COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION. 
AND 
POULTRY CHRONICLE. 
A JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE, RURAL AMD DOMESTIC ECONOMY, BOTANY, 
AND NATURAL HISTORY. 
CONDUCTED BY 
GEORGE W. JOHNSON, ESQ., and ROBERT HOGG, ESQ. 
THE FRUIT AND FORCING-GARDEN, by Mr. R. Erring- 
ton, Gardener to Sir P. Egerton, Bart., Ouiton Park. 
THE KITCHEN-GARDEN, by Mr. J. Robson, Gardener to 
the late Earl Cornwallis ; and Mr. T. Weaver, Gardener to 
the Warden of Winchester College. 
THE FLOWER-GARDEN, by Mr. D. Beaton, late Gar¬ 
dener to Sir W. Middleton, Bart., Shrubland Park. 
STOVE AND FLORISTS’ FLOWERS, by Mr. T. 
Appleby, late of Victoria Nursery, Uxbridge. 
THE GREENHOUSE AND WINDOW-GARDEN, by 
Mr. R. Fish, Gardener to Colonel Sovvcrby, Putteridge 
Bury, near Luton. 
WOOD-CRAFT, by Mr. T, Appleby, late of Victoria 
Nursery, Uxbridge. 
ALLOTMENT GARDENING, by Mr. Keane. 
POULTRY-KEEPING, by Mr. J. Baily, and other well- 
known contributors. 
DISEASES OF POULTRY, by W. B. Tegetmeicr, Esq. 
BEE-KEEPING, by a well-known authority. 
HOUSEHOLD ARTS, by a Secretary of M. Sovcr ; the 
Authoress of “ My Flowers,” and others. 
VOLUME XVII. 
LONDON: 
PUBLISHED FOR THE PROPRIETORS, 20, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 
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