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CONTENTS. 



ings, by hot Water. By James Hogg, Vew 

 York, United States - - - - i^97 



ARBORICULTURE. 



•^'■I'oricultural Notices ; or. Notices of new 

 hardv Trees and Shrubs deserving of gene- 

 ral Cultivation in useful and ornamental 

 Plantations - - - - . - 



On the Growth of Trees in exposed Situa- 

 tions. Bv T. Davis - - - 



On the Transplanting or Removal of Ever- 

 green Shrubs. By R. Glendinning - - 



On the Propag.itiiig and Transplanting of 

 Evergreens. Bv John TurnhiU - - 



Notes on the Growth of Trees at Flasby Hall, 

 near Garprave, in Craven, Yorkshire. By 

 George \Vintersgill 



Notice of a remarkable Woodland District in 

 Scotland, still in its natural State; com- 

 prising the Head of Strathspey, in Bade- 

 noch, and the Forest of Braeinar. By H. B. 



Dimensions of some Trees, and Notes on the 

 Growth of other Trees and Shrubs, indi- 

 genous and exotic, on the Estate of Poloc, 

 in Lanarkshire, the Propertv of Sir John 

 Maxwell, Bart. By John Maxwell, M.P. - 



An Account of some remarkable Trees of 

 the Norway Spruce (.^'bies excclsa Puii:) 

 now growing at the Whim, in Peeblesshire, 

 the Property of Sir James Montgomery of 

 Bartstanhope and Stobo. By J. M'Nab, 

 Superintendent of the Experimental Gar- 

 dens, Inverleith - - - - 



A new Guard for single Trees in Parks, &C. 

 By Charles Lawrence - - - 



Notice of the Wilton Shrub-lifter. By its 

 Inventor, Harry Alcock - - - 



An Account of a Method of pruning orna- 

 mental Trees, chieflv Beech. By J. W. B. 



Instances of the Mistletoe being found on 

 the Oak ; with Remarks on grafting and 

 budding the Mistletoe. By D. Beaton 



On the (irowth of the Pine and Kir Tribe m 

 exposed and stormy Situations. By John 

 Nuttall, Tiltoun, Mount Kennedy, County 

 Wicklow - - - - 



On the Propagation of the Pine and Fir 

 Tribe and other Conifera?, by Cuttings. 

 By T. M. Lindsay, Gardener at High Clere 



Notice of the Mode of treating the more rare 

 Species of the Pine and Fir Tribe at Drop- 

 more. By P. Frost - - - 



A Mode of transplanting a large Cedar Tree 

 described By J. Cuthill, Gardener to Capt. 

 Trotter, Dyrham Park - - - 



Notice respecting the State of a Plantation of 

 Salix alba, of which some Account was 

 given, in 182,^, in this Magazine. By Archi- 

 bald Gorrie, F.H.S., M.C.H.S. 



Account of a Plant of /i'rbutus ylndrAchne 

 in the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, supposed 

 to be the largest in Britain. By William 

 M'Nab, A.L.S., Superintendent of the 

 Garden - - - - 352 



FLORICULTURE. 



Floricultural and Botanical Notices on Kinds 

 of Plants newly introduced into our Gar- 

 dens, and that have originated in them, 

 and on Kinds of laterest previously ex- 

 tant in them ; supplementary to the latest 

 Editions of the " EncyclopcEdia of Plants" 

 and of the " Horlus Bri/annicus," 35. 78. 176. 

 2U. 26G. 311. m). 430. 451. 503. 



On enlivening Flower or other small Ciardens 

 that surround Dwelling-houses, by Means 

 of Zoology. By Th. Nietner - - 140 



On a proper Arrangement of Plants, both as 

 to their Height and the Colour of their 

 Flowers, being indispensably necessary in a 

 Flower-Gardeii. By John Caie, Gardener 

 to Her Grace the Duchess of Bedford, at 

 Camden Hill - - - - 301 



On some of the Advantages attending the 

 Culture of Hardy Annuals. By John Caie, 

 Gardener to His (iracc the Duke of Bed- 

 ford, at Bedford Lodge, CamUien Hill . 498 



List of Plants which have stood the open Air 

 at Pendarves, in ("ornwall. By James 

 Mitchinson, Gardener - - . 354 



Notice of some Green.house and Half-hardy 

 ligneous Plants, which have endured the 

 open Air, for several Winters, in the 

 Handsworth Nursery, near Birmingham. 

