PHOTOGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE.

"Nil habuit Codrus. Quis enim hoc negat? et tamen illudPerdidit infelix totum nihil."—Juvenal,I. iii. 208.

"Nil habuit Codrus. Quis enim hoc negat? et tamen illud

Perdidit infelix totum nihil."—Juvenal,I. iii. 208.

The rich man says:

"Ψυχὴ, ἔχεις πολλὰ ἀγαθὰ κείμενα εἰς ἔτη πολλά· ἀναπαύου, φάγε, πίε, εὐφραίνου."—Lukexii. 19.

"Lo, this is the man that took not God for his strength but trusted unto the multitude of his riches."—Ps.lii. 8.

"For he hath said in his heart, Tush, I shall never be cast down there shall no harm happen unto me."—Ps.x. 6., &c. (SeeObadiahv. 3.: "Who shall bring me down to the ground?")

So Niobe boasts:

"Felix sum, quis enim hoc neget? felixque manebo.Hoc quoque quis dubitet? tutam me copia fecit.Major sum quam cui possit Fortuna nocere."—Ovid,Met.VI. 194.

"Felix sum, quis enim hoc neget? felixque manebo.

Hoc quoque quis dubitet? tutam me copia fecit.

Major sum quam cui possit Fortuna nocere."—Ovid,Met.VI. 194.

"Τί δὲ βλέπεις τὸ κάρφος τὸ ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σοῦ, τὴν δὲ ἐν τῷ σῷ ὀφθαλμῳ δοκὸν οὐ κατανοεῖς."—Matt.vii. 3.

"Cum tua pervideas oculis mala lippus inunctis,Cur in amicorum vitiis tam cernis acutum,Quam aut aquila, aut serpens Epidaurius?"—Hor.Serm.I. iii. 25.

"Cum tua pervideas oculis mala lippus inunctis,

Cur in amicorum vitiis tam cernis acutum,

Quam aut aquila, aut serpens Epidaurius?"—Hor.Serm.I. iii. 25.

"Ἡ νὺξ προέκοψεν, ἡ δὲ ἡμέρα ἤγγικεν."—Rom.xiii. 12."Ἀλλ' ἴομεν· μάλα γὰρ νὺξ ἄνεται, ἐγγύθι δ' ἠώς."—Hom.Iliad, x. 251.

"Ἡ νὺξ προέκοψεν, ἡ δὲ ἡμέρα ἤγγικεν."—Rom.xiii. 12.

"Ἀλλ' ἴομεν· μάλα γὰρ νὺξ ἄνεται, ἐγγύθι δ' ἠώς."—Hom.Iliad, x. 251.

F. W. J.

Brighton.

Mr. Sisson's developing Fluid.—Since I sent you the new formula forMr. Sisson'spositive developer, which you published in Vol. viii., p. 301.,Mr. Sissonhas written to me to say that if, instead of the acetic acid, you add two drachms of formic acid, the new agent proposed byMr. Lyte, you certainly obtain the sweetest-toned positives he has ever seen. The pictures, he says, come out very quickly with it indeed; and with a small lens in a sitting-room he can in about ten seconds obtain the most wonderful detail. Every wrinkle in the face, and ladies' lace ribbons or cap-strings, he says, come out beautifully.

The formula then, as improved byMr. Sisson, is—

Water 5 oz.Protosulphate of iron 1½ drs.Nitrate of lead 1 dr.Formic acid 2 drs.

Water 5 oz.

Protosulphate of iron 1½ drs.

Nitrate of lead 1 dr.

Formic acid 2 drs.

Perhaps you will give your readers the benefit of it in your next Number. Having tried it myself, I think they will be delighted with the beautiful white silvery tone, without any metallic reflection, produced in pictures developed with it.

J. Leachman.

20. Compton Terrace, Islington.

Dr. Diamond's Process for Albumenized Paper.—Photographers are under many obligations toDr. Diamond, particularly for the valuable information communicated through "N. & Q.," and his obligingness in answering inquiries. I make no doubt he will readily reply to the following questions, suggested by his late letter on the process for printing on albumenized paper.

Will the solution of forty grains of common salt and forty grains of mur. amm.,without the albumen, be found to answer for ordinary positive paper (say Canson's, Turner's, or Whatman's)? and, in that case, may it be applied with a brush?

Will the forty-grain solution of nit. sil. (without amm.) answer for paper so prepared? and may this also be applied with a brush?

