CONTENTS. 



Scientific Agriculture, or llie Elements of 

 Cliemistry, Geology, Botany, and Mete- 

 orology, applied to Practical Agricul- 

 ture. By M. M. Rodgers, !M. D. 1 vol. 

 12mo., pp. 280. Rochester, 1848. 



European Agriculture and Rural Econo- 



my, from Personal Observation. By 

 Henry Colnian. Vol. II. Parts IX. and 

 X. 8vo. pp. 371 to 598. Boston, 1848 124 

 The American Fruit Book . . . 223 

 A Practical Treatise on the management 

 of Fruit Trees 224 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



General Notices. 

 Pelargoniums, 40 ; Bones, 81 ; Warmth of a 

 Covering of Snow, 81 ; New Food, 81; Cul- 

 ture of Lisidnlhus Russelbd?t!<.5, 81 ; Culti- 

 vation of Verbenas, and grouping tliem in 

 the open garden, 83; Cultivation of Celery, 

 127; Management of Fruit Trees, 128; Cul- 

 ture of Azaleas, 129; Tree r.Iignonelte, 178; 

 Gooseberries and Currants, 179; Cultiva- 

 tion of Celery, 181; Transplanting Budded 

 Roses, 225 ;*»<4Vejjiel/a r6sea, 2^6; Hint re- 

 specting the culture oT'Ai-auc'aria imbricita, 

 226; Culture of Neapolitan Violets, 227; 

 Pelargoniums for exhibition, 223; Campan- 

 ula carpatica, 228 ; Culture of Violets, 

 229; Francisea Hoperina, 229; Chinese 

 Winter Flowers, 229 ; Pomological Archae- 

 ology, 230 ; Treatment of Cactuses in win- 

 dows and the open air, 233; .losling's St. 

 Albans Grape, 234; Fastening Fruit Trees 

 to walls, 235 : The Night-blooming Cereus, 

 235; RaisingAnnuals, 273; The Rhododen- 

 drons of Sikkimhimalaya, 275; V\'islElr/a 

 sinensis, 319 ; Verbena pegs, 319; O'xalis 

 floribimda, a bedding plant, 320; Dahlias. 

 320; Vines, 322; Antirrhinums, 322; Sum- 

 mer treatment of hard wooded Green-house 

 Plants, 322 ; On keeping up a succession o( 

 Flowers, 370 ; Liquid .Manure, .371 ; Achi- 

 menes, 372 ; Vines in pots, 373; Injurious 

 effect of excessive quantity of Fruit, 417 ; 

 Fuchsia serratil61ia, 419 ; Rhubarb Preserve, 

 419; Rare Conifera^ and improvements at 

 the Cairnies, Perthshire, the property of 

 Geo. Patton,Esq., 505.545; Autumnal Treat- 

 meni of Green-house Plants, 549; On Form- 

 ing Evergreen Gardens, 550 ; On the Culti- 

 vation of Hardy bulbs, 551 ; Cultivation of 

 the Pansy, 552 ;" Bedding out Plants, 558 ; 

 On the Management of Fruit Trees, 553; 

 (Cultivation of the Hollyliock, 555 ; Plum- 

 bjigo Larpentffi, 556 ; What is Ripening the 

 Wood? 561; Hints for Amateurs, 563. 



Foreign Notices. 

 France. — French Bouquets, 324. 

 Ensland. — Dahlias, and Dahlia Exhibitions 

 ofl849, 564. 



Domestic Notices. 

 Notes on Pears, 41 ; The Felch Apple, 42; 

 The best four varieties of Strawberries, 42; 

 Mr. P. Barry, 43; Annual Jleeting of the New 

 York State Agricultiiral Society, 84; Norfolk 

 County Agricultural Society, 8b; Report of 

 the Oliio Nurserymen and Fruit Growers' 



Convention, 86 ; Messrs. Hogg & Pons' col- 

 lection of Plants, 86 ; Roses and Climbing 

 Plants, suitable for a trellis or arbor, 86 ; 

 Annual Fair of the New York State Agri- 

 cultural Society, 130 ; Twenty-first Annual 

 Exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society, 130; Blight in Pear Trees, 

 131; North American Pomological Conven- 

 tion, 131 ; Summer pruning dwarf Pear 

 Trees, 182; Seedling I,ycopodiums, 184; 

 Sea Groundsel Tree, or Ploughman's Spike- 

 nard, 184; North American Pomological 

 Convention at Syracuse, N. Y., 185; Fuch- 

 sia serratifdiia. 235; Thuja filitormis, hardy, 

 236; Swan's Orange and Ronville Pears, 

 236; Aberdeen Beehive Strawberry, 236; 

 North American Pomological Convention, 

 237; Worcester County Horticultural So- 

 ciety, 278 ; Cincinnati Horticultural Socie- 

 ty , 279 ; Annual Fair of the New York State 

 Agricultural Society, Premiums on Fruits 

 and Flowers to be awarded, 279 ; New Ha- 

 ven County Horticultural Society, 325 ; 

 Northwestern Pomological Convention, 325; 

 Vermont Fruit Growers' Convention, 326 j 

 The Elton and Black Eagle Cherries, 373 ; 

 Belie de Bruxelles Pear, 374; Munificent 

 bequest to the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society, 374; Horticullural Club nt Flush- 

 ing, L. I., 374; Exhibition of Strawberries 

 at Rochester, N. Y., 375 ; Exhibitions of 

 Horticultural and Agricultural Societies, 

 419 ; Horticultural Exhibition of the Amer- 

 ican Institute, N, Y., -120; National Con- 

 vention of Fruit Growers, 421 ; Belle de 

 Bruxelles (or Belle d'Aoul) Pear, 422 ; New 

 York State Fair at Syracuse, 465 ; North 

 American Pomological Convention (second 

 session) at Syracuse, N. Y., 466 ; Annual 

 Exhibition of the Cincinnati Horticultural 

 Society, 509; Jie.asrs. Hogg & Sons' ccdlec- 

 ticn of Plants at Yorkville, 509; Third An- 

 nual Exhibition of the New Bedford Horti- 

 cultural Society, 509 ; Botanical Riches of 

 California, 510; American Congress of Fruit 

 Growers (second session) at New York, 511; 

 Horticulture in Illinois, 565. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Societt. 



Appropriation for Premiums for 1849, and Ex- 

 hibitions, 45 ; Report of the Committee a- 

 warding Premiums for 1848, 87; Stated Meet- 

 ing in January, and Addresses of Messrs. 

 Wilder and Walker, 133; Votes relative to 

 presentation of Plate, &.C., to Messrs. Wil- 

 der, Dearborn and Teschemacher, 135 ; Pre- 



