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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



PAGE AND CO/S 



COMPOSITION 



FOR 



THE DESTRUCTION 



OF 



BLIGHT 



ADVERTISEMENT CONTINUED FROM PAGE 144. 



a*, as Bev. E. T. Bichard, Farlington Rectory. 



van is now drawing to a close, I can assert that the 

 ** /tmStion I h»d from you in the summer has been of 

 *** ^Sbenefit to my trees; it seems to have perfectly 

 ***?S1 reread of a parasitic fungus which had infested a 

 ^•'Vi-fersjx or seven years ; the infested leaves, although 

 *£!ifartfci fungus, have become perfectly healthy; in short, 

 •t!L Presents a very different appearance from that of last 



TfkjfiMjKfD. I have some Wo™ tn - es rtWi ^ene greatly 



J****** «rirh aphides, but the Composition has restored their 

 ^Oct.11,1852. 



from J- Staples, Esq., Belmont House, Salisbury. 

 t^d TO iir Composition, and am very much pleased 

 * fcI % M «Vmit trees having quite recovered the exce 



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with 

 excessive 



_, fruit trees 



j^t tb»t offer 

 1^1 Jtfr. ll'iV^n*, Gardener to B. F. K. Bolloway, Esq., 



** affected them early in the season.— August 11, 1852. 



JIarchwood Lodge. 



fckblT approve of your Composition, as it answers admirably, 



l£?Vvwnll trees from an untimely death, and quite reco- 



1 S£mi Roses, killing every insect it touches in an instant. 



iSm to have a quantity of it this season for all my plants.— 



Mr. J. Allen, Gardener to the Bight Hon. Sir Francis 

 Thornhill Baring, Bart., St ration Par J;. 

 Mr Peaches and Nectarines were sadly infected with blight, 

 tatifter syring'ng them according to your directions, it quite 

 j^mirod, nor have they had a blighty leaf upon them since. 

 [Hit on Wo large Orange trees which had the green-fly very 

 uj tod U destroyed it immediately, nor ha3 it been seen on 

 2^ J j B(B| and the trees are now in a healthy flourishing state. 

 I itoll continue to be a customer, as I believe it to be a never- 

 JEJremedy.--Oct.l2,i852. 



Prou Mr. J. Thorn, Gardener to Sir Cliarles Taylor, Bart., 



Hollybrook. 



I an satisfied of the efficacy of your Blight Composition. — 

 A* 11, 1852. 



frm Mr. D. Forbes, Gardener to G. E. Eyres, Esq., Warrens. 



I am nappy to hear testimony to the great utility of your 

 plig ht Composition in the destruction of brown scale and red 

 j2er r in the hothouses and upon the open wall.— Oct. 6, 1852. 



From Mr. W. Wilson, Nurseryman t Wimborne. 

 The pentiemen for whom I procured the Blight Composition 

 life told me that it effectually killed the blight— Aug. 9, 1852. 



JmMr.F. Haslar, Gr. to theBev. W. Fitzhugh, Bannister Lodge. 

 I beg to recommend your Composition for killing Insects and 

 Briton wall trees; I have used it on the Peach and Necta- 

 rin, and found it of great service, as my trees had the blight 

 last spring, but recovered and made some excellent wood. — 

 >, 1852. 



frm Mr. W. Robbins, Gardener to W. Beach, Esq., Oakley Ball. 

 I bare used your Composition with one-third water, and it killed 

 gMD-fy, and without water it destroyed thrip.— Nov. 4, 1852. 



frm Mr. J. Menzies, Gardener to J. Groves, Esq., Feme Park. 



I highly approve of your Composition, which is most destruc- 

 tiwto all sorts of aphis. With one application I perfectly cleared 

 ■j Cherry trees, and intend in future to avail myself of it. — 

 Oct 12, 1852. 



hm )lr. Pullinger, Gardener to Mrs. Watson, Brookfield Lodge. 

 I hm given your Composition a fair trial upon Roses, fruit 

 tun, and greenhouse plants, and am much pleased with the 

 molts: my fruit trees are perfect pictures.— Oct. 21, 1852. 



