THE 



HORTICULTURIST, 



AND 



JOURNAL OF RURAL ART AND RURAL TASTE. 



DEVOTED TO 



HORTICULTURE, LANDSCAPE GARDENING, RURAL ARCHITECTURE, BOTANY, 

 POMOLOGY, ENTOMOLOGY, RURAL ECONOMY, &c. 



Edited by A. J. DOWNING, 



AUTHOR OF "LANDSCAPE GARDEXISG, m " DESIGNS FOR COTTAGE RESIDENCES," "FRUITS AND FRUIT TREES 



OF AUERICA." ETC., ETC. 



Vol. IV.— July 1849— June 185 O.- 



ALBANY: 



PUBLISHED BY LUTHER TUCKER. 



BOSTON JOSEPH BRECK AND CO., NO. 51 NORTH MARKET-STREET. 



NEW-YORK M. H. NEWMAN AND CO., 199 BROADWAY. 



PHILADELPHIA — W. B. ZIEBER. 



