INDEX. 



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Melons, Persian, account of ten varieties, by 

 Mr. John Lindley, F.L.S., 433. 



Melons, plan for obtaining a second crop of, by 

 Mr. Charles Harrison, F.H.S., 414 ; to propa- 

 gate by cuttings, 414. 



Menteath, C. I. S., Esq., on lime-kilns, 399; his 

 lime-kiln described and figured, 400. 



Mentor, on the Spanish hoe, 233 ; remarks by, 

 on the mode of application for grafts, cuttings, 

 &c. to the K.S., 106. 



Merinos, Troupeaux de, &c, 78. 



Meteorological observations made in the garden 

 of the Horticultural Society, during the year 

 1825, report upon, 201. 



Metropolitan garden and agricultural library, 

 hint for establishing, 248. 



Metrosideros lanceolata, on a garden wall at 

 Edinburgh, 239. 



Metrosiaeros Lophanta, hardy in France, 459. 



Metzger's cereal grasses of Europe, some account 

 of, 343 ; Weinbau, 343. 



Mice and rats, notices of modes for destroying, 

 61. 



Mice, simple garden trap for, 278. 



Michie, Mr. James, on setting the blossoms of 

 the more shy-bearing kinds of pears, 320. 



Misletoe, its propagation by Mr. Keen, 366. 



Mitcheson, Mr. William, on the cultivation of 

 the Passiflora quadrangularis, 203 ; on a mode 

 of preparing strawberries for early forcing, 

 390. 



Mitch inson, Mr. James, on the culture of early 

 potatoes in Cornwall, 174. 



Mixture and variety, principles of, explained, 

 310. 



Models of estates, by Mr. Crowe, notice of, 232. 



Modern style of laying out grounds in Russia, 

 history of the first introduction of, by one of 

 the imperial gardeners, 385. 



Moggridge, John H. Esq., remarks on his cot- 

 tage system, as applied to Ireland, 240 ; an 

 account of a successful experiment, made with 

 a view to ameliorate the condition of country 

 labourers, 19, 



Mons, Jean Baptiste Van, M.D., notes on graft- 

 ing, budding, and cultivating garden roses, 

 191. 



Montgomery, Mr.Duncan, C.M.H.S., on the cul- 

 tivation of an early and a late variety of the 

 pear on the same tree, 199. 



Mont- Rouge Nursery, history of, 59. 



Morretti's^piblioteca Agraria, 344. 



Morris's Botanist's Manual, (advertised), 127. 



Morris, Richard, Esq., F.L.S., his elegant work- 

 on plants, 35 ; observations on water as re- 

 gards ornamental Scenery, 286. 



Morton, Mr. Andrew, on forcing strawberries, 

 393. 



Muir, Messrs. J. & A. of Greenock, their pro- 

 gress in the imitation of Leghorn bonnets, 

 239; on the growth and manufacture of straw 

 plait for hats, 456. 



Mulberry leaves, substitute for, 346. 



Mulberry plantation at Slough, account of, 235. 



Munro, Mr. Donald, F.L.S., account of the cul- 

 tivation of Chinese Chrysanthemums in the 

 garden of the Horticultural Society, 187. 



Murray, John, Esq., F.A.S., L.S., H.S., G.S., 

 &c, on the establishment of M. Fellenberg, at 

 Hofroyl, 347. 



Murray, Mr. Stewart, C.M.H.S., on cultivating 

 North American orchideous plants, 332. 



Mushroom, a large, 94 ; on the culture of, in hot- 

 house sheds, by Mr. T. Forrest, C.M.H.S., 406. ! 



Mushrooms, cast-iron shelves for, 406; descrip- 

 tion of a mode of growing in a green-house in 

 the neighbourhood of Vienna, by Mr. Na- 

 poleon Bauman, 407 ; force of vegetation in, 

 91 ; large crops of, 94 ; in arable land, 94 ; Mr. 

 Haythorn's pit for, described and figured, 280 ; 

 short directions for raising according to Old- 

 aker's plan, 251. 



Musk Plant, J'ster argophyllus, in the open 

 ground, 378. 



Nagel's Vollstandige Uebersicht, &c, 81. 

