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AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



No. 7 



Newspaper of Rural Economy and General News.-The Horticultural Par 



_SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15. 



AfHeulturtl Society of England 106 e 



AflAlysi* of Oat hutkt 110 * 



Auckland Iilands 103 c 



Ji, Britiah ton? 100 a 



Calendar, Horticultural •..,,. 104 a 



— ArricuUural 110 a 



ifornian foreata 103 b 



n growing or a word in 



ja\»Ull • • • • it* f ••!! • • a » a> 



xmiolofical Society... 



Farm labourers 



Flax trowing:. ... 

 » rden sculpture 

 - ornamrnts ...... 



•deoint. market ... 

 : aninga, forciirn 

 raftina;.... 



Ofoom'a (Mr.) nuraery 



I! lta.qua.uiea of 



Laoourera, farm 106 * 



1 irk^t gardcum? LOO' 



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•MMIIIMM 



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105 a 

 102 a 



106 * 



107 « 



101 a 



102 6 

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100 e 



101 a 

 lOi ft 

 106 a 



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INDEX. 



Mia;nonette....... 102 « 



Morphology , 99 9 



Oat husks, Analysis of 110 6 



Pears, deformed 994 



Planta, reproductive orjrana of 103 a 



Plantina;. atyle in 101 e 



Pollard tree, artificial 102 6 



Poultry 103 a 



Kobin on the Reproductive 

 Orirnns of Plantt, noticed. . . . 103 a 



St. Peterabur K h 



Sculpture, rarden ... 

 Season, mildneaaof... 



Timber, to seaaon 



Trees, fruit 



Treea in the "Crystal Palace 

 > erbenaa, select 



Villa jrardeoinj 



Vines, to jrraft 



Waterproofinf composition. 



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rjERM AN FLO WER SEEDS.-Our SeleSions^of 



V* tbe above showy Ornaments of the Flower Garden having 

 for several years given general satisfaction, we hereby announce 

 the arrival of our annual supply, selected by us in Erfurt from 

 those personally known to us as the most select and careful 

 growers. It includes the most distinct varieties of Stocks, 

 Wb 1 " 8 ' ^Isams Larkspurs, Zinnias, Wallflowers, and Holly! 



LnlnnT! b u made . u P iQ 5 * : 10*., 20,., and 40,. packets, 

 and each packet will contain part of the whole collection, if not 

 ,oo r otherwise ordered by the purchaser. 



* We have also a carefully selected assortment of all the lead- 

 ing and most approved varieties of Vegetable and Fiower 

 Seeds, which we offer at the current prices 



m a A v K^L°f U€ ° f G , eneral Nursery Stock stamped, free by post, 

 may be had on application. J F ' 



Hdgh Low and Co., C lapton Nursery, London. 



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102 6 

 102 b 

 104 e 



»9 e 

 104 c 

 100 e 



104 c 

 104 a 



Weather at Pembroke 102 b 



nr.TTT, S ^P LlNG PELARGONIUM EXHIBITION. 



^HE THIRD ANNUAL SEEDLING PELAR- , 



^ jn G K ° P N ™ EXHIBITION will be held (by kind permission) 



JUNE 11th in connection with the Royal Botanic Society's ' 

 J !t e Show, Regent's Park. 



Balance from 1850 in hands of Treasurer, 51. St. Gd. 



Subscribers : 

 £ t. d. 



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Mr. Ambrose 



Beck, Esq. 



V.\ Black ... 



•Bragg 



Mr. Dobson 



E Foster, Esq. 



0. W. Hoyle, Esq. ... 



W. Hocken, Esq. 



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W. E. Rendle and Co. 



Mr. A. Henderson, 



Pine Apple-place... 

 J. Jarrett, Esq. 

 Mr. Robinson 

 J. Riley, Esq. ... 

 R. Staines, Esq. 

 H.Story, Esq.... 

 Mr. C. Turner 



£ ,. d. 



