THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Nov. 21. 
BY HER 
MAJESTY'S PATENT. 
LIGHT, CHEAP, ax» DURABLE ROOFING. 
rence-Pountney Hill, Cannon-street, London, 
Begs to cail the attention of Noblemen, Gentlemen, and the 
Public, to his 
PATENT ASPHALTE FELT, FOR ROOFING, 
As adopted by Her Majesty’s Woods and Forests, and by the 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND, 
FOOT, being considerably less than half the price of slates, 
ing in the 
wood-woris, as the Felt, from its lightness does not require half EVENTS OF 
the weig! 
manufactured of any required length, by 32 inches 
Tuomas Jonw C 
street, London. 
Of whom also may be had Railway Felt, Sheathing Felt for 
Ships’ Bottoms. and Dry Hair Felt for covering Boilers, Steam 
_ is offered to the Public with the greatest confidence, being 
decidedly superior to all those poisons containing arsenic an 
other minerals, It is most greedily eaten by rats and mice as 
long as itis offered to them, and invariably proves certain de- 
struction, Prepared only by EDWARD Purser, 40, Bridge-atreet, 
Blackfriars, London. Soldin pots, with full directionstor use, 
af 4. and 2 each. 3 
ODD'S PATENT PROTOXIDE PAINT.—The 
properties of this Paint are peculiar for preventing iron 
from oxidation, wood from decay, and masonry from damp; 
it neither cracks nor blisters with the hottest sun, and is there- 
able for Railways, Boilers, Steam, Gas and 
- Hothouses, Forcing-houses, and for Shipping. 
Its adhesion is so great to iron and wood that the hardest fric- 
tion will scarcely remove it. It prevents vegetation on stuc- 
not affected by spray of sea water. 
one hundre e 
well under the brush, and forms with oil an unctuous and 
cohesive mixture. 
For houses painted during occu- 
i Manu- 
Elms, London. 
CHEAP AND DURABLE ROOFING, 
P 35 ROYAL LETTERS 
BY HER 
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F MNEILL & CO., of Lamb's Buildings, Bunhill- 
«row, London, the Manufacturers and only Patentees of 
THE ASPHALTED FELT FOR ROOFING 
Puildings, Shedding, Workshops, and for 
MAJESTY’S PATENT, 
Houses, 
Garden purposes, to protect plants from Frost. 
At the Great National Agricultural Shows, it is this Felt 
which has n exhibited and obtained the Prize, andis the 
Felt patronised by 
MAJESTY’S Woops AND FORESTS, 
HonovRABLE BOARD OF ORDNANCE, 
ARK, 
‘And on the Estates of the Dukes of Sutherland, Norfolk, Rut- 
land, Newcastle, 
the late Earl Sp 
*,* Samples, with Directions for its Use, and Testimonials, 
of seven years’ experience, with references to Noblemen, Gen- 
tlemen, Architects, anı ilders, sent free to any part of the 
town or cour and orders by post executed. 
The Public is respectfully cautioned that the only Works 
in Great Britain where the above Roofing is made, are 
F. M*NETLL anv CO.'8 
Patent Felt fe y, Lamb’s-buildings, B hill Lon. 
don, where Roofs covered with the Felt may be seen, as also 
the new Vice-Chancellor’s Court, and the Passages and Offices 
at the entrance to Westminster Hall, and other buildings at the 
New Houses of Parliament, done under the Surveyorship of 
Charles Barry, Esq., 
Note.—Consumer 
nding direct to the Factory can be sup- 
suited to their Roofs, so that they pay for 
ordinary way. 
Old Beds, re-dressed by this process, are perfectly freed from 
all impurities, and by expanding the feathers the bulk is 
greatly increased, and ‘consequently the Bed is rendered much 
softer. 
The following are the present Prices of New Feathers :— 
3 +» 1s. 0d. | Best Foreign Grey Goose 2s. 0d. 
1200. 15 4d.| „ Irish White ,, 2s. 6d. 
Foreign Grey Goose . 8d. | ,, Dantzie White ,, 3s. 0d. 
x's List of Bedding, containing full particulars of 
s, and Prices, sent free by post, on application 
lishment, 196, opposite the Chapel, Tottenham- 
“sy HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. — 
court Ro: 
would get over it. 
plenty of animal food, abstaining from the use of all vegetables, 
and taking a course of Holloway's celebrated Pills, for about. 
seven weeks, she is pi 
from time to time à little of this regenerating Medicine, thereby 
speedily removing all dangerous symptoms attending this 
critical period.—Sold by all Druggisis, and at Professor Hor- 
LOWAY's Estab! 
hment, 244, Strand, London. 
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al q S pi s 
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Editor of the above Journal. 
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