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GAZETTE 



A Stamped Newspaper of Rural Economy and General News.— The Horticultural Part Edited by Apfessor Lindley 



No. 41.— 1855.] 



SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13. 



ice Fivepcnce. 



imped Edition, 6A 



Acre, Enzlish •••••••_ 



Asriculture, profits of 



Aericultural chemistry 



— statistics 



— education . 



Bakewell farmers' club 



Cabbaa;e leaf, monstrous 



alendar, horticultural 



— agricultural 



Chemistry, agricultural 



Co»erin&s for *lass structures . 



Dahlia and Hollyhock show .. 



Uelamer's " Kitchen Garden," 



reviewed 



Education, agricultural 



Embryos, to graft 



Entomological Society 



Perm, new garden 



Gladioli, diseased 



Grafting walnuts 



— embryos 



Grape, golden Hamburgh .... 



Gravity, specific 



Hollyhock and Dahlia show . . 

 Hops, sulphured 



INDEX. 



6«w> 



682 

 6S2 

 683 



6s 4 



677 

 680 



685 



679 



679 



6 Si 

 f>7S 

 678 



f'77 

 f-76 



678 

 678 



67 s 

 678 

 679 

 6/8 



e 

 b 

 c 

 e 

 a 

 b 



c 



a 

 b 

 e 

 a 

 c 



a 

 a 



b 



c 



b 



a 



a 

 b 

 a 

 a 

 c 

 b 



c 



c 

 m 

 e 

 c 



Horses. Beans for 6S3 



Irrigation 6-U 



Landlord and tenant ,. 683 



Lawes' (Mr.), experiment!... . 682 

 Meat, influence of Papaw en.. f>79 



Orchids, treatment of 673 6 



Park, St. James's 67' t 



Pathology, vegetable 676 t 



Papaw, influence of on meat .. 679 e 

 Plou-rh. Fisken's 683 6 



Pomological society *»79 a 



Potato culture r. disease 677 e 



Protecting materials 677 a 



Radishes 680 a 



St. James's Park 675 c 



Salter's (Mr.) nursery 679 a 



Statistics, agricultural • 683 c 



Steam engines fiSl a 



Sunflower, the 6-*3 c 



Tenant and landlord 6 £ 3 



Thorn, gigantic Cockspur .... 677 



Vines, overfumigating 678 



Vine borders 678 



Walnut, togrflft 678 



Wheat, Hardy's 634 



a 



c 



b 

 a 

 b 



OC0TTISU ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



& The Second Annual General Meeting will be held in the 

 Institution Rooms, 6, York Place, Edinburgh, on WEDNES- 

 DAY, November 14, at 1 o'clock, p.m., when Papers will be read, 

 Candidates will be balloted for, Office Bearers will be elected for 

 tbe ensuing year, and Prizes will be adjudicated for the Essays 

 sent in competition. 



James Brows, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



James Alexander, Secretary. 

 1, Waterloo P lace, Edinburgh, Oct. 13. 



TO NURSERYMEN, GARDENERS, AND OTHERST" 



T3URNLEY NEW CEMETERY.— The Burnley 



-L* Improvement Commissioners desire to receive TENDERS 

 for the Supply and Planting of young TREES and SHRUBS in 

 the Burnley New Cemetery. The kinds required, with the probable 

 quantities, and any other information, may be had on application 

 to Mr. Brierley, Surveyor to the Commissioners. Tenders must 

 be sent in on or before the 26th inst— By Order, 



Sua TV & Sutcltffe, 

 Burnley, Oct. 13. Law Clerks to the Commissioners. 



"DOGERS'S SEED DEPOT and GARDENERS' 



-^ REGISTRY OFFICE, Clock House, Chelsea. 



Empress of the French Cucumber, Burning Bush, Rose-flowered 

 Balsam, Globular Aster; China, Silver, and American Hardy 

 Melons; Winter Vegetable Marrow and Chelsea Cabbage, the 

 hardiest, best, and latest Cabbage in cultivation. Seed of all 

 supplied. 



