IV 



CONTENTS. 



Descriptions and Engravings of Select Va- 

 rieties of Apples. By the Editor, 



1. WallworthjDrap d'Or, Ledge Sweet, 251 



2. BelWower, Maiden's Blush, Sops of 

 Wine, 542 



The Culture of the Grdpe ; in a letter to 

 Mr. Fleischmann, late U. S. Consul at 

 Stuttgard, from Gen. Tallmadge, Presi- 

 dent of the American Institute, of the 

 City of New York. Communicated by 

 Gen. Tallmadge, 289 



Descriptions and Engravings of three new 

 Pears. By Baptiste Dcsportes, Augers, 

 France, 



1. Beurre Kossuth, General Lamor- 

 Ciere, Beurre. Bohviller, .... 293 



On the Cultivation of the Fig under Glass. 

 From the Journal of the London Hort. 

 Society, 352 



Descriptions and Engravings of Select Va- 

 rieties of Cherries. By the Editor, 



1. Bigarreau d'Esperin, Bigarreau Col- 

 eur de Chair, Black Tartarian, . . 356 



Descriptions and Engravings of Three new 

 Pears. By Baptiste Desportes, Angers, 

 France, 



1. De Sorlus, Doyen Dillen, Beurri 

 Bachelier, 400 



Some account of the Beurre Van Mons 

 Pear, with an Engraving of the Fruit. 

 By Dr. G. W. Russell, Hartford, Conn., 493 



Pomological Gossip, 23. 56. 111. 209. 297. 406 



445. 486 



FLORICULTURE. 



Notes on Greenhouse Plants, Soil, Potting, 

 W^atering,&c. By Hortus, 61. 212. 300. 498 



Weigelia rosea and Forsythia vlridissima, 

 two new and beautiful, hardy flowering 

 Shrubs. By the Editor, . . .65 



On the Culture of Azaleas. By W. Saun- 

 ders, Gardener to J. Winans, Esq., Bal- 

 timore, 122 



The Flower Garden : on the Principles of 

 Grouping Colors. By H. Bock, . . 169 



The Treatment of Japan Lilies. From 

 Turner's Florist, 255 



Descriptions of Ten New Verbenas. By 

 the Editor, 260 



Window Green-houses. From Turner's 

 Florist, 304 



Descriptions of Twenty-Six New Varie- 

 ties of Herbaceous Paonies. By the 

 Editor, ". .360 



The Cultivation of the Cyclamen. From 

 the Loudon Horticultural Magazine, . 409 



The Hardy Azalea, its varieties and Culti- 

 vation. From the London Horticultural 

 Magazine, 451 



Remarks on the Forcing of Hyacinths. By 

 H. Bock, 462 



The Victoria regia at Spring Brook. By 

 Thomas Mcehan, Gardener to C. Cope, 

 Esq., Philadelphia, . . . 546 



Floricultural and Botanical Notices of 

 New and Beautiful Plants figured in 

 Foreign Periodicals ; with Descriptions 

 of those recently introduced to, or orig- 

 inated in, American Gardens, 26. 174. 216. 263 

 311. 364. 504 



Notes on Gardens and Nurseries, 127. 366. 



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REVIEWS. 



Rural Homes, or Sketches of Houses suit- 

 ed to American Country Life, with Orig- 

 inal Plans, Designs, &c. By Gervase 

 Wheeler, 178 



Walks and Talks of an American Farmer 

 in England. Being No. 3 of Putnam's 

 Semi-monthly Library for Travellers and 

 the Fireside, 182 



Rural Arcjiitecture ; being a Complete 

 Description of Farm-houses, Cottages, 

 and Out-buildings, comprising Wood- 

 houses, Workshops, Tool-houses, Car- 

 riage and Wagon Houses, <fec., &c.; to- 

 gether with Lawns, Pleasure Grounds, 

 and Parks ; the Flower, Fruit, and Veg- 

 etable Gardens &c. &c. By Lewis J. 

 Allen. 1 vol. 12mo., .... 221 



The American Gardeners' Chronicle. A 

 Monthy Journal devoted to every des- 

 cription of Rural Economy, as Garden- 

 ing, Horticulture, Botany, and Agricul- 

 ture. Andrew Maythorn, Editor and 



Proprietor. Monthly, 8 pages, quarto, 223 



Addresses, Reports, Transactions, of Agri- 

 cultural and Horticultural Societies &c. 223 



The Philadelphia Florist and Horticultu- 

 ral Journal, a Magazine of Horticulture, 

 Botany, Agriculture, and the kindred 

 Sciences. Conducted by a Committee 

 of Practical Gardeners. R. R. Scott, 

 Editor. Monthly Nos., 8vo., 32 pp., and 

 a colored plate 321 



The Culture of the Grape, and Wine Mak- 

 ing. By R. Buchannan : with an Appen- 

 dix, containing directions for the Cultiva- 

 tion of the Strawberry. By N. Long- 

 worth, 322 



Address delivered before the Rhode Island 

 Society for the Encouragement of Do- 

 mestic Industry, and the Rhode Island 

 Horticultural Society, &c., in Provi- 

 dence, September 17th, 1852. By G. R. 

 Russell, 509 



