CONTENTS. 



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for tyiiii; trees, anj waterproof Bast Mats, 

 Chenopodiuiu Qatnda, 310 ; On the Origin of 

 Weeping trees, 347 ; Cultivation of Canna 

 AcUiras or C. ediilis as a substitute for tlie ar- 

 row root, Ornamental gardening in cjyria, 

 348 ; Heating Stoves by Steam, not a new In 

 vention, A stove for Vegetables good and 

 clieap, bistribution of tlie order ftosacea? in 

 India, 349 ; Chinese metliod of dwarfing 

 trees, 387 ; Chinese love of tiowers, 388 j Ma- 

 rie Louise and Napoleon pears, 453. 



Foreign Notices. 



England.— The Metropolitan Society of Florists 

 and Amateurs, The dwarf fan palm Cham- 

 ai'rops humilis,74; Onrldium ciliatum, Royal 

 Dulce cherry, 75: Dahlia Exhibitions, 114; 

 ITrifolium incarnatum, 151, 190 ; Heaviest 

 gooseberries for 1835, 151 ; Prize Dahlias, 

 Scale for showing the comparative hardiness 

 oftreeSjifamamelis virglnica, 152; The Q.ues- 

 lion whether Potatoes ought to be planted 

 whole or in sets. New Variety of the Grape, 

 New Species or Variety of Onion, 190; Thun- 

 bergm alata var. alba. Large Hydrangea, Malt 

 Carle Apple, 191 ; New Species of the Dahlia, 

 233; Uibes glutindsum, 234 ; Turnip Fly, 271 

 Strelltz.ia augiista, H. K., A large Plant of 

 Brugmansire suaveolens, 272; Camellia show 

 at the London Horticultural Society's garden, 

 310; aietropolitan Society of Florists, 311; 

 London Horticultural Society's show. May 14, 

 1833, 353 ; Horticultural Outrage in the Royal 

 Botanic Garden of Edinburgh, 388: Ipoma3*a 

 riibro cserCdea, 389 ; Cow Cabbage, 453. 



Belgium.— Ohent, October ]9tk, lb35, 272; Lou 

 vain, December, 1835, 311. 



Oermany. — Botanic Garden of Berlin, 75; Notes 

 on the Trees, Gardens, Gardeners, Garden 

 Artists, and Garden Authors of Germany, 312. 

 China. — Chinese style of Gardening, 234. 



Domestic Notices. 

 Cultivation of the Pine-Apple, Ruinous effect of 

 the full influence of the sun. Singular anomaly 

 in the Cherry Tree, 36 ; CXxalis crenata, 76, 

 154; Passitloraedulis, Pennsylvania Hort. Soc 

 ety, 73, 156 ; Cltiome randifiora, Astrapaj'a 

 \ValUchiJ,76; Madura aurantiaca, 77. 115; Ex 

 hibitions of Horticultural Societies, 77, Green- 

 houses and Forcing-houses, 116 ; Strawberries, 

 152; Forced Beans, Primula pras'nitens var. 

 dlba fimbriata, Ranunculuses in pots, Zinc 

 Labels for marking Plants, White corrolasd 7a/'.! 

 of iiliododendron, 153; iJiAcs sangulneum. For- 

 ced Peaches, The Mexican (iuinoa, (Cheno- 

 p6dium Qiuftda), 154 ; The Bread-root of the 

 Western Indians, (Psordlea esculenta), Mona-j 

 graph of the American Cyperdcec-E, 155; Trans- 

 planting evergreen trees, 155, 191; Flowering 

 of Cycas revoliita, The season in Georgia, 

 TJhododendron nudifl6rum, var. Azalea nudi 

 fl(ira, Lemon Hill, New Seedling Variety of 



the Mimulus, 156; Noisette rose Lamarque. 

