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AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



Stamped Newspaper of Rural Economy and General News 



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No. 37.— 1855.] 



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 



/Price Fivepence. 



Stamped Edition, 6d, 



INDEX. 



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• • • • 



Bran, analysis of.... 

 Calendar, horticultural.... 

 Cattleya Mossiae, seed pods 



on 



Collins' ca3e 



Corn statistics 



De Candolle's Botanical Geo- 

 graphy, rev 



Dioscorea Batatas 



Farmer, demands on 



Fertility of soils 



Fruit, to crystallise 



Gardening, Landscape 



Geography, Botanical, rev.,,.. 



Gooseberry sport 



G uano. introduction of 



Guava jelly 



Gumming;, causes of 



Grnerium argeuteum 



Horticultural Society's garden, 



orchard house in. 



HylurguB piniperda 

 Landscape Gardcnin 

 Laurufctinus from seed 



621 6 

 616 a 



614 e 

 620 c 

 619 b 



615 

 614 

 621 



617 

 616 



612 



615 



612 



621 



614 



616 



614 



a 



b 

 a 

 b 

 c 

 c 

 a 

 e 

 b 

 b 

 e 

 b 



• ■••••• 



ev 



611 e 



612 b 



612 c 

 614 e 



Manchester Agri. Society .... 

 Orchard house in Hort. Soc. 



gardens 



Pampas Grass 



Pathology, vegetable ........ 



Pinus Hoyleana 



Pine beetle , 



Plants, new 



Poultry, to fatten 



Reaping machine competition 

 Royal South London Flori. Soc. 



Seeding, thin 



Soils, fertility of 61/6- 



Statistics and corn trade 



Steam cultivation 



Strawberry, new Belgian 



Transplanting, spring 



Transplanting machines 



Trees transplanted at Gunners- 

 bury 



— dwarf fruit . . . 



Tri folium incarnatumi 



Tyneside Agricultural Society 



Wire, galvanised 



• « • • • • 



* f • • 



« t t 



■ • 



621 6 



611 c 



614 b 

 6U a 



612 e 

 612 b 

 612 c 



619 c 

 "IS b 



615 e 



620 c 

 •618 c 



619 b 

 6.0 a 



614 6 



615 a 

 614 c 



614 a 



614 6 



621 b 

 621 a 



615 a 



NORTH LONDON FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 -An EXHIBITION of Dahlias, Fuchsias, Verbenas, and 

 Miscellaneous Plants, open to all England, will be held under the 

 auspices of this Society, in the Penton Rooms, Pentonville, on 

 TUESDAY, September 18th. Omnibuses every five minutes 

 from the North- Eastern, London Bridge, Great Western, North 

 Western, and Great Northern Railways, pass within a few yards 

 of the Exhibition, which promises to be one of the most attractive 

 metropolitan displays of the season. Seedling productions will 

 be furnished in great abundance by all the best raisers ; lovers 

 of novelty may, therefore, make sure of a treat.— For Schedules, 

 tickets, &c, apply to George Smith, Hon. Sec. 



Tollington Nursery, Hornsey Road, Islington. 

 *** The Advertisement of this Society inserted last week 



announced by mistake the Exhibition to take place on Wednesday, 

 the 19th. iff 



RATIONAL FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



.,, 1 2l v Regent Street.— The THIRTEENTH EXHIBITION 

 will be held on THURSDAY next, September 20th, when all 

 subjects in competition for Prizes must be staged by 12 o'clock: 

 Seedlings for examination by 1 o'clock. The Prizes and Awards 

 shall be made known at 3 o'clock, when also will be PAID the 

 SEVERAL PRIZES AWARDED during the past season. 

 Pnzeholders are therefore requested to attend. 



Censors:— Dr. Sladden, Ash; Messrs. C. J. Perry, Birming- 

 ham; Thomas Barnes, Stowmarket; and J. Dodds, Salisbury. 

 ■. John E dward s , Secretary. 



I TO NURSERYMEN AND OTHERS. 



