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Stamped Newspaper of Rural Economy and General News.— The Horticultural 



No. 50.— 1855.] 



SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15. 



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(Price Fivepence. 

 Stamped Edition, 6d. 



INDEX. 



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Agaric us cepaestipes 



Antra's Astronomy, rev. . . . 

 Bstaus edulis 



Birmtogliam Cattle Show . 

 Bread, Potatoes in 



Cattle show, Birmingham . 



— Snitthfield 823 



Chrrsauthemu ma, Temple. . . . 



Cottage, ornamental 



Cropa, returns of 



Dioscorea Batatas 



Drainage, Denton on.... 825 c- 



Entomological Society 



Fruit borders, to protect . 



Grape, Scotch White Cluster.. 



Harleston Hall ,. 



Harvest, the late... 



Heating 



Holly plunder 



Insects, vitality of 



Knives, Holmes' 



Landed property .'. 



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Linnean Society 



Oaks, timber of British 



— rings of ancient 



Pathology, vegetable 



Pear trees, seedling 



Pears, produce of 



Pescatore (M.) death of 



Potatoes in bread 



— produce of 



— sweet 



Protection for borders 



Rain, shell 



Smithfield club 825 e- 



Society of Arts, Denton on 



drainage at 



Tecoma velutina 



Trade memoranda 



Trellises, horizontal 



Vines in pots 



Wall borders, to orotect 



Wasp embedded in stone 



Yam, Chinese 



822 * 

 s-2? 6 



824 <• 

 821 a 

 820 c 



825 b 

 20 a 



828 



8*8 

 *90 



8*21 



a 



a 

 b 



b 



821 € 



82$ a 



S2* b 



820 a 



821 b 

 i c 



822 a 

 821 6 



819 c 



820 a 





>T4iE BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX HORTICUL- 



J- TURAL SOCIETY'S EXHIBITIONS OF PLANTS, 

 TLOWERS, and FRUITS, for 1856, are fixed to be held as 

 Tollws:— The Summer Show, on the 25th and 26th of June, and 

 the Autumn Show on the 3d jind 4th of September, on the same 

 'grand scale as in former years. 



Thomas Attree, Esq., Chairman of the Committee. 

 E. Spary, Superintendent of the Exhibition. 

 Edward Carpenter, Secretary. 









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X\T ILLIAM B A 11 B A 



w * LANDSCAPE GARDENER, Wakefield. 



HORTICULTURAL ERECTIONS on the best improved 



principles. 

 *** An extensive stock of Fruit Trees, Ornamental Shrubs, 

 Evkbqbb ens, Fobkst Trees, Roses, and Thorns. 



NOTICE TO CRAPE AND PINE GROWERS^ 



OHOULD THIS MEET THE EYE of any party 



^ having PINES (not under 2 lbs. each), and GRAPES of both 

 colours to dispose of, they are invited to forward the same imme- 

 diately to George Taylor, Jun., Fruit Salesman, Grand Stand, 

 St. John's Market, Liverpool. 



Good Q uality Indispensable.— Terms, Cash. 



NEW CONIFER/E AND SPECIMEN EVERGREENS. 



TJICHARD SMITH has a fine stock of all the best 



J-fc Ornamental EVERGREEN TREES and SHRUBS for 



Lawns, Shrubberies, or for single specimens.— Priced Lists will 

 be sent on appl ication.— N urseries, St. John's, Worces ter. 



STANDARD AND DWARF TRAINED FRUIT TREES. 



TMCHARD SMITH begs to inform the Trade and 



-*- v the Public generally that he has a fine stock of flat and well 

 trained FRUIT TREES of all the best and most popular sorts 

 (true to name), which he will be happy to sell at very moderate 

 prices.— Priced Lists will be sent on application. 



Nur series, St. Jo h n's, Worcester. 



DINUS BENTHAMIANA.— The finest piartsyet 



*- offered of this noble long-leaved hardy PINE. Thev are 

 from Seed, and from 12 to 18 inches high, 7s. 6d. each. Price 

 per 100 to the Trade on application. 



Hugh Low & Co ., Clapton Nurseries, London. 



JLMCEA AMABIL IS.— Seedlings of this fine hardy 



species have been for a long time desirable, as in grandeur 

 of appearance it is scarcely excelled by PICEA NOB1LIS. We 

 nave much pleasure in offering stout plants, three years old, 

 b to 9 inches high, at 3 Is. 6d. each. 



- IIlJ( jL H ]±9?L & Co » Clapton Nurseries, London. 



TPHUJA GIGANTEA.— We are again induced to 



•*- offer this fine tree during the present planting season, 

 it is from the Upper Waters of the Sacramento (in California), 

 wnere it attains a height of 140 feet. It has been proved to be 

 perfectly hardy in this country ; the foliage is most beautiful, 

 jesembhng some of the most graceful species of Lycopodium. 



