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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



run on their pasture and what hay they choose to eat t 

 care being taken not to let them out of their fold in 

 the morning before the frost E* off, if there is any, as we 

 have seen great mischief done by causing slipping lambs from 

 this cause. The weather having been so open we have not heard 

 of that scarcity of hay that we expected; but still the price is 

 high— from 90$. to \00s. for good meadow bay, and good Clover 

 10s. to 155. higher. The young Clovers that looked so very bad 

 after the corn was cut have now pretty generally made their 

 appearance, and we may expect that they will turn out as usual. 

 All artificial spring food, such as Rye and Tares, look well, so that 

 the want of roots will not be so much felt. All work is now well 

 advanced; there is little to do in the fields: the chief labour is 

 threshing, driving dung, and chalk for the heavier lands, and 

 repairing roads. G. S. 



E. 



Miscellaneous. 



Poultry Keeping. — On my way to Birmingham on 

 Tuesday last, I fell in with some amateurs who were 

 going to the Poultry Show for the first time. In the 

 course of conversation the oft-repeated question was put 

 to me, " What fowls should I keep \ " As I had had 

 experience of what are considered the most useful sorts, 

 I answered as follows : 



1. Game Fowls.— Elegant and compact in appearance, hardy 

 in constitution, excellent caterers for themselves, good layers of 

 delicious eggs, excellent mothers and rearers of children, chick- 

 ens unsurpassed in flavour when dressed. The sole drawback to 

 this prince of breeds is their disposition to fight; but I cannot 

 Bay that this amounts to much, as during the time I kept them 

 1 lost but four or rive chickens from this cause. 



2. Spanish.- Noble birds, abundant layers of very large eggs, 

 may be kept hi confined spaces more readily than other breeds, 

 no mothers, but the chickens hardy, only wanting extra attention 

 at about a month to six weeks old when feathering, good table- 

 fcird— should be well kept. 



3. porking.— Genuine old English fowl, somewhat delicate in 

 constitution, and seems to thrive most on warm and dry soils, 

 eggs large and well-flavoured but not abundant, fair mothers, 

 chickens not so easy t rear a3 other breeds, splendid table-fowl 

 where a large plump bird is preferred, wants liberal keep and 

 warm housing. 



4. uoid and Silver Pencilled Hamburgs.— Extremely elegant 

 in appearance, forage well for their living, but require more 

 feeding than the Game Fowl, lay abundantly, but small eggs, 

 never incubate, or but very rarely; chickens somewhat difficult 

 to rear, unless in very favoured spots ; nice birds for eating, but 

 small ; must have a good range to keep them in health. 



5. Spangled Hamburgs. — Very handsome, abundant layers, 



chickens tolerably \ <iy, and a very good bird for the table, 



their incubating qualities are seldom manifested, require a 

 — K>d run. 



t». Polish. — Good layers, very elegant in form, rare incubators, 

 chickens very delicate at first, warm housing indispensable. 



7. Cochin. — Varied plumage, hardy, excellent eggs, and more 



abundant than any other breed, good mothers, chickens strong, 



and grow rapidly under good feeding, good for table at four 



months old but not after, require very liberal feeding, feathers 

 valuable. 



This was my answer to the question above stated. 

 IF you think it can be of any use to those about to com- 

 mence a yard, pray print it. Thomas Prater, in the 

 Poultry Chronicle. 



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SUPERB LATE WHITE BROCCOLI-" EMPEROR." 



P. DIXON having purchased the entire stock 



of the above Broccoli of Messrs. Elletsons, Market Gar- 

 deners. Thorngumbald, near Hull, begs to announce that he is 

 prepared to send it out in sealed packets at 2$. Qd. each. This 

 Broccoli has been raised by the Messrs. Elletsons, the raisers of 

 the Mammoth, sent out some time ago, who state that the 

 EMPEROR, it sown at the same time, will come into use before 

 it. Is of very dwarf growth, perfectly hardy, with heads from 

 15 lbs. to 20 lbs. weight; keeps its colour, and stands firm three 

 weeks after it is ready to cut. A noble flower, and commands the 

 best price of any other in the Hull market, where it is well 

 known, and will be a great acquisition to the market gardeners 

 around London, as well as those who wish for a first-rate 

 Broccoli. 



