

AND 



ICULTURAL 



Newspaper of Rural Economy and General News, 



No. 15. 



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Horticultural Part Edited by Professor Lindlej 



SATURDAY, APRIL 14. 



INDEX. 



Abies Ksmpf-ri 242 a 



Agriculture a* * science *4S e 



A <R eultui»J«*tistica 247 e 



Auricula, calf ire of 243 e 



taieodir, horticultural 244 a 



— agricultural 250 b 



Caitle, sbort-homs 245 c— 24/ a 



— . IhibliD show of. 249 b 



— will fhey pay rheir keep ? 2*0 a 



Cbine»« Note-book 242 a 



Climate of Madras 241 a 



Copper Teisela tnd preaerres., 2U e 



Cows.dairy 250 6 



Crime and punishment 24S b 



Dairy cow» • *j0 o 



Entomological Society 242 c 



Food for sheep 248 a 



Gard«i», town 23J c 



Ireland's recorerr 24 ft a 



London Fumm' Club 249 e 



London fardens 239 e 



JJidras, climate of 241 a 



Meteoroiof leal Society 243 a 



Miruijf machiues 241 c 



Note-book, Chinese 242 a 



Ptrhoiojcy, vegetable 240 a 



Plants, new 241 6 



— effects of tne winter on.. 242 a 



Preserve pnns 241 



Protection, spring ."..."."." 239 a 



Rhubarb, to force \ 240 „ 



Robinia pseud- Acacia ...."!*!." 249 6 

 Root crops 4 049 c 



Royal Dublin cattle show '.'.*.! 249 b 



Russia, Productive Forces of, 

 rev 243 h 



Salvia aplenden« \\ 211 a 



Sea-water hnd seeds " 242 a 



Seeds and sea- water , # ^ «42 a 



Sheep poisoned by Yew \ 219 a 



— food for 248 a 



Short-horns 245 c-247 a 



Statistics, agricultural 247 c 



Straw berry. Nimrod 241 e 



Temperature tables of. 241 e 



ihujopsis dolabrata 2416 



Town gardens 039 c 



Trees, protection of fruit..".".'.'. 239 a 



Union, Newton-Abbot 24S c 



J ejjetable pathology 240 a 



Wall trees, protection of 239 a 



Weather, Mr. Glaisher on the . 243 a 

 Winters of 13S4 and 1855 241 c 



— effects of 242 « 



Yew, sheep poisoned by 249 a 



loutn, crime, and punishment 246 b 



w AGRICULTURAL DIRECTORY." 



Wilijam^L^Rekdle & Co., Seed Merchants, Plymouth. 



[Price Gd. 



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S^ u t S t?, A *tZZ VE« 3EN A._M R S . WOODROFFE. 



SPECIAL CONTRACTS FOR~SEEDS. 

 Clergymen- or Yeomen 



-Noblemen, 



. , -- .--- — requiring large quantities, 



special contracts will be made, at a great reduction in 

 price, on application to 



— W'lliam E . Rexdlh: & Co.. Seed Merchants, Plymouth, 

 ^tt™™ R,OR WHIT E BELGIAN CARROT SEED. 



CJUirON and SONS have some remarkably fine 



BriHn^i -°. USe - Ul r °? t Whereas ™«<* of the Carrot Seed 



E 5 1 JL? a ? >n ,s acknowledged to he of inferior quality, 



««£5?" w? \ Som havi "S tested thei ™> And it to germinate 

 to m«l?f* better ha ," a ^ i hey have ever 80ld - Price according 

 Kea q d, a n n , tlt W S ,Ured -~ AddreS3 - SUTT0X & S ° SS ' Se8d Gt0 ™*> 



another firm. 



ALSIKE 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON 

 GARDEN EXHIBITIONS. 



ottce is hereby given that the FIRST EXHIBITION of the 



Com mi s- 



GORE HOUSE, on WEDNESDAY, May 1G. UNDS ° f 



Privileged Tickets at 3s. 6d. each are now issuing to Fellows of 

 the ciety, or fheir orders, at 2L Regent Street, daily from 1 1 to 4. 



