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THE G.VRDENER8' 



CHRONICLE AND 



AGRICULTURAL GAZBI 



ROYAL 



AGRICULTURAL 



SOCIETY 



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ENGLAND 



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NG OF 1851 



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wrsHYVAUK NEAR HAMPTON COURT, 



Blj IN TOE WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY, THE 14. OF JULY. 



Monday Evening, 

 Thursday of that 



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SS.Kom S°* - »- I- « "»■££& aT alMHM *i t» ILWWm 10 COMPETE 



Will be r^ady 



ANNUALS FOR 



arrangement 



NUALS FOR THE FLOWFR^r 1 ' 



their Cultivation and Management^- Rt>E 

 *ement of such as may be grown in the T?* * *■** 

 iry attention, together with a fo« ^ulT? I*tllss? 



At the same time, price only id 

 THE REARING and MANAGEMENT of Vnr 

 A complete Treatise, with two Designs for Pnni 



London: Gkoombridgi and Sons, 5, Paterae,*? 

 all booksellers in town and country. 







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4_To the owner ofSie best in-calf Heifer, not exceeding 



three vears old ■■• ••• 



i_To the owner of the best Yearhnsr Heifer . 



,T ° th ' SCOTCH POLLED CITTLE. 



To the owner of the best Bull calved previously to the 



Tol£ £?!#£! beit Bull calved since the.st oi 



January, 1849, and more than one year old ... 

 To the owner of the best Cow in milk, or in calf 



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CATTLE. 



SHORT-HORNS. , , r * 



1 "t" owner of the best Bull calved previously to the 1st of £ 



To theTwner of the .econd best ditto ditto ^ ... Z 20 

 ,To U.eTwner of the best Bull calved since the 1st of 



l .„„»« 1*4:». and more than one ye*r old 



To fbeow-r of the second b,s, ditto ditto 



To the owner of the third best ditto ditto ... 

 To the owner of the best Cow in mtlk or m calf 

 To the owner of the second beat ditto ... 



rin the oase of the c w, to which either ot mese 

 [l pri e, U .Va, ded, total in calf, and not in milk 

 the prize will not be gtm. until she is certified 

 tobaveunnlu d a live I df.] 

 .To the owner of the best in-calf Heifer, not exceeding 

 tiirt-e jeare old '"■,-. "\-^' 



Totbe own- r of the second best ditto ditto 

 Tv. the owner of the third best ditto ditto 

 -To the owner of tho best Yearling Hethr 

 To the owner of the second best ditto 

 To the owner of the tblrd best o.t-o ... 



-To the owner of the best Bull calved previously to the 



1st of January, 1849 ... ... ..•••..,■ 



To the owner of the second best ditto ditto 

 -To the owner of the best ISti'l calved since the 1st of 



January, 184 and more than one year old 



To the owner of the second best ditto ditto 

 To the owner of the third best ditto ditto ... 

 -To toe owner of the best Cow in milk or iu caif 

 To the owner of the sec md best duto ... ... ••• 



[In the cans of tho cow, to which either ot these 

 prizes U aw irded, beinjr in calf audi, lo milk, 

 the prize will not be given until she is certified 

 to have produ> I a live calf] 

 To the owner ot the beit in-calf litifer, not exceedir 

 three years old ... ... •■ ••*... 



To the owner Of the second \ it ditto ditto 

 To the owner of the third best ditto ditto 

 To the o* net of the best Ye Una Heifer 

 To the owner ot the second best ditto 

 To the o^ner of the third best ditto ... 



To the owner of the bebt Bull calved previously to the 



lit of January, 1819 



To thi owiitr of the second best ditto ditto 

 2 -To Uie ow,.er of the best Hull calved since the 1st of 

 January, lSU>, and m re th»u one year o d 

 To the owner ot the see hesl die o ditto 

 To the owner ot il ird \ z diu litto ... 

