CONTENTS. 



On a new Mode of grafting the Vine. By 

 William Gowans - - - 117 



Oil the Culture of an early Crop of Melons. 

 By James Cuthill - - - - •l-W 



On tlie forcing of early Cucumbers in Pits 

 heated by Fires. Bv J. Wighton, Gar- 

 dener to Lord .Stafford, Cossey Hall - - 4-19 



On the Spot, or Canker, on Cucumbers. By 

 John Wighton, Gardener at Cossey Hall - 502 



On the forcing of early Cucumbers. By John 

 Wighton, Gardener to Lord Stafford at 

 Cossey Hall - - - - 356 



On the Cultivation of Currants. By T. Sy- 

 mons . - - - 263 



On the Strawberry. By A. Forsyth - - 307 



On forcing Strawberries. By James Cuthill, 

 Gardener at Dyrhara Park - - 309 



Hints on raising Asparagus. By John 

 Wighton, Gardener at Cossey Hall - - 358 



On the Culture of Asparagus. By A. For- 

 syth - - - - - 76 



A Mode of preserving Cauliflowers through 

 the Winter. By Peter Mackenzie, Gar- 

 dener, West Plean ... 264 



On Kidneybeans. By A. Forsyth - . 265 



On the Culture of the Pea. By A. Forsyth - 450 



On the Potato, particularly the early Va- 

 rieties. By A. Forsyth ... 174 



On the Culture of the Turnip. By A. For- 

 syth 357 



On the Culture of White and Red Cabbages, 

 Savoys, and Brussels Sprouts. By Alex- 

 ander Forsyth, Gardener - - - 358 



On raising Salads of Chicory. By James 

 Cuthill - - - . SIO 



On a Method of obtaining Green Mint during 

 Winter. By James Cuthill - -311 



AGRICULTURE. 

 List of Fifty-four Sorts of Wheat, Seeds and 

 Ears of which have been received from M. 

 Vilmorin . - - - - 45 



REVIEWS. 



An Essay on the Nature, the Means, and the 

 End of Imitation in the Fine Arts. By J. 

 C. Kent - - . - . 



Botanical Periodicals . . - 



Transactions of the Horticultural Society of 

 London ..... 



First Annual Report, Laws, and Transac. 

 tions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 



Journal of a Horticultural Tour through 

 Germany, Belgium, and Part of France, in 

 the Autumn of 1835. To which is added, 

 a Catalogue of th? ditierent Species of 

 Cacteae in the Gardens at Woburn Abbey. 

 By James Forbes, A.L.S., Corresponding 

 Member of the Horticultural Society, Au- 

 thor of Hortus Woburnensis, Sec. - 



Ladies' Botany ; or, a familiar Introduction 

 to the Study of the Natural System of 

 Botany - - - - - 



Lectures on Landscape-Gardening in A us- 

 tralia. By the late Mr. Thomas Shepherd 



The Flora of Jamaica ; a Descriptioii of the 

 Plants of that Island, arranged according 

 to the Natural Orders ; with an Appendix, 

 containing an Enumeration of the Genera, 

 according to the LinuEean System, and an 

 Essay on the Geographical Distribution of 

 the Species. By James Macfadyen, M.D. - 



The New Botanist's Guide to the Localities 

 of the rarer Plants of Britain. By Hewett 

 Cottrel Watson - . - - 



AmaryllidaceiB ; preceded by an Attempt to 

 arrange the Monocotyledonous Orders, and 

 followed by a Treatise on cross-bred Vege. 

 tables, and Supplement. By the Hon. and 

 Rev. W. Herbert 



Illustrations and Descriptions of the Plants 

 which compose the Natural Order Camel- 

 lieae, and of the Varieties of Camellia 

 japonica cvdtivated in the Gardens of Great 

 Britain. The Drawings by Alfred Chan- 

 dler ; the Descriptions by William Beattie 

 Booth . . - . - 



Icones PUmtarum ; or. Figures, with brief 



descriptive Characters and Remarks, of 



new or rare Plants, selected from the Au- 



■ thor's Herbarium . . - . 



The Northern Flora ; containing the Wild 

 Plants of the North of Scotland. By 

 Alexander Murray, M.D. - - - 



Salicetum, sive Salicum Formae qu£E hodie 

 innotuere, descriptfe et systematice dis- 

 posits . . - - . 



The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala - 



An Analysis of the British Ferns and their 

 Allies, with Copperplate Engravings of 

 every Species and Variety. By George W. 

 Francis - - - 



The Flower-Garden ; including Directions 

 for the Arrangement and Cultivation of 

 all Ciarden Flowers ; the Management of 

 the Green-house, Hot-house, and Stove ; 

 with selected Lists of the most beautiful 



annual, biennial, perennial, and exotic 

 Flowering Plants .... 602 

 The Parterre; or. Whole Art of forming 



Flower. Gardens. By C. F. Ferris, Esq. . 600 

 The Florist's Magazine ; a Register of the 

 newest and most beautiful Varieties of 

 Florists' Flowers. Drawn from Nature, 

 engraved and coloured in the most finished 

 Style. By Frederick W. Smith . . 318 



A Catalogue of Herbaceous Plants cultivated 

 and sold by John Crec, Addlestone Nur. 

 scry, Chertsey, Surrey ; with numerous 

 Synonymes, and References to Figures in 

 the leading Botanical Periodicals ; and also 

 a select List of Fruit Trees, with Descrip. 

 tions .... . 5223 



Catalogue of the Cellulares, or Flowerless 

 Plants, of Great Britain ; or those in- 

 cluded in the Linnsean Class Crypto- 

 gamia ; compiled from Sir W. J. Hooker's 

 " English Flora," vol. v. ; Sir J. E. Smith's 

 " English Flora," vol. iv. ; Mackay's 

 " Flora Hibernica ; " Henslow's " Cata. 

 logue of British Plants," and other Sources. 

 By W. A. Leighton, B.A. F.B.S. Edin., 

 &c. . . - . . 365 



Practical Remarks on the Failure of the 

 Potato Crop ; with Instructions how to 

 remedy the Evil. By William Stent, 

 Nursery and Seedsman, East Stockwith, 

 near Gainsburgh, Lincolnshire - - 319 



Catalogue of Works on Gardening, Agricul. 

 ture. Botany, Rural Architecture, ^rc, 

 lately published, with some Account of 

 those considered the more interesting . 2i?3. 



3i.'l. 605. 

 Sowerby's Small Edition of English Bo- 

 tany . - - - .606 

 Baxter's British Flowering Plants . - 6t)6 

 Hooker's Icones Plantarum . . 606 

 The Gardener's Gazette - . . 606 

 The Magazine of Domestic Economy . 607 

 Le Couteur on the Varieties, Properties, 



and Classification of Wheats - . 607 



Reid's Chemistry of Nature, designed as 

 a popular Exposition of the Chemical 

 Constitution and Relations of Natural 

 Objects, and as a General Introduction 

 to the Study of Chemical Science . 609 



Stonehouse's History and Topography of 



the Isle of Axholme ... 609 

 EUistson's Hobart Town Almanack, and 

 Ross's Van Diemen's Land Annual, for 



1837. 610 



Barker- Webb, et Sabin Berthelot, His- 



toire Naturelle des lies Canaries . 610 



Allgemeine Gartenzeitung . . fill 



Verhandlungen des Vcreins zur Befor- 

 derung des Garttnbau'es in den Koni- 

 glich Prussifchen Staaten. Transactions 

 of the Horticultural Society of Prns.sia 611 

 A'erhandlungen dos Vcreins zur Belcir. 

 dcrung des Garten und Felbaues, als 



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