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A Stamped Newspaper of Rural Economy and General News.— The Horticultural Part Edited by Professor Lindley 



No. 7. — 1S55.] 



SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 



[Price 6d. 



INDEX. 



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i«toKore in France .. 



JSCsS of England I .. 



\- itttistic*. Scottish 



Atboricoltunil Society.. 



Vtt* t. roots ........ •• 



CfrrUr. horticultural.. 



California, life in. ; 



r, n * pleuropneumonia m .. 



- ftiti«tics of feeding .... 



c-rte r'»(Mi88) Fables 



Draiaajte companiea 



JTe, winter 



fter, cheap.. .... 



fruee, airnculture in 



Pnier'i (Messrs.) nursery 



Frait trees, wash for 



fuel, consumption of at Kew . . 



Gooseberries, to prune 



Anther, to transplant 



HeannfatKew 



liijnl»Dd and Ajrri- Soc 



Bsrse labour 



Iron, paint for 



lew, heating at 



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L ambs, disease in ..... 



Linnsean Society 



Manuring, subterranean 

 Marry at' s Mountains 



Molehills, rev 



Ox, dentition of the .... 

 Paint for iron 



Pathology, vegetable .... 

 Pear trees, seedling .... 



Peas, early 



Plough and its uses .... 

 Poplar, Black Italian 

 Rhododendrons, grafted 

 Statistics, agri., Scottish .. 



— of cattle feeding .... 

 Stephanotis noribunda .... 

 Snow a protecting material 



Stocks, Hrompton , 



Temperature at Chiswick 

 Trees, wash for fruit , 

 Turnips, manures for. 

 Vegetable pathology . 

 Veterinary science ... 

 Weather, the 



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SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The First General Meeting of this Society was held at 

 6, York Place, Edinburgh, on 31st January, Mr. James Brown, 

 President, in the Chair. 



Donations to the Funds of the Society were announced from 

 Messrs. P. Lawson & Son, Messrs. Dicksons & Co., Mr. Thomas 

 Methven, Mr. Galbraith, and Messrs. Ballantyne & Sons. 



Office-Bearers for the ensuing year were elected as follows : — 

 frttidext— Mr. James Brown, Wood Commissioner to the Earl 



of Seafield, Grantown, Strathspey. 

 Va-President— Mr. W. M'Corquodale, Forester to the Earl of 



Mansfield, Scone Palace. 

 Secretary-Mr. James Alexander, of the firm of Dicksons & Co., 



Nurserymen, Edinburgh. 

 Tmnrer—ltr. John Anderson, of the firm of Dickson & Turn- 

 bull, Nurserymen, Bath. 



Committee: — 

 Mr. Cowan, Forester to It. Dundas, Esq., Arniston. 

 Mr. Dickson, Forester to F. A. Thomson, Esq., Charleton. 

 Mr. Gardiner, Forester to the Earl of Eglinton, Eglinton Castle. 

 Mr. M'Cleish, Forester to the Duke of Northumberland, Alnwick 

 Castle. 



Mr. M'Donald, Forester to the Due do Coigny, Bargany, Ayrshire. 

 Jir. m Lares, Forester to the Earl of Hopetown, Hopetown House. 

 JJr.M Laren, Forester to the Earl of Mansfield, Shaw Park. 

 Mr.jjutherford, Forester to Sir John Ramsden, Bart., Buckden. 

 ■r. Taylor, Forester to the Earl of Camperdown, Camperdown 



Mr. Thomson, Deputy Surveyor to the Right Hon. H. M. Com- 



missioners of Woods and Forests Chopwell Woods. 

 */ i. n ^ son » forester to the Earl of Stair, Culhorn. 

 Mr' ?!:*' 5 ,u r? ei 7 man » Edinburgh. [of Scotland. 



K'w2 C c ' A i nseum of t»»e Highland and Agricultural Soc. 

 yl p u S * n & Nurseryman, Kirkaldy. 

 «- Balden, Forester to Lord Blantyre, Lennoxlove. 



Assistant S -etory—Mr. G. Lawson. 



