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AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



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



1851.] 



SATURDAY, APRIL 19. 



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JOHN KEYNES, 

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 1st of May, 1851, of 



DAHLIAS :— 



Yellow Superb. 



Hon. Mr. Herbert. 



Beauty of Kent. 



Summit of Perfection. 



Nepau'ese Chief. 



The whole stock of these 



Keine8, and Prizes for the 



DAHLIAS. 



Florist, Salisbury, will be pre- 



srong plants ready to send out the 

 the following New and First-class 





Baltic. 

 Antoinette. 

 Miss Pope. 

 One-inthe-Ring. 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 

 NOTICE is hereto given that the FirBt EXHIBITION 

 of FLOWERS and FRUIT, in the SOCIETY'S GARDEN, 

 will take place on 8atpm>ay, May 8d. 



Tickets can be procured at this Office upon presenting the 

 order of a Fellow, price 5s. each ; or, on the day of the meeting, 

 at Turnham-gr* en, price 7s. 6d. each. 



PRIVILEGE OF FELLOWS.— Each Fellow of the Society 

 has free personal admission to these Exhibitions without a 

 ticket He may also personally introduce a friend with an 

 Admiision Ticket at half-past Twelve, at Gate No. 4 in the 

 Duke of Devonshire's road ; or, if unable to attend personally, 

 his wife or sister may represent him, provided she is herself 

 famished with an admission ticket to which his signature 

 is inscribed. 



21, Re gent- street, London. 



Miss Herbert, 

 are in the possession of Johk 



r best Six Blooms from the above 



will be given at three of the leading Exhibitions of the season. 

 Orders for Dahlias from other growers faithfully executed, in 

 conjunction v* lth his own.-— Salisbury. April 19. 



DECIDED BARGAINS. — Dahlias, fine show 

 varieties, 6s.; Carnations, competing flowers, 6s. ; Ditto 

 without names, fine, 4s ; Alonsoa grandiflora, 3s. ; Helio- 

 tropes, of sorts, 4s. ; Fuchsias from 1 to 2$ feet, 6s. ; Ditto, 

 other named sorts, 6s. to 9s. ; Petunias, named vnrieties, 4s. ; 

 Ditto, without names, 2s.; Pinks, competing flowers, 4s. ; 

 Ditto, seedlings from named sorts, 3s.; Pansies, show varie- 

 ties, 6s. to 12s.; Calceolarias, seedlings — fine, 4s.; Phlox 

 Drummondii, 3s. ; Verbenas, named, 4s. ; Ditto, seedlings, 2s. 

 The above are the prices per dozen. Plants sent to compen- 

 sate for long carriages. General Catalogues forwarded on 

 application to Wm. Ander son — Dundee, April 19. 



NEW PLANTS. 



ASS and BROWN have to offer the following, in 



Prices to the Trade on appli- 



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ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, Regent's Park. 

 GENERAL EXHIBITIONS, WEDNESDAYS, May 14, 

 Jane 11, and July 2 ; AMERICAN PLANTS, SATURDAYS, 

 May 31 and June 7; ROSE GARDEN, June "1. Tickets, 

 which will admit the Dearer to either of tbe above Exhibitions, 

 or upon ANY one DAY in the month of JUNE, except Sunday, 

 may be obtained at the Gardens, by orders from Fellows of the 

 Society; price, on or before Saturday, May 3, 4s. ; after that 

 day, 5s. ; or on the days of Exhibition, 7s. Cd. each. Fellows 

 of the Society can have, on or before May 3, any number of 

 packets, containing 30 tickets each, for bl. bs. the packet. 



RATIONAL FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



-*-^ 21, Recent- street, London. 



Notice.— Mr. T. Barnes, Stowmarket ; Mr. Kinghorn, 

 Twickenham; Mr. E. A. Harop, South Lambeth: Mr. A. 

 Paraons, Enfield ; Mr. C. Lidgard, Hammersmith ; Mr. John 

 Frazer, Lea Bridge; Mr. J. T.Neville, Peckham ; and Mr. 

 J. Holland, Middleton, near Manchester, are the Censors 

 fpecially appointed for the examination of Seedlings at the 

 Society's offices, 21, Regent-street, on THURSDAY next, the 

 24th inst,, at 12 o'clock precisely ; and all plants, flowers, <fcc, 

 must be entered, named, labelled, and staged by that time. 



A ballot will take place for 48 new members. The nomi- 

 nation of Candidates will be proceeded with. The awards and 

 certificates of the last exhibition announced, and subscriptions 

 received. By order, John Edwards, Hon. Sec. 



well-established plants. 



cation. 



Each. 

 Anguria Warsewiczii 

 Bouvardia leiantha 

 Capanea grandiflora 

 Calceolaria grandis 

 Centradenia floribunda 

 Chirita Moonii ... 

