THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



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^— t*e best, fullest, and most practical essays 



+ &»*** . g » charac ter of it we shall hope to 



* itt ? bJ foture number; our object now is just to 



io^iy" 2 * , a J f its publication in such terms as may 



o£ ^circul ation and perusal 



Calendar of Operations. 



JANUARY. 

 t«r Mebse Farm, /an. 22.— The weather of Decem- 

 ^ cKS Prised bv frequent changes of short duration. 

 ba * M I b ir^vs of hard frost were suddenly followed by a 



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TO GENTLEMEN ENGAGED IN PLANTING. 



WATERER and GODFREY respectfully invite 

 attention to their stock of the following very desirable 

 HARDY PLANTS. 



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T*° or iShi- *few days of fine weather, and frost again in 





*T , M a A of Wheat sowing arcer immps, iu su.uc.vtcu,, ^ 

 ^ aimltted .w ^^ cut ghort by the inc0I1 stancy of the 



m h oP* 1 * 11 ? harr icane, more violent than any within the 



BtS *f^P "oldest inhabitant," ushered in tlie new year, 



pemoryotw« levelUn g trees, and blowing away stacks in 



■tfPPk&.nSnn* On some farms the loss of grain completely 



•"*** tW rii pnsuine fortnight was quite like spring, mild, 



t.'r'Ml- lue u ^7. miJ ,i«„.i hpinr in fi r<t-r.i fa ardor. ■ 



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weather. The land being in first-rate order, a 



Q0 !?J ^J breadth of Wheat was sown, after Turnips eaten on 

 k?Sd sheep The voung Wheat plant has made great 



m u na not too great) progress during the late fine weather. 



L* • °V «iii generally be sufficient to carry on feeding stock, 



S as stance of corn, cake, &c. Live stock have done very 

 A* this mild season. Stackyards have not been spared, 



IS1-* the winter has been too dry for "putting down" straw; 

