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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



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tWhchasers of agricultural seeds 



1 are recommended to peruae MeaaW. ^ttow's New t'nce 

 List wbkh appear* in the last page of Ox present A umber of the 



Gardeners' Chronicle. . ' 

 The advantages Messrs. Sotton are enabled, by their exten- 

 I trade to afford Agriculturist* in sv}>plying genuine homc- 

 mtown feeds at the low prices therein quoted, and free of carriage, 

 will doubtless be appreciated in these times of economy and 

 agricultural i mprovement. 



\rpHK SKINLESS CHEVALIER BARLEY.— 'Urn 

 _L raluable malting properties of this Barley, and ihe hand- 

 aome appearance of the grain, are as superior tu the Peruvian 

 Skinless Barley as the6nest Wheat is superior to Rye. Messrs. 

 Suttow hare but a limited quantity; therefore, to prevent 

 ^appointment, it is requested that those of their friends who 

 fiUhto try it will apply early for the Seed. Pi ice 5s. per peck 

 Sa-nples may be had by post, by enclosing two postage stamps. 

 t^e Messrs. Sottor's Advertisement in the last page of the 

 pre sent Number of the Gardeners' Chronicle. 



EXHIBITION OF CAMELMA JAPONICA. 



A COLLECTION OF THESE BEAUTIFUL 

 EXOTICS is now in bloom, at Chandle* and Sons' 

 Nursery, Vauxhall. Admittanc e gratis. 



E»RLY ALBION KIDNEY POTATO. 



T?DWARD MITCHELL having a surplus stock of 



Jld SEED POTATOES of this first-rate early variety, begs 



/most respectfully to offer them to the public, and the trade 



/*enerally, as being one of the very best aud earliest varieties 



/ frown, it being full three weeks earlier »hnn the Asb-;eaf 



f or Walnut-leaf Kidney Potatoes ; also a greater cropper, and 



W far superior in flavour, than any other variety grown. Price, 



per bushel, 85., with the usual discount to the trade. 



EARLY COLCHESTER. — A round variety, of superior 

 quality, as early as the Early Frame, but a more prolific 

 cropper, and of first-rate flavour. Price 6s, per bushel, with 

 the usual discount to the trade. 

 Post-office orders are expected from unknown correspondents. 

 Bristol Gardens, Kemp-town ; and 55, Marine Parade, 

 Brig hton, 



nPWELVE EXTRA FINE DOUBLE BALSAMS— 



JL Striped, Spotted, and Self*, in sorts, 2s. 6d. ; mixed 

 packet. Is. 6d. or 5s. per ox. 12 Superb Doub'e Hollyhocks, in 

 sorts, 2s. ; mixed, Is. IS sorts of first-rate Melons, 5s. Ultra 

 Crimson Pnlox Drummondii, and new Carmine 10-week 

 Stock, Cd. per packet. The most popular and approved Border 

 Annuals, including Asters, Lupins, Stocks, Larkspur*, <fcc. 

 Ac, 30 packe s for '2s. Gd. t or GO tor 5*. All post free.— Enclose 

 stamps or money order to William Jones, Florist and Seeds- 

 man, Sfoke N^wington-roid. London. 



MEADOW AND PASTURK GRASS SEKDS. 



G r EORGE GIBBS and CO. beg to notice their 

 mixtures of GRASS SEEDS for Laying Land down to 

 Permanent Grass, are now ready for delivery. They have 

 reduced the price to 30s. per acre, allowing 2 bushels IS lbs. to 



th* acre. 



Mixed sorts for improving old Grass Land, Is. 2d. per lb. 



Fine sorts, for forming Lawns. Is. 3d. per lb. Directions for 

 sowing will accompany the Seeds. 



George Gibbs and Co. will feel happy in sending general 

 priced Catalogues of Agricultural and Garden Seeds, on appli- 

 cation to 26, DOWN-STREET, Piccadilly, London. 