 Dielytra spectabile 

 Escallonia macrantha, 



3s. Gd to 

 Fuchsia spectabile 

 Geranium Magnificent . 

 Prince of Orange . 

 Flying Dutchman 



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Gloxinia M. Van Houtte 3 

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 Hoya Delia, 2s. 6d. to ... 3 

 Ixora salicifoJia, 3s. 6d. to 5 

 Justicia magnifica ... 2 

 Lobelia tbapsoidea ... 2 

 Luculia Pinciana, 1 s.6d to 2 

 Rondeletia speciosa major 1 

 Siphocampylus micro- 

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T<HE LONDON FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



•*■ A meeting of this Society, for the exhibition of Auriculas 

 and Polyanthuses, by class showing, and for the production of 

 Seedling Florists' Flowers, will take place at Exeter Hall, 

 Strand, London, on T U ESD AY next, the 22d inst., at 12 o'clock; 

 all Flowers to be ready for the Censors by 1 o'clock, after which 

 hour none will be admitted. In addition to the ordinary prizes 

 of the Society, a Silver Cup, of the value of Five Guineas, will 

 toe given for the best four Auriculas, one of each class (the 

 winner of last year's Cup not to compete); also for the best 

 plant of each of the following flowers ; viz., 21s. for Dickson's 

 Duke of Wellington, 21s. for Page's Champion, 10s. for Dick- 

 son's Apollo, los. for Clegg's Crucifix, 10s. for Oliver's Lovely 

 Ann, and 10s., for Dickson's Duke of Wellington. 

 45, Lime-street, April 19. J. W. Jewitt, Hon. Sec. 



"DOYALJ SOUTH LONDON FLORICULTURAL 



•»■* SOCIETY. Under the Patronage of Her Most Gracidus 

 Majesty the Queen. The First EXHIBITION for the season 

 will take place on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, in the Assembly 

 5°?®V t the HORNS TAVERN, KENNINGTON, open to all 

 umbitors, *hen Prizes will be awarded for the following pro- 



T«i & Tiz *» Mi * ce,laD «ou* Plants, Auriculas, Heartsease, 

 ^oijanthuses Cinerarias, Specimen Plants, and Seedlings. 



vlwk * • Band ia engaged for the occasion. Admission to 



Irnm i f S ff their Frie " ds *t * 2 o'clock, and to the public 

 WlXu 6 .° dock, at One Shilling each. The following Ex- 

 niDiuons will also take place at the Royal Surrey Zoological 



ThSS! S ?*\ Y edDe * da >> M *y 2 ^ Wednesday, June 25 ; 



U?t da £i ul * 2i i ana Wednesday, Sept. 3. 

 fi » T '„ of Prizes and the Rules of the Society may be obtained 

 VkL Tatlo1l Niville, Secretary, 

 ^^ezer jouse, Peckham, Su rrey. 



S C rw«5 ^ ND BEAUTIFUL SEEDS.- 



^epaper WILLIAM SEED > *• 100 varieties, Is. per 

 C^aSVa U f MBE ^ gr0WB 6 t0 8 feet lon * ** P<* PAP"- 



r BMPEROH s T n°^ s mQdt ^Perb varieties, Is. per paper. 



ttetame^*! 0CK V floweri */ om July to November, and 

 fir i v i P . 8 year afler * ear » u - P €r paper. 



pSwL^^ ° f &i8 «k hav taken first 



Cat rSn? ^ exblbued » 6d ' P er P a Per. 



*' paper. U * fr ° m * m ° 8t iuperb collection, Is. 



'wVwJi? 1 ^ UMBELLATA . * ^illiant and beautiful 



**£ VcSiKJi 6 *** ° f Me ""- JE ™ * nd C o., Nursery. 



Payment can be made with postage stamps. 





ACHIMENES Escheriana, Bodneri, Baumanni, Longiflora 

 alba or Jauregia, Rosea superba and Tugwelliana, 2s. 6d. each, 



or the set for 12s. 



Descriptive Catalogues forwarded on application. 

 Seed and H ortic ultural Esta blishing «t, S udbury. 8u ff. dk. 



THE FINEST CARNATIONS, PICOTEES, 

 PINKS, AND OTHER HIGHLY DESIRABLE PLANTS, 

 — We have the pleasure to announce that our Extensive and 

 Celebrated Collection of the above are this season unusually 

 strong and healthy, and are ready for sending out, in fine well- 

 rooted plants, to any part of the United Kingdom, or for ex- 

 portation, at the following prices : 

 25 pairs of finest first-rate show varieties 



tions and Picotees 



12 pair 8 do. do. do 



25 pairs of very fine show varieties of do. 

