p E c. 22, 1855.] 



THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETT]: 





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HALF. DOZEN HAMPERS. 



INDLATER, MACKIE, & Co., Wine and Spirit 



Merchants (Agents for Guinn^ss's Extra Stout, and Bass 

 C 'a Pale Ale), 1, Upper Wellington Street, Strand, make up 

 ilf-dozen Hampers for 205., Bottles and Hamper included, con- 



Half 



One Bottle finest French Brandy. 



best Scotch or Iribh Whisky, 

 old Jamaica Rum. 

 best and strongest Gin. 

 finest Old Port. 

 „ Sherry. 



Delivered free within five miles of their Establishment. 



Country orders to be accompanied by a remittance. 



One 

 One 

 One 

 One 

 One 



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SISAL CIGARS, SISAL CIGARS, SISAL CIGARS! 



GOODRICH'S CIGAR, TOBACCO, and SNUFF 

 STORES (Established 1780), removed to 407, Oxford Street, 

 near Soho Square. A Box, containing 14 line Sisal Cigars 

 for Is 9d. ; post free for 27 stamps. None are genuine unless 

 ned " H. N. Goodrich." 



FRENCH MODERATOR LAMPS.— A "very large 

 and superior stock now on sale at DEANE, DRAY, and 

 CO.'S (Opening to the Monument), London Bridge. 



Established a.d. 1700. 



nERDOE'S WINTER OVER-COATS, CAPES, 



I) SHOOTING JACKETS, LADIES' CAPES, &c— One of 

 the largest stocks in London; thoroughly Waterproof, without 

 sxtr-i charge. Light Capes, 305. to 403.; Coats, 40s. to 50>. 

 Ladies' Capes, 20s. to 40s. 



W. Beedoe, Tailor, 96, New Bond Street, and 69, Cornhill. 



HEAL and SON'S EIDER DOWN QUILTS; 

 also GOOSE DOWN QUILTS, from 8s. 6d. to 24s. List 



f Prices and Sizes sent free by Post. Heal & Son's Illustrated 

 atalogue of Bedsteads and Priced List of Bedding also sent post 

 free.— 196, Tottenham Court Road. 



MARK YOUR LINEN. 



THE PEN SUPERSEDED.— The most easy, per- 

 manent, and best method of marking Linen, Silk, Cotton, 

 Coarse Towels, Stockings, Books, or anything else, is with the 

 PATENT ELECTRO-SILVER PLATES. By means of this 

 novel invention a thousand articles can be marked in ten minutes. 

 Any person can easily use them. Initial Plate, Is.: Name Plate, 

 2s.; Set ot Numbers, 2s.; Crest Plate, 5s. Sent free ro any part 

 of the kingdom (on receipt of stamps), by the inventor and sole 

 latentee, T. Culleton, Heraldic Engraver to the Queen and 

 ;oyal Family, 2, Long Acre, one door from St. Martin's Lane. 



9~| 9° MILNER'S HOLDFAST AND FIRE- 



& L £ RESISTI NG SAFES (non-conducting and vapour- 

 ising), with all the improvements, under their Quadruple Patents 

 of 1840-51-54 and 1855, including their Gunpowder Proof Solid 

 Lock and Door (without which no Safe is secure), the strongest, 



BEST, and CHEAPEST SAFEGUARDS EXTANT. 



Milner's Phoenix (212°) Safe Works, Liverpool, the most com- 

 plete and extensive in the world. Show Rooms, 6 and 8, Lord 

 Street, Liverpool. London Dep6t, 47a, Moorgate Street, City. 



Circulars free by post. 

 AMUSEMENT FOR WINTER EVENINGS. 



ECHTS FOLDING BAGATELLE TABLES 



l* I afford, in an eminent degree, a means of varied amuse- 

 ment combined with instruction. Each table is constructed for 

 playing four highly entertaining games. Prices complete from 

 3J. 15s. to 121. 10s. Telescope stands for ditto with adjusting 



screw legs, 21. 5s. to SI. 10s. each. — 112, Regent Street ; 4, Leaden- 

 hall Street, London ; and Crystal Palace. 