PURE MAMMOTH BROCCOLI.— Numerous applications 

 having been made to Messrs. Elletsons last season for Seed of the 

 Pure Mammoth Broccoli, they determined to allow a flat to stand 

 for Seed, carefully selected from the original stock, producing 

 heads from IS lbs. to 25 lbs. each. E. P. D. having purchased the 

 stock of this celebrated Broccoli, is prepared to send it out in 

 packets at 2s. 6d. each. 



Each may be had of Messrs. Noble, Cooper, & Bolton. 152, 

 Fleet Street; and Messrs. Hurst & M'Mullen, 6. Leadenhall 

 Street, London. Also of the Advertiser, 57, Queen Street, Hull. 



NEW PEA. : 



J, EPPS, Seed Merchant and Grower, 



Maidstone, has much pleasure in offering the following 

 Pea, reeling assured it will give the highest satisfaction. 



LORD RAGLAN, OR IMPROVED MAMMOTH. 



This Pea was selected from Hair's dwarf Mammoth two years 

 since, and is - " unquestionably the best and finest in cultivation, 

 and will prove to be the standard Pea of the day. It is a dwarf 

 green wrinkled marrow of very large size, and an immense 

 cropper. Habit dwarf, branching 3 to 4 feet high, producing 

 immense clusters of large bright green pods from the base of the 

 haulm to the top, and similar in shape to the Scimitar, but of 

 greater size, well filled with seven to ten Peas, which are larger 

 than the British Queen, and equal, if not superior in its flavour. 



Price, 5&> per Quart. Wholesale Prices to be had on application. 



Agent: Messrs. Hurst and M'Mullen, Seed Merchants, 

 Leadenhall Street, London. 



' N £ W CUCUMBER. 



BURNETTS PERFECTION.— At the express wish 

 of many cultivators, W. B. is induced to offer the above 

 Cucumber to the public. The following Prizes were awarded to 

 it during the past season -.—First Prize at the great Horticultural 

 and Agricultural Exhibition held at Kipon; First and Second at 

 York ; also at Scarborough and Driffield there was not a Cucumber 

 hown that could compete with the above, ir as been pro- 

 nounced by several gardeners to be the most perfect Cucumber 

 ever raised. Some of the fruit exhibited as above were cut 10 or 

 12 days previous to the day of exhibition. 



W. B. also recommends Tilly's GOLDEN QUEEN MELON, 

 ns the highest flavoured Melon known. A Medal was awarded 

 to it at Chiswick. W. B. having grown no other variety for the 

 last three years, can supply it true. The Cucumber, in packets, 

 four seeds, 2s. M., or two seeds, Is. Gd.\ the Melon, 12 seeds, Is., 

 in penny postage stamps. 



"Willi am Burnett, Monk Gate, York, 



Notices to Correspondents. 



Acre: TP. Tl following are its several dimensions 



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Statute acre 

 ^Leicestershire... 



II ere for da hi re 



"Wiltshire ... 



Devonshire 



.North Wales (custo^ 



mary) 



Ditto ditto (erw) 



Cornish 



Square yds. 

 4840 

 230- 



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• . . 



3630 

 4000 



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Cuningham ... 



"Westmoreland... 



Irish 



W. Derby... 

 Cheshire 



Scotch standard acre 



Dumbarton 



Inverness 



that a 



• - • 



Square yds. 

 6260 



6760 



S40 



9000 

 10,240 



6104-1281 



IMEN IRISH Y£WS. 



THOMAS JACKSON and SON, having a large 

 Stock of fine specimens of this very ornamental tree, beg to 

 offer them at the undernamed low prices. 



