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MORTON'S NEW FARMER'S ALMANAC. 

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NEW FARMER'S ALMANAC. Price U By 



John C. Morton, Editor of the "Agricultural Gazette," the 

 " Cyclopedia of Agriculture," &c. 



Along with the usual contentsof an Almanac, it will include : — 



1. Monthly directions for the operations of the Farm and Garden. 



2. Short notices of the past year's Agricultural novelties and 

 progress. 3. Such an Index to current' Agricultural Literature 

 as *(ll direct the student to sources of information on the prin- 

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 those well-established facts in Farm experience, which may serve 

 as trustworthy data in Agricultural Estimates and Calculations. 

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 Instructions and Re< p's in many partic rs of Household, 

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The object throughout will be, by good arrangement and close 

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THE COTTAGER'S CALENDAR OF GARDEN 



JL OPERATIONS. By Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P. 



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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE and A GRI- 



I CULTURAL GAZETTE, from the commencement to July 

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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL 



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Lon d on : Bradley B at sforp, 52 , 1 1 i g h Holborn. 



HOSPITAL PRACTICE AND ATTENDANCE. 



The Student's Numbeb of the 



TO NURSERYMEN AND GARDENERS 



T3EIGATE SILVER SAND, 12"per ton u fifl 



AT ]P er h "*}} e} > or ™*- per ton, delivered to the in J, 

 Wharfs or Railways, or within a circuit of five miles <Wv o Q 

 each. Kentish and other Peats and Loam of excellent quaint 



Rewar d Brothers, Swa n Place f Old Kent Road 



an« naimiim wAnui!^>^ made to the nritk] 

 Sydenham Pattern and a variety of other new and £ 

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E CRYSTAL PALACE FLOWER BASKPTR 



nd HANGING GARDENS, made to the rtl, 

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and at the Crystal Palace. 



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iaries fitted up in superb 



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MEDICAL TIMES and GAZETTE of Saturday, 

 September 22, contains the Regulations of the Examining 

 Boards and all the information requisite to guide the student in 

 selecting his school and directing his studies. 



Published weekly, price Id , stamped 8>l , by John Churchill 

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Just Published, 



ARTHUR HENDERSON and CO.'S CATALOGUE. 

 No. I., containing Orchidese, Exotic, Greenhouse, and 

 Hardy Ferns, Select Stove Plants, including Aquatic, Variegated- 

 leaved Plants, and Plants suitable for suspending in the Stove 

 and Orchidese Aou<e, Greenhouse Plants, Indian Azaleas, 

 Camellias, Ericas, Herbaceous and Alpine Plants, which may be 

 had on applicatio n to th em at Pine-apple Place, Edgware R oad. 



EDWARDS'S NATIONAL GARDEN ALMA- 

 NACK : Horticultural Trade Directory and Florists' 

 Diary for 1856, will be published in December, as heretofore. 

 i All Communications must be promptly addressed to Wace 

 Cottage, Hollo way, Middlesex. 



Just published, price 25. Bd., 



HTHE HAND-BOOK of VILLA GARDENING. 



-* By William Paul, Author of the " Rose Garden," &c. 

 Contents : -Gardening as a Recreation; On the Formation 

 and Improvement of a Garden ; What a Villa Garden should be ; 

 Selection and Arrangement of Trees and Shrubs; On Flowers; 

 The American Garden; The Rose Garden; The Conservatory 

 and Greenhouse ; Sweet-scented Plants and Flowers; The Fruit 

 Garden and Orchid House ; Gardening in Winter, Spring, 

 Summer, Autumn; On Propagation; Window Gardening; Select 



Lists of Trees, Flowers, &c. &c. 



u We anticipate that it will become, as it deserves, a general 

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■ 



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AN HOUR WITH THE HOLLYHOCK. 



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DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART, 

 MARLBOROUGH HOUSE, PALL MALL. 

 The Museum will be re-opened on MONDAY next, October 1. 

 During the recess the Collections have been rearranged, and 

 considerable additions have been made. Admission free on 

 Mondays, Tuesdays, and Saturdays; a charge of 6d. on Wednes- 

 days, Thursdays, and Fridays. _ 



METROPOLITAN SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AP- 

 PLIED TO MINING AND THE ARTS. 

 Professor Stokes, F.R.S., will commence a Course of FORTY- 

 EIGHT LECTURES ON PHYSICS, on Wednesday next, 

 October 3d, at 2 o'clock. Fee for the Course, 41. 



Dr. Hofman, F.R.S., will commence a Course of ONE HUN- 

 DRED LECTURES ON CIIYMISTRY, ou Monday, October 

 8th, at 10 o'clock. Fee for the Cour.-e, 41. 



Chemical and Metallurgical Laboratories. 



