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Latin Poetry, Classical and Mediæval.Cathedral and Collegiate Reform.Sir F. B. Head's Fortnight in Ireland.The Bishop of Exeter's Letter on Confession.Greek Hymnology.Reviews and Notices.

Latin Poetry, Classical and Mediæval.

Cathedral and Collegiate Reform.

Sir F. B. Head's Fortnight in Ireland.

The Bishop of Exeter's Letter on Confession.

Greek Hymnology.

Reviews and Notices.

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Berwickshire Farmers' Club

Butter, taste in

Calendar, horticultural

Cattle, to feed

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Cottage, labourer's

Cucumber, Hunter's

Draining, by Mr. Hewitt Davis

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Game-laws

Glass walls

Grafting, wax

Grapes, colouring, by Mr. Watson

Guano, Peruvian, substitute for

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Land Question, by Hamilton, Rev.

Maize

Manure tank, liquid, by Mr. Rothwell

Mechi's (Mr.) address

Mildew, vine

Pears, late, by Mr. Rivers

Pentas carnea, cellular tissue of

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Plant growing, amateur

Ploughing

Potatoes, to cook, by Mr. Cuthill

Poultry

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Roots after tares, by Mr. Mechi

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Skimmia Laureola

Smithfield Club; implements

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Coggeshall Agricultural

Strabo's Geography, by Meyer, reviewed

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Walls, conservative

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