Frm Mr. A. Hibbard, Gardener to T. If ill, Esq., Fir-grove. 

 Tw Composition has completely killed the " Mealy Bug," 

 Hka was very strong upon some imported Orchids, &c.,.without 

 tai least injuring flowers or leaves.— Feb. 10, 1853. 



h* Mr. Smith, Gardener to the lute Mrs. Preston Hulton, Barn field. 

 Ywr Composition has been tried by me, and I am glad it has 

 pw* to good for killing all insects, and making the trees 

 jalthy for bearing, which is a great point ; it is excellent as well 

 ■r Cucumbers."— Nov. 5, 1852. 



hm Mr. A. Menmuir, Gr. to Spencer Smith, Esq., BrooJclands. 



Iuve given your Blight Composition a trial, having had it 

 Wed to the fruit trees here (which were very much blighted), 

 Jal am happy to say with very good success, for although some 

 *»e trees are very old, they are very much improved by its 

 ■fpeation.-Nov. 8, 1852. 





From Mr. J. E. Froud, Gardener to General Blunt, Barnfield. 

 After the first application of your valuable Composition to my 

 Peach and Nectarine trees, I found every insect dead, and in a 

 week the trees were healthy and growing vigorously. I also 

 tried it upon Pelargoniums and Cactus in blossom, covered with 

 green fly, * which were all killed instantly, and the blossoms 

 remained as fresh as ever.— Oct. 19, 1852. 



From Mr. W. Hocking, Gardener to J. J. Briscoe, Esq., Fox Bills. 



I have great pleasure in bearing testimony to the efficacy of 

 your Blight Composition ; it has killed the blight in every 

 instance, and the wall trees quickly regained a fine healthy 

 foliage. For Roses and greenhouse plants it is equally efficacious, 

 killing the blight without injuring the foliage.— Oct. 18, 1852. 



From Mr. J. Bowen, Gr. to C. G. Codrlngton, Esq., Dean House. 

 My wall-fruit trees were dying from excessive blight, but 

 after two syringinga with your Composition they quite recovered, 

 and made some excellent wood. For my Itoses also it did the 

 same, or I should not have had a blossom open ; it is both a cheap 

 and an effectual remedy, which no gardener should be without, 

 and it is equally adapted for pot plants.— Oct. 22, 1852. 



From Mr. J. Batty, Gardener to G. L. Baker, Hartley Grange. 

 I have used your Blight Composition on wall trees, and find it 

 an invaluable specific against blight.— Nov. 14, 1852. 



From Mr. G. Lush, Gardevfr to W. Betis, Esq., Bevois Mount. 

 Aly Peach trees were attacked with brown scale, after the 

 fruit was gathered, for which I applied your Composition, which 

 perfectly destroyed it; I also tried it on some Stove Plants with 

 the same effect.— Nov. 25, 1852. 



From Mr. Thomas Bundey, Gardener to the Rev. F. Beadon, North 



Stotieham. 

 Your Composition is most destructive to all the insect tribe. 

 With me it has proved itself very valuable, instantly removing 

 all insects without the least injury to the plants.— Dec. 2, 1852. 



From Major Munday, Hollybank. 

 Major Munday encloses Messrs. Page & Co. postage stamps in 

 payment of a jar of Composition, which he has found highly 

 efficacious.— May 26, 1853. 



From Mr. E Minnett, Gardener to General Gilbert, Tweed. 

 Your Composition has proved very effective upon Cucumbers, 

 Melons, and Peaches. I consider its merits will bring it into 

 general use.— Aug. 17, 1853. 



From Mr. J. Taylor, late Gardener to Chas. Twynam,Esq„Portswood. 

 I am glad to bear testimony to the great utility of your Blight 

 Composition for the destruction of mealy bug, brown scale, and 

 red spider.— Aug. 19, 1853. 



From Mr. Chas. Gosling, Gr. to W. Iremonger Esq., Wherwell Priory. 

 I have found your Composition have great effect upon red 

 spider, green-fly, &c.; it also produces a luxuriant growth. For 

 eight years I have suffered from blight, which could not be got 

 rid of until this season, when one application of the Composition 

 entirely destroyed it. For the future I hope to use it in all cases. 