R. MECHPS NEW SHOW ROOM, at his 



l* 1 West End Establishment, No. 112, Regent Street, extend- 

 ing to Glasshouse Street, is now completed, and is furnished with 

 thenewest and most approved designs of Electro-Plated DINNER, 

 TEA, and COFFEE SERVICES, LIQUOR FRAMES, SAL- 

 VERS, TOAST RACKS, SPOONS, FORKS, &c. Also a large 

 assortment of the best London and Sheffield-made TABLE 

 KNIVES.— 112, Regent Street, London. 



AT MR. MECHI'S ESTABLISHMENTS, 



"- 112, Regent Street, 4, Leadenhall Street, and Crystal Palace, 

 are exhibited the finest specimens of British manufactures in 



Dressing Cases, Work-boxes, Writing Cases, Dressing Bags 

 and other articles of utility or luxury. A separate department 

 for Papier Mache" Manufactures and Bagatelle Tables. Table 

 Cutlery, Razors, Scissors, Penknives, Strops, Paste, &c. Ship- 

 ping orders executed. The same prices charged at all the 



Establishments. 



plFTS of FRIENDSHIP and AFFECTION.— 



^* The almost insuperable difficulty so frequently experiened 

 in the selection of an appropriate article for presentation which 

 will fully convey in an acceptable, attractive, and useful form the 

 kindly intention of the giver, and at the same time merit the ap- 

 preciation and regard of the recipient, is now entirely removed by 

 an inspection of the varied attractive manufactures displayed in 

 the magnificent SHOW ROOMS at Mr. MECHI'S ESTA- 

 BLISHMENTS, 112, REGENT STREET, and 4, LEADEN- 

 HALL STREET, London ; consisting of thenewest and choicest 

 patterns in Ladies' and Gentlemens' Dressing Cases, Work 

 Boxes, Writing Desks, Dressing and Carriage Bags, Inkstands, 

 Bagatelle Tables, Caskets, Tazzas, French Bronzes, and Bijom 

 of the newest and most novel description. The Papier Mache 

 Department presents a large variety of the most beautiful 

 designs in Work Tables, Chess Tables, Desks, Blotting Cases, 

 Inkstands, Tea trays, Pole screens, Tea poys, Envelope Cases, 

 Multiformis, Cabinets, Tea Chests and Caddies, Jewel Boxes, 

 &c. Table and small cutlery of every description, A Show 

 Room, at 112, Regent Street, is devoted exclusively to the display 

 of the best electro-plated Dinner, Tea, and Coffee Services, Cn.et 

 Frames, Liquor Frames, Salvers, Toast Racks, Cake and Bread 

 Baskets, Fish Carvers, plated and silver Dessert Knives and 

 Forks in Cases, Spoons, Forks, <&c. The above but represent 

 a few of the leading articles to be seen at these Emporiums. An 

 inspection will amply repay the trouble of a visit. Same prices 

 charged at both houses. 



the best food for children, invalids, 



rand others. 

 OBINSON'S PATENT BAH LEY, for making 

 superior BARLEY WATER in 15 minutes, has not only 

 obtained the patronage of her Majesty and the Royal Family, 

 but has become of general use to every class of the community, 

 and is acknowledged to stand unrivalled as an eminently pure, 

 nutritious, and light food for Infants and Invalids ; much approved 

 ■°r making a delicious Custard Pudding, and excellent for 

 lQ1 ckening Broths or Soups. 



ROBINSON'S PATENT GROATS, for more than 30 years 

 av e been held in constant and increasing public estimation as 

 ne purest farince of the Oat, and as the best and mo>t valuable 

 P^paration for making a pure and delicate GRUEL, which form 



for * an( * nutritious supper for the aged, is a poplar recipe 

 colds and influenza, is of general use In the sick chamber, and, 

 '^rnately with the Patent Barley, is an excellent food for 

 Wants and Children. 



IW epared only by tne Patentees, Robin-sont, Bellville, & Co., 

 S o| 7 evor s to the Queen, 64, Red Lion Street, Hoi bora, London, 

 and n y aH res P ectaJ >te Grocers, Druggists, and others in Town 

 « 1 country, in packets of 6d. and \a.\ and Family Canisters, at 

 *•> &■, and 10*. each. 