Should the positives be printed out very strongly? and how long should they remain in thesaturatedbath of hypo.?

Is not the use of sel d'or subject to the objection that the pictures with which it is used are liable to fade in time?

Dr. Diamondsays that pictures produced by the use of amm. nit. of silver are not to be depended on for permanency. If this be so, it is very important it should be known, as the use of amm. nit. is at present generally recommended and adopted.

C. E. F.

Mr. Lyte's New Process.—Although I presume it is none of your affair what is said or done in "another place," will you kindly askMr. Lytefor me, if he will be so good as to explain the discrepancy which appears between his "new processes," as given in the Journal of the Photographic Society of Sept. 21, and "N. & Q." of Sept. 10? In the former he says, for sensitizing, take (amongst other things) iodide of ammonia 60 grains: in "N. & Q.," on the contrary, what would seem to be the same receipt, or intended as the same, gives the quantity of this salt one fourth less, 45 grains—a vast difference. Again, in the developing solution the quantity of formic acid isdoublein your paper what it is in the journal.

I should not have trespassed on your space, but would have written toMr. Lytedirectly, except from the fear that some other unfortunate practitioner may have stumbled over the same impediment as I have done, and may not have had courage to make the inquiry.

S. B.

[Having forwarded this communication toMr. Lyte, we have received from that gentleman the following explanations of his process, &c.]

The process which was published in thePhotographic Journalwas, I am sorry to say, not quite correct in its proportions, on account of a mistake in inclosing the wrong letter to the Editor; but the mistake will, I trust, be rectified by another communication which I have now sent.

The whole of the formulæ, however, as given in "N. & Q.," are quite correct.

Let me now, however, trespass on your pages by a few more answers to several other Querists, and which at the same time may be acceptable to some of your readers.

1. The developing agents which are made with iron are very applicable as baths to immerse the plate in; and the formic acid, from its powerful deoxidizing property, renders the iron salt more stable during long use and exposure to the air.

2. In coating paper with albumen, if the upper edge of the paper be sufficiently turned back, and the paper be forced down sufficiently on to the surface of the albumen, no bubbles will form; andthe operator will not be troubled with the streaks so often complained of.

3. No time can possibly be fixed for the exposure of the positive to the action of the hypo.; and to produce the best effects, the positive must be continually watched, both while printing and while in the hypo.

4. No hot iron should be applied to the positive after being printed, but the picture should be allowed to dry spontaneously.

5. The developing agent with the pyrogallic and formic acids will keep good a very long time, longer, I think, than that in which acetic acid is used, but cannot be used as a dipping bath.

6. I find the formic acid which I obtain from different chemists rather variable in its strength. What I use is rather below the average strength, so that in general about six drachms of the commercial acid will suffice where I use one ounce; but the excess seems to produce no bad result.

7. A great advantage of the pyrogallic developer which I recommend, is that of its being able to be diluted to almost any extent, with no other result than simply making the development slower. Another point is also worthy of notice, viz. a method by which even a very weak positive on glass may be converted into a very strong negative.

I take a saturated solution of bichloride of mercury in hydrochloric acid, and add of this one to six parts of water. This I pour over the collodion plate, and watch it till the whitening process is quite complete. Having well washed the surface with water, I pour over it a solution of iodide of potassium, very weak, not more than two or three grains to the ounce of water. The effect of this is to turn the white parts to a brilliant yellow, quite impervious to actinic rays. This process is only applicable to weak negative or instantaneous pictures, as, if used on a picture of much intensity, the opacity produced is too great. By using, however, instead of the iodide of potassium, a weak solution of ammonia, as recommended by Mr. Hunt, a less degree of intensity may be produced again a less intensity by hyposulphate of soda and a less degree again, but still a slight darkening, by pouring on the bichloride and pouring it off at once before the whitening commences. I thus can tell the exact degree of negative effect in any picture of whatever intensity. The terchloride of gold is most uncertain in its results, at any rate I find it so.

I must again beg you to excuse the great length of my communication, and hope it will be of service to my fellow photographers.

F. Maxwell Lyte.

Florian, Torquay.

Derivation of the Word "Island" (Vol. viii., p. 49.).—I have received through the kindness of Hensleigh Wedgwood, Esq., a copy of thePhilological Journalfor Feb. 21, 1851, in which my late observations on the etymology of the wordislandare shown to be almost identical with his own, published more than two years ago, even the minutest particulars. His own surprise on seeing my remarks must have been at least as great as my own, on learning how singularly I had been anticipated; and those of your readers who will refer to the number of the journal in question, will be doubtless as much surprised as either of us.