 12 pairs do. do. do. 



Fine mixed border do.— per dozen pairs 



True old Clove— per pair 



PINKS, finest first-class Bhow flowers, 12s. to 18s. per dozen 

 pairs. 



Further particulars of new and desirable plants will be found 

 in their advertisement of the 5th of April. 



Yoeell and Co., Royal Nursery, Great Yarmouth. 



TO AMATEUR DAHLIA GROWERS, AND OTHERS. 



DAHLIAS.— New light tipped Dahlia " Sylph," raised 

 by Mr. Servey, Chingford, Essex, and certified first-class, 

 at the Royal South London Floriculturat Society's Show, 

 Surrey Gardens. "Sylph "Is of fine free habit, blooms well 

 out of the foliage, smooth cupped petal, circular outline, and 

 very high centre; indispensable to exhibitors. I 



Joseph Courcha having purchased the above, will be pre- 1 

 pared to send out strong plants the first week in May. Price 

 10s. 6d. per plant. The usual allowance to the trade. J. Cs 

 Annual Catalogue may be had, on application, to Joseph 



Courcha, Florist, Wellington-row, Hart's-lane, Bethnal Green- 

 road, London. 



OUR YORK REGENT PREPARED POTATO 

 CUTTINGS are now ready ; all the other sorts named in 

 our former Advertisement can be had on and after the 20th 

 inst. We had our largest crop last year from those we planted 

 on the 20ih of May.— Post-office orders to be made payable to 

 JohnSangster, Borough Post-office, Newington Butts, London. 

 Hay. Sanqster, and Co., Ap ril 19. 



NEW PLANTS^ ~~~ 



AMBROISE VERSCHAFFELT, Nursekyman, 

 Ghent, Belgium, begs to offer to Amateurs and to the 

 trade the following NEW PLANTS :— 

 25 New Hardy Ghent Azaleas, the finest varieties of £ 



all those yet sent out, the collection 3 



(They are nice healthy plants cultivated in pots.) 



Rhododendron aureum floribundum 



Ditto carneum versicolor ,, 1 



Ditto yellow perfection 1 



(These three yellow varieties are the finest of all.) 

 Rhododendron versicolor, double rose and red, quite 





 

 

 



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CHEAP DAHLIAS. 



HENRY LEGGE begs to inform the Floral Public 

 that he intends sending out, in May next, all the leading 

 Flowers of 1850, at 9s. to 12s. per dozen ; all the good old 

 varieties, from 35. to 4s. per dozen. Ground Roots cheap of 

 most of the favourites. Catalogues can be had, on application, 

 by inclosing one postage stamp to Henry Legge, Marsh Side, 

 Lower Edmonton, Middlesex. 



NEW DAHLIAS, 1851. 



SPARY begs to announce he will be prepared to 



send our, in May, the under- mentioned superior 

 DAHLIAS, viz.— 



YENUS (Cook's).— Exquisite golden orange, fine form, dis- 

 tinct colour. Will prove a great acquisition to the most 

 limited grower. Received a Certificate at the Great Metropo- 

 litan Show, vi here it was much admired. Price 7s 6d. 



FLORA (Cork's). — Crimsnn red, tipped with yellow; first- 

 rate form, and constant. Price 7s. 6d. 



MRS. WILLIS (Liddiard's).— Dark marone, tipped with 

 white ; constant and fine habit. Price 7s. fld. 



Also the select sorts of the last and former years, at mode- 

 rate prices. M 



Geraniums, Fuchsias, Verbenas, and Spary f s Double Pansy 



(Prince Arthur) 24s. per dozen ; with a variety of Bedding.out 

 Plants. Fine Hothouse Grapes cut to order from May to 

 January. Cut Flowers and Bouquets, Se« d«. Ac. 



Qjieenjt_gr aper ies, nenr fl i-r ipm Spa. Brighton, April 19. 



HORTICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENT, 

 SUDBURY. SUFFOLK. 



BASS and BROWN'S SEED AND PLANT 

 LIST for 1851 w stamped as a Newspaper, to go 

 free ly post, and may be had on application. It will be 

 found to contain the newest and best articles which can 

 be procured, with full description and oilier usefvi 

 information. 



SELECT AND CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS. 

 The following of our best selections supplied free by post, 

 with proper directions for sowing, heights, colours, dzc, given 



in tbe Catalogue. 



100 varieties best and newest Annuals 

 50 varieties for 8s. 6d., 30 for 5s. 6<i, 20 for 

 20 varieties best dwarf kinds, in larger packets, suited 

 for filling beds on lawns, 7s. 6<J., or 12 do. for 



20 varieties best Greenhouse Annuals, 7s. 6d., 12 for 



20 varieties choice Greenhouse Perennials, 10s. 6<«..12 for 



20 vars. choice bard v Biennials and Perennials.7s.6d.,12 for 



IMPORTED GERMAN SEEDS. 



