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to it by the advocates for making | the direction of the AUTUMNAL MARROW SQUASH.” n| FINE ASER, Jux. (lately with Messrs. 
ster Bi & Co., — bene e page oy mag 
m America see and amar M LEWIS GOA 
which is girdi in the Chronicle chase aah We be oe also three | Jaco 
sorts of VEGETABLE MARROW, which are 1l-shaped. li 
Calendar of Operations look very nice on the table, are less watery than the old variety, | 
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Bor: E Fens, January 28th—During the wet, short, | Direct A. B.,6, Munden Street, Hammersmith, London. 
and pr mtd Pi tise of mid-winter it is z diult matter with R, Frorist, Newton Bushel, Devon, 
the aid of machinery an pres, Appianos 2 aan em r to the late W. H. Story, Es 
complement of labourers to a profitable account in ordinary farm w ETE pes as eriy Gardene Fed Trade and the ane sity 
operations. They cans er work CN Add nor any of them that = att be prepared to send out the first week i in May strong D A. SMI Ith Pisces Dulwich, 
always under cover, and it is pretty certain that in January, and of the following beautiful new FUCHSIAS, all raised by TS, ; Sarrera bog 
often in February and December, if h ai eri) “had sige cd pe ee pas eae sio (eein ens E, of p attr r supah BALSAM i n 
and as the season advances it is quite probable that most of t id Th; wer is hitherto unrivalled 2s. 
odd jobs are done out of hand, and therefore until spring seeding rei aki ality; the ia aoa pte rich carmine, remark- per packe The. ours i pag =” white, white” flask, 
commences labour is devoted to manure, draining, and hedging; T , 1 re ag nenep a bell-sha q | Scarlet flake; ked, scarlet spotted white; also a smali 
i i S ably long and refiex sagor y, giving the ped | quantity of purple po purple flake. 
to these a rainy day is not exactly fitted, both master and men are araia orali is iolet, very free bloom good q y 
unwilling to lose the day, and a wet jacket and wet shoes fesan Ta: Gd: icb. y Bp d opy of Minute. National Floricultural Society, July-26, 1855. 
result, often laying the foundation’ of rheumatism, | and PILOT, —Long scarlet tube, sepals well reflexed, large double “ Balsams :—20 ies from F.and A, SMITH, Dulwich, Ba 
sometimes cold and tts pia st in "ague. There ‘in corolla very attractive. 5s. each. censors not having the power to award Seasons 
cape banat hr T dial hy ada an aa STAR.—Tube rather short, sepals well reflexed, beautiful | of plants (true Annuals, and therefore not c ma PE eit 
ment uap chiefly from severe or unfavourable weather; but as large double corolla. faci rt, flowers), wish to express their unanimons Fairs of the great 
yanar w dry days ensue, the complaints are on the other side DANDIE MONT.—Stont scarlet tube and ‘Sepals well | merit of the collection vss n which for variety, habit, colour, 
for more ng eng Wages continue at 14s. 15s. per week; reflexed, deep ae eee ett i Giant size, doubleness, and general ex celle ence, are the best that had 
ok 1d ts 16 pose cle ceeeta ET meas | GLOREOEA SUPERE Meth) shriek tebe zni i sepals of | hitherto come under their notice. 
sige yours old earning 1s. a day ; smaller boys at from 6d. to great substance beautifully Tefiexed, s0 bss to resemble i in aaia Dr. LINDLEY, on inspecti aid :— 
e A “They are fully equal, oo i in several particulars vastly 
pric to the best I have seen in Continental establishments.” 
w | sd tract from the Report of the Meeting of the National Floricul- 
| IVE HUNDRED BUSHELS OF POTATOES sgn erna in the Gardeners’ Chronicle, August 4th, 1855, 
side: S , and s accumulates an obstruction to the o E ACRE.—This enormous crop was grown last page 
flowing his has been a heavy month for roads of in Surrey, and out of which there were onl “Several extremely well-grown pla are called 
all kinds, aod “will prove the value of “good ser rugeta | Hoey Dy A gen tiemari S vs 7 aripa amaari tok A pero "ate. Soa ont Dulwich and 
and of careful men to serape and form a goo weighing 21bs. and 1 oz., and not above three bushels of | Very han ; among 
Chats ae of the whole. This Potato was ORIGINALLY reared in | them were blush, apapo, and and honela r gge and sant leb, ‘mottlad 
Scotland, and is called by the grower the Scottish Champion, and | With ° bean met Merced state 3 e a of the oe 
? has AGAIN proved to have surpassed ay T iah pomi in | Measure d quite 4 inc 3 across SS, ay ine dsi ait onl fault. 
