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CONTENTS. 



of the U'est. By A. II. Ernst, Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio 135 



Pomoloijical Notices: or Notices respect- 

 ing new and superior varieties of Fruits 

 worthy of general cultivation: — 



Uescripliona of eighteen varieties of 

 Pears, new or recently introduced. 

 By the Editor, viz. — 



1. Beurre Die), Henri Q,uatre, Doy- 

 enne SieuHe, Marie Louise, Van Mons 

 Leon le Clerc, Di\ 171 



2. Paradise d'Antomne, Fondante 

 Van Mons, Conitcsse de Lunay, Vi- 

 compte de Spoelberch, Plonibgastei, 

 Saint Andre 287 



3. Lawrence, Tyson, Hull, Wilbur, 

 Heathcot, Edwards's Eli7,;ibelh . . 431 



Notices of several new Pears, Plums, 

 Cherries, and Apricots .... 336 



Notices of several varieties of Apples . 474 



The FaslolfT Raspberry : an account of 

 its origin, fiualities, &c., with an en- 

 graving of tlie fruit. By the Editor . 299 



The Sweet Montmorency Cherry: an ac- 

 count of its origin and qualities, with 

 an engraving of tlie fruit. By tlie Ed- 

 itor 344 



Ex[)eriments with the Pear upon the Ap- 

 ple. By T. S. Hunirickhouse, Esq., 

 Coshocton, Ohio 393 



Notice of a new seedling Plum, called 

 How's Amber; with an engraving and 

 description of the fruit. By the Editor 398 



Descriptive Account ol Van Zandt's Su- 

 lierb Peacli. By William R. Prince, 

 Flushing, L. 1 442 



Some Remarks on the Seedling Fruits of 

 the West. The Court of Wyke Pippin 

 —New Seedling Nectarine. By T. S. 

 Humrickhouse, Esq., Coshocton, Ohio. 

 With Descriptions of four new vari- 

 eties of Apples. By R. Seevers, Pike 

 Township, Co.-hocton Co., Ohio, in a 

 letter to Mr. Humrickhouse . . . 443 



A Descriptive Account of two new va- | 



rieties of Apples, with Engravings of 1 

 the fruit. By T. S. Humrickhouse, | 



Esq., Coshocton, Ohio . . . . 472 | 



Some Account of the Hog Artichoke. By 

 W. S. Rockwell, Esq., Milledgeville, | 



Ga 477 I 



ARBORICULTURE. 



The Arboretum ; or a selection of the 

 most ornamental and desirable trees 

 and shrubs, native and foreign, adapted 

 to the climate of the United Stales ; 

 with descriptions and engravings, and 

 their mode of cultivation, propagation, 

 and treatment. By the Editor 



Details of a Mode of Transplanting larare 

 Trees, with entire Ball ol Boots; with 

 some remarks on the utility of the plan. 

 By Peter Henderson, Gardener to C. 

 F. Spang, Esq., Pittsburg, Pa. 



FLORICULTURE. 



248 



Some Remarks on the Cultivation of the 

 Plilox, with descriptions of twenty-four 

 new and beautiful varieties. By the 

 Editor 97 



A Chapter on Tulips. By E. W. . . 183 



Descriptive Account of twenty-four new 

 varieties of Chrysanthemums, with 

 some observations on their cultivation. 

 By the Editor 213 



Descriptive Account of Verinica speci- 

 6sa: its cultivation and treatment. By 

 tlie Editor 252 



Descriptions of four varieties of Verbe- 

 nas. By tlie Editor .... 256 



Iponiffi'a Learu' as a summer flowering 

 climber in the open ground. By the 

 Editor 257 



Cami;4nula grandis, its cultivation and 

 treatment, with an engraving of the 

 plant. By the Editor .... 346 



On the Cultivation of Bulbous Roots in 

 Pots and Glasses. By James Hogg, 

 New York 399 



The Pansy or Heartsease. By E. W. . 404 



Floricultural and Botanical Notices of 

 New Plants, figured in foreign periodi- 

 cals; with Remarks on those recently 

 introduced to, or originated in, Ameri- 

 can gardens, and additional information 

 upon plants already in cultivation . 25. 

 216. 301. 347. 44.5. 479 



Notes on Gardens and Nurseries . 103. 

 150. 352. 452 



REVIEWS. 



Boston Journal of Natural History, con- 

 taining Papers and Communications 

 read before the Boston Society of Nat- 

 ural History, and published by their 

 direction. Vol. V., No. 2, &c. 



Report of the Commissioner of Patents 



Boston Journal of Natural History, con- 

 taining Papers and Communications 

 read before the Boston Society ot Nat- 

 ural History, and published by their di- 

 rection. Vol. v., No. 2, &c. 



The Trees of America, Pictorially, Bo- 

 tanically, and Entomologically deline- 

 ated; embracing a conijilete descrip- 

 tion of the Forest Trees of North 

 America, their Culture, Management, 

 and Propagation ; Uses ; Economy in 

 the Arts; Introduction into Commerce, 

 and their application in Useful and Or- 



namental Plantation and in Landscape 

 Gardening. By D. J. Browne, author 

 of the Sylvia Americana . . 186. 483 



An .\(klress upon Injurious Insects; deliv- 

 ered before the New Haven Horticultu- 

 ral Society, and the New Haven Agri- 

 cultural Society, nt their Annual Fair, 

 October 1st, 1845. By Noyes Darling. 

 With the Transactions of the Society 

 for the year 1845 190 



European Agriculture and Rural Econo- 

 mv, from personal observation. By 

 Henry Colnian. A'ol. I , Part 5 . .218 



The Farmer's Dictionary: a Vocabulary 

 of the Technical Terms recently intro- 

 duced into Agriculture and Horticul- 

 ture from various sciences, and also a 

 Compendium of Practical Farming-, the 

 latter chielly from the works of the 



