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CONTENTS. 



and Description of the Kitchen -Garden. By 

 Mr. G. Shiells - - - - 670 



Remarks on the Question, Whether the Archi- 

 tect or Landscape-Gardener should be first 

 employed in the Formation of a Residence. 

 By Mr. James Main, A.L.S. &c. - - 673 



ARBORICULTURE. 



An Account of the Common and Highland 

 Eines, as found in Scotland. By J. G. - 10 



Notices of large Trees in the United States and 

 in Canada. Communicated by James Mease, 

 Esq. M.D, of Philadelphia - -152 



Description of a Tree- Guard in Use at Thains- 

 ton, in Aberdeenshire. By W. Taylor, Gar- 

 dener, &c, to D. Forbes Mitchell, Esq , of 

 Thainston - - - - 154 



On pruning Forest Trees. (From " Essays on 

 Vegetable Physiology " preparing for the 

 Press). By J. Main, A.L.S. - -303 



On Transplanting large Trees, Pruning, &c. 

 By Mr. Howden ... 559 



FLORICULTURE. 



Design for a Flower-Garden, intended for a par- 

 ticular Situation near an old Mansion, with a 

 List of Plants for Summer Display. The Plan 

 by C. D., and the List by Mr. George Wood, 

 Gardener to Thomas Hope, Esq., M.P., of 

 Depedene, Surrey ... - 155 



On the Culture of Nelumbiums. By C. - 157 



On the Cultivation of BrugmansM arbbrea 

 fsuaveolens] in a Conservatory. By Mr. Jas. 

 Arnold, Gardener at Grove House, Cheshunt 



__ 159 



On the Propagation and Culture of Polygala 

 cordifolia, Eutaxia wyrtifblia, and Phceno- 

 coma prolifera. By Mr. J. Nicolles, Gardener 

 to R. Pettiward, Esq., Finborough Hall, Suf- 

 folk - - .. - - 160 



A Method of cultivating Pelargoniums, as prac- 

 tised at Horsforth Hall Gardens. By Mr.Thos. 

 Appleby - 161 



On the Culture of Pelargoniums. By Robert 

 Elliot, Gardener to William Hartley, Esq., 

 Rose Hill, near Whitehaven - - 162 



On the History and Culture of the Carnation. 

 By Edward Rudge, Esq. F.R.S. F.S.A. and 

 F.L.S., President of the Vale of Evesham 

 Horticultural Society. Read at the Meeting 

 of the Society, July 24. 1828 - - 428 



Remarks on laying out and managing Flower- 

 Gardens. By Mr. Robert Errington - 562 



List of Exotics which are now living in the 

 Gardens of Charles Hoare, Esq., at Lus- 

 combe, near Dawlish, in Devonshire. Com- 

 municated by Mr. Richd. Saunders, Gardener 

 and Planter there - - 566 



List of certain Green-house and Hot-house 

 Plants which have stood out during one or 

 more Winters, in the open Air, in the Garden 

 of Robert Mallet, Esq., at Drumcondra, near 

 Dublin. Communicated by Mr. Mallet, Jun. 



568 



On sowing annual Flower Seeds in the Autumn, 

 in order to have them flower early in the 

 Spring. By R. T. - - - 570 



On the Culture of the Ranunculus. By aVillage 

 Schoolmaster - - - 570 



On the Cultivation of /Janunculus pamassifb- 

 lius and O'xalis floribunda. By Mr. John 

 Menzies, Gardener to Christopher Rawson, 

 Esq., Hope House, near Halifax - - 572 



On the Culture of the Heartsease Violet. By 

 Mr. Arch. Gorne, F.H.S. and C.H.S. &c. 573 



A Fence for Plantations about Pasture Grounds 

 in sight from a Residence, and Stakes for 

 Standard Roses. By Chas. Lawrence, Esq. 677 



A Description of a Method of propagating Cape 

 Heaths expeditiously. By Mr. T Rutger 681 



On the Cultivation of the Droseras and Pin- 

 gueculas. By Robert Mallet, Esq. - 681 



HORTICULTURE. 



