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CONTENTS. 



Reise durch die ostliohen Bundestaaten in die 

 Lombardey, und zurikk iiber die Schweiz 

 und den Oberen Rhein,inbesoiiderer Bezie- 

 hung, u. s. w. A Journey through the 

 Western States of Lombardy, and back 

 again by Switzerland and the Upper Rhine ; 

 withpartieularReferenceto the Information 

 of the People, Agriculture, and Political 

 Economy. By G. Fr. von Rumohr - 520 



The Hop-Farmer. By E. J. Lance - - 296 



Poultry: their Breeding, Rearing, Diseases, 

 and general Management. By Walter B. 

 Dickson - - - - . 29fi 



An E:!say on the Antiquitv of Hindoo Medi- 

 cine. By J. F. Royle, M.D., F.R., L.S., &c. 297 

 Catalogue of Works on Gardening, Agricul- 

 ture, Botany, Rural Architecture, &c,, 

 lately published, with some Account of 

 those considered the more interesting - 5,5. 



181. 339.384. 442.525 

 A Descriptive Catalogue of Roses culti- 

 vated for Sale by T. Rivers and Son, 

 at their Nurseries, Sawbridgeworth, 

 Herts. For the Autumn of 1837 and 

 the Spring of 1838 . - - 55 



A Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits culti- 

 vated by T. Rivers and Sou, at their 

 Nurseries, Sawbridgeworth, Herts; 

 with the Prices of Fruit Trees, as sold 

 by them, 183o-7 - - - 56 



The British Almanac of the Society for the 

 Diffusion of Useful Knowledge; and the 

 Companion to the Almanac, or Year- 

 Book of General Information, for 1838 56 

 The British Working Man's Almanac; 

 and the Working Man's Companion, or 

 Year Book, for 18 38 - - - 56 



Monogiaphie de la Famille des Coniferes. 



Par M. Jacques . - - - 155 



Histoire du Cedre de Liban. Par M. 



Loiseleur Deslongchamps - - 155 



Verzeichniss von im Frein ausdauernden 

 Slanden-Gewiichsen, &c. By F. A. 

 Haage, Jun. - - - - 156 



Observations on the Preservation of 

 Health in Infancy, Youth, Manhood, 

 and Age, itc. By John Harrison Curtis 156 

 A Letter to Earl Spencer (President of 

 theSmithfield Club), on the Formation 

 of a National Agricultural Institution. 

 By Henry Handiey, Esq., M. P. - - 181 

 Prize Essay on Propagation by Cuttings 182 

 Index Seminum in Horto Botanico Bero- 



linensi 1837 collectorum. List of Seeds 

 collected in the Berlin Botanic Garden 

 in 1837 - - - - ^-183 



Del'E'conomio des Engrais, ou de la Me- 

 thode de Pierre Jauff'ret, Cultivateur 

 d'Aix. Redig^ et mis en Ordre par N. 

 V. Auguste Lozivy, un des Manda- 

 taires-Geransde 1' Administration Jauf- 



fret 184 



The young Lady's Book of Botany - 339 



Jesse's Gleanings in Natural History - 339 

 Waterton's Essays on Natural History - 339 

 Townsend's Directions on Practical Agri. 

 culture, for the Working Farmers of 

 Ireland - - - - 340 



Fourth Annual Report of the Jersey Agri- 

 cultural and Horticultural Society - 340 

 Patterson's Letters on the Natural His- 

 tory of the Insects mentioned in Shak- 

 speare's Plays ... - 384 



Mudie's Man in his Physical Structure 



and Adaptations - - - - 385 



M'Intosh's Flower-Garden. Part II.: 



The Green-house, Hot-house, and Stove 442 

 Parnell's Treatise on Roads - - 442 



Lindley's Flora Medica ... 442 



Westwood's Introduction to the Modern 



Classification of Insects - - -443 

 Urc's Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, 



and Mines, &c. - . . - 525 



Ingledew's Treatise on the Culture of the 

 Red Rose, Strawberry, Brazil Goose- 

 berry, Peach, Mango, and Grape Vine 526 

 Literary Notices; — Sweet's British Flower- 

 Garden, proposed to be merged into the Bo- 

 tanical Register, ST. KoUar's History of the 

 Insects injurious to Gardeners and Farmers, 

 94. Lewis's Portraits of Oak Trees, 95. 

 Cjauen's Treatise on the Concentration and 

 Reflection of the Sun's Rays, as applied to 

 Horticulture and Agriculture, 184. Pax- 

 ton's Treatise on the Cultivation of the 

 Dahlia, 1S4. The Suburban Landscape- 

 Gardener, 298. The Book of the Farm, 298. 

