CONTENTS. 



By George 'A. Lake, F.L.S., Tulse Hill 

 House 177 



On the best Mode of propagating the Dahlia. 

 By John Fyfte, Gardener at Jlilton Rectory, 

 Bedfordshire 429 



On the Culture of the Mignonette. By James 

 Cuthill - . - - - 179 



Remarks on the Roots of some of the ter- 

 restrial OrohideiB of Australia, found in the 

 Neighbourhood of the Swan River. By 

 James Drummond, A.L.S., Superintendent 

 of the Government Botanic Garden, Swan 

 River . - . . . 425 



Notice of the Flowering of an AgSive ameri- 

 ciina in the Flower-Garden at Clowance, 

 in the County of Cornwall, the Seat of Sir 

 John St. Aubyn, Bart. Communicated by 

 T. Symons 271 



Descriptive List of Varieties of Chrysanthe- 

 mum originated in the Island of Jersey, and 

 now in Flower in the Vauxhall Nursery. 

 By Messrs. Chandler and Sons - - 36 



Botanical, Floricultural, and Arboricultural 

 Notices on the Kinds of Plants newly in- 

 troduced into British Gardens and Plant- 

 ations, or which have been originated in 

 them; together with additional Information 

 respecting Plants (whether old or new) 

 already in Cultivation : the whole intended 

 to serve as a perpetual Supplement to the 

 EncyclopiEdia of Plants, the Hortus Biitn7i- 

 m'cus, the Hortus Lij^nosus, and the Artio- 

 retu7n et Fruticetum Britannicum, 42. 135. 274. 

 334. 374. 471. 513. 



HORTICULTURE. 



Notices of some Plants of the Carica Papiya 

 which have fruited at Ripley Castle, iiy 

 G. M. Elliott, Gardener there - - 430 



On the Shrivelling of Grapes. By George .K. 

 Lake, F.L.3., Tulse Hill House, Brixton . 86 



On forcing Cherries. By Mr. Lawrence 

 Gardener to the Rev. Theodore Williams, 

 Hendon Rectory - - - - - 37 



On forcing the Cherry. By Alex. Forsyth 330 



On the Method ot pruning Filbert Trees in 

 Kent. By John Machray, Gardener at 

 East Sutton Park .... - 332 



On the Cucumbers most likely to produce 

 good Seed. By John Wighton, Gardener 

 to Lord Stafford - . . - . 333 



On the Cauliflower. By A. Forsyth - - 42 



A Mode of Growing early Cauliflowers. By 

 John Cuthill, Gardener at Dyrham Park - 88 



On the Cultivation of Broccoli, and Borecole 

 or Scotch Kail. By A. Forsyth - . 134 



Notice of Mr. Joyce's Apparatus for heating 

 by Steam ; with an Account of his Method 

 of forcing Strawberries. By Thomas Joyce, 

 Market- Gardener, Camberwell - - 372 



Hints on Potato Culture. By John Robert- 

 son, F.H.S. - - - - 470 

 BEE CULTURE. 



On the Swarming of Bees. By John Wigh- 

 ton, Gardener to Lord Stafford, Cossey ' 

 Hall Gardens, Norfolk - - - - ISO 



Remarks on Blr. Nutt's Collateral Beehive. 

 By John Wighton, Gardener to Lord Staf- 

 ford, at Cossey Hall, near Norwich . - 424 



REVIEWS. 



171 



The Botanical Periodicals and their Illustra- 

 tions. By H. N. H. 