GEORGE BUBB begs to inform his friends and the 

 public generally, that circumstances have occurred which 

 induce him again to resume his former business as Nursery- 

 man, Seedsman, and Florist, and he takes this opportunity 

 again to solicit the favours of those who so kindly patronised him 

 on former occasions.— Exotic Nursery, Gloucester. 



TULIPS. 



pHARLES TURNER having a surplus Stock of 



Vy many very fine varieties, he is enable to offer aw Extra 

 Ffne Mixture of good flowering Roots, at 30s. per 100. The 

 usual discount to the trade.— Royal Nursery, Slough. 



pTne pIa n t s~ 



]\/TR. J. LESSELLS lias about 200 clean, healthy, 



---'A fruiting, and succession Plants, principally Queens.— 

 Apply at the Gardens, Foremark Hall, Derby. 



TOTHE TR A D Y~. 



JOHN GRIGOR and CO. bep; to request Nursery- 



men requiring strong 1-year Seedling Larch, 2-year Seed- 

 ing True Native Highland Fine, &c, to apply to the Nurseries, 

 Forres, K . B. . 



^.^^ ST ATI C E NALFORDI. * 



JOSEPH MORGAN has 300 healthy plants of dif- 

 ferent sizes, obtained immediately from the original stock. 



PT?£x?JTr rffe Rtwk of stron S flowerin S roots of GLADIOLUS 

 lUvbNUILEYENSIS and other choice varieties. Prices on 



application. A liberal discount to the trade. 



Torbay Nurseries, Torquay, Devonshire 





M OSAGE ORANGE (MACLURA AURAIMTIACA\ 

 ESSRS. MORRISON and SON have to offer 

 about 50,000 Plants (5 to 6 inches high) of this fine new 

 «edge Plant (see Gardeners 7 Chronicle, May 13, 1&54), price 10s. 

 per ion. p r j ce to tne trade on application. Railways to all parts 

 °i™ kingdom.— Nurseries, Monntcoffer, Banff, N.B. 



_, • "" ■ S~PANTSH CHESTNUTS. 



yO BE SOLD, about 200,000 Strong SPANISH 



. CHESTNUTS, from 2 to 4 feet. Price sent on application 

 t 2j2_ a J^er and Godfrey, Knap Hill, Woking, Surrey. 



rrt TO NURSERYMEN AND OTHERS. 



| O BE SOLD, about 1500 strong plants of 



2 <Vk p HLOXFS, named, of best varieties, up to 1864; also about 

 ^>u yards of BOX EDGING, 9 years old, superior quality.— 

 *S?£gg^ A. Y., Office of this Paper. 



\\T ANTED, a Quantity of good SEEDLING HORN- 



T REAM, SLOE THORN, &c.~State price, &c, to Mr. 

 **emble, Nurseryman, Penrith, Cumberland. 



^ — .^ . . 



^ROWICK RED WHEAT, warranted a true Stock 



Mr T n i> perfertl y clean, grown upon new land, may be had of 

 Iter h ' , ! KE1! ' 1>,nry Fartn > Stapleford, Cambridgeshire, price 10$. 



- — "Jl^ L AH orders to be accom panied with a Powf-orhre ord*r. 



Ann t » . S^tCTED SEED WHEAT. 

 GRAHAM HARDY and SON, Seed-Growers, 



Rrn ^Idon, Essex, beg to offer their celebrated PROLIFIC 

 on.Ju at 15t * Also K°«gh Charted, or Satin Wheat, of superior 

 £X& at I2 *- &*• P er hushel. New bag, U.; sack, Vs. 

 toSt " CeS fTI " St RW0Tn P an y orde rs. Prices of selected earliest j 



| JUST HARVESTED. | 



SUTTON and SONS, Seed Growers, Heading have 

 now ha?*vestcd some fine seed of TRUE EARLY 

 SHORTHORN CARROT, MUSTARD, CRESS, 



LETTUCE, EARLY PEAS, and other Seeds for 

 early sowing. 



NEW SEEDS.— GROWTH OF 1855. 