This coincidence suggests two things: first, the truth of the etymology in question, secondly, the excellency of that spirit which (as in this instance) "thinketh no evil;" and, in so close a resemblance of ideas as that before us, rather than at once start a charge of plagiarism, will believe that it is possible for two persons, with similar habits of thought, to arrive at the same end, and that, too, by singularly identical means, when engaged on one and the same subject.

H. C. K.

—— Rectory, Hereford.

"Pætus and Arria" (Vol. viii., p. 219.).—As I have not observed a reply to the Query respecting the author ofPætus and Arria, a tragedy, I beg to state that the work was not written by a gentleman of the University of Cambridge, but by Mr. Nicholson, son of Mr. Nicholson, a well-known and highly respectable bookseller in Cambridge, in the early part of the present century. The young man, who, besides being unfailing in his attention to business, had a literary turn, and was attached to the fine arts, died in the prime of life. After his death, the poor father, with tears in his eyes, presented me with a copy of the tragedy. I am glad to record this testimony to the character of persons well known to me during several years.

Μάρτυς Πιστός.

"That Swinney" (Vol. viii, p. 213.).—I am well pleased with the manner in which T. S. J. has unearthed "that Swinney," if indeed, as is very probable, Sidney Swinney really was the man who interfered withthe great unknown. It may not be impertinent to state that Sidney Swinney, who was of Clare Hall, Cambridge, became B.A. in 1744, M.A. in 1749, and D.D. (per saltum) in 1763. It may also be worth noting that a George Swinney, of the same college, became B.A. in 1767, and M.A. in 1770. ThisGeorgeSwinneymayhave beenSidneySwinney's son, or his near relation; andmayhave been the man who went to Lord G. Sackville in July, 1769; but I think this not likely. I will only observe farther that, in the "Graduati Cantabrigienses,"the names are spelledSwiney; but changes of this kind, by the parties themselves, are by no means uncommon.

The question, whether Swinney had everbeforespoken to Lord G. Sackville, remains unanswered, although Junius most probably made a mistake in that matter.

Valentine Weston.

The Six Gates of Troy(Vol. viii., p. 288.).—The passage of Dares relative to the gates of Troy describes the deeds of Priam on succeeding to the throne:

"Priamus ut Ilium venit, minime moram fecit, ampliora mœnia exstruxit, et civitatem munitissimam reddidit.... Regiam quoque ædificavit, et ibi Jovi Statori aram consecravit. Hectorem in Pæoniam misit, Ilio portas fecit, quarum hæc sunt nomina: Antenorea, Dardania, Ilia, Scæa, Thymbræa, Trojana. Deinde, postquam Ilium stabilitum vidit, tempus expectavit."—Chap. 4.

It will be observed that these six names correspond with the six names in Shakspeare, except that Shakspeare, following some ignorant transcriber, substitutesChetasforScæan.

The work, consisting of forty-four short chapters, which has come down to us under the title ofDe Excidio Trojæ Historia, by Dares Phrygius, is a pseudonymous production, which cannot be placed earlier than the fifth or sixth century. See the preface to the edition of Dederick, Bonnæ, 1835; or the article "Dares," by Dr. Schmitz, in Dr. Smith'sDictionary of Greek and Roman Biography. Other writers spoke offourgates of Troy. (See Heyne,Exc.XIV.ad Æn.II.)

Milton's Widow(Vol. vii., p. 596.; Vol. viii., pp. 12. 134. 200.).—Having noticed several Queries and Replies in your pages concerning the family of the poet Milton's third wife, I beg to give the following extracts from a pamphlet printed by Pullan of Chester so recently as 1851, entitledHistorical Facts connected with Nantwich and its Neighbourhood:

"In that same year (1662), Milton was received atStoke Hall as the husband of Elizabeth Minshull,the grand-daughter of Geoffrey Minshull."—P. 50. "Not far from the Hall, where Milton wasonce a welcome visitor, stands the Yew Tree House."

There can be little doubt the author of the pamphlet referred to derived the information on which those statements were made from anauthentic source; and if so, it seems pretty clear, theElizabeth Minshullwhom Milton married wasgrand-daughter of Geoffrey Minshull of Stoke Hall.

T. P. L.

Manchester.

