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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE... 
[DEc. 2. 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOsIETY OF ENG- 
LAND.—MEETING AT SOUTHAYPT' 
the Members will be held at Sonthampon on Fripay, July 26, 
competition. Forms of Certificate to bi procured on application 
to the Secretary, 12, anover-square, .ondon, il Certificates 
for implements must be returned, fillecup, to the Secretary, on 
or before the 1st May, and all other Cetificates by the Ist June; 
the Council having decided that in m case whatever shall any 
Certificate be received after those date respectively, 
Prizes For Improvine tHe Briep oF CaTTLN.—1844. 
rt-horns.—CLass 1. To the owier of the best Bull calved 
previously to the Ist January, 1842, 
= the owner of the best Cow irmilk, 15/.—4. To the owner 
of the best in-calf Heifer, not exceding three years old, 15/,— 
5. To the owner of the best yearlir Heifer, 10/. 
‘ords.—CLass 1, ie oyner of the best Bull calyed 
previously to the ist January, 182, 30/.; to the owner of the 
second-best do, do., 15/.—2, Ti 
5. To the owner of the best yearling Heifer, 10/. 
Devons.—Cuass 1. To the owner of the best Bull calved pre- 
viously to the Ist January, 1842, 0/.; to the owner of the second- 
est do. do, 15/.—2. "To the owner of the best Bull calved sine 
the Ist January, 1842, and more than one year old, 20/.—3. To 
the owner of the best Cow in milk, 152.—4. To the owner of the 
best in-calf Heifer, not exceeding three years old, 15/.—5. To 
the owner of the best yearling Heifer, 10/, 
Cattle of the Channel Islands Breed. —Ctass 1. To the owner 
of the best Bull calved previously to the lst January, 1843, 152. 
-—2. ‘To the owner of the best Buil calved since the ist January, 
1843, and more than one year old, 10/.—3. To the owner of the 
best Cow in milk, 10/,—4. To the owner of the best in-calf Heifer, 
not exceeding two years old, 10/,—5. To the owner of the best 
yearling Heifer, 72. 
Cattle of any Breed, or Cross, (not qualified to compete in the 
foregoing classes.)—Crass 1. To the owner of the best Bull 
calved previously to the Ist January, 1842, 302.3; to the owner 
of the second-best do., 15/.—2. To the owner of the best Bull 
calved since the Ist January, 1842, and more than one year old, 
20/.—3. To the owner of the best Cow in milk, 15/.—4. To the 
owner of the best in-calf Heifer, not exceeding three years old, 
15/,—5,. To the owner of the best yearling Heifer, 10/. 
HORSES, 
Cuass 1, To the owner of the best Stallion for agricultural 
purposes, of four years old and apwards, 301; to the owner of 
the second-best do. do., 20/.—2. To the owner of the hest two 
years old ditto, foaled since the ist January, 1842, 15/.—3. To 
the owner of the best Cart Mare and foal, for agricultural pur- 
poses, 201,; to the owner of the second-best d ie — 4. 
owner of the best two years old Filly, 10/.—5. To the owner of 
the best thorough-bred Stallion, which shall have served mares 
at a price not exceeding three guineas (and with a groom’s fee 
of not more than five shillings,) in the season of 1844, 301, 
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Prizes ror IMPROVING THE BREED OF SuEP.—1844. 
eicesters. TASS 1. To the owner of the best Shearling Ram, 
301. ; to the owner of the second-best ditto, 15/.—2. To the owner 
of the best Ram of any of Age, to the owner of the 
): 3. To the owner of the best pen of Five 
yes, 10/. ; to the owner of the second-best do. do., 5/, 
South Doum Sheep.—Cuass 1. To the owner of the best Shear. 
ling Ram, 30/.; to the owner of the second-best do., 151.—2. T 
the owner of the best Ram of any other age, 302; to the owner 
of the second-best do., 15/.—3. To the owner of the best pen of 
Vive Shearling Ewes, 10/.; to the owner of the second-best 
do. do,, 54. 
