CONTENTS. 



Part I. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



On the Apple Tree, as trained against a Wall. 

 By Mr Charles Harrison, F.H.S. . Page 1 

 On the Preservation of Apples. By Mr. David 

 Gibb, Gardener to the Dowager Marchioness 

 of Londonderry, North Cray Place, Kent 9 

 On Prolonging the Season of Hardy Fruits. By 

 Mr. J. Forbes, Gardener to His Grace the 

 Duke of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey - 11 

 On the Prolongation of the ripe Grape on the 

 Vine. By J. M. - - - 12 



On fixing Wire against Garden Walls for train- 

 ing Fruit Trees. By Mr. Thomas Ingram, 

 Gardener to Her Royal Highness the Prin- 

 cess Augusta, at Frogmore - - 13 

 Autobiography, and various hints. By Agro- 

 nome - - - - 15 

 Designs for a Vinery, by which the earliest and 

 the latest grapes may be obtained in the same 

 Structure. By Mr. A. Middleton - 17 

 On the Culture of the Potato, in respect to Ear- 

 Uness, the Curl, the Worm, and other Circum- 

 stances. By a Denbighshire Gardener - 19 

 Description of a Structure, to be heated by 

 Dung, for growing Cucumbers and Melons. 

 By Mentor - - - - 20 

 Suggestions for a movable Cucumber Bed to be 

 heated by Dung. By Mr. Thomas Hawkins 22 

 On a Mode of procuring a Crop of Cucumbers 

 during Winter, by forming the Hot-bed with in 

 a Vinery. By Mr. James Reed - - 23 

 On a superior Method of raising the Vine from 

 Layers. By Mr. W. Green. - - 24 

 Suggestions for Improvements on the Horticul- 

 tural Memorandum Book of a Country Cler- 

 gyman. By Suffblciensis - - 25 

 Account of a rapid and successful Mode of graft- 

 ing the Orange. By Mr. James Reeve, Gar- 

 dener to G F. Evans, Esq. and Lady Car- 

 berry, Laxton Hall, Northamptonshire - 26 

 Description of a new Tally for naming Plants, 

 with a Note on grafting the Camellia. By Mr. 

 Stewart Murray, C.M.H.S. - -28 

 Description of a Machine for dusting Fruit 

 Trees with powdered Lime, or other Powder. 

 By C. P. of York - . 30 

 Account of a successful Attempt to destroy 

 A^phis lanigera. By Mr. R. Turner. - ib. 

 Remarks on the disappointments incident to Or- 

 chardists, and on describing and characteris- 

 ing Fruit Trees. By W.R.Y. - - 31 

 Comparative View of the Expenses of a Gar- 

 dener and a Butler to their Employer. By 

 W. S. - - . .32 

 The Art of ornamenting, showing, preserving, 

 and packing Cucumbers, Grapes, Plums, and 

 other Fruits whose principal Beauty consists 

 in their delicate Bloom. By Mr. Robert 

 Gauen, Gardener at Milbrook, near South- 

 ampton - - .. 34 

 Outlines of Horticultural Chemistry, &c. By 

 G. W. Johnson, Esq., of Great Totham, Es- 

 sex .... J29 

 Plan and Elevation of a Dairy Cottage, and 

 Poultry-yard, erected by Mr. B. Matthews, at 

 Syndal House, Kent, for the hue Sir Samuel 

 Auchmuty. Communicated by Mr. A. Mat- 

 thews, A.L S. 135 

 On preparing Ice and filling an Ice-house, so as 

 the Ice may keep for Two or Three Years. 

 By Mr. James Young, Gardener to Henry 

 Smith, Esq., of Wilford House, Nottingham- 

 * h . ire „ „- - - - 138 

 Notice of a Horticultural Plough and its Uses. 

