The Gardeners' Chronicle: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Horticulture and Allied SubjectsGardeners Chronicle, 1902 - Gardening |
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Page 78 - I do hold it in the royal ordering of gardens, there ought to be gardens for all the months in the year, in which, severally, things of beauty may be then in season.
Page 163 - Committee to inquire into and report upon the present position and future prospects of forestry and the planting and management of woodlands in Great Britain, and to consider whether any measures might with advantage be taken, either by the provision of further educational facilities or otherwise, for their promotion and encouragement.
Page 83 - ... to apply in the case of buildings for the purposes of trade. But the case of buildings for trade has been always put and recognized as a known allowed exception from the general rule, which obtains as to other buildings...
Page 108 - The Lord of all, himself through all diffused, Sustains, and is the life of all that lives. Nature is but a name for an effect, Whose cause is God.
Page 69 - ... button in form, in their pockets : and they judged of their good or bad success by their growing or not growing there.
Page 16 - Ibs., 20s.; or direct from the Works, Carriage Paid in the United Kingdom for Cash with Order (except fti.
Page 1 - Science, the Journal of the Statistical Society, the Journal of the Society of Arts, etc. ; also in official reports and elsewhere. Dr. Gilbert was elected a member of the Chemical Society...
Page 201 - It was cultivated in very small quantities before 1876, when a treaty of commercial reciprocity with the United States came into effect. Under the provisions of this treaty an era of unexpected prosperity set in, and the production of sugar, as well as rice, increased more than was ever anticipated. Large barren tracts of land were brought into cultivation by extensive irrigation, some of the ditches being 40 miles in length, carried through dense woods, tunneled through rocks, and spanning wide...
Page ix - BARR'S SEED GUIDE Contains a Select List of the best Seeds for securing a supply of Vegetables " The Year Round," and full Descriptive List of the most beautiful Annuals and Perennials for keeping the Flower Garden and Greenhouse always gay, It is full of Practical Hints on the culture of Vegetables and Flowers, valuable to Gardeners, Amateurs, and Exhibitors.
Page 168 - Cadbury's Cocoa is a natural Food product, and is absolutely pure and untampered with. It is a wholesome, healthful beverage — pure, refined, and digestible ; and can be regularly taken with great benefit by persons of all ages, and at all times and seasons of the year. The Medical Press and Profession have for many years borne testimony to the purity of CADBURY'S Cocoa, which is not in any way tampered with by chemical additions for the purpose of giving an appearance of fictitious strength. "CADBURY'S...