Marcu 21, 1863.] 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
PATENT COCOA 
COCOA NUT REFUSE AND SHORT FIBRE, 
AS OBTAINED. FROM THE OUTER SHELL OF THE NUT IN WORKING 
J. BARSHAM'S PATENTED PROCESS, 
KINGSTON-ON-THAMES, LONDON, S.W. 
FIBRE COMPANY, 
THE REFUSE, in E containing Three Беат be deli l at Y Во 
h С н, а 2s. р г ba "Теп ba will b 
yea 4s ; 20 for Pjs. ; 30 for 40s. ; 40 for ү ; 50 for 60s. ; d E 70s.; ; p: 1s. ld. p 
RE! is allowed for each агр ba urned carriage paid and not 
ooking Office in the City of Hon аб 15s. 6d. per bag 
the London bres Stations 
z, and elsewhere within 2J miles of 
r Steam Packet Wharves, at the prices Pre buana E 
z for any nior exceeding 70, 
damaged. 
Each bag of dl ты about SA ма the weiglit cahot be stated vith certainty, as it depends on the moisture in the Refuse, 
4 4+1 
The Кажа у С р 
We fill а coal t 
about 4 tons, aad can n be egi on và any R 
on, must be paid by ie urchas 
"There are 696 mex of REFUSE, Old and New 
peat and leaf mo EE and should be mixed with loam, 
egoni 
Ferns, Begonias, Heaths, 
ire d purposes the O/d is considered the best. 
pr is а remarkable fact that this Refuse 
ruck Я e Refuse without bags, at the p en vs id 35s., the carriage from thence to be paid by the purchaser. A truck holds 
‚ Мес can also fill а barge on the Thames at Kingston t to be shipped i in Eei ata very lois rate; but the cost of shipping from the barge or wharf, aud aiso the. 
d Londo: 
For F Flowers and Bulbs it may be uscd as @ substitute 
or 
Fung Л 
there is nothing better. 
puis of — са апа Rd 
as been tried 
fruit du uid ground BA) 
loxinias, hinge — Ар оДрийгн, Jalap, and ener kind s Balb aud sede thrive well in it, and make root rapidly. 
, Ro gb 
r ы J u—— дріб, "ави Sea- kálo, i s "ens of roots, Ifspread round Strawberry plants 16 keeps the. 
Meadow and Pasture Land i 
р Б T 
sandy soil, 
D a 1 1 
t is an excellent medium for mixing with artificial manures ; p 
from гош гн Venen ng. 
? ] Д f it for r 
It t gi еайу р y y ^ and many p р very "icu ot poor, 
Wh тр; Г 12 d d lini 
E СД 2 LA т = E 
Wag ; a f forth ties who have used it, 
Ju 4 
we daily и 
and, eat quently. 
ы, во, m" and efficient for 24 25 in LI ied as this. For Orchids it is hi Му recommended, by, Mr. Veitch, and. 
t Apples and. all kinds of Fruit aud. Vegetables, It is very light, 
THE SHORT FIBRE.— Ther 
hers. 16 is perfeetly t stel 
e will last many years, Pre 16s. per cwt. 
Lonuld ticularly st 
te which is required, OLD or NEW REFUSE or FIBRE. 
N.B, Parties giving О 
part 
We respectfully request the favour of Post Office Orders payablo to J. Вавзилм & Co., Kingston-on-Thames, or Postage Stamps, to accompany Orders. 
Seldom is a Number of the Gardeners’ Chronicle or of The Journal of Horticulture pee without something being stated in its favour. 
the Gardeners? Chronicle (Sept. 6, 1862, page 836), edited by Professor 
“ш is the following article :— 
isn guae ning jo to make its appearance in garden 
portance, we have caused inquiry to be made about it. Fon 
more оу useful in pe c a than this. Аз а mere 
agent for p rade into stiff soils it bids fair to be valuable. It makes - "m 
MULCHING material, and in tho finer kinds of composts for potting it will be found to for 
good substitute for leaf — It is sonietim Ег = Magen coa-nut Sana - that i is а чй 
it he Cocoa-nut the fibre has been 
FFE 
5 
аё the рге time: үт mountains t may be seen n 
por w them r day, carts fro 
loaded at a ri of 3». без MP Movet cartload aako to 
t usual >м e e dua its elt 
tms and even the ight, 8| ШЕ P ated е 
prove to be wonder! fully асыя vd little fibres. For 
ooks as if it p be 
by a case P them (with B 
Proprietor 
TS in it. In Tag pot as far as s in pots are феа most 
things appear to thrive astonishingly in it; and whe about a foot thick over hot-water 
pipes or tanks, it maintains a very m. at. It must be kept quite wet, for if suffered to 
get dry round the it becom onconduetor of heat. Cuttings of all kinds strike 
E» 
комшу Шш it; even hardwood e nere noti before struck from cuttings, have succeeded 
'OTATOES gro 
M 'ATOES sii it turn out almost as clean as if w: washed, rsen v eios m eei» but 
n m dius 'ARAGUS, - cially in stif ground, i 
sh са p eres before, now push through the E ro ern "ih Ар by its 
application, straight and marketable, y they were nearly val ic For cther 
ps it p: to be equally useful, especially ground is clayey or КА 
we v: G for newl 7 planted troes th forest and fruit, i cannot fai 
vani for pui ween rows of STRAWBERRIES, in 8 g, to es rm fra 
lean, foun ara ien tter than stable litter. At it en applied as 
mulching for oa Phom а and it has also been found useful there for other purposes. n 
parts with and absorbs heat very ER and із ап excellent preventive of e on in hot 
weather. It keeps the surface of the ground cool; therefore, is well suited l; ound 
newly- ea plants in beds o йа 
or stuffing the interior of hollow woodsn walls of cold pi t has been found to 
ore efficient than sawdu - , and, if kept dry, to resist a great d of frost ; in fact, we 
ves been informed, that, i pits thus constructed and well covered overh: Ge 
kept safe cy ir m the NE winter of 1860-61. 