P3WICH CEMETERY.— The BURIAL BOARD 

 for the BOROUGH OF IPSWICH are prepared to receive 

 TENDERS for PLANTING to be done in their Cemetery 

 daring the present autumn. Forms of Specification with 

 schedules, and quantities may be obtained on payment of 5*. for 

 each copy, on and after the 26th day September, at the Offices of 

 the Board, in the Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, and at the office of 

 Mr. Davidson, Landscape Gardener, 36, Great Russell Street, 

 Bedford Square, London.— Ipswich, September 15. 



TyiLLIAM 



BARRATT, Landscape Gardener. 



Wakefield. 



* Plans and Estimates furnished. 



T ANDSCAPE GARDENING, GARDEN ARCHI- 



-^ TECTURE, AND GENERAL IMPROVEMENT OF 

 DOMAINS, WOODS, PLANTATIONS, &c. 



Charles M'Intosh, F.R.P.S., A.L.S., &c, Author of the 



book of the Garden " and other works on Horticulture, &c. 



Ute Curator of the Gardens of his Majesty the King of the 



Belgians at Clareraont and Brussels, and latterly of those of his 



urace the Duke of Bnccleuch at Dalkeith Palace. 



Newcome Villa, Murrayfield, Edinburgh. 



MR. THOMAS LOBB respectfully offers his service 



ioi as . B0TA NICAL COLLECTOR to any gentleman who 

 lases an interest in the importation of Indian Plants. Ten years' 

 thrt ri f- nCe i in theabov e capacity has rendered him familiar with 

 for ^<.i w S? IiageB ' modes of travelling, and the best localities 

 mi«Tf™ 2 PUms ' He is abIe t0 state with confidence that a 

 S i,"" ertaken at this favourable season of the year would 

 immi!r f* t0 form ex ^nsive collections of Orchids, &c,for 

 Trnro Co ai ] Smi9Si0n, "" LetterS P re P aid ' addressed to Deveron, 



5^KINS0N 



bnshpT n0W v rea i y f or delivery, for present payment only, 7s. per 

 ^suer^ew^ai^, Lymington, Hants. ^ 



SEEDLING CINERARIAS, l s . 8d. PER DOZEN, 



Box and Package Included. 



WHITEHOUSE has to offer a few hundreds of 



ui iicp stro "& healthy plants, raised from all the new varieties 

 sta^ year * . Post -°nice orders payable at Birmingham, or postage 

 stamps required with the orders. 



p Y — Xr ° nnt ^Ieasant Nursery, Harborne, Birmingham. 



OP^'S*^ PEAR S ON QUINCE STOCKS, AND 

 Vr5 m.? D HOU5 E TREES IN FULL BEARING. 



JV[H. THOS. RIVERS begs to announce that the 



in nprf? 6 Collection of the above at Sawbridgeworth is now 

 KatiW T' The HarIow Station of the Eastern Counties 

 WA 7, about one mile from the Nursery, is the most convenient, 



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of last 



The Nurseri e s, Sawbridgeworth, Sept. 15. 

 riT>*T^n, WANTED, 



(yUPES and PEACHES of Superior Quality. 



St Tr,w Wa r d t0 °EORGE TAYLOR, Jun., Fruit Salesman, 

 - JggjjMa rket, Liverpool. Terms Cask. [ 



Top% S0L P> ^e LODDIGES' COLLECTION 



*ardsof iw? IIIDS * — This unrivalled collection containing np- 

 "niqmA :* 1? 8 Pecies and 2000 specimens (many of which are 

 oneUt i ff v P os sn)le health, is now to be disposed of in 



desironi J • in £ an opportunity to any noble to or gentleman 

 Nar wM,,K°i mmeTlcln £ the cultivation of this beautiful tribe of 



ap»| r f . p c ? '' as never before occurred.— For terms and to view 



** y ^L.Loddioes, II icy. 



FOR PRESENT- SOWING. 



NEW ITALIAN RYE-GRASS and TRIFOLIUM 

 INCARNATUM SEED may now be obtained from 

 SUTTON and SONS, Seed Growers, Reading, Berks. 



Remittances or references are requested from unknown cor- 

 responde nts. 