 ju J»msthat more than one half of the crop has passed into 



a iJuSt in the case of Wheat at least, for immediate con- 

 ^n ' For a week past we have had constant showers of soft 



§l » nirtiallv lyin^, and a gentle breeze from south-east. This 



wUl wasb nicely in the guano lately sown on seeds intended for 



5 °i nsz* Jan. IS. -The months of December and January 

 wneraHy are the least interesting of the whole year to the 



h*hire farmer, as the business of the farm is usually con- 

 fined to fallowing the Wheat stubbies, carting out manure, and 

 providing straw for the cattle. This winter the weather has been 

 so mild and dry that field operations of varied character, such as 

 palling and storing Turnips, sowing Wheat on the cleared land, 

 ind preparing for spring and green crops, have scarcely been 

 interrupted, and perhaps the only thing clay land farmers have 

 bad to complain of has been the want of frost to enable them to 

 cart out their manure to the pasture land, or for their green 

 oops, and this cause of complaint is likely to be removed by the 

 severe frost of the two last nights. Wheat generally is looking 

 mnarkably well, and at present, so far as our observations go, 

 fare is very little "winter proud" as it is called ; this, we think, 

 my be attributed in some measure to farmers sowing their Wheat 

 it a later period than formerly, excepting on the very coldest clay 

 soils, and on these it is not safe to defer it beyond the end of Sep- 

 tember or beginning of October. Turnips are keeping better 

 thin was expected, after so severe an attack of mildew ; and the 

 system of cutting and mixing them with chaff or cut straw, for 



e entire stock, is growing into favour. The best machine we 

 biTe seen for this purpose is Moody's patent improved. On 

 our farm Turnips are prepared by the above machine twice a day 

 for 100 head of cattle, horses, and colts, and they are looking 

 much better than usual under this treatment ; the pleuro-pneu- 

 monia,we are sorry to observe, still lingers in some parts of the 

 county, and it is greatly to be feared that many dairy farmers 

 are suffering severely from its ravages. Sheep appear to have 

 done well so far through the fine open winter, which has caused 

 a little springing of fresh Grass on the best land; and young 

 cattle, too, have been able to pick up a little Grass in the 

 meadows, where they have been allowed to range to a much 

 later period than usual. Irrigated meadows, excepting where 

 they are favoured with a constant but an abundant stream of 

 water, are not in the forward state we have seen them at this 

 season of tke year, in consequence of the small quantity of rain 

 we have had, which has failed to replenish the reservoirs 

 that were nearly dried up during the last summer. Labourers 

 generally have been plentiful up to the present time, but as the 

 militia regiments are now being embodied throughout the king- 

 con there will in^ all probability be a scarcity, as the demand 

 lor hem increases during the spring months. Store and other 



S^i gb prices intlie ma rket, and store pigs, which a 



snort time ago were a complete drug, have materially risen in 



W.P. 



Notices to Correspondents. 



torn ; Crushers i: WDF., in his article upon Gorse as food for 

 cattle last week, wrote " Ransome and Parsons, Salford," as 

 «iL? a I ° , the ch aff-cutter he recommended, instead of 

 rn^TT and Chandl <*, Salford," who are the makers of the 

 SSI k-u^ 8 " The ^ have now " a machine purposely for 

 If! t?J ♦£? °i n be geared so a * t0 cut an eighth of an inch, 

 and «.™ tdis * ffectualI y one cuttingof the Gorse would answer, 



Gca* T m u> trouble and expense. 

 toac^oV } l at€r f° rd - 40 lbs. of vitriol per cwt. of bones will 



lmJSnV* f reduce them - 2 cwt of Snano, and 2 cwt. of 

 Zf,;?, treat *d would, well mixed with a cart load of 



sood Hri! • n spread 0l,t of tlj e cart with a shovel, make a 

 Febraary! P * F aCre ° f Gra9S land ' A ™ ly U late in 

 ^^: AD. Try Hornbeam, if you cannot get Thorn to grow 



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Ium,? p9thatneed ^ be filled 



of most miTH ASS ' &c ' : R Heath - It usually forms a part now 

 rat e j- • - es tor 



«te5di to S> a ~?! xed seedfl ' which generally on the whole 



»*e during thir v* P erraanent Grass; being useful at any 

 ♦w _ u % me earlier years. 8 lbs. or 10 lbs. may be sown in 



knowksdci «f n RI - CULTrRB : R K rL You cannot get a " sound 

 tt& y studv «JJi ac i lcal and P rofi table farming " by books. You 

 Stephena'g «R 1 b0O J ss *«Jhe "Cyclopaedia of Agriculture," 



tor ^ M and th2?° ° the Farm / ; Low '8 "Practical Agricui- 

 , Wa 7you wil l?°. and live n P° n a farra for a year, and in that 

 11112 and Salt- *z\ n what F ou ^ in search of. 

 wtten state h» ^ *" We WOuld ^ et the Jeaves into a half- 

 the lime Thl w g a cora P°«t with earth before applying 

 ^ ItismL. . !S r . wiI1 be m"ch more useful and efficient 

 ? ot ^ lmm, , S I effic ^ nt in an 7 circumstances when applied, 

 ^hHme T'r^ artlfi <*Uly slaked. Salt does not act upon 

 5!*ked lime it tv,, 5V not acted on b ^ lt * If mix ed with fresh 

 The lime becom uId he with U for a month or two before 

 ^fe of soda Tn 8 carbona te ; and carbonate of lime and 

 ^^ua will react 



Iilne and'cTrW * reac ^ on one another, producing muriate of 

 **& and -»- * of soda * which latter mixture is more 



alkal 



Produce those iSi? 6 . than the f ormer 7 and so better fitted to 

 f oniTtr? i. J?H ects in the soil f or which lima is ann1iP.il. 



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J r °fitable Poulfrv "^n^" 4 P P ' " Fowl *>" h ? Balle ^ a " d 



tJ he former is ^k^i by Te ^tmeier, are both good books. 