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T^RELOAR'S COCOA-NUT FIBRE MANUFAC This d*v is published, prto v 



-i- TURES consist of MATTING, DOOR MATS, MAT- 170 LI A ORCHIDACEA Part* VF *m1 VII AMN 



TBE88BS,HASSOCK8 t BRU8HE8,Ac,andan stingnished t pEi* "he I Fir* Y^nm^J^t^Jk \U C °?" 



by superiority and excellence of workmanship, combined with Lima ?od £ ?\£ nSdomni ' C ° nUlD,nff ic,dmm ' CtUntbe, 

 moderate charges. Catal nes, containing prices and every T^!l «~ „. „. 



particular, free by post. - I . Treluak, Cocoa-nut Fibre Maim. — tthkws,5, Up per VI <lhm- - reet, Covent G arden. 



facturer, 42. L udgate Hi ll, Lon don. 



HOLLOW AY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS 

 SUPERIOR REMEDIES FOR BAD LEGS.— Mr. John 

 Nix, of Billericay, Essex, informs Profess, r Holloway that Mrs. 

 Mary White, of Vange, had been troubled with a bad leg for 

 more than 15 years, for the cure of which there appeared no 

 remedy, as she had tried various means withe effect, hut by hi 

 persuasions she commenced using Hollow-ay's Ointment and Pills, 

 previous to which for 16 weeks she was unable to cross the room. 

 These invaluable remedies however cured the leg in a very short 

 time. — Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world; n 

 Professor Holloway's Establishments, 241. Strand. London, and 

 80, Maiden Lane, New York; by A. Stampa, Constant in pie; 

 A.Goidicy, Smyrna; and H. Hoods, Malta. 



Third Edition, comlderaoly enlarged, price 5*. 6d. 



URAL C H K M I S T R 



By Edward lly, F.R 3 F.L.S.. f.G & 

 Honorary Member of the Royal Agricultural S»»< ty of England: 

 Professor of Chemistry to the Horticultural - >f London • 



Lecturer on Chemistry in the Hon. E. I. Co/a Military Seminary 



at Addiscombe.&c, &c. 



J. M ATTl 



Now ready, postage free, 



LIST of the PRINCIPAL NEW and CHOICE 



BOOKS in circulation at Minn t Library. Also, 



A LIST of SURPLU8 COPIES of RECENT WORKS withdrawn 

 from circulation, and ottered at greatly reduced prices for cash. 



Chakles Edwabp Mudir, 510, New Oxford Street, London; 

 and 76, ( r St reet, Manchester. _ 



SERIES OF ARTICLES ON FORESTRY. 



THE FIRST of a SERIES of ARTICLES on 

 FORESTRY, to BHOohttoued weekly, by Mr. Jamf. 

 Brown, m.thor of "The Forester," will appear la the 

 "North British Agriculturist" of the, 2d January, 1856. The 

 series is intended to embrace Arboriculti in its widest sent* and 

 to con^ti ute what may be regarded as the B ok. of the Forest. 

 Terms — 2is. per annum ; 6s. per quarter. Orders to be add:- led 

 to David Guthrie, 377, High S'reet, Edinburgh. 



HIE FLORIST, FRUIT1ST, WD GARDEN 



, 6, Upper Welling et, < ™ n t Garden. 



Price 3d. each, or 5*. for 25 copies for distribution moae C>rtaga 

 T< mtry, delivered anywhere in London, on .1 V .ffiee order 

 I or sent to the Publisher, James Matthews, at 11. office of 

 the <T(irdcntr y a Chronicle. 



In consequence of the new postal arrangements, parties in the 

 country uho desire it can have two copies sent by post for 

 one stamp, live for two stamps, or eleven for 1 r, in addition 

 to the cosr of the numbers. 



HTHE COTTAGER'S CALENDAR OF GARDEN 



I OPERATIONS. BjrSir.Iostpn I'axtok, M.P. 



Reprinted trom the Oaeuineis 

 100,000 l> + slready been sold. 



I p wards of 



Price 6>. &/. < 



SECOND EDITION, 1 Vlsi n AND ENLARGED. 



