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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 



[1844. 





NEW FARMERS' NEWSPAPER. • 



v , ai~ .. .„,. T.n.„», i m Parmeri and small, must d.-vote their anxious attention to improved cultivation -when, in the words of Sir Robert Peel, •• 

 T«, time ha, eome when Landlord, and Tenant*, large r aroen ana »£>• > ^^ ^^ of ^.^ ^^ pennanent injury to lht M , To accomplish this, no mean, , 



e before every man. in a cheap form. For this purp m The AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE is established, j 



ThTpToori. , are aware of the dimeultie, of dealing with the many detail, of cultivation without an acquaintance with circumstances, often as varying a, places They condemn tb, «,, 

 f£ g operlt" n. upon one invariable plan , and, while they welcome science a. the best auxiliary of practice, they regard crude speculates as the mos dangerous of oelu^ ^ 

 '"hat f„ Agriculture, « in all other arts, there are genera, principles upon which successful farming must depend , that there are prachca errors wh.ch no local circumstance, c*,^ 



there i ro,m f mproveme.,-. even I. those branches which are best understood. No one man can be c ,mpetent to deal w.th the «<*>r«>oa. quest.ons affoctmg husbandry, m 

 .I*'"", ™u . „.„.., .. T„. arriciiltUR AL GAZETTE is to make known the knowledge of all. It is to practical Farmers that the Proprietor, trust for the mean, of an* 



expense, to product 

 effectual a« th »t which briar4 the results of E 



their view* an I not to the U ents or any mamuuai. wmi», imwi*, ««, •»• — — 



dTffW. * ta "lively Mv t|« I. they feel it to be of far more importance to announce the promise of assistance received from the landed and fermio* interest generally, especall, of 



whose names - y are permitted to mention :- ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Spencer> Prcsldcnt of the Ro yal Agricultural Society of England. 



The R t lion, the- Earl of Ducle, Vice-President of the 



Royal Agricultural Society of E.isrUnd ., __ 



Sir ( Carles ten rt., M.P., one of the Count tl of the 



Royal Agricultural Society Of England 



J. H. Langfton, Esq., MP. 



I)r '■ beny. Professor of notsny, Oxford 



Tt»e Rer. L, Vernon Hurconrt 



Faroes Johnston, E«|., Professor of Chemistry, Durham 



j., I,,. Jd'Bi 'i . Batter, A> mhire 



«q , Bit loon, near Wlgton 



Marin Doyle 



R D. Drewett, Esq., Burpham. Arundel 



John Grey, I hutnherland 



i nrtli Hay ward, Esq., Quedgetey, ne ir <;ioucc?ter 



XV. II. II) , Esq.. Palnswhk H ise, ons of the Council or 



the Royal Agr ml Society of Kngland 



R. M. Jacquc*. Esq., Rlchffl l. ITorsshirs 

 C. I . Ken lie. I . Downham Market 



W. Lawrence, E .dhatch, Retgate 



J. n. Lawe*. Esq . Kothampatead, near St Alban's 

 JcftVry May no. E«| , Secretary of the RaylORh Farmers' Club 

 M m. m, ,8ec. of the Yorksti Agrlcult. Society 



J. Parkinvn, E- . . Lcyttcld*, Ollert ts 



j, f, \u- , q., Secret try of the Wlnchcombe Farmers' Club 



James* h, Esq., i > 



Will. Esq , Rlby. near Caistor 



Joseph ■ Esq., Tewkesbury 



Mr. J H. i; road. Secretary of st. Coltunb Farmer/ Club 



Mr. J. ( . Hants 



Mr. \\ . Twynarn. Wl hurch, Hants. 



Mr .> r, Witney Farmers' Club 



Mr. G. Parsons, Afcnt to Lord Pottman 



tec. t\c. JVc. 



Lord Worsley, M.P., Vice-President of the Royal Agricul- 

 tural Society of England 



Sir G. Stuart Mackenzie, Bart. 



William Miles, Esq., M.P., one of the Council of the Royal 

 Agricultural Society of England 



Colonel Le Couteur, Belle Vue, Jersey 



Rev. Dr. Buckland, Professor of Mineralogy, Oxford 



Dr. Lyon Playfair, Consulting Chemist to the Royal Agricul- 

 tural Society of England 



J. Bennett, Esq , President of the Leominster Farmers' Club 



John Cartit, Esq. 