*the S! h& l e agl ; eed to *»» (open to all) for ESSAYS 

 k in Vvpr? 1Dg b r aTlc ] 5es of Practical Forestry ; the Essays to 



1 nl^vf^' foUDded on thc ex Perience of the author:- 

 IT STRiPPTvn ' .S-MtUMIKO | III. THINNING 

 W I ? G AHD CURING OF OAK BARK. 



Aieiander 6 i w !°\ ^Petition must be sent to Mr. James 

 Hre 1st of i„ at * rl ?2«? Iacp ' Edinburgh, the Secretary, on or 

 •wmianied h£ « g ' I ' each beari,1 £ a certain motto, and 

 ^eontainin^L Parate '!, eaIed letter > bearin & the same motto, 

 The Si a?*™ a - Ud ****** of the aut * 10r - 



TbeL m oUhl&J*? vhl ? h 8 . pecial P r,zes are not offered - 

 80 Wication t™ ♦ i c y ' and other information may be obtained 

 iiL^Hothe Secretary, as above. 



PRESENT PRICES OF AGRICULTURAL SEEDS.— Sek 



MESSRS. SUTTON'S DESCRIPTIVE LIST, on 

 the last page of the Gardeners 1 Chronicle of February 3d. 



SUTTON'S SHORT SEED LIST. 



SUTTON'S SHORT SEED LIST, containing only 

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

 return for one penny postage draft or receipt stamp. 



_ Sutton & Sons, Seed Growers, Reading, Beiks. 



OUTTON'S FARM SEED LIST, with Prices, 



^ maybe had gratis and post-free on application. Goods deli- 

 vered Carriage Free, as see second page of Catalogue.— Reading, 

 Be rks, February 17. 



ITALIAN RYE-CRASS — — 



DICKENSON'S ITALIAN RYE-GRASS may be 

 obtained trite of Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading. 

 Prices on applicat ion. 



C LO V E R SEEDS. 



f^ ENUINE NEW CLOVER SEEDS can be had 

 V T at the lowest market prices of JOHN SUTTON 

 & SONS, Seed Grow ers, Reading, Berks. 



rpKUE PENZANCE~BROCCOLI, saved by one of 

 X the best growers in the neighbourhood of Penzance, 



Is. per packet, from William E. Rendle & Co., Seed Mer- 

 chants, Plymouth. 



Ty OSCOREA BATATAS, or Chinese Potato, 2s. 6d. 



^T T each, or five for 10s. ed. 



HOLC US SACCH ARATUS, sealed packets of 500 Seeds 1 



» n „ 1200 Seeds 2 

 . Thom as Jack son & Soy, Kingston-on-Thames. 



ACHIMENES, GLOXINIAS, ETC. 



OASS and BROWN have a large stock of fine 



f~* Tubers of the following, which they can supply to the trade 

 in quantities. Prices on application. 



Achimenes Cherita. 

 Mr. Aparpart. 

 Louis Van H outre. 

 Margaretta (best white). 

 Magnifica purpurea. 

 Sir Traherne Thomas. 



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Gloxinea Leonie Van Houtte. 

 „ Ilogoveen. 

 „ Willsoni. 



„ Duke of Wellington. 

 Verbenas, CO new varieties 

 1854, of the first raisers. 

 A quantity of Corrtea and Pimelea Stocks Wanted. 



Sudbury, Suffolk. 



of 



T IVERPOOL is the BEST MARKET at present 



-^ FOB 



PINES, I CUCUMBERS, 



ASPARAGUS, | MUSHROOMS, &c. 



Forward to GEORGE TAYLOR, Jun., Fruit Salesman, 



St. John's Market, Liverpool. 



Terms — Casit. 



N EW C A U LI F LOW ER. 



TTTAITE'S "ALMA," far superior to Walcheren 



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

 smaller quantities 25. 6d. per oz. No orders attended to for less 

 quantities than one ounce.— Seed Establishment, 181, High 

 Holborn, London. 



EARLY DANIEL O'ROURKE PEAS^ 



T G. WAITE begs to inform the Trade that he is now 



*J • ready to execute orders for this valuable early Pea. Price- 

 can be had on application. 

 Seed E stablishment, 181, High Holborn, London. 



/ CONQUEROR OF THE WEST CUCUMBER. 



