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Newspaper of Rural Economy and General News 



The Horticultural Part 



No. 3.— 1855.] 



SATURDAY, JANUARY 20. 



[Price 6^7. 



Ar » u ari» leares, diseased 



Book* noticed „,, 



Bounictl Soe. ••••■•• • Jo a 



36 a 

 40 a 



38 6 



39 a 



• • • • 



43 a 



fettle market, new ^ q( 



Clay Farm, Chronicles of 45 * 



Climate, Crimean f a 



- ofNice • J 



Cockscombs, culture of a* a 



Common Jhinps. .- » » 



Crime*, climate of »}> « 



DiKginK, price oi ....B? e»-*> c 



E*callonia nterocladon #» o 



yiax trade, Irish « « 



fork husbandry «* J 



Gorse £ 6 



Highland and Ajrn. Soc 4a e 



Holcus saccharatus 3j o 



Holly hedge, to renew 40 c 



Ice, treat me ut of 4fl c 



Iureniess show . . . . , TO a 



Law expenses 4o e 



LotMisres' (Mr.) plants 3D c 



Lois-Wiedon cultivation.. 37 a-3S c 



Londou Farmers' Club 46 a 



Jlanfold Wurzel 41 a 



INDEX. 



Manure, garden refuse aa 40 c 



Moss on trees, to remove 40 c 



3S ice, climate of 37 & 



— vegetation of 87 ° 



Ox, Lord raveraham's 4"> 6 



Pansies in pots S9 c 



Pathology, vegetable 36 b 



Pear, culture of % 37 b 



— Marie Louise 38 b 



Poinaettia pulcherrima 38 6 



Polyanthuses in pots 40 a 



Rain in Dumfriesshire 38 b 



Rape cake, poisonous 42 a 



Red spid»r and French Beans.. 33 b 



Reviewers' discoveries 38 b 



Rhododendrons, grafted 38 6 



Russia, Books on, rev 39 a 



Sheep, mountain 4"» a 



— Shropshire 44 b 



Smithfield market 42 b 



— — new 41 b 



Spade husbandry 37 a— 33 c 



Statistics, agricultural 4"> c 



Swainsouia galegifolia 37 e 



Temperature, ground 40 c 



Tithe commutation 44 b 



Vegetation of Nice 37 ^ 



Vegetable pathology 36 6 



Wheat, Payne's 45 6 



Yards, covered 4ti a 





CC0TTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



O The First General Meeting will be held at the Institution 

 Rooms, 6, York Place, Edinburgh, on WEDNESDAY, 31st 

 January, at One o'clock, p.m., for the Election of Otiioe Bearers, 

 theKeading of Papers, and other Business. 



Mr. James Brown, President, in the Chair. 



All interested in the advancement of Arboriculture are in- 

 vited to attend. James Alexander, Secretary. 

 Edinburgh, 20th January, 1855. 



JAMES LAKE 3 Nurseryman, Seedsman, and Florist, 

 Bridgewater, begs to return thanks for the very liberal 

 support he has for many years received in the above business, 

 and to inform the Public that the Firm LAKE and DYER is 

 this day dissolved, and that the business will be henceforth con- 

 tinued by him as heretofore on his own account. 

 _Seed Establishment, No. 3, High Street. Dated J a n. 12, 1855. 



CONQUEROR OF THE WEST CUCUMBER. 

 A Packet coniaining 12 good seeds of this first-rate Frame 

 Cucumber, which for productiveness is second to none, will be 

 sent, post free, on receipt of 12 postage stumps, add re I to 

 JAMES LAKE, Nur -man, <fcc, Bri 



SUTTON'S SHORT SEED LIST. 



SUTTON'S SHORT SEED LIST, containing only 

 the most desirable sorts, will he sent post free, in 

 return for one penny postage draft or receipt stamp. 



Su tton & Sons, See d Growers, Re ad ing, Berks. 



RENDLE'S PRICE CURRENT and GARDEN 

 DIRECTORY for 1855 is now published, price 66. 



To be had of all Booksellers, and from 

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



TO THE SEED TRADE. 



WILLIAM E. RENDLE, Seed Merchants, 

 Plymouth, have to offer some very Choice Stocks of 

 SEEDS to the Trade. Wholesale Catalogues can be had 

 on application to 



' W r t j, t am E. Rendle & Co., Union Road. Plymouth. 



\\J KITE BELGIAN CARROT, MANGOLD 

 V V WURZEL, Sec— Several Tons to be disposed of 

 } at the lowest market prices. — Apply to 



WILLIAM E. REND LE & CO., Seed Mercha nts, Plymouth. 



TEW SEEDS JUST HARVESTED can now be 



obtained of the most genuine description, from 



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



YNCtTS STAR OF THE WEST CUCUMBER, 



the best frame variety in cultivation. For descrip- 

 tion, seeRENDLE ? s " Price Current and Garden Directory* 

 for 1854. 