 To the owner of tiftMfrest C** in (Til, or in 

 To the owner ot the second boat ditto 



Just published, price Ad ea,h brwi? ^ 



pATECHISMS OF COTTAGE F\RMrv r lv ^ 



\J gardening. AIWUA ^ AND 





Contents of Cottage Farming 

 Introduction— On Enclosing a Farm-Land* Drain- 

 Effects and Importance -Manures— The Manairitm2F : .^ 

 Two-acre Farm — On Cow-Keeping — The Dairy n i l 



On Bees and Poultry— On the Culture of 



Keeping 



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,< V, J — •»"« v*uiTure of 

 Farm of Ten Acres— On Flax and Rape— On the Cultm*y 

 Cottage Farm of Twenty Acres. wef | 



Contents of Gardening. 

 The Rise and Progress of Gardening in England-Th# la 

 and Situation Desirable for a Garden— On°EnclonQf J5 

 Laying-out a Garden —On the Preparation of the Soil--? 

 —The Growth of a Plant from Seed— Kitchen Gardea^i^. 

 tion of Crops in the Kitchen Garden— The Fruit Garden* l£ 

 pagation of Fruit Trees— The Varieties of Fruits and "n? 

 tabes— The Flower Garden— Flowering Plants for Winfoj^ 

 On Pruning— On Weeding. Appendix.— List of Floweiu2 

 to Pots in Windows— Li&t of Tools necessary in an 0rd2 

 Garden. ^ 



London : Groomb ridge and Sons, Paternoster-mw 



V/TONTHLY STORY^FOlT~YOUNGl>£6piT 



Lfi By the Editoj^ of the " Family Economist" 

 STORI3S FOR SUWER DAYS AND WINTER 5IGHT1 

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 three years old ... 

 To the owner of t*ie second best d C o ditto 

 To the owner of the third best ditto ditto 

 5—To the owner of the best Yearling Heifer 

 To the owner of the second be?t ditto 

 To the owner of the third best di to 



OTHER BREEDS : 



Not Qualified to Cumplte as 6host- Horns, IlEaEFoaDS, 



or i EVONS. 



{Cross-bred AnimaU ui'l be excluded.) 



LONG-HOKNS, 1 



1— To the owner of the be^L Bull calved previously to the 



1st of January, IS40 10 



2— To the own- r of the be*t Bull calved since the 1st of 



January, 1 », and more than otie year old 10 



5 To the owner of the best Cow in milk, or in calf 10 



[In the ca^e of the cow, to which this prize is 3 



aw; r !ed, b ing in calf, and not in milk, tha 

 prize will not be given viutil she is certified to 

 have productd a live calf] 

 To the owner of the best in-calt litifer, no' exceeding 



three years o'd ... 

 ■To the owner of ill" best Yearling Heifer 



CHANNEL ISLANDS' BREED. 

 •To the owner of the best Bull calved previously to the 



1st of J noary, 1849 



•To the owuer of trie best Bull calved since the 1st of 



Jan iart, 1349, and more than one year old 



3 — To the owa«r of the beat Cow in milk, or in calf 



[lu the case of the cow, to which this prize i* 

 awarded, being in calf, and not in -milk, the 



pris-i will not bo given until she is certified to 



have produce 1 a live calf.] 

 To the owner of the best in-calf Heifer, not exceeding 



three years old 



To the owuer of the best Yearling Heifer 



SUSSEX BREED. 

 To tlie owner of the beat Bull calved previously to the 



1st of January, lb4t» 



To the owner ot the best Bull culved since the 1st of 



January, 184D, and more than one year old 

 To the owner of the b at Cow in milk, or in cilf ... 



[lu tha case of the cow, to which this prize is 



awarded, being in calf, and not in milk, the 



prize will not be given until she is certified to 



have produced a live calf.] 



4— To the owner of the best in-calf Heifer, not exceeding 



thee years old ,. 

 5— To the owner of the best Yearling Heifer 



SCOTCH HORNED CATTLE. 

 1 — To the owner of the best Bull calved previously to the 



1st of January, 1849 10 



2— To the owner of the be»t Bull calved since the 1st of 

 January, 1849, and more than one year old 10 



prizo 



have produced a live calt'.] 



To the owner of the best in-calf Heifer, not exceeding 



three years old •#* ••• 



To the owner of the bsst Yearling Heifer 



WELSH, laiSH, AND OTHER PURE BREEDS. 



