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Stamped Newspaper of Rural Economy and General News 



GAZETT 



Horticultural Part Edited by Professor Lindle^ 



SATURDAY, MAY 19. 



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eauia, Bf wi from 33R o 



■tia^.iarjre boiler plan of.. 335 



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iral Society 333 c 



- - report of 336 6 

 ra'ira by wbmersion .... 342 c 



r.frwtin 3.^6 a 



i. Testation of 339 a 



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INDEX. 



Kennedy's (Mr.) case , . 



Larcb, advantage of 



Linnaean Society 



London Farmers' Club 



Manure, nitrophosphate 



Orchids, sale of 



Paris exhibition 



Park, Edinburgh 



Pathology, vegetable 



Plants, new .»......, 



Plough, steam . . 



Potato, curl and dry rot. in. . . . 



Protecting wall trees 



Roots, adventitious 



Bucket's .(Mr.) garden ." 



Samphire 



Soils, Coleman on 



Stean cultivation 



Tropgeolum tricolorum 



Vegetation of Java 



Vegetable pathology 



Vinegar plant 



Wall trees, to protect 

 Wax, Chinese white 

 Woods and forests . 



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THE 



CHOICEST BEDDING OUT PLANTS FOR THE 



PRESENT SEASON. 



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Y°^^8^^ their Advertise- S 



GOOD SWEDE SEED. 



wa^anted all of last yea7snr^a ZZ , ^^ 



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335 a 



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Royal Nursery, Great Y armouth. 



n zr rssRs E vnn PL^Tri^Fo - !^ trade. 



M^^ JJARDY GREEK-TOP YELLOW SWEDE 



SSSh? jS^SlKr ftD aVemge ab ° Ut * d ° Zen head ' S/ntri^p^erfiei^ "" 60 ^ f ° r "•*" of «* «» 



Royal Nursery, Great Yarmouth. 



1)0YAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, Regent's Park.— 



1 t EXHIBITION of PLANTS, FLOWEKS, and FRUIT 



VS, June 13th and July 4th. AMEBIC \\ 



• NDAY, June 18th. Tickets of admission to be 



:ied at the Gardens only, hy orders from Fellows or Members 



■be Society, priced or on the days of Exhibition, 75. 6d. each. 



B. By accident some of the Tickets issued are wrongly dated 



ad of Wednesday, July 4th. b7 



¥-1 FLOWERING PLANTS. 



r • plants J J? 1 !? . beg , t0 offer FLOWERING 



Gppan'imna ,f i ' the following (in quantities to the trade):- 

 ,Tr/.lI ^ uchsi *?> Verbenas, Heliotropes, Calceolaria. Hy- 



&St&<£2 E ? CaS ' axilla, KalosantS 

 Aenums, Scarlet Geraniums, &c Prices on application The 



a^ in good condition : an ^p^^SwSl 



(BRISTOL, CLIFTON, and WEST of ENGLAND 



VI FT ^ IC i L A°? E JX- The HORTICULTURAL 



ETj J Advertised to be held at the Gardens of this Society 



vftffihV 11 THUilSDAY * the 14th June, and ThS 

 A> »i, the 30th August. 



0« «ch ion the sum of 130Z. will be distributed in 



2T <AC ^ rizea 'nTV h Rules ' can be obtain ed ou appli- 



cretary, Clifton. The full Band of the Koyal 

 liary is igedfortbe first Fete yal 



1 Zfc°f w^- H r If " Gui ^ ea for Sis Tickets-three 



a?» L,»,^ received at Kidler's Library, 

 ? B ™ to > ; Messrs. Giles & Son, Koyal York Crp£ 



*on, LA.VCASTEF. B Library, Clifton ; and at all 'the 

 /. ^ 6 / U V C ' iP - ti£ - B0 ° - WiU he clos « d on the 1st June. 



i I«WTOiSf E S?' R ° YAL BENEVOLENT 



VunIiIf L tt , q N --J he ^ h An niversary Dinner, in aid 



„ 0b °5 "" 3 . Society, will takft nlar-n <m Mnvn a v - he 





^ib sLiVt v^ d0n i? avern ' Bish °Psgate Street. 

 &a^i E l Morton Peto, Bart., in the Chair. 



stewards. • 

 1*J£ CIV > E ^> Carman. 



to Thomson, Esq., Fi^-CWmi^. 



- f Robert Marnock, Esq. 

 Edward Milner, Esq. 

 Th-omas Moxon, Esq. 

 Daniel Nash, Esq. 

 Henry Ormson, Esq. 

 Alexander Protheroe, Esq. 

 Thomas Rivers, Esq. 

