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Stamped Newspaper of Rural Ec onomy and General News 



The Horticultural Part Edited 



SATURDAY, JANUARY 18. 



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INDEX. 



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Arrteultttre, improvement in 



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Beet 



Blfita»BritUh Bong 



Brewiif ......... 



Calami*!-, Horticulto/au ... 



_ AfTiculturfti »••••■ 



Citrui japonic* .••••....«•••••• 



Clover, failure in • ••• 



Drft.ntfe Act 41 S- 



I icings, f*rden • • • • 



Ei miter Fanners* Club -Ma- 

 nure. ......••••••••••••••••••• 



Farm cspit&l ..... «..«•. 



Fir*, Silver .......•••••••»••••• 



flax 



Floriit, Vol.111 .noticed 



Kumtsstion 



G*rUcnin g. market 



— winter 



Glm.ui'i "f ... 



— rough plate 



Grafting •• 



llppeattrura auhcum .... 



Horticultural Society 



— garden 

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Laburnum ■porting 



Lead tanks ..... 



I ilv worts, of Siberia • 



Lrda Pear tree •••• 



Manure, farm- vard *■••*••••••• 



Market gardenias .... 



Orchard bouses 



Ox alii dowpi ....... ••.».»..«.. 



Paint for limber 



Pear trees, to protect 



Pine apples, bottom heat for 



Plants, wash 1 nj? 



— collecting British 



Poultry ....«•• i <i 



R vera* (Mr), orchard houses .. 



Sheep, the 



Siberia, Lily worts of 



Soils clsy 



Tanks, lead 



Terooeraturea. winter 

 Timber, paint for 

 Villa gardening ..... 



V ne, ou'-loof 



Weather, the 



Wheat* tolls. •••.....•.••...•••• 

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KNAP-HILL NURSERY, WOKING, SIRREY.— TO GENTLEMEN 



OSEA WATERER HAS TO OFFER THE FOLLOWING 



CONIFERS, 



ENGAGED IN PLANTING. 



VERY DESIRABLE PLANT 



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Abies— (The Spruce Fir.) 

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AN UNLIMITED STOCK OF REMARKABLY' FINE SEED- 

 LIN<« AND TRANSPLANTED LARCHES AT REDUCED 

 PRICES. . „ .. 



T17M. WOOD and SON, being very extensive holders 



V \ of the above, and all other kinds of seedling and trans- 

 planted Forest trees, will be happy to furnish prices on 



application. _ . .. , 



N.B. Catalogues- of Vegetable, Flower, and Agricultural 



Seeds, also of Nursery Stock, will be forwarded free. 

 Woodlands Nursery, Maresfield, near UckfiVld, Sussex. 



WE beg respectfully to acquaint our numerous 

 Patrons that we have now a good and healthy stock, 

 our own growth, of most of the new and rare TREES AND 

 SHRUBS, especially the former, which we have, by diligent 

 research, collected from the Continent and other parts. To 

 give an idea of their price, we may observe that they average 

 about 30s. per dozen. 

 Choice belectiops of these new Treei and Shrcbs will 



be furnished in 5£, o* loi. assortments. 



Knight and Perry. 

 Exotic Nursery, Kimq*s-road, Chelsea. ^^ 



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The above are all dwarf varieties of the common 



Spruce Fir, and very pretty. 



Smithiana, 2 to 4 feet, each 2*. 6d. to 5 



Morinda, 2 to 4 feet, each 2s. 6<i. to 5 



orieatalis (true), each ... 10 



Douglasii (stout, handsome plants from seed), 1 ft., 



3* Sd. each, o* per doz. ... 



1J to 2 feet, 5s. each, or per doz. 



3 to 4 feet, each 15s. to 



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Larger and magnificent plants, up to 12 feet, 



5 to 7 guineas. 



Menzicsii, 1} to 2 feet, per doz. 