WILLIAM E. RENDLE and 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 Bv&iness, they are now considerably enlarg- 

 ing their offices and wareJtouses, which, when completed, 

 will enable them to attend to all orders v h promptness 

 and despatch. 



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

 Established 1786. 



CAMELLIAS. 



CHANDLER and SONS, Nurserymen, Wandsworth 

 Road, beg to inform their friends and customers that their 

 CAMELLIAS are finely set with flower buds this season. They 

 are now sending out good bushy plants from 30a. and upwards 

 per dozen. The best CHRYSANTH E MUM S , 12s. per doz en. 



BECK'S AND WHITE'S NEW PELARGONIUMS. 



JDOBSON and SON are now sending out the 

 • above, which are first-rate varieties for all purposes. 

 Catalogues with full description and prices may be had on 

 applica tion. — Woo dlands Nurse ry, Isleworth. 



^PELARGONIUMS NOW READY FOR SENDING OUT. 



T DOBSON and SON beg to offer the following 



*J • varieties, which have proved themselves to be first-rate ; 

 the plants are very fine, and cannot fail to please any purchaser. 

 The following 12 for 63*., hamper, package, and carriage to 

 London, free :— Ambassador, Conqueror (Heck's), Carlos, Empress, 

 Gem of the West, Governor General, Laura, Leah, Phaeton, 

 Topsy, Vulcan , Wonde rful.— Wood lands Nursery, Isleworth. 



~~ PANSIES. 



T DOBSON and SON beg to offer the following 



*-J • very choice PANSIES, at ISs. per dozen, hamper included : 

 — Ariel, British Queen, Charles Cowan, Constance, Father 

 Gavazzi, Lady Emily, J. B. Gougb, Mary Taylor, Marion, 

 Pomona, Sir J. Paxton, Satisfaction. 



Fine selections at 6s. , 9s. , and 12s. per dozen. 

 Woodland* Nu rsery, Isleworth. 



SEEDLING RHODODENDRON PONTICUM. 



JAMES SMITH has to offer about 500,000 2 and 

 3-year old RHODODENDRONS : 2 years, 75. Gd. per 1000 ; 

 3 years, 10s. per 1000. Also 3-year old, 1 year transplanted, 16s. 

 per 1000 .— P a rley Dale Nu rsery, near Matlock. — Oct. 13. 



~ CHOICE CARNATIONS AND TULIPS. 



B FRANKLIN, Florist, Flora Cottage, Canonhury 

 • Park, Islington, has fine strong Plants of Brooks's 

 FLORA'S GARLAND, four pair for 1 guinea, and all the other 

 choice kinds at very reasonable prices ; also a few clean strong 

 healthy Bulbs of Franklins GLORIOSA, Bar., at 2 guineas 

 per B ulb. 



10HN HOLLAND, Bradsh.w Gardens, Middle ton, 



*J near Manchester, will be happy to forward his Autumn Cata- 

 logue, containing priced and descriptive lists of the following 

 choice and popular flowers, for one postage stamp : 



ROSE CATALOGUE. 



J and J. FRASER, Nurserymen, Lea Bridge Road, 

 • Essex, beg to announce that their N«w CATA1 GUE ■ 

 ROSES for 1855 and 1856 Is now ready, and may be bad en 



a pplication. 



ROSE CATALOCU L. 



JAMES MITCHELL l»egs to announce that his neir 

 CATALOGUE of K«»SES is now ready, and will be for- 

 warded by application. 

 Piltd own N urse ries, Maresfir Id , Sussex, ( . 13. 



ROSE CATALOCUE. ETC. 



H LANE and SON'S CATALOGUES of ROSES, 

 • TREES and SHRUBS, and FRUIT, are now ready, and 



will be gent as usual to their customers. Also Catalog i of 

 Azaleas, Stove and Greenhouse, and Herbaceous Plants. 



Tli Nurseries, Great Berkhat tead, llt-rte. 



I\ FRANCIS' New DESCRIPTIVE CAT A 



LOG UE of ROSES is now ready for distribution, and will 

 be forwarded gratis on application. 

