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AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



d Newspaper of Rural Economy and General News.— The Horticultural Part Edited by Professor Lindley 



v . 13-1851.] 



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Horttettltaral 200 a 



INDEX. 



Greenhouses, galvanised iron. 

 Hooker (Dr.), news from 

 Ireland, farming in. . . 



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t__>o fitaninia 197 <* 



(^ini. m»rket 198 a 



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to lay down 204 a-20o c 



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Manure*, adulteration of 204 b 



— shale 205 a 



Mirket gardening 198 a 



National Floricultural Soc. .. 199 a 



Parsnips 198 b 



Plants, spring flowering 199 6 



— spurring hard-wooded .. 197 6 



Plant cells 199 e 



Rain 19^ e 



Rats 204 e 



Rhododendrons, hybrid 197 e 



Sheep on Wheat 204 6 



— warmth for 204 b 



Soil, absorption of ammonia by 195 6 



Solomon's (Mr.), garden 199 t 



Spade husbandry 201 €—'202 e 



Steam power 2 4a 



Squirrels and Firs 198 6 



Timber, Spanish Chestnut *.... 198 a 



Trade memoranda 197 6 



Victoria Regia at Messrs. 



Wall, east, trees for 200 



Waterplants 197 c— 199 



Weather, the 205 



Wheat, sheep on 204 



Wine, Berbsrry 197 



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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 

 NOTICE is hereby given, that the EXHIBITIONS of 

 jOWERS and FRUIT, in the SOCIETY'S GARDEN, in the 

 jreient season, will take place on the following Saturdays, 

 id, : If a? 3, June 7, and July 19 ; and that Saturday, April 5, 

 i the last day on which the usual privileged Tickets are 

 iraed to Fellows of the Society. Each Fellow may, this year, 

 jarchate 48 such Tickets, at 3$. 6d, each, at the Society's Office, 

 iKegent street, London. 



ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, REGENT'S 

 PARK.-GENERAL EXHIBITIONS, WEDNESDAYS, 



IUt 14, 7une 11, and July 2; AMERICAN PLANTS. S ATUR- 

 \YS, May 31 and June 7; ROSS GARDEN, SATURDAY, 

 oe 21. Tickets, which will admit the bearer to either of the 



itore Exhibitions, or upon ANY one DAY in the month of 



Jane, except Sunday, may be obtained at the Gardens by orders 

 >m Fellowg ot the Society ; price, on or before Saturday, May 3, 



*.; after that day, 55. ; or on the days of Exhibition, Is. 6_. 



ttch. Fellows of the Society can have, on or before May 3, 



ay number of packets, containing 30 tickets each, for bl. 55. 



•■packet, being at the rate of 35. 6rf. each tic ket. 



~Z NEW SPRING CATALOGUE. 



'0ODLANDS NURSERY, M ARESFIELD, near UCKFIELD. 



SUSSEX. 



II \M. WOOD and SON have now published a New 



rIwT° o ATA ^ 0(>UE 0F GREENHOUSE AND' BEDDING 

 \> Tb, copies of which will be forwarded free on application. 



n ' 5* an ?„ * be S t0 offt * strong plants from their superb 



u?h o ,? y hocks » at 65 - 9s -> and l2s - P er dozen ; Cape 

 leans, 95., 125., and I85 per dozen, strong and bushy ; Chinese 



uaieas, 95., 125., and I85. per dozen, strong and bushy. 



^rysanthemums, best Continental vars, 6$, 95., 125.; 

 nioxes, 6i, $ 9s., 12s. 



Extra plants will be presented with each order, as compensa- 



m for earnrge. * 



MED AND HORTICULTURAL 



SEED AND PLANT 



ESTABLISHMENT, 



B SUDBURY. SUFFOLK. 



ASS and BROWN'S 

 LIST for 1851 is stamped as a Newspaper, to go 

 F*by post, and may be had on application. It will be 

 fad to contain the newest and best articles which can 

 * procured, with full description ^and oilier 

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SELECT AND CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS. 

 ^•Mowing of our best selections supplied free by post, 

 JjProper directions for sowing, heights, colours, &c. given 



■•eCitalogiie. 5. d. 



\ T *neties best and newest Annuals 



jjnrie'ieg for 85. 6d., 30 for 55. 6d., 20 for 



•Nineties best dwarf kinds, in larger packets, suited 



for filling beds on lawns, 75. 6d., or 12 do. for 



Jtneto best Greenhouse Annuals, 75. 6<J. , 12 for ... 