^ A Packet, containing 12 pood seeds of this first-rate Frame 

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

 sent post free, on receipt of 12 postage stamps, addressed to 

 James Lake, Nurseryman, &c, Bridgewater. 



TyiLD'S IPSWICH STANDARD CUCUMBER, 



* * the best in the world for table, market, or exhibition, 

 2s. 6d. per packet. Semi-double Primula sinensis, 2?. fid. per 

 packet, in five colours, the best ever seen.— Agents, Turner, 

 Slough, Fisher, Holmes & Co., Sheffield. 



Thomas Wild, Ipswich. 



R. SYNTAX CUCUMBER. — The above cele- 



brated variety has been nearly lost to gardener* for several 

 years past. It is known by all experienced g< owers of Cucumbers 

 to be the very best sort in existence for early work. 

 A paper sent free per post on receipt of 13 stamps. 



SNOW'S HORTICULTURAL BROCCOLI.— Half-ounce 

 Packet sent free per post on receipt of 24 stamps. 



NORTHAMPTON MARKET BROCCOLI.— This variety is 



grown by the market gardeners here, and excites the admiration 



of all who see it. Visitors say " they never saw such Broccoli 



anywhere else." Half-ounce Packets sent free per post for 



1 4 stam ps. — John Jeyes, Nurseri es, Nort hampton. 



]\/I AY'S MAGNUM BONUMTETTUCE^Tariies 



L* I who were disappointed last season in receiving the above, 

 can now have it by early application, in Packets Is. each, free by 

 post. We have numerous letters to show, received from partie.^ 

 who had it last season, to say that it is the most magnificent Let- 

 tuce they ever saw.— Address, Henry May, The Hope Nurseries, 

 n e ar Bedale, Yorkshire. 



DOUBLE ITALIAN TUBEROSE ROOTS,. 

 45. per dozen.— The annual importation of the above- 

 named beautiful and fragrant Flower has just been received, and 

 large and well selected Bulbs may be obtained, without dis- 

 appointment, at A. Cobbett's Foreign Warehoi . 18, Pall Mall. 

 N,B. Printed regulations for treatment sent; also, just arrived 

 very moist and open Parmasan Cheeses. 



HEAP AND GOOD "CINERARIAS. 



Fine flowering plants from Turner's best seed in large 

 60 and 48 potfl, just coming into bloom, at from 45. to 6s. per dozen. 

 Also fine plants of named varieties, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. 

 S. Herbert, Adela Villiers, Garland, Constellation, Lady II. 



ILLIAM 



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BARRA11, Landscape Gardener, 



Wakefield, 

 ijan sjmd Es timates furnished. 



cTm e f 



ftLUM MASTERS 



E R I 

 AND 



E S, 



" engaged i,™ — v~"~ *«" SON having been 



^rtake* the ^aVtvp 081 ^? 610 ^^ works ' are Prepared to 



:WUs M f „ w ;u\i N tn l ft 0UT d " d PLANTING" NEW 



^^nt Act of Pari? the Ornamenting such as are closed by 



^wws & Sov t * ™ nient, by contract or otherwise.- Willi am 



^f^Landscape Gardeners, Canterbury. 



PYRAMIDAL PEAR TREES, 



Grafted on the Quince Stocks. 



J- A th? IlmS , ha rTl Sti r t0 « ff J p 1 stron f ^ eeS 0f Campbell; Kate Kearney, Flora "^Ivor;" EtoiTe""dVVe^ ^bc^ 



rn»v holtl ^hJohL D ^ scri P tlve Catalogue of the sorts at 9 / per {j OZM1 .-Woon & Ingram, Nurseries, Huntin gdon. ' 



may be bad on application. To prevent disappointment early — l * & — 



orders are requested, as the Stock of some of the varieties is 



getting low.— The Nurseries , Le a Bridge Road . Essex. 



I^RUIT TRLES, FOREST TREES, and SHRUBS, 



a GARDEN and FLOWER SEEDS, PERMANENT PAS- 

 TURE GRASSES, and FINE DWARF LAWN GRASSES. 

