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GENERAL INDEX- 



Rhododendron p6nticum, notice of a large 

 plant, 433; notice respecting the 41ta cler- 

 ense, 42. 



Rhodochiton voliibile, notice of its beauty, 

 258. 



Rhubarb: remarks on its introduction to this 

 country, on the cultivation of, with a notice 

 of Wilinot's Early Scarlet, a new and fine 

 kind, 247. 



Rol;inia hispida var., short notice respecting a 

 kind supposed to be a variety of the R. his- 

 pida, 24. 



Robiuia hispida, notice of a scion grafted upon 

 the common locust, 260. 



R.ose, Tea: some splendid new varieties notic- 

 ed, 72; upon the propagation and cultivation 

 of, by budding as standards on hardy stocks, 

 with a descriptive list of several superior 

 sorts, 217; on the management of the, in 

 pots, 391. 



Rose, Bazarre de la China, an account of a fine 

 plant of, budded on a hardy stock, 219; pro- 

 tection of, when so budded, during winter, 

 220. 



Roses, fine seedling varieties of, noticed, 206; 

 on tlie budding of, 217. 312. 



Rose, on the history and culture of, with an 

 enumeration of the different species, and of 

 several of the best varieties of each, 290; the 

 ■ yellow double, a notice of its blooming well 

 uniier peculiar treatment, 430. 



Rural scenery, observations and remarks on, 

 104. 



Rhmelander, Mr., notice of his garden, 275. 



Salsify, notice respecting its value as a culina- 

 ry plant, 46. 



Salvia, on the cultivation of those splendid 

 species, fiilgens, spl^ndens and mexicana, 

 59. 



Salisbilria adiantifilia, notice respecting, 272; 

 the beauty of its foliage mentioned, 449. 



Sarrac^iiia purpurea, notice of in bloom, 273. 



Schizanthus: notice of some fine specimens of 

 plants, 36; on tlie cultivation and treatment 

 of, 104; on the more particular management 

 of, witli some remarks on the cause of the 

 disease 10 which they are liable, and tlie best 

 mode of preventing, 177. 



Scions,notice respecting a fine method of trans- 

 portation to a great distance, 390. 



Season, some remarks on, and the backward- 

 ness of, 312. 



Seed store of G. C. Thorburn, noticed, 281. 



Shrubs, a collection of kinds enumerated, suit- 

 able for a small garden, 2C2. 



Silk Manufactories, the establishment of, in 

 this countrv, noticed, 28; silk societies, some 

 notice of, 273. 



Somerset Place, residence of R. Rogerson, 

 Esq., noticed, 75. 



Spider, red, a notice respecting the character 

 of 391. 



Squash, notice of a very superior kind called 



the Whig squash, 28; the autumnal marrow, 

 a fine hybrid variety, described, 28. 

 St. Augustine, notice respecting the climate, 



and the cliaracter of the weather of, 188. 

 Stock Gilliflowers, ten week, remarks on the 

 best metliod to obtain fine double plants of, 

 58; the variegated, some remarks respecting 

 the cause of, 205. 

 Strawberry plants: on the preparation of, for 

 forcing, 253; account of Myatt's new seed- 

 ling Pine, 272; of the cultivation of, with a 

 descriptive account of several of the finest 

 kinds adapted more particularly to our cli- 

 mate, 299. 



Strawberrv, an account of a very large speci- 

 men of fruit, 312. 



Sugar, on the manufacture of, from beet root, 

 272. 



Summer, the effects of, on vegetation, from 

 prolonged heat of, in England, 1834, 114. 



Swe«t, Robert, F. L. S., notice of his death, 

 198; list of his literary works, 198. 



Tannin, the action of on roots of plants, 65. 



Tea Roses, on the cultivation of, 217. 391. 



Tea Shrub in India, an account of the discovery 

 of a large territory in the East India Com- 

 pany's dominions covered with the shrub 

 growing wild, 429. 



Th^a Boli6a, a new seedling variety of, mention- 

 ed, 245. 



Thuja occidentdlis and orientAlis, notice re- 

 specting its value for hedges, 201. 



Tigiidia pav6nia, on the cultivation and treat- 

 ment of, 182. 



Tomato, notice respecting its use as a culinary 

 vegetable, 45. 



Trees and shrubs; some hints on theim])ortance 

 of giving more at^en ion to our indigenous 

 species and varieties, 5; on budding and graft- 

 ing, including several metliods not previously 

 known, especially that of herbaceous graft- 

 ing, 209 ; on the employment of ornamental 

 forest trees and shrubs in North America, 

 with some remarks on the beauty of their 

 autumnal foliage, 414. 



Trefoil, scarlet, notice respecting its value, 

 wliich is stated to be very great, 274. 



Tro|ifB'clum m;jus atrosangiilneum, notice re- 

 specting, 223; on the cultivation and charac- 

 ter of 305. 



Tropa;'olum peregrlnum, notice respecting, 284 

 315. 



Tropffi'olum pentaphyllum (see T. peregrlnum,) 

 204. 345. 



Tulip, a new and superb variety, called the 

 Fanny Kemble, noticed and described, 116 ; 

 on the cultivation and treatment of, o flow- 

 er them to great perfection, 488 ; division of 

 into classes, 411. 



Turnip, anew hybrid variety of, noticed, 272. 



Vegetation, state of, in the vicinity of New 

 York, 275. 



Wheat, notice of a very great crop of, 27. 



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