CONTENTS. 



VII 



MarnocTc, Foreman of the Kitchen-garden at 

 Bretton Hall. Communicated by Mr. Donald, 

 F.H.S. - - - Page 283 



On the Cultivation and Management of Timber 

 Trees. By Quercus - 284 



The falling Fortunes of the English Oak de- 

 defended. By Quercus Secundus - 285 



How to conduct a Gardener's Magazine, and 

 other Matters. By Agronome - 287 



On Artificial Compost. By W. R. Y. - 290 



On the Culture and Propagation of the Chry- 

 santhemum indicum. By Mr. A. C. Lambie, 

 Gardener to Sir George Sitwell, Bart., Reni- 

 shaw Hall, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire 291 



On the Conduct of Gardeners and their Em- 

 ployers, with respect to giving and exchanging 

 Plants and Seeds. By a Nobleman's Gar- 

 dener - -■'■•■- - 291 



On propagating Ptebnia Moi'dan by grafting on 

 Pasbnia officinalis. By Mr. James Nash, 

 Flower-gardener to Lady Farnborough, Brom- 



- ley Hill, Kent - - 293 



On the Disappointments incident to Purchasers 

 of Fruit Trees. By Superficial, of Brixton 

 Villa, Brixton, Surrey - - 293 



On the Rose Cockchaffer, Anomalia hort^nsis ; 

 supposed to be the perfect Insect of the Ver 

 Blanc, or White Worm, of the French Hor- 

 ticulturists. By William Swainson, Esq. 

 F.R.S. F.L.S. &c. - - - 295 



On the Culture of Petunz'a nyctaginifibra. By 

 Robert Sweet, F.L.S., Author of Flora Aus- 

 tralasica, Sweet's Hortus Britannicus, &c. &c. 



297 



A serviceable Tally Peg for Plants. By J. C. " 



298 



On the Culture of Amaryllis vittata in the 

 neighbourhood of St. Petersburgh. By Mr. 

 Francis Faldermann, C.M.H.S., Botanic Gar- 

 dener to the Emperor of Russia, at St. Peters- 

 burgh - - - - 300 



An approved Method of obtaining a Crop of 

 Early Cauliflower, a week or ten days before 

 those treated in the usual way. By J. M. 302 

 Some Account of the Dutch Manner of Forcing, 

 as practised in the Kitchen, garden at Hylands, 

 near Chelmsford, the Seat of P. C. Labouchere, 

 Esq., F.H.S. From Notes made there on No- 

 vember 7. 1827 - - - 385 



Outlines of Horticultural Chemistry. By 

 G. W. Johnson, Esq., of Great Totham, Essex 

 (Continued from p. 272.) . . Page 400 



On keeping Ice in Ice-houses. By Mr. Richard 

 Saunders, Gardener to C. Hoare, Esq., F.R.S., 

 H.S., &c, at Luscombe, Devonshire - 404 

 On keeping Potatoes through the Winter and 

 Summer in Canada Cellars. By Mr. George 

 Fulton, Gardener to Lord Northwick, at 

 North wick Park - 405 



Result of a Trial of Vines trained on hanging 

 Trellises in the Garden of R. Bruce, Esq., of 

 Kennet, Clackmannanshire. By Mr. James 

 Barnet, Curator of the Experimental Garden 

 of the Caledonian Horticultural Society - 407 

 On planting Timber Trees, with an estimate of 

 the Produce and Profits of an acre of Black 

 Italian Poplar, Populus acladesca, Lind. By 

 C. F. W., of Fazeley, Staffordshire - 409 



On the Athenian'Poplar, Pi'ipulus gra^ea, as a 

 Timber Tree. By John H. Moggridge, Esq. of 

 Woodfield - 410 



An Attempt to show how Timber Trees may be 

 cultivated conjointly with Farm Produce. By 

 W. M. of Argyleshire - . 412 



Description and Use of Dyer's Retrocouplin" 

 Bee-boxes. By Mr. C. Hale Jessop, nursery! 

 man, Cheltenham ... . 4^4 



An account of a new and effectual Method of 

 protecting early forced Crops, in Frames, dur- 

 ing the Winter and Spring Months. By Mr 

 E. M. Mather, formerly Gardener at Old Basel 

 ford, Nottingham - - 417 



Description of an Awning for a Tulip Bed, and 

 also of the Flower Stage in use by the Lancas- 

 ter Horticultural Society. By Mr. Mathias 

 Saul, of Lancaster ... 418 

 On training and managing the Gooseberry with 

 a view to Fruit for Prize Exhibitions. By Mr. 

 Mathias Saul, of Lancaster - -421 



Some Account of the Experiments made by 

 William Atkinson, Esq. F.H.S., which led to 

 the heating of Hot-houses by hot Water. By 

 Mr. John Barrow, Manufacturing Smith - 423 

 Mr. Atkinson, of Grove End, proved to have 

 been the first who successfully applied the 

 Mode of heating by hot Water to Hot-houses. 

 By Thomas Tredgold, Esq., Engineer 427 



Part II. REVIEWS. 



Transactions of the Horticultural Society of 

 London, Vol. VII. Part I. - 43. 171 



Memoirs of the Caledonian Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Vol. IV. Part I. - - 55. 192. 303 



Verhandlungen des Vereins, zur Beforderung 

 des Gartenbaues, &c. Transactions of the So- 

 ciety for the advancement of Gardening in the 

 Royal Prussian States. Vol. I. Part II. 62. 317. 



433 



Catalogue of Works on Gardening, Agriculture, 

 Botany, Rural Architecture, &c. published 

 sinceJune last, with someAccount of those con- 

 sidered the most interesting 66. 195. 318. 499 

 Literary Notices - - - - 89 



Annales de la Soci£t£ d' Horticulture de Paris, 

 et Journal Special de 1'Etat et des Progres 

 du Jardinage. Tom. I. Second Livraison, pour 

 Octobre, 1827. - - .- -j 443 



Part III. MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Foreign Notices : 











Linnean Society 



- 475 



France 



90. 



207. 



342. 



464 



Provincial Horticultural and Florists' 



Societies 



Germany 



. 



92. 



208. 



342 



109. 



233. 356 



Italy 



. 





95. 



209 



Coven t Garden Market - 240. 



361. 476 



Spain 



. 



. 



. 



209 



Architecture 



- 477 



Portugal 



. 



. 



95. 



465 



Domestic Economy 



. 478 



Holland and the Netherlands 



. 



. 



95 



Hints for Improvements 



- 478 



Russia 



. 



. 



. 



96 



Antiquities of Gardening 



- 479 



Denmark 



. 





96. 



344 



Priced List of Florist's Flowers 



240 



North America 



. 97. 



209. 



346. 



465 



Hints for Experiments 



242. 365 



South America 



. 



. 



98. 



212 



Garden Libraries 



115. 252 



Asia 



. 



. 



99. 



213 



Order and Neatness" 1 - 



245 



Australasia 



. 



. 



100. 



214 



Original Beauty of Lines and Forms 



- 247 



Domestic Notices : 











Answers to Queries, and Queries 117. 



253. 374. 



England 



- 162. 



214. 



350. 



467 





488 



Scotland 



- 104. 



219. 



354. 



471 



Retrospective Criticism - 121. 255 



368. 481 



Ireland 



- 106. 



229. 



355. 



472 



Calls at Suburban Gardens 122 



361. 480 



Horticultural Society and Garden 





106. 

 356. 



230 

 473 



Biography - - 



Obituary - - 256. 



127. 383 

 384. 494 



