CONTENTS. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



GENERAL SUBJECT. 



/ A Retrospective View of the Progress 

 of Horticulture in the United States, 

 during the year 1843. By tlie Editor 1 



Progress of Horticulture in Rocliester, 

 N. Y., and other portions of the Val- 

 ley of the Genesee. By P. B., Rocli- 

 ester, N. Y 15 



Gardening in the vicinity of Flushing, L. 

 I.; with some notice of the collection 

 of plants of J. R. Valk, Esq. . . 19 



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 . 41, 81, 121 



The Curculio. By B. A. Fahnestock, 

 Esq., Pittsburg, Pa 88 



Guano ; its action upon the growth of 

 various Plants, Fruits, &c. By J. E. 

 Teschemaeher, Corresponding Secre- 

 tary of the Mass. Hort. Soc. . .140 



Observations on the Curculio, and the 

 modes recently recommended for its 

 destruction ; with some remarks upon 

 the application of Salt Lye, and its ef- 

 ficacy in extirpating the Insect. By J. 

 A. Kenrick, Newton, Mass. . . 143 



Some account of an Insect that attacks 

 the Grape Vine. By Dr. T. W. Har- 

 ris, Cambridge, Mass 201 



Notes on Agricultural and Horticultural 

 Chemistrv. By Robert Carmichael, 

 Newton, Mass .321,361 



Remarks upon Saperda vestita,the Bor- 

 er of the Linden-tree, with extracts 

 from letters, upon the same insect, to 

 Dr. T. W. Harris, of Cambridge, Mass. 330 



HORTICULTURE. 



Some hints on the culture of, and the 

 best method of ripening, the Pear as 

 an article of Commerce. By S. Walk- 

 er, 22 



Grafting Grape Vines — and a remedy for 

 the Peach Worm (iEgeria Exitiosa). 

 By James Camak, Esq., Athens, Ga. 27 



Some remarks on the sterile character 

 of the Hautbois and Hudson Bay 

 Strawberries. By Dr. J. H. Bavne, 

 Alexandria, D. C. . . . ' . 30 



Remarks on tlie Strawberry, its dioecious 

 character, habits, &c. By G. W. 

 Huntsman, Flushing, L. I., New York. .^1 



Comparative earliness of six varieties of 

 Early Peas, with a description of their 

 qualities, and remarks on their culti- 

 vation, &r. By the Editor, . . 9] 



Notices of Culinary Vegetables, new or 

 recently introduced, vvorlhv ofgeneral 



cultivation in private gardens, or for 

 the market. By the Editor, . . 96 

 Pomological Notices; or notices respect- 

 ing new and superior fruits worthy of 

 general cultivation. By the Editor. 



Descriptions of twelve varieties of 

 Pears, new or recently introduced, viz. 



1. Winter Nelis, Napoleon, Urban- 

 iste,Be!le Lucrative,Louise IJonne de 

 Jersey, Vicar of Winkfield (LeCur6) 127 



2. Fulton, Lewis, Andrews, Wash- 

 ington, Cabot, Buffuni, . . . 288 

 Notices of several new Apples and 

 Pears, .... 

 Notices of new Fruit, 



An account of two new Seedling Apples, 

 with a description of their qualities. 

 In a letter to .1. S. Skinner, Esq., Cor- 

 responding member of the Col. Hort. 

 Soc, Washington, D. C. By J. W. 

 Scott, Esq., Toledo, Ohio. Commu- 

 nicated by Mr. Skinner, 



On Transplanting Fruit Trees in the Au- 

 tumn ; and some account of a mode of 

 autumn grafting of fruit bearing 

 branches, with a view to obtain fruit 

 the following year. By Capt. Josiah 

 Lovett, 2d, Beverly, Mass. . 



Hints on the system of Pruning Fruit 

 Trees, as practised in the London Hor- 

 ticultural Society's Garden, by R. 

 Thompson. By R. Carmichael, New- 

 ton, Mass. 



An account of a New Seedling Apple, 

 with an engraving of the fruit, its ori- 

 gin, &c.; and a notice of the variety 

 called the Detroit Apple; in a letter to 

 the President of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society. ByA. H. Ernst, 

 Corresponding Member, Cincinnati, 

 Ohio, 



Origin and cultivation of the Pearl On- 

 ion. Translated from the AUgemeine 

 Gartenzeitung of October. By K., 1841 170 



Notice of a large fruited and large leafed 

 variety of the Native Black Mulberry. 

 In a letter to J. S. Skinner, Esq. By 

 Hon. E. Whittlesey, Ohio. Commu- 

 nicated by Mr. Skinner, 



On Summer Pruning of Fruit Trees : 

 with a few observations on training 

 Trees in the pyramidal or en que 

 nouille form. By R. Carmichael, 



Additional remarks on Root-pruning 

 Pear Trees ; with an engraving illus- 

 trating the subject. By T. Rivers, Jr. 

 Sawbridgeworth, Eng. Extracted 

 from the Supplement to his Catalogue 

 of Pears. By the Editor, . 



Remarks on the cultivation of the Grape 

 in Pots. A page from my Note Book, 

 for the Miiga/.inr of Horticulture, &.C. 

 By R. Buist, Philadelphia, . . .371 



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