Lon Voolled Sheep.—(Not qualified to compete as Leices- 
ters.)—Crass 1, To the owner of the best Shearling Ram, 30/.; 
to the owner of the second-be: +) 15l.—2. To the owner of the 
best Ram of any other age, to the owner of the second- 
ing 
301.5 
Yo the owner of the best pen of #ive Shearling 
8, 102.; to the owner of the second-best do, do., 54, 
Short. Woolled Sheep (not qualified to compete as South Downs). 
CLass 1, To the owner of the best Shearling Ram, 20/.—2. To 
the owner of the best Ram of any other age, 20/.—3. To the 
owner of the best pen of five Shearling Ewes, 191. 
PIG 
Chass 1.—To the owner of the best Boar of a large breed, 10/.; 
to the owner of tic second-best ditto ditto, 54.—2. To the owner 
of the best Boar of a small breed, 10/.; to the owner of the 
second-best ditto ditto, 5/.—3, To the owner of the best breeding 
Sow of a large breed, 10/.—4. To the owner of the best breeding 
Sow of a small breed, 10/.—5. Yo the owner of the best pen of 
three breeding Sow Pigs, of the same litter, above four and under 
niae months old, 10/. 
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 
A Sum not exceeding Three Hundred Sovereigns. 
EXTRA STOCK, ROOTS, AND SEEDS. 
For extra stock of any kind, not shown for any of the above 
prizes, and for Roots, Seeds, &c., prizes may be awarded and ap- 
portioned by the committee and judges, to an amount not ex- 
ceeding in the whole 50/, 
Y NEW, IMPLEMENT, 
For the invention of any new Agricuitural Implement, such 
sum as the Society may think proper to award. 
SEED-WHEAT AND BARLEY. 
I, Fifteen Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be 
given to the Exhibitor, at the Meeting at Southampton, ofthe best 
1,4 bushels of White Wheat, of the harvest of 1843, and grown by 
himself. 
I. Fifteen Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be 
given to the Exhibitor, at the Meeting at Southampton, of the 
best 14 bushels of Ked Wheat, of the harvest of 1843, and grown 
by himself. 
Ill, Ten Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be 
given to the Exhibitor, at the Meeting at Southampton, of the 
best 14 bushels of Spring Wheat, of the harvest of 1843, and grown 
by himself. 
V. Ten Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be 
given to the Exhibitor, at the Meeting at Southampton, of the 
best 14 bushels of Barley for malting, of the harvest of 1843, and 
grown by himself, 
Y. Ten Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be 
given to the Exhibitor, at the Meeting at Southampton, of the 
best 14 bushels of Barley for general purposes, of the harvest of 
1843, and grown by himself. 
Competitors are requested to send with» their Wheat or Barley, 
specimens, fairly taken, of the samein the ear, with the whole 
of the straw, ina sheaf not less than one footin diameter, and with 
the roots attached. 
{Twelve bushels of the Wheat or Barley will be sealed up by 
the stewards, and one of the remaining bushels of each variety 
will be exhibited as a sample to the public; the other being 
kept for comparison with the produce of the next year, 
General Meeting in December, 1845, the prizes will be awarded.] 
The two best samples of each of these three classes of Wheat 
or Barley, without at that time distinguishing, in any of the 
cases, between the comparative merits of either sample, will be 
selected by the judges appointed for the M 
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to the owner of the | 
4 in the yea 
Sovereigns will be given at the Meeting at Sonthampton to each 
Exhibitor whose Wheat has been selected for trial, and Six Sove- 
reigns for Bar] 
*»* No variety which has been selected for trial at any previous 
show shall be qualified to compete. 
ESSAYS AND REPORTS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. 
rizes for 1844,.—PRIZE KSSAYS. 
