CONTENTS. 



8or of Agricultural Chemistry, Yale 

 College, New Haven, Conn., . . 174 



Strawberry Report, read bel'ure the Cin- 

 cinnati HorlicuItLiral Society, August, 

 1847, and ordered to be published, . 225 



Transactions ol' the Essex Agricultural 

 Society, for the year 1847, . . - 259 



A Manual of the Botany of the Northern 

 United States, from New England to 

 Wisconsin, and south, to Ohio and 

 Pennsylvania, inclusive, <fec., &c. By 

 Asa Gray, M. D., Fisher Professor of 

 Natural History in Harvard University, 313 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



General Notices. 

 Strawberry Runners, 80 -, Larse Fruited 

 Monthly Rnsjibcrry, 81; Cultivation of 

 Pears, 81; The art of Hjbridizing Flowers, 

 122; Japan ],ilies, 177; Roses for Winter 

 Decoraiion, 178 ; Bleeding of Vines, 179 ; 

 Green-house Azaleas tor Winter Decora- 

 tion, 179; Pruning Heaths, J81; Asparagus, 

 182; Pears on Quince Stocks, le3 ; On the 

 Culture of Tall or Climbing Roses, 231 ; 

 Cultivation of Grape Vines, 265; Wasli for 

 Peach Trees,26C; Double Flowering Stocks, 

 266; Hardy t'pecies of the Pinus tribe in 

 Scotland, 267; Culture of Primula sinensis, 

 27U ; Cannon Hall Muscat Grapes, 271; 

 Plants for Bedding out on Lawns, 271 ; 

 Treatment of Plants in Pots, 273; Sarawak, 

 Java, — its soil, climate, Ac, 274; Mush- 

 rooms, 276; Uachenalias for Spring Bloom- 

 ing, 276 ; Results of the euccessful cultiva- 

 tion of the Grape, 277; Cultivation of Chi- 

 nese Azaleas, 278 ; Culture and Manage- 

 ment of Green-house si)ecimens, 279; Sum- 

 mer Management of Pyratnidal Pear Trees, 

 361; 'J'op-dressiniis or iMulchings, 404; Pro- 

 pagation of Pinks, (Jarnatious, and Pico- 

 tees, 406; Propagation of the Hollyhock, 

 407, Dislnulding Fruit Trees, 407; Bone 

 Dust a good Manure for Shrubs, 410; Best 

 Method to have a ;>uccession of fine fresh 

 <;auliIlowers through the Winter Months, 

 410; Culture of the Camellia, 412; Culti- 

 vation of Melons, 413; The Hollyhock and 

 its Culture, 414; Forcing the Rose, 41G; 

 Culture of the Orange, 418; Cultivation of 

 the Cabbage, 419; Cultivation of the Pe- 

 largonium, 420; Vines. 421 ; Fruit Trees in 

 Pots, 421; Strawberries, 448; Reserve beds 

 for Window Plants, 449; Cryptomeria ja- 

 ponica, 499; Propagation of Plants, 502; 

 High Night Temperature in Plant Houses, 

 503; Pyramidal Trees on Quince Slocks, 

 505. 



Foreign Notices. 



England. — Dahlias and Dahlia Exhibitions 

 of 1848, 548. 



Turkey. — Gardening on the Bosphorus, 42; 

 American Fruits on the Shores of the Bos- 

 phorus, 422. 



Domestic Notices. 

 The Noveinlier of 1847, 44; Gnaphdlium can- 

 delabrum, 82 ; Seedling Dahlias, Pelargo- 

 niums and Roses, 82; Seedling Fuchsias 

 and Devoniensis Rose, 83 ; Best Stocks for 

 Roses, 83; Mr. Beck's sjiecial Prizes for Pe- 



largoniums, 124-, The Red Canada Apple, 

 124 ; Albany and Rensellaer Horticultural 

 Society, 125; New York State Agricultural 

 Society, 184; Burlington (Vt.) Horticultu- 

 ral Society, 185 ; Montreal llorticultural 

 Society, 188; Severity of the Winter, 168; 

 Pomological Rules, 168; The Season in 

 Mississippi, 188 ; Liberal Premium (or the 

 Cultivation of the Oak, 189; Purchase of Mt. 

 Vernon by Government, ]89; Bayne's Ex- 

 tra Early Strawberry, 281 ; Aberdeen Bee- 

 hive Strawberry, 282; Strawberry Chal- 

 lenge, 282 ; Severity of the Winter at Al- 

 bany, 283; New York State Agricultural 

 Society, 319; Albany and Rensellaer Horti- 

 cultural Society, 322; Pomological Conven- 

 tion, 326; Exhibitions of Horticultural So- 

 cieties, 363; The Cherry Currant, 363; The 

 Victoria Currant, 364; Great Crop of Siraw- 

 berries, 364; Great Collections of Straw- 

 berries, 364 ; Albany and Rensellaer Horti- 

 cultural Society, 364 ; Horticultural Exhi- 

 bition of the American Institute, 368; Nur- 

 series of Messrs. Hovey & Co., 372 ; Great 

 National Convention of Fruit Growers, 423; 

 New Seedling Strawberries,424; Ott's Seed- 

 ling Pear, 424; Mexican Squash, 424; Blight 

 in I'ear Trees, 425; The Fruit Crop in Ohio, 

 425 ; Annual Exhibition of the Worcester 

 Horticultural Society, 451 ; Notes on New 

 Dahlias, 451; Annual Exhibition of the New 

 York State Agricultural Society, 453; Lib- 

 eral Premiums lor Seedling Grapes, 507; 

 Annual Exhibition of the New Bedford 

 Horticultural Society, 507; Horticultural 

 Humbugs, 507; Gen. Hand Plum,. 508; Abu.- 

 tilon ven6sum, 508; Great National Con- 

 vention of Fruit Growers at New York, 

 508; Pomological Convention at Buffalo, 

 549 ; Pears on North Walls, 550 ; Summer 

 Pruning Pear Trees, 550; Cleveland Horti- 

 cultural Society, 551 ; American Almonds, 

 551. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society- 

 Exhibitions, 45; Award of Premiums for 

 Flowers, Fruits and Vegetables for 1847, 

 85; Report of the Finance Commitlee, 128; 

 Schedule ot Premiums offered for 1848, 13J-, 

 Exhibitions, 141; Exhibitions, 190; Exhi- 

 bitions, 238; Exhibitions, 2bo ; Premiums 

 awarded for Pelargoniums and other Plants, 

 285,286; Exhibitions. 327; Premiums award- 

 ed for Roses, &c., 330 ; Exhibitions, 373; 

 Award of Premiums for Strawberries and 

 Grapes, 376; Exhibitions, 425; Award of 

 Premiums for Phloxes, 423; Exhibitions, 



