Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853

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TO ALL WHO HAVE FARMS OR GARDENS

THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE

(The Horticultural Part edited by PROF. LINDLEY)

Of Saturday, May 28, contains Articles on

Agriculture, history of

Agricultural machinery, by Mr. Mechi

–– statistics, by Mr. Watson

Birds, names of, by Mr. Holt

Bottles, preserve, by Mr. Cuthill

Calendar, horticultural

–—, agricultural

Chemical work nuisance

Dahlia, the, by Mr. M

Donald

Draining swamps, by Mr. Dumolo

Drill seeding, advantages of

Dropmore Gardens

Exhibition of 1851, estate purchased by commissioners of (with engraving)

Frost, plants injured by, by Mr. Whiting

Gardening, kitchen

Grapes, colouring of

Heating, gas, (with engraving)

Land, transfer of

Law relating to land

–– of leases, by Dr. Mackenzie

–– of fixtures, French

Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural Society's Journal, rev.

Machinery, agricultural, by Mr. Mechi

Mangold wurzel, by Mr. Watson

Musa Cavendishi

Pipes, to coat, by Dr. Angus Smith

Potatoes, curl in

Potato disease

Preserves, bottles for, by Mr. Cuthill

Rhubarb wine, by Mr. Cuthill

Root, crops on clay, by Mr. Wortley

Royal Botanic Society, report of exhibition

Seeding, advantages of drill

Siphocampylus betulifolius