8 to 9 feet high, and 8 feet in circumference... 63s. Ocf. each. 





8 



7 to 8 

 6 to 7 



6 



Handsome 



it 



11 

 11 



smaller 



and 4 to 5 feet 

 and 4 feet 

 and 3 to 4 feet 

 and 3 feet 



ii 

 ii 



v 



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• • • 



• • ■ 



21 

 15 

 10 



7 





 

 6 

 6 



Kingston, Surrey. 



specimens at proportionately lower 



ii 



ii 



ii 



ii 

 prices 



j. 



6084- 



6150-4 



Scotch acre is J. of an im- 



3240 

 4320 



5760 



The common statement is, 

 perial acre. 



Chickens' th h. If you have several tons you had better 



make a comp r oi it with earth, and use it either in the garden 

 or as a top dressing on the meadow, at the rate of a ton or so 

 per acre. Do not mix lime with it. 

 Toon for 1 : j> cum y. lv ill feel obliged to anv of our 



correspondents for information whether the large field Cabbage 

 is good food for lambs in August, September, and October. 

 .Lambs in the autumn are very liable to the scour from improper 

 food; they require good keep, but not of too stimulating • 

 nature— hence the inquiry. 



Corse : A C *ta n t Header. [See Blackie's Cyclopedia of Agri- 

 culture., " The best sort to cultivate is Ulex strictus, bo called 

 which is, however, thought to be merelv a variety of the 

 common whin. It is more herbaceous than the V. Kiiropseus 

 though of smaller and slower growth— but it cannot be grown 

 from seed. II u be selected, cuttings must be struck or lavers 

 obtained, and these must he transplanted into the field on 

 which it is to be grown. The more common plan, however, is 

 to sow the >f U. Kuropspus. About 10 lbs. of seed may be 



sown per acre, in shallow rows, of any light soli, in the month 

 < Ma h ; the rows may be 10 inches apart, and the best plan 

 Is to v it just as Wheat is sown in some districts:— The 

 men opening a shallow drill with a broad light hot sowing the 

 seed along it, and then covering it with the earth taken in 

 opening the w irfll. It can thus be sown for about. 6s. an 

 acre ; and it 8 or 10 lbs. of seed, at 1*. a lb., be used, the first 

 cost of the crop is not very great. 8 ne people, however. 

 recommend a lai^r quantity, and sow it broadcast; t i is not 

 & good plan, for the only difficult v which the crop has to with- 

 stand arises from the obstruction of its early growth bv mear 

 ■of weeds, and these can, of course, be much* more easily extir- 

 pated under a arill husbandry of the crop. In the second 

 autumn after sowing, having been cleaned at intervals during 

 fcoih the summers, the crop will have attained a growth render- 

 ing it worth cutting; but it is well to cut only a\ery alternate 

 tow this time, leaving every other to attain a two and a half 

 years ir.wth against the following autumn: and, by pur- 

 fining this method, the half of the field is each year harvested 

 when two years old. having had the advantage of ample room 



6d. 

 

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BECK'S NEW AMD BEAUTIFUL SEEDLING 



PELARGONIUMS. 



DOBSON. and SON'S CATALOGUE OF 



PELARGONIUMS, containing full descriptions of the 

 following unequalled varietk may be had on application : — 



♦Conqueror 42s. Od. I Silenus 31.9 



•Lydia 21 Dido 21 



•Laura 31 6 | Gem of the West ...31 



Fidelia 31 6 | Commander in Chief ... 21 



Those marked* wore figured in the "Florist" for September 

 last. Coloured plates may be had in exchange for 14 postage 

 stamps. 



Fine show varieties, all the best out, from 125. per dozen. 

 Fancies, from 12s. per dozen. 



J. D. & Son beg to state that they are enabled to send out 

 extra strong plants of the above, as they are under their own im- 

 mediate management, and particular attention is paid to this 

 class of plants. 



J. Dobson's Practical Observations on the Cultivation of the 

 Pelargonium may be had in exchange for 8 postage stamps. 

