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CONTENTS. 



the potato rot, 137 ; Robinson's Definnce 

 Verbena, 138; Next fair of the New York 

 State Agricultural Society, 138; Lashniere's 

 Seedling Grape, 138; Mildness of the win- 

 ter, 138; Second Annual Fair of the Mich- 

 igan State Agricultural Society, 181 ; Cin- 

 cinnati Horticultural Society, 181 ; Buffalo 

 Horticultural Society, 182 ; Improvement 

 of the Gooseberry, Currant and lUackberry, 

 182; New hardy Evergreen Trees, 183; 

 The Season in Pennsylvania, 183; Rhode 

 Island Horticultural Society, 236; liovey's 

 Seedling Strawberry, 237; Clinton County 

 Agricultural Socieiy, 237 ; American Seed- 

 ling Verbenas, 237 ; Errata, 238 ; Worces- 

 ter County Ilorlicultural Socieiy, 281 ; 

 American Pears on the Quince Stock, 282 ; 

 The Scotch Larch for a Hedge, 283 ; New 

 Haven County Horticultural Society, 330 ; 

 The Middlesex Horticultural Society, 331 ; 

 Cryptomeria japonica, 331; Horticulture 

 in Northern New York, 331 ; Raising To- 

 matoes in Vermont, 331; American Pomo- 

 logical Congress, 378. 422 ; Muskingum 

 County Horticultural Society, Ohio, 423 ; 

 Uuffalo Horticultural Society, 423; Oops 

 in the West, Insects, and benefits of Mulch- 

 ing, 424; Boston Pine Strawberry, 425; 

 New plants from California, 425; The Cher- 

 ry Tree Borer, 426 ; Grafting Fir trees, the 

 Shellbark, &c., 426; Stripping the bark 

 from cherry trees, to prevent their being 

 backbound, 426 ; Pomological Convention 

 at St. Albans, Vermont, 518; Cincinnati 

 Horticultural Society, 519. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



List of Premiums awarded for 1819, and Ex- 

 hibitions, 39; Address of the President, 

 Report of the Finance Committee, List of 

 Prizes offered for 1850, and Exhibitions, 82; 



Exhibition and Proceeds of Mount Auburn 

 sales, 141 ; Report of the Committee on 

 the President's Address, 183; Premiums fop 

 Azaleas, 191; Exhibitions, 228; Exhibi- 

 tions and Premiums awarded at openinij 

 of the Hall, 285 ; Exhibitions and Pre- 

 miums awarded, 330 ; Exhibition and Pre- 

 miums for Roses, &c., 379; Premiums for 

 Fruits, 393; Exhibitions and Premiums, 

 428 ; Exhibitions and Premiums, 468 ; Pre- 

 miums for Fruils, 470 ; Report of the An- 

 nual Exhibition and award of Premiums, 

 471 ; Exhibitions and Premiums for Dah- 

 lias, 523; Annual Election of Officers for 

 1850, 524 ; Exhibitions, 565 ; Premiums for 

 Fruit, 566. 



Exhibitions of Horticultural Soc'ties. 



Albany and Renseliaer Horticultural Society, 

 annual meeting, 139; Exhibition for July, 

 427; Exhibition for September, 519; Penn- 

 sylvania Horticultural Society, 558 ; Cin- 

 cinnati Horticultural Society, 559; Genesee 

 Valley HonicuUural Society, 560 ; Clinton 

 County Agricultural Society, 561; South- 

 ern Iowa Horticultural Society, 562 ; Wor- 

 cester Horticultural Society, 563 ; Oswego 

 Horticultural Society, 565; New Bedlbrd 

 Horticultural Society, 559. 



Answers to Correspondents. 

 A Budgetof aufstions, 283; Best twelve Ver- 

 benas, 284; Best twelve Dahlias both Fan- 

 cy and Show Flowers, 284. 



Horticultural Operations. 

 For .lanuary, 47 ; February, 95; March, 143 ; 

 April, 191; May, 239; June, 287; July 

 335; August, 383; September, 431; Octo- 

 ber, 479 ; November, 528; December, 567. 



LIST OF ENGRAVINGS. 



.. FRUIT. 



Pears. 

 Fiederica Bremer, 

 Heurr6 Langelier, 

 Beurre Goubault, 

 Styrian, 



Belle Epine Dumas, . 

 White Doyenni, 

 Brown Beuri^, . 

 Ueurr6 Superfine, 

 Doyenne Goubault, 

 Beurr^ Robin, 



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. 26 

 . 338 

 . .340 

 . 342 

 . 343 

 . 346 

 . 319 

 . 489 

 . 490 

 . 492 



Apples. 



3. Jonathan, . 



4. Esopus Spitzenberg, . 

 .5. Red Gillillower, . 



10. Red Gilliflower, . 



11. Flack Gillitlower, 

 25. Rough and fieady, 



. 61 

 . 63 

 . 64 

 . 199 

 . 200 

 . 451 



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33. Gravenstcin 494 



34. Duchess of Oldenburg, . . . 495 



35. Tufts, • 496 



39. Northern Sweet, .... 542 



40. Bailey Spice, 543 



Chf.rriea. 



21. Elton, 390 



22. Early Purple Guigne, . . .391 



23. Werder's Early Black Heart, . . 392 



36. New Large Black Kigarreau, . . 538 



37. Black fligarrean of Savoy, . . 539 



38. Belle of Orleans, . . . .540 



Plums. 



25. .leflerson, 453 



26. Imperial Gage, 455 



27. Purple Favorite, .... 456 

 2.8. McLaughlin, 457 



