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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[Aug. 3, 



KOYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENG- 

 LAND.— annual COUNTRY MEETING of 1845, to be 

 held at SHREWSBURY, in the North Wales District, comprta- 

 ii>r the Counties of Anglesey. Carnarvon, Merioneth, Montgo- 

 mery, Denbigh, Flint, Chester, Salop, and Stafford. The Prizes 

 are open to general competition. Forms of Certificate to be 

 procured on application to the Secretary, 12, Hanover-square, 

 London. All Certificates for Implements must be returned, 

 filled up, to the Secretary, on or before the 1st of May, and all 

 other Certificates by the 1st of June; the Council having de- 

 cided that in no case whatever shail any Certificate be received 



after those dates respectively. 



Prizes for Improving thb Brekd op Cattlb.— 1845. 

 Short horns.— Class I. To the owner of the best Bull calved 

 previously to the 1st of January, 1843,30/.; to the ownerofthe 

 second best do. do., 15/.-2. To the owner of the best Bull 

 calved since the 1st of January, 1843, and more than one year 

 old, 20/.-3. To the owner of the best Cow in milk or in calf, 

 15/. (In case of the Cow being in calf, and not in milk, the 

 Prize will not be given until she is certified to have produced a 

 ca lf.)_4. Totheownerof the best in-calf Heifer, not exceeding 



three years old, 15/.— 5. To the owner of the best Yearling 

 Heifer, 10/.— 6. To the owner of the best Bull-calf, not exceed- 

 ing one year old, 10/. 



Herefords.— Class 1. To the owner of the best Bull calved 

 previously to the 1st of January, 1843, 30/. ; to the owner of the 

 second best do. do., 15/. -2. To the owner of the best Bull 

 calved since the 1st of January, 1R43, and more than one year 

 old, 20/.— 3. To the ownerofthe best Cow in milk or in calf, 15/. 

 (In the case of the cow being in calf, and not in milk, the Prize 

 will not be given until she is certified to have produced a calf.) 

 4. To the owner of the best in-caif Heifer, not exceeding three 

 years old, 15/.— 5. To the owner of the best Yearling Heifer, 

 10/.— 6. To the owner of the best Bull-calf, not exceeding one 



year oil, JO/. 



Devons.— Class 1. To the owner of the best Bull calved pre- 

 viously to the 1st of January, 1843,30/.; to the owner of the 

 second best dx do, 15/.— 2. To the owner of the best Bull 

 calved since the 1st of January, 1813, and more than one year 

 old, 20/.— 3. To the owner of the best Cow in milk or in calf, 15/. 

 (In the case of the Cow being in calf, and not in milk, the Prize 

 will not be given until she is certified to have produced a calf.) 

 —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/.— 6. To theownerof the best Bull-calf, not exceeding 

 one year old, 10/. 



Cattle of any Breed (not qualified to compete in the fore- 

 going classes).— Class I. To the owner of the best Bull calved 

 previously to the 1st of January, 1843, 20/.; to theownerof the 

 second-best ditto, 10/.— 2. To the owner of the best Bull calved 

 since the 1st of January, 1843, and more than one year old, 15/. 

 —3. To the owner of the be*t Cow in Milk or in calf, 15/. (In 

 the case of the cow beioi? in calf, and not in milk, the prize 

 will not be given until she is certified to have produced a calf.) 

 —4. To the owner of the best in-calf Heifer, not exceeding 

 three years old, 10/.— 5. To tiie owner of the best Yearling 



Heifer, 10/. 



HORSES. 



Class 1. "To the owner of the best Stallion for Agricultural 

 Purposes, of any ege, 30/. ; to the owner of the second-best 

 do. do,, 15/.— 2. To the owner of the best three years old do., 

 15/.— 3. To the owner of the best two years old do. f 15/.— 4. To 

 the owner of the best Mare and Foal for Agricultural Purposes, 

 JO/. ; to the owner of the second-best do., 10/.— 5. To the owner 

 of the best two years old Filly, 10/.— 6. To the owner of the 

 best Thorough-bred Stallion, which shall have served mares at 

 a. price not exceeding 3 guineas (and with a groom's fee of not 

 more than 5*.) in the season of IR 15, 30/. 



SHEEP. 

 Prizes for Improving the breed of Siikep.— 1845. 



Leicesters.— Class 1. To the owner of the best Shearling 

 Ram, 3o/. ; to the o*ncr of the second best do., 15/.— 2. To the 

 owner of the best Ram of any other age, 30/.; to the owner of 

 the second-best do., 15/. — 3. To the owner of the best pen of 

 five Shearling Ewes, lo/. ; to the owner of the second-best 

 do. do., 5/. 



