Notes and Queries, Number 38, July 20, 1850 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 51 pages of information about Notes and Queries, Number 38, July 20, 1850.

Notes and Queries, Number 38, July 20, 1850 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 51 pages of information about Notes and Queries, Number 38, July 20, 1850.
Fruit trees, to root prune
Gardeners’ Benevolent Institution, by Mr. Wheeler
Gardening, villa and suburban
Grapes in pots
Guano frauds
Highland Patriotic Society
Kew, Victoria Regia at
Peel, Sir R., death of
Pike, voracity of, by Mr. Lovell
Plants, diseases of
Plants, names of
Potato disease
Reviews, miscellaneous
Rhododendrons, on Himalayas, by Mr. Munro, Belfast
Root pruning
Rosa Manettii, by Mr. Paul
Royal Botanic Society, report of the Exhibition for July
Seeding, thin, by Mr. Mechi
Slough Carnation show
Slough Pink show
Statice armeria, by Mr. Forman
Swans, food of
Thin seeding, by Mr. Mechi
Timber felling
Toads’ skins, by Prof.  Henslow
Transplanting evergreens, by Mr. Glendinning
Trees, to root prune
Trees, to transplant, by Mr. Glendinning
Villa and suburban gardening
Vine, to summer prune, by Mr. Levell
Viper, the, by Mr. Chaytor
Water, Prof.  Way’s lecture on

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