Hie plants now on sale are in vigorous health, and average from 

 aw to 16 inches in height. Price 31s. 6d. each. 



Hugh Low & Co., Upper Clapton Nurseries, London. 



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P R U I T WANT 



From the 17th to the 21 st December. 



GOOD PINES, not under 2 lbs. each, 



GRAPES, White and Black. 

 PEARS, choice, large, and ripe. 

 MUSHROOMS, small size and close. 

 ASPARAGUS and CUCUMBERS. 

 (Choice FLOWERS, &c.) 



Forward to G. Taylor, Jun., Fruit Salesman, Grand Stand, 

 at. John's Market, Liverpool. Terms, Cash. 



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RENDLE'S PRICE CURRENT and GARDEN 

 DIRECTORY for 1856 is now publMtcd, and 

 can be obtained through any Bookseller in town or 

 country , price 6d., or from the Proprietors, 



William Edgcum be Rendle & Co., Union Road, Plymouth. 



WHOLESALE SEED CATALOCUE. 



WILLIAM E. RENDLE and Co.'s WHOLESALE 

 SEED CATALOGUE is now ready, and can be obtained 

 by the Trade only on application, in exchange for one penny stamp. 



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



ASS and BROWN'S" new AUTUMN~~CATA- 



LOGUE, comprising a considerable portion of descriptive 

 and useful information for purchasers, will be sent free by post 



for three penny stamps, or gratis to their customers, who may not 

 have received them. 



Seed and Horticultural Establishment, Sudbury, Suffolk. 



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number will be liberally dealt with. Prices 

 i52*^sJACKsoN & Son, Nurseries, Kingston, 



WANTED, 20 Tons of GYPSUM, to be delivered 



. ' at the Kingston Station. The price to be stated, either in- 

 ciusive or exclusive of Sacks, which can if worth while be 

 ^turned.— Address, stating price, Mr. J. Marshall, Bailiff, 



^sington Lodge, Kingston, Surrey. ._'■ I 



Bh; SOLD, very handsome large IRISH 



YEWS, from 4 to 8 feet. Purchasers taking a large 



on application. — 

 near London. 



BE ISOLD, an ORANGUTtREE from 12 to 



W t 14 feet ni Khi and ^ much round, and a CITRON 9 to 10 



ir; ""gh. Also four or five large MYRTLES In Tubs, from 



- to 14 f eet in ne jgj lt# Ti ie whole are in the best possible con- 



«»«on and health ; the two former full of fine fruit.— May be seen 

 a ^Plyin g to Mr . H. Hall, New market. 



J t) BE SOLD very cheap for Cash, as the Ground is 



Fni>2£ quired for other purposes, 10,000 ORNAMENTAL 

 JuS^I T *E»GL from 6 to 15 feet, a great variety of sorts; 

 BiT«i^ P SEBERRn ^ and CURRANTS, leading kinds; 500 



Flj^L!LX EW S! from 4 t0 ^ ^et; about 1000 DfiCIDtJO! 



K4T * *\ ING SHRUBS; and a large quantity of 2-year SEA- 

 NnfT and A8 PAR AC U3 Plants.— Appl v to Mr. CHAS. Clabkt 



Fryman, & c ., 179, Windmill Street, Gravesend, Kent. 



NEW AND GENUINE SEEDS. 



DAWE, COTTRELL, ANn BENHAM beg to 

 announce that their Annual Catalogue of FLOWER, 

 VEGETABLE, and AGRICULTURAL SEEDS, for 1856, is 

 now ready, containing many New and Choice kinds, with accu- 

 rate descriptions of about 1000 varieties of Flower Seeds.— Post 

 free on application.— 36, Moorgate Street, and 3, Lawrence 

 Pountney Lane, Cannon Street, Londan. 



ETER LAWSON and SONTs^b^men, Nurskry~- 



men, and Wood Foresters to the Queen's Most Excellent 

 Majesty; and to the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scot- 

 land, Edinburgh, and London. 



Peter Lawson & Son beg to intimate that their Prices, Lists 

 of Seeds, Plants, &c, for the present season are in course of Pub- 

 lication, and will be sent free by Post on application. 



27, Great George Street, Westminster. 



OBERT MrSTARK^begs to mtimate~that~ his 



CATALOGUE of HOLLYHOCKS, ROSES, &c„ for the 

 season is now ready, and may be had on application. A variety 

 of rare and interesting plants, including Ferns, has been 

 recently added to his collection. Garden and Flower Seeds of the 

 most approved sorts. 