 Woodla nds Nurs ery, Isleworth. 



GODFREY'S B L A C K SPINE. 



Splendid and Prolific Frame Cucumber. 



TyOOD and INGRAM beg to offer seeds of the 



* * above beautiful variety. Colour, magnificent dark green, 

 with a very fine bloom; average length, 18 to 21 inches, and 

 produces in great abundance through an entire season. Packets, 

 containing 12 seeds, 2s. 6d. ; 6 ditto, Is. 6d. 



W. & I. will be happy to refer any persons wishing further 

 information respecting the variety to three or lour Noblemen and 



< ntlemens' Gardeners who have grown it, and prefer it to anv 

 other. * 



London Agents : Messrs. Hurst & M'Mullen, 6, Leadenhall 

 Street. 



W. & I. have also the following esteemed varieties to offer in 

 packets, Is. each, containing 12 seeds :— 



£i°n 1 use j Sagg's Royal Exhibition 

 Barnes 8 I earnought I Conqueror of the West 

 Walker's Proline 1 Improved Sion House 

 Cons tau tine's Incomparable. I Manchester Hero. 

 Huntingdon Nurseries, January 6. 



\J FABKEK begs to offer the following CHOICE 



* *•• SEEDS, all of which are warranted new and true to name • 



GODFREY'S (BLACK SPINE) CUCUMBER, the finest 



variety m cultivation, packets containing 12 ds Is. 6d. 



Also the following esteemed varieties of CUCUMBl 



S^a?SWi£2S heseeoad year of its growth, by the MELONS, in packets containing 12 seeds, at Is. each : 



CUCUMBE*. MELONS. 



Victory of Bath. 



Beechwood. 



romham Hall, 

 anteloupe. 

 Duke of iv.iford. 



UMBERS and 



removal ot the alternate rows. It is rat with a short and heavy 

 lor the purpose. The Gorse heino- U\a I *i u? . a Pj )arar ' 



to bits with the one 1 of thf mlu2? 1^ b ^ C \\ s fot CU 



lenifp pdcp* *nd t-hl^ n v *, . \ , "fanned with crossed 



Hiven t? cows o^ Z^ h ^ 7** tbe otiier e " d ' be ^ ^ing 

 given to cows or horses. But raanv mor e efficient and !«*a 



laborious methods exist, in which this iS^? ™u „ e t! 

 replaced by a meebanh contrivance. operation is 



X,akd Drain-age Comp.w mspmd ent. See advertisement. 



Hunter's Prolific 



Super! re In: proved. 

 CuthUl's Black Spine. 



Golden Perfection (extra fine). 

 Scarlet Flesh (Anderson's). 

 Ohio Squasha Custard Gourd, 'm. 



SUPERB HOLLYHOCKS, ROCKETS, SEEDS. ETC 



f > 1 T T T A \.\ r*TT 4 HTfUJO A ~'j.: l- i. _ r > . v ' 



Tl 7 1LLIAM CRATER'S descriptive list of hissune* 



v * HOLLYHOCKS, containing hints on their culture aniu 

 servations on exhibiting, &c, may be had on • application h, 

 enclosing a postage stamp. Packets of seed, consisting of S 

 J varieties, selected from the best show flowers, 5*.; 12 varieti* 

 25 6tf. ; and from good double sorts, Is. s " 



Very superior Quilled German Asters, 12 distinct varietk 

 separate, 2s., mixed Is. per packet. Also Choice French AsW 

 12 varieties, separate, 3s., mixed, Is. 6d. Fine Quilled Africa 

 Marigolds, lemon and orange, 6d. per packet. ^ 



New Double Crimson ROCKET, excellent bedding plant fa 

 spring flowering, 6s. per dozen, or 21. per 100. Double FreiS 

 White, 4s. per dozen, or 30s. per 100. 



Saffron Walden Nursery, January 6. 



GARAW 

 Stock 

 picked seed at 10s. 6d. per 100. 