 —Catalogues of the above may be had on application to William 

 Barratt, Saint John's Nursery, Wakefiel d. 



r IQUIDAMBAR.— The undernamed is a buyer of 



-a-i either a large or small quantity of the above. Send cash 

 price, and height, to Mr. Jeyes, Nurseries, Northampton. 



STRONG OAKS. 



T and J. GAITSKILL have on hand a fine healthy 



-a. ♦ stock of the above, H to 2 feet and 2 to 3 feet, which will be 

 sold cheap. Price on application. 



Hall Santon Nurseries, Whitehaven; Feb. 17, 1S55. 



1 



Il "AM "HILL ^T^*™^ - 

 Bciuin, „_/:. L > Horticultural 



Survtyor, 



~_ we«ham ' iiVu "'"""ER EKQINEER, late cf Greenwich , 



! *» wh "7 wones la S. £ ej V, whew a11 communications are 



JJaggted to be maresmd -«f«.>i,.^ IU |, s „ rre v. 



^ _ . ~" hi •« 



°HN JEYPS ? sta ? us hwent, 



•fttSn i th08e VJ 



NORTHAMPTON. 



form liis Patrons and 



ids is m 



^. b I lh A r ea, 'y orders. He l)as a good 



SEEDS, ETC 



*L c ,°c? si8 «'>s of «»„ \. ? be 8 9 t0 offer packets of seed, 



fc '? belies a, fif, r .' etle ^/ rom ]lis best Show Hollyhocks 

 ?** Q«iUed Ivll' and />-"m good doubh 



i& ^ Pa^Ret T n a . nd French Asters - 

 i?- PT ww ' ^'L ar a*e. 2». Fine Quille 



Fold 



15»&£S 



in 12 varieties, 



on Walden Nurseries. 



beg8 i CE 5^CEOLA R .AS. 



^iA*« l«d£»*£L£ few dozen of his iin - 



^ C }**' 4 l5 y ^™ B H CE ? U . 8 CALCEOLARIAS 



**«& Tr i lunini *r. t % T^ 6 tl i Q admira ^ion of all who saw 



^^M? l,y J ,n P^rTnated in 8 i ed Was Sftved froB > elected 

 ^ffl Un ^- d - A remiit^v ' *?** ?«« at 4a. per dozen, 

 ^^-KeyfiaH v^ an ? sohcitHd from unknoi 



Afield NuZS n S S rlL Cite , d from l 



nursery, St. Alban's, Herts. 



uown cor- 



}-ear seedling line; ASH, transplanted, 3, 4, and 5 feet; ELMS, 

 Wytchand Scotch, &c, 3, 4, and 5 feet ; HOLLY, transnlanted, 

 1,2 . and 3 f» » t. Prices on app lication .— Beverley Nurseries, Feb. 17. 



PERENNIAL RYE-CRASS SEED. 



OTUART and MEIN, Seed Merchants, Kelso, have 



k ^ on hand 50 quarters of good PERENNIAL RYE-GRASS 

 SEED, about 15 lb. per bushel, which they cansell at a moderate 

 price. — Apply, with reference, pre-paid, as above. 



MANGOLD WUHZEL SEED, LONG RED, and 

 YELLOW GLOBE, warranted genuine, and the growth of 

 1854. Price 4bl. per ton.— Apply to R. S . Hews, Kelved ou. Essex. 



IMPORTANT TO SEEDSMEN AND OTHERS. 



TO BE SOLD immediately by the grower, at a low 

 price for cash, 2C0 Bushels of Gh'EEN GLOBE TURNIP 

 SEED, all of the growth of 1854 ; first-rate in sample and con- 

 dition, and stock warranted. To be sold in small or large 

 quantities, at the option of the purchaser.— Apply to Mr. W. 

 Tavlor, Nashenden Far m. Rochester, Rent. 



I U 15 r, ^ULU, Bishop's laat and best PEA, 10 to 

 -* 15 quarters at 56s. per quarter, and 7 to 8 quarters of a 

 superior BLUE PEA, capital boiler, or an abundant bearer for 

 podding, 565. per quarter; also a quantity of genuine Skirving's 

 Swede Seed of last year's growth, grown from large roots; 

 transplanted and other sorts of Turnips and Mangold Seeds. &c. 

