THE 





AND 



ICULTURAL 



Stamped Newspaper of Rural Economy and General News 



Horticultural 



, No. 32. 



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SATURDAY, 



GUST 



( Price Fivepence. 



\ Stamp** Kunu 6<£ 



I . I— .SocietTOf Ireland, 



- toctety, Malton 



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^nlSoc. of Edinburgh.. 



jMKticu tortl 



ural 



dropping oIT.. 



\ London 



rtt, to propagate .... 



CoUsaaia frandiflora • • « 



kos» . import of .............. 



[W|fT pfovMtiaA •• 



I»r»i !■£, df^P 



to move • • • • 



m farucn , . . . . 



I ">> ' /••• 



fruit, to (ft af eda of 



Qjr&aa, country ichool 



Kim hem caterpillar ..532 c- 



hsatiftff aa4 vtnt dating 



rt, to cut 



at Carl fie 



iata growing . • ••• 



Id, Whittingtonon .... 

 a Reproduction, rev. . . 



INDEX. 

 523 



54' 

 541 





6 



e 

 6 

 b 



r 



e 



fi:<5 



535 

 542 a 



533 c 



535 6 

 523 c 



536 c 



54» 6 

 538 b 

 538 a 



5*0 o 



533 b 

 532 a 



Mil lew, Vine 532 a 



National FloricuUural Society 535 a 



Nectarine, Stanwick 591 r 



Patholojry, vegetable |*-> 6 



reas....... ...,.....« 5i2 t 



Plants, hardiness of hxi b 



Pomolojcical Society hM a 



Kain fall in July $■<< c 



Keuroduction, Mauuon &84 6 



Salt for Gooseberry caterpillar 540 b 



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55 



53 i 



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5 



533 



633 



537 



:» 33 



533 

 533 



533 

 53S 



531 



5*2 

 »34 



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t 

 a 

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c 



5 



6 



a 



b 



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e 



a 



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a 



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Science, unity of 



Shaddocks, to get seeds of ... . 

 Sells, fertility in. 

 Subaoiling 



Transplanting evergreens ... 



Tree of UpsalK, great 



Trees, select fruit 636 



Turnips, starting ,s«o _ 



Upsala, great tree of 533 a 



Van Piemen's Land, vegeta- 

 tion in boob 



Vegetation in Van Diemen's 

 Land 5.75 f, 



Ventilating and beating 533 6 



J ine mildew b3J a 



whittmgtonon Mangold .... 54.» a 



GRAND 

 METROPOLITAN DAHLIA AND HOLLYHOCK SHOW 



rpiE ROYAL SOUTH LONDON FLORICUL- 



-1 TUR.VL SOCIETY.— Under the Patronage of Her Most 

 ■racioa* Maiestv the Queen.— The last Exhihifi.m nf u,o -.t^™ 



Society 

 Morse 



Jaactlon with the Grand Metropolitan Dahlia and Holly- 

 Show (Open to all Exhibitors). 



Lists of Prizes and the Rules of the Exliibition may be had of 

 Secretary, J. T. Neville, Ebenezer House. Peckham. 



T T pa L pv N R T YEGRAS S AND TRIFOLIUM IN- 

 X CARNATUiM should now be so nfv Early Sprit* 

 Seed. Svrton & Sons, Seed Growers, Reading, have 

 fresh Seed now ready. Also 



GRASS SEEDS for PERMANENT PASTIRE. 



npilE SWEDENBttRGH CATTLE CABBAGE. - 



«LJ. ^J ini P«-«v«Ml variety of the Drumhead, heavier and more 

 per lb. 1 rice to the trade on application. 



B *aa & Rrown, Sudbury, Buffolk._ 



NOW HARVESTING, 

 mar* TT And Suited fob Pkkrrht Bownra. 



TMiE LINCOLNSHIRE RED GLOBE TURN1T. 



TMii^ A i f, 'A ft lA ^" ?"r qil!ck S rowin ff variety. Also the Orange 

 Jelly and other kiuds for late sowing. 



