The Scottish Naturalist. 



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THE GARDENER: 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE AND FLORICULTURE. 



Edited by DAVID THOMSON, 

 Author of ' Handy Book of the Flower-Garden, ' &c. 



Assisted by a Staff of Practical GardExNters throughout the 



United Kingdom. 



The Number for April contains:— 



The late severe Winter and a few of its Lessons — Evergreen Herbaceous Perennials in 

 the Parterre — A Visit to the Thomery Vineyards — Cultivation of Gardenias — Planting 

 Shrubs — Marigolds — Tuberous Begonias — Hardy Fruits — The Amateur's Garden : Melons, 

 Cucumbers, Vegetable Marrows, and Tomatoes— Bedding-Plants — Young Fruit-Trees — 

 Ornamental Trees and Shrubs: Vinca,(the Periwinkle) :- Peaches dropping Prematurely — 

 Heating by Hot Water — Raising Vines from Eyes on Turves — Testing Thermometers — 

 Rapid Growth of Young Forest-Trees — Thinning Onions Unnecessary — Greenfly on the 

 Gooseberry — Royal Horticultural Society — Scottish Horticultural Association — Presenta- 

 tion to Mr William Hinds — Notice of Book — The Weather — Calendar: Kitchen-Garden, 

 P'orcing Department — Notices to Correspondents. 



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