 W. u choice Greenhouse Perennials, 105.6d.,12 for 



to. choice hardy Biennials and Perennials,75.6d.,12 for 5 



„_ IMPORTED GERMAN SEEDS. 



rt« , 8 Pl €ndid double Stocks, 35. 6d. ; 12 ditto 



S » ,en ?W China Asten ... /.. ... 



to. fine globular Asters ... 



rJ2* t » rf R< >cket Larkspurs 



gj Tall ditto ... P ... _ 



^wances with orders are requested from unknown cor- 

 «iif^;ni 00d8 Carria ? e F ree to London, and with all 

 ers naV.Kr ° pward8 » arti cles presented extra. Post-office 

 1' "FOP -^ l ^ A 8B and B *<> ww . °^ to Stephen B rows. 



r toS "ILLS, 15 years Steward and Gardener 



W MiAAi Barones, s de Rothschild, at Gunnersbury-park, 

 *& on tfcV' ?' years F - H ' S - of L <>ndon : author of a 

 1 AtttrarnT Cult 1 ure of the Cucumber, Melon, Seakale, 

 e-tpVle • il a » ^so of a Treatise on the Culture of the 

 1 Arbori c „iT» £ as P ractl8 ed Horticulture, Agrtculture, 

 «*i *s alii « re *i° I**™' on the cold cla y 8oils of Hants and 

 ^ddW.T k e hght and warm 8oil8 of Bucks, Surrey, 

 tobjecu iii! L*- g8 ^ no8t re8 P ectf ^ 11 y to offer his opinion on 

 • *. i* indmSSl there *°' excepting Botany and Chemistry. 



^ in ?£i ^?^ m / ke tb ^ ab ^ ve offer from the advantage 



**«ce ru I llfe , fron l the a dvice of a friend, his senior 

 •*- . .*. -ue nas long been nnitA ^ +;?&.. a *v.«* ^t__ * 



colti 



quite satisfied that the land 



^Uveb^ e r-° -^ ?Qn - y ^ Ugh great im P rove - 



4c » is still nn™ K, e W J thm A the . la9t 2( > years by drainage, 



*i thSe imn* ble ° f grCater T pr0Vement » aQd the hop; 



^kSVriTA^ 1 ° P i^ i0n i ° nly Where hU ex Perience will 

 ff^ w give it confidently. 



^Q a d' ft ? e i , day ' cx clusiTc of travelling expenses ; for 

 loito y ay » u r 



«"<L9, Loraine CotUge, Hammerdmitb, Middle**, 



SATURDAY, MARCH 29. 



[Price 6d. 



NATIONAL FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY, 

 OFFICES, 21, REGENT-STREET, LONDON. 

 The Printed Rules, <fec. of the National Floricultural 

 Societt will be forwarded to sM post paid applications. 



John Edwards, Hon. Sec. 



ATIONAL FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY, 21, 



Kegent-street, London. — The following Gentlemen are 

 among the early promoters of the National Floriccltpral 

 Society, of whom the printed Rules, <fcc. may be obtained : 



Mr. J. F. Wood, The Coppice, 

 Nottingham 5 Editor of 

 " Midland Florist " 

 J. W. Newhall, Esq., Wool- 



wich, Kent 

 Mr. J. Ro oin son, Pimlico, 



London 



Mr. N. Norman, Woolwich, 

 Kent 



Mr. W. Paul, Rose Nurseries, 

 Cheshunt, Hertfordshire 



Mr. J. Cole, Gardener to J. 

 Wllmore, Esq., Oldford, 

 near Birmingham ; Super- 

 intendent of li Midland Ma- 

 gazine'* 



J. Wilmore, Esq., Oldford, 

 near Birmingham 



Mr. G. Wyness, Gardener to 

 her Majesty, Buckingham 

 Palace 



Mr. A. Ambrose, Nurseryman, 

 Battersea. Surrey 



Mr. Blade, Clewer Manor, near 

 Windsor 



Mr. W. J. Epps, Bower Nur- 

 series, Maidstone, Kent 



Mr. J. Good, Nurseryman, 



Derby 



Mr. Glendinninir. Nurseryman, 

 Chiswick, Middlesex 



Mr. Gaines, Nurseryman, Sur- 

 rey-Lane, Batter sea 



Mr* J. Harrison, Nurseryman, 

 Richmond, Surrey; Editor 

 of •' Floricultural Cabinet" 



