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CONTENTS. 



New Horticultural Societies, 329 ; The 

 American "White Winter Calville Apple, 

 329; Reiil's Seedling Pear, 329; Hovey's 

 Seedling Strawberry. 366 ; Premiums for 

 ne%v varieties of Strawberries and Rasp- 

 berries, 367 ; Burr's Seedling Strawberries, 

 367 ; Pistillate Strawberry Plants not pro- 

 ductive, 369 ; Two new Seedling ("berries, 

 369; Albany and Rensellaer Horticultural 

 Society, 369; Seeds of Grapes, 374; Cin- 

 cinnati Horticultural Society, 374; Horti- 

 cultural Exhibitions of the American In- 

 stitute, 375 ; The Ninetcenih Annual Exhi- 

 bition of the Mass. Horticultural Society, 

 375; Springfield Horticultural Society, 420; 

 Wendell's Mottled Bigarreau Cherry, 422; 

 Seedling Peaches, 422; New Seedling Cher- 

 ries, 422; The Colmar d'Aremberg Pear, 

 422 ; Houghton's Seedling Gooseberry, 422 ; 

 Exhibitions of Horticultural Societies, 423; 

 Liberal Prizes for Pelargoniums, 423; Coe's 

 Transparent Cherry, 423 ; Richards's Reur- 

 r^ Pear,4Bl; Fruit Convention in the West, 

 462; Rockingham Horticultural Society, 

 Portsmouth, N. H., 462; Horticultural Ex- 

 hibitions, 462; Colmar d'Aremberg Pear, 

 515; Rhode Island Horticultural Society, 

 515; The Boston Pine Strawberry, 515; 

 First Annual Exhibition of the Albany and 

 Rensellaer Horticultural Society, 516 ; Ses- 

 bdnia vesicaria, 554; New Grasses, 554; 

 Weather in Georgia, — New Dahlias, 554 ; 

 Roses and Seedling Chrysanthemums, 555; 

 Rhode Island Horticultural .Society, 555; 

 Cleaveland Horticultural Society ,559; Pears 

 in the Southern States, 561. 



M.^SS.^CHU SETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Appropriation for 1847, 81; Exhibitions, 81; 

 Report of the Committee on Flowers, 

 awarding premiums for 1846,82; Report of 

 the Committee on Fruits, awarding pre- 

 miums for 1846, 85 ; Report of the Com- 

 mittee on Vegetables, awarding premiums 

 for 1846, 88 ; Report of the Finance Com- 

 mittee, 90; Prospective Premiums, 91 ; List 

 of Premiums for 1847, 134; Exhibitions, 



142; Premiums on Camellias and Chinese 

 Primroses, 142; Exhibitions, 189; Pre- 

 miums on Azaleas and Plants, 189; E.xhi- 

 bilions. 238; Exhibitions, 265; Premiums 

 for Pelargoniums and other plants, 285. 

 287; Exhibitions, 331; Premiums for Plants, 

 &c., 331, 332; Premiums for Roses, &c., 334; 

 Lyman Fund, 377; Exhibitions, 378; Pre- 

 miums for Prairie Roses, &c., 378 ; Exhibi- 

 tions, 424; Mr. Beck's Prizes for Pelargon- 

 iums, 424; Premiums for Plants, &c., 425; 

 Exhibitions, 462; Premiums for Plants, &c., 

 463; Nineteenth Annual Exhibition, 466; 

 Premiums awarded at,47fi; Exhibitions, 520; 

 Officers elected for 1848, 521 ; Dahlia Exhi- 

 bition, and Premiums for, 523 ; Exhibitions, 

 561. 



Retrospective Criticism. 

 Modesty, 80: Van Zandt's Superb Peach, 81 ; 

 Richards's' Beurr6 Pear, 526 ; The Fruits of 

 America, 526. 



Answers to Correspondents. 

 Polmaise Healing, 92 ; Achimenes picta, 92; 

 Scarlet Pelargoniums, 92; Japan Lilies, 92; 

 The best varieties of Apples, Pears, Cher- 

 ries and Plums, 93; Mildew on Grapes, 93; 

 Plants, 93; Raising Grape Vines from Seeds, 

 94; Root Pruning, 142; Strawberries, 142 ; 

 Dahlias, 143; Cinerarias, 143; Pelargoniums, 

 143. 



Obituary Notices. 

 Death of M. Soulange Bodin, 190; Mr. S. Gir- 

 ling, 190; Death of R. Arthur, Esq., 190; 

 Death of the Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert, 

 330 ; Death of Capt. Jona. Winship, 430 ; 

 Death of Henry Waggaman Edwards, 478 ; 

 Mr. James Weniworth, 527. 



Horticultural Memoranda. 

 January, 47; February, 95; March, 143; April, 

 191; May, 239; Jiuie, 2S7 ; July, 335; Au- 

 gust, 38.3 ; September, 431 ; October, 479 ; 

 November, 527; December, 563. 



LIST OF ENGRAVINGS. 



j,Y,r. Diagrams. Pase •'^'- 



l.'zinc Label for Trees, . . . . "29 j 23. 



Plants. I 26. 



27. 



14. Hydrangea japonica, .... 123 i gg' 



25. Spirae'a prunil6lia 11. pi. alba, . . 2.i8 .^gl 



1 3b; 



Fruit. I gj 



Pears. 36. 



4. Van Assene, 60 39. 



5. Henkcl 62 | ^0. 



6. Elizal)eth, (Van Mons,) . . . 63 | "JJ- 



7. Coter 64 , ;^2. 



8. Doyenne d'Et6, ^'' ' IJ' 



9. Doyenne Boussock, . . . . 08 i **• 



19. Swan's Orange, 247 



20. Dallas, 249 , 



21. Calhoun 251 i 10. 



22. McLaughlin, 252 11. 



r. Pflwe 



Ropes, 254 



Pennsylvania, 2.55 



Figue de Naples, .... 338 



Forelle, 340 



Ananas, 341 



Bezi de la Motte, . . . .343 



Heile et Bonne, 345 



Thompson, 346 



Sterling Pear, 444 



Knight's Rhode Island Seedling, . 482 



Johonnot, 484 



Winship's Seedling, .... 486 



Henrietta, 487 



Lee's Seedling, 489 



Hanners, 490 



Apples. 

 Twenty Ounce, . • .71 

 Northern Spy, 72 