SUTTON'S RENOVATING GRASS SEEDS MAY 

 NOW BE SOWN.— The Grass Lands sown with these Seeds 

 last Spring are greatly improved (vide letters recently received). 



Price of Seed 9d. per lb., or 80s. per cwt. Quantity required, 

 S to 12 lbs. per acre. _ 



NEW SEEDS.— GROWTH OF 1855. 



WILLIAM E. RENDLEand Co., Seed Merchants, 

 Plymouth, are now harvesting in fine condition their 

 General Collection of Agricultural and Garden Seeds for the 

 coming season. 



In order to give increased facilities for conducting 

 their Seed Business, they are now [considerably enlarg- 

 ing their offices and warefcouses, which, when completed, 

 will enable them to attend to all orders ■ with promptness 

 and despatch. 



William E. Rendle & Co., Seed Merchants, Plymouth. 



Established 1786. 



TO THE SEED TRADE. 



GEORGE TABER, of Ravenhill, Essex, begs to 

 inform the Trade that his growing crops of Seeds are now 

 open to inspection. • All Turnip Seeds grown from sound 

 transplanted roots. Lists sent on application. — Sept. 15. 



BARRATT'S MAGNUM BONUM has this year 

 fully sustained its high character as one of the finest 

 flavoured STRAWBERRIES known, and may now be had at 205. 

 per 100, or 35. per doz. — Catalogues containing all the leading 

 varieties of the day may be obtained from William Barratt, 

 St. John's Nurseries, Wakefield. 



DOUBLE ROMAN and PAPER WHITE NAR- 

 CISSUS. ±s. per dozen.— The above Bulbs, the former of 

 which is so justly esteemed for its early blooming and excessive 

 fragrance, and tbe latter for its purity and elegance, have just 

 arrived, and may be obtained at A. Cobbett's Italian and Foreign 

 Warehouse, 18, Pall Mall, near Waterloo Place , Londo n. 



FINE FRINGED CHINESE PRIMROSE. 



J and J. FRASER beg to offer some excellent j 

 • Seed of the above, saved from plants which obtained the 

 award of the Horticultural Society last winter, in packets at 

 25. M. each. A remittance in stamps is requested from unknown 

 correspondents.— LeaJJridge Road, Sept. 15. 



VINES FOR FRUITING IN POTS. 



MESSRS. J. and J. FRASER, Nurserymen, Lea 

 Bridge Road, Essex, beg to announce that they have a 

 very choice selection of the best sorts of VINES from eyes 

 grown in 12 and 15-inch pots, Price 55. and 75. 6d each. 



N.B. Strong Vines for planting out, 35. 6d. each.— Sept. 13. 



GRAPE VINES FROM 



TOHN BUTCHER has fine Plants of BLACK 



*J BARBAROSSA and the leading sorts in cultivation are now 

 in good condition for packing; also BLACK JAMAICA, 

 QUEEN, and PROVIDENCE, FRUITING PINE PLANTS. 

 — Price on application to John Butcher, Royal Nursery, 

 Stratford-on-Avon, — Sept. 15. 



EMPEROR NAPOLEON, a New Scarlet Geranium. 

 John Butcher can now supply good Plants of the above 

 splendid Scarlet Geranium, 1S5. per doz.; was exhibited at 

 Regent's Park, Royal Botanic Garden, London ; see Gardeners' 

 Chronicle, June 16. 



Royal Nursery, Stratford-on-Avon; London Agents, Messrs. 

 Dawe, Cottrell, and Benham, 36, Moor-gate Street, London. 



NEW PLANT LIST. 



TOHN and CHARLES LEE'S CATALOGUE OF 



*J STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS for the present 

 Autumn is just published, and may be had, post free, on appli- 

 cation. — Nursery and Seed Establishment, Hammersmith, near 

 Lon do n. 



FERNS. 



ROBERT SIM'S 16 page CATALOGUE of his 

 GENERAL COLLECTION of FERNS may now be had 

 for Four Stamps. Free to all previous purchasers. 



