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' Theory and Practice of Pruning ; by Mr. H. Bailey, gardener to 

 G. V. Harcourt, Esq., M.P., Nunham Park,' This paper treats ex- 

 clusively of the fig, a fruit-tree that has unaccountably obtained con- 

 siderable favour of late. 



* Observations on the Aspects of Fruit Walls ; by Mr. John Cox, 

 gardener to William Wells, Esq., of Redleaf.' In this practical and 

 sensible paper a north aspect is recommended for cherries, currants, 

 and gooseberries ; a south aspect for peaches, nectarines, apricots, &c. 



' The Forms of Ancient Vegetation ;' translated from a paper which 

 appeared some time back in the ' Annales des Sciences Naturelles,' 

 from the pen of M. Brongniart, and subsequently in the ' Annals and 

 Magazine of Natural History.' 



* Texts and Comments : Plant Growing and Asparagus Culture.' 



' Suggestions of Electricity ; by Mr. J. Towers, Corresponding 

 Member of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Societies.' 



' Rogiera cordata,' being the description and history of a showy 

 shrub of the natural order Cinchonaceae. 



' The Genera and Species of Cultivated Ferns; by Mr. J. Houlston, 

 Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, and Mr. T. Moore, F.L.S.' In this pa- 

 per are described eleven species of Drynaria, one of Dictymia, two of 

 Drymoglossum, two of Tseniopsis, one of Antrophyum, one of Hemio- 

 nitis, two of Ceratopteris, and seven of Elaphoglossura, which name, 

 given by Schott to certain species of Acrostichum, misleads one to 

 connect with it the idea of the English ' hart's-tongue,' of which name 

 I need scarcely say it is an exact translation. 



' On Diagrams of the Picotee and Carnation ; by Mr. G. Glenny, 

 F.H.S.' 



* The National Floricultural Society.' 



* Bouvardialeiantha,' being the description, history, and remarks on 

 the culture of a showy fiee-flowering shrub, from Guatimale, of the 

 order Cinchonaceae. 



' The Chemistry of Soils and Manures ; by Dr. A. Voelckner.' 

 'On the Cultivation of Vanda; by Mr. T. Appleby, of the Pine 

 Apple Nursery, London.' Vanda is a genus of orchidaceous plants, 

 with noble evergreen foliage, fine vigorous habit, and splendid fra- 

 grant blossoms. 



' On the Construction and Uses of Hygrometers; by E. J. Lowe, 

 Esq., F.R.A.S., &c.' 



' Pomegranates in Beloochistan ;' from Hooker's 'Journal of Botany.' 



' The Scientific History of a Plant ; by John M. Ashley, Esq., 



Lecturer on Chemistry to the Hunterian School of Medicine.' A 



