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Rural Economy and General News 



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Horticultural 



So. 22.-1355.] 



SATURDAY, JUNE 2. 



Ab*s Hookfnaui 



- Pa'tODtUM 



jU»1 Sacaf E»*l*nd ....... 



- Imp. Society of Ireland 



- statistics 



culture of 



Hort. Society 



U**L*r ho c icul i ura ! . . . 



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372 b 

 379 b 

 330 a 



377 c 

 376 c 

 873 c 

 374 c 



73 c 



cultural 



— tfncuitu 

 tafMruom 



Ctoyt 



f srdenr r* for the .... 373 a 



ilorkiUire :<79 6 



.prttn* • an souiana 372 6 



Jknt\ 373 c 



ItcsBHiM, aev 37-' a 



Froft trees, protection of 373 o 



•rdewrrs for the Crimea 373 a 



WW K •.-.■■••••...... O<o C 



jmiking 380 6 



on of *74 a 



Bflrt. Society's garden 375 6 



INDEX. 



372 6 ! Loiium temulentum 3} a c 



Mangosteen at Svon 371 c 



Meteorology, Drew's, rev 374 e 



Mushrooms, natural 374 c 



Pathology , v. .able .... 372 c— 376 a 



Pheasant, the 379 6 



Plants new 370 b 



— diseases of §*fl a 



Polyjfalns 370 ,. 



Potato disease 33c 



luiin, am .uits of 3,si a 



Rhododendron Dalhousirc .",'.'.' 373 c 



Rumex vesicarius ,, 3~2 a 



Ryegrass, Italian, Dickinson . 



on 3gQ a 



Soils, fen ility and barrenness in 378 a 



Statistics agricultural 377 c 



Stea-n c ltivatiou 39 a 



Superphosphate, analysis of '.'. 381 « 

 l hermometers 3-4 c 



«A«0O LD wBRSSRtt, « RR OT, 1<L 



FOR 



gASS and BROWN'S Advertisement of present 



COOD SWEDE SEEO. 

 SONS 



Price 6J. 



PETER uWSS"".' ioj5,«S» sln 



an 



SjUTTOiN and SONS k,v ^ new Ashcroft, SHr- 

 O vtng, t and other Swede Seeds, true to the , hind 

 warranted all of last years growth p L , ' 



v .. —-.--, »/i c quantitip-i 9, n „ik J""y'»"'t, "nee, in large or small 



JLwjwWe P atholo K y....372 <; -37 1 i „ i ^ 3ES2SJ ? b ' La,ge 4"antities Carr ao-s Fp.ff R, 



qL, fv Ri M . EX t0 tIie Qs*»», Edinburgh and it 8* a* ,- 

 Street, Westminster, be- leave to invitl .«£«?• ' ' ' G«wft 

 choice .selection of Flow Seeds *'tention to their r> 



V^„^ », ^ — Ge0rge Stroor r Wymin.> fr 



*t 4#. and &. per dozen plants. 



D SfflK g??' 1 *** 2. p, r packet. 

 lAscnptn e Catalogues now ready 



H A T?fY,?? EEN - T *>P YELLOW-SWEDE - 



growswdLS lbs. per acre will Jl\% 1 KL As eVer ^ Seed 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON — 



•> ' THE SECOND SUMMER MEETING will take pl*ace 

 !li ! Socitt j ■'* House, 21, Regent Street, on TUESDAY, June 5 



fr m 1 ; to 6 p m_ ' ' 



I J ORTICD LTURAL SOCi¥tY~6f"ToNDON~ 



11 T1CE 13 HEREBY GIVEM, that the NEXT I " • ' «•<>* 8»"«u, or tus wv bushel 



I»»nPK 10 ,« ,°l FL ?"' EKS and FRUIT in the SOCIETY'S *59ZL?«IL« ^Pfr acre wih product a fill crop 

 CAKDEN, will take place on WEDNESDAY, June 20 at 2 p m ¥ MPrtn-niirT^Trrf- ^,t^ 1L ^ p - 



ckete price 5». each.can be procured at this Office, upon pre- 1 

 MU» the order rf a Fellow ; or on the day of the meeting ft 

 Tuniharo Green, price 7s. ft/, each. & at 



J K fH IL i GE ? F / £LL0WS - Each Fellow of the Society 

 TkkerA^Tn'w ±"f' ° D *° th ff e Exhibitions without 



1 » nv ,T L ^?' ? ! - FelI<,lr — 81 - Kigent Street, London. 



at &..; 12 varieties a7 M .nrt'fr ", , ' Show " "" 1 ** ' 



nn.xed, 1*. per packet ; seuarate 2/ FiL n n' » '. i 2 V:,n ' t, * s . 



s^«*p?.pWi2S^V5d JRSSS AfriCilu M " 



HYBRID HEATHsT'to de^ 



Advertisements. 