Boom(Vol. vii., p. 620.; Vol. viii., p. 183.).—The Bittern is not an uncommon bird in some parts of Wales, where it is very expressively calledAderyn-y-Bwn(the Boom-bird), orBwmp-y-Gors(Boom of the Fen): thewis pronounced as doubleo.

W. R. D. S.

"Nugget"not an American Term(Vol. vii.passim).—It is a mistake in our correspondent to suppose that the word "nugget" was used in California by American "diggers" to denominate a lump of gold. That word was never heard of in this country until after the discoveries in Australia. It is not used now in California, "lump" is the proper term; and when a miner accumulates a quantity, he boasts of his "pile," or rejoices in the possession of a "pocket full of rocks."

Old English W.

Philadelphia.

Soke Mill(Vol. viii., p. 272.).—Suit is not now enforced to the King's Mills in the manor of Wrexham, in the county of Denbigh, but the lessee of the manorial rights of the crown receives a payment at the rate of threepence per bushel for all the malt ground in hand-mills within the limits of the manor.

Taffy.

Binometrical Verse(Vol. viii., p. 292.).—This verse appeared in theAthenæum(Sept. 2, 1848, No. 1088, p. 883.), given by one correspondent as having been previously forwarded by another; but it does not appear to have been previously published.

Watch-paper Inscription(Vol. viii., p. 316.).—Twenty-five years ago this inscription was set to music, and was popular in private circles. The melody was moderately good, and the "monitory pulse-like beating" of course was acted, perhaps over-acted, in the accompaniment. I am not sure it was printed, but the fingers of young ladies produced a great many copies. Your correspondent's version is quite accurate, and I think he must have heard it sung, as well as read it.Segnius irritant, &c. is not true of what is read as opposed to what is heard with music.

Dotinchem(Vol. viii., p. 151.).—Dotinchem appears to be the place which is calledDeutichemin the map of the Netherlands and Belgian, published by the Useful Knowledge Society in 1843, andDeutekomin the map of the kingdom of the Netherlands, published by the same society in 1830. Moreri spells the nameDotechem,Dotekom, andDotekum. It is situated on the Yssel, south-east of Doesburg.

B. J.

Reversible Names and Words(Vol. viii., p. 244.).—I cannot call to mind any suchpropria mascula: but I think I can cast a doubt on your correspondent's crotchet. Surely ourcivicauthorities (not even excepting theMayor) are veritable males, though sometimes deserving thesobriquetof "old women." Surveyors, builders, carpenters,and bricklayers are the only persons who use thelevel. On board ship, it is the males who professionally attend at thepoop. Our foreign-looking friendrotator, at once suggestive of certain celebrated personages in the lower house, is by termination masculine; and such members, in times of political probation, never fail to show themselvesevitativerather than plucky.

But some words are reversible in sense as well as in orthography. If a mandraw"on" me, I should be to blame if at least I did notward"off" the blow. Whom should werepelsooner than theleper? Who willlivehereafter, if he be a doer ofevil? We should always seek todeliverhim who is beingreviled. Even Shakspeare was aware of the fact, that it is aGodwho breeds magots in a deaddog(videHamlet). "Cum multis aliis." The art of composing palindromes is one, at least, as instructive as, and closely allied to, that ofde-ciphering. If any one calls the compositions in question "trash," I cannot better answer than in palindrome,Trash? even interpret Nineveh's art!for the deciphering of the cuneiform character is both a respectable and a useful exercise of ingenuity. The English language, however, is not susceptible of any great amount of palindromic compositions. The Latin is, of all, the best adapted for that fancy. I append an inscription for a hospital, which is a paraphrase of a verse in the Psalms:

"Acide me malo, sed non desola me, medica."

I doubt whether such compositions should ever be characterised by the termsotadic. Sotadic verses were, I believe, restricted to indecent love-songs.

C. Mansfield Ingleby.

Birmingham.

Detached Church Towers(Vol. vii.passim; Vol. viii., p. 63.).—At Morpeth, in Northumberland, the old parish church stands on an eminence at the distance of a mile from the town. In the market-place is a square clock tower, the bells in which are used for ordinary parochial purposes.

At Kirkoswald, in Cumberland, where the church stands low, the belfry has been erected on an adjoining hill.

E. H. A.

Bishop Ferrar(Vol. viii., p. 103.).—Bishop Ferrar, martyred in Queen Mary's reign, was not of the same family with the Ferrers, Earl of Derby and Nottingham. Was your correspondent led to think so from the fact of the martyr having been originally a bishop of the Isle of Man?