N ursery, Foot's Cray , Kent. __ 



■ A LIST OF PLANTS," including RARE and 



XJL HARDY CONIFERS, HARDY ORNAMENTAL 

 SHRUBS and CLIMBERS, GREENHOUSE PLANTS, 

 ERICAS, EPACRIS, CAMELLIAS, GERANIUMS CAR- 

 NATIONS, PICOTEES and PINKS, HOLLYHOCKS, 

 PHLOXES, CHRYSANTHEMUMS, HARDY HERBA- 

 CEOUS PLANTS, &c. 



Cultivated and Sold by Youell and Co., Royal Nursery, 

 Yarmouth, Norfolk, is now ready, and will be forwarded on 

 receipt of two postagestamps, 



CHOICE HYACINTHS, NARCISSUS, TULIPS, 



CROCUS, ETC. ETC. 



TAMES CHARTRES and CO., Importers of 



•-J Dutch Flower Roots, Seedsmen, &c, beg to announce 

 that their unrivalled Stock of the above have arrived in splendid 

 condition; the Roots are remarkably large and handsome. 



J. C.&Co. earnestly solicit early orders to insure the finest 

 Roots. A Catalogue may be had on application. 



74, King William Street, City, and York Nursery, Hanger 

 La ne, Stamford Hill, London.— Sept. 15. 



AZALEAS AND ERICAS. 



WJ. ErPS has much pleasure in offering the 

 • following fine, bushy, well-grown plants, and of the 

 choicest and best varieties, in large 48 and 32-size pots. 



AZALEAS 18*. per dozen; 51. per 100. 



ERICAS 125. and ISs. per dozen ; 4/. and 51. per 100. 



These will make very pretty specimens for the ensuing season 

 ail orders to be ace ianied with a remittance from unknown 

 Correspond* ;.— Oi dstone, - pt, 15. 



I DUTCH FLOWERING BULBS. 



JAMES CARTER and CO.'s comprehensive CAT A- 

 LOGUE of DUTCH and CAPE BULBS and SEEDS for 

 Autumn sowing, is now published, and will be forwarded free 

 of charge and post paid upon application to James Carter & Co., 

 238, High Holborn, London. 



HYACINTHS AND OTHER IMPORTED BULBS. 



DAWE, COTTRELL, and BENHAM (Successors 

 to Frederick "Warneri, Wholesale Seedsmen, have Intt 

 received their annual importation of DUTCH and other BULBS 

 in very fine condition. Catalogues on application. 

 3, Laurence Pountney Lane, and 36, M< orgate Street, London. 



Established 1"20 at 28, Cornhill. 



G~~ UERNSEY and JERSEY LILIES may now be 

 had of Dawe, Cottrell, & Benham, 3, Laurence Pountney 

 Lane, and 30, Moorgate Street, London. 



DUTCH HYACINTHS AND OTHER BULBSL " 



J. FRASER beg to announce that they have 



received their annual importation of HYACINTHS and 

 other FLOWER ROOTS, of which a descriptive Catalogue may 

 be had by enclosing one postage stamp. This Catalogue contains 

 some instructions for the successful cultivation of the vane us 

 roots.— Lea Bridge Road, Sept. 15. n 



IMPORTED DUTCH BULBS. 



JAMES GRAHAM begs to announce that his priced 

 Catalogue of DUTCH BULBS is now ready, and can be had 

 free on application.— Seed and Horticultural Establishment, 

 Northgate, Chichester (late Silvkrlock and So n . ) —Sept 15 . 



R PARKER begs to inform His friends and patron3 

 • that his PRICED CATALOGUE of DUTCH BULBS 

 is now ready, and will be forwarded post free upon application. 

 Paradise Nursery, Hornsey Road, Holloway . 



SPLENDID DUTCH ROOTS, CALCEOLARIAS, 

 &c. Carriage and Package Free.— In collections of 155., 21?., 

 425., and 635., or otherwise. See second page, Sept. 1st. — W» 

 Steward & C o., Seedsmen, &c, Stonehouse , Plymouth, 



DUTCH BULBOUS ROOTs! 



MARTIN and SON have much pleasure in informing 

 their friends that they have received in good condition 

 their annual importation of the above, which are particularly 

 fine, and trust to be favoured with early orders.— Catalogues may 

 be had and also of their Nursery Stock for two stamps. — 

 Nursery and Peed Establishment, Cottingham (1788); H -I 

 Branch, Junction Street. 