Eatc'tcr N-irsfrv, R Pr . 



- ITALIAN RYE-GRASS—In con- 



g^. George's Crescent, Liverpool. June 2. 



Established T 7'0. 



s 



id, x- »«« 'ormer AdvenisenienN. 

 Exeter Nursery, Exeter -Established 1720. 



of 



™ ^be g had a ra?pH'cS mng " " d ^" lar ™^° ^ 



]>0YAL S( 



JV - fCIETY 



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M^»ty the Qneet »-~ TfcsTflsKSS!? B ^2 ner Most Crracious 



I rs), »len Pdzes wfll ^ ".Ti 1855 ^P en to a » 



z r«iw- T >'J be awa 'de«J for the following nro- 



"««S Rose! in P ,A 5^1 a ' S i,?' ch ' deo,ls rlants > Variegated 



4I> «itra Pr4 s off ;T> ;','"' Iknts ' ' ,lt »«»«, wid Pinks 



•"W'tWct^'rJ the ^WWUon may be 



*«yai L.cmoine Gardens, and of the Secretary 



, :^h- ,, s , lrrey Jon - v T " r ^ *™™- ' 



NOTlC E R !i T t '4^ICULTURAL SOCIETY 

 h> eM »ttieRoyafmd w D n E 5 u HXBITI ON of the s« 



™ » 'Pplicatiou to 7> Sch \ dlll es and every informa- 



SS^_' ^Itenham. Hksry Cochrane, Sec. 



n„ ..IXHIBITfON 



O R GE T~A Y L O R, 



Choice Fuurr and Vegetable Salesman, 



St. John's Market, 

 Contractor and Purchaser of Choice GA^i°P R o Dl :c E , 



DALBSMAN Oil CoMMIfifllOlf. 



Term; Cash. 

 Forward as above. 



ready^Md will be forwarded on application b ' &C '' ta 



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4os. 0d. 

 40 



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season will 



12 



12*. to IS 



... 20 



30s. to 40 



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[JEXRVr.Pn^l'^.OF TULIPS. 



'R U^Z ™*™**n PLANTS. 



.K^ collection 'nf u s f to an,1 °unce that his un- 



I'm OrdpL th ? ^^ Botanic Gardens, 

 ^ -- -mows of th ^ w f adm, 2?°n are granted 

 ^ coming fi n ei v fi^, Socj ety The Plants at the 



iftP#»<>nt the rnrlntli ^f b i I,,om ' a "i win ^ntinue in per- 



r month of June.-The American Nursery, 



]\/r ESSRS. J. a: 



;~ "?; P art of the kin^nom cue roiiowinc 

 GREENHOUSE PLANTS, one of a sort 

 12 Orchidea plants, choice species 



24 choice Fuchsias, fine proved varieties 

 Azalfcas Greenhouse varieties, per dozen 



25 hardy Belgian Azaleas, superb sorts 

 100 best Bedding Plants ..! . 

 100 choice hardy Herbaceous Plants 

 100 various plants, Stove, Greenhouse, and Hardy 



Catalogue, on application, by post. 1 



Albion^Nursery, Stoke Newington, London.- June 2 



NEW PLANTS. 



VERSCHAFFELT, Nurseryman, Ghent 



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

 Achimenes Ambroise Verschatfelt ... q* fw 



D- T - ••• ••• •-. Co. \JClt 



EdouardOtto 4 



„ Edmond Boissier ..." « n 



Tydiea Warscewiczi ... ... 2 '". "* 15 



Rhododendron Prince Camille de Rohan (quite hardy) 16 

 All the above Plants are figured in Vebschapfelt's ■ Illustra- 

 tion Horticole^ which can be seen at Mr. R. Silberrad's, 5 Ham 

 Lane, Great Tower Street, London. ' ' F 



iihu it last season. The addresses of the w,i can b* h*. i in 



w?n^ tl °p n ac k I e t t ,T/e b a e c,r Wn 8 " ^ *™™' - ^ ^tt 

 HENP.Y MA Y, the Hope Xurseri^ ne .ar Bw Jal.-, V-rkshire 



J .Sendl Tf ,S "T Se " dln S 0llt tIie » b O^ 



• l ?fp ,[. ine tBi ling or Vi s. Go-dl sStforini.ue- 



dia Bedding IS,, per doz W . , acIl> ,3^ ,££ ^ e 



Nursery, Strat - -A -on, Jniie 2. 



