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GENERAL INDEX 



Gooseberries, best varieties of, for the table, 

 207; notice of the iicaviest sorts produced in 

 England in 1834, 272. 

 Gore, the late governor, notice respecting the 



countrj' scat once owned by him, 67. 

 Grape, Piimaston white cluster, notice of some 



specimens of fruit exhibited, 31. 

 Grape vine, on the culture of, with some ob- 

 servations on its history, the age to which it 

 often lives, the method of making raisins, 

 wine, (fee, 7; remarks on the pruning and 

 training of, 10; queries on, respecting their 

 growth in pots, the best sorts for the pur- 

 pose, &c., 23; notice of a vine in a pot with 

 ripe fruit, 30: of the white Nice, 31; obser- 

 vations on the cultivation and management 

 of, in pots, being a detail of practice from 

 actual memoranda; to which is added a de- 

 scription of a small house for their growth, 

 37; on the propagation of, from a single eye 

 or bud, 4P; some critical remarks on the 

 method of coiling vines recommended by 

 Mr. Mearns, 95; on the preparation of the 

 soil and the formation of the borders, 96. 125; 

 remarks on the Thomery system of training, 

 117; on the physiology of the vine and the 

 radical habits of our indigenous kinds, 12-'; 

 a few hints on anew method of forming bor- 

 ders, 124; remarks on some diseases peculiar 

 to forced grapes, 126; manner and pro|)er 

 time for planting out in the borders, 127; on 

 raising new varieties of native kinds from 

 seed, and a notice of a new seedling, 128; on 

 the cultivation of seedlings, with an account 

 of the ShurtlelT grape, 168; on the manage- 

 ment, pruning, training, and thinning of, in 

 green-houses and graperies, being full re- 

 marks on the subject, 172; system of train- 

 ing as practised by Mr. Aslop, at N. Prime's, 

 Esq., New York, 246; new seedling kind of, 

 271; queries on, 313; notice respecting the 

 mildew on, 383; specimens of several large 

 clusters noticed, 397; remarks on the cause 

 of mildew, 434; a singular instance of the 

 deviation of the growth of, 436; To Kalon, 

 the, notice of, stating that it is likely to 

 prove synonymous with the Catawba, 459; 

 Elsinburg, tlie, notice respecting its ripening, 

 and its fliie qualities, 459; Zinfindal, tlie, no- 

 tice of its rare quality of hanging long upon 

 the vines in excellent preservation, 459; no- 

 tice of some fine specimens of Catawba, Is- 

 abella and island's Virginia, raised at New- 

 burgh, N. Y., 460. 

 Grapes, ripe, noticed, 272; Imperial Tokay, 



notice respecting, 436. 

 Grape, Pond's Seedling, notice of the origin of, 



123; Shurtleff's seedling; notice of, 169. 

 Grass, Gama, a notice of its culture, 312; its 



worthlessness in our climate stated, 436. 

 Grafting, various modes of performing, partic- 

 ularly upon herbaceous plants, 215; grafting 

 wax, the composition of, 217. 

 Green-house plants, notice respecting the for- 

 mation of a place for them during summer, 

 389. 

 Hammersmith Nursery, notice of some fine 

 specimens of trailing plants in, budded high, 

 433. 

 Hawthorn Grove, Dorchester, notes on, 72. 349; 

 notice of a new green-house having been 

 erected at, 460, 

 Heart's-easc, on the history and cultivation of, 

 17; riiflerent names which have been given 

 to it, 21; several fine seedlings enumerated, 

 21; notice of two superb varieties, 279. 

 Heat, the infiuence of, on color, the disposition 



of dew and of odors, 27. 

 Horticultural Society, the, of Massachusetts, 



annual exhibitions of, in 1834, 29; 1835, 393; 

 weekly exhibitions of, 32, 78. 119. 195. 239. 

 277.315. 358.391.418. 462. 

 Horticultural Society and Mount Auburn Cem- 

 etery, notice respecting, 67. 

 Horticultural Societies, notices of their exhib- 

 itions. New York: annual exhibition of 

 the New York Horticultural Society and 

 grand show of dahlias. 1834, 156; 1835, 463; 

 annual exhibition of the Domestic Horticul- 

 tural Society at Geneva, 3H; of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of the counties of Ontario 

 and Wayne, at Canandaigua, 434. Penn- 

 SYLVAN4A: an account of the receiiits at the 

 annual exhibition of the Pennsylvania Hor- 

 ticultural Society in Philadelphia, in Sep- 

 tember, 1835, 436; splendid exhibition of 

 dahlias in October, 460. Maryland: week- 

 ly exhibitions of the Maryland Horticultural 

 Society, at Baltimore, 196. 279; notice of the 

 annual exhibition, 273; weekly premium for 

 cabbages awarded to Mr. E. Doran, 273; no- 

 tice of amateur premiums awarded by, 310; 

 notice of the annual exhibition of, in June, 

 1835, 316; list of the premiums awarded by, 

 319; notice of the first annual exhibition of 

 the Columbian Horticultural Society at 

 Washington, D. C, in June, 1835, 154; no 

 tice of ^he fall exhibition, 273. 

 Horticultural Society of London, exhibitions 



of, 66. 431. 

 Horticultural Society of Hereford, (Eng.) no- 

 tice of, 116. 

 Horticultural Society of Warwickshire, (Eng.) 



notice of, dahlia exhibition, 116. 

 Horticultural Society of Canibridgesliire,(Eng.) 



notice of its dahlia exhibition, 116. 

 Horticulture and Floriculture, a monthly cal- 

 endar of, 35. 79. 119. 159. 199. 240. 280. 320. 

 360. 400. 440. 

 Hot water, notice of the system of heating 

 green-houses by, invented by A. M. Perkins, 

 74; method of heating as adopted by Mr. 

 Rogerson, 75. 

 Housainee melon, the striped, notice respect- 

 ing, 349. 

 Hyacinths, on the cultivation of, in glasses and 

 pots, 418; a select list of superior kinds, 420. 

 Illustrations of the Camellia, by Chandler and 



Booth, noticed, 136. 

 India. (See Tea shrub.) 

 India rubber tree, notice respecting a large 



specimen of, 30. 

 Insects: observations on some which infest 

 fruit trees and plants; with some hints on 

 their destruction, 62; note respecting those 

 which trouble the dahlia, 391. 

 Ipom.'e^a insignis, notice of, in flower, 3.'50. 

 Jambosa vulgaris, notice of a plant in fruit, 72. 

 Laiunis nobilis, a large plant of, noticed, 433. 

 Lemon Hill, Philadelphia, residence of H. 



Pratt, Esq., notes on, 162. 

 Lilirm cAndidum, on the prolific character of 



the tlower stalk of, 175. 

 Lobelia cardinalis, culture of; 12, 56; cultiva- 

 tion of the fulgens, spldndens, and syphilit- 

 ica, 56. 

 Lyman, the Hon. Theodore, Jr., notice of his 



country seat, 67. 

 Madura aurantiaca, notice of, 202; notice re- 

 specting its value as a substitute for the mul- 

 berry for food for silk worms, 460. 

 Magnolias, Messrs. Prince possess a fine stock 

 of, 286; notice of several American specie* 

 which have been introduced, and are grow- 

 ing in Canton, China, 429. 

 Magiidlia conspicua, notice of this speciei 

 growing finely, grafted upon the M. acumi- 

 nata, 459. 



