CONTENTS. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



GENERAL SUBJECT. 



General Results of a Gardening Tour, during 

 July, August, and part of September, in the 

 Year 1831, from Dumfries, by Kirkcudbright, 

 Ayr, and Greenock, to Paisley. By the Con- 

 ductor . . . l. 129. 257. 385. 513 



Hints on raising the Leguminous Plants of 

 Australia and the Cape of Good Hope from 

 Seeds, on acclimatising them in Europe, and 

 on their native Habits. By Mr. J. Bowie 5 



Remarks on the depressed State of the Nursery 

 and Gardening Professions, more especially in 

 Scotland. By J. G. - - - 134 



On the Necessity for increased Exertion on the 

 part of young Gardeners to store their Minds 

 with professional and general Knowledge. Bv 

 Scientise et Justitiaa Amator - - 137 



On Gardening Recreations as a Substitute for 



r~ Fox-hunting, Horse-racing, and other bru- 

 talising Sports. By Mr. Thos. Clark, Jun. 140 



On the Sap-vessels, or Circulating System, of 



s Plants. By the Author of " The Domestic 

 Gardener's Manual," CM. H.S. - -142 



Observations made on the Performance of a 

 Hot- water Apparatus in a Pinery at the Earl 

 of Egremont's, Petworth, Sussex, during the 



; severe Weather in January last, by Mr. Har- 

 rison, the Gardener there. Communicated by 



' Mr. Cottam - . - - 147 



Various Recipes for destroying Insects, restoring 

 the Bark of Trees, preparing Compost for 

 Pines, &c. By Mr. Peter Martin, Foreman in 

 the Nursery of Messrs. Murray and Coss, near 

 Leeds - - - - 148 



Horticultural Notes on a Journey from Rome 

 to Naples, March 1—6. 1832. By Wm. Spence, 

 Esq. F.L.S. . - . . 2fi6 



Some Account of the Nursery Gardens and the 

 State of Horticulture in the Neighbourhood 

 of Philadelphia, with Remarks on the Sub- 

 ject of the Emigration of British Gardeners 

 to the United States. By Mr. Wm. Wynne, 



! Foreman in Bartram's Botanic Garden, Phil- 

 adelphia .... 272 



Notices of some of the principal Nurseries and 

 private Gardens in the United States of 

 America, made during a Tour through the 

 Country, in the Summer of 1831 ; with some 

 Hints on Emigration. By Mr. Alexander 

 Gordon - . - . - 2"/ 7 



On certain Frauds imposed by Correspondents 

 upon the Readers of Transactions of Horti- 

 cultural Societies, and of the Gardener's Ma- 

 gazine, &c. By An Enemy to Deceit - 289 



Plan for heating Hot-houses by the Circulation 

 of hot Water in hermetically sealed Tubes of 

 small Diameter. By Mr. A. M. Perkins - 292 



A new Trap for catching Moles, with some Re- 



i marks illustrative of its Superiority over the 

 Traps now generally in Use. By A. F. . 298 



Extracts from Notes made during a Horticul- 

 tural Tour in the Netherlands, and Part of 

 France, in June and July, 1830. By Mr. T. 

 Rivers, Jun. - - - 392 



Investigation of the Structure of the Balsam 

 (Balsamlna hort£nsis Desportes). By the Au- 

 thor of the " Domestic Gardener's Manual " 



403 



Horticultural Jottanda of a recent Continental 

 Tour. By Robert Mallet, Jun. Esq. - 521 



Remarks on certain Gardens in the Lake Dis- 

 trict, and on cultivating a Taste for Garden- 

 ing among Cottagers generally. By Joshua 

 Major, Esq., Landscape- Gardener - 527 



On Gardens for the labouring Poor. By Selim 



529 



On the Means of inspiring a Taste for Garden- 

 ing among the labouring Classes of Scotland. 



