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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



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WORKS 



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YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN 



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LOUDON'S ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM 

 BRITANNICUM; or the Trees and Shrubs in Britain, 

 Native and Foreign, Hardy and Half Hardy, delineated and 

 described, with their Propagation, Culture, Management, and 

 Uses in the Arts, in useful and ornamental Plantations, and in 

 Landscape Gardening; preceded by an Historical and Geograph- 

 ical Outline of the Trees and Shrubs of Temperate Climates 

 throughout the world. Second improved Edition, 8 vols. 8vo 

 (four of letter- press, and four of plates), with nearly 3000 plate I 

 of Trees and Shrubs (pub. at 10*.), cloth, 5 J. 5*. 



LOUDON'S EDITION OF REPTON ON LANDS- 

 caim; gardening AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITEC- 

 TURE, with an Historical and Scientific Introduction, a Syste- 

 matic Analysis, and a Copious Index. 250 woodcuts, portrait, 

 o, cloth (pub. at 11. 10s.), 155. 



LOUDON'S VILLA GARDENER, comprising the 

 Choice of a Suburban Villa Resideuce; the Laying-out, 

 Planting, and Culture of the Garden and Grounds; and every 

 necessary information for the Amateur iu collecting, placing, 

 and rearing all the Plants and Trees usually cultivated in Great 

 Britain; the Management of the Villa Farm, Dairy, and Poultry 

 Yard. Second Edition. Edited by Mrs. Loudon, 8vo, with 

 upwards of 377 diagrams, &c, finely engraved on wood (pub. at 

 125.), 8*. 6U, cloth. 



DON'S GARDENER'S AND BOTANIST'S DIC- 

 TIONARY; or a General Dictionary of Flowering Plants, 

 comprising complete Descriptions of the different Orders; toge- 

 ther with the characters of the Genera and Species, with an 

 Enumeration of the Cultivated Varieties; their Places of Growth, 

 Time of Flowering, Mode of Culture, and Use in Medicine and 

 Domestic Economy, &c. Four thick vols. 4to, closely printed, 

 numerous woodcuts, cloth (pub. at 14/. 8s.), 11. lis. 6d. 



SWEET'S CISTINE.E ; or, NATURAL ORDER 

 OFCISTUS, or ROCK. ROSE. Royal 8vo, 112 beautifully 

 coloured plates, cloth (pub. jft-fil. 5s.\ reduced to 21. 12* 6tf. 



O WEET'S FLORA AUSTRALASICA, or a Selec- 



^ tion of handsome or curious Plants, natives of New Holland 

 and the South Sea Islands. Royal 8vo. with 56 beautifully 

 coloured plates, cloth (pub. at 31. 15s.), red. to 11. 16s. 



QIBTHORPS FLORA GR^ECA, the most costly 



*-* AND MAGNIFICENT BOTANICAL WORK RVER PUBLISHED, 



10 vols, folio, with 1000 beautifully coloured plates, half bound 

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T)E JUSSIEU'S ELEMENTS OF BOTANY, 



*-* translated by J. H. Wilson, F.L.S., &c. Thick post, 8vo, 

 with i oO capital woodcuts, cloth, 8*. 6d. 



QCHLEIDEN'S PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC 



*-> BOTANY, or Botany as an Inductive Science. Translated 

 by Dr. Edwin Lank ester. §vo, with nearly 400 Illustrations 

 on wood and steel, cloth, 10s. 6d. 



WOODVILLE'S MEDICAL BOTANY, Third 



* ▼ Edition, enlarged by Sir W. Jackson Hooker. Five vols. 

 4to, with 310 Coloured Plates, by Sowerby. Half bound 

 morocco, uncut (pub. at 10Z. 10s.), reduced to ol. 5s. 



qrULL'S HORSE-HOEING HUSBANDRY ; or, a 



JL Treatise on the Principles of Tillage and Vegetation. 