P' AM A BtsOvrw, Si uibnryvBuflollc 



U AKDY and SON, Seed Growkrs, &c, Maldoo, 



aT. . 1 "- ssex ; a|, e P^parod to send to any address, free bv post 

 their best selected kinds of CAHKAGE and LETTUCE SKEDS 

 for July and August sowings, in one or four vartoties. Also f< 

 early sowing one or three varietiea « their selected \V H EATS 

 now in r ep Utef aufikient for 1 rod, with direction*, &c, on recei: 

 ot seven postage stamps for each variety, enclosed with an 

 env. pej»r« rlv add res- i to iTsdes'inati on. ^^ 



JOSEPH BAUMANN, Nurs K rtmax7 Ghent, Bel- 



y gium be-s to ofTer the following Plants, with and without 

 flower buds, at most reasonable prices:— 



ca, good sorts, all 



T r,m^v 0LAR '£ ^° C '*e*A.RIA SEED. 



of the above, *av«d from an uamuilled collect ». a 1 

 l meraru, Is.: « J^Urta, U. 6d., 2m !&*., *%£** k. 



Seeds 



*fK«rtt. 



sureery, [alaworth. 



_ CALCEOLARIA AND CINERARIA 



JfESSRS. B. G. HBKDBH80N JS *%, i , 



ion and a H,antiful ,<l pute of niue a^FlowSTKil 



be sent on n lp< of 12 poatap stamps. ^owtn mil 



VVemnptoii NuiNnry. I n Wood. Ana 11. 



rjRAND HORTICULTURAL and FLORICUL- 



aVf JURAL SXHIWTIOW, Open to All England, will 

 It beld it the Arboretum, Leamington, WEDNESDAY, August 



^L fi for CollfCtions a "d Single Specimen Stove and 



OftttbouM Plants, Cut Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables, to the 

 Uaeontof 80i.are offered for general competition. Schedules and 

 every particular may be had on application to 

 ?n ardens, Warwick. J. Cueyne, Secretary. 



grafted upon ,. 



Azalea indica, stocks 



G b en t A zale a, h a r d y 



New Ghent Rhododendron 



Jihododendron arboveum 

 Camellias 



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Deutzia gracilis 

 Gladiolus gandavensis 

 Lilium lancifolium album 



u „ rubrum 



Kalrnia glauca 



an ;uatlfolU 



la 1 1 folia 



ft 



<l»»mit> .which I. flir. «t b4. par iMrk'-t if no. r.ir»SS- 



onr firs,-,.,,. „,, money will bo returne?' K'«w B sSffl 

 Will be scut out soon. «w***»u ft « 



Apply to .?. gMAirr, Hendon Plaoe^IUndon. M, :, ,,, 



Rr»ini C , ALCEOLAR,A SEED. ~ ' 



1 AKKER ha« now ready for sendiDg out Seed 



k«Jl. JL Ch h ° T, PWomm ""«' ^Itb the g est ronfidenee, H 

 * "? , b 2? i r" ved . fn,m i: v ' rS of tlMi O 11 ^ f » M4 most 



S fj ,{ ) ^^ »^i N« the fitieat named rarttttet, 



!LlL51' "n 2 ^ 6 ^' P ,r ' ! A «m«tt«iee or reference to 



—mpany all orders from unknown correspond 



Pa radise Nurserv. Hornsev Hoad L 



^ GAINES havnii; 1 een iortunate m Bavin? need 



f V \ f ^ m the superb C A L( EOLAKI AS heexhibitedsofm 

 fully ^ at the Koyal BoUu H enta' Park, and CVvsui S 



AUSBURY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



.Jn * , m co»y""ction with the Horticultural Soeietv. 

 "»e Oardens of the Lord Bishop of Salisbury, on THURSDAY, 



SL — > «iH particulara of John Kkynes, Hon. Sec/ 



UP ii r??^^ PAVIt -'ON, BRIGHTON. 



