CONTENTS, 



European Agriculture and Rural Econo- 

 my, from personal observation. By 

 Henry Colnian. Vol. I., Part I. 'J'o 

 be completed in ten numbers, 



Third Annual Report of the American 

 Institute, on the subject of Agriculture 

 to the J.egislature of New York, 



Transactions of the New York State Ag- 

 ricultural Society, together with an 

 abstract of tlie proceedings of the 

 County Agricultural Societies, . . 305 



Annual Report of the Commissioner of 

 Patents for the year 18i3, . . .305 



270 



302 



Topographical and Geological Descrip- 

 tion of Wisconsin, &.c. By I. A. Lap- 

 ham, 307 



The American Agriculturist's Almanac 

 for 1845. By A. B. Allen, Editor of 

 the American Agriculturist, . . 308 



European Agriculture and Rural Econo- 

 my, from personal observation. By 

 Henry Colman. Vol. 1. Part II. . 421 



Boston Journal of Natural History, . 426 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



General Notices. — Remarks on new Dah- 

 lias, 66 ; Zinc Labels to write on with a 

 common pencil, 68; Pear training, 68; Cul- 

 tivation of i'dlvia spl6ndens for Winter 

 Flowering, 225; Standard Currant Trees, 

 225 ; Improvements with regard to induc- 

 ing Trees to form Roots, so as to render 

 them independent of the Stock, 22C ; Nitre 

 a remedy for Mildew, 226 ; Budding and 

 Inarching the Grape Vine, 226 ; Mode of 

 ascertaining the quality of Seed, 227; Char- 

 coal, 227 ; Climate and Vegetation of Up- 

 per California, 227 ; Condensation of Car- 

 bonic Acid by Charcoal, 228 ; How to pre- 

 serve the Vitality of Seeds in long voyages, 

 228; To grow Carapinula pyramiddlis, 228; 

 Season for repotting Plants, 229 ; Wash for 

 Fruit Trees, 229 ; Cultivation of SoI4ndra 

 grandifldra, 229; Destruction of tlie Goose- 

 berry Caterpillar by Salt, 230; O'xalis Dep- 

 ■peii, 230 ; Propagation of Plants by Cir- 

 cumposition, 230; Cultivation of the Ca- 

 mellia, 335; Soot, 336; Charcoal, 337 ; To 

 preserve lateGrapes from Mould or Damp- 

 ing, 337 ; On Roses, 337 ; On the cultiva- 

 tion of Grapes in Pots, 338 ; Whitney's 

 Composition, 342; Grafting Pelargoniums, 

 343; Potter's Liquid Guano, 343; Syrian 

 Fruits, 343 ; Asparagus, 344 ; The Holly- 

 hock, 345 ; Grafting Fuchsias, 345 ; Early 

 Peas, 345 ; Grape Vines, 346 ; French 

 method of grafting Roses, 427 ; Hybrid 

 Rhododendrons,42S; Grafted Currants, 428; 

 Strawberries, 428 ; The Deodar, or Ilim- 

 alavan Cedar, (C^drusDeorfdra) 429; Rose 

 Budding, 429 ; The Tliird Flowering of the 

 Paul6wnw imjieridlis, 429; Note upon a 

 way of Grafting so as to accelerate bear- 

 ing, by M. Lecoq, Gardener to the Royal 

 Society of Horticulture, 429; Potter's Li- 

 quid Guano, 430. 



FoKEicN Notices. 



Ensland. — English Dahlia Exhibitions for 



1844, 460. 

 France. — Cercle Generale d' Horticulture do 



Paris, G8. 



Domestic Notice.s. 

 Salt Ley for the destruction of the Curculio, 

 33; The Nectarine Plum, .34; Destruction 

 of the Public Conservatory by Fire, 71; 

 Purchase of the Latin School House by the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 72; 



Rats fond of the Tigrldia pavdnia, (Tiger 

 flower) 72; Horticultural Society in New 

 Jersey, 72 ; Beurr^ Spence Pear, 72; Hor- 

 ticulture in the vicinity of Boston, 73 ; 

 Tank System of Heating, 106; Soutli Car- 

 olina Tea, 106; Raising Seedlings of Roses, 

 150; Artificial Guano, 150; New method 

 of destroying the Curculio, 231 ; Saltpetre 

 a remedy for the Peach Worm, 231 ; Ex- 

 periment with Guano on Corn, 232 ; An- 

 nual Fair and Cattle Show of tlie New 

 York State Agricultural Society, 309 ; The 

 Chenango Potato, 310; Seaweed a preven- 

 tative of the Curculio, 311 ; Rocky River 

 Grape, 311 ; Phlox Drumm6nd/?, 311 ; In- 

 sects destructive to the Lime tree, 311 ; 

 Tradescintio virginica a test for tlie de- 

 tection of Acids, 311; The Sixteenth An- 

 nual Exhibition of the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society, 312; Hovey's Seedling 

 Strawberry, 312 ; American Institute of the 

 City of New York, 347 ; Seedling Plum, 

 349 ; Seedling Chrysanthemums and Cac- 

 tSB,349; Hovey's Seedling Strawberry, 349; 

 Grapes, 349 ; The Uueens County Horti- 

 cultural Society, 349 ; The Season in Penn- 

 sylvania, 349 ; Mildew on Grapes, 350 ; 

 New Y''ork State Agricultural Society, 382; 

 Rust on Corn, 431 ; Sphaj'ria Rob6rtsu, 

 431. 



Retrospective Criticism. 



Errata, 107, 234, 312, 480 ; New Seedling 

 Grape, 34 ; A full Index to the Magazine, 

 35; Gardening in the Vicinitv of Flushing, 

 L. I., 107; Beurr6 Bronz6 Pe'ar, 109; Dia;- 

 cious character of Strawberries, 109, 187 ; 

 Ohio and Norton's Seedling Grapes, 190; 

 Dr. Gunnel's collection of Camellias, 190; 



. The efficacy of Salt for destroy iiig the Cur- 

 culio, 234 ; Hovey's Seedling Strawberry, 

 312; Staminate and Pistillate Strawberry 

 Plants, 432. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Exhibitions, 36 ; Notice of the Lawrence 

 Pear, 36; Exhibitions, 115; Exhibitions, 

 152 ; Appropriation for Premiums for 1844, 

 153 ; Award of Premiums for Flowers, 

 Fruits aud Vegetables for 1843,1.53; Ex- 

 hibition, 191; Premiums offered for Flow- 

 ers, Fruits, and Vegetables, for 1844, 192; 

 Exhibitions, 235; Premiums awarded for 

 Tulips, Pansies, Hawthorns, Azaleas, and 