South down Sheep.— Class 1. To the owner of the best Shear- 

 ling Ram, 30/. ; to the owner of the second-best do., 15/.— 2. To 

 the owner of the best Ram of any other a?e, 30/. ; to the owner 

 of the second-best do., 15/ — 3. To the owner of the best pen of 

 five Shearling Ewes, 10/.; to the owner of the second-best do. 

 do., 5/. 



Long-Woolled Sheep. (Not qualified to compete as Leicesters.) 

 — Class 1. To the owner of the best Shearling Ram, 30/. ; to 

 the owner of the second-best do., 15/.— 2. To the owner of the 

 best Ram of any other age, 30/.; to the owner of the second- 

 best do., 15/.— 3. To the owner of the best pen of five Shearling 

 Ewes, 10/. ; to the owner of the second-best do. do., 5/. 



Sheep best adapted to a Mountain District. — Class 1. To the 

 owner of the best Ram of any age, 15/.; to the owner of the 

 second-best do., 10/.; to the owner of the third-best do., 5/. — 

 2. To the owner of the best pen of Ewes of any age, 10/. ; to the 

 owner of the second be^t do., 5/. 



PIGS. 



Class 1 . To the owner of the b . st Boar of a large breed ,10/.; 

 to the owner of the second-best do. do., 5/. — 2. To the owner of 

 the best Boar of a small breed, 10/. ; to the owner of the second- 

 best do. do., 5/.— 3. To the owner of the best breeding Sow, of a 

 large breed, 10/. — 4. T<> the owner of the best breeding Sow, of 

 a small breed, 10/.— 5. To the owner or the best pen of three 

 breeding Sow-pigs, of the same litter, above four and under ten 

 months old, io/. 



AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 

 A sum not exceeding 300/. 

 Cheese.— To the exhibitor of the best cwt. of Cheese (of any 

 kind) made within the district, 10/, To the exhibitor of the 



second-best do. ,.5/. 



Extra Stock, liuots, a?id Seeds.— For ExtraStock, of any kind, 

 not shown for any of i he above Prizes, and for Roots, Seeds, &c, 



Any New Imp! 

 tural Implement, such sum as the Council may think proper 



to award. 



► Seed Wheat, Barhy, and Oats.— I. Fifteen Sovereigns, or a 

 Piece of Plate of that value, will be given to the exhibitor at 

 the Meeting at Shrewsbury of the best 14 bushels cf white 

 "Wheat, of the harvest of 1S44, and grown by himself. 



II. Fifteen Sovereigns, c r a Piece of Plate of that value, w 



be given to the exhibitor at the Meeting at Shrewsbury of Ihe 



best 14 bushels of red Wheat, of the harvest of 1844, and grown 

 by himself. 



III. Ten Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will 

 be given to the exhibitor at the Meeting at Shrewsbury of the 

 best 14 bushels of spring V ar, of the harvest of 1844, and 

 grown by himself. 



IV. Ten Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be 

 given to the exhibitor at the Meeting at Shrewsbury of the 

 best 14 bushels of Jiarley for malting, oi the harvest of 1844, 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 Shrewsbury of the 

 best 14 bushels of Oats, of the harvest of 184 4, and grown 1 



himself. 



Competitors are requested to send with their Wheat, Barley, 



or Oats, specimens fairly taken, of the same in the ear, with 

 the whole of the Straw, in a sheaf not less than one foot in 

 diameter, and with the roots attached. 



J2 bushels of the Wheat, Barley, or Oats, will be sealed up 

 by the Director or Stewards, and one of the remaining bushels 

 of ,each variety will be exhibited as a sample to the public j given for any Essay which has been already in print. 11. Prizes 



ihe other being kept for comparison with the produce of the 

 next year. At the General Meeting in December, 1846, the 

 Prizes will be awarded.] 



Tlie two best samples of each of these classes of Wheat, 

 Barley, or Oats, 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 Meeting at 

 Shrcw>bury; and will be sown, under the direction of the 

 Counc : l (the winter Wheats in the autumn of 194% and the 

 spring Wheat not earlier than the 1st of March. 1846), by four 

 farmers, who will make their report, upon which the Prizes 

 will be awarded, provided there be sufficient merit in any of the 

 samples. 10/. will be given at the Meeting at Shrewsbury to 

 each exhibitor whose Wheat has been selected for trial, and 6/. 

 for the Barley or Outs . 



*** No variety which has been selected for trial at any pre- 

 vious Show shall be qualified to compete in the same class. 



ESSAYS AND REPORTS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. 



Prixes/ur 1845.— prize essays. 



