IV 



CONTENTS 



1. Payency, Bon Chrilion Foiidiiiite, 

 Eyewooil, Ueurre Uuval, Doyeiuie 

 Saiuelete, Fjijiie, 



2. lie/A de Moiili^ny, Gaiisel's UergH- 

 mot, Bcmr^ d'Aiijuu, Diicliesse d"Or- 

 leaiis, Beuire Crapaud, Roiisselet de 

 Mccster, 



3. Oliver's Russet, lileekcr's Mead- 

 ow, Suriiusse Virgoiilouse, Capslieaf, 

 Sliiii'tleft''s Seedling, Williams's Early, 



The Culture of tlie Fi^r. By the Edi- 

 tor, 



Memoranda respecting the Cannon Hall 

 MiiS(;Ht Gra])e. By Alexander Wilson. 

 With Remarks ujion the same. By the 

 Editor, 



Bayne's Extra Early, Hoston Pine, and 

 Hovey's Seedliiifr --irawlierries. By Ur. 

 J. H. Bayne, .\le\andria, Va., 



Description and Engraving of the May 

 Apple. By T. S. llumrickhoiise, Co- 

 shocton, Ohio, 



Summer Pinning Dwarf Fruit Trees, as 

 practised in France. By R. Thompson, 

 Superiiilendant of the Fruit Depart- 

 ment in the Garden of the I-oiid<in 

 Ilorticultural Society. With Remarks. 

 By the Editor, 



Descriptions and Engravings of Select 



Varieties of Cherries. By the Editor, — 



1. Florence, Black Eagle, Downer, . 



Descriptions of two varieties of Ajiples, 

 with Engravings of the Fruit. By T. 

 S. IlumrickliousB, Coshocton, Ohio, . 



Notice of a new Native Pear, called Pen- 

 dleton's Early York, with a Descrip- 

 tion ot the Fruit. By C. H. Pendle- 

 ton, Pendleton llill. Conn., . 



Bloodgood and Belle de Bruxelles Pears. 

 By R VV. S., 



Three new varieties of .\pples, with Des- 

 criptions and Engravings of the Fruit. 

 By the Editor, 



Sonie Account of an Experiment in the 

 Removal of large Apple U'rees, in the 

 Auiumn of 1846. By P., . 



The Pomological Convention at Buffalo. 

 By the Editor, 



Beasons for, and against. Root Grafting. 

 By N. Goodsell, Esq., .... 



FLORICULTURE. 



Notes on some of our Native Plants. 

 ByJ.L.R., ]9 



On the Cultivation of the Dahlia in Pri- 

 vate Gardens. By James Kennedy, 



i Gardener to S. T. Jones, Esq., The Ce- 

 I dais, Stalen Island, . . . .27 

 The Means Grass, and its Cultivation. By 

 I John Lewis Russell, Prof. Bot tc, to 



j Mass. llort. Soc, 31 



I The Japan Lilies; their Hfctory, Cnltiva- 

 I tioii, Proiiagation, <kc. By the Editor, 34 

 I Remarks on Cyclamen Eurojias'um. By 

 John Lewis Russell, . . . .71 

 On the Cultivation of Epiphyllum Rus- 

 sell((i/ti(m, and other Cacti; with a 

 I short notice of a New Variety of Cab- 

 bage. By J. E Teschemacher, . . 119 

 I On the Peculiarities of Foliage in the Ca- 

 j niellia ; with some Remarks on the De- 

 ficiency of Coloring Matter in the Petals 

 I of many of the New Varieties. By 

 j Dr. J. S. Gunnell, Washington, D. C, 161 

 On the Cultivation of 'Voiinia Asiatica. 



By E. W 1C3 



Eiiiphyllum Russell('«n«TO. By P., . 164 



^neinine Japonica ; its Cultivation, Prop- 

 agation, &.C.; with an Engraving of the 

 Flower. By the Editor, . . . 165 

 Descriptions of Eight New Verbenas. By 



the Editor, 220 



On the Cultivation of the Balsam, . . 316 

 The Camellia; its History, Introduction, 

 Propagation, Cultivation, and General 

 Treatment, with a Descriptive List of 

 the finest varieties. By the Editor, 301. 351 

 The Cultivation and Treatment of the 

 Double Varieties of the Chinese Prim- 

 rose. By John Cadness, Brighton, 



Mass., 395 



CalysKJgia pub<^-scens, a New Climbing 

 Plant ; its Cultivation, Propagation, &c. 

 By Jolin Cadness, Brighton, . 

 The Treatment of the Fuchsia, for the 

 Summer Green-house and Conservato- 

 ry. By George C. Thorburn, Astoria, 



New York, 



On the Culture of the Leschenniiltia for- 

 mosa. By Wm. Saunders, Gardener to 

 Wm. Bostwick, Esq., New Haven, 



Conn., 447 



On the Culture of the Calceolaria. By 

 James Kennedy, Gardener to S. T. 

 j Jones, Esq., Staten Island, . . . 492 

 On the Cultivation of Achimenes. By 

 Will. Saunders, (Jardener to Win. Bost- 

 wick, Esq., New Haven, Conn., . . 494 

 Floricultural and Botanical Notices of 

 New and Beautiful Plants figured in For- 

 eign Periodicals ; wiili Descriptions of 

 those recently introduced to, or origin- 

 ated in, American Gardens, 73. 170. 221. 

 25.5.309. 357. 401. 497 

 Notes on Gardens and Nuiseries, . .359 



398 



445 



REVIEWS. 



The Rose, its History, Poetry, Cnltiire, 

 nnd Classification. By S. B. Parsons, 



Transactions of the Ohio Nurserymen 

 and Fruit Growers' Convenlion ; held 

 at Columbus, Sept. 29 and 30, 1847, . 



Address of Gen. James Tallmadge, 

 delivered at Castle Garden, in the city 



of New York, at the close of the 

 Twentieth .\nnual Fair of the Ameri- 

 can Institute, Oct. 23, 1847, . . 174 

 Address delivered at the .\nnual Meet- 

 ing of the New York Slate Agri- 

 cultural Society, at Albany, January 

 19, 1843. By John P. Norton, Profe*- 



