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CONTENTS. 



The British Almanack, and the Companion 

 to the Almanack for 1841 - - - 3i 



The Farmer's Almanacks and Calendar lor 

 1842 . - - . - 628 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



The Seventh Annual Report of the Royal 

 Cornwall Polvtechnic Society - - 177 



The Eighth Annual Report of the Royal 

 Cornwall Polytechnic Society - - 626 



Brande's Dictionary of Science, Literature, 

 and Art ... - Vu. 626 



Transactions of the Society for the Encou- 

 ragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Com- 

 merce ..... 275 



Lectures on Chemistry, including its Appli- 

 cation in the Arts. By Henry M. Noad - 626 



The Entomologist. Conducted by Edward 



Newman, F.L.S., Z.S.,&c. . - -626 



The Journey-Book of England - .628 



A Developement of the Principles and Plan 

 on which to establish Self-supporting Home 

 Colonies ; as a most secure and profitable 

 Investment for Capital, and an effectual 

 Means permanently to remove the Causes 

 of Ignorance, Poverty, and Crime ; and 

 most materially to benefit all Classes of So- 

 ciety, by giving a right Application to the 

 now greatly misdirected Powers of the Hu. 

 man Faculties and of Physical and Moral 

 Science. By Robert Owen - - 628 



LITERARY NOTICES. 



The Guide to the Conservatory. By Richard 

 Bainbridge . - . . . 286 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



GENERAL NOTICES. 



Historical and Statistical. — The Gardeners' Book 

 Society of Croydon, 35 ; What constitutes a Gar. 

 dener, 629 ; Order Book, 629. 

 Scientific. — The Theory of Excretions of Plants, 

 629; Effect of coloured Light, 629; Char, 

 coal Dust, 630 ; Sawdust mixed with Stable Ma- 

 nure, 630; Pounded Brickbats, 630; The 

 Guernsey Weeding Prong, 630; Germination of 

 Seeds, 519; Average Temperature at which 

 Seeds will germinate, 375 ; Respiration of Plants; 

 181 ; Sending Home Seeds from warm Climates, 

 562 ; Sending Home Seeds from foreign Coun- 

 tries, 630 ; The Oxygenation of Water, 631 ; 

 Suspended Vegetation, (^31 ; Raising Plants from 

 Seed, 632 ; Root-pruning, 632 ; Acclimatising 

 Plants, 632 ; Neatness often the Cause of im- 

 poverishing the Soil, 632 ; The Scion will affect 

 the Quality, although not the Organization of 

 the Stock, 632; Propagation by Leaves, 633; 

 Budding, 633 ; Sending Cuttings by Letter, 88|; 

 Objections to turning in Snow when digging or 

 ploughing, 377 ; Garden Culture of Exotics, 87 ; 

 Sawdust as iVIanure, 376 ; Striking from Leaves, 

 376 ; Root-Grafting, 377 ; Roadmaking, 282 ; 

 Paving Roads with India-rubber, 638 ; Expe- 

 riments for the Destruction of Moss on Gravel 

 "Walks, 281 ; Growth of Fig Branches without 

 Roots, 375. 

 Insects. — Insects on Plants, 427 ; To destroy Ca- 

 terpillars, 475 ; The Gooseberry Caterpillar, 521 ; 

 Caterpillars on Vines, 3-'8 ; The Maggot in 

 Onions, 88; American Blight, 229 ; Recipes for 

 destroying Ants, 280 ; Wire- Worms, 475 ; Trap 

 for Woodlice, 281 ; Woodlice among Orchi- 

 dacea;, 378; Earthworms, 329 ; Tobacco Paper, 

 634 ; Tobacco Water, 634 ; Spirit of Tar, 634 ; 

 ■ Sulphurated Hydrogen Gas, 634; Stifling In- 

 sects, 634 ; Deterring Insects by Mud, 634. 



Diseases Canker in Fruit Trees, 377. 



Landscape. Gardening. — To destroy. Moss in 



Lawns, 634. 

 Garden Structures, hnplements, S(C. — Heat con- 

 sidered relatively to Plant Structures, 634; 

 Boiler Furnaces, 635 ; The Construction of Pipes 

 for circulating hot Water, 634 ; Laying Hot- 

 water Pipes in Troughs of Water, 635; Glazing 

 I Hot-houses, 635 ; Old Putty softened, 635 ; A 

 Pit for wintering Plants, 635 ; Fruit- Room, 635 ; 

 Construction of a Fruit-Room, 636 ; Ventilation 

 of Plant Structures, 637; Tanner's Bark Walks, 

 6S7 ; A Forcing-House which may be applied to 

 various Purposes, 563 ; Green's Cucumber Pit, 

 281 ; Smoke Flues, closed Hot-water Pipes, and 

 • Water in open Gutters, as Modes of Heating, 

 377 ; An Ice-house under Rockwork, 563 ; 

