CONTENTS. 



VII 



The American Orchardisf; or an ac- 

 count of the most valuable varieties 

 of fruit of all cliuiatt's, adapted to 

 cultivation in the United States, with 

 their history, modes of culture, man- 

 agement, uses, &c.; with an Ap- 

 pendix on Vegetables, Oinameulal 

 Trees, Shrubs, and Flowers; the Ag- 

 ricultural Resources of America ; 

 and on Silk, &c. By VV. Kenrick. 



Third edition, enlareed and improv- 

 ed . . . ". . . .427 



Boston Journal of Natural History; 

 containing papers and communica- 

 tions read I 'e fore the Hosion Society 

 of Natural History. Vol III., JNo. 4 427 



The Western Farmer aud Gardeirer's 

 Almanac for 1843. By Thomas Af- 

 fleck 428 



Literary Notices . , . . .111 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



General Notices. — Destruction of insects 

 in the night by Lamps, 29; Victoria r^gia 

 Lindl, 31; A Weeping common Oak, 31; 

 The roots of (Enoili^ri biiiiinis L., 31; 

 Jl/orus Serinaenna, 31; Gladiolus cardind- 

 lis, 31; Pumpkin Sugar, 31; Four new 

 species of the Garry«, 32; To prevent 

 Worms from geitina into Pots in Frames 

 or Pits, 03; Destr iction of Wood-lice, 63; 

 Seedling 'tulips, 64; Chang irg the Color 

 of white Hyacinths, 14b; Ke>piration of 

 Plants, 148; Propagiting Plants in Char- 

 coal, 150; Preservation and Staining of 

 Wood, 150; Preservation of Mnrie Lou- 

 ise pears, 298, ftliisa Cavenilishri, '^98; 

 Brick Rubbi-h a good Mairure for Straw- 

 bi^rries, 299; Easy Method of piopagatitrg 

 the Pink, •9:t; Best Dahlias, 300; Hybrid- 

 izing Plants, 301; Pruning the roots of 

 Pear trees, 3ol ; Striking Plants from Buds 

 and Leaves 302; Cultivation of Pelargo- 

 niums, a-! practised by Mi-. Caltleugh, one 

 of the most successful growers, 3i)--'; Cul- 

 tivation of the Cac'i, 303; Camellia ja- 

 porrica var esimia, 304; Comparative re- 

 sults of nine sorts of Celery, 305, Potting 

 Roses in Autumn, S05; Potting Plants, 

 305; Fuchsi'a fiilgens, 30C; Late flowering 

 Carnations, 300; Transplanting trees in 

 summer, 30i;; Bromus pratensis,307; Tar- 

 red Canvass, 307; Galvanic Plant Protect- 

 ors, 308; Watering Plants, 308; Grafting 

 Pelargoniums. 374; Arrangement of Flow- 

 er BedSjMC -ording to M. Cbevreul's Essay 

 on Colors,375; To obtain Grapes from vines 

 in Pots. 377; Budding Roses, 377; ftlyatt's 

 British Queen Strawberry, 378; Forest tree 

 planting, 378; Hints to be observed in the 

 cultivation of the Uahlia, 379; on the cul- 

 tivation of Strawberries, 380. 



Foreign Notices. 

 Evirland. — New Dahlias and Dahlia Exhi- 

 bitions, G4; Cultivation of the JVelumhium 

 speciosum, 70 ; Davis's Maid of Bath 

 dahlia, 71; Fruit trees aft'ectod byihesuli- 

 soil, 70; Grafting Pears in the Mountain 

 Ash, 71; Myalt's Eliza Strawberry, 71; 

 Great Fi\Iiibition of the Lomion Horti- 

 cultural Society, 309; Enalisli Dahl a Ex- 

 hibitions for 1841,441; t^xhibition of the 

 London Horticultural Society, 446. 



Domestic Notices. 

 Russ^Uia juncea, 32; Destruction of Worms 

 in Flovver pots, 32; Seediinc Dahlias, 33; 

 The Wild Cherry used as a Stock for Bud- 



ding, 33; Preservation of Apples, 33; Dr. 

 G. Watson, 34; To destroy Cabbage 

 Worms, 34; iMrs. Perrine,34; Knkiantljus 

 quinqnefi6ius, 34; Ipoma-'a Hoisefdllia", 

 35; Eutdra visrida, 35 ; Abiidged Cat- 

 alogue of Fruits, Dahlias, &c., 35; A 

 Cemetery in Albany, N. Y., 35; Eu- 

 phorbia Jacquin(7;//<;ra, 35; The Swain- 

 stone Seedling Strawberry, 35; New Ar- 

 ticle for Hot-water pipes, 35; >.ew Car- 

 nations , 72; Cemeteiy in Lowell, 72; 

 Horticultural Society in Louisville, Ky, 

 72; Brussels Sprouts, 72; Lectures on 

 Agr'cullural Chemistry, 73; Agiiciillural 

 Meetings at the Statt^ House, 73; New- 

 variety of the Heliotiope, 73; A collec- 

 tion of Seeds, 73; Seedling Cactuses, 73; 

 New Seeming Potato, 73; Pi-ach trees in 

 New Jersi?y,73; 'I'lie lieanliful new Japan 

 Lili-s, 113; New Acacia, 113; The Bur- 

 lington Lyeeiitn, 113; Roses in Flower, 

 113; Mount Auburn Cemetery, 113, Grow- 

 ing Plants in Glass Cases, ]']3, 153; Pou- 

 drette as a Manure, 113; Preservation of 

 Celery, 114; New Vegetable, 115; Penn- 

 sylv:rnia Horticultural Society, 115; In- 

 fluence of Temperature on the Vegeta- 

 ticm of Seeds, ll5; Destruction of the 

 Pea Bug, 116; Horticultuie in Wheeling, 

 Va., Ilti; .Almond trees, 116; Forest tries 

 of Massachusetts, 152, ( ultivulion of Au- 

 riculas, l.'i4; Two Annuals not common- 

 ly seen in collections, 154; Cultivation of 

 Plants in Rooms, jiaiticiilaily the Caiiitl- 

 lia, 184; Preniium for the L'eslructioii of 

 the Canktr Worm liui'i, "55; Lame Pine- 

 apples, 155; Dr. Torrey's Report on the 

 Botany <f New Vork, ].'5 ; V fietalde 

 CofTre, 155; Tlie Season in New York, 

 )5ti; Sulendid Exhibition of the Tulip, 

 230: Annual Meeting if the Burlington 

 Lvccum, 231; Destruction (fa portion 

 of the Green-house of M. P. Wi der Esq., 

 231 ; Fine specimen of /(hi dod6' iln n 

 aib6reum. 239; Grafting the Pe: ch with 

 success, 313; Missouri \A inter Squash, 

 315; New C;une'lia«, 31.'j; Peaches in 

 Pots, 355; Fine Pico'ee Pinks, 356; Ci- 

 reu- cvlSudriciis, -"56; Destruction if the 

 Ro>e Slu2,3."6; New stliped-lenv^d va- 

 riety of the 111 r-echesti ut, : 5' ; M^ssa- 

 chu-e'ls Horiitullural Society, 356: An- 

 niial Exhibition of the Biiilington (N J.) 

 Lvcf um, 366, A fine cultivati'd sj eciincn 

 of Lob^lro cardindl'.*: 3»1: The Cups of 

 Flowers, 381; The Essex County Natural 

 History Society, 382; The Tokalon Grape, 