3 feet, each 



4 to 6 feet, e*ch 



n larger, 6 to 8 feet, each 



Cephalonica, nice plants, each 



,, larger, 3 to 4 feet, each 



pinsapo, nice plants, each 



„ larger and very handsome, 4 ft., ea., 425. to G3 



canadensis (the Hemlock Spruce), 5 to 6 ft., Is. 6d. to 3 



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Bruooniana, 1 foot, seedlings very stout, each 



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WATERER'3 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN 



PLANTS, «Lc 



HOSEA WATERER begs to announce his new 

 descriptive CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN PLANTS, 

 CONIFERS, ROSES, <fcc, is just published, and may be had 

 by enclosing two stamps for postage to Hosea Waterer, 

 Knap Hill Nursery, Woking, Surrey. 



&T Everybody who has any idei of planting the ensuing 

 autumn should posses* themselves of this Catalogue. 



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SEEDS OF THE BEst QUALITY, CARRIAGE FREE. 



JC. WHEELER and SON have had the honour of 

 • being appointed Seedsmen to the Gloucestershire Agri- 

 cultural Association. Their Priced List of Seeds for this 

 season is just ready, and will be forwarded free by post to any 

 address on receipt of two postage stamps. This Catalogue is 

 not a long list of useless names ; it is really what it professes 

 to be, a List of the best Seeds in cultivation, and will be found 

 a safe guide to all purchasers. 



Dr. Lindley, in the Gardeners' Chronicle, of the 2d March 

 last, strongly recommends it in the following terms : 



* THE CATALOGUE OF SEEDS SOLD BY J. C. WHEELER 

 AND CO., GLOUCESTER, appears to us to deserve no'ice, 

 because of the stand which its authors make, in common with 

 ourselves and others, against the useless, incomprehensible 

 Seed Lists of the day. In this, as in all matters of taste, there 

 will be a difference of opinion as to the relative qualities of 

 varieties ; yet the mass of buyers who have no fancies, but who 

 dislike being perplexed, and are satisfied with what is excel- 

 lent, will greatly prefer a short select Seed List to an intermin- 

 able labyrinth of names, which, for the most part, represent 

 nonentities or rubbish. Messrs. WHEELER'S little book will 

 do something to satisfy their expectations." 



J. C. Wheeler and Son deliver their Seeds Carriage Free. 

 Kingsholm Nursery ; and 99, Northgate-street, Gloucester. 



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Picea Pichta or Siberica, 1 foot, each 

 Frazeri, 4 to 5 feet, each 

 Webbiana. 2 feet, each 

 Pindrow, 1 foot, each 



Nordmanniana (true), from seeds 3 years old, each 

 „ larger and stout plants, about 1J ft. 



Iludsoni, stout plants, each 



nobilis, stout young plants, about 1 foot, ea., 215. to 

 „ a tew plants fiom seed, 2 to 24 feet, very 

 rare, 10 guiueas each, 

 graudis, each 



Pinus sylvestris pumila (the dwarf Scotch Fir, and very 



pretty), each 



foliis variegatis (a very good 

 stripe), each 

 pumilio, 2 feet, each 

 MUp'hus, 2 feet, each 



Laricio, line plaut*. 5 to G feet, ev h ... 3s. 6d to 5 



austriaca, do, ... 3s. 6ci. to 5 



Pinea (the Stone Pine, iu pots^, 2 feet, each ... 1 



excels a, 3 to 6 feet, each ds. 6d. to W 



Lamberti i a, 1$ foot, each ... ... ... 7 



2m 3 fee, c ich ... W5 GO. to 2l 



A few large plants from seed, 5 to 6 ft., 



each 63#. to 51. 5 



monticola, 2 to 8 feet, each ... 10s. Gd. to 21 



Ayacuhuite, 2 feet, each 21 



Cembra, 2 to 3 feet, each 35. fi J. to 5 



„ large and very handsome plants, 7 to 12 ft., 



each 21s. to 63 



helvetica, 2 to 3 feet, each ... 3s. €<i. to 5 



nivea, each ... ... ... ... ... 10 



Sabioiana, 2 feet, each 21 



macrocarpa, 1 foot, each ... ... ... ... 21 



very fine specimens, in tubs, 6 to 8 feet, 



each 5t. 55. to IU 7 



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SAMUEL FINNEY and CO.'S CATALOGUE OF 

 SEEDS, for 1851, is now ready, and may be had postage 

 free, on application. It contains a Select List of all the most 

 approved sorts of Culinary Vegetables in cultivation. Also an 

 extensive collection of Flower Seeds, including the imported 

 German kinds with descriptions, stating the proper time for 

 sowing, hardiness, duration, height, time of flowering, and the 

 colour of each, with much other usetul information. The col- 

 lections of £eeds sent out last year bv S. F. and Co. having 

 given general satisfaction, they again offer them as under. 



