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CONTENTS, 



servations upon their Prop.igation, Cul- 

 tivation, &c. By tlie Conductor 



On the Cultivation and Treatment of Pe- 

 largoniums. By 'J'liomas Hogg, Nurse- 

 ryman, New York .... 



Observations on tlie Cultivation of the 

 TJhi'diidtndron maximum. By J. W. 

 Russell 



Some Account of the Echinocdctus Eyriesii, 

 with a few observations upon the Man- 

 agement of Ihe CactAces in general. By 

 the Conductor ..... 



Observation? on the Treatment of several 

 Genera of the Natural order Indices. 

 By the Conductor .... 



lOn the Cultivation of Hyacinths. By the 



283| Conductor 404 



Notice of some rare and beautiful Plants 

 I found in Hulihardston, Mass., during the 

 292 months ol May, June, July and August, 

 ]837. By John Lewis Russell, Prof. Bot. 

 and Veg. Physiol, to the Mass. Hort. 



330 Soc 410 



Notice of some rare and beautilul Plants 



growing in the vicinity of Plymouth, 

 Mass. By John LevviR Russell, A.M., 



331 Prof. Bot. and Veg. Physiol, to the Mass. 

 Hort. Soc 441 



Calls at Gardens and Nurseries 9R. 109. 261 

 365i 305. 34G. 376 



REVIEWS. 



Translation of a Memoirentitled "Beifrage 

 zur Lehre von der Befruchtung drr Plan- 

 zen," (Contributions to the Doctrine of 

 the Impregnation of Plants.) Py A. J. 

 C. Corda. Published in tlie 17ih Vol. of 

 the Nova Acta, Physico-medica Acade- 

 mis Caesar. Leopold. Carol. NaturiB Cu- 

 riosorum. Breslau and Bonn. 1835 — 

 with Prefatory Remarks on the Progress 

 of Discovery relating to Vegetable Fecun- 

 dation. By Asa Gray, M.D. Rend be- 

 fore the Lyceum of Natural History, 

 New York, October 24, I83ii, and pub- 

 lished in Silliman's Journal for January, 

 1837 



Letters about the Hudson River and its 

 Vicinity, written in 1835—6. By a Citi- 

 zen of Nrw York. 1 vol. small I2nio. 



Address delivered before the iMassacliu- 

 setts Horticultural Society, at their 

 Eighth Anniversary, Sept. 17, 1836. By 

 Ezra Weston, Jr, Pamphlet, 8vo.; with 

 some observations on the prospects of 

 the Society 



187 



The Young Gardener's Assistant, contain- 

 ing a Catalogue of Garden and Flower 

 Seeds, with practical directions under 

 each head for the cultivation of Culinary 

 Vegetables and Flowers. Also, direc- 

 tions for cultivating Fruit Trees, the 

 Grapevine, cStc; to which is added a 

 Calendar, showing the work necessary 

 to be done in the various departments 

 of Gardening, in every month of the 

 year. Seventh edition, improved. By 

 Thomas Brid^'eman. J vol. 12nio. 262 



Remarks on the Natural Order CycadAcea;, 

 with a description of the Ovula and !:^eeds 

 of Cycas revoluta. By A. J. Downinsr. 

 Read before the Lyceum of Natural His- 

 tory, New York, and pulilisln-d in Silli- 

 man's Jipurnal for April and ftlay . 308 



Boston Journal of Natural History, &c. 

 Parti. No. IV. Hilhard, Gray & Co. 

 An Address delivered before the Boston 

 Natural History Society, June 7, 1837 381 



Literary Notices . . . , . 194 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



General Notices. — Perkins's System of Heat-i 

 ing by Hot Water, 32; Cause of Mildew,! 

 New method of sowing Grain, practised in! 

 the South of Europe, 33; The Yellow Riise| 

 in Italy, Mosses, Lichens and In-ects, Sap 

 of PI ints. All ImproveiiifTnt in Tanning, 10S;[ 

 Preservation of Fruit, Principles of Vegeta- 

 tion, 109; The Stumps of the Silver Fir (./4'-l 



hies Picea,) increase in diameter after the 

 'Jree is felled, 195; Conservatory, 267; D"- 

 slruction of Insects by .Manual Labor, Effi- 

 cacy of Cotl-iU in pre--erving Fruit, New 

 mode of dis roying Ants, 2G9; Influence of 

 Vapor on Vejetation, 311; Grapes ripened 

 without the sun's rays, Zinc Labels, 312; 

 Value of Specific Characters, 349; Tulips, 