 —Aug. 21, 1853. 



From Mr. B. Cull, Gardener to the Bev. H Brine, Boldre. 

 I have this season made use of your Blight Composition, and 

 found it effective in extirpating green-fly from Cucumber Vines, 

 without injury to the plants. — Sept. 13, 1853. 



From Mr. G. Mitchell, Gardener to W. W. Whitmore, Esq., Dud- 



maston Ball. 

 I am very happy to inform you that your Composition has 

 turned out quite satisfactory. I tried it on the Peach trees in the 

 houses, and wherever it touched, every leaf became clean and 

 healthy. You will please send me two gallons in the spring. — 

 Sept. 17, 1853. 



From. . W. Whit?, Gr. to W. Bans Sloane Stanley, Esq., Paultons. 

 I consider your Composition valuable for the destruction of 

 insects of all kinds.— Sept. 20, 1853. 



F TVmiZ; t G ci ger ' ^. rd/!ne I toJ.Corrit, Esq., Southington House. 

 nJ vl™ 1 C °n i P°" tl ^ effectually destroyed the Bug. Should 



S-sS^' " Sh ° Uld USe *>- Conxion above 



From Mr. James Moore, Gardener to Miss Gamier Wickham 

 I found your Composition answer perfectly weTl for the deSSoc- 

 ion of green-fly upon Roses, &c; better than MS 

 tobacco-water and much more economical. I shall thank you to 

 send me another supply in the spring.— Oct. 8, 1853. 



F TL^'' ?:.?™ U }> & toR - .?. oslin > **i Motleys Park, Chertsey. 

 " " - - - ir tria ^ and ftm perfectly 



From Mr. E. Spivey, Gr. to W* Bdbloun, E<q-, Hallinglury Gardens. 

 I was much pleased with your Blight Composition ; I applied it 

 to my Cucumbers for the thrip, and glad I am to say that it drove 

 them completely out of the house, and the plants did well after- 

 wards.— Sept. 24, 1853. 



.... , °. . — d. ^wa^j/^mnuix «. Ian uiai, ana an 

 satisfied ot its efhcacy.— Oct. 12, 1853. 



From Mr. Atkins, Gardener to John Jenkyns, Esq., Botley BiU 

 J used your Composition on young Peach and Nectarine trees 

 and found it of great service.— Jan. 5, 1854. ' 



From Mr. A. Barnes, late Gardener to the Bev. Mr. Bashleigh, 



Hamble Rectory. ' 



I highly approve of your Composition for destroying mealy 

 but> and thrip on stove and greenhouse plants ; for the bug I 

 applied it three times before it was totally killed.— Jan. 1, 1854. 



From Mr. G. Jones, late Gardener to Charles Seagrim, Esq., South- 

 gate Bouse. 

 Having used your Composition on Peach, Cherry, and Rose 

 trefs, greenhouse plants, Cucumbers and Melons, it speedily 

 effected the desired purpose, without the least injury to the 

 plants; it is the cheapest and best remedy ever offered to the 

 public— Jan. 11, 1854. 



From Mr. S. Wraight t Gardener to J. fake, Esq^ Green Street, 



Sittingbourne. 

 It is with pleasure that I state your Composition has proved 

 valuable to me, in the destruction of green-fly, red spider Ac. 

 during the past season.— Jan. 12, 1854. ' 



From Mr. Barn's, Gr. to the Bev. E. Timson, Tatchbury Mount. 



I have used your Composition most successfully upon Peach 

 and Nectarine trees, and have seen it succeed equally well with 

 my friends, and consider it is the remedy we must all have 

 recourse to.— Jan. 18, 1854. 



From Mr. Smithers, Gardener to Sir IV. Milner, Bart., Ketc 



Appleton, Tadcaster. 



Your Blight Composition answered perfectly well.— Jan.23,18." 1. 



From Mr. J. Daniels, Gardener to the Bev. C. E. Buck Keene, 



Swy combe Bouse. 



