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CONTENTS. 



Hardy Plants. By Mr. William Duncan, 

 Gardener there ... 420 



Plan of a Flower- Garden, with a List of Plants 

 for one Year, by a young Lady. Communi- 

 cated by J. G. - - - 423 



On the Treatment of the American Shrubs in 

 the Pleasure-Gardens of Francis Canning, 

 Esq., Foxcote. By Mr. W. B. Rose, Gardener 

 there - - - - 425 



On raising Auriculas from Seed, and on a new 

 Description of Covering for an Auricula Stage. 

 By Mr. P. Cornfield, Florist, Northampton 426 



On the Culture of the Rbsa odorata, the Sweet 

 or Tea-scented Rose. By Mr. J. Files, late of 

 Longleat Gardens ... 427 



On flowering the Chrysanthemum indicum. By 

 A Constant Reader and Subscriber - 428 



Notice of a Plant of Mnsa paradislaca (the 

 Plantain), which has flowered and ripened 

 Fruit in the Garden of John Milford, Esq., 

 Conver, near Exeter. Abridged from Three 

 Communications by Mr. Henry Dalgleish, 

 Gardener to Mr. Milford, dated July 25., No- 

 vember 9., and December 23. - - 429 



On the Culture of Seedling Ranunculuses. By 

 the Rev. Joseph Tyso - - - 548 



Description of Mr. Groom's Tulip Bed. By J. 

 M. - - - - 683 



On the Genus A'ster. By T. Rivere, Esq. 684 



HORTICULTURE. 



Some Remarks on the -Culture of Pines, and 

 other Plants, useful or ornamental, in Beds 

 heated by Steam acting on a Mass of loose 

 Stones. By John Hay, Esq., Garden Archi- 

 tect, Edinburgh - - - 50 



Remarks on the Culture of Pear Trees. By Mr. 

 Bernard Saunders, Nurseryman, Island of 

 Jersey - - - - 52 



On the Evil Effects of planting Fruit Trees in 

 too rich a Soil. By Mr. Robert Errington 54 



On the Management of the Peach Tree. By 

 Mr. John Newington - - 55 



Recipe for a Composition for destroying and 

 guarding against Insects on Wall Trees. By 

 Mr. James Burge, Gardener to the Rev. Ri- 

 chard Lane of Coffleet, Devonshire - 57 



On the Culture of the Potato, botli in the Field 

 and Garden, and for early as well as main and 

 late Crops. By Mr. J. EUes, late Gardener to 

 the Marquess of Bath, at Longleat - 58 



Notice of the Culture and Produce of a Patch 

 of Maize, or Cobbett's Corn, grown by Mr. 

 Greig, at Bayswater. Communicated by Mr. 

 Greig - - - - 60 



The Result of some Experiments with Ten 

 Varieties of Indian Corn, with a comparative 

 Estimate of the Merits of this Corn, as com- 

 pared with those Corns commonly grown by 

 the Farmers of Britain. By G. C. . 63 



Remarks on Mr. Newington's Observations on 

 the Management of Peach Trees. By Mr. 

 James Craig, Gardener to G. Cholmely, Esq., 

 Howsham, York ... 430 



On the Treatment of the Peach and Nectarine 

 during the Summer Season. By Mr. William 

 Seymour, late Gardener to Henry Preston, 

 Esq., Moreby, near York - ' . 434 



On a Method of training the Peach and Necta- 

 rine on low Walls. By Mr. William Seymour 



436 



Farther Notice of the Pine Plants at Castle 

 Semple, planted in a Bed of Soil. By John 

 Hay, Esq. . - . - 437 



Some Account of a large Vine at Selwood Park, 

 the Seat of Michie Forbes, Esq., Sunning 

 Hill, Berkshire. By Mr. H. Cumming, Gar- 

 dener to Mr. Forbes - 439 



On a Method of obtaining new Kinds of Pota- 

 toes. By Solanum tuberbsum - 440 



Description and Use of Bartlett's Cultivator. 