20 varieties splendid double Stocks, Ss. Sd. ; 12 ditto 



12 vars. splendid China Alters 



12 vars. fine globular Asters ... 



12 vars. Dwarf Rocket Larkspurs 



9 vars. Tall ditto 



Remittances with orders are requested from unknown cor- 

 respondents. Goods Carriage Free to London, and with all 

 orders of 21. and upwards, articles presented extra. Post-office 

 order s paysHe t«. Bass hu'1 Brown, or to Stephen Browic. 



HOICE NEW PLANTS, for Cheapness and 



Quality Warranted Unequalled.— FUCBSIAS, the very 

 best of 1850, 20 for 14s., 12 for 9s.; or 6 for 5s., in extra strong 

 plants, viz., Ac* eon, Beauty of Richmond, Beauty of Stortford, 

 Confidence, Corinium, Corymbiflora alba, Diadem of Fiora, 

 DisAinctus, Duchess de Bordeaux, Don Giovanni, Fair Rosa- 

 mond, Gladiator, General Changarnier, Inaccessible, Kossuth, 

 Nonpareil, Orion, Pearl of England, Rosalind, Striata, York- 

 shire. Eclipse, Ac. We can supply equally choice collections 



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raniums, superb and extra fine 



Do., fine show varieties 

 Dahlias, splendid new varieties 



Do., fine show varieties, 4s. to 

 Chrysanthemums, extra fine, 4s. to... 

 Scarlet Geraniums, new and distinct 

 Pansies, extra fine new varieties 



Do , fine show varieties, 3s. to 

 Verbenas, new and distinct, 4s. to 

 Petunias, new and distinct, 4s. to ... 

 Shrubby Calceolarias, very distinct... 

 Salvia 6 , very distinct and fine 

 Choice Greenhouse Plants 

 Gloxinias, splendid varieties 



Choice Bedding Plants 

 Do* Do. 



Cuphea Donkelarii, bright purple, each 

 Browallia Jamesonii, Mitraria coccinea, and Cantua 



bicolor, each ... 



Most of the above can be sent free by post, or in pots, ham- 

 per included, in fine strong plants, on receipt of a Post-office 

 order, payable at R'chmond. Our General Descriptive Cata- 

 logue can be had on application. 



Wm. Rtjmlfy and Sons. Gillinjr, near Richmond, Yorkshire. 



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BEAUTlrUL NEW SHHUkhY CALCEOLAKIas A^D 



PANSIES. 



R. HENRY MAJOR, Knosthorpe, near Leeds, 



bees to announce that his 12 new and much-admired 

 SHRUBBY CALCEOLARIAS are now ready to send out. The 

 set of 12 for 31., or half the set for 30s., provided the selection 

 be left to H. M. Most of these Seedlings were submitted to the 

 Censors at the Worton Cottage Meetings last season, and highly 

 spoken of. Four of them are figured in the Florist for Decem- 

 ber. Twelve very good CALCEOLARrAS, including four or 

 five Seedlings not jet out, price 20s. Very choice CALCEO- 

 LARIA SEED, at 2s. 6<J. and 5s. per packet. 



NEW SEEDLING PANSIES. 

 H. M.'s three very distinct and beautiful Seedling Pansies, 

 viz , " Captivatio V "Novelty," and M Sambo ■ are now ready 

 to send out. They are a valuable acquisition to this lovely 

 family. Healthy Plants, 5s. each, or the three for 10s. &*., post 

 free. For opinion upon them, see Florist for August and 

 October, 1850. Twenty of the best Show Pansies (including 

 1 Sambo,' 1 ) for 25s., post free. For names, see descriptive ast. 

 Very select Pansy Seed, at 2s. 6d. and 5s. per packet , i ne 

 6s. packets are equal to three packets at 2s. Sd. A ue ^"P°J S 

 Ut nf th« r.^in^iariaa arid P-nnies msT be had on prepaia 



List of the Calceolarias and Pansies may 



NOUVELLE ICONOGRAPHIE DES CAMELLIAS; every 



month, a number, with four plates of the finest new Camellias, ^1.1 V i iu B va^™... .« 3 «..«« * * - . . ^nrlnpin* 



with their description. Price 21s. a year, free at destination. application.— Orders from unknown cj> rref P° K nclen ^ n t£ Xn\t 



The Great General Catalogue ofPiants,&c.,may be had free at Post-oflSce order, payable a? Leeds Post-office, wm ms auij 

 Mr. R. Silberbad's, 5, Harp- lane, Great Tower-street, London, I attended to. 