1. Water Meadows and Upland Pastures. ‘Twenty Sovereigns, 
Piece of Plate of that value, will be given for the best 
Account of the Comparative Value of Water Meadows and Up- 
lands generally for Cattle, Sheep, and Horses, but especially for 
Milch Cows. Competitors will be required to state the following 
particulars in reference to the trials instituted for the purpose 
of obtaining practical results on this subject:—1. The nature of 
the soil and its state of drainage to be described; and equal por- 
tions of upland and water meadow to be selected. 2. Equal 
numbers of cows of the same age and breed (not less than four 
in number) to be separately fed in pairs, on each different kind 
of grass, and to be changed once from one kind of grass to the 
other; and the quantity, as well as the quality, of the milk from 
such cows to be ascertained by the lactumeter. 3. If made into 
hay, the quantity of each sort produced on the Jand, and the 
quantity, as well as quality, of the milk which has been pro- 
duced, to be ascertained in a similar manner. 4. [he value of 
spring food and grass, whether in rowen or pasture. 5. The 
same conditions to be applicable to the feeding of sheep-stock; 
stating the numbers which the same quantity of each land has 
separately maintained during a certain period ; ang whether or 
not subject to the rot by the flooding. 6. In regard to irrigating 
the land: the primary cost whether of catch-water or - 
meadow, of its formation, and the annual expense of manage- 
ment, including the repair of sluices; together with the former 
and present rent or value. Competitors are also requested to 
state, as far as their observation may have extended, the com- 
parative value of the grasses of water-meadows and uplands, 
when cut into hay, and consumed as fodder. 
Influence of Climate.—Twenty Sovereigns or a Piece of 
Plate of that value, will be given for the best Essay on the Influ- 
ence of Climate upon Cultivation within the ‘eat 
Britain and Ireland. There being good reason to suppose that 
the discordant practices of farming in different districts may 
be partly attributed to the influence of climate, competitors for 
this prize must endeavour to describe those practices, and to 
trace them to the variation of climate, Under the term climate 
must be included the degree of cold or heat, moisture or drought, 
ising whether from latitude, elevation, neighbourhood to or 
distance from the sea, &c. Variation in practice may be looked 
‘or in the management of artificial and natural Grass, the growth 
of root-crops, the depth of ploughing, the time of sowing, the 
choice of white crops, &c. 
3. Indications of Fertility or Barrenness.—Fitty Sovereigns, 
or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given for the best Essay 
on the Indications which are practical gnides in judging of the 
Fertility or Barrenness of the Soil. Many attempts having been 
made to explain the productiveness of the soil by chemical or 
physical causes, without any decided result, it appears desirable 
to assist the researches of natural philosophers by making them 
acquainted with those obvious signs, whether of colour, consist- 
ence, or vegetation, by which surveyors and farmers are enabled 
to give at once a practical opinion upon the probable nature of 
land which they inspect. 
4, Agriculture of Norfolk.—Fifty Sovereigns, or a Piece of 
Plate of that value, will begiven for the best Report on the pre- 
sent state of the Agriculture of the County of Norfolk i—stating 
the ordinary course of cropping adopted in the different soils of 
the county ; the breeds of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs most generally 
bred or fed within it; the state of its drainage; the implements 
used; the number of Horses or other Cattle employed in the dif- 
ferent operations of Husbandry; the tenure on which the Farms 
are generally held; the wages of labour; the average amount of 
the Poor’s-rate; and whether any and what alterations and im- 
provements have been made in the system of Agriculture’ pur- 
su thin it since the Report made to the Board of Agriculture 
vr Young, which was published in the year 1804, and by 
Nathaniel Isent, whtict’ was published in the year 1796. 
5. Agriculture of Cheshire.—Fifty Sovereigns, or a Piece of 
Plate of that value, will be given for the best Report on the pre- 
sent state of the Agriculture of the County of Chester i—stating 
the ordinary course of cropping adopted in the different soils of 
the county ; the breeds of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs most generally 
bred or fed’ within it; the. state of its drainage ; the implements 
ed 
different operations of Husbandry; the tenure on which the 
average 
Poor’s-rate ; and whether any and what altera- 
tions and improvements have been made in the system of Agri- 
culture pursued within it since the Report made to the Board of 
Agriculture by Henry Holland, which was. published in the year 
1 
6, Agriculture of Essew.—Fifty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate 
of that value, will be given for the best Report on the present 
State of the Agriculture of the County of Essex :—Stating the 
ordinary course of cropping adopted in the different soils of the 
county; the breeds of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs most generally 
bred or fed within it; the state of its drainage; the implements 
used; the number of Horses or other Cattle employed in the dif- 
ferent operations of Husbandry ; the tenure on which the Farms 
are generally held ; the wages of labour; the average amount of 
the Poor’s rate ; and whether any and what alterations and im- 
provements have been made in the system of Agriculture pursued 
within it since the Report made tothe Board of Agriculture by 
rthur Young, the Secretary to the Board, which was published 
8 1807 and 1813. 
