CONTENTS. 



MISCELLANEOUS LNTELLIGENCE. 



General Notices. 



The Mandarin Orange, 69; List of showy bal- 

 cony and border plants, 72 -, Fuchs/a serra- 

 tifolia, 74 ; Kiistio Baskets for flowerbeds, 

 133 ; Advantages of growing Gooseberries 

 and Currants as standards on long stems, 

 133 ; Anoniatheca cruenta, 134; Cnltivation 

 of Bigndnia jasminoides, 183 ; Siou House 

 and Lord Keuyon's Cucumbers, 185 ; Verdn- 

 ica LindleyoH«, 185 ; Epiphyllum trunca- 

 tum, 186 ; Potato Disease, 186 ; Great Exhi- 

 bition of Plants at Ghent, 224 ; Cantua 

 bicolor, 227 ; Protection of Gooseberry and 

 Currant tree buds from birds, 227 ; Culture 

 of the Pelargonium, 228 ; TropasVilum Lobb- 

 idnum, 229 ; The proper period to acquire 

 liquid Manure, 229 ; The Tree Violet, 231 ; 

 The Pansy, 270 ; Chicory as a Winter 

 Salad, 272 ; Management of Plants in pots 

 when turned into the open ground, 273 ; 

 Hints for the Management of the Flower 

 garden, 274 ; Weigel/n rosea and Deiltzia 

 scAbra as suitable shrubs for forcing, 226 ; 

 Lifting fruit trees, 276 ; Preparation of Soils 

 for Potting, 277 ; The Fuchsia, 322 ; Daph- 

 ne od6ra rosea, 324 ; Bedding plants in turf, 

 326 ; Gesnera Zebrlna, 327 ; Manuring Fruit 

 Trees, 370 ; 5'alvia gesneriflora, 513 ; Japan 

 Lilies, 515 ; Evil effects of over crowding 

 plants during winter, 516; On the culture 

 and propagation of Pteonies, 549; Stephan- 

 6tus floribiinda, 551 ; Cineraria, 553; Pom- 

 pone Chrysanthemums, 554; The Epiphyl- 

 lum, 554; Mandevilleasuaveolens, 556; Fruit 

 Room, 556 ; Roses, 557 ; Plants for Pillar 

 Decoration, 558 ; Early Bulbs, 559 ; The 

 Manetti Rose, 561. 



Foreign Notices. 



England. — Dahlias and Dahlia Exhibitions of 

 1852, 562. 



Domestic Notices. 



Recipe for Tomato Figs, 28 ; Large Straw- 

 berries, 29; Twenty-fourth Exhibition of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 75 ; 

 New York State Agricultural Society, 75 ; 

 BulTalo Horticultural Society, 76 ; Cin- 

 cinnati Horticultural Society, 76 ; Destruc- 

 tive effects of the cold weather in Washing- 

 ton, D. C, 134 ; Mr. G. C. Thorbum, 187 ; 

 The State of Gardening and Gardeners in 

 the South, 187 ; Horticultural Society in 

 New York 188 ; The Winter in Kentucky, 

 232; The Winter in Marietta, Ohio, 232; 

 National Agricultural Convention, 279 ; 

 The New York State Agricultural Society, 

 279 ; Anthracite coal ashes valuable as a 

 Manure, 280 ; Peeling the bark from Cherry 

 trees, 329 ; City mode of Pruning trees, 371 ; 

 Sempervivum arbdreum, 423; Rapid growth 

 of Cucumbers, by the use of Poudrette, 

 Guano, &c. 424. 



Horticultural Societies. 



Albany and Rensellaer Horticultural Society. 

 136. 374. 564 ; Genesee Valley Horticultural 

 Society, 137 ; Cincinnati Horticultural Socie- 

 ty, 338 ; Buffalo Horticultural Society, 233. 

 329. 177. 518 ; Horticultural Society of New 

 York,234 ; American Pomological Congress, 

 280 ; Montreal Horticultural Society, 281 ; 

 Hartford County Horticultural Society, 282 ; 

 Americanlnstitute, 282. 565 ; Annual Exhibi- 

 tion of the American Institute, 372 ; Genesee 

 Valley Horticultural Society, 376. 425 ; New 

 York Horticultural Society, 373. 426 ; Lin- 

 coln Agricultural and Horticultural Society, 

 425 ; The Rhode Island Horticultural So- 

 ciety, 426 ; Hartford County Horticultural 

 Society, 518. 564. 565; New York State Ag- 

 ricultural Society, 565. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society . 



Exhibitions, 29 ; Reports of Committees 

 awarding Premiums for 1851, 30 ; Address 

 of the President, 77 ; Report of Finance 

 Committee, 80 ; Committee of Arrangements 

 for 1852, 82 ; List of Premiums offered for 

 1852, 82 ; Exhibitions, 138; Premiums for 

 Camellias, 139 ; Proceeds of Mount Auburn 

 Cemetery, 139 ; Letter of M. Vattemare, 

 140 ; Premiums for Azaleas, 189 ; Report of 

 Committee in reference to Monument to 

 Gen. Dearborn, 235 ; Report of Committee 

 upon presenting Plate to J. M. Ives, 236 ; 

 Premiums at the opening of the Hall, 284 ; 

 Exhibitions, 331 ; Exhibitions, 379 ; Premi- 

 ums for Carnations, 381 ; Exhibitions, 426 ; 

 Resolutions on the death of Mr. Downing, 

 428 ; Exhibitions, 466 ; Premiums for Fruits, 

 469 ; Twenty-Fourth Annual Exhibition and 

 awards of Premiums for Fruits, Flowers and 

 Vegetables, 472 ; Award of Premiums for 

 Dahlias, 521 ; Annual Election of OtKcers 

 for 1853, 521 ; Exhibitions, 522 ; Award of 

 Premiums for Dahlias, 523; Exhibitions, 566. 



Obituary. 



Death of A. J. Downing, 430 ; Death of Prof. 

 J. P. Norton, 525. 



Horticultural Memoranda. 



For January, 46 ; February, 94 ; March, 142 -, 

 April, 190 ; May, 237 ; June, 286 ; July, 334 ; 

 August, 382 ; September, 430 ; October, 

 478 ; November, 526 ; December, 567. 



