CONTENTS. 



ORIGINAL COxMMUNICATlONS. 



GENERAL SUBJECT. 



A Retrospective View of the Progress 

 of Jlorticultiire in the United States, 

 during the year 1842. By the Editor 1 



Notes on England and France, during 

 two several visits to those countries 

 in the years 1840, 1841 and 1842; with 

 sonic Remarks on their buildings and 

 horticulture, and on rural affairs, &c. 

 By William Keurick, Nonantum Hill, 

 Newton 12 



Notices of Gardens and Nurseries in the 

 vicinity of New York, from memo- 

 randa made during a visit in October, 

 1842. By the Editor .... 41 



Remarks upon the state of Horticulture 

 in Indiana; the favorableness of its 

 climate for fruits; the production of 

 seedling apples, &c. By the Rev. H. 

 W. Beecher, Indianopolis, Indiana . 81 



The Curculio (Rynchtenus Cerasi Peck,) 

 its natural history, habits, character, 

 and the best mode of preventing its 

 destructive ravages; together with re- 

 marks on the cause of the disease 

 known as the Warty Excrescence, 

 and suggestions to prevent its appear- 

 ance. In a letter to the Committee 

 on Fruits of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society. By Dr. Joel Bw- 

 nett, Southborough, Mass. . . 281 



An Address delivered before the Colum- 

 bian Horticultural Societv, Washing- 

 ton, 1). C, August 3, \tii-i. By Geo. 

 Watterston, Esq. Communicated by 

 J.S. Skinner, Esq., Washington, B.C. 321 



Notes and Recollections of a tour 

 through Hartford, New Haven, New 

 York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash- 

 ington, and some other places, in Oc- 

 tober, 1843. By the Editor . . 401 



HORTICULTURE. 



Observations on the favorableness to 

 Horticulture of the soil and climate 

 of Washington, D. C, with some re- 

 marks upon the cultivation of the 

 Peach. By J. S. S., Post Office De- 

 partment 19 



Some account of a new variety of Pear, 

 called tlie Stone Pear; with a doscrip- 

 tion and engraving of the fruit, its 

 origin, history, &c.; in a letter to the 

 President of the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society. By A. H. Ernst, 

 Corresponding Member, Cincinnati, 

 Ohio 21 



Notes upon the Poire d'Aiigora (Angora 

 Pear,) and some addi ional remarks 

 upon the PauWwuia imperidlis. By 

 William Keurick, Nonantum Hill, 



Newton 50 



Notice of a new sweet Apple, called 

 the Broadwell apple; in a letter to the 

 President of the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society. By A. H. Ernst, 

 Corresponding Member, Cincinnati, 



Ohio 51 



On the Cultivation of Grapes under 

 Glass, without (ire heat, as practised 

 by Mr. Crawshay, an eminent Eng- 

 lish Cultivator. By the Editor . 86 

 Notices of Culinary Vegetables, new or 

 recently introduced, worthy of gen- 

 eral cultivation, in private gardens or 

 for the market. By the Editor . . 96 

 The London Horticultural Society's 

 Catalogue of Fruits ; 3d edition, 1842 : 

 with Notices of several Varieties enu- 

 merated since the second edition, 

 and other Remarks. By the Edi- 

 tor 

 Catalogue of Pears . . .121 

 Catalogue of Plums . . . 161 

 Catalogue of Cherries . . .201 

 Catalogue of Grapes . . .241 

 Catalogue of Strawberries . . 291 

 Catalogue of Currants . . . 329 

 Catalogue of Raspberries . . 331 

 Pomological Notices ; or Notices re- 

 specting new and superior Fruits, 

 worthy of general cultivation. By 

 the Editor:— 



Description of eighteen varieties of 

 Pears, new or recently introduced, 

 viz :— 



1. Dundas, Boucquia, Rostiezer, 

 Hampden's Bergamot, De Louvain, 

 Beurr^ Bosc 1S2 



2. Dearborn's Seedling, Columbia 

 Virgoulouse, King Edward's, Al- 

 thorp Crassane,Beurr6 d'Arembeig, 

 Glout Morceau . . . -249 



3. Citron des Carmes, Jargonelle, 

 Bloodgood, Summer Franc R6al, 

 Beurr6 d'Amalis, Gushing . . 361 



The Nectarine and Peach ; their liabili- 

 ty to be destroyed by the Curculio, 

 and Remarks on their Cultivation. 

 Communicated by J. S. S., Washing- 

 ton, D. C 166 



Grafting the Grape Vine. By James Ca- 

 mak, Esq., Athens, Ga. . . . 300 



The Franconia Raspberry — its hardi- 

 ness, and its value as a forcing varie- 

 ty. By A 332 