Mr. W. Ivery, Nurseryman, 



Rye-lane, Peckham, Surrey 



Mr. J. B. Lane, Rose Nurseries, 

 Berkh ampstead 



Mr. Pontey, Nurseryman, Ply- 

 mouth 



C.J. Perry, Esq., Handsworth, 

 near Birmingham ; Hon. Se< 

 tc th* 5 Handsworth ami Iftjf 

 z-ii'a Society, an Editor of 

 •'Midland Majazlfie" 



Mr. Pope, Keaipes-row, Pim- 

 lico 



Messrs. W. Renn*le and Co., 



" ur*erymen, Plymouth 



1 . H. Story. Esq-. White Hill, 

 Newton Abbott, Devon 



Mr. Wm. Jeffery, Hedgerly 

 Pfti*tc Bucks 



Mr. John Liddiard, Salt Hill, 

 Bucks 



G. W.Johnson, Esq , Winches- 

 ter, Hants , Editor of the 

 " Cottage Gardener, &c." 



Mr. Arthur Henderson, Pine- 

 Apple Place, Edgeware- 

 road, London 



Mr. Charles Turner, Royal 

 Nursery, Slough 



Mr. John Salter, Versailles 

 Nursery, Hammersmith 



Richard Stains, Esq., New- 

 road, London 



G. W. Hoyle, Esq., Reading 



Mr. Andrew Henderson, Wel- 

 lington-road, St. John's- 

 wood, London 



Mr. John Edwards, Wace 

 Cottage, Holloway 



Mr. James Veitch, jun., Exeter 



Mr. W. P. Ayres, Brooklands 

 Nursery, Blackheath ; Edi- 

 tor of " Magazine of Botany" 



Edmund Foster, Esq., Clewer 

 Manor, near Windsor 



Mr. Edward Beck, Worton 

 Cottage, Isleworth ; Super- 

 intendent of the "Florist" 



E. S. Dodwell, Esq., Derby; 

 Sec. Midland Horticultural 

 Society 



Morgan May, Esq., Sonning, 



Berkshire 

 Thomas Adams, Esq., Derby 

 C. P. Lochner, Esq., Warwick 



House, Paddiugton ; Hon. 



Sec. of Highgate Society 

 Rev. C. Fellows, Shotesham 



Rectory, near Norwich 

 Messrs. Backhouse and Son, 



Fishergate, York 

 Messrs. J. and J. Frazer, Lea 



Bridge, Essex 

 Mr. John Keynes, Nursery- 

 man, Salisbury 

 Mr. C. Lidsrard, Hammersmith 

 Messrs. Widnall and Davieg, 



Granchester 

 Mr. T. Barnes, Danecrof: 



Nursery, fc wmarket 

 Mr. Thomas Rivers, Saw- 



bridgeworth 

 Messrs. Bass and Brown, Sud- 

 bury. Suffolk 

 Mr. John Dobson, Worton 



Cottage, Isleworth 

 Mr. T. Appleby, Pine- Apple 



Nursery, Edgeware-road, 



London 

 J, T. Neville, Esq., Ebenezer 



Hou°e, Peckham ; Secretary 



to the Royal South London 

 Floricultural Society 

 J. H. Brown, Esq., Tulse-hill, 



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Surrey 



Additional support received during the week : 



Dr. Lindley, 21, Re^en:-street, 

 London 



Robert Marnock, Esq., Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, Regent*s- 

 park, eiitor of Gardener's 

 Journal (Horticultural De- 

 partment) 