7. Agriculture of Wilishire.—¥ifty Sovereigns, or a Piece of 
Plate of that value, will be given for the best Report on the pre- 
sent State of the Agriculture of the County of Wilts, stating the 
ordinary course of cropping adopted in the different soils of the 
county; the breeds of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs, most generally 
bred or fed within it; the state of its drainage; the implements 
used ; the number of Horses or other cattle employed in the dif. 
ferent operations of Husbandry ; the tenure on which the Farms 
are gencrally held; the wages of labour; the average amount of 
the Poor’s rate ; and whether any and what alterations and im- 
provements have been made in the system of agriculture pursued 
within it since the Report made to the Board of Agriculture by 
‘Thomas Davis, which was published in the year 181 
8. Improvements by Warping, §¢.—Twenty Sovereigns, or a 
Piece of Plate of that value, will be given for the best account of 
mprovements made by Artificial Deposits of Soil from the Sea or 
Tide-rivers, and the subsequent Cultivation of the land, 
9. Keeping Farm-Horses.—twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of 
Plate of that value, will be given for the best account of the way 
of keeping Farm-Horses in good condition, both in Winter and 
ummer, Competitors must state—1. The quantity of food given, 
and the average cost of such food. 2. The 
the horses. 3. The length of time they have been kept on the 
cod described. 4. Whether kept in yards, stables, or pastures. 
7) 
igns, 
of Plate of that value, will be given for the best Essay on any 
Agricultural subject.—These Essays must be sent to the Secre- 
tary, at 12, Hanover Square, London, on or before March 1st, 1844, 
Rules of Competition for Prize Essays.—1. That all information 
contained in Prize Essays shall be founded on experience or ob- 
servation, and not on simple reference to books, or other sour 
2. That drawings, specimens, or models, shall accompany W 
ings requiring them. 3. That all competitors shall transmit a 
the other Essays will 
be returned on the application of the writers, 5. That the Society 
is not bound to give an award, unless they consider one of the 
Essays worthy of a prize. 6, That, in allreports of experiments, 
the expenses shall be accurately detailed; that only the imperial 
weights and measures are those by which calculations are to be 
made ; that prizes may be taken either in money or plate, at the 
option of the successful candidates; and that no prize be given 
fe 
° on her of draining, liming, 
manuring, or other operation—be accompanied with the cost of 
aken place ; or @ spe 
analysed, by persons employed by the S 
requested that, in communications 
land in foreign countries, the measures he stated in English values. 
‘Those members who have tried subsoil-loughing, whether suc- 
cessfully or otherwise, are requested to communicate the result 
to the Secretary, in the hope that, by comparison of the state- 
ments, some judgment may be arrived atas to the soils and situ- 
ations which are, or are not suited for this operation, 
By order of the Council, JAMES HUDSON, Secretary. _ 
2 OY 
R LAND, —The GeneraL Mxxntine will be held at the 
Society’s House, No. 12, Hanover-square, on SAtuRDAY the gth 
of ‘December, at 12 0’clock precisely; and the Rooms of the 
Society thrown open as usual for the accommodation of Members 
on the Wednesday, Thursday, ani ‘iday evenings of that week, 
from 6 to 10 o’clock.—By order of the Council. 
London, Nov. 18: Jamus Hupson, Se 
ee 
RASPBERRY. 