ghly 



"CYNERIUW ARGENTEUM." 



have a flue l*e.'« I thy 





T !1% PAMPAS CRASS 



*-* BiwKOi tnis nighiy Oman d Plant, well . ablisl.ed ir 

 te^*? «Hd out immediately. It is 5nTSlSSrSi& 

 that few plants produce a more beau : iful effect than th W ^{Z 

 Grass.^ See Woodcut and description of it in UmTSsE? 

 £W£ 0f K :so y ei V ber *th f 1854. Sizes, prices, and all pari - 



S& K ay be h v d ° n a PPHcation to la combe P,kce, i Co 

 ExeterJ^ursery, Exeter.- Established 172 . ' 



c 



F^fiVlS CROWN RAPE, OR COU SEED. 



-- — — __ .... v ^ MLi ot.^pjv uiiv qua.ni! tv OI tIie 



pnees and samples forwarded on application 

 Nurse ry and - d Esta blishmen ; . Sleaford, June 2. 



SKIRVING'S IMPROVED TURNIP SEEDS" 



YY 



C 



T*ftfoT^ 



s eryTIs leworth . 



aT t 5 ANNUAL ^> vl^f t0 announce that the 



^/^leonianh ^S 1 ! 10 * «.' ".eir unequalled 



fre< 



i -*~v, • i um one o ClOCK 



orse Guards Blue will attend. 



lay nexf, J UB 



he Koyal lj , 



ketsonly.wh..,.^,. 



!S I"? SUHonfor I.sleworth eroryhonrT 



^^^.^i.f tij^y!: 1 ^ 'v'^, ta One o'clock 



b arrati\ 



descriptive lists of 



Dahlias, 



Fancy Dahlias, 



Cinerarias, 



Verbenas, 



Fuchsias, 



Hollyhocks, 



Chrysanthemums, 



several 



Carnations, 



Picotees, 



Pinks, 



Tansies, 



A uriculas, 



Shrubby 



Calceo- 



including 



Scarlet and Horse- 

 shoe Geraniums, 

 Delphiniums, 

 Miniulus, 

 Pentstemons, 



Petunias 



Bedding Plants, &c, 



^ Nov *«fS'tK2 ^* T ™™™ Baxter, St0 w e 



^ober 



Gardener, 



^vetnber. 



h Vu RRlS ON, 



PI * 



<*««■, L AN . M ' /* "wbrthaw, Seedsman, T 



^•"•0 sever, v nishtd ' Experienced 



larias, __ 



R«Mi ^nT'i'T. ne 7 Da 5 iias » n ew Verbenas" new ^Vhite 

 Bedding Calceolarias, &c, offered for the first time. Can be had 



ojLgPPhcati on.— Royal X ura ery^Slou gh. 



T F. WINSTANLEY'S BEDDH^^Tn^LIST 



"~. f 1 ^ now ready, and can be had on application, or free on 

 |ft8t.— 28, M arketpla ce, Manchester. 



WNOTTINC HILL, KCNSlNCTON. 

 TO WNSEND having a large stock of BEDDING 



Calceolari 



strong plants in 4-inch pots at 1/. per *w, u 



of the London Railw a ys, pack i n g not iucluded. 



BEDDING PLANTS. 





ienpf.> 



^eral Y 





ations 



8 



Experienced Gardeners 

 ^ Men m the Nursery waiting 

 -Darlington, June 2. 





.^nsd 



« 



" e b^^i iis . fi -. Needling 



Pansy 



Creramums Calceolarias, \ erbenas, Petunias, Heliotropiums 

 Ageratums, Salvias, Gaillardias, Double Senecio, &c.&c.,at3«! 

 per dozen Also a large variety of Pompone and large flowering 



nrice of his fr \ p i^n f* V P C luat n " ,ias fixed th « 



LOckTLK^p PR a?y^, p P e L rr E - T01, '^^ ^ 

 ♦h^m 0t f her 1 ki ^ s of Jumip and Agricultural seeds in general, of 

 the m st select des ,ption, at moderate prices. A remittance or 

 reference from unknown correspondents, is respectfully requested 



Liverp ool, June, 1855. * 



IUHN bCOlT, Merriott Nurseries, Crewkeme, 



^ Somerset (established 1728), has nearly 20,000, in 3-inch pots, 

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



(Baskets and Package at the Expense of Purchaser and not 

 returnable.) 



