TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



VOLUME VIII. 

 Original Communications : 



Article '' asl> 



I. On the Periodical Opening and Closing of Flowers. By Karl Fritzsch 1 

 II. On Magnolia grandiflora. Ey John Saul ; Washington, United States 22 



III. Pears, Peaches, etc., at Oulton Park, Tarporley. Cheshire. By Robert 



Errington, C.M.H.S., Gardener to Sir Philip de Malpas Grey 

 Egerton, Bt., F.H.S 24 



IV. On the Premature Decay of Peach and Apricot Trees. By 



J. B. Whiting, C.M.H.S., Gardener to H. J. Hope, Esq., the 

 Deepdene, near Dorking . . . -~ 



V. On the cultivation of Orchis longicornu. By William Barnes, 



Camden Nursery, Camberwell ....... 30 



VI. Effect of a Tropical Climate upon Plants of a Temperate Zone. By 



Sir R. H. Schomburgk 32 



VII. Note on a New Sulphurator. By Robert Thompson . . .38 



VIII. A Note upon some New Caffrarian Plants, and the Cape Gooseberry. 

 By Thomas Moore, F.H.S., Curator of the Apothecaries' Garden, 

 Chelsea . . ......... 38 



IX. Pear Mildew. A Note by the Rev. M. J. Berkley . . . .4" 



X. On the Genus Yucca. By William Wood, Pifihergate Nurseries, York 42 



XL On Holly-leaf Tea. By Ales. Forsyth. ( '.M.H.S., St. Mary's Church, 



Torquay . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 



XII. On the Cultivation of Exotic Fruits. By P. Wallace, Chiswick House 47 



XIII. On Ipomopsis elegans. By John Saul; Washington, United States 52 



XIV. On the Periodic Phenomena of Vegetable Life at different Altitudes 



in theAlps. Translated from the German of AdolpheSchlagintweit 61 



XV. Notes on the Development of Bulbs and Tubers. By Thilo Irmisch. 



(Abridged from the German original.) . . . . .91 



XVI. Pruning and Management of the Peach Tree. According to the 

 Method of M. Alexis Lepere, of Montreuil, near Paris. (Trans- 

 lated from his work.) ......... 137 



XVII. Notes on the Development of Bulbs and Tubers. By Thilo Irmisch. 



(Abridged from the German original.) ..... 207 



XVITT. The Cultivation of the Banana; — Conditions under which it suc- 

 ceeds at a station within the Tropics ; with Suggestions for its 

 better Cultivation in the British Islands. By W. Wren. . . 221 



XTX. On Fruit Cylinders. Bv A. Forsvth. C.M.H.S.. St. Mary's Church, 



Torquay . . . ' . . . . . .225 



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