Price Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. per packet. — Apply to William E. 



Rendle & ( » ., Seed Merchants, Plymouth. 



EARLY WHITE FIELD PEA.— NEW EARLY 

 RACEHORSE— comes off early in July in time for Turnips 

 and is a good cropper, price 125. per bushel. 



Sutton & Sons. Seed Growers, Reading. 



HPO BE SOLD, at Prices that will be sure 



-L satisfaction, 10,000 STRONG CURRANTS of the 



tog 

 follow 



^TEW DWARF FIELD PEA. — "BISHOP'S 

 * LAST AND BEST," a large grey Pea, only 1 foot in 

 height, very prolific, and comes off very early. Adapted for 

 growing between the rows of Mangold Wurzel and Swedes. To 

 be dibbled in rows 3 feet apart, and the root crop to be subse- 

 quently drilled between them. One bushel of Peas sufficient for 

 an acre. Price 16s. per bushel. 

 Sutton & Sons, S e ed G rower? 7 ; ng, Bffk-s. 



HOLCUS SACCHARATUS70R CHINESE *UGAR CANE. 



sorts, viz. :— Red and White Dutch, common Black and Eiack 

 Naples, Wilmot's Superb Red, Champaign and Raby Castle. 

 Also a quantity of strong dwarf trained Pears and Plums of the 

 best sorts, FalstofT and other Raspberries, strong standard Pears, 

 and a quantity of prime Seed Potatoes well kept of the best sorts. 

 -For further particulars apply to JAMES LAKE, Nurseryman, 

 Bridgewater. ' J ' 



;ive ClUTTON and SONS can supply this Seed genuine 



'ing O 



BE 



MANGOLD WURZEL SEED. 



SOLD, LONG RED and 



YELLOW 



GLOBE, growth of 1854, from superior stock.— Apply to 

 R.S.HKWS, Kelvedon, E ssex. 



. FRUIT TREES, SURPLUS STOCK. 



Tn u^ E - RS t £ LUMS » Cherries, Gooseberries, & Currants. 

 U BE bOLD, at any reasonable offer, for the purpose 



™?e- C ^ rin? \ some e round » several hundred Pear trees, corn- 

 el 'tV'^ 1 ' ^ lis ' Gracil 's, Williams' Bon Chretien, Hazel, 



as imported in sealed packets at Is* or 2s. 6d. each. 

 Post Free. 



For description and uses, see Gardeners' Chronicle, Dec. 30th, 

 1S54, p. 835.— Sutton & Sons, Seed Growers, Reading. 



CHOICE CALCEOLARIAS. 



COLE beirs to offer a few dozen of his un- 



j. 



Son. wn- °. rtl1gal l Beurr <^apiaumonts, and other varieties. 

 V* J»n!i £ Rnd Q uarri »t°i! Apples, 200 Prince of Wales and 

 ?E B A °, num Plums, 50 Duke Circassian and Morello 



InfA f. n i V . the above of about 10 years' growth, and coming 

 4 fp.« rw an ^ 10 > m Rifl emau Gooseberry Plants, from 1 to 



Tn S a ' aDd , 200 ° lar & e Ked Gra Pe Currants, 2 years old. 

 I^wnr^' a & ply t( J Mr * m "ton, Lampton, 1 mile from eithe 

 f!!5!££^rHoTinslow Stations of the South Western Railw 



either the 

 av. 



^y AN TED, DWARF COMMON MOSS ROSES. 



line nam 117 Paity liavin S t] »e above to dispose of can address a 



tftt Pdce and ( l uaritit ^ t0 Wm. Wood & Son, 

 —•gggLJ M Plants must he strong and well rooted. 



\\/ AKTED, OLD WALNUT TREES.— Lowest 



Street ^,nh C p Sh ' with size « h I letter only, to E. S., 41, Fellows 

 h -onth _Pearson Street, Kingsland Road, London, 



DWAUnt EWS FOR HEDGES. 



— iJi i bANG AND S0NS ' KirkaWy, have for 



once, twiwVtiSTi price » a lar & e quantity of fine healthy YEWS, 

 i_2jo 30 inci.es hi i eeUmeS u ' anh P lanted > in various sizes, from 



PE SK' r ?I a J^ dards and dwarf~trained! 



• Pan , AND Ca ' Nurserymen, Whalley 



*e Imsine^^ anchester ( in conse 1"ence of their giving up 

 ^uced prices Ve a quantit >' of the above to dispose of at very 



bloomed Seedling HERBACEOUS CALCEOLARIAS 

 from his choice stock; they were the admiration of all who saw 

 them last summer. They are not potted off, though strong 

 enough for large 60-si;:ed pots. The Seed was saved from selected 

 stock, carefully impregnated. J. C. offers them at As. per dozen, 

 or 25s. per hundred. A remittance solicited from unknown cor- 

 respondents.— Keyfield Nursery. St. Alban's, Herts. 