N >t Enumerated abwe. 

 ■To the owner of the best Bull calved previously to the 



1st of January, 1319 ••• .♦•• .*"' * . ''I 



.To the owner of tho best Bull calved since the 1st ot 



January, 1849, and moru than one year old ... 

 -To the owner of the best Cow in milk, or in calt ... 



[In the ca«e of the cow, to which this prize is 

 awarded, being in calf, and not in milk, the 

 prize will not be given until she is cemned to 

 have produced a live calf ] 

 To the owner ot the be*t in-calf Heifer, not exceedm 



three years old 



To the owner Of the best Yearling Heifer 



HORSES. 



■To the owner of the best Stallion for Agricultural pur- 

 poses, of any age m • 



To the owner of the second best ditto 

 -To the owner of the beet two years old Stallion for Agri- 

 cultural purposes ••■ # 



T be owuer ot the second best ditto ditto 



To the owner of the third best dit:o ditto 



-To the owner of the best Stallion for Dray purposes ... 

 -To the owner of the best Stallion for getting Hunters ... 

 -To the owner of the b^st Stallion for getting Carriage 



Horses ... ... ... ••• 



-To the owuer of the best Stall for getting Roadsters 



-To the owner o •» be^t M >i- 



purposes ... .:. ... . .». ••• 



To the owner of tbesecond best ditto ditto 



To the owner ot the third best dittO'dit'o ... 

 -To the owner of the best two years old Filly ditto 



To the owner of the second best ditto ditto 



To the owuer of the third best ditto dit o 



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adapted to entertain and improve — to inform the mind ni 

 educate the heart. Each story is illustrated with well-ezmM 

 engravings. They are among the best and cheapsst boob tor 

 young peooie published. 



Alreadv published— I. The Sea Kings. II. Madeline Tria. 

 and her Blind Brother. III. The Young Emigrants. IV. IW 

 Boy aud the Book. 



The above are now ready, in one volume, elegant biassf, 

 price 1*. ; or separately, 3<i. each. 



OSCAR, a tale of Norway, will be published 1st of April 

 London: Groombridge and Sons, Paternoster-row, 



and sold by aU Booksellers. 



OFFICIAL CATALOGUE OFFICE, 29, New Brid^Mtre^ 

 Blacktriars, and at the Exhibition Building ffyde Park. 



NOTICE. — Advertisements intended for the Firri 

 Edition of a Quarter of a Million of the Small Catalogs*, 

 ac a1«,* for the First Editions of the Illustrated, the German, 



dogues, should be sent in immediately, it 

 order that they may be classified and printed forthwith 



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2. Literature and the Fine Arts. 



3* New Inventions. 



4. Agricultural Machines and 



Implements. 



5. House Agency. — Hotels, Ta- 



verus. and Lodging-houses. , 



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Spicer Brothers, Wholesale Stationers, I the Roya i c«k 

 Clowes aud Soks, Fr inters, j mis ' 





Classification of Trades «• 

 Miscellaneous. 



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Now ready, price 31*. 6t£, . 



HE VICTORIA REGIA. By Sir Wiiua^ 



Hooker, F.R.S. Elephant folio. Illustrated withfte 



Loured I'la'es by Fitch, Suvn 4U& . 



The entire plant, flower, fruit, and leaves, on the sunace» 



the water. 



beautifully colour** I'la'es by Fitch, showing 

 The entire piaut, flower, fruit, and leaves, t 



the water. , f ptoandilf. 



A flower 0/ the natural size in P ro g re Q 8 n VtbiiSiiTS 

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SHEEP.— LEICESTERS. 

 To the owner of the best Shearling Ram 

 To the owner of the second best ditto 

 To the owner of the third besi ditto ... 

 To the owner of the best Ram of any other age 

 To the owner of the sec nd bt&t ditto 

 To the owner of the third best ditto ., 

 To the owner of the best pen of five Sheariing Ewes of 



the tame flock 



To the owner of the second bee* ditto ditto 

 To the owner of the third besr ditto ditto 



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 A fully expanded flower of the natural *«J ^^^si 

 A vertical section of the fully developed nower, wiw 



disstctious and anal) ses^ 



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SOUTH-DOWN, OR OTHER SHv)RT-WOOLLED SHEEP. 