Mr. J. Creed, Wace Cottage, 



Holloway 



Messrs. J. Moore and Son, 

 Perry Bar Nursery, Bir- 

 mingham 



Mr. J. Coudrey, Edgbaston 

 Nursery, Birmingham 



Messrs. J. Pope and Sons, 

 Handsworth Nursery, Bir- 

 mingham 



Mr. C. Sharp, Aston-lane Nur- 

 sery, Birmingham 



Messrs. Mayle and Co., Monu- 

 ment-lane Nursery, Bir- 

 mingham 



Mr. H. Pope, Gib Heath Nur- 

 sery, Birmingham 



Mr. A. Parsons, Ponder's End, 

 Middlesex 



Joseph Hunt, Esq., Cressex, 

 High Wycombe, Bucks 



Mr. W. R. Bragg, Star Nur- 

 sery, Slough 



Mr. R. Smith, Wood Green, 

 Witney, Oxon 



R. Headly, Esq., Stapleford, 

 Cambridge 



Mr. W. Chater, Nurseries, 

 Saffron Walden 



Rev. J. Burroughes, Lingwood 

 Lodge, Norwich 



Mr. John Long, Watford 



Mr. G. Smith, Tollington Nur- 

 sery, Hornsev-road, Isling- 

 ton 



Mr. F. Misters, Erotic Nur- 

 sery, Canterbury 



Mr. W. Hamilton, Seedsman, 

 156, Cheapside 



Messrs. Garraway and Majes, 

 Bristol 



Mr. David Ferguson, Stowe, 



Buckinzham 

 Mr. Richard C>star, Benson, 



Oxon 

 Mr. R. 8. Biicham, He den ham 



Rosary, Bungay, Suffolk 

 Mr. W. Anderson, Nursery- 

 man, Dundee 

 H. W. Collison, jun., Esq., 



1, Belle Vue-place, Bath 

 James Davidson, Esq., Camden 



Grove, Peckham 

 Mr. R. J. Lawrence, Hampton, 



Middle«ex 

 Mr. W. Holmes, Wells-street, 



Hackney 

 Mr. Johu Bayley, Derwent 



Bank, Derby 



Messrs. J. and C. Lee, Ham- 

 mersmith 



Mr. W. Cock, Chiswick 



Mr. J. Foster, Maida Hiii 



W. A. Coombe, Esq., North- 

 fleet, Kent. 



Mr. D. Hairs, Seedsman, St. 

 MartinVlane 



The Proprietors of the w Gar- 

 deners' Magazine of Botany. " 



Mr, Soden, Middle Barton, 

 Oxon 



Mr. Pearson, Hampstead-road 



Mr. EL Groom, Clapham Rise, 

 Surrey 



Messrs. J. and J. Fairbairn, 

 Clapham, Surrey 



Mr. E.G. Henderson, Welling- 

 ton-road Nursery 



Mr. Topping, Exeter 



Mr. La.vton, Florist, Hammer- 

 smith. 



James Firth, Esq., Barnes 



Common 



Mr. J. A. Henderson, Pine- 

 Apple Nursery 



Mr. Parker, St. John'* 

 Terrace. 



Woo< 





John Edwaids, Hon. Sec. 



BLACK BARBAROSSA GRAPE.-Fine flavoured 

 G!lAPES may be obtained until April, by growing the 

 above truly magnificent v uiety, introduced from the Continent 

 by C. T. Ward, Esq. For further particulars, see Gardeners' 

 Chronicle, Ma«-ch 8, 1^51 Good Plants from Eyes may be 

 obtained of John Butcher, Nurseryman, Stratford- on- Avon, 

 I05. 6d. each. London Agent, Mr. F. Warner, Seed Merchant, 

 2 8. Cornhlll. 



RYEGRASS AND TURNIP SEEDS. 



MORRISON and SON are now prepared to 



execute ♦orders for their RYE-GRASS and TURNIP 

 SEEDS, and will be happy to forward by Rail, free of charge, 

 from Aberdeen to any station on the lines southward, as may 

 be agreed on, Samples and Seed. Catalogues on application. 

 See d Farm, Montcnffer ; Seed W arehouse, Banff, N. H. 



~ WARRANTED UNEQUALLED. 



ROBERT WHIBLEY is now supplying Selections 

 in Pots, and by Post, from his select CoUeciion of 

 FUCHSIAS. Twelve Varie'ies, new and distinct, of last year, 

 105. Gd. cash. See List containing a great variety of choice 



new Plants for one stamp. — Nursery, K^nn'ngton, London. 



GR*SS SEEDS. 



FINEST LAWN GRASS SEEDS, perfectly free 

 from Weeds and coarse Grasses, 215. per bushel, 3j. per 

 gallon, or 15. 3<i. per pound, with instructions. 



To Insure a pure Turf of finest Dwarf Grasses. Messrs. 

 Sutton Btron^ly recommend the sowing the above Seeds, 

 whereby the great expense of cutting, carting, and laying 

 Turves may be avoided. 