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i «£■ ^ P .o° nS C W.r U £ ge8ti0nS may ^ e Warded to Edmund 

 (TEa,Ksq., ciewer Manor, near Windsor ; Edward Beck 



q.. Worton Cottage, Isleworth ; or to the Treasurer Mr' 

 * hwEdwakds, Wace Cottage, Hoiloway.-Fcb. 15^ 



WM DENYER, Seedsman and Florist, 82, Grace- 

 offer eSHBSP L ° nd0n (aeaP the Spread *W be * s *• 



1o"br s r how fl t ower C s° Untry ' ^^^ t0 P"*«~ •" 

 .n^ M ^' T y doub 'e." saved "from one of't'he finest col" 2 



RKSPURS he /°^ tr7 ' 8 i X beautifal varieties .? C °' 2 

 STor#*^?^ d r b , Ie ' ei « htdi » t5n " t colours 2 



" iSes'Sr N; ' Wy d ° Uble ' * *—*<. «-t and 



^Sti^aod 06 *^ 1 ^^ fc i£ 9 L^tf' °- 



Aj hMif! ^ f^CE, and Co. have a large and 



VinUytransDlantpJ '..„ hjgh J wh,ch havi "« been fre- 

 «W oftlr th em "I d i n J a^L r ° 0ted and 8afe *° re "°^ ! thcv 



-. 40,., to 6% . pe J o () SpfJh^ aDd qUaUt y- froi 

 1W1, —j -_lr . ""' lftl * Pine has been proved to thrive 



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LIBOCEDRUS CHILIENSIS, Endlicher (Thuja 



oMh*AnwVh^ n w° ble E " e ^ r «e« Conifer, a native 

 o„i v ^? ' Cb U and tbe » outl >ern provinces of Antucco 



Hoote *wL BTOmU * t0 the bei « bt of 65 ' *° 80 feet- «r K 



• T "? * ? ! r€e °f ffreat beaut y, and well worthy of heinq 

 introduced into our gardens. There can be little doubt, 

 from its native regions (inhabiting the same elevations m 

 the mountain* as the Araucaria imbricata), that it will 

 thrive well in the open ground." 



th! ilti « u n b0t , a T al coIleot ° r Mr. Bridges:-" In one of 

 the late numbers of the Gardeners' Chronicle I see some dmiht. 



UnT'l? lln ti -° t0 the ThU,a ChiHen^s being 8 hJdy In Eng 

 2 T J, 1 m ". « "J opinion, be perfectly so, judging from 



routhlat 3 y e whil the .? lant iQ the Prince' Jf /o.chagu" 

 near the" .Lw^nH V* m °J' north e™ l™it. It is found 

 LvJrPlr .! uT* d W u ere lt freezes ' x «»w>uW say, quite as 

 JZZ y i ailt . d ? es > n the vicinity of London. Where the tree 

 gro*s alone it ,s very graceful, the lo^er boughs are eve„ on 

 the ground and it elevates itself to a great height The tlmbS 

 is esteemed by the natives for building purposes I have mwdf 



of e Sa;e a8 Ho 3 r r n 8 ;. Uth " ^ *«* l ^ ?t ^^ "W 



in rteriJ wh ^r^*" h 11 ^ on ^ ear -o'° PlMta, from seed, 

 iu single pots, 7*. 6d. each, three for 21»., or 4J Der d 



W HEATHS AND OTHER PLANTS FOR EXHIBITION. 

 ILLIAM JAMES EPPS begs to state that he has 

 for sale the finest Stock of Young HEATHS and oth«. 

 Greenhouse and Stove Plants possible, which will mat 

 splendid specimens in a short time. The .uperiorctanS 

 of Plants sent out from this Establishment is justly admitted 

 by all who have purchased. The mairnifi^nt .5 admitted 

 Heaths .*c exhibited bj him iJleZT^Z^^HiZ's 2 

 Chiswick and the Roya Botanic Gardens r ftn ^„ I lons " 

 received the highest awards. fall/jSSj ?& gJJ^ J«J 

 Strong bushy Plants can be had at the folio win <r w **?**• 

 exclusive of packing carriage paid to London T ^^ 



100 line rars. of Stove £ t. d. 

 and Greenhouse 



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100 fine varieties of £ $. d. 