G. M. and Co. can supply DIOSCOREA BATATAS at the 

 advertised prices. Early application is requested, as the stock 

 is limited. 



Catalogues of Kitchen Garden, Flowers, and Agricultural Seeds 

 may be had on application. Prices if desired. For prices of 

 Cucumber and Melon Seeds see Advertisement of Dec. 30, 1854, 



Durdham Down Nurseries, Bristol, Jan. 6. 



VAY, MAYES, and CO., having a W 



of LIL1UM GIGANTEUM Seed, can supply 4 " 



R PARKER beo;s to offer the following :- 

 • CINERARIAS (Seedlings), from all the finest varieties, 

 carefully selected, including the new varieties sent out last autumn. 

 Strong established plants, in 4-inch pots, at 4s. per dozen. A 

 choice collection of named Cinerarias in strong established 

 plants, purchaser's selection, at 9s. per dozen 



ROSES, consisting of the best varieties of Hybrid Perpetmk 

 Teas, Bourbons, &c, well established in pots. Purchaser's selec- 

 tion, at 125. per dozen. List of names forwarded upon application. 

 A remittance or reference to accompany all orders from 

 unknown correspondents. 



Paradise Nursery, Homsey Road, Islington. 



PYRAMIDAL PE*.R TREES ON QUINCE STOCKS. 



j 



descriptive Catalogues of which may be had on application, 

 In offering tl e Pears, grafted on the Quince stock, we would 

 wish particularly to call attention to their many excellent 

 qualities. They are very compact in growth, and most prolific in 

 bearing, fruiting profusely while the trees are small ; thus form- 

 ing a great acquisition for a small garden. Planted by the side 

 of walks, in addition to their utility, they add much to the neat- 

 ness and beauty of a kitchen garden. Indeed too much can 

 scarcely be said in favour of these miniature Pear trees; as i 

 proof of their merit the demand for them is yearly increasing, 

 btrong Trees, showing Fruit Buds, 2s. 6d. to 35. 6d. each. 



Lea Bridge Road, Essex, January 6. 



/ lARTER^nPMLIFIC KASPBERRY.— In con- 



V-^ sequence of J. Carter seeing his Raspberry quoted in a 

 Nurseryman's Catalogue, who J. C. has reasons for knowing 

 does not possess the true variety, and wishing to prevent impo- 

 sition, begs to announce that the undermentioned are the only 

 Nurserymen who have been supplied by J. C, or his agente, 

 Messrs. Hurst & M'Mullen. Should other Nurserymen favour 

 with their orders their names will be added to the list; the stock 

 is very limited. Price may be had on application to Messrs. 

 Vettch & Son, Exeter; Rendle & Co., Plymouth ; Wood & So.v. 

 Maresfield; Low & Co., Clapton; Rivers, Sawbridgeworth: 

 Palmer, Annan; Turner, Slough; Appleby, York; Dowlixg, 

 Southampton; A. Smith, Sydnope; Fisher & Holmes, Sheffield: 

 George Glenny, Fnlham : Urquhart & Son, Dundee; T. Bo- 

 yard, Maidstone ; Hurst & M'Mullen, London; or 

 JOHN CARTER, Jun., Nursery man, Keighley. 



WILLIAM BARRATT, Landscape Gardener 



* f Wakefield. 



*** Plans and Estimates furnished. 





T>L(XSSOM of FRUIT TRKES. — WORSTED 



•L* NET to effectually protect the blossom of wall fruit treai 

 from frost and blight, and the rip^ fruit afterwards from wasps 

 and flies, Id. per square yard, in various widths. All kinds 

 garden, fishing, and sheep nets, made hy machinery, and at very 

 low prices.— K. Richardson, 21, Tonbridge Place, New Road, 

 Kings Cross, London. 



