CONTENTS. 



vu 



Kev. W. L. Rham, Loudon, Low, and 

 Youatt, and the moist eminent Ameri- 

 can Authors. Edited by D. P. Gard- 

 ner, M. U., Honorary Member of sev- 

 eral Aifricultural Societies, with nuni- 

 erons illustrations 221 



The Fruit Culturist, adapted to the cli- 

 mate of the Northern States; contain- 

 ing Directions for raisin^j Young Trees 

 in tlie Nursery, and for the iManage- 

 ment of the Oicliard and Fruit Garden. 

 By .lohn J. Thomas. Illustrated with 

 engravings 224 



European Agriculture and Rural Econo- 

 my, from personal observation. By 

 Henry Coltnan. Vol. H., Part 6 . 258 



Abstract of a Meteorological Journal for 

 the vear 184o, kept at Marietta, Ohio, 

 Lat.'sa^ 2.5' N., long. 4^ 28' W. of Wash- 

 ington city. By S. P. Hildreth, M. U. 259 



The Charter, Constitution, and By-laws 

 of the Cincinnati Horticultural Socie- 

 ty, with a Report ol its Transactions 

 for 1843, 1844, and 1S45, List of Mem- 

 bers, &c. Part 1 304 



1 The Cultivation of the Grape and Manu- 

 facture of Wine. Also, Character and 

 Habits of the Strawberry Plant. By 

 N. Longworth 3.55 



European Agriculture and Rural Econo- 

 my, t'rom personal observation. By 

 Henry Colman. Vol. II., Part 7 . . 4S4 



The American Flower Garden Compan- 

 ion. Revised aud enlarged. By Ed- 

 ward Sayers, Landscape and Ornamen- 

 tal Gardener, &c 485 



Norman's Southern Agricultural Alman- 

 ac for 1847. Edited by T. Affleck, Esq. 

 Devoted exclusively to the agricultural 

 interests of the South .... 486 



Remarks on the Culture of the Grape and 

 Manufacture of Wine in the Western 

 States : comprising a Report made by 

 Direction of the Cincinnati Horticultu- 

 ral Society, May 2d, 1846. By Melzer 

 Flagg, M. D 486 



A Brief Compend of American Agricul- 

 ture. By R. L. Allen. . . .487 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



General Notices. 

 General Treatment of Greenhouse Plants, 66; 

 Cultivation of the Chinese Primrose, 226; 

 Destruction of the Red Spider, 227; Winter 

 Flowers, 227; Fine specimen of Erica, hye- 

 nidlis, 228; Cultivation of Fuchsias, 228; 

 Cultivation of Asparagus, 2.30; Cultivation 

 of Annuals, 231; Watering out of doors, 262; 

 Papdver bracteiitum, 262; Results obtained 

 in the Jardin des Plantes from seed prepared 

 by Mr. Bickes, 26.3 ; Stopiiing vines, 263 ; 

 Syringing Grapes, 264 ; O'valis floribunda, 

 264; Drainage of Pots, 265; Destruction 

 of Aphides with (Carbonate of Ammonia,266 

 Starch a remedy for the Scale Insect, 266; 

 Management of New Holland Plants, 266. 



FoKEiGN Notices. 



England. — June Exhibition of the London 

 Horticultural Society, 310; July Exhibition 

 of the London Horticultural Society, :i62; 

 Dahlias and Dahlia Exhibitions for 1846,488. 



France.— Paris Camellia Show, 1846, 233; 

 The Cercle Generale d' Horticulture of Par- 

 is, 490. 



Domestic Notices. 

 A new Scirpus, 35; Musa Cavendish;/, 35; Nor- 

 thampton Agricultural, Horticultural and 

 Floricultural Club, 35; Hovey's Seedling 

 Strawberry, 36; The Weather in Georgia 

 in 1845, 36; Horticulture in the vicinity of 

 Rochester, N. Y., 195; Seedling Strawber- 

 ries, 196; Buffalo Horticultural Society, 267; 

 Flowering of the Agdve americdna or Cen- 

 tury Plant, 267; Magnificent specimen of 

 Prairie Rose, 267; The Means Grass, 268; j 

 The Hog Artichoke of Tenessee, 268; Ho- 

 vey's Seedling Strawberry, 268; Whyte'a 

 new deep red Blood Beet, 268; t/^reus c:c- 

 rul6-:cens, cylindricus, extensis,269; Spurry 

 or Spergel Grass, 269; l^erunica specidsa, 

 318; Ipoms'a Lear((,319; The English Sky- 

 lark, 319; The Gushing Raspberry, 319; Ho- 

 vey's Seedling Strawberry, 319; Rochester 

 Horticultural SoeieJy, 319; Semi-.TiiiLual Ex- 



hibition of the Long Island Horticultural 

 Society, 319; Stoddard's Alpine Strawber- 

 ry, 319; Marchioness of Ormonde and other 

 new Dahlias, 320; Tiie Blight of the Pear 

 Tree, its remedy, &c., 320; Another liberal 

 Donation to the Massachusetts Horticultu- 

 ral Society, 365; Exhibitions of Horticultu- 

 ral Societies, 365; Ipomte'a Leir//, 365; Van 

 Zandt's Superb Peach, 491; Fancy Dahlias, 

 491; The Dix Pear — a profitable tree, 491; 

 Crinum amabile in the open ground, 492; 

 Swan's Orange or Onondaga Pear, 492; 

 Knight's Seedling Pear, 492; The Scharges 

 Henling Grajie, -492. 



Retrospective Criticism. 



Errata, 269, 421; The Sieulle Pear, 269; The 

 Dix Pear, 269 ; The Ortley Apple, 270; 

 The New York Virgalieu Pear, and the 

 White Doyenne, 270; Jerusalem Artichoke, 

 421 ; Hovey's Seedling Strawberry, with 

 staminate llowers, 454; Mr. Longworth's 

 ideas upon the Strawberry, and the Editor's 

 remarks, 455 ; The New Y^ork Virgalieu 

 Pear, 457. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Exhibitions, 37. 68. 107. 156. 197. 235. 271. 

 321. 367. 407. 458. 499; Appropriation of 

 Money for Premiums, 68; Reports of the 

 Committees on Flowers, Fruits and Vegeta- 

 bles, awarding Premiums for 1845, 69; List 

 of Special Premiums for Fruits, 106; Reports 

 of '. ommittees awarding Special Premiums 

 of I late for Hovey's Seedling t-'lrawberry, 

 Camellias Wilderj and Abby Wilder, 107; 

 Reports of Committees offering Premiums 

 for 1846, 110; Report of Flower Committee, 

 awarding Gold Medal to Feast's Prairie 

 Roses, 155; Mr. Lowell's Donation of §1000, 

 155; Report of Building Committee, with 

 co.st of new Hall, 156; Value of the Soci- 

 ety's and Appleton Medals, 157; Premiums 

 on Hyacinths, 235; Premiums on Calceo- 

 larias, 236; Premiums on Tree Pasonies, 

 Hawthorns, Hardy Azaleas and Tulips, 237; 

 Premiums on Punsies, 271; Green-house 



