CONTENTS 



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ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



GENERAL SUBJECT. 



The Progress of Horticulture. By the Ed- 

 itor, 1 



Plea for the Birds. By W. Flagg, . 11, 65 

 American Pomological Society. By the 



Editor, 57 



Winter and the Flora of some Northern 



Regions. By John Lewis Russell, . 73 



The Gardens of the South. By A. Gray, 81, 1.34 

 The Importince of Deep Cultivation. By 



the Editor, 113 



Illusive Distances and Magnitudes. By 



W. Flagg, 117 



Visit to a locality of the Climbing Fern. 



By J. L. Russell, . . . .126 



The Lawn. By the Editor, . . .161 

 Expression in Building. By W. Flagg, 166 

 Yines and Climbing Plants. By the Editor, 209 

 The Flight of the Wood Nymphs. By W. 



Flagg, 214 



Ornamental Gardening in the South. By 



A. riray, 223 



The Hawthorn. By the Editor, . . 287 

 On the Term Natural, as applied to Land- 

 scape. By W. Flagg, . . . .260 

 Planting by the Seaside. By the Editor, 305 

 Water Scenery. By W. Flagg, . . 310 

 The London Horticultural Society, . . 320 

 Variety in Ornamental Trees. By the Ed- 

 itor, 353 



Picturesque Animals. By W. Flagg, . 539 

 The Villas and Gardens of Newport. By the 



Editor, 401 



European Parks. By Howard Daniels, Ar- 

 chitect, N. Y., . . 411,4.59,509,549 

 The Bleasure Worm. By Thaddeus AV. 

 Harris, ...... 418 



Transplanting Evergreens. By the Editor, 449 

 Rocks. By AV. Flag^, . . . .454 



Effect of Shelter on Climate. By the Editor, 497 

 Ruins. By W. Flagg, .... 504 



On the Means of securing the advantages 



of Climate. By W. Flagg, . . .558 

 Studies in the Field and Forest. By W. 

 Flagg, 92, 199, 242, 290, 337, 382, 429, 480, 

 534, 570 



nORTICDLTDRE. 



The Washingtonia Gigantea. By J. 

 Russell, South Calaveras, Cal , 



25 



Ripe Grapes in December. By M. H. Simp- 

 son, ....... 83 



Improved varieties of the Shellbark. By 

 S. Hale, Keene, N. H., ... 137 



Origin of the Pear-tree, its progress and 

 success By M. J. de Jonghe, . . 140 



The Season of 1854, with notes on some of 

 the newer Fruits. By Hon. J. S. Cabot, 

 Pres. Ma^s. Uort. Soo., . . . 176 



Notes on some species of Hickory. By Thos. 

 Meehan, Germantown, Pa , . . . 19.i 



The Nonpariel Peair. By P. B. Mead. N.Y. 225 



Descriptions of select varieties of Pears. 

 By the Editor 267, 514 



The Production of Seedling Pears. By 

 M. J. de Jonghe, 276 



The Catawissa Raspberry. By Joshua Pierce, 

 Washington, D. C, . . . 315 



Lime and Sulphur for the Circulio and 

 Bl:ick Knot. By Thos. W. Ludlow, N.Y. 424 



The Cherry Currant. By the Editor, . 425 



Seasonable Hints about Trees. By the Ed- 

 itor, 545 



Descriptions of New and Select Apples. By 

 the Editor, 566 



Pomolog cal Gossip, 87, 197, 317, 387, 524 



FLORICULTURE. 



Designs for Flower Gardens By the Ed- 

 itor, .... 22,237,329,473 

 The Deulzia Gracilis. By the Editor, 26 

 Sheltered Garden Seats. By the Editor, 98 

 Eugenia Ugni. By the Editor, . . 152 

 The Hardy Shrubs of the South. By A. 



Gray, 190 



The Great Water Lily of America. By 



J. F. Allen, 226 



Remarks on a species of Arctotis. By J. L. 



Russell, 234 



The Cultivation of Pompone Chrysanthe- 

 mums. By the Editor, . . .282 



Tlie Cineraria, 371 



FloricuUural Notices, 239, 285, 333, 376, 426, 



476, 529 

 Suburban Visits, .... 378,574 



