

IV CONTENTS. 



Article J'aye 



XIII. Notes on Fruit and Kitchen Plants proved in the Garden of the 



Society in 1848. By II. Thompson . . . .75 



XIV. Remarks on Artificial Climate. By A. Scott, C.M.H.S., 



Gardener to Sir George Staunton, Bart., M.P., F.H.S., 

 Leigh Park, Ilavaut, Hants 85 



XV. Ferns as Decorative Objects. By Thomas Moore, F.B.S., 

 Curator of the Physic Garden of the Worshipful Society 

 of Apothecaries, Chelsea ...... 90 



XVI. Tables of Temperature, for the use of Gardeners ; arranged 

 according to the Latitudes of the respective localities in 

 which tlie Observations have been made. By Kobert 

 Thompson . . . . . . . .117 



Report from the Council . . . . . .173 



XVII. Description of the Kaisha, a new Syrian Apricot, introduced 

 by John Barker, Ksq., of Suedia. By Robert Thompson, 

 Superintendent of the Orchard and Kitchen Garden De- 

 partment in the Society's Garden . . . . .189 



XVIII. Edgings of narrow Turf as a Substitute for Box and other 

 Plants in the formation of Geometrical Flower Gardens on 

 Platforms of Gravel. By James Duncan, C.M.H.S., 

 Gardener to Joseph Martineau, Esq., F.H.S., Basing Park, 



near Alton . .190 



XIX. Hints on the Cultivation of the Genus Epacris. By Robert 



Reid, C.M.H.S., Gardener to Mrs. Clarke, of Noblethorpe 191 



XX. On permanent Studs as a means of Training Fruit-trees on 

 Walls. By George Fleming, C.M.H.S., Gardener to the 

 Duke of Sutherland, F.H.S., Trentham Hall, Staflordshire 193 

 XXI. Some Observations on the Growth and Maturation of the 

 Wood of Plants. By George Lovell, Gardener to the 

 Marchioness of Hastings, F.H.S., at Efford House . . 195 



XXII. Contributions to a History of the Relation between Climate 

 and Vegetation in various parts of the Globe : 

 No. 9." — Climate of Australind, Western Australia. An Ex- 

 tract from a Letter to the Vice-Secretary from M. Waller 

 Clifton, Esq., dated 25 September, 1848 . . . 203 



XXIII. Hints on the proper Management of Fruit -Tree Borders, 



having for their object the attainment of early and perma- 

 nent productiveness. By Henry Bailey, Nuneham . . 206 



XXIV. On the Cultivation of the Scarlet Pelargonium in Pots. By 



Philip Conway, Earl's Court Nursery, Old Brompton Road 209 



XXV. Notes upon some newly-introduced Conifers collected by Mr. 



Hartweg in Upper California. By George Gordon, A.L.S. 211 



XXVI. Contributions to a History of the Relation between Climate 



and Vegetation in various parts of the Globe : 

 No. 10. — The Vegetation of the Indian Archipelago. By Dr. 

 C. G. C. Reinwardt, Professor of Chemistry, Botany, and 

 Natural History at the University of Ley den . . .227 



XXVIl. Chinese Cultivation. The Tchou-ma, or Chinese Flax. 

 Translated from the Chinese by M. Stanislas Julien, and 

 retranslated from the French ..... 236 