PERMANENT PASTURE GRASSES, 



Mixed expressly to suit the soil for which ihey are re- 

 quired, at the reduced prices of '22s. 6d. to 28s. per acre, viz.: 



BEST MIXTURES fur laying down Land to per- £ 5. d. 

 manent Meadow or Upland Pasture, per acre ... 1 8 



DI TTO, for laying down Reclaimed Marshes and Com- 

 mon Inclosures, per acre 



DITTO, for fine Park Lands near Mansions, p?r acre 



DITTO, for Irrigation or Water Meadow, per acre ... 

 SUTTON'S RENOVATING MIXTURE, consisting of Peren 



nial Clovers and fine Grasses, for improving old Parks, 



Meadows, and Upland Pastures. 



John Sutton and Sons having reduced the price of 

 these Seeds 25 per cent., viz., to lOd. per lb., or Is. 6d. per 

 gallon, great improvement in Pastures, <kc, may be effected 

 at a small cost, by the application of 6 or 8 lbs. per acre, 

 sown immediately upon tlte old Turf. 



We are almost daily receiving unsolicited the most gratifying 

 letters from our customers, in praise of our Seeds ; and though 

 we refrain from publishing names unnecessarily, werhave much 

 , 8*tisf_cl-on in qunti i? the foilow ; ng: 

 Fror»* rt M&nter oftw Council tiff the oyal Agricultural Society. 



•• Messrs. SUT-O*,-*-! v » particularly please! with your 

 Grass Seed, which I employed by irself, for laving down some 

 fresh broken-up Land. It became a close fine sward by August. 

 I have now about 30 acres Df land to sow immediately, «fcc, &c, 

 and shall be glad of your advice f »r the purpose * 



From the Land Steward at a large Estate hi Hampshire. 



u All the kinds of Grasses sown separately grew admirably; 

 and the 20 acres of Park laid down with your Mixture last spring 

 is most excellent. We are anticipating a large c op of Hay, 

 and I can see by the various habits and successional growths 

 of the several kinds, that we shall always have a fresh growing 

 bite for the cattle af er the Hay is cut. The Clovers too I see 



are plentiful " 



From a Clergyman, an eminent AgrfcuUmrist and Member of the 



* Royal Agricultural Society. 



" I have had the plea-ure of praising your Seeds in many 

 quarters beside that to which you refer. This I h ive done 

 from a sense of justfea only." 



Another Clergyman writes us — " My Turnip crops are the 

 admiration of all the farmers round, especially the Swedes and 

 your Purple-topped Hybrid. I hope you have soma of the same 

 kind this year, as I am certain the superiority in my crops is 

 mainly owiog to the stocks." 



The above are similar to hundreds of others. 



N.B. — Instructions for Sowing accompany even* parcel of 

 Grass Seeds ; and any other information required by p->st will 

 be promptly given. 



Goods delivered free of carriage to any Office in London, 

 Bristol, Gloucester, Exeter, Southampton, &c. 



Reading, Berks. March 22. 



ESTABLISHED 1786. 



WILLIAM E. RENDLE and CO., Seed Merchants 

 by special appointment to the South Devon Agricul- 

 tural Association, and several influential Memb.rs of the 

 Royal Agricultural Society, Union Road, Plymouth. 



We have this season a choice and well assorte 1 Stock of all 

 the best FARvl SEEDS. They have been grown and selected 

 with the greatest care, and can be highly recommended as 

 being of the most genuine quality. Our sale of Turnip Seeds 

 alone last season exceeded one thousand bushels; our extensive 

 dealings therefore enable us to sell at the lowest remunerating 

 prices, and at the same time is the strongest evidence we ca 

 offer of the large and Increasing patronage bestowed upon us, 

 for which we have to return our most gratutul acknowledgments. 



UR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE of FARM 



SEEDS is just published, and can be had in 



exchange for One Penny Stamp. It contains a d&criptiv* 



of all tlie best varieties of Turnips, Carrots, and Mangold 



Wurzel, with prices affixed to every article. The list of 



Grasses is pecidiarly comprehensive, and contains short 



descriptio7i s of all the leading hinds. 



useful advice relative to the souring 



permanent pasture, concern g which 



kenliead Park, in a letter to us says : 



*'<w. repudiate the practice of sowing Corn with Grass 



feds, a ex .*• 1 1 ve often had to combat." 



All Or- rs v 21, Carriage Free. (See Catalogue.) 

 Apph E. vEjfDLR and Co., Seed Merchants, 





There is afeo some 

 of Grass Seeds for 

 Mr. Kemp, of Bir» 

 " 1 am glad that 





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