 R ose N uree rie s, 1 1 ert ford . 



NEW CATALOGUES. 



WILLIAM WOOD and SON'S New Catalogue of 

 ROSKS for 1S56 and 185fi, as well as their New Supple- 

 mentary List of GENERAL NURSERY" STOCK is now reacry 

 for distribution. 



"W. "W. & Son will forward copies as usual to all their cus- 

 tomers, and to other correspondents 'ratis on application. 



Woodlands Nursery. Mar»*8nel<i near UcknV.ld, Sussex. 



E. 



LIST. 



5 CATALOGUE OF 



'LANTS for tlie •resent 



id, post free, on application, 

 uiiersmith, ne ar Lon doi . 



.ANTS. 



N EW PLA NT 



JOHN and CHARLES LI 



*J STOVE AND GREENHOUfc 



Autumn is just published, and may Ixt 

 — Nursery and Seed Estab lis hmen t . 



AMERI CAN P 



10HN WATERER'S CATALOGUE of RHODO- 



O DENDRONS, AZALEAS. Ac, as exhibited at the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, Regent's Park, London, is now published, and 

 can be had on application. 

 tJ^The Catalogue describes the colours of the Rhododendrcss. 

 The American Nursery, Bagshot, Surrey. — Oct. 13. 



AMERICAN PLANTS. 



w 



Auriculas 

 Alpines 

 Carnations 

 Picotees 



Pinks 

 Pansies 

 Polyanthuses 

 Primroses 



in variety oj application. 



Phloxes 

 Belgian Daisies 

 Show Gooseberries 

 luuiiuaca Currants, &c. &c. 



A few packets of very choice Pansy Seed, at 1 Be 2 s. per pe kt. 

 ._ . NEW CUCUMBER— " HIMALAYA." 



CHARLES TURNER has purchased the Stock 

 of Seed of this splendid Cucumber, that was so much 

 admired at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in June last, and which 

 also received Certificates at the Horticultural Society's Show at 

 Gore House, and at the Royal South London Society's Show. It 

 grows from 24 to 30 inches in length, is of very handsome shape, 

 black spine, and an excellent bearer. Packets containing three 

 Seeds, 2s. tit/, per packe t.— Royal Nursery, Slough. 



HP HE BEST SEED IN THE WORLD, saved as 



A recommended in Glenny's "Garden Almanack" from the 

 best Blooms of the best Varieties. Balsams, six classes, 

 37 stamps; mixed, 13 stamps. Geranium and Pink, 30 stamps; 

 Hollyhock and Dahlia, 13 stamps; Quilled Aster and large 

 flowering Stocks, 7 stamps. Sealed packets only.— G. Glenny, 

 Fulham. The trade supplied. ^^___ 



DOUBLE ROMAN and PAPER WHITE .NAR- 

 CISSUS, 45. per dozen. — The above Bulbs, the former of 

 which is so justly esteemed for its early blooming and excessive 

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

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

 Warehouse, 18, Pall Mall, near Waterloo Place London. 



W TOWNS END has now ready to send out 

 • GEHAMUM CYDONIA CARM IN EA-for description 

 see Advertisement, 4th August; has been exhibited at the 

 National Society. 15th June and. Qfith jLupnat, *«<* <*bt*i?i©d » 

 Certificate. Plants 55., 7s. Gd. and 10s. 6//. each; one over to 

 every three ordered in the trade. Post-office orders payable at 

 Bavswater.- ■• Netting- Hill. 



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H A k D Y Hfc.AT*HS 



T\rATERER and GODFREY respectfully invite 



W attention to their large stock and first-rate collection of 

 these most beautiful Hardy Plants. Priced Catalogues may be 

 had free on application to Watbrer & Godfrey, Knap Hill 

 Nursery, Woking, Surrey. 



VAN (iEERT, Nurseryman, Ghent, Belgium, 



• begs to inform Amateurs and the Trade that he has just 

 piitniafaed a new PRICED CATALOGUE OF PLANTS, con- 

 taining many Continental novelties and nthtr useful plants. 