A Descriptive List of such Apples as have been 

 found to succeed in the Neighbourhood of 

 Kilkenny, in Ireland. By Mr. John Robert- 

 son, F.H.S., Nurseryman there - -165 



On a Method of forcing Cabbage Lettuce, prac- 

 tised for many Years at Longleat, by the late 

 Mr. Rutger, Gardener there. Communicated 

 by his son, Mr. T. Rutger - - 172 



On a Mode of cultivating the Tomato, so as to 

 make sure of ripening the Fruit without arti- 

 ficial Heat. By E. S. - - - 174 



On the Culture of Mushrooms in Melon Beds. 

 By Mr. John Collier, Gardener to Edmund 

 Woods, Esq., Shopwick - -312 



On the Culture of the Pine-apple without Pots. 

 By Mr. James Mitchinson, Gardener at Pen- 

 darves - - ... 576 



On a rapid Mode of raising excellent Vine 

 Plants. By Mr. T. Rutger, Gardener at Short 

 Grove, Essex - - - - 577 



On substituting good Vines, either as to Kind 

 or State of Health, for bad ones, with the 

 least possible Loss of Time. By Mr. Alexander 

 Gordon, late Gardener to Sir F. G. Fowke, 

 Bart., Lowesby Hall, Leicestershire - 578 



On the Destruction of the A v phis on Peach and 

 Nectarine Trees. By Mr. G. Jamieson, late 

 Gardener to Mrs. Bulwer Lytton, of Kneb- 

 worth Park, Herts ... 580 



Account of a Method of gathering Apples from 

 the most lofty and slender Trees, without 

 breaking any Twigs, and without Danger to 

 the Operator. By Mr. E. M. Mather . 581 



On the Fruits used in the Manufacture of Perry 

 and Cider. By J. C. K. - - 582 



On Bishop's Dwarf Pea, as compared with other 

 early Peas. By Mr. Anthony Adamson, in a 

 Letter to Mr. John Gibson. Communicated 

 by Mr. Gibson - - - 584 



An Account of the Otaheitean Method of pre- 

 paring the Arrow-root. By Andrew Mathews, 

 Esq., of Lima - - - 585 



Description of the Petre Pear, a fine Seedling 

 Butter Pear, cultivated in the Bartram Bo- 

 tanic Garden, near Philadelphia. By Colonel 

 Robert Carr, Proprietor of that Garden - 587 



On procuring Two Crops of the Ash-leaved 

 Kidney Potato, in One Year, off the same 

 Ground. By John Denson, Sen. - 688 



Abridged Communications - 175. 314. 589. 688 



REVIEWS. 



Transactions of the Horticultural Society of 

 London. Second Series. Vol. I. Part I. 177. 

 315. 433 

 Memoirs of the Caledonian Horticultural So- 

 ciety. Vol. IV. Part II., and Vol. V. Part I. 

 178. 322. 439 

 Verhandlungen des Vereins zur Beforderung 

 des Gartenbaues in den Koniglich Preus- 



sischen Staaten. Transactions of the Society 

 for the Advancement of Gardening in the 

 Royal Prussian States - 187. 338. 442 



Catalogue of Works on Gardening, Agricul- 

 ture, Botany, Rural Architecture, &c, lately 

 published, with some Account of those con- 

 sidered the most interesting- 19S. 341. 452. 698 



Literary Notices ... 221. 345. 463. 698 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Notices of new Plants, or of interesting old ones, 

 derived from the British monthly Botanical 

 Periodicals for February and March, 1832 224 



Floricultural and Botanical Notices of new 

 Plants, and of old Plants of Interest, supple. 



mentary to the latest Editions of the " Ency- 

 clopaedia of Plants," and of the " Hortus 

 Britannicus " - 345. 454. 596. 721 



Notices of Plants recently imported, figured, or 

 described ; and such Notices of old Inhabit- 



