IV 



CONTENTS. 



Descriptions of Select Apples. By the Editor, 554 

 Holland Pippin, Falla water, Smoke- 

 house. 

 PoMiological Gossip, 24, 80, 130, 266, 357, 



457, 505, 659 



FLORICULTDEE. 



Four New Spiraeas. By the Editor, . . 38 



The Rose and its Culture. By A. D. G., . 232 

 Flower Garden Annuals. By the Editor, . 249 

 A few words for the Herbaceous Plants. 



By the Editor, 345 



The Rose. By Prof Charles G. Page, . 513 



Floricultural and Botanical Notices, 41, 97. 190, 



326, 372, 428, 463, 521 



Suburban Tints, . . . 431,466,517 



LIST OF ENGRAVINGS. 



TREES AND PLANTS. 



4. SpirsB^a callosa, 40 



5. The Ginkgo Tree, 94 



6. The Sweet Gum, 138 



10. The Nettle Tree, 187 



18. The Cucumber Tree, . . . .279 



19. The Tulip Tree, 322 



21. The Striped Maple, . . . .370 

 23. The Virgilia or Yellow Wood, . . 425 

 30. The Kolreuteria, 567 



8. Plants raised from Cuttings of the Tu- 



bers of the Dioscorea batatas, . . 178 



9. Plants raised from pieces of the Roots 



of Dioscorea, 179 



7. Tubers of the Dioscorea, . . . 177 



FRUIT. 



Apples. 



27. Holland Pippin, 555 



28. FaUawater, 556 



29. Smokehouse, 558 



Grape. 

 26. Rebecca, 504 



Pears. 



fig- 



14. Charlotte de Brower, 



11. Fondante du Cornice, 



15. Pater Nostpr. 



16. Poire St. Meain, . 



12. Soldat Labourer, . 



13. Wredow, 



pme 

 . 228 

 . 224 

 . 280 

 . 231 

 . 225 

 . 227 



Strawberries. 

 22. Peabody's new Hautbois, 



. 417 



VIEWS AND PLANS OF BUILDINGS. 



1. A Tillage or Farm Cottage, '. . .28 



2. Plan of the first floor of the same, . 29 



3. Plan of the second floor of the f-ame, . 29 



24. Plan of a House for growing Peaches, . 454 



25. Details for constructing House for 



growing Peaches and Grapes, . . 455 



IMPLEMENTS, APPARATUS, &c. 



17. Garden Engine, with Water Diffuser, . 265 

 20. Garden or ConserTatory Pump, . . 366 



LIST OF PLANTS 



ENUMERATED IN THE PRESENT VOLUME. 



In the body of the Magazine, a few errors occur in the spelling of the botanical names, the 

 capitalizing the generic and specific names, their derivation and accentuation; these are all 

 corrected in the following list of plants. 



List of Fuchsias, 9 



Lists of fine Herbaceous Pseonies, . 14,341 

 Lists of fine Hybrid Perpetual, Bourbon, 

 Chinese, Noisette, Tea, and other Roses, 237, 

 335, 386, 515 

 Flower Garden Annuals, .... 250 

 Lists of new Terbenas, . . . 275, 521 

 New Heliotropes, 327 



New Geraniums, 328 



List of Herbaceous Plants, .... 346 



New Achimenes, 372 



Lists of new Phloxes, . . . 389,428,438 



New Japan Lilies, 437 



List of Large Washingtonias in California, 526 

 List of Premium Dahlias, .... 532 



.A'^biea &lba, 

 bals&mea, 

 canadensis, 

 jezo^nis, 



243 1 nigra, 

 243 X^cer pseudo pldtanus, 

 239 striatum, 



9 ) AchiU&a rosea, 



241 

 371 



Achimenes, 9, 190, 372, 480 

 Ambrose Terschaffelt, 372 

 Dr. Hoft, 372 



Decaisnestcina, 191 