от cuttings о! better than the Refuse. This Fibre also makes exc AGE for 
flower-pots, as it does not decay, and on that aceount keeps pe opon and porous for а 
Б ш ru this Fiann, i w nut Refuse has bee 
freedom, a HvaciNTHS have AX to give satisfaction, g КУЛЫ, with unusual 
bs in pots, treated in the same way, may 
In the same page Mr. RIVERS ч directions for making a етой = 
“ SURFACE DRESSING OF ORCHARD- SE wou 
excellent substitute for. the kiln prn: i the v fion would be the best hing or 
wee. DRAINAGE, which he speaks о! of as ing tial, 
= ре e Mr. James Укгтон writes as follows :— 
substan produeed fri 
ага, е Сота. FIBRE itself, iod secondly, ti 
while the т із the su ep Каор: ватац 
Fibre b; тій Orchids аз mixed wii 
om the husk of the Cocoa-nut iu use here—viz., 
the PurP ог qt the fate d. is pure Fibre, 
pes parated fro m the Fibre. Ihave — the 
E ME moss, per far the appear 
* The reason for usi: ra^ i А 
of its valuable uses. uum. gt ere d x А 
ENS S lace DOCK онша plants were. ——— oniy lpur times from Шм lot o Map. 
lso trying the PuLP for several kinds of terrestrial Orchids. The 
well in m al 
Pae Bast ic tho рек properties :— 
-— 
** Ist, сое not decay and become sour as soon аз m 
“ 9d. It allows water to run freely through it, which ins it well suited for this class 
of plants, 
P d. No insects, such as woodlic сап live in it. 
“áth. It presta a b бау ра 
** We use the ig otto e for any of th y рр» £o which leaf inould would 
| be applied. Во fi Ay havı at present Dies peg resu 
appli. t has been very satisfactory, ned 
Seem to root freely da. d @1. ют with an increased vigour."—JAwEs VgmcH, Royal Exotic 
Nursery, King's Road, Chelsea, 
Совок TOLT, Gardener to J. A. Turner, Esq., М.Р. (Gardeners' Chronicle, 
а й 14, 1863), says :— 
арача си greater part of our collection of Orchids in Cocoa-nut Fibre a 
ња. Moss, and find they root into it very freely, d make great progress іп а ver: » 
m ni ds, X uite nacer to what the d. did оп the old paat-and-moss system. І consider it 
greatos 
The following are extracts "ne The Journal of Horticulture, March, 1862 , 
page e 519 :— 
“ Cocoa-nut Refuse is а uda DM rar i iut for growing Ferns, Orango Trees, Gloxinias, 
enai. рейн and Begonias. to give it а trial about this time last year 
througa what was said iu its favour т атте. ym Wy Horticulture. Twelve plants of an equal 
chosen for the Fern experiment. Six were potted in the usual Fera compost.—viz. 
ize were 
one-half turfy peat, one quarter loam, and one quarter diner sand. "Tho other віх were potted'in 
the refuse." (А table is em. or шз results, greatly in favour of Де. Боба ) “ Unfortunately, 
the bursting of a flue Gymnogrammas and 
eated the house bro аы, trou 
port vum ordin rubbish- ; but those in the Refuse 
nu 
су Hes iQ high ger dag s. А-ды Ж 
ат, 2 t wit utu беоб т 
qc Also a Drynaria — r 4 ps 
Northochloenas in the ^re 
showing signs of life were 
“ The Refuse was tri 
M dne 
| itwill шы 
mellow 
З desert. 
and the same plant is 2 fo а 
with 12 frons dad the fiant E feet fn 
diameter, eated to a pot 1 foot 6 inches in diameter. Well, it 
isat presont `5 feoti in gr i ма eer 4 strong. 
* Thon, again, an ORA Mu me deciduous; it was potted in а 
h 
12-inch pot in a compost vt rfy loat p ut May-da; ч began to shoot, 
and made during the summer ample growth, so as ә һе pd green all over, and it has kopt 
its le this m $ а treated precisely а n previously. Upon that very 
tree M blos. uds y to unfold, and 5-4 взге 
- is рое дүү ы Yo moe constitutions c of Оу Camellias. entirely removes the 
FAI on their leaves, and promotes healthy action. Pogonisa! like it; Azaleas thrive 
и; and Gl bicome halfs -shrubby. сч Арм ABBEY, Gardener, ‚ Horton fc 
* It answers capitally for ScEDLiNGS, but mix soil with it, апі 
through а coarse siove. Iu that state all kinds of oain gusce E 
soil we have ever tried. s А 4 
“ There is nothing we know which 75. b 
padding Piants. We have aion 1ш it for p 
wo parts strong mellow 
from an old E and one pai Uo 
Somn poses I Ti 
* In May last w 
— of 30, 020 tons oit it S pii 
| 20 eden d pars old. Wo h bias as 
itas 
е 
із not 