ORNAMI rAL AND DOM I i'IC TOULTR 

 Tiirir History and Manaofmkkt. 



LTRY 



By tuk I:kv. EDMUND K.VL I'I.\oS,M.a, 



1 tor of I ut wood with Keswick. 



1 it-office orders to l>o made payable l a mrs Matthews 



5, Upper Wellington Street, Cov>nt Garden, Ivuidoo. 



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STUDY OF 



MISCELLANY. Uy C. Turner and J. Stkn< . Monthly, 

 price 1«.— The last number just published, containing Index, 

 Title Page. &c, completing ihe Volume for 1" .contains beau- 

 tiful coloured Illustrations of new Gloxinias, a Plan of a Flower 

 Garden, and other Engravini besides 26 closely printed } s 

 of Letter-press relating to Practical Gardening, by some of the 

 most eminent Horticulturists of the day. The work has now 

 completed its Eighth Volume, which is perhaps the best test of 

 its utility, and, having a la e circulation, offers an excellent 

 medium for advertise The number and beauty of its Plates 

 make it a delightful Christmas present. Published in Monthly 

 Numbers at 20, Southampton Street, Strand, where Volumes, j 

 price 13*. 6rf., for the present and past years can be had. 



Will be published, Jan. 1, No. I. of the Second Edition of 



HE COTTAGE GARDENED DICTIONARY, 



in Weekly Numbers, 1^/.; and Monthly Parts, Id. Edited 

 by George W. Johnson, Esq., Editor of The Cottage Gardener," 

 " The Gardeners' Almanack," &c. 



This Dictionary explains, in Alphabetical Order, the Terras 

 and Operations employed by Gardeners; Descriptions and His- 

 tories of all the Species of Fruits, Flowers, and Vegetables 

 worthy of a place in our Gardens. Greenhouses, and Stoves, with 

 their Varieties and appropriate Cultivation? and all its detail 

 have been prepared by son e of the best practical and Scientific 

 gardeners of England. Th B characteristics render it the most 

 useful and most reliable, as it is also the cheapest work for 

 general reference that has yet been published on English 



G ard e ni ng. 



One verv large Edition has been sold, and the present Edition, 

 including all New Plants, with most copious Dictionary of Syno- 

 nyms, is a still more valuable work of reference, both to the 

 Amateur and Professional Gardener. It will be published in 

 about Sixty Weekly Numbers. Price ljd. each, and in Monthly 



Parts, price Id. 



London : W. Kent & Co., 51, Pate rnoster Row. 



PRICE FOURPENCE, OF ANY BOOKSELLER. 



CONTENTS of the NUMBER for SATURDAY 

 LAST, DECEMBER 15, OF 



THE ATHEN/EUM. 



JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LITERATURE, 



SCIENCE, AND THE FINE ARTS. 

 Thirty-two Urge Quarto Pages. 



Reviews of. with Extracts from— 



INTRODUCTION TO Til 8 



JURI8PEUDENCE. 



BEING A TRAv-I,*TI< Off TUK ORNSBAl. PAST OF 



TIIIPAl T M M IMS I'AM.i PEN RECUTS, 



WITH NO \N-n ILLUSTRATION'S 



By NATHANIEL LINDL V. of the Middle Temple, Esq- 



Barri-r. r-at-Law. 



WILLIAM Maxwell. 32, Bell Yard. Lincoln's Inn. Law Book- 

 seller and Publisher; H qes .\ with. Grafton Street. Dublin. 



Just out. piice 1*., sold by all booksellers, 



HOW, WHEN, and WHOM to MaRRY ; with 

 Observations on the Onuses of " Marriages being so often 

 Unhappy.'* By the fter. A. Black. 



Th* APT «.f DRESSING with ELEGANCE and PRO- 

 PRIETY. Price Li. Gd. Also, the SE« -RETS of a LADY'S 

 TOILET; the 1 ipes of the Court Beauties; how to efface 

 Wrinkles, and enjoy Youth and Beauty. 



Either of the above works will he sent by the publisher, R. 

 Peb< y, l f Welbeck Street, London, Marylebone, on receipt of the 

 amount in stamps. 



