THE 



JOUBNAL OF HORTICULTURE, 



COTTAGE GARDENER. 



COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, 



BEE-KEEPER, AND POULTRY CHRONICLE. 



A JOURNAL OF GARDENING, RURAL AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY, BOTANY, AND NATURAL HISTORY. 



CONDUCTED BY 



GEORGE W. JOHNSON, E.R.H.S., and ROBERT HOGG, LL.D. 



THE FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDENS, by Mr. J. Robson, 

 Gardener to Viscount Holmesdale, M.P., Linton Park; and 

 Mr. E. Luckhurst, Old Lands, Buxted, Sussex. 



THE FLOWER GARDEN, by Mr. G. Abbey ; " Ayrshire Gardener ; " 

 and Mr. T. Record, Gardener to tho Marquis of Salisbury, 

 Hatfield House. 



STOVE, GREENHOUSE, and WINDOW GARDEN, by Mr. R. Fish, 

 Gardener, Putteridge Bury, near Luton. 



FLORISTS' FLOWERS AND FLORICULTURE, by the Rev. H. H. 

 Dombrain. 



GARDENING CALENDAR, by Mr. William Keane. 



POULTRY-KEEPING, by Mr. J. Baily; E. Hewitt, Esq.; and 

 L. Wright, Esq. 



PIGEONS, AVIARY BIRDS, &o., by "Wiltshire Reotor;" W. A. 

 Blakston, Esq., and otherB. 



BEE-KEEPING, by T. W. Woodbury, Esq.; "B. & W.j" and 

 Mr. S. Bevan Fox. 



HOUSEHOLD ARTS, by the Authoress of "My Flowers," and 

 others. 



LIBRARY 



NEW YORK 



botanical 

 qahl e 



VOLUME XIX., NEW SERIES. 

 VOL. XLIY., OLD SERIES. 



LONDON: 

 PUBLISHED FOR THE PROPRIETORS, 171, FLEET STREET. 



1870. 