VEGETABLE SEED ^.—Carriage Free. 

 We prove the growth of each kind before we send them out. 

 No. 1. A full collection, suitable for a large establish- 

 ment, for 45s. Od 



Do., in amal'er quantities 30 



Do., „ „ 20 



Do., „ „ 12 6 



Do., .. .. 8 



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ponderosa, 9 to 12 inches, each, seedlings 

 Strubus (the Wejmoutti Pine), 3 teet, each 



pumila, rare, each 

 , f coixpre6$a, 2 to 3 feet, each 



Motitezumae, 1 foot, each 



14 foot, each 

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Gerardiana, each S*.6<J. 9 5#., 



insignia, 1J toot, from seed, each 



1A to 2 feet, each 



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Goveniana 

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Jcniperus (Juniper). ,,* «* * 



Communis (the English Juniper), 1J to 2 feet, 



per 100 Jy 



M 2 to 3 feet, per 1 00 21 



Upright Irish, 3 to 4 feet, each ... If. 6d. to 3 



5 to 6 feet, each ... 7s. 6<i. to 10 

 larger, 7 to 8 feet, each, 15s. to 21 



This is a fine plant, totally distinct from any other Juniper, 

 being as erect in its habit as an Irish Yew. It is exten- 

 sively planted at Elvaston Castle, where it is a principal 

 feature. Except Elvaston, I believe the plants here 

 offered are the largest in the coun'ry, 



excel ea, 1J to 2 feet, each 8s. 6d. to 5 



n 3 to 4 feet, each 10t. 6d. to 21 



per dula vera, each 85. 6d. to 5 



echiniformis, each .• ... 5 



Bed'ordiana, tine plants, 3 to 4 ft., ea. 3s. 6d. to 5 



This is a very beautiful Juniper, 

 chinensis, 3 to 4 feet, each ... ... 3s. 6.1. to I 



„ larger, 5 to 7 feet, each ... 7j. Get. to 10 



This is another fine Juniper, and ought to be universally 

 planted. 



recurva, 3 feet, per doz. ... ... ... ... 80 



larger, 4 to 6 feet, each 8#. «d. to 7 



Sabina (the Savin), each ... 



foliis variegaiis, each 



alpina, ea 11 

 tamarisclfolia, each 



pro* *rata, each 



nana, each 



tetragona, each 



flaccida, 1J t > 2 feet, each 



squamata, each 



bispanica, 11 to 2 feet, each 



pVcenicea, each ..... 



vir*iniana (the Red Virginian Cedar), 4, 5, and 



6 ieet, each Ii. 6<l. to 3 



n foliis variegatis, each < 



Taxodium sempervirens, H to 2 feet, stout, per d;.fc. ... 30 



2 to 3 feet, per doz 42 



" " larger, 3 to 4 leet, each ... 5s. to 7 



Taxus (Yew) ft 



baccata (the common Yew), 3 to 4 feet, per doz. ... J 3 







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3 to 4 feet, per doz. 



4 to 5 feeder doz. 

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gold striped Yews, l**vo 2 fe per 



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ARAUCARiAimbricata, stout seedling plants, 9in.,p.l0) 



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2) to 3 feet, ench 



3i fee*, each 

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Crtptomeria japonica, 2 years seedling, per 100 



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mn FL0WER SEEDS— Carriage or Postage Free. 



100 of the most select hardy, half hardy, and green- 



ert house kinds, 1 packet of each 255.0<J. 



50 D.tto. Ditto. Ditto 14 



t? 5 ^ , . D : } to * DUt0 - Ditto. 



Hardy kinds separate, per dozen packets 



Half hardy Ditto. Ditto. 