 Edited with Introduction by W. Cobbett, 8vo, cloth (pub. at 

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T^OYLE'S CYCLOPAEDIA OF PRACTICAL 



*-* HUSBANDRY, and Rural Affairs in General. New Edition, 

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i vnirnvn -a UAttu&iNUK, 10 Vols., with numerous 



Y Woodcuts, containing the Potato, 1vol.; Cucumber and 

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 ragus, lvol.; Pine Apple, 2 vols.; Strawberry, lvol.; Dahlia, 

 1 vol ; Peach, 1 vol. ; together 10 vols., 12mo, cloth, 10s.; or sepa- 

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Ferns represented Life-size by Nature Printing 



This day is published Part X.. vrirp. Sir. SLi'Illnrte ^ y*.- 5 



FERNS 



This day is published Part X, price Six Shillings, of the 



0FV GREAT BRITAIN 



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Confeinins Three Folio Plates of " FERNS » represented by NATURE PRINTING- together u'rfc r\ 

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T^ONALDSON'S TREATISE ON MANURES, 



*~r their Nature, Preparation, and Application; with a De- 

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l a p f r" 11 °{ 300 Acres. Second edition, with woodcuts 



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BRADBURY & EVANS, 11, BOUVERIE STRE 



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CYCLOPEDIA 



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glish Cyclopedia 



RAPHY 



Being the THIRD DIVISION of the "English Cyclopedia," conducted by CHARLES KNIGHT 



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NEW SERIAL WORK BY MR. CHARLES DICKENS. 

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T ITTLE DORRIT. By Charles Dickens- 



*-* With Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne. 

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HPHE POPULAR HISTORY OF ENGLAND : 



-*- An Illustrated History of Society and Government from 

 the Earliest Period to our own Times. By Charles Knight. 

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 London : Bradbury & Evan3 t 11, Bou verie Street. 



^HE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CCIX.— 



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T^LEMENTS OF PRACTICAL HYDRAULICS, 



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" A work which cannot fail to be of the greatest value to all 

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ON LOCAL TREATMENT of the MUCOUS 

 MEMBRANE of the THROAT for COUGH and BRON- 

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HE WATER CURE IN CHRONIC DISEASE: 



An Exposition of the Cause, Progress, and Termination of 

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London: John C HURCHiLL.__Malyern i^JHbhby Lamb. 



Just published, post 8vo, cloth, 10s. &^ ~~ 



T\IGESTION and its DERANGEMENTS. By 



-L^ T. K. Chambers, M.D., Physician to St. Mary's Hospital, 

 and Lecturer on Medicine at St. Mary's Medical School. 



London: Jo hn Chubchill. New Burlin gton S treet. 

 BONN'S CLASSICAL LIBRARY FOR JANUARY 



pLINY'S NATURAL HISTORY, translated, with 



*- copious Notes, by the late Dr. Bostock and H. T. Riley, 

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 Natural History of Trees and Plants). Post 8vo, cloth, 5s. 

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BOHIM'S SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY. 



CTOCKHARDT'S AGRICULTURAL CHEMIS- 



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 of the Chemistry of Agriculture, addressed to Farmers; trans- 

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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF 

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BEING A TRANSLATION OF THE GENERAL PART OF 



TIIIEAUT'S SYSTEM DES PANDEKTEN KECHTS, 



WITH NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS 



By NATHANIEL LINDLEY, of the Middle Temple, Esq 



Barrister-at-Law. 

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LOWE'S FOREIGN FERNS 



Now publishing, in Monthly Parts, royal 8vo, price Is. each eon 

 taining 4 Coloured Plates and numerous Woed Engrkvin- 8 



A NATURAL HISTORY OF FERNS?B"fTisH 



and Exotic. By E. J. Lowe, Esq, F.R.A.S., F.G.S. & c 

 London ; Groombridge & Sons, 5, Paternoster Row. 



Now ready, ' " 



HPHE FERNS OF GREAT BRITAIN : Illustrated 



A. by John E. Sowerby. The Descriptions, Synonyms. &c 

 by Charles Johnson, Esq. In One Vol. cloth boards, containing 

 49 Plates, full coloured, 275. ; partly coloured, 145. 

 John E. Sowerby, 3, Mead Place. Lambeth. 



THE GARDENERS' EVERY - DAY BOOK. 



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rpHE FLORIST, FRUITIST, AND GARDEN 



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Contents of January No., now ready :— The Dahlia, with rw 

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 (Keynes).— Horticultural Society.— Ferns and Lycopodiums.- 

 Re view of the Past Year.— The Exeter Nurseries.— Considerations 

 on Soils.— Winter Flowering Plants.— The Peach.— The latalfr. 

 Groom's Tulips.— Landscape Gardening. No. IV., with plmof 

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THE JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE, AND THE 

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 CULTURAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND. Published Quarterly. 

 This Number contains the Society's Report to the Board of 

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 William Blackwood <fe Sons, Edin burgh and London. 



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THE AMATEUR'S GUIDE IN HORTICULTURE 

 and AGRICULTURE, showing when and what to sow, and 

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