PREFACE. 



The Thirteenth Vohime of the Magazine has been enlarg- 

 ed by the addition of one hundred pages more than any 

 previous vohime ; and the following Table of Contents will 

 show the very great variety of information which it contains 

 in every department of Horticulture, especially on the culti- 

 vation of fruits, and descriptions of new and fine varieties. 



C. M. H. 



Boston, December 25, 1847. 



CONTENTS. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



GENERAL SUBJECT. 



A Retrospective View of the Progress of 

 Horticulture in the United States, dur- 

 ing the year 1846. By the Editor, . 1 



Taste ill Horticulture and in Designs. By 

 Observer, 14 



Observations upon the Potato Rot. By 

 J. S. B., West Scituale, Mass., . . 22 



Zinc Labels for Trees. By J. Owen, 

 Cambridge, 26 



A Comparative Notice of the Hog and 

 Jerusalem Artichokes, with a descrip- 

 tive account ol' the growth, habit and 

 use of the former varietv. By Dr. M. 

 A. Ward, Athens, Ga., .' . . .30 



A Leaf from the History of Pomology in 

 the Past. By T. S'. llnmricklio'use, 

 Coshocton. Ohio, 97 



Instance of EfTect of Boiling Water on 

 Seeds. By X.. 100 



Horticulture of the Past, as compared 

 with the I'jeseiit. By T. S. Humrick- 

 house, Coshocton, Ohio, . . . 14.5 



On the Cultivation of the Arrow Root in 

 the United States, as an article of com- 

 merce. Uy Ur. A. Mitchell, of Port- 

 land. .Me. In a letter to Hon. H. .\. S. 

 Dearborn. Communicated by Gen. 

 Dearborn, 193 



Guano, and its application to Fruit Trees. 

 By the Editor, 241 



List of Tropical Plants which may be ac- 

 climated in the Southern States. By 

 Dr. A. Mitchell. In a letter to Hon. 

 H. A. S. Dearborn. Communicated by 

 Gen. Dearborn, 289 



On the Transplantation of the Coniferous 

 Forest Trees, (Pines, &;c.,) of New Eng- 

 land to the Southern States. By Dr. A. 

 .Mitchell, Portland, Me. In a letter to 

 the Hon. H. A. S. Dearborn. Commu- 

 nicated by Gen. Dearborn, . . . 349 



On the Importance of the Cultivation of 

 the Oak, and other valuable Timber 

 Trees; with Observations on the Pre- 

 servation of Ship Timber, and the Pro- 

 cess of Decay in Wood. By .\. Mitchell, 

 M. D., Portland. In a letter to the Hon. 

 H. A. S. Dearborn. Comiiiunicuted by 

 Gen. Dearborn, 385 



On the Study and Pursuits of Botany. 

 By A. Mitchell, .M. D. In a letter to 

 the Hon. H. A. S. Dearborn. Commu- 

 nicated by Gen. Dearborn, . . . 433 



HORTICULTURE. 



Descriptive .Account of Thirty-two Va- 

 rieties of the Grape, fruited in 1846. 

 By J. F. Allen, Esq., Salem, .Mass. 

 With Remarks upon their general qual- 

 ities, &c., 



Root Grafting the Peach Tree and Rose ; 

 Grafting the Pear upon the Apple ; the 

 Apricot on the Peach; New Mode of 

 Raising Cucumbers, A.c. By M. W. 

 Phillips, Esq., Log Hall, Edwards, Miss. 



Results of the Cultivation of the Pear 

 and other Fruit in the Southern States. 

 By R. Cliish(dm, Esq., Corresponding 

 Secretary of the Beaufoft Agricultural 

 Society 