 157 ; Early Potatoes, New Vaiiety of Pump- 

 kin, Bulbs presented to the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, 191 ; Variation of Fo- 

 liage, Pentstemon campanulatum and atro- 

 purpureum, The New Zealand Flax, Phor- 

 niium tenax, Sanguinaria canadensis, 192; 

 Extract ofa letter from Cincinnati, March 11th, 

 1836, From my Spring Calendar, Utility of the 

 Prickly pear (Cactus Opimtia), 193; Vigor of 

 Annual growth in the Alder (./i'lnus serrulata), 

 Desideratum, 194; Quere, 194, 354, 455 ; En- 

 kiantlius quinqueflira. The power of the pre- 

 vailing winds in directing trees from a perpen- 

 dicular position. Bouquet tendre hyacinth, 

 Gardening in Algiers, 194 : Schizanthus Hook- 

 ert. On blights and their causes, 195; Taylor's 

 early forty-fold Potatoes, 197 ; Stray leaf from 

 Nature's Calendar for May IS, 234; Fine varie- 

 ties of the Dahlia, Perspiration of Plants, 235; 

 New Seedling pansies, English Hawthorn 

 (CrattE'gus Oxyacaiitha), JVymplire'a caerulea. 

 Wistaria. ConsequA/m hardy, 236 ; Phytolacca 

 decandra,236, 274 ; Microscopic beauty of some 

 of the Graminere and Junceie, Seedling Hibis- 

 cus, 236 ; Cashmere Goats, Gardenia radicans, 

 237; Gama Grass (Tiipsacum dactyloides), 

 The Crape Myrtle nearlv hardy. Some species 

 of the Sedges (Carices), 273 ; Cultivation of 

 the Tea PI int, 374; Juniperus virginiinus, 

 Zephryanthes rdsea. Microscopic beauty of the 

 fruit of Aspidium marginale, 354 ; Rediscovery 

 of Scolopendrium officinAruin, Poinsettia pul- 

 ch6rrima, 389 ; Campanula p>ramidfllis hardy, 

 Vanack Cabbage, Bolmar's Wasliington Plum, 

 Variation in the time of flowering of the Cere- 

 iis granditlorus. The Young Hys(m Tea Plant, 

 391); New York Horticultural Society, Accli- 

 niization of the Chinese Mulberry, 'Phe Scar- 

 let-runner Bean, Dahlia roots, 391 ; 

 Cultivation of the fig tree, 392; Gladio- 

 lus natal6nsis and lineatus, 435 ; Aniaryl- 

 \nce(e. Cyclamen per^icum, 436 ; Premature 

 Flowering of several Azaleas and Rhododen- 

 drons, 454 ; Cereus grandifl6rus, O'xalis Bow- 

 iei,./U6rus multicaulis, Pxonia jT/owto!, Prolific 

 Lima Bean, 455. 



Retrospective Criticism. — The ToKalon Grape, 76; 

 Madura aurantiaca. Exhibitions of Horticul- 

 tural Societies, 77 ; Rural Affairs, 116; Scolo- 

 pendrium officinarum not a rediscovery, Ciiiere, 

 430. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Societif, 37. 79. 117 

 157. 197. 237. 275. 314. 355. 392. 437. 456 



EAihitions of Horticultural and Floricultural 

 Societies, .... 276.. 357. 456 



quincij Market, 38. 7S. 118. 158. 198. 238. 278 

 316. 358. 398. 438. 462 



Ohituarif JVotice, . . .39, 119. 159. 317 



Meteorological JSTotice, . 39. 80. 119. 159. 199 

 239. 279. 320. .''.59. 399. 439. 463; 



Calendar of Horticulture and Floriculture, 40. 80 

 120. 159. 199. 239. 280. 3C0.. 400.. 440.. 464 



Index to the Plants. 465. 



LIST OF ENGRAVINGS. 



STRUCTURES. 

 1-2 Plans ofa small Green-house, . . 3.4 

 3-4 Furnaces for a Green-house . . . 5.0 

 5-6 Plans of a large Green-house, with all 



the details, 204. 205 



7 Construction of a pit or bark bed for the 

 Stove, 206 



MODE OF HEATING. 



8 A mode of heating pits, green-houses, 

 &c., invented by Mr. Hogg, jr. . . 249 



OPERATIONS. 

 5 New mode of striking cuttings, . .112 

 9 New Method of budding grape vines, . 265 



GARDEN ORNAMENTS. 

 10-11 Yasea for ornamenting gaidens,, 285.286 



