THE 



COTTAGE GARDENER, 



COUNTRY aENTLEMAN, 



BEE-KEEPEU. AND POULTRY CHliONIOLE. 



A JOUENAL OF GAEDENING, UUEAL AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY, BOTANY, AND NATURAL HISTORY. 



CONDnCTED BY 



GEORGE W. JOHNSON, F.KH.S., a^d ROBERT HOGG, LL.D. 



THE FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDENS, by Mr. J. nobson, 

 (iardener to Viscount Holme?d.ilc, ]\I.P.. Liutou Park; aud Mr. 

 T. Weaver, Gardener to the Warden uf Winchester College. 



THE FLOWER GARDEN, by Mr. G. Abbey ; " Ayrshire Gardener ; " 

 and Mr. J. Wills, Ashburnham Park Nursery, King's Road, Chelsea. 



STOVE, GREENHOUSE, and WINDOW GARDEN, by Mr. R. Fish, 

 Gardener, Putteridge Bury, near Luton. 



FLORISTS' FLOWERS AND FLORICULTURE, by the Rev. H. H. 

 Dombrain. 



GARDENING CALENDAR, by Mr. WilKam Keane. 



POULTRY-KEEPING, by Mr. J. Baily ; E. Hewitt, Esq. ; and ot'acr 

 well-known contributors. 



PIGEON.^, AVIARY BIRDS, &c., by "Wiltshire Rector;" W. A. 

 EUkston.Esq., and others. 



BEE-KEEPING, bv H. Taylor, Esq.; T. W. Woodbury, Esq. 



"B. & W.;" and Mr. S. Bevan Fox. 

 HOUSEHOLD ARTS, by the Authoress of "My Flowers," and 



others. 



LIBRARY 

 NEW YORK 

 BOTANICAI 



QARUEN. 



VOLUME XV., NEW^ SERIES. 



VOL. XL., OLD SERIES. 



LONDON : 

 rUBLISIIED FOR THE rROPRIETORS, 171, FLEET STREET. 



18(58. 