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» GRACE THE DUKE OF RUTLAND, 
EARL OF HARRINGTON, THE EARL OF LIVER- 
POOL, THE LORD BISHOP OF LONDON, LORD VIS- 
COUNT LORTON, LORD SONDES, &c. &c., as well as bY 
the HORT. SOCIETY OF LONDON. : 
For further particulars they bey torefer to their Advertisemen! 
of the 4th inst,: Prices as follow: 
Packages containing 100 Canes. 62) 5s. 0d. 
3 Eo A Gidateabreret) 
» » 25 ys oe att Onda EO . 
Package included. he usual discount to the Trade, when 0 
less than 200 are ordered. r 
*,* CAUTION.—Yousxt and Co. have appointed no agents in 
London for the sale of the Fastolff Raspberry. 
OUELL’S TOBOLSK RHUBARB, 12s. per 
—For’ Particulars of which see their Advertisemen! 
the 18th inst. 
'y“WO NEW SEEDLING PICOTEES. —“Lapy 
ALICE Pees,” 10s. 6d., and “ Mrs. Runyon,” 10s. 6d. per pairs 
FINEST CARNATIONS ann PICOTEES. 
DUTCH HYACINTHS ann OTHER BULBS. 
ARAUCARIA IMBRICATA. i 7 
For particulars and prices of the above, see their Advertisement! 
of last week.—Great Yarmouth Nursery, Noy. 30, 1843. 
dozen. 
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FLORIST TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, 
FUCHSIA, 
“‘ CONSTELLATION.” 
W MILLER begs to offer this Noble Variety to the 
/V © public; for fall description see Dr. Linpsny’s opinion 
Gardeners’ Chronicle, Sept. 9, p. 633, as follows :—* W, Miller 
Your hybrid between fnlgens and corymbifiora is a very handy 
some flower, seed-pod small, tube long and slender, gradua A 
increasing in'‘size till the diameter is a } of an inch; the tube eats 
a delicate pink colour, having sepals of a greenish primrose, form 
ing a strong contrast to the bright red corolla seen betwee 
them ; the flower altogether is 3} inches in length, and the b 
are very handsome as they approach m: 
Claremont. 
SPLENDID SEEDLING VERBENAS, 
“BLUE QUEEN,” anv “ ZEUXES.” os 
“Biux Queen,” the best blue Verbena out. See a ees 
LEy’s opinion in Gardeners’ Chronicle, July 15, p. 721.—“ Ml. 
Your swect-scented seedling, No. 105, is the best we have § 
f its colour—bright blue lilac; the flower is large, smoe" 
rice, per plant, He 
h large ya 
eye. See Dr, Linp.ey’s opinion in Gardeners? Chronicle, ee 
rsery, sgate, Kent. Bee 
B.— Priced Catalogue to be had on applicatione __ 
UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF THE QUEEN. 
KENSINGTON NURSERIES. 
YICHARD FORREST anv Co., 1 
ALCOLM anp Co., beg leave most: respe 
attention to their very extensive and superior collec 
Trees, which were never so fine as this year. Frvit 
an entire change of crop to some of the Nursery G 
cultivation cgnnected with this Establishment, t ‘4 
most gratifying, and admitted by all intelligent prac ping 
to ewes superior to anything of the kind ever Beta os 
Grounds, which have long stood unrivalled for their 
culture. i hich 
Peach Trees, from one to three years, trained, the Jatter of w 
covering 6 it once 5 
6 to 8 and 9 feet of wall al 
‘The collection of Ornamental Trees @ e 
fine in these Grounds, and well deservin: he ehttan BOW 
Trade, and also Gentlemen who may aes planting ell 
or in spring. General Catalognes may leas, ‘Tea ‘Trees and 
Camellias, Magnolias, Indian, Ae ee een, writhinterest= 
ther G Plants, 
ing hybrid Rhododendrons, 
tions, with very large well-grown. See amaeearcmedts 
i ess i i esting Plants in this dep: ; 
i anita Me other aa also extensive here, and pda 
ae Sole at Genter who admire this interesting be 
Seanaige suites ‘A separate list of them may also be ha 
application. 
