THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



T^ita 01 AxncuMire," in tile article " food of Auitnais," 



rertr-4 to the tub] »'Ct. 



Gslss Laud : An Old Subscriber. Apply compost of earth and 

 farm manure in autamn, 



or some m )re soluble manure, as 



manoaad wiper osphate of lime, in early spring. 

 Gbaviut Soil : Urbsiii Rure. You should get up Borne of the 

 clav below, and mix it in compost with your manure, and 

 Bpreadthe compost over all. Artificial manures upon very 

 ]jtht soils are very rapidly wasted ; but after dressing with 

 this clavey compost, you might more economically apply 

 ffoano or bone-dust. Three cwt. of Peruvian guano per 

 acre, in compost with vegetable mould or other organic 

 manure, is as good an application as you can make; apply 

 it bio ideast in early spring. 



CTPstK : G M. Sprinkle 3 or 4 lbs. of the powder among Jie 

 litter of each horse or beast. 



Milk : J J. asks if Rape-cake, given to cows, will affect the 

 taste of butter? Most likely it will ; but we have no expe- 

 rience. Will an v one who ha* had experience give us it. 



Oilcake: J II. It "is probably cheaper than the Oatmeal-more 



economical. , ,, . ,, . . 



Piaerroo: T J asks our correspondent on this subject where 

 be can obtain this manure. 



Pot ltby : J J must have overlooked the answer to his query, 

 some weeks since; it immediately followed another, asking 

 the sarn.' <rueetion. Cramp is caused by damp, or by stone or 

 brick iioitrs to poultry houses ; if from the latter cause, it 

 it be cured by removing the floors, and substituting good 

 bard earth, such as will be made with gravel and a small 

 mixture of clay to harden it ; it should be rammed till it wili 

 |mmu* r weeping without disturbing the surface. If from damp, 

 the fowls should be removed to a drier spot; if that cannot 

 be .ne, the food must be altered, to counteract the evil 

 «flfeet« the lot ity, and must be persevered in, so long as 

 the bad weather Uses ; nothing is better than bread soaked 

 in ale iven onee a day, a little meat at timesj and oatmeal 

 glaked and mixed with pounded peppercorns. In fa?c- 

 growing. large young birds, weakness is often mistaken tor 

 cramp, because the birds rest on their knees ; this will dis- 

 a(>^§r as they get strength, and cease to grow, ;uid the food 

 m 'ioned above wiii help them. 1 know no one who breeds 

 IMalay fowls for sale, and gentlemen will not allow their 

 •tool I to be picked. So long as purchasers will put no faith 

 in sellers, so long will diseased fowls be sold ; it is impossible 

 to keep them healthy in confinement, especially in London ;. 

 and gentlemen will not buy without seeing, then they 

 buy at their own risk and on their own judgment, and dealers 

 have no alternative but to keep stock on hand. If buyers 

 ■would put a little more faith in sellers, and the latter would 

 be mor< ireful to sell none but good specimens, and thereby 

 j ; ity confidence, such complaints as those of •* J. J." would 

 t>e le*« frequent. J. tiaily, 113, Mount- street.— J B M. See 

 inning tor Ladies." In' our next volume we may perhaps 

 »ive plate* of poultry-bouse?, &c. 

 Ep^atum. There is an omission in one of the sentences in 

 Profe»*or Henslow's letter to Mr. Lawes, p. 764, which, as 

 it mate illy affects the character of his suggestion, requires 

 notice. The sentence stands thus : ■• If you had grown half 

 the field with Barley and half without, at successive inter- 

 vals," &c. ; whereas he meant to suggest that "each half 

 thus grown, should be mown little by little at successive inter- 

 vals." This way of varying the experiment would show us 

 whether these failures may be attributed to the too early 

 mowin. ue Barley ; and also whether there is any dif- 



ference in this respect between that which is grown with, 

 and that without. Barley. Of course in both cases one patch 

 should be left wholly unmown, by way of comparative ex- 

 periment, so essential in all such cases, and which (as De 

 OandolJe long since complained) had been ao frequently neg- 

 lec ias to have rendered the great mass of agricultural 

 experiments utterly worthless as data for arriving at scien. 

 tide conclusions. 