GARAWAY, MAYES, and CO., having a large 

 Stock of LILIUM GIGANTEU:.! Seed, can supply full 

 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. 



Dnrdham Down Nurseri e n , JB ristol, Jan. 20. 



DIOSCOREA BATATAS—THE NEW CHINESE 

 POTATO. — This new esculent was fully described by 

 Professor Lindley in the Chronicle of December 23, 1854. 



The Subscribers are now importing a choice lot of 

 Roots, and can supply them on the following terms : — 



Four Tubers 

 Ten 



• • • 



£0 

 1 



10 

 2 





 6 



Fifty Tubers 



Hundred 



• - 



• • • 



£5 

 10 



5 









 



PYRAMIDAL PEAR 



. . TREES, 



JA\n T ru» ED 0N THE Q UINCR Stocks. 

 # th« ahk HASER have s tiH to offer strong trees of 



ma y*>e had nn PE £ RS ? a Descriptive Catalogue of the sorts 

 orders are ron ap P J Ucation - To prevent disappointment early 

 ^n^o»T J est v d ' as the Stock of some of the varieties is 



— ^^^Sc^fc gjTnrseHe^ Lea Bri 



T Roy T \° THE TRADE. ~~~ 



tj ' a C A rc '„ •> bEEI >SMAN, Aberdeen, has got to hand 



^balesweS^^, 35 ^ 168 ^ very superior CUBA EAST. 

 t*. , g aa o°utl^cwt. each. Price for warded on applicati on. 



INGorPLANTIM 



dge Road. Essex. 



^BAUB HOOTSfoTFORC 



"WttrFan^Deptford. Jan. 20. 



First Orders will have the best Roots. -Apply to 

 W ILL1 A M E. RENDLE & CO., Seed Merchants, Plymouth. 



JOSEPH WILSoN, Sfedsman, Ipswich, offers the 

 following EARLY SEED POTATOES: — The Early 

 Champion Aslileaf seedlings, 12,9 ; Jackson's improved Ashleaf, 

 9s. ; the celebrated short top Ashleaf, 7s. 6d. ; Nonpariel Kidneys, 

 6s.6d.\ Lapstone do., 6s. 6J. ; and the British Queen, 7s. 6d. per 

 bushel. The whole of the above varieties have been grown 

 ially for seed ; they are quite free from disease, and will be 

 guaranf 1 true stocks; and for quality and yield they cannot be 

 surpassed. Orders to any extent can be executed, free to London 

 and no charge for sacks; and must be accompanied with a 

 remittance. 



^ HE FLUKE KIDNEY POTATO.— This excellent 



variety is now planted here as the principal crop, being 

 more free from disease and more prolific than any other in culti- 

 vation. It was raised in Middleton, and may be had genuine in 

 anv quantity at 5s. per bushel of 661l». — Apply to John Holland. 

 Brad>lmw Gardens, Middleton, near Manchester. 



Post Office Orders to be madeoayable at Middleton, Lancashire. 



'j HE FLUKE POTATO.— A new second early 



* variety, surpassing every other in its capability of resisting 



the Potato disease, and without exception the finest and most 



prolific ato in cultivation. Price per cwt.. 15s., bags included. 



To be had genui of THORNHILL & DICKSON, Lawrence 



Bill s ; and N o. 1. Wine Stree t Bristol. 



EGENT and JERSEY BLUE POTATO] >, 



I 



or 



finest flavour, direct from the grower. Delivered 

 cai within three miles of King's Cross Station, a s. Gd. 



tl rial sack of 224 lbs., for cash on delivery. Choice Seeds 



growers. Orders executed by C. Flitton, Facto: 

 j 21, Yor] *d, King's Cross. 



NEW CAULIFLOWER. 



WAITE'S "ALMA," far superior to Walcheren 

 very large and firm heads. Price to the trade 24s. per lb. 

 smaller quantities 2s. 6d. per oz. No orders attended to for less 

 quantities than one ounce.— Seed Establishment, 1S1, High 

 Holborn t London. 



DILCOCK'S BRIDE BROCCOLI. 



Sixpence per Packet. 



BAINBRIDGE and HEWISON (Proprietors of 

 this far-famed Broccoli), beg to inform their friends and 

 customers that they are prepared to send it out this season from 

 selected stock of their own growth. The trade can have price on 

 application, and early orders are respectfully solicited. 