MESSRS. HAY, SANGSTER, and CO. will be 

 ready to supply their prepared Potato Cottings about 

 the middle of April next, the produce of which proved so highly 

 satisfactory last, as well as the experimental trials of the three 

 former years, as to Qoalitt, Qdantitt, and Size, tang more 

 than double the crop this year of tbo*e planted in the usual 

 way, and containing a much larger quantity of starch, which 

 U so essentially necessary to the preservation of that valuable 

 root. A report of the analysis will be fouud below. Our own ex- 

 periments give about one-third more saccharine matter than 

 the best we could procure grown under the old system. All 

 orders must be to hand on or before the end of the second week 

 in April, as U. S. and Co. are preparing to plant a large 

 breadth, and will only provide for what may be ordered up to 

 that time. Post-office orders to be made payable to John 

 Sangstkr, at the Borough Post-office, Southwark. Printed 

 instructions for planting and management will be sent with 



the plants ordered. 



Per 1000 



York Regents • . •« 



American Native 

 White - blossomed Kid. 



ney • • . ■ • • 

 Sodeu's Early Oxford • • 

 Early Cockney 



-J. d. 

 10 6 



10 6 



10 

 15 

 15 



6 

 







New Early 



Kidney • ■ 



Do. Ash-leaved . • 

 Do. Frame Round 

 Do. Ridical 

 Fox's Seedling 



Per 1000- 

 Ebrington 



s. d. 



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15 



15 



10 

 10 

 10 





 

 6 

 6 

 6 



Package and delivering to any Carriers' Office in London, 

 1000 to 5000, Is.— Newington Hutu, London, Feb. 22. 



%* We have examined a sample of Potatoes, called York 

 Regents, grown by Messrs. Hat, Sangster, and Co., in com- 

 parison with two other samples of Potatoes of the same deno- 

 mination, obtained by ourselves from a highly respectable 

 Potato Salesman, with a view to ascertain the amount of 

 starch contained in each, with the following results — viz., 



Starch. 



Messrs. Hat, Sangsteb, aud Co.'s York Regents 151 per cent. 

 Salesman, No. 1 ,, „ 11* 



,, No. £ ... ... ... ,, 11 *»f ,, 



Maurice Scanlan, F.C.S., Chemical Works, George- street, 

 Bermondsey ; Alfked Andersow, F.C.S., Experimental Chemist, 



Great Suffolk-street, Sootnwark. 



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DWARD GEORGE HENDERSON, Wellington-road Nursery, St. John's Wood, London, begs to offi 



the following New Planes: — 



s. d. 



7 6 



7 6 



7 6 



7 6 

 con- 



NEW FUCHSIAS. 



PRIME MINISTER (FTenderson'sj, bright glossy 

 crimson sepals, short and good tube, crimson purple 

 corolla, good habit. A handsome well reflex ed variety, 

 that will give much satisfaction 



RESPLENDENT (Henderson's), glossy crimson sepals, 

 short stout tube, rosy purple corolla. A handsome 

 well-reflexed variety, of first-rate habit, and most de- 



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LORD OF THE ISLES (Henderson's), a very large 

 and handsome dark variety, of stout substance, and 

 very distinct from the above 



MADAM R SONT AG (Henderson), beautiful waxy white, 

 short tube and sepals, which are thrown quite back, 

 •exposing a rosy crimson partially expanded corolla, 

 ihe base of which is clear white ; good substance and 



good habit ... ... •■• ••• ... ... 



E. G. H. recommends the above Fuchsias with perfect 

 ftdence, as being marked improvements on all that have been 



NEW SCARLET GERANIUM. 



BEAUTY OF THE PARTERRE.— This is one of the 

 best and most distinct varieties yet introduced, pos- 

 eessing handsome marked foliage. The colour is 

 bright salmon, and quite different to any < ther Gera- 

 nium yet sent out, from its very dwarf and compact 

 habit, rendering it a very attractive variety ; and as it 

 blooms in masses, it will be valuable for bedding or 

 other purposes ... ... ... 10 6 



NEW VARIEGATED SCARLET GERANIUMS. 



PEACH.BLOSSOM.— Leaves large, like ,f Flower of the 

 Day." Flowers salmon-colour, good form, and a very 

 free bloomer ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 € 



BRIDAL BOUQUET.— Leaves very clear white, wi'h 

 green centre ; better in colour than the other ; dark 

 crimson scarlet flower, and a very free bloomer ... 10 6 



E. G. H. has also much pleasure in introducing the two fol- 

 lowing beautiful 



NEW POTENTILLAS. 



BICOLOR GRANDIFLORA.— Golden yellow, with broad 

 scarlet margin, a very handsome variety, and the 

 largeft of all the Potentillas 



ANT WERPE>SIS.— Brilliant orange, dwarf habif, and 

 being semi-double, does not close in the evening. 

