CONTENTS. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



GENERAL SUBJECT. 



A Retrospective View of the Progress 

 of llorlicultur« in the United StMtes, 

 (luring the past year. By the Editor 1 



H.'rticiillure in Western New York. 

 By M. B. Bateham . . . .14 



Method of preventiiigthe Canker worm 

 Grub and other insects frtan climbing 

 fruit Tn-es. Comniunicaied liy VV., 

 Cambridge, M;iss. . • . .17 



Sonif notice of the Vegetable Produc- 

 tions of ths Valley of Columbia Kiv- 

 er, and China. By Gen.,H. A. S. 

 U-arborn ...... 81 



On the use of Caoutclumc, or India 

 Rubber, for the puri,ose of tying-in 

 bulls, grafting, ice. By H. . . 69 



Some Reniarl<3 on tlie state of Horti- 

 culture in New Jersey, with Notices 

 of several g^irdens in Princeton By 

 a Correspondent • . . . 121 



Notices of Green-houses and Hot-hous- 

 es in and near Phiiadelpliia. No. 4. 

 By a Philadelphia Amateur . . 125 



Notice of some Plants found in this vi- 

 cinity. By Jolin L'wi^ Russell, Prof, 

 of Bot. to the Mass. Ilort. Socieiy . 130 



On tile Destruction of the ReJ Spiiier. 

 By J. VV. Russell . . . .131 



An Address before the Middlesex Hor- 

 ticultural Society, L'lWtll, at tlit- clos- 

 ing E\hiliLtioii and Aleeting for an- 

 nunciation (if piemiums, Oct. 12, 1840, 

 By John Lewis Russell, ftJeinher of 

 th.^ !~ociety,and Corresponding .Mem- 

 ber of the Massnchusetts lloiticul- 

 tural !>ociety, &c. &c. . . . 161 



Notice of som; rare plants of New Eng- 

 land, with descriptions of some new 

 species. By William Oakes, Ips- 

 wich, Mass 178 



On the advance of Spring in the eastern 

 part of Massachusetts. By William 

 Oakes, Esq 201 



Notice of some Cyperdceteof our vicin- 

 ity. By Edward Tuckerman, Jr., 

 Resident Graduate, Cambridge . 208 



Some remarks upon the Disease c tiled 

 till- Yellows \\ lucii attacks the Peach 

 tree. By |{, Sinclair, Clairinont Nur- 

 sery, near Balliiiiore .... 210 



List of Seeds received by the Public 

 Garden, from the Botanical Garden 

 at Trieste. Communicat d by J. E. 

 Teschemicher 241 



On the Destruction of the Slug, which 

 infests the rose bush. By D. H.<g- 

 gerston, gardener to J, P. Cnshing, 

 Esq. In a letter read before the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 245 



Some notice of tie recent experimfcnls 

 made in the Propagatiun and Growth 

 of Plants in Cliarconl. Extracted 

 from the translation in the Gnrden- 

 cr's Magazine, from the "Garten Zei- 

 tiing" 04^ 



Cursory Notes on some of the Gardens 

 and Fruit Establishnimts in the vi- 

 cinity of London; made duriiig a 

 visit in the autumn of 1840. By Wil- 

 liam Keniick 281 



Notes made during a Visit to New 

 York, Pliiladelphia, Baltimore, and 

 Washington, and intermediate plac- 

 es, from August 8tli to the 2^^d, 1841. 

 By the Editor . . ^21. 361.412 



Remarks upon the state of Gardening 

 in Ohiip; with Practical Observations 

 on tlie Cultivation of many ot Ihe 

 be.-t varieties of Flowers, Fruits, and 

 Vtgetahies, in that Climate. By Dr. 

 S. P. Hildieth, .Marietta, Ohio . .327 



Select Villa Residences, with Descrip- 

 tive Notices of each; nccompanied 

 with Remarks and Obsi^rvatioiis on 

 the priniiplts and prr.ctice of Land- 

 scape Gardening; intended with a 

 view to illustrate the art of L-^ying 

 out, Arranging, and forming Gardens 

 and Ornamental Grounds. By the 

 Editor 401 



Some nolice of the Royal Victoria 

 grape vine; wi.h a brief acC'Uiit of 

 a visit to Chatsworth, the seat of tl;e 

 Duke of Devonshire, Eng. By the 

 Hon. T. H. Perkins . . . .423 



HORTIUULTURE. 



Pomolog'cal Notices ; or Notices re- 

 specting new and superior varieties 

 of Fruits worthy of f-eneral culti- 

 vation. Notices of one hundred and 

 seven varietiis of appU's, which have 

 produced fruit in the Pomological 

 Garden during ihe years 1839 and 

 J810. By R. Manning, Esq., Pomo- 

 logical Garden, Salem, Mass. . , 41 



Some Remarks on ihe Planting of Fruit 

 Trees. By the Editor . . .53 



Remarks on the culiivalion of the Fil- 

 ter!, (Coiylus aveiiella var.) By A. J. 

 Dow ning, Botanic Garden and Nurse- 

 ries, Newburgh, N. Y. . . -57 



Some Piactical Observations on plant- 

 ing Fruit Trees. By J. W. Russell, 

 Suprrintendent at Jlonnt Auburn . 59 



An Ace lunt of the .Meih d of planting 

 and managing Peach Orchards, as 

 practised in Ni^w Jersey. By T. Han- 

 cick, nurseryman, I'urlirigton, N. J. 90 



Notices of Culinary Vegetables, new or 

 recently iiitroducd, worlhy of gene- 

 ral cultivation, in private gardens or 

 for Ihe market. By tiie Editor 92.134 



On the Culture (,f the Tmnato and Egg 

 Plant. By J. W. Russell, Superin- 

 tendent at Mount Auburn . . 97 



Account of a new variety of the Pear, 

 called the Cross pear, with a descrip- 

 tion of the fruit, its origin, &.c. By 

 the Ediior 139 