we have had rain enough to settle the soil firmly round the plant. quantity. Pki and freedom from diseas: will be seen by we kind of pag ti they made may be conceived ; their only 
We have sown less seed than usual per acre this year, and the the a i as that they scarcely sufficiently in bloom.” 
growing crop looks thick enough in all reason. W begin to think The s 27. 2s., inclusive of the of three bushels, nk. AJS Satu have appointed as Agents:— 
that thick seeding too often serves to cover defective cultivation, tiliva free ‘al the South Western Raityay Station in London. Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son, Joan anpe Road. 
and that thin seeding, if it has no other merit, will be considered pply by letter, post-paid, to Mr. WILLIAM GOWLAND, 4, Messrs. Hooper & Co., Seedsmen, Covent t Gar den. 
a test of good farming, as if it produces a plentiful crop | Crooked Lane, London Bridge, London; or to THos. B. Ania Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Readin 
o i = pe ugh | Seedsman, 64, High S treet, Worcester, where further testimonials | Mr. C. Turner, Royal Nursery, Slough. 
last year on “‘drammy” or skirty land neither seed nor any- can be obtained. Allorders must be accompanied by a remittance Messrs. A. een & Co., Pine-apple Place, Edgeware Road! 
thing else was a criterion of good manage: The ret e i pio helse: 
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their lengthened ea experience as an assurance that the 
goods ry offer e been ae with the greatest attention 
both as to genui wr Boa ss and q ualit London, , Feb. 2. 
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been very ad er- tato, I beg to say it is quite equal in flavour to the York Messrs. Rollisson & Soak; Tooting, Surrey. 
s fi i Regent, is very productive, boils very white and mealy, In fact, Ten Bass & Brown, Sudha, Suffolk. 
every favourable interval seized for this necessa ess. Many ieti Co. 
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n mgp ENNETT, Gr. toSir Offle y Wakeman, Bart., 
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er n in; | it for my pt peren crop.— Your obedient servant, Messrs, F. eA Dickson & Sons, _ herey Street, ae 
this cannot always be guarded against, as if the engine or machine “ow D B G | Messrs. & A. Dic 
be be: n rdiswell Hall, Wo ot # web r. 
do 
the farmer waits aat he is sure of oe these chances he 
would probably not be able to thresh at al We Patera FLOWER AND GARDEN SEEDS. 
Pats cone bends Correspondents. MESSRS. A pa ee ee & SON’S 
HED: You need 7 var the present 
cut-up ee of ihe Tand. Roll it in March, and 
Waw or two afterwards. Life and spring weather 
will hide all the present apparent faults of pr fald, | Of the above, ith a full-sized ri pakne of the pa oy ee Potato 
aa por a egg Ten Ibs. weight of Oats, and DIOSCOREA BAT TATAS), is now woh and can be had G aero: 
s. 0f cut chaff, with steamed Turnips, will suffice. But It contains upwards of 1500 varieties of FLOWER SEEDS, the whole of whi ae re systematically arranged under their 
ate i and work of Pepai aL, Habe eee soroning tp. he different bape tty elon such as Hardy, Half ‘ards and Tender Annuals; Biennials, Perennials, Alpine, or eer’ Plants, with a 
pegote i e anima ei ny one answer is true ouly very choice variety of Seeds of Greenhouse, Stove, and Hardy Ornamental Flowerin: ng Trees and Si nearly all anei the 
e circumstances Li ed height the Plant attains with the colour of its flower is given, so that amateurs and per: bast arredi o with the names will be 
MANURE IN Grass Fin It not necessary to spread able to mom for themselves. The following List of FLOWER SEEDS are recommended for their superior beauty aud novelty, 
the droppings now, but. in the. comparatively dry manther. s ith the exception of those marked with an asterisk, which we merely name that our men ay be aware we have them in our 
summer it is eav nai to send a man over the fields Lis t, ye can supply them at the stated prices, = t we ourselves m pot recommend them as possessing any superior merits either 
week for aa in beauty or novelty of appearance to eee) of our well known fay 
Mr. PHILIP: Bes don. A public dinner was n here last 8. dt s. 
