CONTENTS. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



GENERAL SUBJECT. 



Some Account of a Green-house erected the 

 past Summer in the Garden of Mr. S. 

 Sweetser, Cambridgeport ; accompanied 

 with Engravings illustrating the same, 

 and the Method of Heating by Hot Water. 

 By the Conductors, 1 



Descriptive notiee of the Osage Orange 

 (Madura aurantiitca). By T. S. P., 



On the neglected State of Cottage Gardens, 

 with Hints for their Improvement. By 

 K. Murray, 53 



Descriptive Notrce of J. W. Knevels, Esq's. 

 Collection of Exotic Plants at JVevvburgh, 

 N. Y. By A. J. D., 



Some Hints on the Importance of improving 

 Cottage Gardens. By an old Florist, .129 



Notice of some of the Epiphyte, and Parasi- 

 tic Plants of the United States, with Re- 

 marks on their Physiological Characters. 

 By John Lewis Russell, Prof. Bot. Sec. to 

 th-e Mass. Hort. See, .... 165 



Some Account of the Camellia House and 

 Stove, accompanied with Engravings, 

 -lately erected at Hawthorn Grove, Dor- 

 chester, the Residence of M. P. Wilder, 

 Esq. By the Conductors, . . . 201 



Rural Scenery : The Thatched Cottage. By 

 Junius, 210 



Descriptive Notice of Mr. Hogg's new Me- 

 thod of Heating by Hot Water. By A. J. 

 Downing, Botanic Garden and Nursery, 

 New burgh, N. Y 248 



Remarks on the Fitness of the different 

 Styles of Architecture for the Construc- 

 tion of Country Residences, and on the 

 Employment of Vases in Garden Scenery. 

 By A. J. Downing, Botanic Garden aud 

 Nursery, Newburgh, N. Y. . . . 281 



On the Vsi of the Osage Orange, (Madura 

 aurantlaca), as Food for Silk-worms. By 

 T. S. P., Beaverdam, Va. ... 321 



On the Preservation of Plants, Fruits, Sec, 

 against Ants. By M. Emilien de Wael, 

 of Antwerp, ...... 407 



Programme of a Prize of one thousand Francs 

 offered by the Royal Horticultural Society 

 of Paris, with the view of obtaining, by 

 means of a repstition of the Experiments 

 of Van Mons, and also by any other 

 Method pursued with Seeds, the Improve- 

 ment of the varieties of Apples and Pears. 

 .Translated by A. J. D., . . . . 446 



HORTICULTURE. 



On the Forcing of the Strawberry. By E. 



Sayers, Newark, New Jersey, . . .4' 

 On the Construction of Brick Pits for early 



forcing ; to which is added ,the Cultiva- 



tion and Forcing of the Cucumber: taken 

 from Horticultural Memoranda, and ex- 

 hibiting the State of their Progress from 

 January until September. By the Con- 

 ductors, 81. 121 



Results of the Culture of some of the New 

 Varieties of Strawberries, recently intro- 

 duced into this Country; with the Me- 

 thod adopted. By the H(in. E. Vose, . 89 



On the Cultivation of Asparagus. By S. 

 Pond, . ...... 134 



Observations on the Culture of the Plum, 

 with some Remarks upon the insects in- 

 festing that Tree. By ftlessrs. C, & A. J. 

 Downing, Botanic Garden and Nursery, 

 Newburgh, N. Y. 161 



On the Cultivation of the Plum, with some 

 Remarks upon Grafting on Peach Stocks. 

 By S. Pond, 207 



On the Cultivation and Management of 

 Peach Trees in Pots, By the Conductors, 241 



Some Remarks on the Cultivation of Lima 

 Beans. By the Conductors, . . . 401 



Culture of the Pie Plant, or Rhubarb /flh^um 

 ponticum). By Edward Sayers, Newark, 

 New Jersey 444 



FLORICULTURE. 



On the Management of Plants in Rooms. 

 By Robert .\iurray. Gardener to the Hon. 

 Theodore Lyman, Jr., Waltham, . . 11 



Beautiful Plants growing wild in the Vi- 

 cinity of Boston. By E. B. Kenrick, 

 Watertown, ... 14. 5S. 131. 171 



Observations on the Camellia, and its Va- 

 rieties, with some Account of its Introduc- 

 tion into Great Britain and this Country. 

 By M. P. Wilder, . . . . 18. 93 



Notices of new and beautiful Plants figured 

 in the London Floricultural and Botanical 

 Magazines; with some Account of those 

 which it would be desirable to Introduce 

 into our Gardens, 22. 59. 102. 137. 174. 217 

 255. 293. 338. 414 



Observations on the Dahlia, its Species and 

 Varieties. By John Lewis Russell, Pro- 

 fessor of Botany and Vegetable Pliysiol- 

 ogy to the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society, ....... 41 



On the Propagation and Management of the 

 Erythrina Ciisti pilli. By Japhet, . . 51 



On the necessary Treatment of £uph6rbia 

 Poinsettf'i. By P. Q., Philadelphia, . . 58 



On the Cultivation of some of the most se- 

 lect Biennial and Perennial plants, with 

 some Remarks upon their Beauty. By S. 

 Walker, 127. 167 



On the Cultivation of several of the most 

 Beautiful Species and Varieties of Cactus 

 and Cereus. By J. W. Russell, 170. 252. 324 