1. Farming of Nottinghamshire. — Fifty Sovereigns, or a Piece 

 of Plate of that value, will be given for the best Report on the 

 Farming of the County of Nottingham. Competitors will be 

 expected to describe the different varieties of soil which prevail 

 In the county, the ordinary modes of farming and courses of 

 cropping adopted accordingly in its various districts, and to 

 state how far any peculiar practices in its husbandry are or are 

 not justified by peculiarities of soil or climate. They will also 

 be expected to state what improvements have been made in the 

 farming of Nottinghamshire since the Report of Mr. Robert 

 Lowe in the year 1798; and especially to point out what farther 

 improvements ought to be effected, either by better farming on 

 land already cultivated, or by taking new land into cultivation. 



2. Farming of Cornwall.— Y'xity Sovereigns, or a Piece of 

 Plate of that value, will be given for the best Report on the 

 Farming of the County of Cornwall. Competitors will be 

 expected to describe the different varieties of soil which prevail 

 in the county, the ordinary modes of farming and courses of 

 cropping adopted accordingly in its various districts, and to 

 state how far any peculiar practices in its husbandry are or 



I are not justified by peculiarities of soil or climate. They will 

 also be expected to state what improvements have been made 

 in the farming of Cornwall since the Report of Mr. G. B. Wor- 

 gan, in the year 1911 ; and especially to point out what farther 

 improvements ought to be effected, either by better farming on 

 land already cultivated, or by taking new land into cultivation. 



3. Farming of Kent.— Fifty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of 

 that value, will be given for the best Report on the Farming of 

 the County of Kent. Competitors will be expected to describe 

 the different varieties of soil which prevail in the county, the 

 ordinary modes of farming and courses of cropping adopted 

 accordingly in its various districts, and to state how far any 

 peculiar practices in its husbandry are or are not justified by 

 peculiarities of soil or climate. They will also be expected to 

 state what improvements have been made in the farming of Kent 



since the Report of Mr. John Boys, in 1805.; and especially to 

 point out what farther improvements ought to be effected, 

 either by better farming on laud already cultivated, or by taking 

 new land into cultivation. 



4. Heath Land.— Twenty sovereigns, 'or a piece of plate of 

 that value, will be given for an account of the best method of 

 reclaiming heath-land. Competitors will be required to describe 

 methods which have been successfully adopted in the reclaim- 

 ing of heath-land, reference being had especially to the follow- 

 ing points : — 1. The mode of breaking up, whether by paring 

 and burning, or by simple ploughing. 2. The application of 

 lime. 3. The course of cropping. 4. The conversion of heath- 

 land into pasture, where either the steepness of the land, or its 

 elevation above the sea, does not allow the culture of corn. 



5. One Horse Carts.— Ten Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of 

 that value, will be given for the best Essay on the advantages 

 of One-horse Carts. Competitors will be required to point out 

 the saving In hoise-labour, and other advantages which un- 

 doubtedly arise from the substitution of one-horse carts for 

 waggons. 



6. Catch- Meadows.. —Twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate 

 of that value, will be given for the best Essay on Catch-Mea- 

 dows. Competitors will be required to describe the best and 

 cheapest method of forming water-meadows on the sides of 

 natural slopes, as practised in Somersetshire and Devonshire ; 

 the mode of managing them, and of applying their produce; 

 the increase of value thereby given to unproductive hill-sides ; 

 and to state how far this mode of improvement might be applied 

 to the mountainous districts of Wales and of the North of 

 England. 



7. Fences — Twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that 

 value, will be given for the best Essay on Fences. Competitors 

 will be required to describe the best and neatest metiiods of 

 maintaining hedges, whether for arable or for grazing ground ; 

 and to point out how far the present fences in various parts of 

 England are injurious to the farmer, whether by their size, 

 their excess in number, or the over-abundance of timber which 

 they contain. 



8. Fattening Caltle.— Ten Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of 

 that value, will be given for an account of the best method of 

 fattening cattle ; as to the places in which they are kept, large 

 or small yards or sta'ls ; as well as the food, roots, hay, &c.on 

 which they are fed during the time of fatting. 



9. Tite-yardi.— Twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that 

 value, will be given for the cheapest and best method of esta- 

 blishing a Tile-yard. Competitors will be required to attend to 

 the following points; — 1. Mode of working the clay, according 

 to its quality. 2. Machin^for making the tiles. 3. Sheds for 

 drying the tiles. 4. Con^^lction of the kiln. 5. Cost of form- 

 ing the establishment. 6. Cost of the tiles when ready for sale. 