"-^BRIGHTON and SUSSEX FLORICUL- 



TLRAL akd HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY will hold 



KKwFR^L ExW wil? v 0f ^ANTS, FRUITS, CUT 

 ^im?fVT-' S nTVEDKESDA Y and THURSDAY, 12th 

 m Gr^nnd! ^«^ r nCXty at tlie above s P le «^d suite of Rooms 

 Soffit *??£ Iv 6 8ame grand scale aa former ^ars. Prizes 

 to»av r,,n lot he io am ? llbe «*Kty as previously. Also the 

 S?n i P 'nl S? 1( l? uin , eas > for the best 24 Show Dahlias for 

 JETS* »m 7 K liberality of the Railway company, all 



ERu I sUtTon^n C ^ V T^ d to Bri «hto« ft » d back, carriage-free, 

 ^au stations on the lines. Schedules can be had on appll- 



^^ p ?. ART » ? u P eri ntendent of the Exhibition ; or the 



•fthprnml^ ,lter ' 45 ' ^vender Street, Brighton. By 

 ^^^tte^ E , Carpenter, Secretary. 



TO NURSE^YTr1EfNr~ArS»0 OTHERS. 



CITY OP T S ^r,^£5 PF,CE ' CrUlLDHALL. An- 2, 1&55. 

 LL, 0F LONDON CEMETERY.-The Cora- 



"^As. ewe /? of the Cit7 of Loudon, acting as the 



■•nfnKi, 8 * 1 *^ ^ hereby & ve notice tUat thc 7 

 - o'clock ;ure,iitV n I uesda - the 11th day of September, 

 ^^S!ff^r' the P urposeof receiving TENDERS 

 ^^^atffirn SHRUBS for the Cemetery now 



*> be affixed ^^k? ? il }} Schedules, to which the prices are 



m the Offic* 7u ^, tamcd on and after the 20th day of August, 



^ft ? tu * u * l Haywood, Surveyor to the Com- 



i^^Uid^L n T Z Chamber s; or at the Office of Mr. 

 jj^ , wmascape Gardener, 36, Great Russell Street, Bedford 



^\ lO I A ^~ Joseph Daw, Principal Clerk. 





A VEUSCHAFFELT, Nurseryman, Ghent, 



^-*- • Belgium, beu-s to ofl'er to the Trade the following NEW 

 GLOXINIAS ERECTA :- h 



Gloxinia erecta Adamas oculata Gloxiuia erecta Mars ereruleufl 



Princ se de Prusse »»«**♦«••*« xxra*^* 



C. Fiaacke 1 " ^auptmann ^ uthe 



Rex i^neus I »> J« Schiifcr 

 rosea Casti lion i ( n Stellata 

 Price, without discount, 1^. each. The plants are strong 

 and In full bloom. 



IIITE COROLLA a>d BANKS' NEW 



riCHSIAS, 21s. per dozen, from the following selection: 



hibWoDi ' he is prepared to offer it at 5s. per packet. EarlT 

 orders are solicited as the stock i« very Umi M. * 



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Xurs^rv. S.i v Lane. Batte'rs^a. Aiifrust IT. 



Xi t\\ rriLAJvuuwiUM.'j raised by J. Beck, E*j 



^ of Isieworth . and T. Whae, Esq., of V\>thern>M Etmfx 

 Catalogues witli lull descrij.ti -us and priceaof tntM fine v* rfe ties' 

 forwarded post fr. e for one stamp, on application to . * D 

 & Sox, Flori.- and S rit-n. Woodlands Nursery, Isle wo 



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White Corolla. 

 Queen Victoria. 

 Lady of the Lake. 

 Water Nymph. 

 RatTaelle. 

 Snowdrop. 



Empress Eugenie. 

 Mrs. Story. 



Gaianthiflora-pleno. 







Each pot will make from four to eitfht psir« of pin i 



To be seen at Mr. R. Parker*, Florist, May 'field Road, 



Dal- 1. London. ' 



Epps's Nurseries, Maidstone. 



Florence Nightingale. 



Banks'. 



Climax. 

 Maid of Kent. 



Beauty of the Bower. 



Omar Pacha, 

 Grand Sultan. 

 Napoleon III. 



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DUTCH FLOWERING BULBS. 