Season will take place, by permission of her Majesty's Co 

 aioners for the Great Exhibition of 1851, in the GROUN 



STUmum L ~Y5£, ( TR,F ° L 'UM HYBRIDUM). 



UirON and SONS have some pure genuine Seed 



*™J? this superior new CLOVER, which will be found an 

 invaluable Perennial Plan t 



UCERNE.-FRESH IMPORTED SEED may be 



Q^, 2Lt*°i Sc ™. & Soxs, Reading, price U. per pound, or 

 955. per cwt. April is the best month for sowing. True French 

 IjirzeJJJIex europeus), U. per pound, or 95s. pe r cwt. 



-_ „ r GRASS SEEDS. 



C. WHEELER and SON'S DESCRIPTIVE 



be sppt! iiitWIi. JSlLJ *"v» P amc " , <' lIS ol which mav 



nhl ■ i n if eir atJv ^rtisement of the last week's Gardenei 

 Chtvntd*. The usual disccunt to the Trade wraenaa 



1ST This A wbena is the same as « Conqueror," one offered by 



-Pine-aople Plac^, Edffware Road. London. 



TWARF "FRENCH BI 



^^iS t0 J - a WAITE ' Seed *«^ *£ 



LUE SCIMETAR PEAS— Mav be had of the 



^^7lZ'Z'*'J l ? D , X *> Little Braited ' nu « Witham, 

 ±-ssex, at 12s, &7. per bushel, carefully drawn. 



5TRAW3ERRY PLANTS 



T^L° P,S VICTORIA aud KITLEY'S 



in. J,inL \«° 0f ? ie be5t in c "-tivation; strong Plants 

 105. per lOOO.-Adflress James Lakk, Nurseryman. Bridgawa tcr 



J STRONG SEAKALE 



OSEPH FRYER, CJarendon Nurseries, Camberwell, 



PricTon S a{;i;lrca\ion Trade ** & ^ ^^ ° f the ab ^ 



T>0YAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, Regent's Park- 



XV The EXHIBITION of Plants, Flowkrs, and Fruit this ,t — : ■ ;- r — ^ — , - 



fetson will take place on WEON ESDAYS, May 9 June 13 and smre Agricultural S ociety. 



July 4; indof AaiEBiCAx Plants, MONDAY, June 18. ' ^ * ~~~ — 



Tickets of admission may be obtained at the Gardens only, by 

 orders from Fellows or Members of the Society— price on or 

 before Uzyjth, fc^after that day S^ach. 



pRYSTAL PALACE— HOimCULTURAL 



w .T.^t 1S intended t0 hold a grand Horticultural Exhi- 

 KS J^ 8 ]? o>» "SATURDAY, the 2d of June next. The 



t^Lvf? ?"}? °J Fnzes m now r eady, and can be obtained 

 ^application to the Secretary. 



April U - 'Bv Order.) G. Grove. Spcretary. 



PA«Tr R Df?iv. LI ? T ° F GRA SSES FOR PERMANENT 

 1 AbilKL will be forwarded free by post on application. 



J. C. Wheeler & Son, Gloucester" Seedsmen to the Gloucester- 



lira A iM'iftiiU...-,, 1 em - - * - « 



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CEDRUS DEODARA-Osk-Yeau Old laww, . 



They still have a good supply of ail sizes from 1 to 5 feet. 

 __ The >urseries. Knstnl, April 14. 



QIANT ASPARAGUS and SEAKALE. 



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BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX FLOIUCULTURAL 



nVTl IOV HO RT i CULT U R AL SOCIETY. - ROYAL 

 PltnM IV N '~"^! ie . Second Annual Summer Exhibition of 



Ind THrP^nl'v^i 13 '^*' wiU be held on WEDNESDAY 

 mJ2 l , B&D , AY ' the 27tU and 28th J«ne next, on the same 

 K *!?* ^ year ; S^ed^ea are now ready and can be 

 F?hiw» 5 PP b< ? 1° E * SpART ' General Superintendent of the 

 St rhUm of ^ e , S^tary, E. Carpenter, 45, Lavender 

 !SS5^ ton ' By P 6 liber:llit F of the Railway Company all 

 torn J\ . ^ conve y ed ^ the Exhibition and back carriage free 

 *om aU stations on the lines.-By order of the Committee, 



Nk t^a * i_ ^ . Edward Carpenter. 