G. 



still well kept 



are plentiful. 

 are nearly a t 



up, 



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an 



isaarfcetSe 



COVEN T GARDEN, Dec. 



The supply of Englisfa Pine-apples is 



and Grape*, both foreign and English, 



por ions of Pears from the Continent 



end for this season. The best English kinds fetch from 



2s. to 4>. adozen, and 8s. to 12s. per half sieve. They consist 



of Glout Mnrceau, Crassane, Beurre Die!, and Chaumontelle. 



Oran^ea are plentiful. Nuts are nearly the same as last quoted. 



Carrofs, Turnips, Cabbages, &c, are sufficient for the demand. 



Po oes are generally good in quality. Lettuces and other 



saiading are sufficient forthe demand. Mushrooms are still 



dearer. Cut tiowers consist* of Heaths, Pelargoniums, 



3fignonette, Heliotropes, Stepfranttis, Bignoniavenusta, ChryJ 



santhemums, Camellias, and Roses. 



FBUIT. 

 Pine-apples, per lb., 3g to 6s Almonds, per peck, 6s 

 <rrapes,tis«hou9e,p. lb., 2* to 5s — sweet, per lb., 2s to 3s 



— Lisbon, perlb., 9d to Is Oranges, per do**, Is tola 6d 

 Apples, kitchen, per bushel, Is j — per 100, 6s to 10s 



to 2s fJd 

 Pears, dteasert, p. doz., 2s to 4s 

 Lemons, per doz., Is to 2s 

 Walnuts, per bush., 12s to 24s 



VEGETABLES. 



Nut8,Bareelona,p.b3h,20sto22a 



— Brazil, p, bsh., 12sto 14s 



Filberts, per lOOlbs., 70s to 90s 



Cabbages, per doz., 8d to Is 

 Can irtuwern, p.doz.,6dto3sv 

 Broccoli, per bunch, 8d to la 

 &>tatoes, per ton, 45s to 86s 



— per cwt., 2s to 5s 



— per bush., Is 6d to 2s 6d 

 Turnips, p, bunch, Id to 2d 

 Cucumbers, each, Gd to Is 



Ra h shea, per doz., 9d to Is 



~ Turnip, p, doz., 9d to Is 

 Celei p. bundle, 6d to Is 6d 

 Carrots, p« r bunch, 4d to 6d 

 Snivels Sprouts, p. half sieve, 

 Is 6d to 2s 



£ nacn, per sieve, Is tola 6d 

 Onions, p. bunch, Id to 5d 



-~ Spanhh,p.doz.,l 8 6dto3s 

 Endive, per score, 9d to is 

 Beet, per doz., 6d to Is 

 Parsnips, per doz,, 6d to Is 

 Leeks, per bunch, id to 2d 



Shallots, per lb., 6dto8d 

 Garlic, per lb., 6d to 8d 

 Artichokes, Jerusalem, per hf. 



sieve, Sd to Is 

 Lettuce, Cab., p. score, 4d to Is 



— Cos, per score, 3d to Is 

 Small Salads, p. punn.,2d to 3d 

 HorseRadi6h,p. bundle, Is to 4s 

 Red Beet, per doz., Is to 2s 

 Mushrooms, p. pot., la to 2a 6d 



— per bushel, 7s to 10s 

 Sorrel, per hf. sieve, 6d to 9d 

 Fennel, per bunch, 2d to 3d 

 Savory, per bunch, 2d to 3d 

 Thyme, per bunch, 2d to 3d " 

 Parsley, per doz. bun., 2s to 3s 

 Mint, per bunch, Id to 2d 

 Basil, p. bunch, 3dto4d 

 Marjoram, do., 3d to 4d 



Watercress,p.l2bunch.,4d to6d 



HAY.~.p €r Load of =86 Trusses. 