 Vol. II. — No. 8. 



Nanny- Water, near Drogheda. some account 

 of, 147. 



Nasturtium, small, 427. 



National Forests of Germany, 86. 



Natural system of plants, the study of by means 

 of a Hortus Siccus, recommended, 221. 



Natural system, prevalence of papers on, in the 

 Transactions of the Linnean Society, 470; opi- 

 nion respecting in Van Dieman's Land, 470. 



Nelihnbiums, idea of producing hybrids, with 

 JVymphre'a and Nuphar, 429 ; on the cultiv- 

 ation of in Italy, by Joseph Clare, Esq., 428. 



Nelihnfrium speciosum, on the culture of, by Mr. 

 A. Stewart, F.H.S.,416. 



Nepaul Silver Fir described, 462. 



New South Wales, notice of its agriculture, 229. 



, cultivation of sugar in, 229. 



New Zealand flax, culture of in France, 63. 



Nicqtzanfl, now Petunia nyctaginiflora, 446. 



Niven, Mr. James, a distinguished botanical 

 collector, notice of his life and death, 255. 



Noel, a French florist, notice of, 59. 



Nott, Mr. Wm., on forcing strawberries, 392. 



Noisette's Nursery, history of, 59. 



Nurseries of Paris, notices of, 59. 



Nurserymen of Paris, notices of the principal, 59. 



Nursery gardens, advantage of employing com- 

 mon labourers in, rather than professed gar- 

 deners, 271. 



Nuts, mode of keeping, by A. B. Lambert, Esq., 

 F.R.S., Pres. L.S., &c, 431. 



Oak bark, Mimosa of New South Wales, as a 

 substitute for, 277. 



Oak from the acorn, on raising plantations' of, 

 by Mr. Thomas Allen, F.H.S., 277. 



Oberlin, Jean-Frideric, a benevolent Protestant 

 pastor, notice of his life, 83. 



Observations on the Corn Laws, by Sir Claude 

 S?ott, (advertised), 127. 



Oenothera biennis, roots of, as Rampion, 437. 



ca?spitosa and Galardia bicolor, culti- 

 vation of, 379. 



Oil as a manure in France, 84. 



Oldaker, Mr. Isaac, F.H.S., description of the 

 Black Raisin Grape, &c, 174 ; list of goose- 

 berries by, for a small garden, 253. 



Olive, its culture in the South of Europe, 455. 



Oliver, Mr. J., on the Wvken Pippin, 487 ; no- 

 tice of the late Mr. John Whitlock, 487. 



Onions, some remarkable ones noticed, 241. 



Orange and Lemon trees, treatment of in Italy, 

 by Mr. Shea, 430. 



Orchards in Argyle and Inverness, some ac- 



• count of, 32. 



Orchideous plants of N. America, method of 

 cultivating by Mr. Stewart Murray, C.M.K.S., 

 332. 



, on the culture of, by A. X., 



385. 



Outlines of Botany reviewed, 338. 



Oxalis earn6sa, 450. 



Oxen, working of, opinion on, 488. 



Packing seeds, query as to the best method, by 

 a Constant Reader, 254. 



jPse6nia Moutan, on its varieties, by Jos. Sabine, 

 Esq., F.R.S., &c. 423; remarks respecting 

 their introduction from China, by J. M., 423 ; 

 figure of the word Moutan in the Chinese cha- 

 racter, 424 ; varieties enumerated, 424. 



Pa;ony, the tree, see Pae6nia Moutan. 



Palace and gardens for the King, in the manner 

 of those of Babylon, hints for, 372. 



Panicum germanicum, its description and uses, 

 by Mr. G. Sinclair, F.L.S., H.S., 224. 



Paragreles, Rapport sur l'Utilit(= des, 78. 



Park at Brussels, 87. 



Parkin, Mr. Thomas, cultivation of the cucum- 

 ber at Thoresby Gardens, Nottinghamshire, 

 320. 



Parsnips, description of the different varieties 

 cultivated in the garden of the Horticultural 

 Society in London, by Mr. Andrew Mathews, 

 A.L.S., 190. 



Passiflora edulis, fruit of, ripened in a common 

 green-house, 232. 



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