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BaRHaTT, Landscape 

 HARRISON, Nursery 



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*w>rist, Landscapr Gardener, &. 



Seedsman, 



^ . Estimates furnished; Experienced Gardeners 



^'^rde^Tf ral . Y °wnp Men in the Nursery waitin^ 



^•rcienera »_feituatiena.-Darlington, Aug. 11. 



i '« 'EHttA ??£? lfi P 1 * 6 CATALOGUE of his 



** F ^f «Unnt ?. 0LLEr 'TION of FERNS may now be had 



IMPROVED MUSHROOM SPAWN.— Patronised 



J- by many of the Nobility, the London Horticultural Society, 

 &c. Sold in packages containing a sufficient quantity to plant 

 50 feet of bed for 6s^ with printed description and cultural 

 directions. 



Large Flowering ANTIRRH JXUAfS ... 2*. 6d. per 100. 



HEARTSEASE 2 6 „ 



DIANTHUS'S ... ... 2 6 „ 



See former Advertisements. 

 Address W.P RESTOE, Florist, Arc, Basil >to ke, Hants. 



SEEDS FOR. PRESENT SOWING. 



JOHN C ATT ELL has the following now ready to 

 send out, post free, at the prices annexed. The CALCEO- 

 LARIAS are very superior, and warranted to give equal satis- 

 faction to those sent out by J. C. for eo many years. 



Per packet.- 

 Calceolaria, saved from the finest vars., carefully hybridised 

 Do. from an entirely new class, of very rich colours, large, 



and extraordinary fine blooms 

 Cineraria, from finest varieties... 

 Geranium, from first rate florist varieties 



Do. do. fancy varieties 



Schizantlius retusus and albus, each ... 

 Anemone, single Poppy, extra fine 

 Mimulus, from finest varieties 



Mignonette, New Giant ... _ 



Alstrcemerlaacutifolia,spIendid scarlet conservatory climber 1 



Do. Van Houtte's, superb Chilian hybrid's, mixed 



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P • * ree to all previous purchasers. 

 Nurser 



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Foot's Cray, Kent. 



P^CEO CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



and SON'S Priced Catalogue 



fc *toda«*onr r* obtainea on application. 

 T?**i»d TrS ; t/ * erns *&d Mosses, Greenhouse, ( 

 J * * Save ■ > aud Her baceous Plants. 



*tll d^^ ? ^ 8 V L P acriscs ' Helichrysum 

 «^rving the attention of purchasers. 



^"rseries, Kingateo, Surrey. 



Tropieolnm tricolorum grandiflorum 



Heartsease, from fine named varieties 



Ilelianthemum, or dwarf rock Cistu-, from 30 vara., mixed 

 25 varieti . fine showy hardy Annuals, for early spring 



flowering, in the open ground 



12 varieties, from showy half hardy Annuals, for early 



flowering, in the greenhouse 



1 

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for Autumn sowing, will be published on the 1st of Septemb* 

 next, and will be f««r warded, free of charge, and post paid, upon 

 ap plication to .1 am *rtkr&< ■., 286. High Ifoil a# 



TOTHETRADE. 



T OHN MORSE begs to offer fine mixed PERSIAN 



,f RANL NCULA, containing nearly 100 sorts, all good Double 

 Flowers, at 20s. per 1000; also good mixture TV LI PS, at 20#. per 



1000. The above being the surplus stock of an amateur florit 



can be strongly recommended. 

 The Nui Dursley, Gloucestershire, 



TRIPOLI ONION.— The tra Je ran be supplied with 



-*• SEED of the true flat Tripoli Onion, by N . & ? <>f «g, 



Seedsmen, 4e< r'heapfiide, I^ondon. 



vy anted,~5o i Bla'ckTi alTan"poplars, 



▼▼ 10 to 12 feet high, good stout trees. A p pi v with price, 

 delivered free to the Ipswich Railway Station, to W. B. JarraiBs, 

 Nui ryman . &c , Ipew ie-h. 