A Lineal Descendant of the Martyr.

Cambridge.

"They shot him by the nine stone rig" (Vol. viii., p. 78.).—This fragmentary ballad is to be found in theBorder Minstrelsy. It was contributed by R. Surtees of Mainsforth, co. Durham, and described by him as having been taken down from the recitation of Anne Douglas, an old woman who weeded in his garden. It is however most likely that it is altogether factitious, and Mr. Surtees' own production, Anne Douglas being a pure invention.

The ballad called "The Fray of Haltwhistle," a portion of which, "How the Thirlwalls and the Ridleys a'," &c., is interwoven with the text in the first canto ofMarmion, is generally understood to have been composed by Mr. Surtees. He, however, succeeded in palming it upon Scott as a genuine old ballad; and states that he had it from the recitation of an ancient dame, mother of one of the miners of Alston Moor. Scott's taste for old legends and ballads was certainly not too discriminating, or he would never have swallowed "The Fray of Haltwhistle." Perhaps he suspected its authenticity, for he says of it:

"Scantily Lord Marmion's ear could brookThe harper's barbarous lay."

"Scantily Lord Marmion's ear could brook

The harper's barbarous lay."

T. D. Ridley.

Punning Devices(Vol. viii., p. 270.).—In the 4th volume of Surtees'History of Durham, p. 48., there is an account of the Orchard Chamber in Sledwish Hall:

"In the centre is a shield of the arms of Clopton; being two coats quarterly, a lion rampant and a crosspattée fitchée; over all, a crescent for difference.[1]On two other shields, impressed from one mould, are the initials E. C., the date 1584, and atunwith a roseclapt on."[2]

Old Grumbleum.

Footnote 1:(return)This note says the arms are reversed, being impressed from a mould.Footnote 2:(return)"The crest of Clopton is a falconclappinghis wings, and rising from a tun; and I verily believe the roseclapt onto be the miserable quibble intended."

This note says the arms are reversed, being impressed from a mould.

"The crest of Clopton is a falconclappinghis wings, and rising from a tun; and I verily believe the roseclapt onto be the miserable quibble intended."

Ashman's Park—Wingfield's Portrait(Vol. viii., p. 299.).-Could any correspondent in Suffolk inform me if Ashman's Park has been sold; and if the pictures are anywhere to be found, especially that of Sir Anthony Wingfield? The communication of H. C. K. relative to the above subject is very interesting.

"Crowns have their compass,"&c.(Vol. iv., p. 428.).—In the well-known lines attributed to Shakspeare, and quoted in the above volume, the third stands thus:

"Of more than earth can earth make none partaker."

I find that Quarles has borrowed this in hisEmblems, book i. Emblem vi.:

"Of more than earth can earth make none possest."

Henry H. Breen.

St. Lucia.

Ampers& (Vol. ii., pp.230. 284.; Vol. viii., pp. 173. 223. 284.).—Allow me to thank bothΦ. andMr. Henry Walterfor their replies to my Query; but I am unhappily no wiser thanMr. Lowerwas afterΦ.'s first response. What on earth "et-per-se" or "and-per-se-and" can mean, I am at a loss to imagine. Why shouldetbe called "etby itself?" Until this Query is answered, I am as much in the dark as ever. While I am upon the matter, I would farther ask this mysteriousAmpers and, "who gave thee that name?" May it find a proxy to answer for it!

C. Mansfield Ingleby.

Birmingham.

The origin of this expression is, explained in Vol. ii., p. 318. With regard to the orthography of the word, it seems to me that, if the etymon be followed, it ought to be writtenand-per-se-and; if the pronunciation,ampussy and.

Throwing Old Shoes for Luck(Vol. vii., p. 411.).—There is an old rhyme still extant, which gives an early date to this singular custom:

"When Britons bold,Wedded of old,Sandals were backward thrown,The pair to tell,That, ill or wellThe act was all their own."

"When Britons bold,

Wedded of old,

Sandals were backward thrown,

The pair to tell,

That, ill or well

The act was all their own."

An octogenarian of my acquaintance informs me that he heard himself thus anathematised when, leaving his native village with his bride, he refused to comply with the extortionate demands of an Irish beggar:

"Then it's bad luck goes wid yer,For my shoe I toss,An ye niver come back,'Twill be no great loss."

"Then it's bad luck goes wid yer,

For my shoe I toss,

An ye niver come back,

'Twill be no great loss."