^September n Exhibition wil1 take P lace on ihQ 12th and 



T^ffir? ^ E 1 ABLY TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT. 



U Jv^ GARDENERS' BENEFIT SOCIETY, 



Thh IH*L loo / A ™ s ' Cambenrell, Surrey. Instituted 1839. 

 of a»VhS J ( e ?* blish ed for Gardeners only under 35 years 

 JriSi KT? AlV ? ear8 the curacy and soundness of 

 nSStatn ^ l l " f J TOd ^ n ""ely, the highest amount 

 wiWiion !n^ r fv Ved , by its Ambers in Sickness, Super- 

 •SSSt' ^?h ^k 7 ' f0r the 8maUe st amount of contribution 

 *Jnys lr?n U a ty . and Permanence. The accounts are 

 t!,p/™J^ u J + , tne inspection of all the members, who have also 

 oi of the expenditure of its fun 



V' W a "mall monthly contiibi 



*«* io i sickn^ Q lety °1 tbid nature ' whicb guarantees 12^. per 

 tk* death Af . ' d *\ and ^- Per week superannuation ; 10t\ at 



r n?o Kl o? ber ' and 8/ - member s wife, for the small 



Strong 2 years old Giant Asparagus Us. per 1000. 



» *J » n 3^. 6rf. per 100, 255. 



» 1 ii Seakale 55. 



w 2 ir transplanted do. 105. 



Yoitetx <^ Co.. Royal Nuwwtt, Grpat Yarmouth. 





A VAIN GEERT, ^URSERYMA^', Ghent, Belgium, 



it! r begS i t0 info ? n Aniat eurs and the Trade that an Extract 

 of his C atalogtae and Price Current is just published, which mav 

 be had on application from his agent, Mr. R. Silbeebad, 5, Uarp 

 Lane, Gt. Tower Street, London. 



T ARGE YELLOW GLOBEllANGOLD 



™Y URZEL ' W RITE. BELGIAN CARROT, SWEDE. 

 and TURNIP SEED, offered at Reduced Prices, which may be 

 known on application to J. C. WHEELER & SON, Gloucester, 

 beedsmen to the Gloucestershire Agricultural 3. iety. 



AND MAuCOLO SEEDS. 



few sacks of SKJkVING'S 



HTO BE SOLD, a 



^»t f^w^^iS 1 yeH / a x ^ rowth ' from lar ?« roots:" some 



Iw^JLtW^JSlS- 1,0 ? RED MANGOLD; and 



arranted. — Apply to Mr. 



Wifhnm. FVsex. 



IMPORTANT TO FARMtRS AINiD S £ E DSMTn . 



i u uCi &UL1J, bisirviug'd and Purple Top SWEDE 



X TURNIP SEED growth of 1854), from large roots, and 

 planted out.— Apply to William Cooper, Seed Grower, Eaton 

 Socon, St. Neot's, Hunts* 



TO BE SOLD CHEAP, price 60*., a small private 

 Collection of ORCHIDS (ISO Plants).— Apply to Messrs. 

 Fbaser's, Nurs erymen, Lea Bridge Road, Leytou, Essex. 



SEEDLING SWEETBRIARS. 



C 1 1 a rles Stunell, Secre tary. 



«0Qtributi 



- yJg Ww screen, aarrey. 



f iJni lA n M MASTERS AND SON, 



T -^^AP^GARD EyER3, Exotic Nursery, Canterbury. 



' UAM BARRATT, Landscape Gardener, 



Wakefield. 



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Plans and Es timates famished. 

 A 8 



Chronicle, 



the Supply of the New RIDGE 



VECTIS " (advertised in the Gardeners' 



ted, persons 



&T8 



JTboITaw^ Sr Te their orders as ** Tl Y as possible. 

 VftTTmT Nurser y man ^ Weston-super-mare. 



^ p;£ E / r .° FARMERS AND OTHERS.-The 



btTi 





:pn f r,h!- Te - r S f eds havin & advanced, and a redlction 



post free on receipt of one penm 



Seed Growers. Reading, Berks." 