REASONABLE PRESENTS.— The most appropriate 



^-> offering* for this season of festivity are those which tend to 

 the promotion of health and personal attraction: none can be 

 more acceptable than ROWLANDS 1 MACASSAR OIL, fc 

 imparting a transcendent lustre to the hair, and sustaining it 

 in decorative charm. ROWLANDS' KALYDOR imparts a 

 radiant bloom to the cheek, and a delicacv and noitness to the 

 hands, arms, and neck ; and RO WL A NDS f ODONTO, OR PEAK 

 DENTIFRICE, bestows on the teeth a pearl-like whiteness, an 

 renders the breath sweet and pure. The patronage of royalty 

 throughout Europe, their general use by rank and fashion, and 

 the universally-known efficacy of these articles give them a cele- 

 brity unparalleled.— Sold by A. Rowland & Sons, 20, Hattos 

 Garden, London, and by Chemists and Perfumers.— Beware of 

 spurious imitations. 



WHITE PERUVIAN MUSK DUCKS. 

 fitirnluc T*\wta rvr» l^nv.^ ~C i_™^. «^»_ ■»_ j 



J&ajnfoin: 

 .great buccess. It prefer^ a liitttow oTciik^uK 



L: if A' ro ™ u . oa sa "< y ">»s, t. rt not «ith 



I 



Antirrhinum, from nan I flowers, fcf. ... 



Calceolaria, from fine varieti . Is. Sd and ts. 6d. " 



Hollyhock, from line named v ieties, 1a 6U and 2s 6<f " 

 Lilium giganteum, the most distinct and noble species' of the 

 genus, packets containing 20 seeds, 2s. 6rf. 



*♦* A remittance or reference to accompany all orders from 



unknown correspond its. " ltum 



Paradise Nursery, Jlornsey Koad, Islington. 







WANTED to Bent, from I \y *Day, a SMALL 



* " FARM near London, from 40 to 80 Acre*, chiefly Pasture, 

 with a good House upon it and the requisite Outbuildings; and 

 not more than 16 miles from town.— Apply, hy letter, to tb 

 Editor of the Agricultural Gazette, 5, Upper Wellington Street 

 Strand, Londo n. 



SPADE HUSBANDRY. 



\T7ANTED, from 30 to 60 acres of good sound LAND, 



* * for cultivation as a Garden Farm, with ample convenience 

 for House-feeding Stock; also a VJLLA or comfortable Farm- 

 house. References as to position, eligibility, &c. ■— AddreH 

 Mr. II., Post-offi c e, Farnham, Surrey. . 



. ___ Aft* 



surplus Birds on hand of last year's broods, from tW 

 Advertisers imported stock, of this verv beautiful and valuable 

 kind. Price 10a each : very large exhibition birds. 1 guineaeacb- 

 The Peruvian Ducks lay verv large eggs during nine month* 

 of the year— are excellent for the table— grow to a large 

 and both for ornament and profit are a desirable variety. 

 particulars address C. W. P., Post-offic e, Cred iton, Devon 



~ ^ COCHIN CHINA FOWLS. 



JL J. C. STEVENS begs to notify that he M 



received instructions from Thomas Sturgeon, Es<b * 

 Grays, to announce for Sale by Auction, at his <*reat Room, » 

 King Street, Covent Garden, on TUESDAY, 23d January,*^ 

 12 o'clock precisely, a selection of COCHIN CHINA FO^ 1 ^ 

 consisting entirely of first- !S s birds. %• This is the only. *} 

 and known strain of Bulla now in the hands of the or 



reenv-r. Mr. Sturgeon hag bred them with rare care and j« d £ 

 mentfor many years, no second-rate bird has been bred fm 

 and they are unrivalled in their combination of form, size, •* 

 colour. Up t ' they were the winn \ of all the best pnJJJ 



at Binni .ham, Cheltenham, Winchester, Ac., and were n#* 

 beaten until within the last few we. they have since D^ 



shown and tak» n the Silver Vase and 1st Prize at Manchester--' 

 Catalogues by enclosing a stam d directed envelope to ^ 

 J. C, Stevens, 3S, King Street, Covent Garden. 



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