T. W. Davis, Esq., Secretary of the South Wilts and War- 

 minster Farmers' Club 

 John Gedney, Esq., President of the Harlestone Farmers' 



Club* Norfolk 

 A. Hall, Esq., Secretary of the Chepstow Farmers' Club 

 C. Herbert, Esq., P wisk, near Worcester 

 G. Legard, L . Fangfoaa, Pocklington, York 

 K. W. V. sq., Agent to Earl Radnor 



. Noel, Esq., K.rkby 

 Mr. R. W. Purchas, Sec, of the Monmouth Farmers Club 



J. A. Ransomc. Esq., Ipswich _ 



Edward Solly, q., K.R.S., Expenrr.ental Chemist to the 



Horticultural Society of London 

 L. B. Walrond, Esq., Sec. of the Gloucester Farmers Club 

 XV. Wickcs. Esq.. M rbath House, Bampton, Devon 

 Mr. R. Beman, Stow on-the -Wold 

 Mr. J. Dudgeon, Spy law, Berwickshire 

 Mr. W. F. Fardon, Sec. of the Bioomsgrove Farmers Club 

 Mr. S. Rigg, Wigton, Cumberland 

 Mr. Thimbleby, Louth 



Mr. John Morton, Agent to the Earl of Ducie 



&c. &c. &c 



Scod* 



Lord Portman, Vice-President of the Roy. Agr. Soc. of 



Sir John Saunders Sebright, Bart. 



J. Walbanke Guilders, Esq., MP., one of the Council tf % 



Royal Agricultural Society of England 

 Rev. J. S. Henslow, Professor of Botany, Cambridge 

 David Low, Esq.. Professor of Agriculture, Edi ;rjt, 



of the Council of the Royal Agricultural Soc. of Scodi 

 Robert Baker, Esq., WritUe, Essex 

 Robert Black, Esq., Loch Alsh, Ross, N. B. 

 John Benson, Esq., Agent to the Duke of Bedford 

 Evan David, Esq., President of the Cardiff Farmers' Clui 

 W. Greer, Esq., Secretary of the Debcnham Farmers' CUa 

 W. Parker Hamond, Esq., Pampisford Hall, Cambridge 



C. W. Hoskyns, Esq., Wroxhall, near Warwick 



J. Hudson, Esq., Castle Acre, near Swaffham, one of it 

 Council of the Royal Agricultural Society of Englus 



Samuel Jonns, Esq., Ickleton, Cambridge-dare, one of fe 



Council of the Royal Agricultural Society of England 

 W. H. Little, Esq., Llanwar Grange, Abergavenny 

 J. Mathews, Esq., Secretary of the Hereford Farmers' Ctab 



D. J. Niblett, Esq., Haresfield 



R. Parkinson, Esq., Babworth, Retford 



W. Price, Esq., Secretary of the Ross Farmers' Club 



R. Aglionby Slaney, Esq., W'alford Manor, Shiffnall 



Prideaux I. Selby, Esq. 



S. D. Stirling, Esq., Glenbcrvic, Falkirk 



W. B. Wingatc, Esq., Hareby, Bolingbrooke, Line hire 



Mr. T. Beadel, Secretary of the Braintree Farmers' Club 



Mr. John Brodie, Haddington 



Mr. G. Hope, Fenton Rams, East Lothian 



Mr. E. Beck, Rougham, Norfolk 



Mr. Shoosmith, Folkington, Sussex 



&c. &c. &c. 



The Praeticeof Agriculture-it, Science-Animal and Vegetable Phr.lology-.mprovcme„ts in Implements-better modes of Hu.bandrv-resul s of we.l-conduc ed experjenta! F«^ 

 rowth and Rotation of Crop,-Stock-Dr age-lrrigation-Foresting-Road-making-Karm-Buildings-Labourers-m short, whatever affect, the beneAcal employment of capital in 1» 

 willtrmtopicslf confer ,i.m. Reports w,l. be given of the Engli,h. Scotch, and Irish Agricultural Societiea-London Market Price, of Corn, Hay, and Cattle, and the Weekly Aver^. Ml 

 to questions connect b the objectof the Paper will also be furnished weekly. 



Considering the union which exists between Horticulture and Agriculture, it has been thought advisable to make The AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE an addition to the Gaedu. 

 CIMHici k tiled by Da. L.vr.LKT.and so extensively known , but that there may be ample room for discussion, that Paper has been increased one-half in size without additional charge-thnTwm 

 four Columns will be occupied, as at Nat, by Hort imrc, and Twenty-four by the General News of the Week, whilst 



Twenty -four Columns will be devoted to Agriculture.' 



This day, therefore, January Uth, ll published, price SIXPENCE, stamped to go free by post, the Second Number of 



THl. GARDENERS' 



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HRONICLE 





AND 



AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



a 2BeekI|] lUcortr of lUtval SconomB anto ©crural Nefos. 



THE HORTICULTURAL FxYRT EDITED BY PROFESSOR LINDLEY, 



Botany, 

 GARDE 



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of his employer ; a» mpanied with Woodcuts, whenever the matter treated of requires that mode of illustration. 



greenhouse, and t Manager of extensive gardens, are alike informed of the routine of operations which the varying seasons render necessary. It moreover contains reports or ""'" 

 xhi and Procei gs— Notices of Novelties and Improvements -in short, everything that can tend to advance the profession, benefit the condition of the workman, or conduce to the pa"* 



To this Farming, a3 explained above, is now added. 