The Royal College of Chemistry (the Laboratory of the School), 

 under the direction of Dr. Hofman, and the Metallurgical Labo- 

 ratory, under the direction of Dr. Percy, will be opened on Mon- 

 day, the 1st of October. At both of these Laboratories there are 

 three terms annually, of 12 weeks each. The fee for working 

 evt ry day in the week is 107. per term. 



1 r further particulars, apply at the Mu urn of Practical Geo- 

 logy. Trkniiam Reeks, R trar. 



~ Vli EL TEN 11 AM GRAMMA K SCHO L. 



Founded 1578. Ri:-:iodf.lled 1S51. 

 Head Master — E. R. Humphreys, LL.D., Author of " Manual of 



Civil Law," u Manual of Political Science," &c. 

 Second Master— H. M. Jettery, M.A., of St. Catherine's II all, 



Cambridge, Tyrwhitt University Scholar, &c. 

 Head Commercial Master— James Scon gall, F.L.I.S., formerly 



Head Master of the Rothesay Academy. 

 Head Master's Assistants— Thos. 11. Davies, B.A., and G. II. 



Ridley, Esq. [M.C.P. 



Conductor of Lower Commercial Department— J. Waterworth, 

 Professor of the Natural Sciences— Dr. Wright, F.R.S.E. 

 French and Italian— Monsieur Tiesset, B A., University of Paris. 

 German— D. Blancke, Ph.D., University of Gbttingen. 

 Drawing — Mr. Brough. 



Architectural Drawing and Land Surveying— Mr. W. Brough. 

 Fencing pnd Calisthenics— Mr. Quintin. 



Drill and Sword I srdse— Sergeant Jeffs. 



cretary — M r. John Waterworth. 

 And in addition to the above, three Assistant Masters in the 

 Classical, and thr in the Qonu ner ial Department. 



The short Michaelmas Vacation in this School will terminate 

 on the 4th October, on which day some additional Pupils can be 

 admitted. 



Arrangements have been made with Mr. Waterworth and other 

 Masters to receive Boarders for the Lower Commercial Depj - 

 ment at the moderate charge of 30 guineas, inclusive of the fees 

 of the school. 



Particular attention is paid in this department to the instruc- 

 tion of Boys in those branches of education, which will be most 

 useful to th in after life as Farmers or Tradesmen. 



E. R. IUwiphreyp, LL.D.J Head er. 



/ ^ARSON'S ORIGINAL ANTI-CORR0SI0N 



^y FAINT, specially patronised by the British and otfc 

 Governments, the Hon. East India Company, the principal Dock 

 Companies, most public bodies, and by the nobility, "entry and 

 clergy, for out-door work at their country seats. ' ^The Anti- 

 Corrosion is particularly recommended as the most durable out- 

 door Paint ever invented, for the preservation of every description 

 of Iron, Wood, Stone, Brick, Compo, Cement, &c, work, as bag 

 been proved by the practical test of upwards of 60 years ' and bv 

 the numerous (between 500 and 600) testimonials in its favour 

 and which, from the rank and station in society of those who have 

 given them, have never yet been equalled by anything of the 

 kind hitherto brought before the public notice. 



Lists of colours, prices, together with a copy of the testimonials 

 will be sent on application to Walter Carson & Son, 9, Great 

 Winchester Street, Old Broad Street, Royal Exchange,' London. 

 * No Agents. All orders are particularly requested to be s ent direct,* 



PAXTON WORKS, SHEFFIELD. ~ 



SAYNORand COOKE, Manufacturers of the cele- 

 brated Exhibition Prize PRUNING, BUDDING, and 

 GRAFTING KNIVES, VINE and PRUNING SCISSORS, &c. 

 These articles are Warranted to stand any kind of work, and to 

 carry the keen edge of a razor without requiring to be sharpened 

 so frequently as is usually necessary to obtain that sharp edge 

 so requisite for the comfort and use of the practical gardener. The 

 blades are also warranted to wear through to the back. They 

 are used by all the eminent gardeners in England, Ireland, and 

 Scotland, and can be purchased of any nurseryman or seedsman 

 in the three kingdoms. Those who may not have used them are 

 respectfully solicited to give them a trial. The Great Exhibition 

 Prize Medal of 1851, and the Prize Medal of the Horticultural 

 Society of Manchester, at their Show of 1S54, was awarded to 

 Saynor & Cooke for their superiority of material and work- 

 m an ship. Established 173S. 



HOSE PIPING. 



WAITHMAN'S PATENT FLAX HOSE PIPING 

 will sustain a greater pressure, is lighter, less bulky, will 

 wear longer, aud is about 60 per cent, cheaper than the leather 

 hose pipe. 



Manufactured only by Waithman & Co., Bentham, Lancaster. 