Prime Meadow Hay Tofto^cio^er' *' 

 Interior ditto... ... 60 6S 2d cur 



5°**" - .» 60 63 Straw 



New Hay - -. J * W - - 



Trade heavy. 

 Cumbeilanu lUurr, Dec. 4. 



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70s to 80s 

 60 70 

 22 25 



J. COOPEB. 



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Pnme Meadow Hay 75s to 78s 



Interior ditto... 

 New Ray 



Old Clover Z 



60 70 



80 



8G 



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... 65s to 78s 



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Pine Old Hay 



Inferior ditto."." 

 Straw 



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Inferior 

 lew Clover 



Stra » - ".' ... 24 28 



WHiwcBAPBt, Dec. 4. J08Bl71 BAKEB - 

 70s to 75s ! Old Clover -« 4 OB 



60 7«> Inferior ditto" <«**<> 86s 



45 55 j New Clover 

 21 24 I Inferior ditto'..". 



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75 

 55 



84 



H0f8.— r hioat, l>ec. 5. 



65 



I are ver, scarce, and realise rather 



Mid <fc ilast Rents 140s to 25is 

 Weald Kents ... li'Os to 147s 

 Sussex 105s to 130s 



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Yearlings... 

 Old Hops 



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COAL MARKET.— Friday. Dec. 5. 

 Holywell, 18s, ; Carr's Hartley, 103. ; Eden Main, 18s. 9d. ; 

 Ravensworth West Hartley, 15s. 6d. ; Wallsend Riddell, 

 18s. 3d. ; Wallsend; Harton, 18s. 6d. ; Wallsend Russell's 

 Hetton, 19s. 3d. ; Wallsend Bell's, 19s. ; Wallsend Stewarts, 

 l9s # 3d.— Ships at market. 57. 



SMITHFIELD, Monday, Dec. 1. 

 The supply of Beasts is considerably shorter, which enables 

 us to quote 4s. for the choicest Scots. The number of Sheep is 

 small; trade, however, is not proportion ably active, yet the 

 shortness of supply causes an advance of fully 2d. per 8 lbs. on 

 almost all kinds. Good Calves continue to be scarce, and are 

 sold rather dearer. From Hclland and Germany there 

 666 Beasts, 3690 Sheep, and 161 Calves ; from Scotland 

 Beasts ; from Norfolk and Suffolk, 120 ; and 2750 from 

 northern and midland counties. 



j. 



HANCOCI 



are 

 220 



the 



Per st. of 8 1bs.- 



-8 d s 



d 



Best Scots, Here- 







fords, <fcc. 



3 8 to 4 







Best Short-horns 



3 6—3 



8 



2d quality Beasts 



2 10 — 3 



2 



Best Downs ■ and 







Half-breds 



4 2 — 4 



6 



Ditto Shorn 



1 • • 



1 



Per st. of 8 lbs.— s 

 Best Lon^-wools . 3 

 Ditto Shorn 

 Ewes & 2d quality 3 

 Ditto Shorn 



Lambs 



Calves 2 



Piffs 3 



d s d 

 G to 3 10 



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— 3 4 



• a a 



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— 

 8—4 

 0—4 4 

 Pigs, 450. 



AIR-PROOF^ED^ 

 This novel and useful article 

 may be used simply as an ordi. 

 nary Air Cushion, or as a Re- 

 clining Bed or Sofa Chair, 

 by inflating the back part 

 which is attached to the 

 Cushion, but having 

 separate aperture 



a 



for inflation ; by 

 which means it 



Beasts, 4013 ; Sheep and Lambs,23,630 ; Calves, 191 ; 



Friday, Dec, 5. 

