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GARDENS AND GROUNDS OF W0I3URN ABBF.Y, 

 Illustrated by numerous Views, Plans, &c. one vol. medium 8vo. 21s. 



HORTUS WOBURNENSIS; 



A Descri|Dtive Catalogue, comprising Generic and Specific Character, 

 Colour of the Flower, Native Country, Year of Introduction, Soil, and 

 Mode of Propagation, of upwards of 6,000 of the finest Ornamental 

 Plants and Shrubs, both Exotic and Indigenous, selected out of the 

 entire number known to this country, for the Decoration of the British 

 Flower Garden, Greenhouse, Plant Stove, &c. ; with an account of 

 the Routine of Culture pursued in the Forcing Department through- 

 out the Year ; a List of the Fruits cultivated ; including short Trea- 

 tises on the Management of the superior Fruits, Vegetables, &c. ; to- 

 gether with Designs for the Erection of Forcing Houses, Melon, and 

 Culinary Pits, and a mode of heating by Hot Water Pipes, by which 

 a genial steady heat is produced, with a great saving of Fuel, and the 

 Houses left with perfect safety for full fifteen hours, at even 28 degrees 

 of frost, Fahrenheit. By James Forbes, A.L.S. C.M.H.S. &c.,^ 

 Principal Gardener at Woburn Abbey. 



A few Copies are printed on Royal Paper, for such of the Nobility as may desire 

 them. Proofs, 2/. 2s. Ditto, coloured, 2L 12*. 6(/. 



ON THE NATURE AND PROPERTY OF SOILS, 



And the best means of increasing their productiveness, and on the 

 Rent and Profits of Agriculture. By John Morton. Price 5s. 



THE BRITISH FARMER'S MAGAZINE, 



(quarterly), 

 Price 3s. each Number. 

 "The practical and inquiring farmer can have no better manual of reference 

 than this useful publication, which treats on subjects connected with all the 

 various branches of Agriculture." 



%* A few complete sets of the first Series in 10 vols, have been per- 

 fected, and may now be had neatly half-bound, 17s. Gd. each vol. 



REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE 

 DONCASTER AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION, 



ON THE ADVANTAGES OF BONES AS MANURE. (2s.) 



ON MANGEL WURTZEL, AS A FALLOW CROP {Gd.). 



THE TURNIP FLY, 



The means of its Prevention ; founded on Returns received from 

 upwards of one hundred Gentlemen farming in England and Wales. 

 Price 2s. Gd. 



ON LIQUID MANURES. 



By Cuthbert W. Johnson, Esq. Price Is. Gd. 



In Octavo, 8s. 

 THE HARLEIAN DAIRY SYSTEM ; 



And an Account of the various methods of Dairy Husbandry pursued 

 by the Dutch. Also a new and improved mode of Ventilating Stables, 

 with an Appendix, containing usefid hints (founded on the Autlior's 

 experience) for the management of Hedge-row Fences, Fruit Trees, 

 &c., and tlie means of rendering barren Land fruitful. By William 

 IIauley, founder of the celebrated " \\'illowbank Dairy, Glasgow." 