DUTCH FLOWER ROOTS. 



TAMES DICKSON and SONS beg to intimate that 



*J they have received their First Annual Importation of 

 HYACINTHS, and every other variety of DUTCH BULB?, 

 in fine condition, and of the first quality. — Nursery and Seed 

 "Warehouse, 32, South Hanover Street, Edinburgh. Catalogues 

 forward ed on ap plication. — Sept. 1 5. 



WILLIAM CUTBUSH and SON beg to acquaint 

 their patrons and Mends that their ANNUAL CATA- 

 LOGUE of DUTCH BULBS can be had, postage free, on appli- 

 cation. The superior quality of their roots is well known, but 

 as a further guarantee they obtained the Awards at the Horti- 

 cultural Society's Rooms, Regent Street, last spring: 



Hi ah gate Nurseries, near London. 



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DUTCH FLOWERING BULBS. 



TTENRY WALTON'S CATALOGUE of DUTCH 



-■-— and other BULBS is now in course of preparation, and 

 may be had as soon as ready on receipt of one postage stamp. 

 Apply, Henry Walton, Florist, <fec., Edge End, Marsden, near 

 Burnley, Lancashire. 



H. W. can also supply all the new White Corolla'd and other 

 new Fuchsias at ISs. and 2 1 5. per doz., or 25. Qd. to 35. 6d each. 

 New Verbenas, 15s. per doz., or ls. 6J. each. See advertisements 

 in previous Gardeners' Chronicles. 



DUTCH FLOWER~ROOTS r ETC. ETO 



PETER LAWSON and SON, Seedsmen and Nur- 

 sery men to Her Majesty the Queen, and to the High- 

 land and Agricultural Society of Scotland, beg to intimate the 

 arrival of their first assortment of DUTCH FLOWER ROO'i 

 Catalogues of which may be had, free, on application, and orders 

 for which are respectfully s licited, 



They have also on hard very select stocks of foreign Italian 

 Rye-grass, Crimson Clover (Trifolium incarnatum), Alsike Clover 

 (Trifolinm hybridum), Dwarf Essex Rape, Winter Tares, Stubble 

 Turnip, <fec. iVrc. 



London : 27 , Great George Stre et, West minster.— Sep t. 15. 



- DUTCH AND OTHER BULBS. 



JOHN C ATT ELL begs to inform his patrons and 

 the public that his DUTCH BULBS have arrived in un- 

 usually fine condition. Among the bulbs of J. C.'s own growing 

 he has a very large stock of the beaut fill sky-blue Squill (Scilla 

 siberica) which is without exception the most distinct and show; 

 aa well as the hardiest of all our early spring flowers. Also a 

 large stock of Japan and other Lilies, Tritonia aurea, Hybrid, 

 and other Amaryllis, Tropaolum tricolorum grandiflornm, very 

 strong; fine assortments of Gloxinia, Cyclamen, Gladiolus, 

 Alstrsemeria, &c. A priced catalogue of which maybe had on 

 p laidjipplication.-— Nurseries, W :erham, Kent. 



IMPORTED DUTCH FLOWER ROOTS. 



r P F. WIXSTANLEY begs to announce that big 



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Priced Catalogue of Dutch Bulbs for the present season 

 will shortly be ready, and can be had free on application. It 

 contains a list of all the ni est and leading sorts in cultivation, 

 including Hyacinths. Narcissus, Jonquils, Amaryllis, Early 

 Single and Double Tulips, Crocus. «&c, all of which have been 

 rown by one of the first growers in Holland, and can be relied 

 upon as being good sound Bulbs, and true to name. 

 28. .Marke t Place, Manche 



NUKS ERY STOCK. 



BIGLAND and CO.be- to state that the LEASE 



Of their NURSERY having now expired, they have con- 

 cluded to ontr the remainder of their STOCK (consisting of 

 Evergreens, Fruit, and Forest Tr Greenhoi * f by 



Auctio 1 this autw : the precise time 11 be named in • 

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