CONTENTS. 



On the Culture of the Garden Hyacinth, Hya- 

 cinthus orientalis. By Mr. Alexander Camp- 

 bell, Gardener to the Comte de Vandes, at 

 Bayswater - - .411 



Note on Winter pruning the Vine. By Mr. 

 Main - - -413 



Part II. REVIEWS. 



Essay on the Beneficial Direction of Rural Ex- 

 penditure. By Robert Slaney, Esq. 

 F 51. 177. 321. 



2. Colonies at Home ; or, the Means for ren- 

 dering the industrious Labourer indepen- 

 dent of Parish Relief; and for providing 

 for the Poor Population of Ireland by the 

 Cultivation of the Soil. London. Pamph. 

 8vo. pp. 27. 2 Plates. - - ib. 



3. Thoughts on the Expediency of a General 

 Provident Institution for the Benefit of the 

 Working Classes ; with Tables and Ex- 

 amples of Contributions and Allowances. 

 By James Cleghorn, Accountant in Edin- 

 burgh. Edin. Pamph. 8vo. pp.43. - ib. 



Le Bon Jardinier, pour l'Ann^e 1826, contenant 

 les Principes gen^raux de Culture ; Vindica- 

 tion, Mois par Mois, des Travaux a faire dans 

 les Jardins, &c. By A. Poiteau, principal 

 Editor, &c. - - - - 58 



1. Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis ; or an 

 Account of the Results of Experiments on 

 the Produce and Nutritive Qualities of 

 different Grasses and other Plants, used as 

 the Food of the more valuable Domestic 



Animals, &c. &c. By George Sinclair, 

 F.L.S. F.H.S. &c. - - - 67 



2. An Essay on the Weeds of Agriculture ; 

 with their common and Botanical Names, 

 &c. &c. Also Practical Remarks on their 

 Destruction, &c. The Posthumous Work 

 of B. Holdich, Esq. late Editor of the Far- 

 mer's Journal. Edited by George Sinclair, 

 F.L.S. F.H.S.&C Nurseryman - 67 



Transactions of the Horticultural Society of 

 London, Vol. VI. Part III— VI. 184. 333. 414 

 Report of the Garden Committee of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of London on the Formation 

 and Progress of the Garden, March 31. 1827. 

 4to. pp. 16. - - - 441 



Verhandlungen des Vereins, &c. Transactions 

 of the Society for the Advancement of Gar- 

 dening in the Prussian States. Part I. (Con- 

 tinued from Vol. I. p. 312.) - - 444 

 Catalogue of Works on Gardening, Agriculture, 

 Botany, Rural Architecture, &c. published 

 since September last, with some Account of 

 those considered the most interesting 



72. 204. 333. 447 

 Notices of New Works in the Press, &c. 82. 220 

 Literary Notice ... 345 



Part III. MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Foreign Notices : 



France, - - 83. 222. 



Germany, - - - 84. 224. 



Switzerland, ... 



Italy, - - - 86. 



Holland and the Netherlands, 



87. 226. 



Russia and Poland, 



Spain and Portugal, 



North America, 



South America, 



Asia, 



Africa, 



Australasia, 

 Domestic Notices : 



England, 



Scotland, 



Ireland, 

 Horticultural Society and Garden, 



103. 241 



90. 



91. 229. 



97. 236. 



•102. 



346. 459 



347. 459 

 225. 347 

 225. 459 



349. 460 

 88. 369 

 86 

 227. 350 

 91 

 461 

 462 

 229 



351. 462 



352. 464 

 240. 355 



Provincial Horticultural Societies and 



Flower Shows, - - 360. 470 



Linnean Society, - ... 470 



Covent-Garden Market, - 106. 244. 362. 475 

 Calls at Suburban Gardens, 107. 362 



Catalogue of Books for a Garden Library, 108 

 Garder. Libraries - - 244. 372 



Architecture, - - - - 475 



Domestic Economy - - 477 



Cottage Economy - - - 478 



Garden Antiquities - - 481 



Feltoniana - - - 480 



Retrospective Criticism - - - 485 



Hints for Improvements, - - - 480 



Answers to Queries, and Queries, 



120. 250. 377. 482 

 Biography, . - - 253. 381. 487 



Obituary, - ... 488 



Notices to Readers and Correspondents 488 



Part IV. 



ADVERTISEMENTS CONNECTED WITH GARDENING AND 

 RURAL AFFAIRS. 



Agricultural Implements and Machinery 125 

 Garden Thermometers, and other Mathe- 

 matical Instruments for Gardeners - 126 

 Curvilinear Metallic Hothouses . 382 

 Stained Glass for Conservatories - 356 

 Artificial Manures - . 126 

 Anatomised Plants and Models of Estates - 356 



Pears, fine new Sorts 

 Cucumbers 

 Places wanted 

 Florist's Flowers, 

 Tulips 



Horticulturist's Cottage 

 Ectipa Vegetabilium 



- 125 



- 125. 356 



- 126. 356 



- 126. 382 



- 356 



- 382, 383 



Botanical Magazine - 382 



Books by Messrs. Longman, Rees, and Co. 



126. 128. 383, 384 

 Mr. Ridgway, - - 127. 384. 



Messrs. Narnaville and Fell - 127 



Messrs. Sherwood and Co. - 127 



Messrs. J. and C. Rivington, 127, 128 

 Messrs. Baldwin, Cradock, and 



Joy, - . 128. 384 



Messrs. Boosey and Sons, - 128 



Messrs. Stewart, Wheatley, and 



Adlard, - .382 



Messrs. G. B. Whittaker - 384 



Messrs. Harding, Lepard, and Co. 384 