 By Mr. William Godsall, Nurseryman and 

 Florist, Hereford . - 139 

 Culture of the Gloribsa superba. By Mr. James 

 Pringle, Gardener to Lewis Charles Daubuz 

 Esq., Truro, Cornwall . . 140 



Culture of the Gloxinza maculata. By Mr. John 

 Nelson, principal Gardener to William Miles, 

 Esq., Clifton, near Bristol - - Page 141 

 Reminiscences of a Visit to Malacca. By Mr. 

 James Main - - - 142 



A Description of a Method of cultivating the 

 Vine, by which it is thought Grapes may be 

 ripened in many Parts of England for the 

 Purpose of making Wine. By F. N. B. . 145 

 On grafting the Peach, Nectarine, and Apricot 

 on Stocks of their own kind. By Mr. Daniel 

 Cameron, late Gardener to Admiral SirGeorge 

 Cockbum, at Highbeach, Essex - 149 



On Salt and other Matters. By Agronome 151 

 On the Use of Salt in the Culture of the Hya- 

 cinth. By Mr. Thomas Hogg, Florist, Pad- 

 "dington - - - - 154 



Result of certain Experiments in regard to the 

 Use of Salt in Agriculture. By Agricola of 

 Lincolnshire ... 155 



On the Conduct of Gardeners and their Em- 

 ployers. By Mr. John Cameron, Gardener, 

 Grove Lane, Camberwell - - 156 



On the Culture of Hyperanthera Moringa, or 

 Horseradish Tree, in the West Indies. By 

 W. Hamilton, Esq. M.D. Fareham, near Ply- 

 mouth .-- - 157 

 On Paragreles, or Hail-Protectors, and their 

 Employment in Britain. By John Murray, 

 Esq.' F.A.S. L.S. H.S. G.S. &c. - - 159 

 Note on Mr. Campbell's Mode of growing the 

 Hyacinth. By ltusticus in Urbe . - 162 

 Further Particulars of an Experiment made 

 with a View of bettering the Condition of the 

 Labouring Classes. By John Moggridge, Esq. 



162 

 On the Construction and Use of Straw Mats for 

 covering Hot-houses, and as a substitute for 

 Russian Mats in covering Frames and Pits. 

 By Mr. William Johnston Shennan, Gardener 

 at Gunnersbury House, Middlesex 167 



Notice of a Revolving Frame for Forcing, and 

 the Culture of Exotics, the Invention of Mr. 

 R. Gauen of Millbrook ; and of another Re- 

 volving Forcing-Frame by Mr. Alexander 

 Bisset, Gardener to Robert Smith, Esq., of 

 i Methven, Perthshire 170 



Some Account of the Flower-gardens and the 

 Pinetum at Dropmore, the Seat of Lord Gren- 

 ville. By Mr. William Eaillie, Gardener at 

 Dropmore. Interspersed with general Re- 

 marks on the Gardens and Grounds there, by 

 the Conductor ... 257 



Outlines of Horticultural Chemistry, &c. By 

 G. W. Johnson, Esq., of Great Totham, Es- 

 sex. (Continued from p. 135.) - - 269 

 On the Culture and Propagation of the Genus 

 Citrus. By an Amateur - - 272 

 On destroying the Red Spider in Hot-houses. 

 By Mr. David Cameron, A.L.S., Gardener to 

 Robert Barclay, Esq. F.L.S. H.S., Bury Hill, 

 Surrey - 277 

 On the Destruction of the American Blight on 

 Fruit Trees. By Mr. Charles Sharp, of Ross 



278 

 On the Blight and Fire-blast on Fruit Trees. 

 By Mr. Robert Sutherland, Gardener to J. F. 

 N. Halsey, Esq., Gaddeston Park, Hertford- 

 shire - - - - 278 

 On the various Uses of Rhubarb Stalks. By 

 Mr. James Luckock, of Edgbaston, near Bir- 

 mingham - 280 

 An Orchard in Miniature ; or the Culture of 

 Apple Trees as Dwarf Standards, after the 

 Manner of Gooseberry Bushes. ByMalus 281 

 Note of the Result of an Experiment made at 

 Bretton Hall on pitting Apples. In a Letter 

 to Mr. Donald, of Woking. By Mr. Robert 



