CONTENTS. 



Part I. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



GEXERAL SUBJECT. 



Notes and Reflections made during a Tour 

 through France and Germany, in the Autumn 

 of the year 1828. By the Conductor 1.113. 

 211. o6y. 497.042 

 Remarks on some Gardens and Country Resi- 

 dences in Surrey. By J. Gale, Esq. - 9 

 Outlines of Horticultural Chemistry. By G.W. 

 Johiiion, Esq., of Great Totham, Essex 11. 

 127. 404 

 On the Tendency to Prejudice among Gar- 

 deners ; and on the Importance of the Study 

 of Botany for every Class of Cultivators. Bv 

 W. D. . . . . io 



Remarks on the Conduct of some Master-Gar- 

 deners to their Journeymen. By K. S. E. 18 

 On some Recent Improvements in the Methods 

 of heating Hot-houses and Hot-beds by Hot 

 Water. By H. W. Byers, Esq. - 20. 260 

 On a Winter CJarden. By T. Rivere - 23 



Remarks on the Education and Amusements of 

 the Lower Classes. By William Spence, 

 Esq. F.L.S. - - - 125 



Vegetable Physiology, with a View to Vegetable 

 Culture. By M. W. Hertz of Stuttgard, now 

 in Kew Gardens - - - 132 



On the judicious Division and Employment of 

 Time, especially addressed to Young Gar- 

 deners. By Juvenis Olitor - - 135 

 On Parochial Museums and Public Gardens, and 

 on Dancing and Music, as Means of educating 

 the Feelings of the Laborious Classes. By 

 Variegata - - - 248 

 Some Account of the Public Orangeries, or 

 Public Winter Gardens, of Berlin. By M. 

 G. A. Fintelmann of Potsdam - - 251 

 An Account of some Experiments in Physiolo- 

 gical Botany, undertaken at Welbeck in 1823- 

 24, and repeated in 1S25, with a view to ascer- 

 tain the probable Cause of Failure in Early 

 Forced Grapes. By Mr. Joseph Thompson, 

 Gardener to His Grace the Duke of Portland 



253 

 An Essay on Physiological Botany, in Continu- 

 ation of the Experiments described in the 

 preceding Paper. By Mr. Jos. Thompson 257 

 Notice of a durable Number Tally of Earthen- 

 ware. ByMr.William Anderson, F.L.S. H.S. 

 Curator of the Chelsea Botanic Garden - 263 

 Remarks on various Gardens about London, 

 and in other Parts of England, visited in April 

 and May, 182y. By M. Jacob Riiiz, jun.. Nur- 

 seryman, Frankfort on the JIain - - 379 

 Historical Notices of the Rise and Progress of 

 Gardening in Bavaria ; with a Description of 

 the Royal Nurseries at Munich and Weyhen- 

 stephan. By William Hinkert, Royal ISava- 

 rian Court-Gardener, and Director of the 

 Royal Central Fruit Tree Nursery at Weyhen- 

 stephan. Member of the Agricultural Society 

 of Bavaria and of the Deputation for the Cul- 

 ture of the Silkworm there - - 384 

 On Practical Cooperative Societies as a means 

 of ameliorating the Condition of the Labo- 

 rious Classes, with some Account of the 

 Brighton Cooperative Society. By Philan. 

 tliropist - - . - 387 

 On the Introduction of Botany into the System 

 of Education in Village Schools. By Y. 390 

 Hints with regard to the Drying of Botanical 

 Specimens. By W. D. - . - 391 

 On the Necessity and Advantage of enquiring 



_ scientifically into the Practices and Results of ] Observations oh the Cultivation of Ferns. 

 Horticulture. By Joseph Hay ward, Esq., Au- | Mr. James Housman 



On the Climate of the Eastern and Middle States 

 of North America, with reference to Horticul- 

 ture. By Mr. W. Wilson of New York 409 



Some Account of the Botanic Garden at Lisbon. 

 By W. Churchill, Esq., Royal Marines - 412 



On Straw or Reed Mats, as a Covering for Hot- 

 houses and Hot-beds. By Peter Lindegaard, 

 Esq. C.M.H.S., Court-Gardener to the King 

 of Denmark 414 



Some Account of the Duke of Northumberland's 

 Improvements in the Kitchen-Garden and 

 Forcing-Department at Syon. By the Con- 

 ductor . . . . 502 



GARDEN ARCHITECTURE AND LAND- 

 SCAPE-GARDENING. 



On the I.,aying out and Planting of Burying- 

 Grounds. By John H. Moggridge, Esq. 26 



Plan of the Kitchen-Garden at Annat. By Mr. 

 Archibald Gorrie, C.M.H.S. - - 28 



On Landscape-Gardening as a Part of the Study 

 and Business of Practical Gardeners. By a 

 Landscape- Gardener - . 30. 264 



On forming Artificial Seas in Ornamental Land- 

 scape, and on a New Sluice for regulating the 

 Rise and Fall of the Tide in such Seas. By 

 Mr. \V. Airken, Xurseryman, Castle Douglas, 

 Author of JN'araWHO, a Poem - - 137 



Description of au ornamental Conservatory, in 

 the Grecian Style of Architecture, built by 

 Mr. Robert Roberts, Plumber, Glazier, and 

 Gas Proprietor, Oswestry, Salop. By Mr. 

 Roberts, and .1. P. . . . 268 



Remarks on Metallic Hot-houses. By Mr. 

 George M'Leish . - - 416 



Description of a Hot-house, combining a Pi- 

 nery, Vinery, Succession Pit, and Winter 

 Green-house, all heated by one Fire. By 

 Abraham Caldicott, Esq., F.H.S. - 418 



ARBORICULTURE. 



On a Method of facilitating the Growth of 

 Thorn Hedges on high and exposed Situa- 

 tions. By Mr. D. Anderson . - 42 



On the Common Whin {titles. europae'\is\ as a 

 Hedge Plant. By T. H. - 43 



A brief Description of the Timber Trees abound- 

 ing in the Province of Choc6. By W. Hamil- 

 ton, Esq. M.D. . - - 44 



On the Scotch Pine. By Agronome - 139 



Some Observations on the Rearing of Gorse 

 Hedges ( i^\ex europ£E\is). By Spinosa 270 



On the Natural Succession of Forest Trees in 

 North America. By J. M. Philadelphia 421 



Notice of a Machine' for transplanting large 

 Trees, in Use in Thoresby Park, Nottingham- 

 shire. In a Letter to Mr. Mackay, of the 

 Clapton Nursery. By Mr. Bennet. C.M.H.S., 

 Gardener at Thoresby. Communicated by 

 Mr. Mackay, F.L.S. H.S. - . 422 



Method of cultivating the Mulberry in the Go- 

 vernment Mulberry Plantation at Nymphen- 

 burg, witli a List of the diflferent Species and 

 Varieties grown there. By M. Bischof, Nur- 

 sery-Gardener to the King of Bavaria - 424 



thor of Tfie Science nf Horliculturi: 

 Works 



FLORICULTURE. 

 On the Propagation of Cape Heaths. By C.L.B. 



47 



Observations on the Improvement of Flower- 



Gardens. By Mr. George M'Leish 



• - - By 



49 



and other 1 Historical and Descriptive Notice of a Plant of 



- 394 1 the Sabal Blackburnw, now in the Gardens at 