O 





The Politics of Aristotle. By 



R. Congreve and J. R. T. 

 Baton. 



Year Books, &c. 



Minor Minstrels: Liederausder 

 Krimm — Anti-Maud — War 

 in Peace— Devotional Verse 

 for a Month— Lake Leman— 

 Poetical Portrait of II.R.H. 

 Prince Albert—Amatory and 

 other Poems- 

 Acrostics. 



TO MARKET GARDENERS. 



DAWLEY WAI NEAR H ARLINGTON-. MIDDLESEX. 



BG LET by Trader, for Parma of Years, 



about 23 ACRES' f excellent GARDEN GROUND, stocked 

 with *ll kinds of young Fruit Trees and Btmties in full bearing, 

 with nearly 1000 yards run of Wall and Wall Fruit Trees. Shed 

 and Barn room will be provided; there is also a Cottage which 

 may he tendered for separately. — The Ground may be seen on 

 application to Mr. W. Tu< stojt, at Dawlnv WalJ (West Drayton 

 tation, Great Western line), by whom all nec< ary informa- 

 tion will he jziven, as well as by Mr. H a drill, at Messrs. 

 T. and W. Rhodes', Ball's Pond, Kirifjsland. Ten ers to be sent 

 to Mr Hadrill, as above, on or be ore THURSDAY, January 

 10. 1856, at 11 o'clock. The advertise! do not guarantee to 

 accept the highest, or any other bidder, unless the respectability 

 of the parties se lec t ed shall he satisfa ctorily established. 



TO BE LET.a NURSERY and SEED BUSINESS. 



* -—John Thing bej?s to say that he la desirous of treating 

 with a Tenant for his Nursery Ground, which he is at present 

 occupying himself, and which offers an elig ble opportunity to 

 any one wishing to enter on the business. The Stock is light, 

 and the quantity of Land may be made to suit the convenience 

 of the Tenant. — For further particulars, apply to JoHff Young. 

 Elm Cottage, Taunton. 



A Century of 



and about the 

 Camp before Sevastopol, By 

 R. C Macormick. Juu. 



Harper's Story Books. 



Index Testaceolngicus. By S. 



Hanley. 



Additional Sketches, &c. By 

 T. Parker. 



Reply to the Charges made in 

 England against the Character 

 of the Belgian Troops in the 

 Campaign of 1815. By Gen- 

 eral Renard. 



List of New Books. 



Te Ika a Maui; or, Mew Zea- 

 land and i's Inhabitants. By 

 the Rev. R. Taylor. 



A Lad y's Second Journev Round 

 the World. By Ida Pfeiffer. 



Two Summer Cruises with the 

 Baltic Fleet in 1854-5. By 

 the Rev. R. E. Hughes. 



The Wanderer in Arabia. By 



G. T. Lowth. 

 The Theory and Practice of 

 Horticulture. By Dr. Lindley. 



With Shorter Notices of 



The Wonders of Science. By Two Months in 

 Henry Mayhew. 



The Adventures of the Caliph 

 Haroun al Raschid. 



Alfred Leslie. By J. O. Brown. 



Parish and other Pencil lings. 



Sevastopol- The Story of its 

 Fall. By G. R. Emerson. 



Vis: A Treatise on the Pre- 

 dominating Influence of the 

 Sunbeam throughout Crea- 

 tion. By E. B. Brig t. 



My MS.: A Tale of Olden 



Islington. 



Original. — The Ignatian Controversy 



1 Kalevala.' 

 TRTeekly Gossip. — Public Examinations— Historical Por- 

 traits—' Stratford Shakspere '— Sale of Choice Books— Hor- 

 ticultural Society's Herbarium -New Model of the Siege of 

 Sehastopoi— Bath City Lectures- Bard's ' Waikna'— Ameri- 

 can Autographs— Works of Bufifon— French Typography- 

 Scraps from Foreign Journals— Russian Astronomer's Letter 

 to Mr. Airy— Heir Klaus Groth. 



Societies. — Reports of the P»oceedinzs of the Geographical 

 Geological- Antiquaries- A re h geological- Zoological ""- 

 mological— Civil Engineers— Society of Arts. 