Edinburgh— Edgehill Nursery; and 145, Princes Street. 



TO THE SEED TRADE. 



ABRAHAM HARDY and SON, Seed Growers, 

 Maldon, Essex, beg to announce that their WHOLESALE 

 PRICED CATALOGUE OF SEEDS and early Potatoes is now 

 ready, and may be had post free on application. — Dec. 15. 



AIYIERI CA N PL A NTS '. 



IOHN WATERER'S CATALOGUE of RHODO- 



*J DENDRONS, AZALEAS, &c, as exhibited at the Royal 

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

 can be had on application. 



tfc^ The Catalogue describes the colours of the Rhododendrons. 



The American Nursery, Bagshot, Surrey. — Dec. 15. 



AMERICAN PLANTS. 



WATERER 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, Surrey. 



EORGE BAKER begs to announce his DESCRIJE^ 



TIVE CATALOGUE of AMERICAN PLANTS, ORNA- 

 MENTAL SHRUBS, FRUIT and FOREST TREES is now 

 ready, and may be had on application. 



American Nursery, Windlesham, near Bagshot, Surrey, seven 

 miles from Staines, Windsor Branch, South Western Railway, 

 where conveyances may be had. 



EORGE JACKMAN begs to state his PRICED 



CATALOGUE of choice CONIFERS, HARDY EVER- 

 GREENS and ORNAMENTAL TREES, which are well grown, 

 and constantly removed, also Roses, Standard, Dwarf, and 

 dwarf-trained Fruit Trees, and Forest Trees, can be had on 

 application by enclosing one Postage Stamp. 



G. J. respectfully invites persons planting to pay a visit to his 

 extensive nursery, one and a half mile from Woking Station, 

 Soutli Western Railway, where all trains stop, and conveyances 

 can be had.— Woking Nursery, Woking, Surrey. 



FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



JAMES CARTER and CO. beg to announce that 

 they will publish, on 1st January, 1856, their TWENTY- 

 FIRST ANNUAL CATALOGUE OF FLOKICU LTURAL, 

 VEGETABLE, AND AGRICULTURAL SEEDS, acknow- 

 ledged to be the most comprehensive yet compact Annual Cata- 

 logue of Seeds extant. It has been subjected to a careful and 

 elaborate revision, in order to ensure the greatest possible cor- 

 rectness. Forwarded free of charge, and post paid, upon 

 application. 



James Carter & Co.. Seedsmen. 238. High Holhorn, London. 



HARDY HEATHS. 



TITATERER and GODFREY respectfully invite 



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

 .ese most beautiful Hardy Plants. Priced Catalogues may be 

 had free on application to Waterer & Godfrey, Knap Hill 

 Nursery, Woking, Surrey. 



NEW BEDDING PLANT. 

 Double Whitr Petunia "Imperial" (trub). 



MESSRS. WILLIAM ROLLISSON and SONS can 

 now supply good plants of the above-named at 55. each. 

 This extraordinary, new, and beautirul variety can be strongly 

 recommended, and doubtless will become an universal favourite, 

 both as a bedding and conservatory plant, being of excellent 

 habit, frajrrant, and the flowers as double as a Carnation or 

 Ua Lb! s — T • Nurser , Tooting, London. I 



TO THE RADE. 



XJEW PURE WHITE COLLINS I A.— The price 



± ^ per ounce of this new and beautiful AN N I AL can be had 

 on application. 



<L ( ; - Waitk, Seed Mer vnt, 181. 1 Hffe Hoi bom. 1 .o^inn. 



new turnip! ^7^ 



WAITE S " ECLIPSE," PURPLE TOP YELLOW HYBRID 



TURNIP. 



r PIUS new and distinct variety is a hybrid between 



-a- the Purple Top Swede and Purple Top Yellow Scotch 

 Turnip; it p. sesses the pi rties of the Swede, and maybe 

 sown much later. Coloured Drawings of this splendid Turnip 

 may be had on application, or in be seen at the principal Seed 

 Mtablishinents throughout the kingdom. The Seed n b 

 obtained of all respectable Seedsmeu, price 8#. per lb.— A liberal 

 allowance to the Trade. 



J.G. Waitk , Be* \\ u-chantjj*!. High Holhorn.' London. 



VI/AITE'S DANIEL O'KOURKE PEAS.-Thebest 



v * Early Pea in cultivation can be supplied in any quantity, 

 and price had on application to J.G. Waitk, Seed Merchant, 

 181, High H olborn, London. 



NEW EARLY P Ya 



pOTTRKLL'S SEBASTOPOL.—The earliest and 



Vy best Pea cultivated, prl I on application. AlsotbeNe* 

 Early Wonder Pea, early as frames and wonderful cropper, larpe 

 pods. To be had only of l>\\\ vm A Bi iam, 3, 



Lawrence Pountnev La ne, and 36, M oorga et, London. 



