CONTENTS. 



The Monthly Alpine or Four-Seasons 

 Stra\vberr\-. By the Editor, . . 401 



Remarks on the Ribston Pippin Apple, 

 location, &c. By J. W. Russell, New- 

 ton, Mass. . . ... 403 



The Blight in the Pear Tree ; its cause, 

 and a remedy for it. By Rev. H. W. 

 Beecher. Read before the Indiana 

 Horticultural Society, and communi- 

 cated by Mr. Beecher, . . . 441 



FLORICULTURE. 



48 



Experiments on the Cultivation of Plants 

 in Cliarcoal. By .1. E. Teschemacher, 



The Tennessee, or Prairie Rose, (/i6sa 

 rubifolia,) with some remarks upon 

 its employmeiu for Hedges or Live 

 Fences. By Joshua Pierce, Washing- 

 ton, D. C 98 



Observations on the Camellia, with a de- 

 scriptive account of all the finest vari- 

 eties which have been introduced, or 

 raised from seed In this country. By 

 M. P. Wilder, Esq., President of the 

 Mass. Hort. Soc. . . . . .145 



Sowing Seeds in Snow. Translated 

 from the Allgemeine Gartenzeitung of 

 April, 1841. By K . . . . 172 



Some remarks on the evil effects of re- 

 moving small Plants, from frames, in- 

 to large and spacious greenhouses. By 

 C. J. Ryan, Gardener to J. M. Thor- 

 burn & Co., Astoria, near New York, 214 



Descriptions of several new Verbenas. 

 By the Editor, 220 



Descriptions of Mr. Feast's Seedling Ru- 

 bifolia or Prairie Roses. By the Editor, 246 



Some remarks on the cultivation of the 

 jRaniinculus asidticus, with directions 

 for planting, &c. By S. Walker, . 326 



On the Propagation and Culture of Prize 

 Pelargoniums. By James W. Russell, 328 



Descriptions of twelve new Seedling va- 

 rieties of the Peedaia Moiitan or Tree 

 Pfeony. By William R. Prince, Lin. 

 Garden and Nurseries, Flushing, L. I. 333 



On the Cultivation of Pelargoniums, 

 without the aid of hot-beds or the 

 green-house. By J. E. Teschemacher, 

 Boston, 367 



On the pruning and general management 

 of Prize Pelargoniums thesecond year 

 from the cuttings. By James W. 

 Russell, 373 



Floricultural and Botanical Nptices of 

 New Plants, figured in foreign period- 

 icals ; with remarks on those recently 

 introduced to, or originated in Ameri- 

 can gardens, and additional informa- 

 tion upon plants already in cultiva- 

 tion, . . 54, 173, 248, 375, 411, 456 



Notes on Gardens and Nurseries, 223. 254 



BOTANY. 



Some remarks on the Botany, &c., of 

 Eastport, Me., and its vicinity. By X. 405 



REVIEWS. 



Manures, a Prize Essay. By Dr. Samuel 

 L.Dana. Published by the Massachu- 

 setts Society for the Promotion of Ag- 

 riculture, 102 



Address delivered at the close of the six- 

 teenth Annual Fair of the American 

 Institute, New York, October, 1843. 

 By the Hon. James Tallmadge, Presi- 

 dent of the Institute, 102 



Proceedings of the New Castle County 

 Agricultural Society and Institute, at 

 the eighth Annual Meeting, held at 

 Wilmington, on the 13th and 14th of 

 September, 1843, with the Address, de- 

 livered by William Darlington, M. D. 103 



The Western Farmer and Gardener's Al- 

 manac, for 1844. By A. Randall, 



The Rose Manual ; containing accurate 

 descriptions of all the present varieties 

 of Roses, properly classed in their re- 

 spective families, their character and 

 mode of culture, with directions for 

 their propagation, and the destruction 

 of insects, with engravings. By R. 

 Buist, Nurseryman and Florist, 



The New American Orchardist ; or an 

 account of the most valuable varieties 

 of Fruit of all climates, adapted to cul- 

 tivation in the Fniled Stales, with 



106 



181 



their history, modes of cultivation, 

 management, uses, &c., with an Ap- 

 pendix on Vegetables, Ornamental 

 Trees, Shrubs and Flowers ; the Agri- 

 cultural resources of America, and on 

 Silk, &,€. By William Kenrick, . 185 



Transactions of the Essex County Agri- 

 cultural Society for 1843. . . .185 



The Young Gardener's Assistant ; in 

 three parts : containing Catalogues of 

 Garden and Flower Seeds, with prac- 

 tical directions under each head for the 

 cultivation of Culinary Vegetables and 

 Flowers : also directions for cultiva- 

 ting Fruit Trees, the Grape Vine, &c. 

 To which is added a Calender to each 

 Pan ; showing the work to be done in 

 the various departments each month 

 in the year. The whole adapted to the 

 Climate of the United States. By T. 

 Bridgeman, Gardener, Seedsman and 

 Florist, 187 



The Rose Manual. By R. Buist, Nurse- 

 ryman and Florist. ' 1844. The Rose 

 Amateur's Guide. By T. Rivers, Jr. 

 Third edition, corrected and improved, 257 



The New England Fruit Book. By Rob- 

 ert Mannmg. Second edition, enlarg- 

 ed 268 