 *OOFi.va. /i 8 Probably more what vat, A* a \r* 



x 1 **' a Nofth 7 more what y° n desire - 



? e P re 8ent av^JT 1 ? ub * erih * r asks for some plan to supersede 

 r? Nldmw S ^ f* r v? fing with wood and tiles or slates for 

 tL^^beFfoftpn. * ,gh ! rind8 the 7«ave slates blown off; 

 ^* (dr y)- IstW on tbe P^Perty) settles, or shrinks, or 



r««to* 



l,I !,t oactasroof!r a ?^f ort ?! brick arch vith brick8 shaped 

 lUrh^P^sivel tlIes - l f not too expensive? Tit would 



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. «ope, howerpr *^~ IT 1 ^* " "* ao^^ner cmnmn may neip you 



S' ; ^ nrc ^^tanc^ KlVeaU ***** "^ "^.MyappKing 



•WfeeBsiBg for qUJ^J**. 3 cwt. per acre is ordinarily 



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I H*, howevpr T ^ G r ^ 0Tt in anot *er column may help 



j*0«r «;_ CTer » to ilivp. fin Afi *; m «^ ~~ i ±, 



Araucaria imbricata, from 2 to 

 7 feet high; as handsome as 

 plants can be. 

 Cedrus Deodara, in any quan- 

 tity, from 1 to 3 feet high 

 Do. do., 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10 

 feet high ; splendid plants 

 Cedars of Lebanon, 3, 4, 6, and 



10 feet high 

 Pinus Douglasi, 3 to 10 feet 

 insignis, 2 to 7 feet 

 Menziesl, 3 to 7 feet 

 Pinsapo, fine plants, 3 to 



6 feet 



Nordmanniana, 14 to 3 ft., 

 all from seed and remark- 

 ably handsome 



nobilis, 1J to 2 feet; a few 

 larger, 5 and 6 feet high, on 

 their own roots, and with 

 perfect leaders 



Montezuma?, 2 to 4 feet 



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Pinus canadensis, 3 to 8 feet 

 Cupressus macrocarpa or Lam- 

 be rtian a, 4 to 7 feet 



thyoides variegata, 3 to 

 4 feet (the variegated white 

 Cedar) 

 Juniperus, Upright Irish,perfect 

 columns, 3 to 7 feet 

 „ chinensis, 2 to 8 feet 

 Yew, common English,3 to 8 feet 

 Irish, 4 to 10 feet 

 gold-striped, li to 3 feet 

 do., tall standards, 4 to 7 ft. 

 Dovaston, or Weeping, 

 worked on tall straight 

 stems 

 Thuja aurea, the finest plants in 



the country 

 Libocedrus chilensis, the finest 



plants in the country 

 Large variegated Hollies 

 „ Standard Bays 



Also an immense stock of large Evergreens, Standard Orna- 

 mental Trees, &c. 



All the plants here offered may be seen growing in our 

 Nursery; they are removed every year, and will travel any 

 distance with perfect safety. Of some, such as Araucarias, 

 Deodaras, Golden Yews, Thuja aurea, Pinus nobilis, Nord- 

 manniana, we have any quantity ; and the plants, for root and 

 branch, are not to be surpassed. Priced Catalogues will be for- 

 warded on application, enclosing two postage stamps, to Wateeeb 

 and Godfrey, nephews and successors of the late Hosea Waterer, 

 Knap Hill Nursery, Woking, Surrey, near the Woking Station, 

 South- Western Railway, where all trains stop, and where capital 

 conveyances can be obtained. 



The 2d. stamp will also include a descriptive Catalogue of their 

 Amer ic an Plants, Ros es, and Nursery Stock in general. 



MESSRS. E. G. HENDERSON and SON, of the 

 Wellington Road Nursery, St. John's Wood, London, beg 

 to inform their Patrons and the Public that their NEW CATA- 

 LOGUE OF SEEDS for 1855 is now ready, and will be 

 forwarded post free on application. 



E. G. H. & Son take this opportunity of stating that none but 

 the most popular and improved kinds of Vegetable Seeds appear 

 in their list; and among the Flower Seeds ouly those whose 

 beauty and merit are universally acknowledged, together with 

 a carefully selected stock of the principal new varieties. 



