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 



Pages 1. 129. 257. 531 



On Gardening as a Pursuit, and on the Lan- 

 guage of Controversy in the Gardener's Maga- 

 zine. By Charles Laurence, Esq. - 20 



Observations on several Gardens in England 

 and Wales. By Mr. William Saunders - 135 



General Remarks on the Progress of Intellect 

 among Gardeners ; with some Account of the 

 Improvements recently made in the Hot-house 

 of George Cooke, Esq., of Doncaster. By Q. 



139 



On an improved Boiler for heating Hot-houses 

 by hot Water, and on some other Modifica- 

 tions of Hot- water Apparatus. By Mr. John 

 Mearns, F.H.S. - - - 141 



Description of the New Market of Covent Gar- 

 den, London. By the Conductor . 265 



Extracts from a Tour, partly Horticultural, in 

 the Netherlands and Part of France, in June 

 and July, 1830. By T. Rivers, jun. - 277 



A Mode of destroying the Red Spider on Plants. 

 By G. J. P. - - - - 279 



On destroying Woodlice on Trees or in Frames ; 

 with a Notice of a Mixture for protecting the 

 Stems of Trees from the Erosions of Hares 

 and Rabbits. By Mr. James Waldron, late 

 Gardener to Sir William Call, Bart., Whit- 

 ford, near Callington, Cornwall - - 280 



Description of some new Tallies employed in 

 the Gardens at Brasted Park. By Mr. James 

 Pringle - - - - 281 



Description of a Garden Hand-Drill. By A. H. 



283 



Iron Stakes, adapted for supporting Rose Plants, 

 &c. By Mr. J. Hislop - - - 284 



On Heath-Mould and Peat. By J. D. - 285 



An Account of the Application of hot Water to 

 heating the centre Bed in a Hot-house, in 

 lieu of Tan. By J. T. Alcock, Esq., of Mount 

 Hill, Caermarthenshire - - 286 



Description of Meridian Pits for the Purposes 

 of Horticulture or Floriculture. By Mr. D. 

 D. Neeve - . - -289 



Plan of a Double Cottage, uniting the Pictur- 

 esque with internal Comfort. With introduc- 

 tory Remarks on the present State of Labour- 

 ers' Cottages in Wiltshire. By Selim - 292 



General Results of a Gardening Tour, during 

 the present Year, by a circuitous Route from 

 London to Manchester. By the Conductor 



385. 513. 641 



Remarks on some Gardens and Country Resi- 

 dences in Leicestershire. By Mr. Alexander 

 Gordon - - - - 421 



A short Account of Nonsuch Park, near Epsom, 



. the Seat of the late Rev. Joseph Whately, as 

 it existed about the Year 1786. Communi- 

 cated by the Rev. W. T. Bree, A.M. - 430 



Outlines of a Plan for the Formation of a Clas- 

 sical Garden. By Mr. J. Main, A.L.S. - 432 



On the Food of Plants, and on training Fruit 

 Trees. By Joseph Hayward, Esq., Author of 

 The Science of Horticulture, The Science of 

 Agriculture, and other Works - - 437 



Remarks on the State in which various Plants 

 from European Nurseries were received in 

 America. By Jesse Buel, Esq., C.M.H.S. 441 



On the Application of the Ammoniacal Liquor 

 of Coal Gas to the Destruction of Insects and 

 Vermin. By Robert Mallet, jun., Esq. .557 



LANDSCAPE-GARDENING AND GAR. 

 DEN ARCHITECTURE. 



Remarks on the Country Seats in the Neigh- 

 bourhood of St. Andrew's, Fifeshire. By Mr. 

 William Smith, Gardener to John Small, Esq. 



^ 21 



Description of Garbally Park and Mansion, the 

 Residence of the Earl of Clancarty. By Mr. 

 Andrew Johnston, Gardener there - 23 



Observations on Windsor Castle. By the late 

 Thomas Whately, Esq. Written previously 

 to the Year 1772. With a Prefatory Letter 

 by the Rev. W. T. Bree, by whom the Article 

 was communicated - . . 144 



An Essay on Rockwork in Garden Scenery. Bv 

 S. T. P. . - . . 443 



On planting and laying out Grounds. By M. 

 Hermann Knoop Klynton, Landscape- Gar- 

 dener, Ghent - - .559 



ARBORICULTURE. 



Description of a Ladder for the Purposes of 

 gathering Fruit, pruning or training Trees, 

 &c. By Mr. Matthias Saul . - 26 



Remarks on pruning Forest Trees, in reply to 

 Mr. EUes and others. By Mr. John Howden 



27 



Description and Use of a Machine for trans, 

 planting large Trees and Shrubs. Invented 

 and communicated by Wm. Thom, Esq., Sur. 

 geon, Annan ; and used in his Garden there 



29 



Observations made during an Arboricultural 

 Tour in Scotland and England, during the 

 Autumn of the year 1830. By Mr. E. Murphy, 

 Agent to the Arboricultural and Horticul. 

 tural Societies of Ireland . . 295 



On the Supporting of recently removed Trees. 

 By William Thom, Esq., Surgeon, Annan 445 



FLORICULTURE. 



Plan for a Flower- Garden calculated for a full 

 Display from March to November, with a List 

 of Plants for one of the Beds, in order to show 

 the Mode of preparing the Lists for the others. 

 By CD. . - . .33 



On the Treatment of Brugmansia suavfeolens. 

 By E. S. With a Note on the same by J. D. 



36 



On the Propagation and Culture of the Geor. 

 gina. By Mr. James Nash, Flower- Gardener 

 to Lord Farnborough, at Bromley Hill . 38 



Plan and select List of Plants for a Flower-Gar. 

 den, in the ancient Style. The Plan by C. D., 

 and the List of Plants by Mr. W. Baillie, 

 of Dropmore Gardens - . 298 



On the Culture of the Cockscomb, with a De. 

 scription of the Compost made use of. By 

 Mr. John Harrison, Gardener at Syston Park 



302 



A Mode of growing Balsams to great Perfec- 

 tion. By Mr. James Reed - - 304 



Observations on the Culture of American or 

 Bog Plants and the OrchWese, with some 

 Hints on acclimatising Exotics. By Mr. Tho- 

 mas Appleby ... 305 



Account of the Flowering of the Ag^ve ameri- 

 cana in the United States. By J. M. of Phil. 

 adelphia . - - - 454 



On the Culture and Propagation of the Ery- 

 thrina Crista galli, Erythrina /aurifblia, and 

 Chrysi'mthemura sin^nse. By Mr. J. EUes 456 



On a new Method of propagating Pinks by Lay. 

 ers. By Mr. Thomas Fleetwood, Gardener at 