 Tarred Canvass for Coverings, 280 ; Oil. Paper 

 Frames, 562 ; Pocock's Asphalte Roofing, 280 ; 

 Receipts for preparing artiHcial Asphalte, 564 ; 

 Indian- Rubber Pavement, 87 ; Pince and Co's 

 permanent Botanical and Horticultural Tally, 

 230; Garden Syringes, Sa ; The Wickerwork 



Dahlia Protector, 377 ; The Potting.bench In. 

 strument, 563; New Besom for Garden Pur. 

 poses, 230 ; A Camera Lucida, well adapted for 

 Gardeners, 278 ; Ropes from metallic Wire, 87. 



Arboriculture. — Botanic Garden Reports of new 

 Trees and Shrubs, 35; Economical Planting, 

 564 ; Vitality of the Genera P^rus, and Cra. 

 tae'gus, 278 ; Propagating Coniferous Plants by 

 Cuttings, 638 ; Stunted Ash Trees, 638 ; Rabbits 

 and Gamekeepers, 639 ; Autumn Planting, 639 ; 

 Certain Species of European Pines, 639 ; Shrub- 

 beries, 641 ; Pruning and Lopping, 641 ;"Cedrus 

 Deodara, 641 ; Arauc&ria imbricSlta, 641 ; Quer- 

 cus fastigiSta and Q. Alba, 641 ; The Terms red 

 and white Oak, 641 ; The sweet Bay, 641 ; The 

 Savine, 641 ; Rbiis Cotinus, 641 ; Birches and 

 other Coppices, 641 ; Tree Guards, 641 ; Au- 

 tumnal Colouring of ^u^rcus" and /fhiis, 36 ; 

 American Oaks, 36 ; Preservation and Staining 

 of Wood, 178 ; Kyanised Timber, 279 ; Prepa. 

 ration of Timber, 374 ; Boucherie's Mode of 

 preserving Timber; 642; Boucherie's Mode of 

 increasing the Elasticity of Wood, 643 ; Bur- 

 nett's Mode of Preserving Timber, 643. 



Floriculture. — Fasteningdown Plants, 643; Grow- 

 ing Annuals in Pots, 643 ; Budding Roses, 643; 

 Pruning Roses, 644 ; Propagation of Pinks, 644 ; 

 Culture of the Amaryllis, 644 ; C'rinum capense, 



645 ; Rosc6ea purpCirea, 645 ; The Marchioness 

 of Exeter's Camellia, 645 ; .Salvia p~itens, 645; 

 AbidiloH striatum, 645; Abutilon yitifiJlium, 645; 

 Fuchs/'a discolor, 645; Physidnthus Albicans, 

 645; O'xalis Acetosella, 645. 



Horticulftire. — Canker in Fruit Trees, 645 ; 

 Vines, 645 ; Preservation of Grapes, 646 ; Mr. 

 Hayward's ^Manure for Grapes, 646; Keeping 

 Fruit, 646 ; Raspberries, 646 ; Thinning Pears, 

 646; The Scale on Peach Trees, 646; Pre. 

 serving SPears on the Trees, 646; Wild Crab, 



646 ; Pears, 646 ; Keeping Apples and Pears 

 647; Package of Fruit, 647; Roots of Fruit 

 Trees, 647 ; The Spanish Filbert, 647 ; Goose- 

 berries, 647 ;f,Gooseberry Cuttings, 647 ; The 

 Club in the Cabbage Tribe, 647; Asparagus, 

 648; O'xalis Deppe^, 648; Comfrcy, 648; Vic- 

 toria Rhubarb, 648 ; Myatt's Pine Strawberry, 

 648; Fuchsia fulgens, 648; Cucumberand Melon 

 Culture, 35; Steaming Mushroom-houses, 328; 

 Covering Strawberry-beds with Netting, 229 ; 

 Preserving Currants on the Bushes till Christ, 

 mas, 564 ; Artificial Maturation of Figs, 37 : 

 The Quince, 564. 



Do7nestic Economy On boiling Potatoes, 329; 



Curdling of Milk, 521 ; Aspergillus glaUcus, or 

 Cheese Mould, 329. 



Agriculture. — Trifolium incarnatum,6J8 ; Agri- 

 culture, 281 ; Lime in Agriculture, 476 ; Ra- 

 vages of Worms at the Roots of Corn, 522 ; 

 /rt'6mus pratensis and Fcstuca U'r/Y, 564. 



The Weather. — On a Method of prognosticating 

 the probable Mean Temperature of the several 

 Winter Months from that of corresiwnding 