 We have a heavy trade for Beasts to-day, owing to a larger 

 supply of mild weather. A few of the choicest make 4s„ but 

 3s. lOd. is the more general price for good qualities. Several 

 inferior remain unsold. The supply of Sheep is considerable 

 for the time of year ; buyers are scarce, and Monday's prices 

 are scarcely maintained. There are \'ery few good Calves on 

 offer, we are therefore enabled to retain late quotations for 

 these, but generally trade is worse. From Germany and Hol- 

 land we have 95 Beasts, 1790 Sheep, and 83 Calves; from 

 France. 30 Sheep; from the northern and midland counties, 

 400 Beasts ; and 110 Milch Cows from the home counties. 



of tight 



may be filled at pleasure to any degree 

 to any angle. 



for great ease ana comfort, eittier on a bed or sofa 

 TULCANISED INDIA RUBBER HOSE 



ness, and 



Invalids will find this article admir a hi. T 8et 

 and comfort, either on a bed or «£ y ^^ 



PIPES for 



Breweries, Fire-Engines, Watering Gardens, and FWihi.n 

 Tubinu of various kinds. ' Da * Je * lbJ e Gai 



Best Scots, Here- 



1 



fords, <fec. ... 3 



8 to 3 10 ' 



Best Short-horns 3 



6 — 3 8 j 



2d quality Beasts 2 



8 — 3 2 



Best Downs and 





Half-breds ... 4 



2 — 4 4 



Ditto Sh< 1 



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Best Long-wools . 3 

 Ditto Shorn 

 Ewes <fc 2d quality 2 

 Ditto Shorn 



Lambs 



Calves 2 



Pigs 3 



3 8 



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10 — 3 2 



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0- 



-0 



8- 



~4 



0- 



-4 4 



Portable India-Rubber Shower and Spon^ino' t***i, w 

 proof Fishing Boots, Air Cushions and B^^\^Si 



to order. 



AH orders addressed to James Lyne Hancock Tmr. r> vu 

 manufactory, Goswell-road, London, will mm with \£ a- 



attention. 



"uh immediate 



Beasts, 897 ; Sheep and Lambs, 4340 : Calres.157 ; Pigs, 38 ( J. 



MARK LANE. 



MowDAf, Dec. 1. — At the close of Friday's market several 

 parcels of foreign Wheat were taken on speculation, and a 

 considerable quantity purchased for exportation. The supply 

 of English Wheat by land carriage samples to this morning's 

 market was small, and generally disposed of at an advance of 

 Is. per qr. — Foreign met a retail inquiry at rather more money, 

 and we raise our quotations Is. per qr. Floating cargoes con- 

 tinue to be inquired after for the Continent. — We observe no 

 alteration in the value of Barley, Beans, or Hog Peas. White 

 are very scarce, and again Is. per qr. dearer. — Oats meet a 

 fair demand, at an advance of 6d. per qr. 



Pee Imperial Quarter. ,s. 



Wheat, Essex, Kent, ife Suffolk... White 39— 42 Red 



— — fine selected runs. ..ditto 42 — 45 Red 



— Talavera J46 



Norfolk, Lincoln, & York... White 34 



32 

 29 



18 

 18 

 28 



s. 



42 

 45 



48 

 38 

 49 

 32 

 2o 



20 

 24 

 21 

 22 

 3Q 



Red 



-31 

 32 

 ■30 

 ■36 

 28 



39 

 32 



Malting . 

 Malting . 



Feed 



Feed 



Feed 



Foreign . 



< 



Harrow . 



Longpod 



Egvptian 



Suffolk... 



Foreign . 



Yellow... 



Norfolk . 



36-39 

 33-40 



25—28 



18 

 18 

 16 



21 

 20 

 19 



27- 

 25 

 .3 

 35- 

 28- 



31 

 27 

 25 

 37 

 36 



— Foreign 



Barley, grind. & istil., 25s to 26s.. .Cher. 