L 



"^"^ either o 1 — — ^ «ii«v*iJMU4VU ao M uu^^A Ul 



fe**dheiMy?*°L 8ma11 quantit y of the above ' Send casb 



The undernamed is a buyer of 



| OHN WEEKS and CO. beg to intimate that they 



omj?£T?« Blil ! on hand a limite d supply of superior imported 



£• r!l S? raisedin their own German Branch Establishment, Y . . . flw rj nTiV A T ^ v/ , 

 which they are furnishing in Collections at 2s. 6d. to 105. each [\ 1^tr\^CUa\? A Wi^ L °n G 

 Collection, according to quantity of Seeds and number of £t*Vr £ a CARUOT, all wi 



Varieties. They are sold out of German Asters, Zinnias, and ^?. 1 aber. Seed Grower, Rivenhail, 

 Balsams of their own raising, and therefore are unable this 

 season to attend to further orders. 



Horticultural Establishment, King's Road, Chel sea. 



DARE AND CHOICE FLOWER IftOOTS", 



L ^ At very R itced Prices. 



LIL1UM LANCIFOL1UM K U BRUM, 2*. each, or 21*. per doz. 

 GLADIOLUS GANDAVENSIS, 8#. per dozen, or 215. per 100. 



The above are strong flowering roots. 

 To be had of Willi a jr Denver, Seedsman and Florist, 

 82, Gracechnrch Street, London. 



Catalogues of all the New and Choice Flower and Vegetable 

 Seeds fo r warded o n application. 



HYACINTH S.~~ 



A RTHUR HENDERSON and Co.'s Grand Collec- 



^-* tion of Hyacinths will be in great perfection during the 

 next fortnight, which may be seen. Also the New Scarlet Ver- 

 bena, Mrs. Woodroffe, at their Nursery, Pine-apple Place, 

 Edgware Road, London.— Ap ril 14. 



" HOLLYHOCKS. 



A PAUL and SON have for Sale a large Stock of 



-£-*-• fine double HOLLYHOCKS in separate colours, 30*. to 

 50.9. per 100. Superior named varieties, 125. per doz. and upwards. 

 The plants are strong and in perfect health. 

 Nurseries, C heshunt, Herts. 



CAMELLIA JAPO MICA. 



CHANDLER and SONS, extensive collection of this 

 beautiful plant is now in flower, and will continue for some 

 weeks. Also a great variety of flowering plants for Rooms and 

 Conservatories.— Wandsworth R oad, Vauxhali. 



OSACE ORANGE (MACLURA~AURANTIACA). 



CHARLWOOD and CUMMINS can supply SEED 

 of the above-named Hedge Plant at 45. per lb., wRh full 

 directions for treatment. The month of May is the best time for 

 sowing. — 14, Tavisto ck Row, Covent Garden, London. 



H 



ursenes 



AGRirrrrrTT^ DS CARRIAGE FREE. 

 wnd 'F TVRAh SEEDS.-Zondcrf Proprietors 

 Turnip m arm f % * u '^° require large quantities of 

 *^Uvrt*i Wurzel, Carrot, w any other kinds of 



— ^^«endle ACo^Seed Merchants, Plymouth. 



ACOB 3^53owers 



^UB SrrVPTT . w*' w * ° h VERBENAS. 



2aw 



Carria 



varieties, fine Plants and 

 doz., 35. ; 4 doz., 105. ; 



** u *l aUowTnTto St Trad ^^ W ° rth 0r " ******* ^^n- 



in general that they possess all the NEW ROSES of the Season, 

 but, not having proved them, cannot confidently recommend 

 them, not knowing their different qualities. The Rose Catalogue 

 mayjbe had on applic ation. 



First-rate New Fuchsias, Verbenas, Geraniums, Cixbrabias, 

 Dahlias, Pansiks, Petunias, Carnations, Pinters, Green- 

 house, Bedding Plants, &c, unsurpassed fob cheapness 

 and quality. 



WILLIAM RUMLEY and SONS NEW DESCRIP- 

 TIVE SPRING CATALOGUE, containing first-rate 

 collections of the above, is now ready, and may be bad on 

 application.— Gill in g, Richmon d, Yorkshire. 