 Very fine, and continue* blooming from May to Nov.... 

 AU the above will be ready for sending out the last week in 



April. 



NEW GREENHOUSE CLIMBER. 



EARDENBERGIA OVATA ALBA.— dear white, and 

 blooms freely ; a very handsome variety. Plants now 



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NEW STRAWBERRIES. 



PREMISSES DE BAGNOLET.-A very large and ex- 

 cellent flavoured fruit, remarkable for its lateness. 

 Highly recommended. Good established plants in pots, 



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OKEMONT'S PERPETUAL.— A new double-bearing 

 Strawberry, of superior qiality, strongly recommended 

 by the National Horticultural Society of France, who 

 appointed a committee to inquire into its menrs, and 

 awarded it a special medal. Dr. Lindley also refeis to 

 it in the Gardeners' Chronicle of Nov. 9, 1350. Good 

 plants, each 2 6 



E. G. H. has also strong plants now ready of the following 



Hew Fancy Geraniums and Cinerarias, which he highly re- 

 eommends :— 



NEW FANCY GERANIUMS. 



BLACK PRINCE (Henderson's), fine rich dark maroon s. d. 

 Supper and 1-iwer petals same colour), slightly margined 

 with rose, light centre ; a free bloomer, good habit and 



w^t^xt tt 10 6 



AAK1UN (Henderson's), upper petals rich crimson with 



clear white margin, lower petals clear white with belt 



•of bright rose, white centre; a good dwarf clo*e habit 



»nd an abundant bloomer, and continues flowering in 



pJ?1« e . Ct ir^ the who1 * " ealon 10 6 



nw MA DONNA (Henderson's), upper petals dark crim- 

 son purple, shadir g off in veins to a light edge ; lower 

 petals blotched and pencilled, having a striped appear- 

 mnce ; a good trnsser, free bloomer, and retains its 

 Oowen for a considerable time 10 6 



PRINCE ALBERT (Henderson's), upper petals deep 

 crimson velvet with clear white margin ; under petals 

 white, blotched aud veined with violet ; a large flower, 

 very constant, and a free bloomer ... ... 10 C 



REINE DES FLEURS( Henderson's), clear white ground 

 with intense violet plum blotch and broad belt of white ; 

 lower petals white, slwhtly marked with rosy purple; 

 ernod form aad a free bloomer 10 C 



EXQUISITE (Henderson's), a fine clear smooth-edged 



flower; upper petals blotch of lilac with deep belt of 



bright rose, margined with white ; under petaU marked 



with rose; a nice compact trusscr, good habit and an 



early bloomer ... ... 10 6 



E. G. II. having himself raised and proved the above new 



fancy Geraniums, can therefore with the greater confidence 



recommend them as being perfectly distinct in themselves,' a- 



well as from any other vaiieiies in cultivation. They are also 



excellent growers and free bloomers. 



E. G. U. will also have the following new Pelargoniums to 



send out at the s-ime time, viz : — 



CORA (raise! by ati amateur seedling grower), orange s. d 

 scarlet, white centre, moderate size ; a remarkably early 

 blooming variety ... ... ... ... 7 6 



FIREB\LL (Henderson's), a beautiful rich crimson 

 scarlet, centre violet shading to white (a decided im- 

 provmient on •■ Salamander ") 10 6 



PRINCESS ROYAL (Henderson's), light purple under 

 petals, black velvet upper petals, with small regular 

 deeo red margin ; fine truss 7 6 



STANDARD BEARER (raised by an amateur seedling 

 grower), a fine bold flower ; upper petals rich orange 

 crimson; under peals bright salmon; excellent habit 

 and free bloomer 10 6 



CINERARIAS. 