— F oreign . . . grind i ng and distilling 

 Oats, Essex and Suffolk J16 



-*. Scotch and Lincolnshire.. .Potato 19 



— Irish Potato 1 



— Foreign Poland and Brew 



Rye 



Rye-meal, foreign per ton 



Beans, Mazagan 26s to 2»s Tick '27 



Pigeon 28 —33... Winds jdl 



Foreign Small 1 22- 



Peas, white, Essex and Kent Boilers o4 



— Maple 28s to 30s Grey 25 



Maize White 



Flour best marks delivered ...per sack 35- 



— Suffolk ditto25- 



— Foreign perbarrello- 



Friday, Dec. 5.— The arrivals of grain 

 excepted), have been small this week; to-day's market was 

 thinly attended, and the 'sales of Wheat were very limited • 

 nevertheless, prices are fully supported. Floating cargoes for 

 the Continent continue in request, but scarcity of offers and the 

 advanced prices asked prevent business. —Flour is a slow sale, 

 although still wanted for export. — The supply of Barley since 

 Monday has been rather more liberal than of late, and that 

 day's prices are barely maintained.— The value of Beans and 

 Peas remains as last quoted.— The Oat trade is dull, and prices 

 to-day are scarcely as g ood as at the beginning of the week. 



Arrivals this Week. 



FARM AND COTTAGE PUMPS 



PATENT CAST-IRON 



-L ^MPS, for thereof Farm. 

 Cottages Manure Tanks, and Shall 

 low Wells. 



Patent Pump £1 lfi 



Patent Pump, with 15 feet 

 of Lead Pipe attached, 

 and Bolts and Nuts ready 

 for fixing 



Larger sizes if required. 



May be obtained of any Iron, 

 monger or Plumber in Town or 

 Country, or of the Patentees and 

 Manufacturers. 



JOHN WARNER & SOffS, 

 8, Crescent, Jemn-street, London. 



Every description of Machinery 

 for Raising Water, FireEngine3,dsc. 



The usual allowance to the Trade 



2 12 



r\ ALVANISED WIRE GAME NETTING, 



VJT 



Id. per yard, 2 feet wide. 



25- 

 21 Per sackj28- 



and Flour (Barley 



32 

 S3 



2-inch mesh, light, 2i inches wide 



2-inch 



2-inch 



l?-inch 



1^-inch 



1 5-inch 



it 

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J» 



9> 



strong ,, 



extra strong 

 light 

 strong 

 extra strong 



99 



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Galvan- 

 ised. 

 ?d. per yd» 

 9 



12 

 8 



10 

 14 



>» 



»» 

 11 



Japanned 



Iron. 

 5d. per yd, 



H 

 9 



6 



8 



11 



H 



tt 



English ... 



Irish 



Foreign .. 

 Imperial 

 Averages, 



Oct. 25 



1 



8....... 



22 



29 



Wheat 

 Qrs. 

 2310 



1800 



Barley. 



Qrs. 

 4190 



2050 



Nov. 



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Wheat. Baelet. 



Aggre*. Aver. 

 Duties on Fo- 

 reign Grain 



2(js Od 



36 6 



36 1 



36 4 



36 9 



37 2 



?6 7 



Oats. 



2 os 



25 



26 

 26 

 27 



27 

 26 



5d 



7 



1 



7 







1 





17j 



17 



17 



18 

 18 

 18 



5d 



5 



6 



1 



3 



8 



Oats. 



Qrs. 

 3480 

 1200 

 8570 

 Ryb. 



28j 8d 



Flour. 

 1520 sacks 



810'sacks 



All the above can be made any width at proportionate prices. 

 If the upper half is a coarse mesh, it will reduce the price* 

 one-fourth. Galvanised sparrow-proof netting for Pheasantnes, 

 3a*. per square foot. Patterns forwarded post free. 



Manufactured by BARNARD and BISHOP, Marketplace, 

 Norwich, and delivered free of expense in London, feter- 

 borough, Hull, or Newcastle. 



! WIRE NETTING ONE PENNY PER SQUARE FOOT. 



24 



25 



26 

 .23 



'25 







11 







2 



7 



Beans. 



28a Qd 

 28 6 

 28 10 



28 

 29 



30 



8 

 8 

 5 



". 