E. G. H. & Son beg respectfully to call particular attention to 

 the following choice seeds of Florists' Flowers, which have been 

 saved from a fine collection of named plants, and also to the 

 annexed New and Choice Flowers, which they can confidently 

 recommend, and in their Catalogue will be found the names of 

 20 beautiful ornamental Grasses. Also 12 variegated and orna- 

 mental foliage plants, for decorating the flower garden during the 

 summer months, with full descriptions and other information 

 respecting the following 



CHOICE FLORIST FLOWERS. 







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Per packet — s. 

 Antirrhinum, extra fine 

 mixed ... ••• ••• 



Auricula, fine mixed 

 Balsam, double Camellia 

 flowered, in packets of 

 6 distinct colours se- 

 parate 



double Rose flowered 

 in packets of 6 distinct 

 colours separate 



new double Camellia 

 Rose, in packets of 10 

 distinct colours sepa- 

 rate, extra fine 

 Aurora, fine dbl. cr. 

 new dbl. pale yellow 

 Carnation, from stage 



flowers 



Calceolaria, from choice 

 hybridized flowers 



2$. 6rf. and 



Cineraria, from choicest 



varieties ... l*.(W.and 



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„ large flowered, 

 fine mixed 

 Geranium, choice show 



„ choice fancy 

 Hollyhock, first quality ... 



second quality 

 „ in 12 distinct 



colours, each colour ... 

 Pansy, choice show, from 

 named flowers ... 1 



choice fancy,, from 

 beautiful striped and 

 spotted flowers ... 1 



Petunia, from extra fine 

 named varieties ... 1 



saved from crimson 

 flowers with green 



edges 1 



Verbena, choice mixed ... 1 

 Mimulns, beautifully 

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Abronia umbellate ... 1 



Anagallis azurea grandi- 



fiora ... 1 



„ rubra 1 



Arctotis breviscapa ... 



Aster, new Peony pyramid, 

 in packets of 10 dis- 

 tinct colours separate 

 new bouquet pyra- 

 midal, in packets of 

 12 distinct colours se- 

 parate 



Alonso Warscewiczii 



Clintonia pulchella 



Coreopsis coronata 



fili folia ••- 

 bicolor nana 



Drummondi gran- 

 diflora ... 



Calendrina umbellata ../0 



Cyclamen persicum ... 1 



„ ,. rub rum 1 



Centauridium Drummondi 



Dianthus Dunnetti 



perba 



„ chinensis flora 



pleno, extra fine 

 Digitalis, new spotted 



Eucnida bartonioides 

 Eschscholtzia tenulfolfa... 

 Gramanthes gentianoides 

 Humea elegans ... 

 Ipomea rubra c;erulea 



„ limbata ... 



Leptosiphon luteum 



„ aureum. 



Linum grandirlorum rubra 



Is. 6d. and 

 Lobelia raceraosioides ... 



erinns oculata ,.. 



Queen Victoria 

 (scarlet) 



„ Roi Leopold (blue) 

 Larkspur, new double im- 

 proved Hyacinth 

 flowered, in packets of 

 6 distinct colours 

 Linmanthes sulphurea 

 odorata 



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 Lychnis fulgens (scarlet) 

 Lythrum roseum superbum 



Mignonette, new large 



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Oxalis rosea ... ... 



Phlox Deccusata.from fine 

 named varieties ... 1 

 „ Drummondi coccinea 



Portulacca, new orange ... 

 „ rosea ... ... 



Primula sinensis fimbriata, 

 alba, and rubra, mixed 2 



Poppy, new large Peony 

 flowered, in 8 brilliant 

 colours 



Rhodanthe manglesi 

 Reseda myriophylla (new 

 Mignonette) 



Schizanthus Grahanii car- 

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retusus 

 „ retusus albus... 

 Salpiglossus, scarlet, blue, 



and sulphur, each ... 



Stock, Scarlet Interme- 

 diate ... ... ... 



