PEEFACE. 



The Sixteenth Volume of the Magazine will be found as 

 interesting as any Avhich have preceded it. An unusual num- 

 ber of valuable original articles has appeared, upon all the 

 various departments of Gardening. The Pomological Intelli- 

 gence of the year will be found more full and complete than 

 we have ever before given. 



In order to give a larger circulation to the Magazine, and 

 bring it Avithin the reach of a larger class of readers, the 

 price has been reduced to two dollars a year. Already we 

 are glad to record the good results of the change, and Ave trust 

 our labors will continue to enlist the aid of every friend of 

 Horticulture or Rural Improvement. 



The following Table of Contents will show at a glance, 

 the variety of information in the Sixteenth Volume. 



BGsio7i, Nov. 25, 1850. 



CO]VTENTS. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



GENERAL SUBJECT. 



A Retrosprcdve View of the Progress of 

 Horlicultuie in the United States, dur- 

 ing the year 1819. By the Editor . 1 



Observations upon the treason of 1819, 

 with H Drier Review of some of the 

 more Remarkable Varieties of Fruit 

 which have been introduced or Exhi- 

 bited during the Year. IJy Hon. J. S. 

 Cabot, Salem, Mass , . . . .11 



Notes on Gardens and Gardening in the 

 neighborhood of Boston. By R. B. 

 Leuchars, .New Haven . . . "19 



Notice of some Plants of Lyniifield, Dan- 

 vers, Manchester, &c., d:c., Essex 

 County, Massachusetts. By John 

 Lewis Russell, Professor of Botany and 

 e getable Physiology to Massachusetts 

 Vo rticultural Society . . . .57 



The North American Pomological Con- 

 vention, at Syracuse, N. Y. By the 

 Editor . . . . . . .107 



Polmaise Method of heating Greeu-houses 

 and Hot-houses. By R. B. Leuchars, 

 Clifton Gardens, near Baltimore. 145. 24r) 



Weeping 'I'rees, as Ornainents of f.awns 

 ami Pleasure Grounds. Bv the Editor 193 



Production of Hybrids. By'P. . .241 



The Curculio and Codling Moth ; their 

 habits, and the best means of prevent- 

 ing their ravai;es upon fruits. By M. 

 H. Simjison, Esq., Saxonville, Mass. 256 



The Valley of Lake Cliamplain,— Its Cli- 

 mate, Productions, &.C. By Chauncey 

 Goodrich, Bm]., Burlington, Vermont 289 



The May Bug or Brown Beetle, (Melolon- 

 tha.) By J. W. Tutlle, I'lattsburg, 

 N. y 293 



Polmaise Method of heiling Green-houses 