200 Sorts cf the best and i t Verl as. 



120 do. Scarlet and other Bedding Geraniums. 



20 do. Variegated leaved ditto. 



100 do. Fuchsia, all the best: 24 do. Shrubby Calceolarias- 

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

 tropes, Lobelias, Salvias, Senecios, Ac. Also the beautiful t te 

 Double Pyrethrum. 



When a fair proportion of each is taken the price will be 2#. 6d. 

 per dozen : but if only Calceolarias and Geraniums are ordered* 

 they will be is. per dozen. C ilogues, in which the above are 

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

 stamp. Parties requiring large quantities can have them in 

 store p * ts by agreement 



SPLENDID NEW GERANIUM. ~ 



ENNLS'S ALMA, the very fi rat iu its class 



1 H *^ A 7K^sT^fl tan « bU * h7 ' *2 W€tln * "» the samepr^ 



n rs '* A Ida mnk flora mnrn a«.r r ^^a »...*.»._ s» ^ k 1 ^- 



D 



fine 



P r ov e ft USr* n ,B a remarkably strong 



»^rtia^ 



yv^^^c 



rw 



tfSS °l 



r,-- ... «.. ov „ *«.. 6 ^ »«'»ci) oi r-ompone ana large flowering 



g^^heniuma, selection left to ourselves, at 4s. per dozen I' . ->---, ™ /s-^^.™ » me same nm. 



Strong Rolhbson's L iiique Geraniums, 9^. per dozen. portion as « Alba mnltiflora/' more early and better for ^rein^ 



a ^reat fevn", ■•; \ 4CU, « rK «A 5 iy strong I c^^'.?™**? PIace ' 01d Kent R« a ^, a nd Bowyer Place, the n>wers are produced in umbels of 6 to 12 on very str ng foot' 



»itnca in '« l nte f ? r y ea " to come, on gj"»^rw^'. aI ^' which require no artiticiai support, and the fiowersfasTa 



- — cops .able time after they are all open. Colour, bright rosy 



crimson, with large dark spots, and in shape it resembles'-Deim'S 

 Perfection." Large strong Plants, just open n,r their flo^ 



•««v« T TV n "*T rw a^i">> anu may oe naa, post iree, on 6 to 8- inch pots, 10a. to 15*. each : in 4 or 5-Wh «aVc k* *!**? 



application :- Antirrhinums, Verbenas, Fuchsias, Scarlet Gen, A few extra large Punts, 21s each P ' *' l ° ls **- 



mums, Calceolarias, Petunias, Heliotropes, Pentstemons, Chry- See * * " ' 



santhemums, Mimulus. Salvia i^ii,,/,f, fl rijm^Snwr!^;. 



a show 



ta iT" **d toTw Li niq ne ^ a ^ L * " / or JJecc m/l <- r last :— 



J . is both first rate and the 



F 



STRONG BEOOING AND OTHER PLANTS. 





Jil '"" ' v " l, ^ , ;V. ,' « c,,nia »/ Heliotropes, Pentstemons, Chry- See the remarks on the above Geranium « a ^i k-* a * *w« 



santhemums Mimulus, Salvias, Lobelias, cvc. Climbers in variety; Horticultural Society's Meetm^ Mm W ^"^Mf^ 



also a miscellaneous Collection of Greenhouse Plants. They] re Gardener" of May 15th A aniri ! tn {J^ •»* «» ''CottogB 



now in bloom Verbenas. Fuchsia smnfr*. n«t^!*rf^i r*nt»* r^ntrino- tt .„ .LJ.I \* ^.. 8 J >ecim . en bl<,ol Ai sent to parties 



H "" oy ij,^* --* Attia ransv are haw * a ,^. ««^ . -»«w..»»w« B vvmit-uuu oi urreen i<«use rianu. iney \ 



"••■*w.iwi,uJ ^ P« r PU«rt I'o^Tffiot JiJfi i ?° W '1 bl0 °!S y erbe »« s - F'chsiaa, spotted ( 'ceolarias, (facta 



Whi ^n, near i^loS^f" & l *Tr$«r Um 3 ^* n<3 «s Hydrane hor Ik, M i^nonette 



' ' nit J<uesex. I &c : The Trade supplied — Pnlwich, Survey, June 3. 



requiring it on receipt of ft^ poTu'ge a^p^'r St*oS5 