Gorman, new large 

 flowering, in packets 



of 6 distinct colours, 

 separate 



Intermediate, or 

 Autumn, in packets 



of 12 distinct colours 

 separate 



Brompton, or Win- 

 ter, in packets of 10 

 distinct colours, sep. 2 

 n Emperor, in pkts. 

 of 5 distinct colours, 

 separate 



Sweet William, new dbl. 

 mixed 



Tropspolnm, Triomphe de 

 Gand ... ... ... 



Lille Schmidt 

 tricolor 

 Schewerianum 



Vittadenia lobata 1 



Whitlayia grandiflora ... 1 











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CHOICE PLANTS, &c, which they will forward to anv 



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part of the United Kingdom or the Continent : 



Andromeda rloribunda, fine, per dozen 12*. to 18 



25 Azaleas, new hardy Belgian varieties, one of a sort on 



their own roots 



25 Azaleas, American varieties, do. do. 



Hardy Heaths, Ledums, and Kalmias, per dozen 



25 Hardy American Plants, one of a sort ... 



12 Rhododendrons, including Scarlet, White and Rose 



hardy varieties 



Fine hardy Scarlet Rhododendrons, 2 feet, per dozen 

 New hardy Yellow Rhododendrons, each ... 3s. 6d. to 

 6 Fine hardy Magnolias, one of a sort 

 50 Dwarf Roses, two of a sort, on their own roots 

 Standard and half standard Roses, per dozen ... 12s. to 15 



Fine climbing Roses, of sorts, per dozen 

 Greenhouse Azaleas, choice varieties, per dozen 

 12 Camellias, well set with buds, fine sorts 

 Orchidea Plants, fine species, per dozen 

 24 Choice Ericas, one of a sort ... 

 6 Bulbs Lilium Lancifoiium, one of a sort 



FRUIT TREES. 



Fine standard and dwarf-trained Peaches, Nectarines, 

 Apricots, Plums, Pears, and Cherries. The best and 

 most approved sorts of these respective kinds, to name, 



each, 3s., or, per dozen 30 



Untrained or maiden do., Is. Sd. each, or, per dozen ... 15 



Apples, dwarfs and standards of best sorts, per dozen, 10s. to 15 



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Fine Gooseberries, Currants, and Raspberries, per dozen 

 Figs, Medlars, Quinces, Walnuts, and Mulberries, each 

 Filberts, new thin shelled and red skinned, per dozen 

 Strong Vines, from eyes and layers, in pots, per dozen ... 

 Large stock of Transplanted fine Scotch Larch and Spruce 

 Firs, ohpap. 



New Gardens and Greenhouses furnished on moderate terms. 



New Priced Catalogue of Plants and Seed List for 

 1855 bypo'st. 



Albion Nursery, StokeJNewington, London.— -Jan. 27. 



TO THE SEEO TRADE AND OTHERS. 



THE SUBSCRIBER offers the following SEEDS, 

 which have been grown and selected from the best stocks 

 possible. Prices forwarded on application. 



BROCCOLI. 

 Early White 

 Miller's Dwarf 

 Brimstone 

 Chappell's Cream 

 Imperial White 

 Dwarf Danish 

 Dilcock's Bride 



CURLED PARSLEY. 



PEAS. 



Victoria Marrow 

 Fairbeard's Nonpareil 

 British Queen 



(Very flue samples.) 

 Lord Raglan 





TURNIP. 



Laing's Swede (very true) 

 Red Tankard 

 Early Stone 



Red American Stone 

 American Strap or Lettuce- 

 leaved Stone. 



White Globe 



Green Globe 1 



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Long Red 

 Yellow Globe 



CELERY. 



Cole's Crystal White 

 Cole's Red 



EPPS. Seed Grower and Merchant, Maidstone. 



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LYNCH'S STAR OF THE WEST CUCUMBER. 

 — This might with propriety be called the Champion of the 

 West, for it has won 11 prizes at different Horticultural Exhibi- 

 tions. It is a seedling raised by Mr. Lynch, the well-known 

 Gardener to the Right Hon. the Earl of St. Germans, Lord Lieu- 

 tenant of Ireland. He has grown it for several years, and has 

 beaten everything that has been put in competition with it,, 

 including all the newest and most recently introduced varieties. 