 By .\lexander Pope . - - 135 



Results of an Attempt to grow some tender 

 .•Vquatics in hot Water, in the open Air. 

 By Richard Christie - - - 71 



An Account of the Mode in which the large 

 Palm at HalelHall, Lancashire, was low- 

 ered Five Feet. By John Nicksoii, Gar- 

 dener to J. J. Blackburn, Esq., M.P., at 

 Hale Hall - - - - 445 



Description of an oiled Paper Cap for pro- 

 tecting Dahlias, when in Flower, from au- 

 tumnal Frosts. By John TurnbuU - -211 



On the Culture of Epiph^llum truncatum. 

 Bv T. Symons - - - - 138 



On the Culture of Cape Heaths. By R. Glen- 

 dinning - - - . - 74 



On the Management of Cape Heaths in the 

 open Air during the Summer Season. Bv 

 John Fyfte . - . ". 171 



On the Culture of Chrysanthemums. Bv 

 .Tames Cuthill - . - - 75 



A mode of training the Sweet Pea in Flovver- 

 (iardcns. By John Fyffe, Gardener at 

 Milton Bryant - - - - 446 



On protecting the Crocus, when in Blossom, 

 from Sparrow.s. By William Anderson, 

 F.L.S. . - - - -172 



HORTICULTURE. 



Report on the Hardy Fruit Trees for 1837, 

 \c. - - - - - 514 



Instructions for Truffle-Searching. Trans- 

 lated from the German of V. F. Fischer. 

 By I'rancis Mascall, Esq., of Eppleton, 

 Durham - - - - - 389 



A Treatise on the Cultivation of Truffles. 

 By Alexander Von Bornholz. Translated 

 from the German by Francis Mascall, Esq., 

 of Eppleton, Durham . . - 408 



Olitorial Notices ; or, Noticesof new Culinary 

 Vegetables deserving of general Cultiva- 

 tioii in British Gardens - - - 33 



Notice of some new, or little known, sorts of 

 culinary Vegetables, cultivated in the North 

 Riding of Yorkshire. By J. B. Whiting -499 



A Method of training Pear Trees which 

 might be advantageously adopted in Gar- 

 dens where Walls cannot be aflfbrded, and 

 Standards will not thrive; with preliminary 

 Observations respecting the List of Pears in 

 the last Edition of the " Eiicyclopiedia of 

 Gardening." By J. B. W. - - - 259 



On the Culture of the Milsn Cavendish//, as 

 practised at Chatsworth. By Joseph Pax- 

 ton, F.L.S., H.S., &c. - - - 141 



On the Management of the Vine. By A. 

 Forsyth - - - -172 



On the Shriveling of Grapes, and Recom- 

 mendations of the early White Frontignac. 

 By J. Robertson, Nurseryman - - 2fil 



On the Shriveling of Grapes. By Agronome's 

 Nephew - - - - .261 



On the Rust on Vines. By J. Wighton, Gar. 

 doner to Lord Stafford, Cosscy Hall . 263 



On Part of the Vines, in the same Forcing- 

 house, being suspended, and Part not. By 

 Charles Pullen, Gardener to F. L. Gold- 

 smid, Esq., Champion Hill - - 306 



On a new Method of grafting Vines. By 

 William Smith, Gardener at the Priory, St. 

 Andrew's, Fifeshire ... 306 



On the Necessity of thinning the Berries on 

 Bunches of Grapes as soon as the Fruit is 

 set. By John FyfTe, Gardener at Milton 

 Bryant, Woburn ... 305 



On the Rust on Vines. By John M'Evoy, 

 Gardener, Leweston House, near Sher- 

 borne, Dorsetshire - - . - 355 



Critical Remarks on the Pot Culture of the 

 Cirape Vine. By William Grey, Gardener 

 to Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart. . - - 500 



