VI 



CONTENTS. 



On the Cultivation of Ranunculuses in 

 Pots. By S. Sweetser, . . . .212 



Some Remarks on tiie Cultivation of the 

 Genus Calceolaria. By the Conductors, 214 



A few Remarks on the Treatment of Cyc- 

 lamens. By S. Sweetser. . . . 251 



Calendar of Plants and Shrubs in bloom from 

 the month of May to October, inclusive. 

 By tlie Conductors, 25 1. £90. 326. 364. 404 



On the Cultivation of Brompton and Ten-- 

 week Stocks, for producing Flov/ers in 

 Spring. By the Conductors, . . . 287 



Some Hints on the Propagation and Treat- 

 ment of tlie Sweet-scented Verbena, 

 (Aloysia citriod6ra). By an Amateur, ! 292 



On the Germination of tiie JVelumbium spe- 

 cioium. By J. L. R 328 



On the Cultivation of the Pink (Di^nthus), 

 more particularly the Carnation, Picotee, 

 ard Pink. By S. Walker, . . .329 



Some Remarks on the Genus Piil6x, By 



John Lewis Russell, A. 51. Prof. Bot. and 

 Veg. Phys. to the Mass. Hort. Soc. . . 361 



On the Repotting and Management of Chi- 

 nese Roses. By J. W. Russell, . .363 



Some Remarks on the Tree Pieony, (Pteonia 

 Moiitan), including its history, introduc- 

 tion into England, the production of new 

 seedling Varieties, propagation, cultiva- 

 tion, &c. By the Conductors, . 335.367 



On the Cultivation of Double China Asters 

 in Pots. By S. Sweetser, . . . 403 



Observations on the Treatment of several 

 Genera of rhe Natural order Iridacese. By 

 the Conductors, ..... 408 



Some Remarks on the O'.xalis, as worthy of 

 General Cultivation, &c. By John Lewis 

 Russell, A. M., Prof, of Bot. and Veg. 

 Physiol, to the Mass. Hort. Soc. . . 441 



Calls at Gardens and Nurseries. 64. 107. 178 

 262. 346. 378. 418 



REVIEWS. 



Chemistry applied to Agriculture . By John 

 Antony Chaptal, Count of Cantaloup, Peer 

 of France, Member of the Institute, &c. 

 First American, translated from the sec- 

 ond French edition. ]2rao. 



The New American Orchardist, or an Ac- 

 count of the most valuable Varieties of 

 Fruit of all Climates, adapted to Cultiva- 

 tion in the United States, &c.; and the 

 Culture of Silk. With an Appendix on 

 Vegetables, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs 

 and Flowers. By Wm. Kenrick'. Second 

 edition, enlarged and improved. 1 vol. 

 Svo, 



A discourse delivered before the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society, on the Cele- 

 bration of its seventh Anniversary, Sep- 

 tember 7th, 1835. By John Lewis Rus- 

 sell. Pamphlet, 8vo 



The Gardener's .Magazine and Register of 

 Rural and Domestic Improvements. Con- 

 ducted by J, C. Loudon, F. L. S., H. S., 

 &c. In Monthly Numbers. 8vo. 67. 111. 

 181. 225. 263. 297. .■JSS. 



Report of the Committee of Arrangements 

 of the Second Annual Exhibition of the 

 Columbian Horticultural Society, June 

 10th and Uth, 1835, with the Reports of 

 the Standing Committees upon the Ob- 

 jects exhibited, and those entitled to Pre- 

 mium. Pamphlet, 8vo. , . . . 



A Practical Treatise on the Culture of Silk, 

 adapted to the Soil and Climate of the 

 United States. By F. G. Comstock. 1vol. 

 12mo. 



The Year Book : an Aatronomica! and Phi- 



26 



30 



33 



losophical Annual : fitted for general use 

 in all parts of the United States. By Mar- 

 shall Conant. 1 vol. 12mo. . . .150 



Paxton's Horticultural Register. Edited by 

 James Main, A. L. S. In monthly num- 

 bers, evo 185. 306 



Bt)ston Journal of Natural History, contain- 

 ing Papers and Communications read to 

 the Boston Society of Natural History, and 

 published by their direction. Part I. — 

 No. Ill 231 



An Essay on Calcareous Manures. Second 

 edition, greatly enlarged. By Edmund 

 Ruffin. 1 volume, 8vo 267 



Elements of Botany. By Asa Gray, M. D., 

 Member of the Ca'sar. Acad. Naturs Curi- 

 osum, and of the Lyceum of Natural His- 

 tory, New York. 1 vol. 12nio. . . 421 



Report of the Committee of Arrangements 

 of the Third Annual Exhibition of the Co- 

 lumbian Horticultural Society, June 8th 

 and 9th, 1836, with the reports of the 

 Standing Committees upon the objects ex- 

 hibited, and those entitled to premium. 

 Pamphlet, 8vo 432 



New York Farmer and American Garden- 

 er's Magazine. In Monthly Numbers. 

 Quarto 433 



An Address delivered before the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society, at their Eighth 

 Anniversary, Sept. 17th, 1836. By Ezra 

 Weston, jr. Pamphlet, 8vo. . . .451 



Journal of the Essex County Natural History 

 Society. Vol. I. No. I. Pamphh't, 8vo. 450 



Literary Notices, 307 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Gehbral Notices. — To destroy insects by a 

 solution of chlorine. Mining insect on the rose 

 tree, 74; Insect plant, 113; Scientific fecun- 

 dation, The superiority of sets of potatoes to 

 whole ones, 151 ; A mode of preserving the 

 ilowers of the Pansv, 190 ; Irregular meta- 



morphoses of Plants, 232 ; The use and abuse 

 of Hybridization, 269 ; Lobelia splendens and 

 fulgens, 270 ; Cultivation of the Bamboo in 

 France; Vitality of Seeds, 271; Method of 

 preserving Plants during a long Voyage, 309 ; 

 The House Fly, Waterproof strands of Bast, 



