IRIS, CROCUS, LILTUM, IMPORTED DUTCH 

 HYACINTHS, <fcc, with a large Collection of other Roots.— . f ... p 

 For BASS and BROWN'S Priced Advertisement of the above, ■ OI lulB ^ * 

 see Gardeners' Chronicle of Nov. 8th and 22.1, or Catalogues 

 eent free on application. 

 Seed and Horticultural Establishment, Sudbury, Suffolk. 



Jfjr,AT-iMi UKA*!*. 



WANTED, any quantity, if of approved quality- 

 Sample, and price per pound, addreited to R Y ., Offce 





ORNAMENTAL PLANTING. 



LODDIGES and SONS most respectfully call the 



attention of Noblemen, Gentlemen, and ful Com- 



HUNTER'S PROLIFIC CUCUMBER. — This 

 handsome and delicious variety obtained, in Jane last 

 year, with truit upwards of 30 inches in length, the Silver 

 Medal at the Botanic Gardens, Regent's-paik ; and a Certifi- 

 cate of Merit at the Exhibition in July. It has also been 

 awarded Four Prizes at the Highbury Exhibitions. It is white 

 epined and an extraordinary bearer. To be had in packets 

 of s^ven seeds, at 55. ; or three seeds at 2s. 6tf., of Mr. IIcnteb, 

 5, King-street, Islington; and at J. G. Renwicr's Seed Ware- 

 house, 107, St. John-street, Smithfield, London. 



do. 



OSES.— Paul's QUEEN VICTORIA, Paul's 



ROBERT BURNS, and oth« new sorts, direct from the 

 Rais rs, at the same pi ices as charged by them. 



Also Geant de> Ba'tailles, Robin Hood, and other esta- 

 blished favourites, including the best of the Ptrpetuals, Boor- 



c. 



panies, engaged in Ornamental Planting, to the nndermen 

 tioned List of TREES and SHRUBS, which they are enabled 

 to offer at an extraordinary reduction in price (tor ca»b on y), 

 the land upon which their arboretum is planted being required 



for building. , 



Fine trees, from 4 to 10 feet big*, of the followm* genera 

 comprising a great number of -pedes : Acer, JE «!•'• Alnus f 

 Amygdalus, Berula, Cornus, C rylus, Co? >easrer, Crataegus, 

 Cyi»us, Fraxinna, Mr«piiu«, Populus, Prtm , Pjrus. Ribes, 

 Robinia, Salix, Sorbus Pprsea, Tilia, Vlmi 4t. per dozen 

 named, or a «altct?on from the above, 25#. pet 100 unnamea% 

 and highly recon: mended for rough planing. 

 American Oaks In jrreat variety. Us P^ r dozen. 



ami; ..wan PLA 



Azalea pontica, finebusln plants well set with bloom. 10.t r . do». 



Ghent and other varieties named, 18s. per dot. 



]^^Mmauiali,iee Gardeners' Chronicle, Nov. 8, p. 705. »--»*• ,-. L - u -m An .,,ra «ri^«r 



Sto u or,, " r8,0be made payable at the Boroogh Post- I bona, &c , if left to our stKcion (which will insure ••««»• 



w 



H 



A ^, Sanqsteb, and Co., Nursery and Seedsmen, 





^U ., B, »ttx, Loudon. One-bushel hampers and booking 



* > ^WO-buahal »>• dA v«^i„ *>• aA A a«*ti 



tw o-bushel, 2s. 6d # 



Sacks, 2«. 6d, each, 



tion), at 20*. per dozen, standards ; or 12s. per dozen, dwarfs. I 





Also .'ommon sorts o^ dwarfs, 5s per dozen, 

 J »hh ScttoN and Sons, Nurseries, Reading, Berks. 



12s per doz. «, 



N.B. Packing will be charged if low as possible. Post-offie* 



-Hackney, Nov. 29. 



I orders made payable at Hackney 