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«* \ a . kln / ls and quantities contained in each collection are 

 sta-ed in the Catalogue.— VYe have constant communication by 



it Z* 7 and Ste * raboat w **h all pars of th* kingdom.— A 

 remittance or reference is required from unknown correspond- 



!o!?r~~ Nur8 * r y and Seed Establishment, Gateshead, New- 

 castle-upon-Tyne. 



Cebrus Deodara, nice p'ants from seed, 1 foot, per 100 11. 10 



14 to 2 feet, per 100 10t. 



2 to 3 feet, each, 3s. 6d., or, per d z. 36 



3 to 4 feet, each 5s. to 7 



4 to 5 fee^ each 10s. Gd. to 15 



5 to 7 feet, each ... ... 21s. to 31 



larger and most beautiful plants, 



8 to 12 feet, each 63s. to 147 



Libani (the Cedar of Lebanon), good free grown 

 plants, 2 to3 feet, each, 2s. 6d., or, perdoz. ... 24 



„ 4 feet, each 5s., or, per doz. 48 



larger, 7 to 10 feet, each ... 21s. to 63 



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Cupressu8 thyoides (the white Cedar) 3 to 4 feet, each 



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„ foliis variegatis, 8 to 3 feet, each 

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thurifera, 1J foot ... 



Funebris (Funebral Cypress), strong seedling 



plants, each 7s. 6d. to 21 



Macrocarpa or Lambertiana, 2 to 3 feet, each, 



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do.,tall standards, with fine heads ea., 31s. 8d. to 42 



elegantissima (new gold striped), each, 2s. 6ci. to 5 



silver striped Irish, each ... ■• ••• l|j 



adpressa, each ... ... .- — £5. G d to £> 



Dovaston or Weeping Yew, each ... 35 1. to b 

 Yellow-berrud, eacti 3s. Get. to 



The Golden Yew is another of the plants used so 

 extensively at Elvaston Castle, where alone its 

 merits appear to have been properly under- 

 stood. It is really a capital plant, and may be 

 considered one of the gayest ornaments 10 our 

 gardens in winter and spring. 



Thuja — (Arbor-vi f ae.) _ * 



„ occidental (the American), 3 to 4 feet, pei doz., 6#, 



to 9i. ; per 100 



5 to G feet, per doz. 

 fol. varieg.,each 

 orientalis (the Chinese), 2 to 3 and 4 ft. , p. doz., 0s. to 30 

 Sibirica Weariana (the best variety of Siberian 



Arbor-vitae) 2 to 2J feet, per 

 3 to 4 feet, per doz. 

 plicata, 3 teet, each 

 M „ 4 to 5 feet, each 



tartarica, 4 feet, each 

 nepalen«*'8, 2 feet, each 

 pendula, each 

 aurea, each 



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L1B0CEDRUS CHILIENS13. 



Seedling plants 10*. M. each, 3 for 20 



This is an Arbor-vitae of recent introduction from Cnlli. 

 Sir W. Hooker, speaking of it in the " Journal of Botany 

 says, " It is a tree 30 to 40 feet high, of great beauty, and we J 

 worthy of bemg intr.duced to our gardens." 





All the above may be seen growing in the Nursery at Knap- 

 hill, which is within an h ur's ride of London, being near the 

 Woking Station, South. Western Railway, and from whence 

 conveyances may at all times be had, and where every train 



8 The whole of the large plants mentioned were moved in the 

 spring of the past year (1850), and H. Waterer will engags 

 them to transplant again, and can be sent any distance witii 



perfect safety. Ta «»^« 



Goods delivered free to any Railway Station in London. 



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AMERICAN PLANTS. 

 From the repeated exhibitions at the King's R ,>ad « ^"f; 

 and more recently at the B-itaoic Gardens, Regent s Park, tms 

 Nureery is well known as containing the mo*t complete collec- 

 tion of American Plants in existence. Descriptive Catalog m 

 of these, as well as of a most extensive general Numr/ »wc** 

 may be had by enclosing two stamps for postage to now 

 Waterer, Knap Hill, Woking, Surrey. 



