The Gardeners' Chronicle
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Categories | Horticulture magazine |
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Founded | 1841 |
Final issue | 1986 |
Country | UK |
The Gardeners' Chronicle was a British
History
Founded in 1841 by the horticulturists
Its first editor, John Lindley, was one of the founders. Another founder, Paxton, later also became editor. Prominent contributors included Charles Darwin and Joseph Hooker.
By 1851, the circulation of The Gardeners' Chronicle was given as 6500.[1] 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.
It was noted for its large advertising section and when the glass tax was abolished in 1845 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.
Successive titles
- 1841–1855: The Gardeners' Chronicle
- 1856–1873: The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette
- 1874–1886: The Gardeners' Chronicle. New Series (vols. 1–26)
- 1887–1956: The Gardeners' Chronicle. Third Series (vols. 1–139)
- 1957–1963: Gardeners Chronicle & Gardening Illustrated (vols. 140–154)
- 1964–1968: Gardener's Chronicle: The Magazine of Advanced Gardening (vols. 155–164)
- 1969–1971: Gardeners' Chronicle & New Horticulturist (vols. 165–170)
- 1972–1977: Gardeners' Chronicle: The Horticultural Trade Journal (vols. 171–182)
- 1978–1985: Gardeners' Chronicle & Horticultural Trade Journal: The Horticulture & Amenity Weekly (vols. 183–197)
- 1985: Gardeners Chronicle & Horticultural Trade Journal: The Horticulture Week (vol. 198)
- 1986 onwards: Horticulture Week (vols. 199–221; no longer numbered since 1997) ISSN 0269-9478
See also
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References
- ^ Goddard, Nicholas (1983). "The Development and Influence of Agricultural Periodicals and Newspapers, 1780-1880". Agricultural History Review. 31 (2): 122.
- "Appendix III". Flora Europaea - Volume 1: Psilotaceae to Platanaceae (2 ed.). pp. 512.
External links
- The contemporary Horticulture Week
- The Gardeners' Chronicle at Biodiversity Heritage Library
- The Gardeners' Chronicle at the HathiTrust Digital Library
- The Gardeners' Chronicle links at The Online Books Page