 To the owner ot the best Shearling Ram 

 To the owner of the second best ditto 

 To the owner of the third best ditto 

 To the owner of the best Ram of any other age 

 To the owner of the second best ditto 

 To the owner of the third best ditto .... 

 To the owner of the best p.n of five Shearling Ewes of 



the same flock 



To the owner of the second beet ditto ditto 

 To the owner of the third best ditto ditto . 



LONGWOOLLED SHEEP: 



Not Qualified to Compete as Leicssters. 



-To the owner of the best Shearling Ram 

 To the owner of the second beat dicto 

 -To the owner of the best Ram of any other age 



To the owner of the second best di > 



-To the owner of the best pen of five Sheariing E*. 



the same flock 



To the owmr of the second best ditto ditto 



SHELF BGUST ADAPTED TO A MOUNTAIN DISTRICT: 



Not Qualifu-d r> Compcti as South Downs. 

 the owuer of the b >■ Ram of any age 



To the otwier of the second best dit'o 



T'HE RHODODENDRONS - - - Eli- 



1 HIMALAYA. «> ^. Josepb D- Hook^% ^ 

 by Sir W. i. Hooker, F. U.S. Illustrated bj tiw 

 imperial folio, with .en beautifully cotoured P'^ ^ 



Heeve and Benham, 5, Henriettas 



ACTON'S COOKERY BOOK 



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aMUy of every article »"»'gjf JjS 

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¥? LIZA ACTON'S MODERN COOKER t „ 



lil to a System of Easy 1'iactice; witn m 



Carving. 



%* both the q 

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 tion are minutely stated. 



••The whole of MUa Actons reuo/- «* ~; re co sww» _j 

 excepU^fach are scrupulously spectre ^ 



such as may be perfectly depettd-d o n tw <* ^ lB -rfJ 

 bene *th our own ro ;t, and under uor o«"i- reason.^ 

 We add, moreover, that the ""Pllf-aonotbWWWjS 



never iu any tnetance ex,raTa ** n r V^ T «etacooi*«Si{ 

 ten pounds of excellenr meat, U» ««»» g KW a.d <g » 

 of gravy from it; uor do they deal » i B * ■> x \,M»*^ 

 they c it noting. Miss Actou's book w » t of „,*• 

 «aj- ; there is ri K ht-mludedae« . » e^ery P g 8abje c« 

 as thoro.igh knowledge and experience 

 bandies."— Medical Gazette. Gees". an ^- 



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To the owmr of the best Bo tr of a large breed 

 To the owner of the second be^t ditto di;to 



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To the owaer of the third best ditto ditto 

 -To the owner of the best Boar o> a small breed 

 To the owner of the second best di f«> ditto 



To the owner of the third best ciito ditto « 



-To the owner of the best breeding Sow of a large breed!!! 15 

 To the owner of th • second beat ditto ditto ' 5 



4— To the owner of the best breeding Sow of a small breed 15 



To the owner of the sec }nd best di to ditto 

 5— To the owner d the best V< n of three Breeding Sow- Pigs 

 of a lar^e 1 ed, of the same litter, above four and 

 under eight months old ..; 

 To the owner of the second best ditto ditto 

 6 -To the owner of the best Pea of three Breeding So*- Pigs 

 of a small breed, of the same liutr, above fuur and 

 under ei^ht months old 



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OLBSNY'd ^ AUDE> ^rottage Gardens, W 

 Calendar of Operadons fo r Co tage ^ 



Bees, P«»ultry, Plge, £«• /'i c () f FLOW2R s **" ^ 

 (;LENXY'Sl»KOl J ERTIEb01 ** ^ 



GLESNY'S GARDEN ALaw 

 DIREC CORY for 18U. . x Gardenia ^ 



A LUtof Treatises on Practical ^ 



application. m _ ^ Kiog ^Viiliam-streew 



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