THE 



HORTICULTURIST 



AND 



JOURNAL OF RURAL ART AND RURAL TASTE. 



DEVOTKD TO 



HORTICULTURE, LANDSCAPE GARDENLNG, RURAL ARCHITECTURE, BOTANY 

 POMOLOGY, ENTOMOLOGY, RURAL ECONOMY, &.c. 



Edited by A. J. DOWNING, 



AUTHOR OF ■' LANDSCAPK GAHDENINO," " DESI8N3 FOR COTTAGB RESTDEXCES," " FRUITS AN'D FRUIT TREE3 



OF AMERICA," ETC., ETC. 



Vol I.— July 1846 - June 1847. 



ALBANY: 



PUBLISHED HV LUTHER TUCKER. 



BOSTON'— JOSEPH BRFXK AMD CO., NO. 51 NORTH MARKET-STREET. 



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



PHILADELPHIA — GEO. B. ZK1BF.R AND CO. 



