 The contents page from a 1914 edition of the Chronicle The Gardeners' Chronicle was perhaps the most famous of all Horticultural periodicals. It lasted as title in it's own right for nearly 150 years and is still extant as part of the magazine Horticulture Week. The Latin words hortus (garden plant) and cultura (culture) together form horticulture, classically defined as the culture or growing of garden plants. ...
This article is about the magazine as a published medium. ...
Founded in 1841 by the emiminent gardeners Joseph Paxton, Charles Wentworth Dilke, John Lindley and William Bradbury it originally took the form of a traditional newspaper, with both national and foreign news, but also with vast amounts of material sent in by gardeners and scientists, covering every conceivable aspect of gardening. 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Sir Joseph Paxton (1803–1865) was an English gardener and architect of The Crystal Palace. ...
Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 1st Baronet. ...
John Lindley (February 8, 1799 - November 1, 1865) was an English botanist. ...
It's first editor was the founder John Lindley. Another founder, Paxton, later also became editor. Prominent contributers included Charles Darwin and Joseph Hooker. Charles Darwin in 1854, five years prior to the publication of The Origin of Species Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809–19 April 1882) was a British naturalist who achieved lasting fame as originator of the theory of evolution through natural selection. ...
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (June 30, 1817 - December 10, 1911) was an English botanist and traveller. ...
By 1851, the circulation of the 'Gardeners Chronicle' was given as 6500. Compared with that of the far more eminent Observer at 6230, and The Economist at 3826, the 'Gardeners Chronicle' did astonishingly well. Possibly these figures include the Chronicle's large international readership. 1852 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
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Front cover of UK edition, May 7, 2005 The Economist is a weekly news and international affairs publication of The Economist Newspaper Limited in London. ...
It was noted for its large advertising section and when the dropping of a tax on glass and the huge interest generated by the Great Exhibition made personal, small-scale greenhouses possible, it became full of adverts for these, many designed by Paxton himself, and from the sales of which he generated a tidy income. The Great Exhibition was an international exhibition held in Hyde Park London, from 1 May to 15 October 1851 and the first in a series of Worlds Fair exhibitions of culture and industry that were to be a popular 19th century feature. ...
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