 —-Apply to Mr. George Taber, Seed Grower, Rivenhall, Witham, 

 Essex . Delivered carriage free. Tr rms cash. 



TO BE SOLD, at Prices that will be sure trT^Tve 

 satisfaction, 10,0<"K) STRONG CURRANTS of the following 

 sorts, viz.:— Bed and White Dutch, common Black and Black 

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

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

 best sorts, 1 >tolffand other Raspberries, strong standard Pears, 

 and a quantity of prime Seed Potatoes, well kept, of the best 

 sorts,— For farther particulars apply to Jambs Lake, Nursery- 

 man, Bridgewater, 





GENUINE SEEDS. 



THE MEMBERS OF THE "SEED GROWERS 

 SOCIETY," continue to supplv genuine AGRICULTURAL, 

 VEGETABLE and FLOWER SEEDS at Growers' prices. 

 Lists with price and terms of business maybe had on application 

 to the Secretary, John Moss, Jun v Feering , Kelvedon, Essex. 



NORTH CHINA SUGAR CANE— (Holcus Sacciiaratus).~ 

 NEW CHINESE POTATO— (Dioscorea Batatas). 



MR. JOHN HENDERSON, of Kingskerswell, 

 South Devon, is still prepared to supply and warrant 

 genuine Seeds of the above Sugar Cane, and tubers of the New 

 Chinese Potato, with description of the Chinese mode of culture, 

 at the following prices free, for cash : — 



Holcus Seccharatus, in packets, at Is., 2s. 6d., and 5s. each. 

 Discorea Ba'atas— four tubers, 10s.; ten ditto, 1/. 2*. 6d. 



^ For further particulars as to culture, &c, see a pamphlet descrip- 

 tive of the nature and progress of these plants, with direct! ns 

 for cultivation, by John Henderson, price Is., published by Mr. 

 S. Johnson, St. Martin s Lane, and to be had of all I ellers. 



Post Office Orders are requested to be made payable at Newton 

 Abbott, South Devon. 



PRICED NURSERY CATALOGUES. 



A PAUL and SON will he happy to forward the 

 • following priced Nursery CATALOGUES in return for 

 one postage stamp each:— A, Koses; B, Ornamental Trees 

 and Conifers; C, Fruit Trees; D, Hbbbacbocs Plants; F, 

 Greenhouse Plants, &c. ; G, Seeds; IT, Hollyhocks; I, 

 Bulb s . — N urseries, Cheshunt, Herts. 



MESSRS. J. and H. BROWN'S NEW PRICED 

 CATALOGUE can be had by post. American Plants, 

 Conifera?, Orchidea, Stove and Greenhouse Plants, Fruit Trees, 

 &c. A separate List of Garden and Flower Seeds. 



1 ndon. 



OBEKT KLNNEDY, Agent for Messrs. PlatTand 



Son, Seed Growers, Erfurt, has much pleasure in announcing 

 he has received their Catalogue of Flower and Yegetable Seeds 

 for the trade for 1855, which abounds with new articles of great 

 interest, and will be forwarded, per po^t, on application to 

 R. Kennedy, Bedford Conservatory, Coven t Garden, London. 



P.S. Also, R Kennedy's General Catalogue of British and 

 Foreign Ferns forwarded on receipt of s ix postage stamps. 



r|>HE FLUKE KIDNEY PuTATO.- This excellent 



variety is now planted here as the principal crop, being- 

 more free from disease and more prolific than any < ther in culti- 

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

 any quantity at5s\ per bushel of 56 lbs.— Apply to JonN Holland. 

 Brndsbaw Gardens. Middleton, near Manchester. 

 Post-office Orders to he made payable at Middle* ™, Lancashire. 



THE FLUKE POTATO.— A new second early 



-A variety, surpassing every other in its capability of resisting 



the Potato disease, and without exception the finest and most 



prolific Potato in cultivation. Price per ewt., 15*., bags included. 



To be had genuine of THORN HILL & DICKSON, Lawrence, 



Hill Nurseries; and No. 1, Wine Street, Bristol. 



ttritv' r vitiiiura, ow/vc «iiu uicoiiuuuac x 



A separate List of Garden and Flower S 

 Albion Nnrscrv, Stoke Newinirton, 