AMY ROBSART (E. G. Henderson's), lilac rose, self, 



dark disc ; fine form 7 6 



CHRA MOWBRAY (E. G. Henderson's), ruby car- 



min* v with black; disc ; lar^e flower and novel colour ... 7 6 



DELICATA (E. G. Hinders n's), mhiteand bright lilac, 

 equally divided ; dwarf habit and a most abundant 

 bloomer ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 6 



EFFIE DEANS (E. G. Henderson's), white deeply edged 



with dark purple, dark di c ; good habit 7 6 



FAIRY QUEEN (B. G Henderson's), white ground with 



an edging of light rose ; large flower and good habit ... 7 6 



•LADY HUME CAMPBELL (E. H. Henderson's), the 

 purest white ground we have ever seen, with a bright 

 purple blue edging : excellent form and habit ; first rate 10 6 



♦MADAME SONTAG (E. G. Henderson's, beautiful 

 clear white, with deep edging of porcelain blue, dark 

 disc, dwarf and excellent habit : fine form 10 6 



MARGARETTA (E. G. Henderson's), dark blue purple 

 self: a moderate-sized aud well-arranged flower ; free 

 bloomer ... ... ... 7 6 



LADY ARAMINTA (E.G.Henderson's), blue, with a 

 circle of violet crimson round the disc : dwarf habit and 

 well-arrange 1 flower (gratis to purchasers of the set). 

 E. G. H. is now sending out the above set (with the exception 



of the two marked thus •, "Lady Hume Campbell" and 



11 Madame Sontag." which cannot be sent out until the spring.) 



Purchasers ordering the »*et will have their names put down for 



plants of those two beautiful varieties for spring, as the stock 

 is limited. 

 E. G. H. also calls attention to the following new and choice 



FLOWER SEEDS. 



Per packet, s. d. 



Choice Calceolaria, from best named flowers o 



Ditto Cineraria ditto ditto 2s. 6d, and 5 



Ditto mixed Primula sinensis 1 



E?choltzia alba, a handsome new white biennial ... 2 6 

 Campanula Yidalii, a new species from the Azores ; grows 

 2 teet high, compact shrubby habit, with, numerous 

 spikes of pure white flowers ; valuable for bedding or 



pot culture 2 6 



Ipomcea rubro ccerulea I 



Grammanthes gentianoides, new ... I 



Eucnida bartonioides, veliow, new I 



Scuizanthus retusus albus 6 



Cobcea scandens, new seed • 6 



Imported German Stocks and Asters, in collections. 



Geranium " Flower of the Day," 7s. 6d. and 10*. 6<i. 



Dry tubers of Achimenes loogiflora alba, to flower this year, 



post free, 2s. 6d. and 3s. Bd. each. 

 N.B, Catalogues of Seeds and Plants, post free on application. 



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Oli'EKl* RANUNCULI.— The present being the 



O usual month for planting the Ranunculus, we beg to 

 re- miend the following selections. 



The new varieties have been selected with great care, of 

 first-rate sorts, from immense quantities of seedlings, and 

 for rigorous growth and free flowering are far preferable 

 tv tlie older varieties. Selections, in strong roots, at the 

 following reasonable charges, with printed instructions for 



planting and treatment. 



R A N U N C U L U B^-JVn by post. 



50 Splendid new varieties, with names 

 25 d ). do. do. 



100 do. varieties from new and other best named 



sorts 



51 fine named varieties 

 100 finest mixed 

 100 fine do. 5s., or free by post, 6s. 



ANEMONES ; by post, 3j. per 100 extra. 

 100 new and superb named double varieties ... 

 50 do. do. I85. ; 25 do., 10s. ; or, by post 

 100 finest large mixed double 

 100 fine do. do. 



Fine new mixed single, per lb. 

 Fine doubU varieties, per dozen : Apenina, light blue, 3i. ; 

 Caeiestina, blue, 3s. 6ti. ; Coleur de Sang, red, '3s. : Cramoise 

 Royale, scarlet, 3j ; Josephine, crimson, 3j.; Prince Albert, blue, 

 35. ; Rose Surpassante, 03. ; Scarlet Super be, 3j. ; True Blue, 

 3s. 6d. 



GLADIOLUS— Autumn varieties of the Floribundus and 

 Gandavensis habit : — 



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 Albus roseus Is. 6<i. 



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AutumnalH, orange ... 1 

 Brenchleyensis, scarlet 3 6 

 Floribundus, 2*.6<i.p.doz. 3 

 Gandavensis, 55. p. d z. 6 



Copies of our Autumn Root Catalogue may still be had. 

 liemittances required from unknown correspondents. 



BASS and BROWN, 

 Seed and Horticultural Establishment, Sudbury, Suffolk. 



Each. 



Pbclttacinusl5.6<i.p.doz. 0s. 2d. 



Sanguineus, dark. 



Is. 6d. perdoz.... 