10. Curing Butter* — Fifty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of 

 that value, will be given for the be&t description of the Dutch 

 method of salting butter ; pointing out the causes of its supe- 

 riority to other salted butters. 



11. Experiment in Agriculture. — Twenty Sovereigns, or a 

 Piece of Piute of that value, will be given for an account of the 

 best Experiment in Agriculture. 



These Essays must be sent to the Secretary, at 12, Hanover- 

 square, London, on or before March 1st, 1845. 



Rules of Competition fur Prize Esttays.~l. All information 

 contained io Prize Essays shall be founded on experience or 

 observation, and not on simple reference to books, or other 

 irees. 2. Drawings, specimens, or models drawn or con- 

 structed to a stated scale, shall accompany writings requiring 

 them. 3. All competitors shall inclose their names and ad- 

 dresses in a cover, on which only their motto, and the subject 

 of their Essay, and the number of that subject in the Prize list 

 of the Society, shall be written. 4. The President or Chairman 

 of the Council for the time being, shall open the cover on which 

 the motto designating the Essay to which the Prize has been 

 awarded is written, and shall declare the name of the author* 

 5. The Chairman of the Journal Committee shall alone be em- 

 p wcred to open the motto paper of such Essays, not obtaining 

 the Prize, as he may think likely to be useful for the Society's 

 objects, v. a view of consulting the writer confidentially as 

 to his willingn to place such paper at the disposal of the 

 Journal Committee. 6. The copyright of all Essays gaining 

 prizes, shall beh the Society, who shall accordingly have 



the power to publish the whole or any part of such Essays; 

 and the other Essays will be returned on the application of the 

 writers; but the Society do not make themselves responsible 

 for their loss. 7- The Society are not bound to award a prize 

 unless they consider one of the Essays deserving of it. 8. In 

 alt reports of experiments the expenses shall be accurately 

 detailed. 9. The imperial weights and measures only are those 

 by which calculations are to be made. 10. No prize shall be 



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may be taken in money or plate, at the option of the successful 

 candidate. 12. All Essays must be addressed to the Secretari- 

 at the house of the Society. *«.i«ar> , 



(By Order of the Council) Jambs Hudson-, Secretary. 

 HORTICULTURAL BUILDING & HEATING by HOT WATER. 







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J I WEEKS and Co., Architects, &c, Gloucester- 

 • place, King's road, Chelsea, Hothouse-Builders, and 

 Flot-water Apparatus Manufacturers, beg leave to inform the 

 Nobility and Gentry, that their business, which has been ex- 

 tensive throughout the country for many years, is entirely con- 

 fined to the BUILDING OF HORTICULTURAL ERECTIONS 

 of every description, and the HEATING of them by HOT 

 WATER. 



CONICAL and other BOILERS of all sizes; their largest 

 consumes but a small quantity of fuel, only requiring attention 

 once in 10 hours, and will heat a range of Forcing- ho uses 300 

 feet in length.] 



Their improved plan of BOTTOM-HEAT FOR PITS, by 

 means of an open trough under the bed, is now being univer- 

 sally adopted. 



References may be had, and their works seen at most of the 

 Nobility and Gentlemen's seats in the country, nearly the 

 whole of the London Nurseries, and a great variety of Horti- 

 cultural Erections and Hot-water Apparatus, Models, Plans, 

 Estimates, &c, at their Horticultural Manufactory, Gloucester- 

 place, Chelsea, near Sloane-square. 



RENDLE'S TANK SYSTEM OF HEATING. 



STEPHENSON and CO., 61, Gracechurch-street, 

 London, Inventors of the IMPROVED CONICAL and 

 DOUBLE CYLINDRICAL BOILERS, having been much en- 

 gaged in heating buildings upon the above system with Tanks of 

 various materials, solicit the attention of scientific Horticul- 

 turists to an Iron Tank now fitting upon their premises, which 

 offers most decided advantages overevery other article hitherto 

 employed for the same purpose. These tanks, which are orna- 

 mental in appearance, can be made from 10 to 100 feet long and 

 of any width and depth, and can be connected or disconnected 

 by any working Gardener without the slightest difficulty, thus 

 affording the opportunity to persons in remote districts of 

 employing this much approved method of heating without the 

 assistance of Engineers. The Tanks can be applied to Boilers 

 and Pipes already fixed, and from the prestnt low price of Iron 

 will be found cheaper than of any other material. Ma. Rendle, 

 of Plymouth , has k indly undertaken to r eceive orders and furnish 

 information to any persons in his neighbourhood, and prices for 

 any size will be forwarded upon application to S. and Co. 



TURNIP SEASON. 



