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they performed were not repeated for many years.^ It was 

 to bring this enlightenment within the range of the smaller 

 growerst hat The Gardener's Chronicle was started under the 

 guidance of Lindley and Paxton in 1841.^ From the first 



' The Amherstia nobilis, for instance, was flowered by Mrs. LawTence 

 (the mother of Sir Trevor Lawrence, and a pioneer in orchid-growing) 

 at EaHng in 1837, soon after its discovery in Burmah. A fine tree also 

 flowered for some years continuously at Chatsworth soon after. The 

 striking effect of this beautiful tree in blossom was not again seen until 

 1887, when the plant in Lord Amherst of Hackney's garden at Didlington 

 flowered profusely. 



^ The list of contributors announced in the prospectus of The Gar- 

 dener's Chronicle is instructive, as giving the names of some of the 

 horticulturalists that would carry weight with the gardening public at 

 that time. The following is taken from the reprint of it in the " Jubilee " 

 issue of the paper, January 3, 1891 : 



Mr. Campbell, of the Botanic 

 Garden at Manchester. 



Mr. Mearns, Zoological Garden, 

 Manchester. 



Mr. Shepherd, of the Botanic 

 Garden at Liverpool. 



Mr. Williamson, of the Botanic 

 Garden at Sheffield. 



Mr. Beaton, gardener to Sir W. 

 Middleton, Bart. 



Mr. Insleay, of Birmingham. 



Mr. Bailey, gardener to the Arch- 

 bishop of York. 



Mr. Caie, gardener to the Duke of 

 Bedford. 



Mr. Moffat, gardener to the Duke 

 of Newcastle. 



Mr. R. Wilson, gardener to the 

 Duke of Norfolk. 



Mr. Cameron, of the Botanic 

 Garden at Birmingham. 



Mr. Marnoch, Curator of the 

 Regent's Park Garden, etc. 



Mr. Mackay, of St. Helens. 



Mr. Perrin, of Aighburgh. 



Professor Henslow, of Cambridge. 



Sir W. T. Hooker, of Glasgow. 



The Hon. and Very Rev. W. Her- 

 bert, Dean of Manchester. 



John Rogers, Esq. 



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Professor Daubeny, of Oxford. 

 Professor Graham, Edinburgh. 

 Professor Royle, of King's College. 

 George Barker, Esq., Birmingham. 

 G. Bentham, Esq., Secretary to 



the Horticultural Society. 

 Dr. Greville, Edinburgh. 

 Mr. Cooper, gardener to the Earl 



Fitz William. 

 Mr. Smith, gardener to the Earl 



of Hopetoun. 

 Mr. Buchan, gardener to Lord 



Bagot. 

 Mr. Mitchell, gardener to Lord 



Vernon. 

 Mr. Errington, gardener to Sir P. 



Egerton. 

 Mr. Baxter, of the Botanic Garden 



at Oxford. 

 Mr. WooUey, gardener to the Duke 



of Sutherland. 

 Dr. Horner, Hull. 

 Mr. Mcintosh, gardener to the 



Duke of Buccleuch. 

 Mr. Tillery, gardener to the Duke 



of Portland. 

 Mr. CoUinson, gardener to the 



Marquess of Westminster. 

 Mr. Scott, gardener to the Duke 



of Sutherland. 