 A. Rowland, Esq. 

 Edward Rosher, Esq. 

 Dr.Royle. 

 . J.W. Schroeder, Esq. 

 W ; B.Smith, Esq. 



u L - Betb, Esq. 



»•«? Cutler, Esq. 

 D. Dandy , E n . 

 *■ Edwards, Esq. ; 



^ Henderson, Esq. 



21 



to hP nKf«- i Jobn w « Thomas, Esq. 

 ^mtaS 171^? ^PP^tlon of Edward 



1111 S^- 2 ^" 1 GardeD - 



AAi \ A1 i 9 Landscape 



Wakefield. 



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Gardener, 





Flai m^and EettpiRf^ , ftimished. 



pETER LAWSON E r ND S SON, 8 ' Seedsmen and 



«ww ER J M P t0 the Q UEEN » Edinburgh, and at 27, St. Geor-e 



2Stt ^ est . m,n « te ^ b «g leave to invite'attention to their ve?y 

 choice selection of Flower Seeds. y 



2 7, St. G eorge Street, Westminster. 



T UCOMBE, PIN^ETTN^CoTbeg respectfully to 



mRK'lrolh ^e now sending out their superb new 

 HYbl ID HEATHS, for description of which see former 

 Advertisements. 



Exeter Nursery, Exeter.— E stablished 1720. 



T UCOMBE, PINCE, and CO. beg re^ptcTfuTlyl^ 

 ^ol^d^Fr^H^A^ 67 ? re H T Bendln ? out their new White 



Loiollad FLCHSIAS; also their new double purple varietv; 

 ror description of which see former Advertisements. ' 



. • Exeter N u rsery, Exe ter, -Established 1720. 



^ ™«^ P £ k£JL9 ° *. i u * •, etc. 



TJENR\ GROOM, Clapham Rise, near London, 



^77, . b ^ a PP° in tment Florist to -Her Majesty, begs to say 

 that Ins Spring CATALOGUE OF PELARGONIUMS, &c, is 

 ready, a nd. will be forwarded on application. 



pHARLWOOD and CUMMINS can supply SEED 



V-' of the above-named Hedge Plant at 6s. per lb., with full 

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

 sowing.— 14, Tavibtock Ro w, Covent Garden, London. 



NEW PETUN IAS. 



T"\ANIEL MONEY having raised Three New 



« ^PETUNIAS begs to offer them for sale. ROSEA ODO- 



?; r A' £ e .? p rose C0l0lir > vei 7 sweet scented, and free bloomer. 

 LILAC SUPERB, large flower. QUEEN, cream colour, with 

 purple throat. D. M: has strong plants of the above sorts ready 

 to send out. Rosea odorata, 55. each, or the set 10s. 6d. Bedding 

 Plants of sorts, 4*. per dozen. Post-office Orders to Daniel 

 Money, 4, St. George's Place, Water Lane, Brixton ; or to Mr. 

 John Kerxa n, 4. G reat Rusaell Street. Covent Garden , Loudo n. 



BEDDING AND OTHER PLANTS. 



"P and A. SMITH'S Descriptive LIST of the under- 



-*- • mentioned is now ready, and may be had, post free, on 

 application :— Antirrhinums, Verbenas, Fuchsias, Scarlet Gera- 



grows wen, 2 .bs. ^'^^ ^^ ~ ^ every Seed 



S U o^? UR ^ L RGE ™ LL0W GL OBJ MAN- 



of Messrs. Sutton, price Is. per lb., or 5/ t>er cwt ■ Tthf r ^! 

 Jggg_ Si.-TTox & Sons, Seed Growers, Beading. Berks. 



T AFFAIR H D K V 4 U I? 2 | L ™,° B£LC ' U !? CARROTitio. 

 J t ** 1R Hh\l>, Seed Grower, Braintree, Essex, 



BE LI.IAN CAKROT, of selected Stocks, the growth of 1854 

 Carnage pa,d to any Station on the Eastern Counties RaU^ay. 



ESS Kb J. and G. SWAILES, Nurserymen, 



feEED Gp.owebs, &c, offer SWEDE and wiutp 



SS™ J A , NG v° LD WURZEL, & c : f the finest^ecld 

 transplanted stocks grown last season by themselves. Priced 

 Catalogue on application. We have a few sacks of Skirving's 

 improved Purple-top Swede to offer to the trade, grown as above. 

 Beverley, Yorkshire, May 19 . 



SKIRVINC'S IMPROVED TURMP SEEDS. 



