CONTENTS. 



Part I. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 



Notes and Reflections made during a Tour 



through Part of France and Germany, in the 



Autumn of the Year 1828. By the Conductor 



1. 385. 529. 641 



On the Anatomy of the Vine. By Walter Wil- 

 liam Capper, Esq., Bath - 12. 129. 257 



Notes on the former and present State of Horti- 

 culture in Ireland. By Mr. John Robertson, 

 F.H.S. - - - - 26 



Outlines of Horticultural Chemistry. By G. W. 

 Johnson, Esq., Great Totham, Essex - 27 



Notice of the Prestwich Botanical Society, and 

 theBury Botanical and Entomological Society, 

 preceded by some Critical Remarks on a Pas- 

 sage in the Account of the Conductor's Tour 

 in France. By Mr. J. Horsefield, Weaver, 

 Pilkington, near Manchester - - 392 



Vegetable Pathology. By a Warwickshire Natu- 

 ralist ..... 395 



On preserving tender Plants in Winter by means 

 of the Temperature of Spring Water. By 

 Mr. A. Gorrie, F.H.S. - - 402 



Method of destroying the Icarus or Red Spider, 

 Slugs, and other Insects on Plants, without 

 injuring the Leaves. By N. T. - 403 



On the Birch Rind of the American Indians, 

 and the Uses to which it might be applied in 

 Gardening. In a letter from Mr. Hawthorn 

 of the Honourable Hudson's Bay Company, 

 to Mr. Baillie of Dropmore Gardens ; with a 

 Note by Mr. Baillie - - - 405 



Notice of the Gardens of the Hon. and Rev. W. 

 Herbert at Spofforth. By N. H. S. - 531 



Some Account of the Progress of an Experiment 

 going on in Monmouthshire, for bettering the 

 Condition of the Labouring Classes. By John 

 H. Moggridge, Esq. ... 533 



On the Subject of an Experiment made for bet- 

 tering the Condition of the Labouring Classes. 

 By John H. Moggridge, Esq. - - 536 



Observations chiefly relating to the Agricultural 

 and Horticultural Labourers in France and 

 England. By R. Bakewell, Esq. - 538 



Description of Harewood House, and its Gar- 

 dens and Grounds. By Ovrus - - 649 



A few Observations made on visiting several 

 Public and Private Gardens, &c, in England 

 and Scotland, during the Summer of 1830. By 

 Mr. W. Saunders - - - 653 



Historical Account of a Method of making Bass 

 for binding Plants, &c. By M. P. Lindegaard. 



, Translated from the Danish by M. Jens P. 

 Petersen, of the Royal Gardens at Rosen- 

 burgh, Copenhagen ... 656 



Description of a Cottage in England, and a Mud 

 Cabin in Ireland. By Mr.- John Howden, 

 heretofore Agronome - - 657 



Four Designs for Labourers' Cottages. By Mr. 

 Richard Varden, Architectural Pupil with 

 John Perry, Esq., Architect, Godalming 660 



LANDSCAPE-GARDENING AND GAR- 

 DEN ARCHITECTURE. 



Remarks on the English Taste and Practice in 

 Landscape.Gardening, as compared with the 

 Taste of the Germans, with a Plan and De. 

 scription of the Gardens of Prince Metternich 

 it Johannisberg on the Rhine. By M. Jacob 

 Rinz, Jun. - - - 31 



Design and Description of a Gardener's House 

 built in the Gardens at Worksop Manor, the 

 Seat of the Right Honourable the Earl of 

 Surrey, with some Remarkson these Gardens. 

 By Robert Abraham, Esq., Architect - 34 



Design for a small Green-house or Conserva- 



_ tory. By T. T. - - -_661 



Notice of a small economical Green-house, built 

 by Mr. William Godsall, Nurseryman, Here- 

 ford. Communicated by Mr. Godsall - 667 



Plan and Description of the Kitchen-Garden at 

 Carlton Hall, the Seat of Miles Stapylton, 

 Esq. By W. Seymour,.Son of Mr. John Sey- 

 mour, the Gardener there - - 669 



Plans and Sections of the Horticultural Build- 

 ings for a Kitchen-Garden of Three Acres and 

 a half within the Walls. ByJuvenis Olitor 670 



COTTAGE GARDENING, ARCHITEC- 

 TURE, AND HUSBANDRY. 



On Cottage Husbandry and Architecture, chiefly 

 with reference to certain Prize Essays re- 

 ceived on Cottage Gardening, and to projected 

 Encyclopaedias on these Subjects. By the Con- 

 ductor - . - - 139 



On the Extent and Culture of Cottage Gardens 

 with and without Cows, and on Brewing, 

 Baking, and other Points of the Husbandry 

 of the Cottager. By a Practical Gardener 167 



Extent and Culture of Cottage Gardens, live 

 Stock of the Cottager, and various Points of 

 Cottage Economy, with reference to the Hints 

 for Prizes for Papers on the Subject. By J. P. 



185 



An Essay on Cottage Gardens, with reference 

 to the Prize Question in the Gardener's Ma- 

 gazine. By the Cottarman's Friend _^ - 198 



ARBORICULTURE. 



On a System of pruning, or rather on a Preven. 

 tive System of pruning, Forest Trees. By 

 Mr. W. Billington, C.M.H.S., Author of 

 " Facts and Experiments on Oaks," &c. 36 



Remarks on Sir Henrv Steuart's Planter's Guide. 

 By Mr. Gorrie, C.M.H.S., of Annat Gardens, 

 Perthshire - - - - 43 



Remarks on Sir Henry Steuart's Planter's G uide. 

 By Quercus - - - - 46 



Notice of a new Guard for Single Trees in Parks 

 and on Lawns. By Mr. John Hislop, Gar., 

 dener to Colonel Howard, at Ashtead Park, 

 Surrey - - - - 47 



Remarks on planting Trees and Shrubs in 

 Masses of one Species. By William Spence, 

 Esq. F.L.S. - - - - 408 



Remarks on Sir Henry Steuart's Planter's Guide. 

 By n h - - - 413 



On Planting and Pruning Forest Trees. By 

 Mr. John Howden, hitherto known as Agro- 

 nome .... 416 



On the Sexes and History of the Lombardy, or 

 Turin, Poplar (Populus dilatata). By Mr. 

 John Denson, Jun. ... 419 



On the Management of the Timber Tree Plant- 

 ations at West Dean, in Sussex. By Mr. John 

 Bowers, Gardener and Planter there - 543 



Observations respecting Mr. Howden's Manage- 

 ment of Forest Trees. By Mr. J. Elles 545 



Remarks on Mr. Billington's Pamphlet on Plant, 

 ing, &c. By A. G, Perthshire - - 673 



Pontey's " Forest Primer " versus Cruickshank's 

 " Practical Planter," on the Subject of pruning 

 Fir Trees. By a Yorkshireman - 675 



On Pruning, and other Points in the Manage- 

 ment of Timber Trees. By W. T. . 681 



FLORICULTURE. 



An improved Method of planting and protecting 

 Bulbs in Flower Borders. By Mr. W. Sey- 

 mour - - - - 49 



Account of the Botanic Flower-Garden now 

 forming at Trelowarren for the Culture of 