I By James Stuart Menteath, Jun. Esq., of 

 [ Closeburn, Dumfriesshire - .- 532 



On the Construction of Double-roofed Hot- 

 houses at Vienna. By M. Charles Rauch, 

 Court-Gardener at Laxenburg - - 535 



A new Mode of training Fruit Trees ; a new 

 Mode of grafting and inarching; and an im- 

 proved Mode of making Gooseberry Wine and 

 Cider, &c. By Mr.W. Green, Jun. - 539 



Observations on several Gardens in England. 

 By Mr.W. Sanders - - - - 54b" 



Design for a Gardener's House, containing Five 

 Rooms and an Office ; adapted for being con- 

 nected with the Wall of a Kitchen-Garden 551 



Notice of some new Cast-iron Flower-Stakes, 

 and some small Wrought-Iron Stakes for Peas 

 or Annuals, invented by Robert Mallet, Jun. 

 Esq. Communicated by Mr. Mallet - 554 



Notice of the Cast-iron and Wrought-Iron 

 Flower-Stakes manufactured by Cottam and 

 Hallen, London. By the Conductor - 556 



Notice of a newly invented Hoe. By John 

 Booker, Esq. - - - - 558 



Remarks relative to the Advice given by Mr. 

 Mallet to young Gardeners. By Sciential et 

 Justitiaa Amator - - - 641 



The Necessity, and Advantages of Gardeners 

 visiting one another's Gardens. By R. T. 645 



Directive Hints for the effective Cultivation of 

 Cottage Gardens. By Selim - - - 647 



On the Influence of Cottage Gardens in pro- 

 moting Industry and Independence among 

 Cottagers. By John H. Moggridge, Esq. 650 



A Question to the Author of " The Domestic 

 Gardener's Manual." By Mr. Main - 652 



On Mr. Hayward's Mode of training Peach 

 Trees, as compared with Mr. Seymour's Mode. 

 By Joseph Hayward, Esq. - - 653 



On the Application of the Ammoniacal Liquor 

 of Coal Gas to the Destruction of Insects and 

 Vermin. By Robert Mallet, Esq. - 656 



Design for a Gardener's House, adapted for 

 being connected with the West Wall of a 

 Kitchen-Garden ... 659 



Design for a Gardener's House, serving, at the 

 same time, as a Watchtower for the Fruit 

 Walls of a Garden in the Neighbourhood of 

 a large City. By T. A. . 660 



Designs and Details for opening the Gates of 

 Lodges to Gentlemen's Seats in the Night- 

 time, without troubling the Gate-keeper to 

 leave his Bed. By Mr. Saul - - 662 



A Description of Two Kinds of Beehive. By 

 Mr.W. Young - - - - 664 



Notice of a new Transplanting Instrument for 

 Florist's Flowers, invented by Capt. Hurdis, 

 R.N. Communicated by Mr. Cameron, Nur- 

 seryman at Uckfield, Sussex - - 666 



Description of an Instrument for Use in the 

 Summer Pruning of Forest Trees. By Mr. 

 William Taylor, Gardener, Thainston, Aber- 

 deenshire - - . . 668 



A Description of a useful Garden Implement 

 termed Parallel Rods, designed for marking 

 Parallel Lines on Beds. By its Inventor, Mr. 

 William Godsall - - 669 



LANDSCAPE-GARDENING AND GAR- 

 DEN ARCHITECTURE. 



On certain Defects in Pleasure- Grounds, and 

 the Mode of avoiding them. By Mr. Robert 

 Errington - - - - - 151 



On planting and laying out Grounds. By M. Her- 

 man Knoop Klinton, Landscape-Gardener, 

 Ghent 301 



Description of a Design made for the Birming- 

 ham Horticultural Society, for laying out a 

 Botanical Horticultural Garden, adapted to 

 a particular Situation. By the Conductor 407 



A Plan and Description of the Flued Walls in 

 the Gardens of Erskine House, with a Plan 