MONTSERRA T~PrN E S. 



nnO BE SOLD, about 35 montserrat pines, 



A Succession Plants.— For further particulars apply to Francis 

 & AR-niua Dicksos & Co., Nurserymen aud Seedsmen, i; r- 

 poration S Manchester. 



TO MARKET CROWERSTl^RSERYMENrttC, 



TO BE SOLD, 80 dozen clean, large, well grown 

 CYTISU8 in 4S po*«. The whole may be bought for 

 12?.— R. BuLUtw, Dulwich < umoD, Surrey. Inquire at the 

 Alleyn's Head. 



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accompany 



RHODODENDRONS. 



J. EPP< t LEAS and" ERICAS" ~~ 



^fcsl ^oww fin.K m ? eh P leafiure in offermg the 



^** •»* beat 5»rt"> oushr, weiLgrown plants, and of the 

 Az ALEAa 1 I letxes » ln ^rge 48 and 32-size pots. 



accompanied with 



season 



n ^— Ma f ut~l ea . Wlth a remittance from unknown 



Rhododendrons, in good established plants, at 42*. each. 

 Rhododendron JOHN WATERER, colour glowing carmine. 



large truss, fine foliage, and a most abundant bloomer, in 



perfection about the 15th June. 

 Ditto, MRS. JOHN WATEKER, a bright rosy crimson, fine 



conical truss, a very free blooming kind, m flower about 



15th of June. 

 To the admirers of this justly noble class of Plants, Jons 

 Waterer has the pleasure ot recommending the above as being 

 the greatest acquisitions yet offered. Thev combine in a markt 

 degree the n#ceaaary requisites for really first-rate hardy criuwsn 

 varieties, viz., imposing colours, abundant bloemers, extreme 

 hardinesa, and flower at a time when they are not liable to be 

 ir-jured by spring frosts. 



The American Nursery, Bagshot, S re? t Aug. 11. 



TO BE SOLD, a Case of Imported ORCHID* 

 containing 54 pieeee, mostly large and principally In fair 

 condition: varieties of Oncidiuro, Epidendrum, Brassia, Schom- 

 burkia, Ionopsis, Phaius, iledychinni, t : price 21. lis. To be 

 seen at Mr. Gt Robkrts, 9t, Moorgate Street, London. 



UTIIILL'S^STKAWBERRV PLANTS.^The 



early and hardy BLACK PRINC . and late PRINCE or 

 WAL1 ~. two celebrated sorts, will be sent out on and after 

 August 15th. They are both enormous beams, and either of 

 them makes a most delicious and solid preserve, to wbkh 

 wards i 300 ladies round h can tea ify. The Black Prince, 

 5*. per 100; the Prince o( Wales, 7$. 6d, per 100. 



J. C/s Pamphlet on the Potato, S raw berry, Asparagus, Sea- 

 kale, Rhubarb, Wins, do. 1 'reserve, 2,?. 



.1 C.'s Market Gardening round London. la.Gd. Seethe re- 

 commendation of it in the " Quarterly Review." Early orders 



requested. Post of orders payable at ('amberwell Green. 



James CtTTBttt. Camberwell, London. 





WARD'S OMAR KACMA STRAWBERRY^ 



JILLIAM JAMES WARD offers the above htm 



s«ime fine flavoured Strawberry at the following reduced 

 price:— 100 plants, K: 50 plants. Us.; 25 plants, 7t., strong and 

 well rooted. In addition to the many flattering testimor Is 

 received last season, Dr. LrxoutY describt-s it as being exhibited 

 at Chiswick, Jury 11, 1S56 :— ,( Excellent in qua >j as wfll as 



ttra, in a} ranee." See Gardeners" Chron 



article, Jnly H, 1 5. The 1 ttorof the •• Florists- . , 



in th August Number report of the Exhibition at Chiswick, 



ays— "Ward's Omar Facia is a new Strawberry, anrf. coTuiderk* 

 its h igh flu vq ur and com rat ivc I > ess is a voluabh -acquis i$mn 



A few ^t year's plants Bs. per dozen. TJ *■ 



Prospect Hill, Beading! h ka. 





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