 No. 1 Quality, Inches in Diameter and Price Per Yabd:— 



i 



2t 



9d.; f, lit/.; 1, 1*. Id.; 1J-, Is. 3d. 



14, 



1*. bd. 



If, 



Is. 7dL : 



2, Is. 9<Z.; 2£, 25. ; 2£, 2s. 8rf.; 2|, 2s. Qd. ; 3, 2«. M. 



Super Extra Stout Quality:— 2, 2$.; 2}, 2s. 3d.; 2J f 2».W,; 



2 J, 2s. 9d.; 3,35. 



No. 0, a cheaper Hose, to bear a low pressure for Garden and 

 Agricultural purposes, at greatly reduced prices : — 1, 9i.; 1J, ICtJ. 

 1£, lid.; 2, Is.; 'Z J, Is. 3tf.; 2.}, Is. 6d. 



The Hose is Burnettised at an extra charge of 3d. per yard. 

 Union Joints, Branch Pipes, and Jets are also supplied. __ 



... 



t^RLGI DOMO."— Patronised by her Majesty the 

 Queen, the Duke of Northumberland for Syon House, hi* 

 Grace the Duke of Devonshire for Cbiswick Gardens, Professor 

 Lindlev for the Horticultural Society, Sir Joseph Paxton for the 

 Crystal Palace, Royal Zoological Society, late Mrs. Lawrence, ot 

 Ealing Park, and — Collier, Esq., of Dartford. 



PROTECTION FROM MORNING FROST. ■ 



" FRIGl DOMO," a Canvas made of patent prepared Ha?r 



ail Horticultural ana noricuirarai purposes, iui picoci >»«&*-, - 

 and Flowers from the scorching rays of the sun, from wind r 

 from attacks of insects and from morning frosts. To b€ had m 

 any required length, 2 yards wide, at Is. 6tf. per yard run, oi 

 Elisha Thomas Archer, whole and sole manufacturer, 7, Tnnuy 

 Lane, Cannon Street, City, and the Royal Mills, Wandsworra, 

 Surrey; and of all Nurserymen and Seedsmen throughoi w 

 kingdom. " It is much cheaper than mats as a covering. ___ 



WATERPROOF PATHS. 

 BARM AND CATTLE SHED FLOORS. 



THOSE who would enjoy their Gardens during 

 winter months should construct their walks of P0RTL 



he 



!> 



the 



CEMENT CONCRETE, which are formed thus :— Screei 

 gravel of which the path 13 at present made from the loam * "*' 

 is mixed with it, and to every part of clean gravel add one or sua v 

 river sand. To five parts of such equal mixture add one ot *;££ 

 land Cement, and incorporate the whole well in the dry state oeiw 

 applying the water. It may then be laid on 2 inches thick, aj 

 labourer can mix and spread it. No tool is required »jy° n /\j n 

 spade, and in 48 hours it becomes as hard as a rock, vegew 

 cannot grow through or upon It, and it resists the action oi 

 severest frost. It is necessary, as water does not soak rnrougu *, 

 to give a fall from the middle of the path towards the sides. 



The same preparation makes first-rate paving for ££«£• 

 CATTLE-SHEDS, FARM- YARD 8, and all other situau ^ 

 where a clean, hard bottom is a desideratum. May ue w 

 winter equally well as in summer. c 



Manufacturers of the Cement, J. B. White & Broth* 

 Miihank Street. Westminster. 



FIRST 



PRIZE REAPING MACHINE. 



NOTICE. 



MESSRS. BURGESS a*d KEY beer respectfully 

 to inform the public, and narticularly the noblernen ^ 

 gentlemen whose orders they were obliged to dec m * ange( j, 

 season on account of the manufacture not being f WI yrJS wft * 

 that the Roval Agricultural Society's First ^1^';; patent 

 awarded to "them for M'Cormiek\s Reaper, with ^J^jg 

 screw platform, at the trial at Leigh Court, near Brwo jr^ 

 the 20th of August last. Amongst the competing ■•* D "£. ^d 

 Bell's, byCn kill: Forbush's, exhibited by Mr. ran , ^ 

 Hussey'8, with tilting platform, by Wra. ^Qfr^Lt tbi* 



X If \» AI''l TCO "^1 O* *"V ■■■ ii — 



required is a man or a boy to drive. 



prices sent free on application.— Boro: 



i Street; and 52, Little Britain, London. 



& -KK\ r r 103, rse«V 



Upp« 



KWWrt 



,he l'»r,.b of ll.ltamg.nd ,»_ lb. Co« ? v of "»«££; , 2 ,h« ,CW 



street in the Pari*h of St. Paul's, oowot h«w», c» • 

 »hr"'aU Adwrti.f mer.t. .ml Commutation, are to be 

 TBI Editor.- SatuedaT, September 29. ISid. 



























