THE 



HOKTICULTUKIST, 



JOURNAL OF RURAL ART AND RURAL TASTE. 



DEVOTED TO 



HORTICULTURE, LAIS^DSCAPE GARDENING, RURAL ARCHITECTURE, BOTANY, 

 POMOLOGY, ENTOMOLOGY, RURAL ECONOMY, &c. 



Edited by A. J. DOWNING, 



AUTHOR OF "landscape GAKDENIXG," "DESIGNS FOR COTTAGE RESIDENCES," "FRUITS AN!' FRUIT TREES 

 OF AMERICA," "COUNTRY HOUSES," ETC. ETC. 



Vol. VII. — January to December, 1852. 



ALBANY: 

 PUBLISHED BY LUTHER TUCKER. 



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



NEW-TORK — NEWMAN AND IVISON, 199 BROADWAY. 

 PHILADELPHIA W. B. ZIEBER. 



1852. 



