VI 



CONTENTS. 



Halo Hall, Lancashire, the Scat of John 

 Ulackbume, Ksq. M.P. By Thomas Kirkland 

 Olazebrook, Esq. - - - 52 



On the ("iiiture of the Double Yellow Rose. 

 Uy Mr. John Fraser, Gardener to the Hon. 

 ■William Traser - - - 142 



On the Cultivation of Dahlias (now Georginas). 

 IJy a Florist - - - - "2 



An improved Mode of cultivating the Calceo- 

 l^ria corymbbsa. By Mr. James Kollins 272 



On the Culture of the Hydr.'ingea hortcnsis, 

 as practised in the Potsdam Gardens. By M. 

 G. A. Fintelmann - - - 273 



Description of a Flower-Stand, designed and 

 constructed for the Honourable Mrs. Fox of 

 St. Anne's Hill. Communicated by Mr. H. 

 Tucker, Gardener to Mrs. Fox - - 274 



On the Cultivation of the Hyacinth. By Tho- 

 mas Fleetwood, CJardener, of Donnington. 

 Bead at the Meeting of the Vale of Evesham 

 Horticultural Society, Sept. 24. 1828 - 42f5 



HORTICULTURE. 



On destroying the Mealy Bug and White Scale 

 on Pine Plants. By Mr. W. M'Murtrie, 

 C.M.H.S. - - - - 57 



On rendering Pear Trees and other Fruit Trees 

 fruitful, by operating on the Borders, and by 

 Nalural Training. By Mr. Robert Hiver 60 



On training the Gooseberry. By Mr. William 

 Wilson, Merly Gardens, Dorset . - 62 



A certain and expeditious Method of raising 

 Mulberry Trees, By Superficial - 63 



Abridged Communications - - 64. 143 



An efTectual Mode of destroying Slugs among 

 Cauliflowers and Cabbages. By Mr. Henry 

 Pike, Gardener at Winkfield Park, Berkshire 



143 



On the Culture of the Sweet Potato (Convolvu- 

 lus liatutas), as practised in the Neighbour- 

 hood of New York. By B. W. Strong, Esq. 

 Communicated by Messrs. G. Thorburn and 

 Son, Nurserymen, New York - - 275 



On the Destruction of Wasps. By Thomas N. 

 Parker, Esq. of Sweeney Hall, Shropshire 277 



Catalogue of Fruits cultivated in the Govern- 

 ment Botanic Garden at Sydney, in New 

 South Wales. By Mr. Charles Fraser, CM. 

 H.S. - - - . - 280 



On the Culture of the Pine-apple without Pots, 

 in the Royal Kitchen-Gardens at Nymphen- 

 burg. By Mr. Joseph Lang, Kitchen-Gar. 

 doner to the King of Bavaria - - 427 



On the Destruction of the Mealy Bug and 

 Scale on Pine Plants. By Mr. James Dall 430 



On introducing heated Air into Cucumber 

 Frames and Pits. By Mr. F. Mould - 435 



Upon the Influence of Rocks on the Prosperity 

 of Vine Plants, and upon the Quality of their 

 Produce. By M. Metzger, Curator of the 

 Botanic Ciarden and Public Arboretum at 

 Heidelberg, Author of Europieische Cerea- 

 leen, Her liheinische Weinbau and othet 

 Works. Communicated by J. Rennie, Esq, 

 M;A. - - - - 436 



A Plan for a Strawberry Wall. By Robt. Byers, 

 Esq. - - - - 437 



On the Destruction of Wasps. By Mr. James 

 Dall - - - - 438 



On destroying Slugs by Lime Water, in pre' 

 ference to chopped Straw. By Mr. W. P. 

 Vaughan - - - - 440 



On the Culture of the Cow Cabbage, or Cesa.i 

 rean Cole. By Mr. Bernard Saunders, Nur- 

 seryman, Island of Jersey - - 440 



On the Day Lily (.ffemerocallis fulva), as a 

 Forage Plant. By Mr. J. EUes - - 441 



Part II. REVIEWS. 



Transactions of the Horticultural Society of 

 London. Vol. VII. Part II. 145. — Vol. VII. 

 Part III. - - - 285. 516 



Memoirs of the Caledonian Horticultural So- 

 ciety. Vol. IV. Part II. - - 443 



Catalogue of Works on Gardening, Agricul- 

 ture, Botany, Rural Architecture, &c , lately 

 published, with some Account of those con- 

 sidered the most interesting 149. 299. 445. 518 



Literary Notices - - 207. 323. 455 



Part III. MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



General Notices - - 324. 543. 650 



Foreign Notices ; 



France - - 67. 208. 326. 456. 54a 



Germany - - 69. 209. 326. 457 



Holland and the Netherlands - 327 

 Switzerland - - - 457. 548. 656 



Italy - - - 70. 458. 657 



Sicily . - - - C57 



Spain - - - - 71 



Greece - ... '549 



Russia - - - - ■ 73 



Sweden .... 548 



Denmark ... 71. 547 



Poland, - . - 458 



Asia - . - - 74 



India - - - . 549 



Madagascar - . ' . 549 



North America - 77. 210. 458. 549. 658 

 Australia - . . 327. 550 



Domestic I*)tices : 



England - 78. 212. 328. 458. 551. 659 



Scotland . - 82. 215. 332. 461. 552. 662 

 Ireland . - - 84. 216. 338. 666 



Calls - - - - 557 



Domestic Economy ... 3(;s, fiff? 



Hints for Improvements - . 668 



Garden Memorandums made during a Tour in 

 Rutlandshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, 

 Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Worces- 

 tershire, &c., in October, 1826 - - 671 



Steam Carriages, and their estimated Influence 

 on Domestic and General Improvement - 684 



Hints for Breathing Places for the Metropolis , 

 and for Country Towns and Villages, on fixed 

 Principles . - - - 686 



Hints for a Plan for saving the Manure lost in 



the Common Sewers of London, and for ren. 

 dering the Thames Water fit for Domestic 

 Purposes - - - - 690 



Parochial Institutions ; or an Outline of a Plan 

 for a National Education Establishment, suit- 

 able to the Children of all Ranks, from In- 

 fancy to the Age of Puberty - - 692 

 Cultivation of Waste Lands - - 704 

 The Condition of the Labouring Classes - 706 

 Hints for Prize Questions, submitted to Pro. 

 vincial Horticultural Societies i- - 713 

 Workhouse Gardens and Gardeners - -714 

 Garden Libraries . - - 94. 226 

 General Education - - - 223 

 Notices of Suburban Gardens - - 93 

 Gardens of the Pantheon, or Colosseum, Re- 

 gent's Park - - . 222 

 Arboretum in the Garden of the Horticultural 

 Society - . - . 344 

 Commercial Horticultural Society - - 349 

 The Marquess of Hertford's Villa in the Re- 

 gent's Park - . . 464 

 The Improvements at Windsor Castle - 604 

 Two Articles in the Constitution of the Dun- 

 fermline Florists' Society . . 618 

 Retrospective Criticism 95. 228. 364. 465.607.716 

 Queries and Answers - 107. 232. 609. 728 

 Horticultural Society and Garden 85. 216. 342. 

 466. 611. 735 

 The London Nurseries 220. 338. 469. 612. 736 

 Covent Garden Market 85. 219. 341. 472. 616. 741 

 Provincial Horticultural Societies 89. 220. 349. 

 473. 618. 742 

 Biography . . . - 495 

 Obituary - . - 112. 240. 496. 640. 752 