Fine Arts. — The Bayenx Tapestry Elucidated. By the Rev. 

 l>r. Bruce— New Publications. 



Pine Art Gossip. — New Cartoon— Landseer Collection- 

 Distribution of Medals to the Royal Academy Srud^ms— 

 Graphic Society— Monster Hotel— King Charles's Statue— 



Arcnitectnral Exhibition. 



Music and the Drama. — Madame Goldschmtdt's Con- 

 cerrs— Marylebone ['The Merchant's Daughter of Toulon. 'J 



Musical and Dramatic Gossip. — Manic in Australia 



— Rising Vocalists — Ellas Lectures on Music— Belgium 

 1 Demonstrations '—Death of Frederic B£rat. 



The Athenaeum may he ordered of any Bookseller. 



TO NURSERYMEN, GARDENERS. AND OTHERS. 



-1^0 BE DISPOSED OF, hy Private Contract, the 



1 LEASE, GOODWILL, and STOCK of Birch Field 

 Nursery, eligihy situated ahout two milea from the centre of the 

 town of Birmingham, out of the borough, on the turnpike road 

 to Walsall. It occupies an area of about 2 Acres, the rent is 

 very low, and the Stock of an ordinary and useful character. 

 There is a Cottage, Stable, Greenhouse, and other necessary con- 

 veniences tor carrying on an extensive and profitable business.— 

 For further particulars, and totrea \ apply to ur. Joseph Jaggeb, 

 Bank, High Street; or to Mr. C. H. Jagger, Solicitor, Cannon 

 Street, Birmingham. 



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Hiawatha' and the 



CANNES, SOUTH OF FRANCE. 



r jTO BE SOLD, completely furnished, in one of the 



* warmest, driest, and most healthy and agreeable localities 

 for invalids in all Europe, that beautiful Marine Residence and 

 Grounds known as the CHATEAU ST. GEORGES, fit for the 

 immediate reception of any nobleman's or gentleman's family, 

 and situate one mile west of the town and port of Cannes, with- 

 in a few minutes walk of the chateau of the Right Hon. Lord 

 Brougham, and 20 miles south- west of Nice. The property faces 

 the Mediterranean, which forms its southern limit, while its 

 northern boundary is the grande route from I aly to Marseilles, 

 from which latter town it is only 14 hours' by posting, or 11 hours' 

 hy the steamers, and there are als«. two diligences daily each way 

 in connection with the railway from Paris to Marseilles, which 

 is now opened throughout, and the distance is performed each 

 way in 20 hours—total travelling frees London to Cannes, 47 

 h'»urs.- For particulars and viewing plans, apply to Messrs. 

 Green, Estate Agents and Auctioneer *, 28. Old Bond Street. 



POULTRY.— To those who wish to IMPROVE 

 their BKEEI) hy giving New Blood from* the best strains, 

 this being the time for so doing.- Apply for particulars to A. G.. 

 Post Office, Watliugton, Oxon. 



FOWLS?" 



Ento- ; 'TO BE SOLD, 1 (XX K au.i 2 PULLETS, 31 3*. 



1 Off the Cornish Game— thoroughbred.— To be seen at 24. 

 Brook slev's Walk. Homerton, Hackn ey. 



MONTHLY SALE OF FOUlTKY AND PIGEONS. 



\/| R. J. C. STEVENS will Sell by Auction, at his 



L* 1" Great Ro- m, 38, King Street I ovent Garden, on TUES- 

 DAY Jan. I, at 12 o'clock precisely, FIRST CLASS POULTRY, 

 .•..u-smiir ot Dorkings, Cochins, Brahuins, Spanish Hamburghs, 

 iMands, Bantam-. Ac, many of which are Prize Birds from the 

 Yards of Messrs i. ey, Breaviugton, Jones. L«-n<>, and several 

 amateurs. Also the renowned Stud of Al morid Tumblers of 

 R i^rr Pyne, l>q., who is relinquishing the Fancy; and a Hydro- 

 Incahator. May be viewed on the morning of > ale— Catalogues 

 had oy enclosing a stamped directed envelope to Mr. J, C. 



Stkven - 3 , Ring Street, Covent Garden. 