 Heaths ... ... 5 



50 ditto ditto 2 12 

 25 ditto ditto 1 10 



100, including all the 



finest varieties of 

 ditto 7 io 



50 ditto ditto 4 

 25 ditto ditto 2 2 



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Plants 

 50 ditto ditto 

 25 ditto ditto 

 100 newest and finest 

 vara, of ditto 

 50 ditto ditto 

 25 ditto ditto 



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BowSS^ « *PP"cation. 



AMERICAN- PLANTS. 



10i.6d.eacb; Vaccinlum. 30 species fi£ . I~t ^ I ' M ' to 

 Rhododendron c.mpanulatuS ^ ver, fin e lo/^l^h^-p 'V' 

 office orders made payable at Hackney" each.-Post. 



f TTTPH A f nw S tdb ?, los a. fro^IjoI^oIia: 



H of.iTp.h and Co. having a considerable stock 



I fmrt,".? above-named beautiful free flowering, hardy suf- 



^. ~„~ ™„ i^vuLiun, jlorist, Guildford Surrev, 



*-L possess a fine healthy Stock of th. T,„~i y 3 



Plants, which they offer to the nnhi.w ? * under-named 



give satisfaction % purchasers P °* ee,,ng aS8Ured the y wU1 



FANCY GERANIUMS-Alboni, Jennv Lin^ n«- 

 Francais, Queen Superb, Maentfica W,"/t«-i V ? e,ne des 

 Madame Miellez, Lady R verXa Bell^ °*7 •' Jebu , Su P erb - 



TANSIES— Helen, Juventa, Premier, Nejrro Lo M w—i 



Tttoxeter Hern ft-yi^J « e?ro » . Luc y ?«alf 



Polyphemus, tJttoxet.r He^ConducS; Prfal- La< T S^ 

 Viceroj, Criterion, Duke of Norfolk M& SLTir i 061 -*' ? em ' 

 Androcles, Heroine, California? D^h^ ^J£?l^^ 



JJNRIVALLED GERMAN ASTERS, 



These superb Globe Asters have never been placed on an Ft 





* ^leakkmi exposed places and in n fh aS bee " prOT , ed to thrive ^^'^al S^iety, six prices. bV enclorio, li nelfn'v 



^e.rNurs^Peb^^^ ^ USiiS™™? 555 ®^^ 



O ELECT IN 



V Healthy well-grown 

 ich pots Is. 6d. each:- 

 Alba 



Augusta aurantia 

 Delecta 



Double Red 



Tulgens 

 Herbertii 



Louvoniensis 



D I A N A Z A L E^s:_ 



Plants, with bloom-buds, >in 48s or 



Macrantha alba 

 Prince Albert 

 Reful^ens 

 Kobertsii 



RolliesoDii splendens 

 Rosea punctata 

 Superba duplex. 



1 H«u. BiTOMh. N ar,eHe., 8.wSSSff-Sft „U. 



POTATOES FOR PLANT r Mr p~l — 5il 



«a 4 a i y aX lfiC bv aDd , ^E°iid^X%2 



^quantity, by applymg to HENax Joeb, BatteJea, near 



s. 





^ Patern^ter-row'f or R^^ P*ccad nf 8 ""^ " d 

 James Cdthih, Camberwell j -nnH,^ rlccaa '"y- 



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DWARF PEAS 



Harrow S Gree ? MAMMOTH KNIGHTS 



BISHOP'S LONG POD.- Grow; 2 f«of M^ i ^ , 



zzvs? - '""• " Sr., 2 „Xii5' ,rsr » a 



B0R1.IOM ECLIPSE-O™.. , ,„,« high> „„„, ^^ 



seed) of Targe luxuriant leVves throughout the summer m^?i, t0 

 It was most successfully *rown last .....J ^!t rmonthe. 

 Joseph Home, Esq., M.P*, Burn°ev Hall fn V tbe seat of 

 much preferred tV Spin^^Z^V^t Z^Tui^ 



^M^JguSfiL***!*?* Cart «d Oonrd," . 