27a 



■27 



28 

 28 

 28 

 28 



Id 



5" 



2 



3 



7 



17 11 24 8 



1 



1 a 



10,10 



29 1 



1 



10 



28 2 

 1 



ALVANISED WIRE NETTING, TWO-PE^ 



Fluctuations in the last six weeks' Averages. 

 Prices. Oct. 25. Nov. 1. Nov. 8. Nov. 15. Nov. 22. Nov. 29. 



37a 



36 



36 



36 



36 



36 



ThVarticle require; ino f* 



2d 

 9 ■ 

 9 

 6 



4 



1 



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1 



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V-7 PER SQUARE FOOT.— xnu amew *-f--v it§ 11 

 in$r, tbe atmosphere not having the slightest action dffaf 

 was exhibited at the late Metropolitan Cattle »now, . ^ 

 highly eulogised both for its utility and pretty a PP;; r r nr0( 3uced 



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ackn<mled ? 'ed^to be the cheapest and ^^J^^Jdationj of 



peculiarly »«»F^ ^ a lvaui 5eu 

 Pheasantries, and to secure poultry; and by t D ® | &11 ^nds 



It forms a light and durable fence against the U |; F ; VI Varies, 

 hares, rabbits, and cats, and is peculiarly a*?P*!ri .Uivanitf 



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a much 





V 



"•re monf v. 



Liverpool, Tuesday, Dee. 2.— At our market this moraine 

 there was a gcol attendance of the trade, and a fair consump- 

 tive demand was experienced for Wheat, at an advance of Id 

 per 70 lbs. on all descriptions. American Flour also met with 

 a good sale at fully 2d. per barrel more money, and French was 

 held for extreme rates. Oats were in fair request, and fine 

 mealers were fully £d. per 4 5 lbs. dearer. Oatmeal brought 

 fall prices. Barley, Beans, and Peas sold in retail at late 

 quotations^ Indian Corn was held for more monev but f aw 

 sale> were made. Friday, Nov. 28—There was a mode- 

 rately fair business transacted in Wheat and Flour tor local 

 consumption at our Corn Exchange this mornimr at fullv 



I**! ♦? * ElS* Severai «> urcha * w of f *"> superior qualities 

 of both articles were made ior shipment to Ireland and to 



move into the interior. Indian Corn was consid, k hade 

 better in value than on 1 -sday. Every other article of th* 

 corn trade fully sustained late 1 , es, and W ^ wSfmL I >k! 

 ing u'ter fe ding stuffs. »*w™ *u 





99 



91 



15. 





requiring no paint, it answers admirably for tral ** lB .| stoc fc, ot 

 of creeping plants. Large quantities always W l de to a*! 

 18, 24, 36, and 48 inches wide; it can, however, w^ 

 dimensions desired. Patterns forwarded free ot exp .^ 



12 inches wide 3d. per yard. 30 inches wide 7J& P 



18 „ „ 4Jd. „ 36 **' 



14 „ „ Gd. „ 48 



Galvanised do., Id. per foot extra. ^ ^ 



Extra strong Imperial Wire Sheep Netting, 8 J e , € *' ri ptioD of 

 running yard; if gah mised, 2$. Also every n * 0§ siifl 

 Wire Nursery and Fire K uards. Wir* House-ian wifldoW 

 Shades, Fly-proof Dish Covers, Meat Safes, *c. , mab0 - 

 Blinds, Is. 104. per square foot, with bolts conipw^ fo0 ,, 

 eany frames : Gothic Garden Bordering, 6tf. per ^ 2()5 ea cn. 

 Flower Trainers, from 3d. each ; Garden Ar ene > ^for 



Flower Stand*, from 3$. Od. each ; Galvanised laying ^ wir e 



s, and 

 . v ... , .._... Jft , m »„„ u-vJpaper-w— -- skinner- 

 he Manufactory of Thomas Heitay fox, «*> » 



Plants and trees, Dahlia Rods, and every « 8C "R |erJr &c— ^ 

 work ; Weaving, for the use of paper-makers, n^^jtretfi 

















>now-hill, London. 