The Blight Composition I found most efficacious in the destruc- 

 tion of all kinds of insects, more particularly that troublesome 

 pest the Cucumber thrip, which has hitherto resisted every 

 means that have ever been recommended for its destruction. I 

 find on being touched by the Composition it instantly dies, and I 

 found it much more destructive to all the aphis family than 

 tobacco water, without doing the least injury to the most tender 

 plants.— Jan 21, 1854. 



From Mr. Jno. Page, Gardener to A. Dixon, Esq^ Birches Green, 

 I used your Composition upon Vines infested with mildew, 

 which it instantly arrested ; also on Cheries and Peaches, for 

 the aphis and spider, with beneficial results; it also produces a 

 fine, dark, healthy foliage wherever it is applied.— Jan. 31,1854. 

 Your Composition will destroy mildew, as I have tried it several 

 times.— Oct. 25, 1854. 



From Mr. Jones, Gardener to J. M. Elwes, Esq., Bossington Bouse. 

 My Vines were very much infested with scale and red spider, 

 berries as well as leaves, and seeing the many testimonials by 

 experienced men of the good effects produced by your Composiiiou, 

 I gave them two syringes all over, which effectually destroyed 

 both pests. I think it the best remedy for green-fly, &c, that 

 can be produced.— -Feb. 28, 1854. 



From the Bon. and Bev. F. Curzon, Vicarage, Mickleover. 

 It is the most efficacious remedy I have ever used.— July 11, 1854. 



From the Bev. W. M. Frost, Tring Bectory. 

 I am indebted to your Composition for the preservation of a 

 crop of Melons, which were attacked by the spider ; but it soon 

 disappeared, and the plants flourished vigorously. I intend using 

 it again, as I know of nothing so effective.— Feb. 19, 1855. 



t A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF GARDEN SEEDS 

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FINEST MIXED PERMANENT PASTURE and LAWN GRASSES, not to be surpassed in the Trade, and it is with pleasure Her Majesty's beautiful 



Grounds at Osborne Palace, the Southampton Parks, &c, can be referred to 





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Offices and Warehouses, 37 & 38, Oxford Street, (adjoining Badley's Hotel, one minute's walk from the Railway 



and Docks), and 58, Above Bar, Southampton. 



VFPcntT N r,i W PLANTS. 



.^CHAFFELT, Nurseryman, Ghent, Belgium, 



4 * tins •-!? ° ffer t0 Amate urs and to the trade his following 



FtLT E tit ( T1 ! EVIRA NIA), AMBROISE VERSCHAF- 

 * firarJ • l 5, fine8t Achimenes of atl : a correct drawing 

 ''•■Eta .V 1 I J; LU8tiiat h>n Horticole, Number 1, 1855. 

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**WUlS7i!?I are taken - • 

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^coiir \r a T rectdrawin ^ is figged in L" Illustration 

 » *^ *cli lit I v2 P *' 1855 - tron ° P 1ants are now ready for 

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*0HAN ti ?* ( ha KDY) prince CAMILLE DE 



*****& ia fi s . f le fines t hardy variety raised; a correct 



'*&• Thisv^ 1 - m k ?lLL rjSTRATioN Horticole, Number 2, 



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^Street on: r ' R * Silberrad, 5, Harp Lane, Great 



fc ^^^^Cm^E'EL — The above cele- 



&?**• It ul Y been nearl y lo st to gardeners for several 

 7 *• ?erv hi )W /\ bv an experienced g. owers of Cncumbt 

 1*** ientfiSL ^ U1 exi8 tence &* early work. 



IS ** HO^i^? 1 r t t T ? n ^iP* of 13 stamps. 

 ^l^ntf^°"^TUiUL lBROCCOLL~ Half-ounce 



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«, - tb «mVrkPt«r?^ KJvl * :T B ROCCOLI.— TW 8 variety is 

 ?l**o see jj !* " fliers here, and excites the admiration 



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visitors say "they never saw such Broccoli 

 <** ST P *° keta Srllt free P* r *** for 



JEY *a, Nurseries, Northampton. 