The attention of the 





of tbe above articles "th'»« aK"*" 1 ?.?' navin ^ ^ r0Wn rath er more 

 them to the TraS . k^ ^i"^™ for retailing, beg to 



** recommend ul^" ^^ v^ Ck8 - wh l ch the y «" ^on! 



after 



^OTTON 



F ^ctJB,FS SPiL^ !?P^y ev01 7 Knd of 



W.anentPo.^-^'. a .°a other natural ORASS SEEDS for 



Who dl esa,e and retai,, lOe/a^i^^ ffiSS^; 

 J^talogue£CM_^ad^napolication 



N ?S?5? GARDEN-SE EDS.--W a rraate d 



T7VERGREENS.— xne attention of the Nobilitv 



X^t Gentry> Builders, and all engaged in Planting u ,a- Y J 

 to an extensive Stock of fine Wp »„. ntln *' " d 'f-c<ed 

 of common and PotL lSSeK*^\?^^ 

 American. Chinese, and Sib r an ^rbor \i^ £* YeW8 « 

 variegated Hollies, Red Cedar,, CedarVofi«hf' Green , ^* nd 

 dare, Philljreas, Alaternus Ai nnh.* a Lebanon . «nd Deo- 



Box, &c, wWh are 'oft rfSftE^SS S T?^*? 

 and at extremely moderate dHm. «#■ t ? ° 7 feet ht r?he 



Park Nursery, i^tingto^^ B9 j^J^ m Al>AMS ' Brom Ptoa 

 Exhibition, ""gwn-road, London, opposite the Great 



H E b ™ p Y ™?°^f „ 4M E,s., near Lo^,,, 



GRASS SEEDS. 



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Ued 



£ exp re88l y to smt the'soUfor wh^ 68 , 1 eUb<Sr 8e P arste or 



2 10 



1 10 



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v* i *^ w,, "? u « quality. Carriage Free! (See below) £ a /i 

 No. 1. Complete collection of 20 quarts of the newest 



and most prolific Peas, witn all other SeedThi 

 k„ o n P ro ? ortion > for one year's supply 

 No. 2. Complete collection, in smaller quantities 



Ko*!' h-S° ^ itto ditt0 



at- j* ltt0 ditt0 ditto 



«« tefZnf * iUd * ^™^ 1 ^ a6w collections 

 a »on desired ^V fl U f.w C i? ^ ar ^ required . *?" 0e found m our Price Current and Garden 



o.t, add^i^ b ^--^ediaanswertoaonIijD^^ ^ be ^ a^^an^ 



♦ All Seed Orders above 21. delivered Free nf r n ^«„. ♦ 



Apply to WiluahE. Rendle & Co., veamera - 

 N R An ♦»,-. w xr ^. eed Merchants Plymouth. 







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H UGH LOW" 



larg, 



Tubers of the ntn ^' have to offer fine 



J«H-eu m tte "nder-named Tropasolums • 

 8r «chy»er a '; "' *»■ M - I Edule 



* «« the Trad. ^ .3_„ 8 . Tricolornm « 



7*. 6d. 



Clapton ^.^ £ ,?don. | JS^^JS j^ ?^"^V." olaS aTa^S 



to the attention of the Nobilitv r*f„t NT 'i )e 5 s t0 ^commend 



tensive assortment of the a bo ve PLOVERS V*£?> *' eT ' 

 that this is a good sea.on of^ the w!i \f V He ^ t0 Ba y 



ROSEUM, do. ,, « 3 i- *° ® " 



. ., JAPONICCM. do. £ J° ° 10 



%Trt. ( : O nS n f0r f flYBRiS Idling Lnfi'i? 



100 R Wfi CUlU ^ S '' in ii)0 ««Perfine^r^-named- 



W?«« 8 ' ."> 50 superfine sorts, named ... 8 * 



25 AURICULAS TnT (d0Ub , le) ' per 100 ' from «»• t0 Ito - M 

 fl«H», !. n 25 •"Perfine sort., named ... t 10 



i L ^ RG0N i UMS ' in 25 superfine sorts, named 



A VA pv? t ?5"^ ed varieti e«. per doi.. from IU. to 18*. 



«„- i u ,{ rom RI ° JANEIRO, without name, 



nne large bulbs, per dos 



LILIUM LANCIPOLICM ALBUM, excellent for 

 planting in shrubberies, being perfectly hardy, 



per 100 7.. .. 



A Catalogue will be forwarded on application, 



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