FOWLE and SON'S DESCRIPTIVE CATA- 



• LOGUE of VERBENAS, FUCHSIAS, DAHLIAS, 

 GERANIUMS, CHRYSANTHEMUMS, HERBACEOUS 

 PLANT &c. &c. t is now ready, and can be had on application. 

 —Holland Nursery, Holland Street, Brixton Road, Kennington. 



PHLOX BEAUTY OF MILRIC. 



T^REGHORN and AITKIN, Nursery and Seeds- j 



J-^ mkn, Kilmarnock, N.B., beg to acquaint the Public that 

 they bave still a small stock of the above PHLOX, which is con- 

 sidered by all good judges who have seen it in flower to be the 

 best white Phlox in cultivation, both as to size and form of flower. 

 Price 2«. 6ef. each, with one added to every three ordered by the 

 Trade. J 



D. & A. beg to acknowledge thankfully the large share of 

 patronage they have received for this flower. 

 Kilmarnock, April 14. 



i 



IN TED, from Two to Three Dozen of the above 



plants, very fragrant. State price per post.— Address to 

 J. X. N., Parade, Nottin gham. 



■ ' ^ — _ — - - i ii B ^ . _ 



WANTED. — Any one having a small weekly supple 

 of CUT FLOWERS to dispose of may hear of a customer. 

 by applying to W. H. Maitland, 24, Regent Road, Liverpool.^ 



ROGERS'S SEED DEPOT and GARDENERS' 

 REGISTRY OFFICE, Clock House, Chelsea.— Seed of the 

 Osage Orange, Texian Grass, Whitlavia grandifiora, Holcu* 

 saccharatus, Eschscholtzia tenuifolia, Leptosiphon aureum, and 

 all the New Things supplied, sent free per post. 



SEED POTATOES, SOUND AND FREE FROM DISEASE 



1 0HN HARRISON begs to offer to the Trade a 



V quantity of Fluke Kidney, Lapstone or Haves Kidney, 



Ashleafaud Egyptian Kidney, Earl* Round Manly Potatoes, 55, 

 per bushel or Ss. per cwt. 



John Harrison, Nursery, Seedsman, and Florist, Landscape 

 Gardener, Darlington. 



SECOND EARLYS. ~" ~ 



JOSEPH WILSON, Ipswich, begs to offer the 



*J following Second Earlys; they are all fine samples, and 

 entirely free from disease. The Derdby Drop, 2S5. per sack 

 (16 stones nett); Moss Kidneys, 245.; Prolific do., 2is.; and 

 Early Shaws, 215. The excellent late variety Pink Kidney, 24*. 

 Orders for the Champion Ashleaf, price 12<". per bushel, will be 

 executed up to the 20th inst. Free to London. No charge for 

 sacks. All orders must be accompanied by a remittance. 



FLUKE K«DN E Y~POT ATo! " 



F. WINSTANLEY has a very fine stock of the 



above unrivalled POTATO, selected small for SEED, as 

 they do not bear cutting. Also Lapstone Kidney, Ashleaf, Flour- 

 ball, and many other varieties. Prices on application. The 

 Trade supplied.— 28, Market Place, Manchester. 



THE FLUKE KIDNEY POT ATO.-Tfak ex<*Bent 

 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 

 any quantity at 55. per bushel of 56 lbs. — Apply to John Holland 

 Bradshaw Gardens, Middleton, near Manchester. ' 



Post-office Orders to be made payable at Middleton, Lancashire 



FnHE FLUKE POTATO— A new - secoiT^iriy 



-L 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 cwt., 155., hags included 

 To be had genuine of THORNHILL & DICKSON, Lawrence 

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



HHHE LANCASHIRE FLUKE POTATO. — Fine 



-L medium-sized SEED of this celebrated variety, warranted 

 true, to be disposed of, at 55. per bushel of 60 lbs., bags included 

 A reduction will be made when a quantity is ordered. Post-office 

 orders made payable at Bury, Lancashire.— Robert Davenport 



Gardener and Seedsman. Union Street, Bury, Lancashire, 