GUANO (Foreign and Potter's), RAPE-DUST, 

 BONE-DUST, CLARKE'S COMPOST, and all other 

 MANURES for the TURNIP CROP, to be had on the best 

 terms, of Mark Fothergill, 40. Upper Thames-street. 



RARE ORCHIDACEJE FROM THE EAST INDIES. 



MESSRS. J. C. and S. STEVENS, beg to announce 

 they will sell by Auction, at their Great Room, 38, King- 

 st, Coven t Garden, on Thursday 15th August, at l o'clock, a 

 Case of Terrestrial and Aerial Orchidacese, which have jast 

 arrived in fine health, and gathered during the months of 

 January and February last, on the Steeps of the Ghass, in the 

 Presidency of Bombay. On view two days prior to the Sale ; 

 and Catalogues had of the Auctioneers, 38, Kin^-street, 

 Covent Garden. 



BEDFORDSHIRE.— Very Eligible Freehold Estates in the parish 

 of Sandy, cultivated as Garden Ground, and offering to Trustees 

 safe and profitable Landed Investments, not to be influenced by 

 any change in the Corn-laws. Also a Freehold Family Resi- 

 dence, and other property, at Caldecote. The whole Tithe free 

 and Land Tax redeemed. 



ESSRS. RUSH WORTH AND JARVIS are 



— instructed by the Mortgagees, with the concurrence of the 

 Devisees in Trust under the will, to sell by Auction, at Garraway s, 

 London, on Friday, Aug. 23d, at 12 o'clock, in " % W« prg 

 viously disposed of by private contract), a very desirable ' *«enom 

 Property, comprising 170 acres of land, with two Farm Home 

 steads ; situate at Beeston, in the parish of ; Sandy ad .strict 

 proverbial for the remarkable richness and fertility of the soil, ana 

 highly valuable as garden ground ; a portion of which v, as late 

 in the occupation of the deceased, and the reminder islet on long 

 leases to responsible tenants, at almost incredibly high re nts , ana 

 substantial additional advantages to the Property maybe lookett 

 for from the newly-projected Line of Railway, direct from London 

 to York, which is contemplated will pass over this estate lnere 

 are likewise several Cottages, a Wheelwrights shop, and »e« 

 house, at Beeston Green. Also a spacious *amily K^.aen £ 

 possession, inafine sporting country, andhavmg extern* . c sia« > y 



Snd out-buildings, a Licensed /**^^%Z$^"^ 

 thereto, and 4 acres of luxuriant garden gtoundaajoinin, 



at Caldecote, only one and a-ha]i ".tie ^^iXTTo^S^Btl 

 property, and equidistant with the capital Market lown ol »e__ 

 ford, and only 47 mifca from London on Jhe ^eat nort h roaa 

 Printed partiJulars, with plans, may be obtained ° n the pren i» 

 at Caldecote, at the principal Inns in the «Sg*^5£K™ 

 in London, of Messrs. Barker, Rose, and Nort ° n - ^ ll ^ 

 Mark-lane ; Messrs. Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory an 1 Bomdilion, 

 Solicitors, 1, Bedford-row; at Garraway's; ™ d *V^K„ f 

 Messrs. Rushworth and Jarvis, Land Surveyors ; and I Auctioneer , 

 Savill e-row, Regent-street, and 19, Change Alley, Comma. 



SOUTHAMPTON-SMALL CONSERVATORY FOR SALE 



HPO BE SOLD, a most complete .and »^6rg 



1 house, with span roof and bow l™**™*™^ ^choice 

 with two stages, furnace, &c . and with or without y 



Collection of Plants ; the whole n % property of au ^ 

 removing.-For particulars apply to VSiTHsa ana * 

 Auctioneers, &c, Above Bur, Sou thampton. _____ - 



FARMS TO LET.-240 ACRES. c 



TO LET ON LEASE, a FARM in the ^oun'y o l 



1 Wilts, nearB,th, of no acres-40 Meadow ami ^OAr 

 -in a high state of cnltivat , and Crops; ***™* comp^ 

 and extensive Farm Buildings, adapted f^r proMawe 

 Farming-, which may be entered up^n "« me ™ t e £ji to whicb, 

 taken at a valuation, or at Mi -haelmas. J." ™£ £ Arable, will 

 another FARM adjoining, of ISO ^re 8 , pnncip^Uf ^^ for 

 be added, on the lease expiring next ,ear \ ning through 

 great Markets, and Turnpike-roads and Canals rung ^ 



Sr close by them. The Tenant mus P^ 8 a* b ^ Mil . 

 cient capital. Direct to Mr. Evans, Estate Age , 

 som-st., Bath, or (Thursdays) No. 2, Bridge si., 



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