TX/' SKIRTING, Queen Square, Liverpool, bees to 



».▼..• acquaint bis friends and the public that he has fixed thp 

 price of his TURNIP SEEDS for theseason, as follows:- 

 SKIBVIXG'S IMPROVED SWEDE TCBNIP, at I,.?,;, per lb. 



lock Tm^SlS S LE " T0P VELL0W WL - 



All other kinds of Turnip and Agricultural seeds in general, of 

 the mist select description, at moderate prices. A remittance, or 

 reference from unknown correspondents, is respectfully requested 

 to accompany orders. %V. S. has no agent in town or country. 

 Liverpool, Mav. 1865. "• * 



*- WINSTANLEY'S BEDDING PLANT LIST 



/ ll now ready, and can be had on application, or free by 

 post.— 28, Market Place. Manchester. y 



^ gTpt^ MA ^ TEKS and SON, 



^5f2?^^ Exo^icNursery^anterbury ' 



Landscape 



Tl/T AY'S MAGNUM BUNUM LETTUCE h by far 



-LtX the largest, sweetest, and crispest Lettuce known, in proof 

 of which we possess numerous letters received from parties who 

 had it last season. The addresses of the writers can be had on 

 application. It may be sown all the summer, and will stand the 

 winter. Packets Is. each. 



HENRY MAY, the Hope Nurseries, near Bedale, Yorksh ire. 



NEW AZALEA— 'ALBA ME.LIOR." 



'X'HIS is the one exhibited by us under the Dame of 



- 1 - " Alba Magna " among our collection to which the First 



-f*" T^v "--v-^u^ »ciwcu*», ^uuiisiiis, scariet uera- Prize was awarded at the Regent's Park Show ; very lar^e nure 



mums, Calceolarias, Petunias, Heliotropes, Pentstemons, Chry- white, and quite first-rate. Price Is. 6d., 10s. Cd to <>U each 

 santhemums Mimulus, Salvias, Lobelias, <fcc. Climbers in variety, Also a superior stock of Azaleas, for which see Catalogue 

 also a miscellaneous Collection of Greenhouse Plants. They have Tha ft.fr,™ n.ui^n ^J^L^XfJ "J "irl\: aiaiogUt ; 

 now in bloom Cytisus Tacemosus, Roses, Yerbenas, Fuchsias, , 



_ -— abcbi^ct sLnA n~ ■ Gardener, 



^fc »ow i^ h c e T ' jsS £?Si2?2r I 3s^ - st r e ' 



prepare tor Dlantine 1 n S«m. 



spotted Calceolarias, Erica hybrida, ■ Cactus, Geraniums, &c! 

 The Trade supp l ied,— Dulwich, Su rrey. May 19. 



A 



BEDDING PLANTS. 



The Spring Catalogue, consisting of Greenhouse and Stove 

 Plants, and the Herbaceous one can be had by enclosing one 

 postage stamp. 



, , 1L .Lane & Soy, The Nurseries. Great Berkhamstead. 



and 



•ia 



LU HU£ TavTTvd — 7~ — ■ 

 tQ *t*nz ^ T « ' JlJN '' Choice Fruit 



slS^ E n E n / Choice Gabden Produce. 

 oc, .- ' • ^orwareLas above. 



W^;? ari ^^ healthy Stock of 



-***** 'MS per dozen ^LAKGONIUMS; which they 



aSSL* 8 !1 £} gSims^ CoUec! J on of 



*!& m ^ ' » e f t0 inform ^^ nobiUty; gentry ^nd 



A^^^ of „SJSf M 



^i^P&JiiS fo a r^ ted B ? X ^ COmmon d ^o 



^ price 601. , 



Apply to Messrs. 



GERANIUMS, CALCEOLARIAS, &c, which' they are noW 

 sending out. Price 4s. to 6s. per dozen. A Catalogue forwarded 

 on application.— Nurseries. Cheslmnt, Herts. 



NEW PLANTS 



A ^ VERSCHAFFELT, Nurseryman, 





BEDDING PLANTS. 



10HN HAYES, Florist, Farnliam, Surrey, begs to 



" offer the above from Is. to 4*. per dozen, the latter eud of 411 fK „ .t„^„ „,„ , c , . ,. - ;-„„, 



May, when the weather will permit. Catalogues sent on the '■ ti * Vt t £ JT* P i a n , ' s arc fi^ lred >" ^ ebs chaffelt s "niust ra- 

 receipt of one postage stamp. I *' Horticole,' which can be seen at Mr. R. Silbebbad's, 5, llarp 



.«*• 





ar **y»en 



price OO^Tsm^ll private 



I^eyton, Essex. 



