CONTENTS. 



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country. Illustrated with numerous 

 engravings. By A. J. Downing . . 297 



European Agriculture and Rural Econ- 

 omy, from personal observation. By 

 Henry Colman. Vol. I., Part 4 . .424 



Essay on Guano; describing its properties, 

 and the best methods oi its application 

 in Agriculture and Korticulture, <fec. 

 By J. E. Teschemacher . . . .430 



Address delivered on the Consecration of 

 Spring Grove Cemetery, near Cincin- 

 nati, .Vugust 20, 1845. By the Hon. 

 John McJ.ean 432 



Manual on the Cultivation of Live Fences; 

 with a practical treatise on the cultiva- 

 tion of Evergreens, Ornamental Trees, 

 &c. By E. Sayers .... 432 



Literary Notices 70 



MISCELLANEOUS LN'TELLIGENCE. 



General Notices. 



Plant Potting, 188; How to Strike Cuttings, 

 191; Cultivation of Cineraria, 193; Moss a 

 Protective Material from Frost, 193; Pear 

 Borders, 194; Propagating Roses, 225; Chi- 

 nese Primrose, 226; Destruction of the 

 Scale, 226 ; Raising Thorn Hedges from 

 Seed, 227; Cultivation of Crassula, 228; 

 Campanula pyrarnidalis, 230; Culture of 

 Verdnica spec'isa, 262; Culture of Pimel^a 

 specl^bilis, 263; Cultivation of the Easter 

 Beurre Pear, 450; Watering Plants, 451; 

 Saving Seeds of Stocks, 452; Hummer Prun- 

 ing of Apple Trees, 453; Cultivation of the 

 Strawberry, 453; Cultivation of the Pelar- 

 gonium, 454. 



Foreign Notices. 



England. — Exhibition of the London Horti- 

 cultural Society, May 24, 1845, 265; Exhi- 

 bition of the London Horticultural Society, 

 July 12, 1845, 341; Dahlias, and Dahlia E.\- 

 hibitions of 1845, 457. 



Domestic Notices. 



Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, .34; Pre- 

 mium for Essays on Horticulture and Agri- 

 culture, 35; Tank System of Heating, 71; 

 New Seedling Rose, 71 ; Seedling Japan 

 Lilies, 72; Red Cheek Apple, 72; Cultiva- 

 tion of the Olive in Mississippi, 72; Pre- 

 vention of Mildew on Grapes, 72; The Fas- 

 tolf Raspberry, 73; Philib^rt/a grandiflora, 

 73; Cemetery in Cincinnati, 73; Cleaveland 

 Horticultural Society, 73; Horticultural Ex- 

 hibition of the American Institute, 73; Prun- 

 ing the Peach Tree, 74; Horticultural Soci- 

 ety in New York, 74; Disease of the Po- 

 tato, 74; Discussion on Fruit Trees, at the 

 State House, 108; Premium for the Discov- 

 ery of the Disease of the Potato, 231; New 

 Jersey Horticultural Society, 349; Pennsyl- 

 vania Horticultural i^ociety, 349; Eighteenth 

 Annual Fair of the American Institute, 350; 

 New York State Agricultural Society, 351; 



National Convention of Farmers, Garden- 

 ers and Silk Culturists, and Friends of Ag- 

 riculture generally, &c., 351. 



Retrospective Criticism. 

 Errata, 76, 109, 195; Descriptions of Fruits, 

 76; The Nurseries of Western New York, 

 109, 195; Some Remarks on the new work 

 of A. J. Downing, on the Fruits and Fruit 

 Trees of America, 308. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Exhibitions, 35; Exhibitions, 77; Appropria- 

 tions for Premiums for 1845, 77; Exhibi- 

 tions, 111; Description of the Western Ro- 

 manite Apple and Darst Plum, 111; Re- 

 ports of the Committees on Flowers, Fruits 

 and Vegetables, awarding premiums for 

 1844, 112; Exhibitions, 147; Reports of the 

 Committees on Flowers, Fruits, and Vegeta- 

 bles, offering Premiums for 1845, 148; Exhi-' 

 bitions, 197; Exhibitions, 233; Dedication 

 of the new Hall, 233; Premiums awarded 

 for Hyacinths and Pelargoniums, 233; Pre- 

 miums awarded for Tulips, 235; Premiums 

 awarded for Hawthorns and Azaleas, 237; 

 Exhibitions, 272 ; Premiums awarded for 

 PcEonies, 274; Premiums awarded for Roses, 

 275; Exhibitions, 313; Premiums awarded 

 for Carnations and Picotees, 316; Exhibi- 

 tions, 353; Premiums awarded for Phloxes 

 and Balsamines, 355; Exhibitions, 367; Pre- 

 miums awarded on German Asters, 368 ; 

 Seventeenth Annual Exhibition of the So- 

 ciety, and Report of the Festival, 369; Ex- 

 hibitions, 432; Premiums awarded for Dah- 

 lias, 434; OiKcers of the Society for 1846, 

 435; Exhibitions, 468. 



Exhibitions of Horticult'l Societies, 

 Essex County Natural History Society, 459; 

 Horticultural Society in Providence, R. I., 

 464; Long Island Horticultural Society, 

 464; New York State Agricultural Society, 

 465; Exhibition of Fruit in Washington, 

 D. C, 466; New Haven Horticultural So- 

 ciety, 467. 



