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COUNTRY 
GENTLEMAN’S 
COMPANION, 
AND 
POULTRY CHRONICLE. 
A JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE, RURAL AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY, BOTANY, 
AND NATURAL HISTORY. 
CONDUCTED BY 
GEOEGE W. JOHNSON, Esq., and BOBEBT HOGG, LL.D. 
THE FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDENS, by Mr. J. 
Robson, Gitrdener to the late Earl Cornwallis, Linton 
Park; and Mr. T. Weaver, Gardener to the Warden of 
Winchester College, 
THE FLOWER GARDEN, by Mr. D. Beaton, late Gardener 
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 Sowerby, Putteridge Bury, 
near Luton. 
GENERAL GARDENING and WOOD-CRAFT, by Mr. T. 
Appleby, late of Victoria Nursery, Uxbridge. 
ALLOTMENT AND GARDENING CALENDAR, by Mr. 
Keane. 
POULTRY-KEEPING, by Mr. J. Baily, Rev. W. W. Wing¬ 
field, E. Hewitt, Esq., and other well-known contributors. 
BEE-KEEPING, by H. Taylor, Esq. ; T. W. Woodbury, 
Esq., “A Devonshire Bee-keeper;” “B&W.and 
Mr. S. B. Fox. 
HOUSEHOLD ARTS, by the Authoress of “ My Flowers,” 
and others. 
VOLUME XXIV. 
LONDON: 
PUBLISHED FOR THE PROPRIETORS, 163, FLEET STREET. 
1860 
