Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853.

Steam culture

Temperature, ground

Trade memoranda

Trees, to transplant

Trout, artificial breeding of

Vegetable lists, by Mr. Fry

Vines, stem-roots of, by Mr. Harris

Vine mildew

Warner's (Mrs.) Garden

Winter in South Devon

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