 York Nurseries, Jan. 20. 



~~~~ ~~~~ FLESH 



GOLDEN 



MELON, 



j 



DROP GREEN 



Six Seeds for Is. Gd. 



TIJILLIAM WOOD and SON having received a 



y * parcel of Seeds of the above splendid Melon from a party on 

 whom they can confidently rely, have much pleasure in offering 

 it for sale. The following Melons are also highly recommended 

 and may be had post free at Is. per packet: — Golden Perfection, 

 Bromham Hall Green Flesh, Austen's Incomparable, Egyptian 

 Green Flesh, Hybrid Scarlet Flesh, Beechwood True. 



Woodlands Nursery, Maresfield, near Uckfield, Sussex. b 



COLE'S CRYSTAL WHITE, & COLE'S DWARF 



RED CELERY. 



THORNELEY,COLE,&Co., Nurserymen, Seeds- 



► men, and Florists, Withington, near Manchester, beg to 

 announce that they are now prepared to supply these two well- 

 known varieties, raised by Mr. W. Cole (late of Dartford). 

 CRYSTAL WHITE, J oz. packets, free by post, for 12 stamps 

 SUPERB DWARF RED, £ oz.pkts., free by post, for 9 stamps. 



Price per lb. to the Trade on application. 



JOHN HOLLAND can supply, in strong plants, the 

 heaviest Lancashire Show GOOSEBERRIES (named), of 

 excellent flavour, and large size, at 6s. per dozen, on receipt of 

 Post-office order, payable to John Holland, Bradshaw Gardens 

 Middleton, near Manchester. 



GODFREY'S BLACK S PINE. 



Splendid and Prolific Frame Cicumber. 



WOOD and INGRAM beg to offer seeds of the 

 above beautiful variety. Colour, magnificent dark green, 

 with a very fine bloom; average length, IS 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 four Noblemen and 

 Gentlemens' Gardeners who have grown it, and prefer it to any 



other. 



London Agents r Messrs. Hurst & M'Mixlen, 6, Leadenhall 



Street. 



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



packets, Is. each, containing 12 seeds: 



Sion House 

 Barnes's Fearnought 

 Walker's Prolific 

 Constantine's Incomparable. 



Sagg's Royal Exhibition 

 Conqueror of the West 

 Improved Sion House 



Manchester Hero. 



Huntingdon Nurseries, January 20. 





SUPERB HOLLYHOCKS, ROCKETS, SEEDS, ETC. 



\\1 1LLIAM CHATER'S descriptive list of his superb 



W HOLLYHOCKS, containing hints on their culture and ob- 

 servations on. exhibiting, &c, may be had on application by 

 enclosing a postage stamp. Packets of seed, consisting of 20 

 varieties, selected from the best show flowers, 5a.; 12 varieties, 

 2s Gd. ; and from good double sorts, Is. 



Very superior Quilled German Asters, 12 distinct varieties 

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

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

 Marigolds, lemon and orange, $d. per packet. 



New Double Crimson ROCKET, excellent bedding plant for 

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

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



Saffron Walden Nursery, January 20. 



S~~NOW , S SUPERB BROCCOLI.— Every seed new 

 and true. Sealed packet, Is. ; per oz., 3s. ; pound bags for 

 the trade on liberal terms. 



GLENNY'S IMPROVED BALSAM.— Unequalled for size, 

 doubleness, and colour; 6 classes, 3s.; mixed, Is. ; sealed packets 



with culture. 

 DOUBLE HOLLYHOCKS from noble flowers. Sealed 



packet, Is. 



Stamps or P.O. orders to George Glf it, Horticultural agent, 

 Dungannon House. Tulbam. - ties, valuations, &c. attended; 

 Ground Laid Out, Roc^work, Ornamental Water, &c 9 planned 

 a nd exe cuted. 



R PARKER begs 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 varie s of Hybrid Perpetuals, 

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

 tion, at 12s. per dozen. List of names forwarded upon application. 

 A remittance or reference to accompany all orders from 

 unknown correspondents. 



Paradi Nursery, Ilomsey Rr ad, Islington. 



hmWO nfw CUCUMBERS— * SIR COLIN CAMP- 

 BELL" and "GENERAL CANROBERT/'— For the full 



Description of the above two unequalled Cucumbers, and the 

 List of EDWARD TILEYS Collection of Cucumb and 

 Melons, which have all been thoroughly proved, see Advertise- 

 ment and Cut in the Gardeners' Chronicle of January 13, 1S55. 



Sir Colin Campbell 3s. 6c?. j^er packet. 



General Caurobert 3 6 „ 



A packet of either of the Melons mentioned in the former 

 Advertisement will be given to thePurchaser of the above two 

 Cucumbers. A remittance in cash or penny postage stamps 

 must accompany every order, and the whole or any part (as the 

 case may be) will be immediatelv forwarded. 



EDWARD TILEY, Nurseryman, S man, and Florist 

 14, Abbey Church Yard, Bath, Somersetshire. 