 A Monograph on the Genus Oenothera, 385. 

 Bennett's Planta:! JavaniCEE rariores, 386. 

 Repton's Works on Landscape-Gardening 

 and Landscape-Architecture, with Notes by 

 J. C. Loudon, 491. A Floral Guide for Fa- 

 versham, 527. The Gardener's Annual Re- 

 gister for the Y'ear 1838, 5-27. The Ladies' 

 Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals, by 

 Mrs. Loudon, 640. 



MISCELL.\NEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



General Notices. 

 Joyce's new Mode of Heating, 57 ; Joyce's new 

 Stove and economical Fuel, 95 ; On the For- 

 mation of Mould, 95 ; Effect of Carbonic Acid 

 on Vegetation, 97 ; Phosphorescent Plants, 97 ; 

 Loss of Species.of Plants, 97; Silkworms fed 

 upon Rice, 97 ; Preservation of Vegetables, 97 ; 

 JautTret's new Manure, 184 ; Statistics of the 

 Woods and Forests of Europe, 1S5 ; Extent of 

 Surface under Cultivation in Britain and on 

 the Continent, 185; A sure and economical 

 Method of managing Cape Heaths, 253 ; Tro- 

 pa^'olum tuberosum, 254; To prepare Goose, 

 berry Cuttings which shall not throw up 

 suckers, 254; Propagating Roses by Cuttings 

 of the Roots, 2.54 ; Results in Summer and Au- 

 tumn of the Weather of the preceding Spring, 

 J. M., 340; Dry Rot and the Kyauising Pro- 

 cess, 341 ; A permanent Tally for Plants, James 

 Eaton, 341 ; Progress of Education in rearing 

 and training Brute Animals, 342; Develope- 

 ment of the Bark in Trees, 386; Horticultural 

 Exhibition at York, H. S., 3S7 ; India Rubber, 

 or Caoutchouc, 387 ; Antiseptic Property of 

 Honev, .'587 ; The Slimy Grub, Blennoc^mpa 

 Sel&n'iiria, J. M. H S., 299; Jauft'ret's new 

 Manure, v., 299; Jauflret's Manure in Eng. 

 land, 3t0 ; Joyce's new Mode of Heating, 302 ; 

 Dr. Arnott's Stove, 302; The Slimy Grub, 

 John .lennings, 494 ; Liquid Manure, 494 ; 



Corbett's Hygrothermanic Apparatus," 527 ; 

 Preserving Fruit, and other Botanical Speci. 

 mens, in a moist State, 529 ; Protecting Grapes 

 from Sparrows, by means of Black Thread or 

 Worsted, J. M., 529. 



Foreign Notices. 



Fiance. — Agriculture, 98 ; Vegetable Mon. 

 strositv, 98 ; Cordage from the Nap»'a Is'vis, 

 98'; Cause of the Fertility of Sandy Soil in the 

 Valleys of the Loire, 185 ; The Temperature of 

 Paris, 18,5 ; A Caterpillar injurious to the Vine, 

 18,1 ; Employment of the Insane in Agriculture 

 and Gardening, 186 ; Method of training the 

 Vine in the Pyrenees, 186 ; The Cedar of Le- 

 banon and other Coniferae, 186; A new Straw, 

 berry, 186; Reaping-Machine, 186; The Ga- 

 lactodendron specibsum, W. Hamilton, M. D., 

 495. 



Germam/. — The Cold in January, 1838, 186; 

 Ci.irden Improvements in Hanover, 656. 



Sweden. — Some Account of the Swedish Horti. 

 cultural Society, and the Giarden of M. Rosen- 

 blad, in Stockholm, by Austrian Travellers, in 

 the Summer of 1«36, 199; A Visit to Ham- 

 marby, the Country Seat of Linna?us, 98. 



Denmark. — State of Gardening in Denmark, J. 

 P. Petersen, 186. 



India.— Taking Bees in India, J. B. W., 343. 



Nort/t America.— State of Gardening in the 