 We have purchased the whole stock, having given a very large 

 sum for all the seeds in his possession, and it is now for the first 

 time sent out; to those who want a good flavoured, prolific, and 

 prize Cucumber, we would recommend to obtain a packet of the 

 seeds. 



It is a first-rate winter fruit ,and, with careful manage- 

 ment, can be had in perfection all the year round. It tj 

 most prolific, and bears two - fruit on every joint, and as 

 many as 42 have been counted on a single plant in a tub 

 from 5 to 22 inches in length. The fruit is quite round, 

 like the barrel of a gun, and free from any ribs or rough- 

 ness on the skin. It has a short handle, and is in every 

 way calculated to beat any other sort in cultivation^ The 

 spines are white, and they stand out in the most proruincnt 

 way. The stock is very limited. 



Three seeds, per packet, ls.Sd. | Five seed?, per packet. 2s. 6£ 



The following is an official account of the number of 

 Prizes won by Mr. Lynch, in competition with all the best: 

 Gardeners and the best varieties in the neighbourhood :~ 



"Royal Devon and Cornwall Horticultural Society, Nov. 11, 1854. 

 "Dear Sir,— The prizes awarded you for your Cucumber are 



as follows ; — 



1S51. 

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1852. 

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-May loth, First Prize 

 July 17th. Extra Prize 

 Sept. 4th, First Prize 

 -May 27th, First Prize 

 July 22d, First Prize 



1852. 

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Sept. 9th, First Prize 

 -June 8th, Second Prize 

 Sept. 8th, First Prize 

 •June 1st, First Prize- 

 Sept. 9th, First Prize 



In all, 10 Prizes. 

 m I remain, dear sir, yours truly, 



u Nathaniel J. Easto*, Hon. Sec. 

 " Mr. R. Lynch, Gardener to Earl of St. Germans, Port Elicit;" 

 WM. K RENDLE and CO., Skbd Merchant*. Plymouth. 



Holcus SAcraAEATUS (New Sugar « ane), fa. and 2s.ed. 

 Dioscorea Batatas ^Japanese Yarn). - i>d. each tuber. 

 January 27. 



HOLCUS SACCHARATUS, \ 



OR CHINESE SUGAR CANE. . 



(See Garpkners* Chronicle, Dec. 30th, 1S54.) y 



MR. JOHN HENDERSON, formerly of the firm 

 of John A. Henderson & Co., Pine Apple Plac<\ London r 

 has the honour to announce that he is prepared to supply Gentle- 

 men, Amateurs, and Professionals, with seed of this most valuable 



and estimable plant. 



As the Dioscorea Batatas seems well adapted to make good any 

 deficiency arising from failure in the Potato crops, so this appears 

 admirably calculated to meet many wants of the present day. That 

 it may be used for the purposes of distillation, and may therefore 

 preserve the grain of the country, is not less certain than thai? 

 the leaf and stem (after the saccharine matter has been extracted 

 contain a large amount of fibre, of such a nature as can be em- 

 ployed in the manufacture of every kind of paper. In both these 

 points, as well as in many others, this plant demands the atten- 

 tion of every Gardener and Amateur throughout the country? 

 the more so as from the necessity that at present exists for the 

 production of fibres that may be used in paper manufacture a due 

 remuneration may be fairly expected by growers, even after the 

 plant has, so to speak, paid itself by the saccharine matter 

 extracted from it. I 



Mr. Henderson hopes, in a few days, to have ready for the 

 press a more lengthened account of this plant, as well as a com- 

 plete statement of the latest experiments in connection with the 

 Dioscorea Batatas. As there are many varieties of the Holcus 

 W. J. II. can only be responsible for seed forwarded by himself, 

 which he is prepared to do in sealed packets, at 1*,, 2*. &£, 5#. f 

 and 10s\, according to quantity. 



Orders to be accompanied' with a remittance to Mr. Join* 

 Hekdkkson, Kiogskersweli, Newton Abbot, South Devon! ltt-:» 



P.S. Price to the Trade can be had on application, 