May be obtained on application of his Agent, Mr.R.SiLBERRAD, j ripened 



ATERER and GODFREY beg to announce their 



Priced and Descriptive Catalogue of American Plants for 

 this season is now published, and will be sent free on application. 

 As the collection of American Plants at this Nursery is altogether 

 unequalled in extent or quality, purchasers will find it to their 

 interest to pay a visit to the Nursery, which may be readily done 

 by the South Western Railway to Woking Station. 

 Knap Hill Nursery, Woking, Surr ey. 



GEORGE BAKER begs to announce his descriptive 

 Catalogue of AMERICAN PLANTS, ORNAMENTAL 

 SHRUBS, FRUIT and FOREST TREES, is now ready, and 

 may be had by enclosing two postage stamps. — American 

 Nursery, Windlesham, near Bagshot, Surrey, 7 miles from 

 Staines, Windsor branch, South Western Railway, where con- 

 veyances may be had. 



* DUTCH FLOWERING BULBS. 



TAMES CARTER and CO/s CATALOGUE OF 



J DUTCH AND CAPE BUL1 3, the most comprehensive 

 and select published, will be forwarded free of charge and po+t 

 paid, upon application to address at foot. The Bulbs are as usual 

 of first-rate quality. 



Jambs C art; & Co.. 23 8. High inborn. London. 



R PARKER begs to inform his friends anU patrons 

 • that his PRICKD CATALOGUK of DUTCH BULLS 



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

 Paradise N nrse ry, Hornsey Road. Hollpway. 



WILLIAM DENYER bees to offer DUTCH 



BULBS of superior quality and low in price, as the fol- 

 lowing choice collection will testify, for 20s., package included. 



12 named early Tulips 

 12 best double Anemones 

 12 named English Iris 

 12 Jonquils 

 50 Snowdrops. 



12 Choice Hyacinths, named 

 12 Double Tournesol Tulips 

 12 Choice Gladiolus 

 12 Polyanthus Narcissus 

 100 Dutch Crocuses, all colours 



With every other kind of Flower roots equally moderate in price. 



Descriptive and priced Catalogues forwarded on application. 



Wm. Denver, Seedsman and Florist, 62, Gracechurch Street. 



DUTCH FLOWER ROOTS. 



PETER LAWSON and SON, Seedsmen and Nur. 

 BSBVMEV to IIeb Ma.; ty the Queen-, and to the High- 

 land and Agricultural Society of Scotland, respectfully intimate 

 that they are now ready to execute orders for HYACINTH 

 ROOTS, Ac., &c, of the finest kinds and in excellent condition. 

 Catalogues may be had, free, on application. 



27j_GreaM^orgeStreetj_V bnln! r— Oct. 13. 



DUTCH 



IMPORTED 



BULBS. 



M 



1 5. Harp Lane, To r?r Stre ; Loin' on. 



EVAN PAUL begs to inform his patrons and friends 

 that he has received his first importation of the above, which 

 have arrived in first-rate condition, early orders for which are 

 respectfully solicited. Catalogues forwarded postage free on 

 application.— Tb« Nurseries, Derby, Oct. 13. 



DUTCH BULBOUS ROOTS. 



ARTIN and SON have much pleasure in inform>r;£ 



their friends that they have received in go ri condition 

 their annual importation ot the above, which are particularly 

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

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

 Nursery and Seed Establishment, Cottingham (1788J ; Hull 



Branch. Junction Street. ^_ ^ 



IMPORTED DUTCH FLOWER ROOTS. 



rp F. WINSTANLEY, Seedsman and Florist, be-s 



X • to inform his patrons and friends that he has received 

 direct from one of the first growers in Holland, his first annual 

 importation of the above, comprising Hyacinths, Narcissus, 

 Early and Late Tulips, Jonquils, Iris, Crocus, Gladiolus, Ane- 

 mones, Ranunculus &e. &c. All are unusually fine and well 



Descril " vp PrieH Catalogues can be had on app li- 

 lt ion. -28, > Let Place, Mut.cht 