Charles Reed.

Ennui(Vol. vii., p. 478.).—It is a curious fact that inEnglish, properly so called, we have no word to express this certainly un-English sensation, which we are obliged to borrow from our friends across the channel.Theyrepay themselves with "comfortable," which is quite as characteristically wanting in their vocabulary: so they lose nothing by the exchange. Were we disposed to supply the gaps in our language, by using our own native words (which is much to be desired), we might find a sufficient (and I believe the only) synonyme in the Bedfordshire folk-wordunked: at any rate, it is near enough for us, for we neither require the word nor the feeling it is meant to designate.

E. S. Taylor.

Ford's Handbook of Spain.Vol. I.

Austin Cheironomia.

Rev. E. Irving's Orations on Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell.

Thomas Gardener's History of Dunwich.

Marsh's History of Hursley and Baddesley.About 1805. 8vo. Two Copies.

Nicephorus Catena on the Pentateuch.

Procopius Gazæus.

Watt's Bibliographia Britannica.Parts V. and VI.

Carlyle's Chartism.Crown 8vo. 2nd Edition.

The Builder, No. 520.

Oswalli Crollii Opera.12mo. Geneva, 1635.

Gaffarell's Unheard-of Curiosities.Translated by Chelmead. London. 12mo. 1650.

PAMPHLETS.

Junius Discovered.By P. T. Published about 1789.

Reasons for Rejecting the Evidence of Mr. Almon, &c. 1807.

Another Guess at Junius.Hookham. 1809.

The Author of Junius Discovered.Longmans. 1821.

The Claims of Sir P. Francis refuted.Longmans. 1822.

Who Was Junius?Glynn. 1837.

Some New Facts, &c., by Sir F. Dwarris. 1850.

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Semper Paratus.We cannot afford the information desired. Out Correspondent would probably be more successful on application to the editor of the paper referred to.

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(The Horticultural Part edited by PROF. LINDLEY.)

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Agriculture, Swiss, by Mr. BrownAgricultural progress—— statisticsAphides, to kill, by Mr. CreedAsparagus, FrenchBerberry blightBirds, instinct of, by the Rev. F. F. StathamBooks noticedBouyardias, scarletBritish AssociationCalendar, horticultural—— agriculturalCamellia cultureCharlockCorn averages and rents, by Mr. WillichCuttings, to strikeDiastema quinquevulnerumDraining clayFibre, woodyFork, Mr. Mechi's steelForking machineHedges, ornamentalHitcham Horticultural SocietyHolly tree, by Mr. BrownMachines, forkingManure, liquid, and irrigation, by Mr. MechiNational Floricultural SocietyNectarine, Stanwick, by Mr. CrambNymphæa gigantea, by M. Van HouttePeas, latePig farmingPlants, woody fibre of—— striking bedding—— newPoultry showsRents, and corn averages, by Mr. WillichRye-grass, ItalianSinodendron cylindricum (with engraving)Statistics, agriculturalSteam cultureVillage Horticultural SocietyWard's (Mr.) gardenWarrea quadrataWheat, seed—— sowingWheel, when is it a leverWinter, tokens ofWoody fibre

Agriculture, Swiss, by Mr. Brown

Agricultural progress

—— statistics

Aphides, to kill, by Mr. Creed

Asparagus, French

Berberry blight

Birds, instinct of, by the Rev. F. F. Statham

Books noticed

Bouyardias, scarlet

British Association

Calendar, horticultural

—— agricultural

Camellia culture

Charlock

Corn averages and rents, by Mr. Willich

Cuttings, to strike

Diastema quinquevulnerum

Draining clay

Fibre, woody

Fork, Mr. Mechi's steel

Forking machine

Hedges, ornamental

Hitcham Horticultural Society

Holly tree, by Mr. Brown

Machines, forking

Manure, liquid, and irrigation, by Mr. Mechi

National Floricultural Society

Nectarine, Stanwick, by Mr. Cramb

Nymphæa gigantea, by M. Van Houtte

Peas, late

Pig farming

Plants, woody fibre of

—— striking bedding

—— new

Poultry shows

Rents, and corn averages, by Mr. Willich

Rye-grass, Italian

Sinodendron cylindricum (with engraving)

Statistics, agricultural

Steam culture

Village Horticultural Society

Ward's (Mr.) garden

Warrea quadrata

Wheat, seed

—— sowing

Wheel, when is it a lever

Winter, tokens of

Woody fibre

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