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XVIIL On the Culture of Epiphyllum truncatum. By Mr. John 

 Green, C.M.H.S., Gardener to Sir Edmund Antrobus, 

 Bart, F.H.S 130 



XIX. The Method pursued in managing Erica hiemalis. By Mr. 

 W. P. Ayres, CM.H.S., Gardener to James Cook, Esq., 



F.H.S 131 



XX. Notes upon Begonias. By Mr. James Donald, pro tempore 

 Superintendent of the Hothouse Department in the So- 

 ciety's Garden . . . . . . . .132 



XXI. An Account of Three new Varieties of the Apple. By John 



Williams, Esq., of Pitmaston, CM.H.S. . . .143 



XXII. Remarks on the Culture of the Pine Apple. By John Povey, 



Gardener to the Rev. J. Thornycroft, of Thorny croft Hall 144 



Report from the Council ...... 161 



XXIII. On the Management of Fruit-Tree Borders. By Mr. Robert 



Reid, CM.H.S., Gardener to Mrs. Clark of Noblethorp, 

 near Barnsley , . . . . . . .176 



XXIV. On the Treatment of the Genus Amaryllis for Autumnal 



Blooming. By Mr. John Spencer, CM.H.S., Gardener 

 to the Marquis of Lansdowne, F.H.S., at Bowood . . 178 

 XXV. Journal of a Mission to California in search of Plants. By 

 Mr. Theodore Hartweg, in the service of the Horticultural 



Society. Part 1 180 



XXVI. The late Mild Winter. An Extract from a Letter to the 

 Vice-Secretary. By John Williams, Esq., CM.H.S., of 

 Pitmaston, near Worcester . . . . .186 



XXVII. An Account of an American Mode of Propagating Dwarf 

 Pear-Trees. In a letter to N. Longworth, Esq., Presi- 

 dent of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society. By W. 



Smith, M.D 188 



XXVIII. A further Account of Weigela Rosea. By Mr. Fortune and , 



the Vice-Secretary. {With a coloured plate) . .189 



XXIX. Contributions to a Historj' of the Relation between Climate 

 and Vegetation in various parts of the Globe. — No. I. 

 The Vegetation of Rio Janeiro. By George Gardner, 

 Esq., F.L.S., Director of the Royal Botanic Garden, 



Ceylon 191 



XXX. A brief Account of the Naras Fruit, and of the attempts that 



have been made to cultivate it. By the Vice-Secretary . 199 

 XXXI. Game Preserves and Fences. Part the First. By Mr. 

 Alexander Forsyth, CM.H.S., Gardener to the Earl of 

 Shrewsbury at Alton Towers . . . . .201 

 XXXII. Sketch of a Visit to China, in search of New Plants. By 

 Mr. R. Fortune, Superintendent of the Hothouse Depart- 

 ment in the Garden of the Society .... 208 



XXXIII. The late Mr. George Loddiges 224 



XXXIV. On the Canker in Apple Trees. By Mr. Robert Erring- 



ton, CM.H.S., Gardener to Sir P. de Malpas Grey 

 Egerton, Bart., M.P., F.H.S., Oultou Park, Tarporley, 



Cheshire 241 



XXXV. Game Preserves and Fences. Part the Second. By Mr. 

 Alexander Forsyth, CM.H.S., Gardener to the Earl of 

 Shrewsbury, F.H.S., at Alton Towers . . .244 

 XXXVI. On the Winter Culture of the Mignonette. By Mr. J. B. 

 Whiting, CM.H.S., Gardener to H. T. Hope, Esq., 

 F.H.S 256 