■^i^n, TWO BEDS OF CHOICE 



3^d(*"?SW 



Canv 



an amateur 



F° BE *<&** 

 j t OLD 



it to a - 



^SMSr and Fraie t0 ^tto"~A7ply to 



AND OTHERS: 



**«W;' ^AoaART *& T„ urther Particular 





rece ipt of o ne postage stamp 



MESSRS. JOHN WEEKS and CO. have now"read^ 

 a well grown stock of BEDDING PLANTS, selected from 

 the best existing varieties, and at most reasonable prices. 



Horticultural Establishment, Kings Road, Chelsea: and at 

 Fran k fort»on-the- Maine. 



P DWARD PARKE FRANCIS offers the following 



-■— * ■ Bedding-out Plants, strong and vigorous, from 3$. to 45. and 



65. per dozeu :— Scarlet Geraniums, Flower of the Day ditto. 

 Verbenas, Calceolarias, Salvias, Heliotropes, Fuchsias, Petunias, 

 Lobelias, Anagallis, Ageratum, < pheas, &c. Carriage paid to 

 London. — Rose Nur series, Hertford. 



BIDDING PLANTS.— At Ss. 6d. per Doz. 



JOHN SCOTT, Merriott Nurseries, Crewkerne, 



*J Somerset (established 1728), has nearly 20,000. in 3-inch pots, 

 ready to be sent out. Post-office Orders payable at Crewkerne. 

 (Baskets and Package at the Expense of Purchaser, and not 

 returnable.) .. , 



200 Sorts of the best and newest Verbenas. 



120 do. Scarlet and other Bedding Geraniums. 



20 dd. Variegated leaved ditto, i 



100 do. Fuchsia, all the best; 24 "do. Shrubby Calceolarias; 

 24 do. Petunias ; with Anagallis, Ageratums, Cupheas, Helio- 

 tropes, Lobelias, balvias, Senecios, Ac. Also the beautiful white 

 Double Pyre thrum. 



When a fair proportion of each is taken the price will be 2*. Bd. 

 per dozen ; but if only Calceolarias and Geraniums are ordered 

 they will be 4s. per dozen. Catalogues, in which the above are j 

 arranged in sections of colour, &c, sent ;on receipt of a postage I 

 stamp. Parties requiring large quantities can have them in 1 



store pots by agreement, ( 



Ghent 



(Belgium), is now sending out his following New Plants: 



Achimenes Ambroise Verschaffelt 6s. Od. 



DocteurHopf 8 



EdouardOtto 4 



m , • w Edmond Boissier 8 



Tydeea Wancewiczi 15 



Rhododendron Prince Camille de Rohan (quite hardy) 16 

 All the above Plants are figured in Vebschaffelt ? s "Illustra 





Lane, Great Tower Street, London. 



to 



offer 

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VyiLLlAM KNIGHT, Florist, &a, begs 



* * the following Select Bedding Plants, post free :- 

 12 fine varieties Antirrhinums, &?.; 12 extra ditto 

 12 „ Verbenas, 2*. 6d. ; 12 extra ditto 

 12 „ Phloxs 4s. ; 12 extra ditto 

 12 „ Pansies, 4s.; 12 extra ditto 

 12 fine Chrysanthemums, Pompones, or large flowered 

 12 fine varieties Mimulus, 45. : 12 Belgian Daisies 

 67 High Street, Battle, Susse x. 



DAHLIAS. 



KEYNES is now sending out his New DAHLIAS 



for this season, and solicits the orders of his frieuds. Fine 

 Plants may also be had of those splendid Dahlias sent out by 

 him last season, at reasonable prices. Catalogues sent on appli- 

 cation—Castle Street Nursery, Salisbury. 



~~~INEW SCARLET VERBENA.— MRS. WOODROFFE 



ARTHUR HENDERSON and CO. are now sending 

 out this fine new VERBENA; particulars of which may 

 be seen in their advertisement in the Gardeners' Chronicle of 

 March 31. The usual discount to the Trade. 



This Verbena is the same as " Conqueror," one offered by 

 ■iwuwf firm. — Pine-a pp le Pla ce, Edgware Koad, London. 



SUPERB HOLLYHOCKS, SfcEOS,"~frcr ' 



WILLIAM CHATER begs to offer packets of seed, 



f *• consisting of 20 varieties, from bis best Shew Hollvfcocks. 

 at 5s.; 12 varieties, 2s. 6d. ; and from gfipd donbfewta, is, 



Superior Quilled German and French Asters. ii urietiea, 



mixed, 1*. per pack et ; separate, 2*. Fine QuiBed African Mai 



golfr, 6<t per packet. - Saffron Walden Nmejfe 





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