SUPERIOR EARLY BROCCOLI. 



lY/JITCHINSON'S PENZANCE OR EARLY 



i>l WHITE CORNISH BR<)< 'COTA.— Celebrated and invalu- 

 able for its earliness, coming into use early in February f a full-sized 

 handsome head of excellent quality, but a shy seeder, Is. 6d. per 

 packet, or 12s. per ounce. New Seed can be had in sealed packeii 

 of the following Agents in London:— Nash, Misikr, and Co., 

 Strand; Dawb, Cottrell, and Benham, Moorgate Street; 

 Hurst and McMhllen, Leadenhall Street; Flanagan and Son, 

 Mansion House Street; or from Mitchinson'k Seed Establish- 

 ment, Truro, Cornwall.— December 2. 



From numerous unsolicited Testimonials we select the following: 

 To Messrs. Mitchinson and Co., Seed Merchants, 7Y*9 0, Cornwall. 



" Sirs, I have enclosed 18 postage stamps for a packet of your 

 Penzance Broccoli Seed, the same kind as you sent me last year. 

 I hope I am not too late, for I am anxious to procure it, if possible, 

 for I can bear testimony to its value as a new, early, and a supe- 

 rior Brotcoli, for I have been cutting upwards of 30 heads every 

 week from the beginning of February. 



" Dorking, Sun ey, April 6, 1854. " W. Underwood." 



To Messrs. Mitchinson and Son, Seedsmen, Truro, Cornwall. 



tl Sirs,— I enclose you Is. 6d. worth of stamps, and hope you 

 will send me a small packet of the Early Broccoli you advertised 

 last year. I have beat all my neighbours this year with your 

 Broccoli, which has been very fine and true, and stood the winter 



well. "George Pbnder." 



14 Sandgate, Kent, April 10, 1864." 



To Mr. Mitchinson, Seedsman, Truro. 

 (Enclosed with Specimen). 

 61 Sir, — I beg to forward you this Broccoli, one of the sort after 

 your own name. I have had a splendid crop of them this season, 

 many of which m< iired three feet in circumference, and qnalitj 

 excellent. Ctrl the fn>t on ihe 11th of Fe? »iy. If seed is 

 scarce, be kind enough to save two packets.— T. Bk» Gardener. 

 Grampound (Jornwa April 7 1S54." 



FIVE HUNDRED BUSHELS OF POTATOES 

 TO THE ACRE.— This enormous crop was g wn this 

 year by a gentleman In Surrey, and out of which there were only 

 5 bushels diseased ; nearly all the quantity were large sized. 

 gome weighing 2 lbs. and 1 oz., and not above 30 bushels of Chats 

 out of the whole. This Potato was originally reared in Scotland, 

 and is called by its grower the Scottish Champion. It is a od 

 baker and boiler. Price 22. 2>\. inclusive of the sack of 3 busheh 

 delivered free at the South V> stern Railway station in London. 

 Early application is necessarw as only a few sacks are for sale, 

 the party growing intending to plant largely next season. A 

 reference as to the quantity and quality can be given in the 

 neighbourhood— Apply by letter, post-paid, to B. S., 4, Crooked 

 Lane, London Bridge r where samples may be seen, and the name 



of the grower iven. 



All orders must be accompanied by a remittance. 



OTlCEls HEREBY~GIVEN, that the Partner- 

 ship heretofore siuV r\g between us, the undersigned 

 JOHN SCHOFIELD and CHARLES SCHuFIELI), carrying 

 on business at Knostrop, in the Borough of Leeds, in the County 

 of York, as Gardeners. Seedsmen, and Florists, under the style 

 or firm of "J. Schofield &. Son," was thia day dissolved "by 

 mutual consent. All debts due to and owing, by the said firm will 

 be received and paid by the said Chakli Schofield, by whom 

 the business will in future be carried on. 

 Dated this 21th day of February, 1855, 



John- S< iiofteld, * 

 Witness, m Charles Schofield. 



\Vm. Clarke, Solicitor. Leeds. 



CHARLES SCHOFIELD, in respectfully soliciting a con- 

 tinuance of the support so long accorded to the late Firm, begs to 

 assure his Friends and the public that every exertion shall be 

 used to merit their future patronage. 

 Knostrop, near Leeds, March 3. 