week by ae agriculturists of West Norfolk to Mr. “Philipps, of! Abronia umbellata .. 42 6 | Clintori Ichella alb Pepin. 6| Lupinus Aor perp RRE 
the Hall Farm, near Brandon, in acknowledgmen t of his ser- Acroclinium roseum, news X üi o! violacea ... 6 ding plant) ii Ae E 
vices in gol inventio d and the introduction of his ire harrow *Ageratum conspicuum ay 6 | *Dianthus Gainerianus jia 6| Lobelia ram Paiwi ae 0 6 
and weed extirpator. Alonsoa W: wiez eT PAS 6 z rsoni fi. pleno a 6 | *Morina elegans 06 
PLOUGHING FR Old Subscriber. If the lan very light y Arctotis breviscarpa E 4 weiotatun ani opetalum see 3 | Myosotis palustris (Forget-me-Not) 0 4 
may as well use, besides the skins pte he oti the plo gt, ry Argemone platyceras grandiflora... 6| Eutoca alba, ` -> 0 azorica 4 
presser seat J it. This will push every green thing beneath | *Browallia abbreviata jee 4 | *Erigeron Beyrich: Bi 6| Maurandya, in 6 varieties, € each |. oO 6 
the surface. and firm the whole y of moved earth, h: scarlet osi oe 6 | *Gomphrena oboea Haageana es 4| Nepeta Meyeri bbs da s0 6 
time you may sow 3 or 4 bushels of the Oats’b; me n gina ‘6d iji 6 | *Guternezia Tno el oe ea 2 ace 6 Drum: i atrococcinea ... 0 6 
and they will fall into the lines of the ee come u warrii 6 | *Gypsophila muralis STEER 6 » > oculata alba ... 0 & 
drilled, ay as eae after sowing and harrowing torte: *Calceolaria re «e = 0 6| Godetia alba, new 0 sk ” ictoria regina 1 0 
wise with the furrows spread 20 bushels yer eto, out of carts, |*Campanula stricta ...  ... 4 | Gynerium argenteum (PampasGrass 10 6 | * x EE TALL tpn OO 
of recently slaked lime, and on finish the harrowing. T nisn idi ES fz -A8 *He licl Sarp e ge ee 4| Perilla Navkinensis... ..  ... 0 6 
may perhaps check the socephalum “a 0 bracteatum, white . 3| Sa ia calabrica (beautiful bed- e 
PoUDRETTE : X. Itis the äri ied a Sy disin fected conten: olinsin t bartsimfolia ln t (newy *. 5 yellow... 3 ding plant) woe E she 
privies, d &c, disinfected at Paris by the PEE Rig g pars ce "Or z alba, amed 4 macranthnm nanum 3| Sunflower, new Californian i 
in chloride of calcium until no sulphuretted hy peen a a compopitun maxim. 6 | Sabbatia campestuia. eee T 
n be “deta ected. It is carried in casks to the ae wi it| Convolvulus minor fl, ple: oS. a limbata 6| Sweet William, double  .., 06 
is emptied on to a large h Daten aturally. a oam sis uan (Core sis) a eS y yiolacea alba (mexicana alba) 0 | *Trifolium aurantiacum ... |... 0 6 
rge heap, a: ia y. They mak ke Pp pat 
aay thousand tons a year, and it sells for something li =. 0 4| Leptosiphon aureum . Oo; 1 lnm Triomphe de Gand ... 1 0 
AIE g reii ... .. 0 3| Linum grandifloru m rubrum a ie a grandiffora 06 
Qratticamtons or : A BUUIE Eee E, the subject =O Řħ 
seems nearly exha e = ree oe 
munications i in type upon it. There is h thing LECT SEEMAN SEEDS, in Collections, — 
unprejudiced person, No doubt baili Tite like pian people, have 
to cut their coat according to their aves and are ofte aniained other Choice Flower 
tig ea pitssa was due not to want of energy or or Judgment, Asters, pani French pyramid, the ie of = eh . d. | Calceolaria, from the largest & finest: flowers, 5s., 2s. 6d., 1s. 
ae China Asters, in packets of 12 varieties... Sr TA 6 | Ci ve z from the finest named varie ss 23. 6d., 18. 