 By VV. D. - - - - 442 



An Account of some Plants of Indian corn 

 raised at Hampstead, and of some remarkable 

 Circumstances connected therewith. By X. 

 Y. 444 



A simple and effectual Method of killing Wasps. 

 By W. - - - 550 



On Insects in Orchards. By Mr. D. Anderson 



551 



On the Green Fly in the Blossoms of Peach 

 Trees. By Mr. James Craig, Gardener to G. 

 Cholmeley, Esq., Howsham, York - 552 



On the Destruction of the Black and Green 

 A'phides on Cherry and Plum Trees. By 

 N.T. - - - - 553 



A cheap and easy Method of raising Celery. By 

 Mr. E. Roger - - - 554 



On raising an early Crop of Peas, as formerly 

 practised in Tynningham Gardens, East Lo- 

 thian. By Mr. Main, A.L.S. - - 555 



On the visible Cause, and easy and effectual 

 Cure, of the bad Setting of some Sorts of 

 Grapes. By Mr. James Craig, Gardener to 

 G. Cholmeley, Esq., Howsham, York - 687 



On the Forcing of Cabbage Lettuce in Holland. 

 By M. P. Lindegaard. Translated from the 

 Danish by M. Jens Peter Petersen of the 

 Royal Gardens of Rosenburgh, near Copen- 

 hagen - - - - 689 



Notice of the Culture of Wheat in the Neigh- 

 bourhood of Ardress, in Ireland. By G. En- 

 sor, Esq., Author of The Independent Man 

 and other Works - 691 



On a Method of forcing Strawberries. By R. 

 T. - - - - 692 



Remarks on the Treatment of Fruit Trees. By 

 Mr. Robert Errington - - 693 



Farther Remarks on training the Peach and 

 Nectarine. By Mr. R. Errington - 695 



Mr. Alexander Diack's Mode of grafting on the 

 large Branches of old Trees, as extracted 

 from the Books of the Aberdeenshire Horti. 

 cultural Society. Communicated by Mr. A. 

 Diack, C.M.H.S. - - - 698 



On keeping Fruits, more particularly Apples. 

 By John Ferme, Esq. - - 700 



On the Culture of the Newtown Pippin Apple. 

 By Mr. James Brient - - - 702 



Notice of a Citron Tree in the Gardens of Castle 

 Semple. By John Hay, Esq. - - 702 



Mr. C. Hale Jessop's Mode of cultivating the 

 Enville Pine. Communicated by him to the 

 Vale of Evesham Horticultural Society, at a 

 Meeting of which on Sept. 25. 1828 it was 

 read ; and sent by the President of that So- 

 ciety to the Gardener's Magazine - 704 



On growing Pine-apples in Moss. By M. Jacob 

 Seimel, Head Gardener to the Count Mont- 

 gelas, at Bogenhausen, near Munich - 705 



Observations on the Management of Vines in 

 the Pinery. By Mr. Geo. Fulton, Gardener 

 to Lord North wick. Read at the Vale of Eve- 

 sham Horticultural Society, Sept. 25. 1828 707 



On keeping a fine Bloom on Cucumbers. By 

 Mr. Geo. Fulton, Gardener to Lord North- 

 wick. Read at the Meeting of the Vale of 

 Evesham Horticultural Society, June 24. 1828 



709 



On the Culture of the Strawberry on a light 

 sandy Soil. By Thomas Fleetwood, Gardener 

 at Donnington. Read at the Meeting of the 

 Vale of Evesham Horticultural Society, July 

 24. 1828 - - . .710 



On the Management of the Hautbois Straw- 

 berry. By Fragaria ... 711 



Part II. REVIEWS. 



Memoirs of the Caledonian Horticultural So- 

 ciety. Vol. IV. Part II. - .68 



A Botanical, Historical, and Practical Treatise 

 on the Tobacco Plant, in which the Art of 

 growing and curing Tobacco in the British 



Isles is made familiar to every Capacity, as 

 deduced from the Observations of the Author 

 in the United States of America, and his Prac- 

 tice in Field Cultivation in Ireland. By Tho- 

 mas Brodigan, Esq. - - - 270 