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Lastly, that description of domestic and political News is introduced which is usually found in a Weekly Newspaper. It is unnecessary to dwell on this head further than to say. 

 Proprietors do not range themselves under the banners of any party, their earnest endeavours are to make Thk Gardeners' Chronicle a full and comprehensive Record of Fac s. 

 NEWSPAPER In the true sense of the word— leaving the reader to form his own opinions ; their object befog elucidation of the laws of Nature, not of man. The reader is thus furnished, in ad 

 to tub peculiar kk atl'rbs of thk Journal, with such information concerning the events of the day as supersedes the necessity of his providing himself with any other Weekly Paper. 



The Proprietors are happy to announce that the following distinguished Botanists, Florists, and Practical Gardeners have already enriched the Gardeners' Chroniclb by their communic 



The Hon. and Very Rev. W. Herbert, Dean of Manchester 

 The IL>n. and Rev. Charles Bathurst 

 Hon. W. ! ;traugways 



r Oswald Mosley, Bait. 



r xv. 3. Ho r, Royal Gardens, Kew 

 Dr. Horner, Hull 

 Dr. Lancaster, K.L.S. 

 Dr. Neil, Canon Mills 

 Rev. J. M. Berkeley 



Capt. Widdrington 



Professor rren, Liege 



J. Bateman. Esq., Knypcrslcy 



G. Barker, Esq., Birmingham 



K. Barnard. Esq , F.R.S. 



Mr. XV. Billington, Oswestry 



Mr cNab, Caledonian society's Garden 



Mr. Mearns, Botanic and Zoological Gardens, Leeds 

 Mr. Ingram, Gardener to Her Majesty 

 Mr. Pax tor ardener to the Hoke of Devonshire 

 Mr. Alexander, Gardener to the Duke of Leinster 

 Mr, Ferguson, Gardener to the Duke of Buckingham 

 Mr. Spenser, Gardener to the Marquis of Lansdowne 

 Mr. Elliott, Gardener to the Earl of Tyrconnell 



OFFICE for ADVERTISEMENTS 



Hon. Algernon Herbert 



Sir George Mackenzie, Bart. 



harlcs Wolesey, Bart. 

 Captain Churchill, R.M. 

 Dr. Bevan, Llanferry 

 Dr. Gregory, Aberdeen 

 Dr. Ingram, President of Trinity College, Oxford 



Dr. Winn, Truro 



Rev. J. B. Reade 



Professor Royle 



Professor Graham 



G. Wailes, Esq., Secretary of the Hort. Soc, Newcastle 



Ir. Appleby, Gardener to T. Brocklehurst, Esq., M.P. 

 Mr. Marnock, Royal Botanic Society, London 

 Mr. Cameron, Royal Botanic Gardens, Birmingham 

 Mr. Henderson, Gardener to the Earl Fitzwilliam 

 Mr. Frost, Gardener to Lady Grcnville 

 Mr. Haythorn, Gardener to Lord Middleton 

 Mr. Halliday, late Gardener to Lord Sondes 

 Mr. Brown, Gardener to Lord Southampton 

 Mr. Errington, Gardener to Sir P. Egerton, Bart. 

 Mr. Fortune, Hothouse, Dept., Hort. Gardens, Chiswick 

 Mr. Thompson, Fru.t Dept., Hort. Gardens, Chiswick 



and COMMUNICATIONS, 5, CHARLES-STREET, 

 Orders received by all Booksellers and Newsvenders. 



Sir James Nasmyth, Bart. 



Sir James Macadam 



Dr. Hamilton, Plymouth i*. n roi tttf 



G. Bentham, Esq., late Secretary of the Horticultural »«- 



L. W. Dillwyn. Esq., Sketty Hall 



J. D. Llewelyn, Esq., Penllrgare 



Mr. Campbell, Botanic Garden, Manchester 



Mr. Williamson, Botanic Garden, Sheffield 



Mr. Bailev, Gardener to the Archbishop of York 



Mr. Mackintosh, Gardener to the Duke of Bucclencn 



Mr. Moffat, Gardener to the Duke of Newcastle 



Mr. Tillery, Gardener to the Duke of Portland 



Mr. Cooper, Gardener to the Earl Fitzwilliam 



Mr. Bowers, Gardener to the Earl of Lucan 



Mr. Forsyth, Gardener to the Earl of Shrewsbury 



Mr. Buchan, Gardener to Lord Bagot 



Mr. Beaton, Gardener to Sir W. Middleton, Bart. 



Mr. Booth, Gardener to Sir C. Lemon, Bart. 



Mr. Whiting, Gardener to H. T. Hope, Esq., M.P- 



Mr. James Drummond, Gardener, Blair Drummonu ^ 



Mr. Gordon, Hardy Dept., Horticultural Gardens, *.»*■ 



Mr. W. P. Ayres, Brooklands 



Mr. Wells, Gardener to W. Wells, Esq., Redleaf 



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