EARLY PEAS, ETC., ETC. 



KENNEDY and KEMPTON respectfully inform 

 their Patrons and Friends that they have just received 

 their Stock of Vegetable and other S Is, all < th year's 

 growth, from the most eminent Growkks.- -Addreaa Kennedy 

 & Kemptos, Bedford Conservatories, Covent Garden, London. 



"GYM NQCRA M M A LEFT OP H Y L L A.~ 



Or the Annual Maiden-hair Flrn. 



OERNARD SAUNDERS, Cesarean Nursery, 



*-* Jersey, will be happy to supply six growing plants of the 

 above pretty little Fern, in a small box. post*ga free, to any 

 amateur wishing to possess it, for 2s. 6d.— Dec. 15. 



C~~ HARLES SHARPE and CO. beg toTcqunint the 

 trade that having harvested their stocks of SEEDS they 

 will be glad to forward prices on application. 



Nursery and Seed Establishment, Sleaford.— Dec. 15. 



NEW DOUBLE WHITETETUNIA^^iivipiRl/VL "~(truk}. 



r 1 HARLES TURNER will be able to supply strong 



v--' Plants after the 1st of January of this beautiful new 

 variety, which is as double as an Oleander, and fragrant. Plants 

 35. §d. each, with a considerable reduction to the trade if a dozen 

 are taken. C. T. begs particularly to recommend it, as it is not 

 only a novelty but also a valuable bedding plant. 



Royal Nursery, Slough. 





l^ARLY VEGETABLE SEEDS.- All the Select 



-»_J Kinds for immediate sowing, growth of 1855, may be had of 

 James Carter A- Co.. Seedsmen. 238. High Holborn. London. 



WHEAT FOR LATE AND SPRING SOWING. 

 — Samples with prices of Red Hybrid, Nursery. Browick. 

 and other kinds of Seed Wheat will be sent tree on application to 

 Mr. H. Raynbjbd, Basingstoke. 



SCARLET RHODODENDRONS^ 



J and J. FRASER, Nurserymen, Lea Bridge 

 • Road, Essex, beg to offer fine bu»hy Plants of the above 

 2 to 3 feet high, In Pots, well set with Flower buds. — Price 

 10*. Qd. each. 



PEARS CRAFTED ON THE QUINCE AS PYRAMIDAL 



SHAPED TREES. 



J [and J. FRASER beg to announce that their 

 • Priced List of the above is now published, and may be had 

 post free on application. 



J. & J. F. have sold a large number of these Trees for the last 

 three years, and have received numerous letters from gentlemen 

 in the country speaking in very high terms of their productive- 

 ness. They can therefore recommend them with greater confi- 

 dence to the notice of their friends and the public in general. 

 Lea Bridge Road, Essex. 



DUTCH FLOWtR ROOTS, GOOD AND CHEAP. 



WILLIAM DENVER, Florist, will send out tha 

 following for Ten Shillings :— 



12 Polyanthus Narciss 

 25 Choice Ranunciilnsv 



12 Splendid Anemones 



24 Rare Gladiolus 



—No charge for package; 



12 Choice Hyacinths 

 12 Early Tulips 

 12 Beautiful Iris 

 100 Dutch Crocus 

 82. jj racechnrch Street. London 



HUBARB.— Good one year planted Roots of 



following varieties can be supplied :— 



Myatt's Victoria 30?. per 100, or 5*. per goz. 



Hyatt's Linmeus 30#. per 100, or 55. 



Mitchell's Royal Albert ... 30j. per 100, or 55. 

 Howard Prince Albert ... 605. per 100, or 95. 



ilawke's Champaign 125. 



Large two year planted Roots for Forcing ... 125. 







Extra strong SE AK ALE Roots for Forcing 105. per 100. 



Farm. Deotford.— Dec. 15. 



BUSBY'S STOCKWOOD GOLDEN HAMBURGH CRAPE. 



MESSRS. VEITCH and Son in reply to the many 

 inquiries they are constantly receiving as to when plants 

 of this splendid new Grape will be ready for distribution, and 

 for the information of the public, beg to say that the stock of 

 eyes they have just received from Mr. Busby is sufficiently 

 ample to justify the belief that it will be ready for delivery in 

 the autumn of 1856, at the price previously announced, 21 5. each. 

 All orders already given have been duly registered, and will be 

 executed strictly in r Uion, and the same rule will be observed 

 with reference to all future orders. Consequently the earliest 

 orders will secure the strongest Vines. 



Nurseries. Chelsea and Exeter, Dec. . 



