IV 



CONTENTS. 



Observations on Root Pruning. By A. 



H. Ernst, Cincinnati, . . . .57 

 Descriptions and Engravings of Select 



Varieties of Pears. By tlie Editor, — 



1. Van Assene, Henkel, Elizabeth (Van 

 Mons,) Coter, Doyenn6 d'Ete, Doy- 

 enne Boussock, 59 



2. Swan's Orange, Dallas, Calhoun, Mc 

 Laughlin, Ropes, Pennsylvania, . 24.3 



3. Figue de Naples, Forelle, Ananas, 

 Bezi de la Motte, Belle et Bonne, 

 Thompson's, 337 



4. Knight's (R. I.) Seedling, Johonnot, 

 Winship's Seedling, Henrietta, Lee's 

 Seedling, Manners, .... 481 



Descriptions and Engravings of Select 

 Varieties of Apples. By the Editor, — 



1. Twenty Ounce, Northern Spy, Red 

 Canada, 70 



2. Early Joe, Fall Jennetting, Mars- 

 ton's Red Winter, .... 1.59 



3. Hawley, Melon, St. Lawrence, . 535 

 Descriptive Account of Prince's Paragon 



Peach. By W. R. Prince, Flushing, L. I., 76 

 Additional Remarks on the Northern Spy 

 Apple. By J. H. Watts, Esq., Roch- 

 ester, N. Y., 104 



Some Account of the Cooper Apple and 

 its History. By T. S. Humrickhouse, . 105 



Notice of some new Seedling Fruits of 

 the West, with a Description and En- 

 graving of the American White Winter 

 Calville Apple. By A. Fahnestock, 

 Lancaster, Ohio, 108 



Pomological Notices ; or Notices respect- 

 ing New and Superior Fruits, worthy 

 of general cultivation. Notices of sev- 

 eral new Apples, Peaches and Grapes. 

 By the Editor, . . . . 112. 448 



Remarks and General Hints on some few 

 varieties of the Pear. By S. Walker, 

 Rotbury, Mass., 118 



George the IVth Peach. By W. R. Prince, 

 Flushing, L. 1., 120 



Mr. Knight's seedling Pears. By the Edi- 

 tor, 150 



A Way to keep a Record of the Place of 

 every Tree in an Orchard, by which La- 

 bels are dispensed with. By T. S. Hum- 

 rickhouse, Coshocton, Ohio, . . 156 



A Brief Account of three varieties of Ap- 

 ples. By Asahel Foote, Esq., Williams- 

 town, Mass., 163 



Explanations in reference to two or three 

 Western Apples ; with a Note upon a 

 new variety called the Butter Sweet. 

 By T. S. Humrickhouse, Coshocton, 

 Ohio, 195 



Some Account of the Oswego Buerr^, or 

 Reid's Seedling Pear. By the Editor, . 198 



Some Remarks upon the Cooper Apple, 

 and its Identity with other sorts. By 

 A. II. Ernst, Cincinuari, Ohio, . . 200 



The Currant, its Cultivation, &c. By J. 

 IT. Watts, Rochester, N. Y., . .202 



On the Cultivation and Tieatment of the 

 Peach Tree in Cold Houses. By Tho- 

 mas B.<'owau, Gardener to Dr. Dur- 

 fee, Fall River, Mass., .... 204 



Notice of a new Seedling ,\pple. By A. 

 Fahnestock, Lancaster, Ohio, . . 256 



A Way to keep a Record of the Place of 

 every Tree in an Orchard, — with or 

 without Labels. By M. W. Phillips, 

 Edwards, Miss., 291 



On the Cultivation and Treatment of the 

 Grape Vine in the Green-house or Con- 

 servatory i with a Diary of the Progrcbs 



of the Vines, Temperature, Ac. By 

 the Editor, 293 



Root Grafting Apple Trees. By a Flush- 

 ing Propagator, 3]2 



The Strawberry Question. By the Editor, 347 



May's Victoria Currant, with an Engrav- 

 ing of the Fruit. By the Editor. . . 392 



Descriptions and Engravings of select va- 

 rieties of Cherries. By the Editor, . 394 



Notice of Three New Varieties of Fruit. 

 By Herman Wendell, M. D., Albany, N. 

 Y. With Descriptions and Engravings. 

 By the Editor, 443 



Notice of two Seedling Peaches. By S. 

 T. .Jones, Esq., Staten Island, N. Y. 

 With Descriptions of the Fruit. By 

 the Editor, 447 



Wendell's Mottled Bigarreau Cherry; 

 with an Engraving of the Fruit. By 

 Dr. Herman Wendell, Academy Park, 

 Albany, N. Y., 494 



Descriptions and Engravings of select va- 

 rieties of Plums. By the Editor, . 529 



The VIrgoulonse, or White Doyenne Pear. 

 By S. D. P., New Haven, Conn., . . 533 



FLORICULTURE. 



On the Cultivation of the Pelargonium, 

 with a Description of several new and 

 fine Seedlings. By Edward Beck; Esq., 

 Worton Cottage, Isleworth, near Lon- 

 don, 34 



Floricultural and Botanical Notices of 

 New and Beautiful Plants, figured In 

 Foreign Periodicals ; with Descriptions 

 of those recently introduced to, or orig- 

 inated in, American Gardens, 77. 215. 315, 

 358. 4(ii. 495. 5,0 



Hydrdiigea japAnica, its Cultivation, with 

 an Engraving of the Plant. By the 

 Editor, 122 



On the Cultivation and Treatment of 

 Cape Heaths, (Ericas.) By John Cad- 

 ness, Gardener to Mr. J. L. L. F. War- 

 ren, Brighton, 167 



Notice of some of the Mosses of New 

 England. By William Oakes, Ipswich, 

 Mass., 171 



On the Propagation of Stove and Green- 

 house Exotics ; in a series of letters. 

 By James Kennedy, Gardener to S. T. 

 Jones, Staten Island, N. Y. 

 Letter I. Propagation by Seeds, . . 210 

 II. Propagation by Cnttinss, . 259 

 ni. Propagation by Offsetts, . 313 



IV. Propagation by leavers, . . 3.")6 

 V. Propagation by Inarching, . 357 

 VI. Propagation by Root Division 400 

 VII. Propagation by Leaves, . . 401 

 VIII. Propagation by Suckers, . 4.52 



IX. Propagation by Plant Division 452 



Descriptions of ei^ht new seedling Ver- 

 benas. By the Editor, . . . .213 



Notice of some of the Plants of New 

 England. By William Oakes, . . 217 



Some Account of the beautiful new shrub, 

 Spirip'a prunifolia, vnr. fiore pleno, with 

 a Drawing of the same. Communicat- 

 ed by M. Louis Van Hontte, Belgium, . 257 



The Green-house and Conservatory in 

 Summer, 263 



Descrl[)tiou8 of eight new varieties of 

 Prairie Roses. By the Editor, . . 353 



Garden Notes. By Dr. M. A. Ward, 

 Athens, G.I., 492 



Notes on Gardens and Nurseries, . . 436 



