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CONTENTS. 



the culture of the Grape, cliiriiig a period 

 of five Years. By Robt-ri \i. Lcuclmrs, 

 New Haven, Con. .... 



Ives's Sei'illing Plum, a new variety, with 

 a ilescription ami engraving of tlie 

 fruit. By the Editor .... 



Notices of Culinary Vegetables, new or 

 recently introiliicc'd, worthy of general 

 cultivation. Hy the Editor, 



A select list o( Apples, with a few ohser- 

 vations on their respective merits By 

 Samuel VValker, President of the Mass- 

 achusetts Horticultural Society . 



On the management of Peach Trees. By 

 R. B. Leucliars, New Haven, Con. 166. 



Descriptions and Engravings of select 

 varieties of Pears. By the Editor: 



1. Walker, Excelentissima, Las Ca- 

 nas, St. Dorothee, Jalousie de Fonte- 

 nay Vendee, Hrande's St. Germain 



2. Moyameiising, Locke, Burliugame, 

 Stevens's Genesee, Gusiin's Summer, 

 Os%vcgo Beurre 



3. Summer Bon Chretien, Ronville, 

 Vallee Franche, Passe Cohnar, Long 

 Green of Automne, .Julienne 



The lloo-Sung, or Oo-Sung, Irom Shang- 

 hai — its Cultivation, A:c. By H. Wen- 

 dell, M. D., Albany, N. Y. . 



Glandular and Glandless-leaved Peach 

 'J'rees. By N. Goodsell, Rochester, N. Y. 



The Averill Apple, its origin, &c., with 

 a description of the fiiiit. By L. P. 

 Grosvenor, Pomfret, Con.; in a letter 

 to Samuel Walker, Esq., Presidcut of 

 the Massachusetts Ilorticultural J^ocie- 

 tv. With an engraving of the Fruit 

 By the Editor .... 



Notice Ola new Plum, called the Drap d' 

 Or of Esperin, with an engraving of the 

 fruit. By the Editor . . . . 



A (i?w hints on Summer Pruning Pyramid- 

 al Pear 'rree>'. liv the Editor 



A few words about Strawberries. By the 

 Editor 



List of .\nierican and Foreign varieties of 

 Pears which succeed on the Quince. By 

 W. Keid, Elizabethtown Nursery, 

 N. J 



Some account of a new Seedling Cherry. 

 By Floury Vnil, Esq., Troy, N. Y., in a 

 letter to the Massachusetts Horticultu- 

 ral Society. VVitli a description and 

 engraving of the fruit. I!y the Editor 



Hints on Pruning. By R. B. Leucliars, 

 New Haven, Con. .... 



Descriptions and Engravings of select 

 varieties of Plums. By the Editor: 



1. Coe's Golden Drop, Kirke's, Hu- 

 ling's Superb, Semiana 



The Long Green of Autumn Pear, with 

 remarks on its history, &.c. By Hon. 

 .1. S. Cabot, Salem .... 



On the Cultivation of Grape Vines in 



Green-houses. By James Hutchinson. 

 I From the Journal of the London Hor- 

 110 ticultural Society 540 



FLORICULTURE. 



On the culture of the Carceolaria. By 

 James Kennedy, Gardener to S. T. 

 Jones, Esq., Staten Island, N. Y., (con- 

 tinued from Vol. XIV, p. 494) . . 31 



The Guava (Z^sldium Cattleyd«-M»?,-) its 

 cultivation and management. By the 

 Editor 35 



Floricultural and Botanical notices of new 

 and beaulil'ul jilants figured in Foreign 

 Periodicals; with descriptions of those 

 recently introduced to, or originated in 

 American gardens, 38. 121. 21!). 268. 316. 

 369. 397. 452 



On the cultivation and treatment of the 

 Lisiiiuhus RusselUVinif.s. By Willian> 

 Saunders, Gardener to William Bost- 

 wick, Esq., New Haven, Conn. . . 72 



General management of the Calceolaria. 

 By William Saunders, New Haven, 

 Conn 174 



On the cultivation of Cape Heaths. By 

 W. S. Leach, Gardener to S. Rucker, 

 Esq., Wandsworth, Surry, England. 

 With remarks by the Editor . . 215 



On the culture of Clerodendrons. By R. 

 B. Leuchars, New Haven, Conn. . 254 



On the culture of the JMphne oildra. 

 From the Gardeners' Chronicle. With 



193 



339 



440 



212 

 213 



. 296 



By 



257 



262 

 263 



303 



remarks by the Editor . 



Descri|)tions of ten new Verbenas, 

 the Editor 



Remarks on the cultivation of the Fuchsia. 

 By W. Saunders, New Haven, Conn. 



Notes on the American Aloe. By Wm. 

 Saunders, New Haven, Conn. 



On the cultivation of the Pansy. By Mr. 

 Turner, Chalvey, near Windsor. With 

 remarks by the Editor . . . 304. 365 



On the cultivation and management of 

 the Ranunculus. By Ur. F. Horner, 

 Hull, near London. With remarks by 

 the Editor 356 



Notice of a fine and showy sjiecies of 

 Cowparsnep, (//eracI^/(//( VVilli^lmsiz.) 

 Bv John Lewis Russell, Prof. Bot. and 

 V'eg. Physiol. Mass. Ilort. Soc, &c. &c. 394 



Stray Thoughts on Roses. By T. Rivers, 

 Sawbridgeworth, Herts., England . 495 



Garden Notes, No. 2. By Ur. M. A. 

 VX'ard, Athens, Ga 5(11 



Notes on Gardens and Nurseries . . 399 



I ARBORICULTURE. 



492 Select List of Hardy, Deciduous, and Ev- 

 I ergrecn Shrubs. By the Editor . 



145 



REVIEWS. 



A practical treatise on the culture and 

 treatment of the Grajie Vine; embrac- 

 ing its lii.^tory, with directions for its 

 treatment in the United States, in the 



open air, and under glass structures, 

 with or without lire heat. By J. Fisk 

 Allen. Second Edition, enlarged. 1 

 vol. Svo. pp. 247. Boston, 1848. . . 75 



