CONTENTS. 



VII 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



General Notices, 27. G5. 113. 152. 187. 271. 429 

 Foreifiii Notices, 65. 114. 188. 271. 310. -iSl 



Domestic Notices, 27. 67. 152. 183. 272. 310. 

 356. 390. 433. 459 

 Calls at Gardens and Nurseries, 68. 190. 348. 382 

 Queries, Criticisms, &c. 28. 76. 117. 312. 391 

 Essex County Natural History Soc. 278. 398 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 29. 78. 

 119. 154. 196. 239. 277. 315. 358. 391. 438. 462 

 Maryland Horticultural Society, 196. 279. 316 



auincy Market, 34. 77. 118. 153. 195. 238. 27G. 

 314. 357. 399. 437. 465 

 Notices of the Exhibitions of the Colum- 

 bian and New Yorli Hort. Societies, . 154 

 Meteorological Notices, 159. 197. 239. 279. 320. 

 360. 400. 439. 466 

 Monthly Calendar of Horticultiue and Flor- 

 iculture, 35. 79. 119. 159. 199. 240. 280. 320. 

 360.400.440 

 Obituary, .... 198. 239. 466 



New York Horticultural Society, . .463 

 INDEX to books reviewed and noticed, . 467 

 GENERAL INDEX, . . . .468 



LIST OE^ ENGRAVINGS. 



GARDEN STRUCTURES. 



No. Page. 



1 — 2. Pit for growing grape vines in pots, 

 and for many other purposes of 

 forcing, . . . . .43 



3 — 4. Plan of Mr. Meanis's pits for grow- 

 ing grajies on the coiling system, 60 



22 — 23. Brick pits for early forcing; par- 

 ticularly for cucumbers and mel- 

 ons, 403. 404 



OPERATIONS. 



6 — 18. Diflferent methods of budding and 



of herbaceous grafting, . 211. 217 



No. 



FRUITS. 



Page. 



5. Williams's Bon Chretien pear, (Bart- 



li-tt,) 8.5 



20. Muscadine pear, (a new native kind,) 36-5 



PLANTS. 



Gladiolus natalensis, (psittacinus,) . 54 

 19. Tea and other Chinese roses budded 

 as standards on hardy stocks. . . 220 



CONTRIBUTORS TO VOL. L 



A. B. C, Philadelphia, . . . .328 

 A. J. D., 433. 459 



A. J. Downing, Botanic Garden and Nur- 

 sery, Newburgh, N. Y., .... 444 



A Correspondent, ..... 323 



A Constant Reader, 461 



An Amateur, .... 251. 290. 313 

 An Amateur, New Jersey, • . .461 



B. V. F., . . . " . . . .97 



C. C, 406 



C. & A. J. Downing, Botanic Garden and 



Nursery, Newburgh, N. Y., . . . 364 



Downer, S., Esq., 81 



E. M. R., 362. 390 



E. Sayers, Florist and Gardener, New 



York, 275. 329 



Floy, Michael, Jr. Nurseryman, New York, 325 



H. S., 312 



Haggerston, David, Gardener to J. P. Gush- 

 ing, Esq., Belmont Place, Watertown, 177 



Hay, Francis, 122 



Ives, B. Hale, 52. 76 



.I.K., 260 



J. L. R,„„v„ 321.441 



.lunius 104 



Kenrick, Wm., Nurseryman, Newton, 7. 117. 



Kenrick, E. B. 



.336 

 368. 411. 453 



Kittredge, Rufus, Esq., .... 361 

 L., 76 



Leathe, William, 305 



Lowell, Hon. John, 436 



M. T., 34. 77. 118. 153. 195. 238. 276. 314. 357. 

 399. 437. 465 

 Mackenzie, Peter, Gardener to Henry 



Pratt, Esq., Lemon Hill, Philadelphia, . 172 

 Manning, Robert, Esq., ... .49 

 P. C, Brunswick, Me., . . .28. 313 

 P. Q., Philadelphia, . . . 367.391.458 



Pemberton, 10. 163 



Pond, Samuel, .... 100. 128. 246 



Putnam, E., 130 



R., 178. 308. 334 



Russell, John Lewis, Prof, of Botany to the 



ftlassachusetts Horticultural Society, 175. 

 331. 356 

 Russell, J. W., Superintendent of Mount 



Auburn, Cambridge, 46. 58. 94. 125. 170. 217. 



253.296.332. 391. 408 



Sweets<!r, S., . . . . 54. 182. 249 



Ti'scheinaclier, J. E., . . . .12 



Thorburn, Grant, Esq. . 44. 121. 1G7. 289 



Walker, S., 17. 207 



Wilder, M. P., Esq., .... 13. 134 

 Willott, T., Gardener to John Lemist, Esq. 



Roxbury, 92 



