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The following 50 Original Articles contained in recent Numbers 

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TlILIS OF FlTTT AbTICIKS COUTAIITED IK EKCBHT NUMBBBS OF 



The Floeai, Woeld. 



Miniature fruit gardens 

 Wet soils and small seeds 

 How, -when, and where to plant 



roses 

 Jardinieres and stone edgings 

 Profitable gardening 

 Practical rustic work 

 Cottage architecture and rustic 



adornments 

 A cheap pit for amateurs 

 Florists' flowers and new plants 

 Grasses, grass plots, and lawns 

 Mqnthly work in garden and 



greenhouse 

 Planting a fern case 

 Culture and training of the 



raspberry 

 Plan of a town garden [shrubs 

 Hardy evergreeD flowering 

 Newly invented garden pots 

 Useful inventions applied to 



horticulture [measures 



Bedding plants and preservative 

 Culture of the potatoe 

 Hyacinths in pots and glasses 

 Tank heating and early forcing 

 Mushroom culture simplified 

 Culture and training of the 



gooseberry 

 Winter culture of the cucumber 



Grape vines in pots 



Bulbous flowers and lycopodiuma 



Waltonian cases 



Stocks and grafts [vases 



Evergreen trees and plants for 



The chemistry of horticulture 



Natural history of the wire-worm 



The verbena and other bedding 



plants 

 Asparagus, sea-kale, and rhubarb 

 Culture of the peach 

 Success in cultivating ericas 

 Treatment of unfruitful trees 

 Among the ferns to gather know- 

 Geometrical gardens [l^dge 

 Culture of the cabbage tribe 

 Plants for various soils 

 Management of stove plants 

 Lists of herbaceous plants 

 The law of garden fixtures 

 Manures and fertilisers 

 Trees and shrubs in London 

 The theory and practice of 



pruning 

 Rockeries and wild flowers 

 Management of cold frames and 



pits 

 Orchard houses, to build and 



manage 

 Monthly garden calendar 



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THE GAEDEN ORACLE, AND ECONOMIC 

 YEAK BOOK FOR 1860. 



The principal contents of the issue for 1860 are as follows : — 

 Ericas — A list of Ericas in bloom every day throughout the year, 

 and a Treatise on the Culture of Ericas, by a well-known experienced 

 hand. Winning Flowers of 1859 — A selection of the varieties which 

 have been most successful at Exhibitiocs. New Plants, Flowers, 

 and Fruits — Descriptive notices of all the novelties introduced during 

 the year. Reminders for 1800 — Cultural Notes, etc., for the guid- 

 ance of amateurs. Spergula PUifera — its history, uses, culture, etc. 

 Illustrated with eugravmgs. Lists of all the best Flowers, Vege- 

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 and Bee Keeping — Practical Notes by a weLl-kno^vn authority. Ori- 

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TELESCOPE TEACHINGS; 



A FAMILIAR SKETCH OF ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERY; 



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 a detail of the most interesting discoveries which have been made 

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BY THE HON. MRS. WARD, 



Author of " A World of Wonders Revealed by the Microscope." 



LIST OF PLATES, 



FEOM THE AUIHOE's OEiailfAL DEAWINOS. 



1. The Sun— Solar Spots. 



2. Observations of the Sun. 



3. Eclipse of the Moon. 



4. Map of the Moon. 



5. Portions of the Moon's Sur- 



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6. Partial Eclipse of the Sun. 



7. Mercury, Venus, and Mars. 



8. Jupiter and its Satellites. 



9. Saturn. 



10. The Comet of 1854. 



11. Donati's Comet. 



12. Donati's Comet on Oct. llj 



1858. 



13. Miniature Chart Of the Ap- 



parent Path of Donati's 

 Comet. 



14. A Falling or Shooting Star. 



15. Fixed Stars. 



16. Clusters and Nebulas. 



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Value. 



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Money. 



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Banking. 



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Paper Money. 



Insurance. 



Price. 



Interest and Annuities. 



Industrial Progress. 



Emigration. 



Base Money. 



Restrictions. 



Industrial Derangement. 



Combinations. 



Strikes and Lock Outs. 



Taxation. 



Property vacant by Death. 



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