THE 



HOKTICULTUKIST, 



JOURNAL OF RURAL ART AND RURAL TASTE. 



DEVOTED TO 



HORTICULTURE, LANDSCAPE GARDENING, RURAL ARCHITECTURE, BOTANT, 

 POMOLOGY; ENTOMOLOGY, RURAL ECONOMY, &c. 



Edited by A. J. DOWNING, 



AUTHOR OF "landscape OARDENl.NG,'' "DESIGNS FOR COTTAGE RESIDENCES," " iRUITS AND FRUIT TREES 

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



Vol. VI. — January to December, 1851. 



ALBANY: 



PUBLISHED BY LUTHER TUCKER. 



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



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



PHILADELPHIA W. B. ZIEBER. 



1851. 