Splendens, rich, scarlet 3 



Yernalis Spicatus ... 1 



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MR. J. C. NESBIT, F.C.S., F.G.S., Consulting and 

 Analytical Chemist, Laboratories. 38, Kennington-Une, 

 London.— PRIVATE INSTRUCTIONS in Chemical Analysis, 

 and the most approved methods of making ARTIFICIAL 

 MANURES. Analyses of Soils, Manures, Minerals, die, per- 

 formed a 1 usual, on moderate terms. 



OALT for Agricultural Purposes, Asparagus Beds, 



O Garden Walas, &c, &c, price 23s. per Ton, delivered in 

 Sacks to any Railway Station in London. Sacks to be paid for 

 or returned. Apply to John Me*edith Salt Merchant, 10 

 Wharf, City.road Basi n, London. N.B. Rock Salt 



FARM IN HAMPSHIRE. 



TO LET, a Good STOCK FARM, of about 484 acres, 

 of which 2i acres are Water Meadow, 55 acres dry Pas- 

 ture, and the remainder Arable. The Poor Rates are very low, 

 and the Tithe amounts to about 4s. Gd. per acre. The Farm 

 adjoins the Great Lon on Road, and is four miles from the 

 Audover Road Station. No applications will be received unless 

 accompanied vmh satisfactory references.— For particulars, 

 apply to Mr. Hugh Ratnbied, Laverstoke, Andover Road, 



Hants. 



17" ARM TO LET, 'on very advantageous terms— on 

 lease or yearly tenancy. About 300 -acres of Clay Land, 

 thoroughly drained, in a midland county, near a good market 

 and a good railway. The Roads, House, and Offices are all in 

 excellent condition. Rates very low; no pressure of poor; 

 Tithe free ; Rent low ; no Rabbits ; very favourable entry as to 

 tenant right ; Game not strictly preserved. About 60 acres 

 m re of Grass Laud mi^ht be added if desired. 



Persons desirous of treating for this very eligible occupancy 

 are requested to apply by letter to the Editor of the Gardeners 

 Chronicle, at the Office, 5, Upper Wellington-street, Strand, 



London. 



Eixt agricultural ©ajrtte* 



SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1851. 



MEETINGS FOR THE TWO FOLLOWING WEEKS. 

 Wedsksdat, M»rch5~Africultursl Society of England. 

 Thuksdat, — 6— Agricultural Imp. Soc. of Ire and. 

 WiDifiBD&T, — 12— Agricultural Society of England. 

 TauaanAi, — 1 i—Agricu'tu-al I mp. Soc. of Ireland. 



We have not yet directed that attention which 

 they deserve to the experiments of Mr. Thompson, 

 and the researches of Mr. Way upon the Absorptive 

 Powers of Soils. The truths ascertained by these 

 gentlemen are certainly of the very highest import- 

 ance to agriculture. In ignorance of them many of 

 the more striking facts of every-day observation by 

 the farmer seem impossible of explanation. Take, 

 for instance, the increasing fertility of well managed 

 land in the face of an annual washing by from 2000 

 to 5000 tons of water per acre. Every year our 

 soils are washed by a quantity of rain equal to a 

 depth of from 2 to 4 feet of water over their whole 

 surface, and much of this of course penetrates the 

 earth, and is carried, with all that it has taken, by 

 the rivers to the sea. Fertility is for the most part 

 an altogether quantitative affair; and it is upon the 

 quantity of certain soluble matters in the soil that it 

 is dependent ; and yet, notwithstanding this annual 

 washing, our soils retain and even increase their 

 productiveness. Take also the fact that spring water 

 is not always, nor indeed ever, a saturated mineral 

 or other solution. Springs exist of uniform produc- 

 tiveness throughout the year, notwithstanding the e^ 

 tremely irregular character of our annual rain-tables ; 

 and, considering how heavy falls of rain fail to exert 

 any immediate influence upon such springs, we may say 

 of them, the water which is being yielded by them 

 now must have fallen from the sky many weeks ago ; 

 and yet, with all the wonderful powers of solution 

 which rain-water is known to possess, exerted 

 during the whole of that long interval throughout 

 the whole tedious journey from the spot on wW« 

 fell to that from which it has again issued to he 

 light, the water has failed to saturate itself with the 

 spoils of the territory it has traversed. Ammo- 



niacal salts existing in the soil before the rain, exist 



