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they performed were not repeated for many years. 1 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. 2 From the first 
1 The Amherstia nobilis, for instance, was flowered by Mrs. Lawrence 
(the mother of Sir Trevor Lawrence, and a pioneer in orchid-growing) 
at Ealing 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. 
2 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 : 
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. Woolley, 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. Collinson, gardener to the 
Marquess of Westminster. 
Mr. Scott, gardener to the Duke 
of Sutherland. 
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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