STEAMING ÅPPARA' : Sub, Many makers offer them i—Stanley | Aquilegia, various colours, fine, in packets of 12 sorts |.. | Cara: s, finest double, also siso, ienaa and Tree Carna- 
of Peterborongh; Richmond & Chandler of Salford; Robin- | Baisams, the finest Camellia ee ditto 6 sorts 6| ri GE EPF e wee e ai BE 
noe Lisburn. Holiyhocks, select named varieties, di sorts . 6 | Geraniums, from the finest show and fancy Varieties, each 2 6 
S & ~ Oat straw is best as fodder. It is generally mixed... r GAE bright scarlet, cerise, rose, &c., separate or 
eut — than í either Barley or Wheat Straw, and is sweeter Larkspurs, beautiful Hyacinth flowered, in pckts. of 8 sorts 0 mixed, each — sé on tes oe 
accor ee ibe arygold, distinct varieties, ditto 10 sorts . Stk ae 0 | Heartsease, or Panay e ea amed collection ... b 0 
SuUPERPHOs : K, Plaster and puddle a floor of cla ay, and Phlox apne mondi, beautiful and distinct, ditto5 sorts ... 6 ome yetriped ped, &e. se n 0 6 
it dry. Lay ines a ton of bone-dust—say 7 or 8 daras Poppy, in distinct showy varieties, ditto 6 cag ote se blak 0 | Lobelia St. Clair, ir, Inne Queen Y ictoria, &c., &e, each 0 6 
it should not be coarse, but need not be literally dust: if boiled Salpigiossis n new and beautiful colours, ditto 8 so: 6 peat fee Mor beautiful varieties, mixed ... 0 6: 
or burned, so much the more favourable for the efficiency of Senecio, or Jacobcea, distinct and showy, ditto 7 sorts fee 6 | Petun equal to 1 named flowers . 16 
the after operations. Pour water on the heap for a day or two | Stocks, new fate rp n Gerais , finest of all, do. 12 sorts 0 yellow, white, pena > 
as long as any is absorbed—then flatten it down y a | 1» new Giant Brompton, ‘ditto’4 sorts niple” Čen each T e e ae OE 
lot of asbes round the edge.: Pour on gradually 6 or 7 cwt. of | Wallflower, fine double wasinties, ditto tto 6 sorts Ae 6 | Pinks, wie oe 
sulphuric acid—fovr or five of the ordinary carboys. It should Zini elegans, brilliant colours, ditto m 6 | Primula pret m Mimie. = white and red mixed, trne, 
be poured into jugs, and thrown from the } jugs on t% the bone: entan Grassee y beantiful wei a ditto s 25 sorts |. o| saved from the finest collection koysa soe bee aun) 2B O 
The slowness of this plan, as well as its safety, is a recommen: s pe plants for bedding, ditto 12 sorts |.. 3 6| Verbenas, , mixed, from the best named flowers s. „. 1 6 
dation. It will boil, and fume, and a you had 
hettar Hand to Vaaran of i Before ni ight it it will be quiet, UCUMBER NAPOLEON III. is the aope cultivation, In packets, each, 3s. and 5s, 6d. 
, if s ery wet it should have the ashes clogel ked 
around it. They may be mixed with the rolg — ph mA Sth Me oser sat G, Hesoenson & Son beg to draw attention to the following new STANGEN descriptions of which will be 
and it will be fit for the drill in a fortnight. The nitro-phosphate French Bean—Haricot d'Alger, or Beurré blanc. Is Red Winter improved Horn. 
manure consists in the use of blood i nstead of water Tall Zebra. white transparent. 
the bones with, before the acid i ‘ade Dolich? sesquipe dalis, called the Asparagus y Bean Fae Tronchouda, or Portuguese Cabbage. 
Tur Bust MANURE: W oi, Theremarks i inthe leading column Phytolacca seater sd eg Paris | Beet Long “agg thal sweet | Pea, Denyer’s Early prolific 
assist you. We belie ethat Re the best manure in the Turnip kauf of Paris Crapaudine, or Rough | Brussels Sprouts, imported Green 
in which you earl y ask the question. The me Radish, China Rose kin | Sa avoy, Early Dwarf Ulm ef 
forms of nitro-phosphate, and of the led urate, come ne: 
toit. As to application, hed plan is it just sas 4 Maini E. G. HENDERSON & wie een 
surface of the land in mois gene ng as bef pee he Seed Catalogue, with full 
application to corn crops therefore 
re sow broadcast, and hat Pla Plants of Gynerium argenteum, or Pampas Grass, 22. 6d. each: EEA E 
Tione Boon, afterwards. For green crops, sow i And harro skia * Plants of Petunia imperialis, new double white, 35. 6d. each ; 30s. per dozen. 
vio t harrowing or drilling uj to 
actual contact with donee g up 80 as to hinder 
Wellington Nursery, St. John’s Wood, London. 