A Botanical Lexicon, or Expositor of the 

 Terms, Facts, and Doctrines of the Vege- 

 table Physiology, brought down to the pre- 

 sent Time. By the Rev. Patrick Keith, 

 Clerk, F.L.S., Rector of Buckinge, Kent - 89 



Botany, in Four Parts - - - 434 



Transactions of the Agricultural and Horti- 

 cultural Society of India - - -519 



Don's General System of Gardening and Bo- 

 tany - - - - - - 380 



Monographie du Genre Camellia, &c. By the 

 Abbe Berlfese - - - - 290 



Loudon's Hortus Lignosus Londinensis - 490 



Flora Telluriana. By Professor Rafinesque 289 



Niven's Visitor's Companion to the Botanic 

 Garden, Glasnevin - - - 383 



Dickie's Flora Abredonensis ; comprehending 

 a List of the Flowering Plants and Ferns 

 found in the Neighbourhood of Aberdeen; 

 with Remarks on the Climate, the Features 

 of the Vegetation, &c. - - -521 



The Fruit, Flower, and Kitchen-Garden, 

 being the Article " Horticulture" of the 

 Seventh Edition of the Encyclopeedia Bri- 

 tannica. By Patrick Neill, LL.D., F.R..S.E. 287 



Loudon's Suburban Gardener, and Villa Com 

 panion - . . - 



Loudon's Arboretum et Fruticetum Britanni. 

 cum - - - - 



Portraits of British Forest Trees, with and 

 without their Foliage ; together with In- 

 structions for drawing Trees from Nature, 

 and Rules for obtaining the Height, Width, 

 and true Proportion that each Part bears 

 towards another, clearly explained and ex- 

 emplified. By Geo. R. Lewis . - 338 



The Rose Amateur's Guide; containing ample 

 Descriptions of all the fine leading Varie- 

 ties of Roses, regularly classed in their re- 

 spective Families, their History and Modes 

 of Culture. In two Parts. Part I. The 

 Summer Rose-Garden. Part 1 1. The Au 

 tumnal Rose-Garden. By T. Rivers, jun. 



Gore's Rose.Fancier's Manual 



A practical Treatise on the Cultivation of 



A 



432 



382 



94 

 436 



the Dahlia. By Joseph Paxton, F. L. S., 

 H.S. - - . . .296 



Sertum Orchidaceum ; a Wreath of the most 

 beautiful Orchidaceous Flowers. Selected 

 by John Lindley, Ph. D., F.R.S., Professor : 

 of ;Botany in University College, London, 

 and in the Royal Institution of Great Bri- 

 tain, &c. ... . 148. 287 



Bateman's Orchidacese of IMexico and Guate- 

 mala - - ... 435 



Thompson's Practical Treatise on the Con. 

 striiction of Stoves and other Horticultural 

 Buildings - - - . . 486 



On the Nature and Property of Soils ; their 

 Connexion with the geological Formation 

 on which they rest ; the best Means of per- 

 manently increasing their Productiveness; 

 and on the Rent and Profits of Agriculture. 

 By John Morton .... 151 



On Liquid Manures. By Cuthbert W. John- 

 son, Esq., Barrister at Law, Corresponding 

 Member of the Maryland Ilort. Soc. - - 154 



A practical Treatise on Warming Buildings 

 by Hot Water; and an Enquiry in the 

 Laws of radiant and conducted Heat : to 

 which are added. Remarks on Ventilation, 

 and on the various Methods of distributing 

 artificial Heat, and their Effects on Animal 

 and Vegetable Phvsiology. By Charles 

 Hood, F.R.A.S. ■ - - - - 50 



On Warming and Ventilating ; with Direc- 

 tions for making and using the Thermo- 

 meter Stove, or self-regulating Fire, and 

 other Apparatus. By Neil Arnott, M.D., 

 F.R.S., &c., Physician Extr.iordin.-,ry to the 

 Queen, Author of the Elements of Phy- 

 sics, &c. . . - . - 154 

 The Bee-keeper's Manual. By Henry Taylor 295 



A short and simple Letter to Cottagers, from 

 a Conservative Bee-keeper . . 295 



Elements of practical Agriculture; compre- 

 hending the Cultivation of Plants, the Hus. 

 bandry of the Domestic Animals, and the 

 Economv of the Farm. By David Low, 

 Esq.,F.ll.S.E. - - - - 54 



A new Treatise on Agriculture and Grazing. 

 By an experienced Farmer ... 294 



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