PHEFACE. 



The Fourteenth Volume of the Magazine having been 

 brought to a close, we have only to refer our readers to the 

 following Table of Contents, to show the variety of informa- 

 tion contained in this Volume. 



Boston, December 25, 1848. 



C A^ T E N T S . 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



GENERAL SUBJECT. 



A Retrospeclive View of tlie Progress of 

 Horticdlture in ihe United States, dur- 

 ing the year 1847. By the Editor, . 1 



Rules of "American" Pomology adopted 

 by the Massachusetts florticultural So- 

 ciety ; with remarks upon the same. 

 By the Editor, 97 



Notes on Gardens and Nurseries in the 

 vicinity of New York, Philadel|)hia, 

 Baltimore, and Washington. By the 

 Editor, 241. 239 



Ancient Horticulture. By S., . . . 433 



Some Retnarks on tlie increase of Cryp- 

 togamous Plants, and a Notice of a 

 Disease which attacks the Melon Vine. 

 By N. Goodsell, Esq., Greece, Monroe 

 County, N. Y 437 



Notes of a Visit to several Gardens and 

 Nurseries in Western New York. By 

 the Editor, .... 481. 529 



HORTICULTURE. 



Norton's Melon Apple. By Messrs. Ell- 

 wanger& Barry, Nurserymen, Roches- 

 ter, N. Y., 12 



Descriptions and Engravings of Select 

 Varieties of Apples. By the Editor, — 



1. Red Astrachan, Benoni, Garden 

 Royal, 15 



2. Early Harvest, Porter, Williams, 115 



3. Walpole, Peck's Pleasant, Beauty 



of Kent, 218 



4. Bough, Early Strawberry, Sum- 

 mer Qneen, 486 



5. BluePearmain,nnbhardston Non- 

 such, Loring Sweeting, , . . . 544 



Note upon Denniston's Superb and Al- 

 bany Beauty Plums, liy the Editor, . 19 



On the Formation of Vine Borders. By 

 the Editor, 49 



Pomological Rules adopted by the New 

 York State Agricultural Society, at 

 their last Annual Meeting, with a List 

 of Fruits which the Executive Com- 

 mittee recommend as worthy of Gen- 

 eral t'nltivation. By a Correspondent, 67 



Grafting Grape Vines. By Alexander 

 Marshall, Esq., West Chester, Pa., . 107 



Pomological Notices ; or Notices respect- 

 ing New and Superior Fruits, worthy 

 of General Cultivation. Bv the Edi- 

 tor, . . . . '. . 1(18. 208 



On the Culture of the Pear on the Apple. 

 By Dr. James Weed, Bloomington, la., 145 



Descriptions and Engravings of Select 

 Varieties of I'lums. By the Editor, — 

 1. Washington, Saint Martin Rouge, 

 Cooper's, Thomas, .... 149 



On the Cultivation of the Mushroom. By 

 J. Kennedy, Gardener to S. T. Jones, 

 Esq., Staten Island, N. Y., . . . 155 



Comparative Eaillness of eight varieties 

 of Beans, with stune Remarks on their 

 Qualities, Cultivation, &c. By the 

 Editor, 158 



On the Cultivation and Management of 

 Grape Vines in Pots. By Mr. W. 

 Wright, Gardener to the Hon. Mrs. 

 Rusliout, near London. With Re- 

 marks upon the same. By the Editor, 193 



Descriptions and Engravings of Select 

 Varieties of Pears. By the Editor, — 



