CONTENTS. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



GENERAL SUBJECT. 



A Retrospective View of the Progress 

 of Horticulture in tlie United Siaies, 

 during the year 1841. Uy the Editor 1 



Notes made during a Vi-it lo New 

 Fork, Philadelphia, Baltininre, and 

 Washington, and intermediate plac- 

 es, from August &th to the 23d, 1641. 

 By the Editor . . . 41.81.121 



An Account of tlie Lowell Cemetery, 

 its Situation, Historical Associations, 

 and particular description. By VV. 47 



On iheStudy of Natural History; being 

 extracts from an Address delivered 

 before the members of the Harvard 

 Natural History Society, at Cam- 

 bridge. By J. L. Russell, A. M., 

 Prof, of Botany, &c. to the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society . 241 



Some Account of the Maaii<iliu macro- 

 phylla, its discovf ry in a new locali- 

 ty, together with a notice of the Niir- 

 Bery ofN. VV. Hatch, Vicksburg, Miss. 

 By Alexander Crdon . . .332 



On a Method of destroyinf the Canker 

 worm grub. By John Porter, Esq., 

 Newburyport, Mass. . . . 301 



New localities of the Mngnibn macro- 

 phylla, with the dimensions of a large 

 tr e of the M. grandiflora; and a no- 

 tice of a. newly discovered species of 

 Sarracenia. By A. Gordon . .401 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



Notes on Belts of Trees in Ornamental 

 Plantations. By A. J. Downing, 

 Botanic Garden and Nurseries, Nevv- 

 burgh,N. Y 220 



HORTICULTURE. 



On the Cultivation of the Sycios edu- 

 Jis as a culinary fruit. By J. D. Le- 

 gare, Esq., Editor of the Southern Ag- 

 riculturist ...... 51 



On the cultivation and manaeement of 

 forced Cucumbers in Hot beds. By 

 J. \V. Russell, Worcester. Mass. . 53 



Pomological Notices ; or Notices re- 

 specting new and superior varieties 

 of Fruits, worthy at ceneral cultiva- 

 tion. By the Editor" . . 101.219' 



Notices of thiity-nine varietie-: of 

 newPenrs, which ripened their fruit 

 in the Pojiiological Garden, during 

 the year 1841. By R Manning, Esq , 

 Pomological Garden, Salem, Ma.«s. . 56 



Notice of forty-four varieties nf 

 Cherries, fruited at the Pomological 

 Garden, Salem, Mass., In the season 

 of 1842. By R. Manning, Esq. . 281 



Desultory Remarks upon varlatioits in 

 Fruits. By R. Manning, Esq., Po- 

 mological Garden, Salem . . 86 

 Description of a new variety of Plum, 

 called the Columbia; with some Re- 

 marks on the culture of the Plum, 

 the destruction of the Curcnlio, &:c. 

 By A. J. Downing, Botanic Garden 

 and Nurseries, Newburgh, N. Y. . 90 

 On the Cultivation of Salsify, (Trago- 



p6gon porifolius.) By the Editor . 129 

 On the comparative merits of the Isa- 

 bella and Catawba grapes ; with a 

 Notice of a new native variety, call- 

 ed the Oliio grape, and Observations 

 on the cultivation of Grapes from 

 seed. By N. LongwortJi, Esq., Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio 167 



Some Notice of the Poire d'Angora, 

 (Angora pear.) with a translation of 

 a letter written by M. Leon le Clerc 

 to the President of the Academy of 

 Science-, respecting its origin, &c. 

 By J. W. Knevels, Esq., FishKill, 



N. Y 109 



On the cultivation of the Grapevine in 

 Grapeiies; being a Diary of the pro- 

 gress of llie vines, from the first ap- 

 f)lication of heat to the maturity of 

 the fruit. By O. Johnson, Esq., Lynn, 



Mass 201 



OnRoot pruning of Pear trees; to which 

 is added a short treatise on the sub- 

 ject, read befire the London Horti- 

 cultural Society, Apiil 7, 1840. By 

 T. Rivers, Jr., of the Sawbridge- 

 wortli Nurseries, near London . 210 

 A new disease of the Plum. By Dr T. 

 W. Harris, author of the Eutomolog- 

 icai Report of the State . . ,247 

 Observations on diflerent varieties of 

 Strawberries, and the means of pro- 

 ducing good crops of fruit. By N. 

 Longworth, Esq., Cincinnati, Ohio 257 

 Some Account of a new variety of the 

 Jl/alus microcarpa; translated from 

 the Bulletin of the Societie d'Horti- 

 culture de Rouen, for 1841. By the 



Editor 286 



Some Remarks on the growth of the 

 Strawberry, with reference to the di- 

 ascious character of the large varie- 

 ties. ByJ. C. G 288 



The Canker Worm; its habits, and Re- 

 marks on the best means of prevent- 

 ing its ravages. By J. V. G. . 321 

 Remarks on tlie cultivation of the Cur- 

 rant. By the Editor . . . 324 

 Some account of the origin, cultivation 

 and fiuit of the Ohio Ever-bearing 

 Raspberry. By A. H. Ernst, Nurse- 

 ryman, Cincinnati, Ohio . . ,362 

 On the cultivation of tlie Raspberry. 



Bv the Editor 3C4 



Notice of a large Penr tree in Indiana. 

 By the Rev. H. W. Beeclier, Indian- 

 opolis, Indiana . . : . 403 



