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 . ... 1 



Observations on several Gardens in England. 

 By Mr. W. Sanders - - . 15 



A Visit to the Gardens of T. A. Knight, Esq. 

 By Mr. John Pearson - - - 17 



Horticultural Jottanda of a recent Continental 

 Tour. By Robert Mallet, Jun. Esq. 18. 270 



On the Emigration of Gardeners to the United 

 States of America. By Benjamin Poore, 

 Esq., of New York - - - 29 



Hints to Gardeners wishing to emigrate to the 

 United States of North America. By Mr. G. 

 Thorburn - - - - 32 



On heating Hot-houses by hot Water; with 

 some Account of a new Mode, the Invention 

 of Mr. Weekes. By Mr. Main - 34 



A Short Notice of BIr. Busby's Method of cir- 

 culating Water, hot or cold, by the Aid of 

 Machinery. By the Conductor - - 38 



Mode of obtaining Uniformity of Temperature, 

 and various Modes of Engrafting. By Charles 

 M. W - - - - 39 



On a new System of labelling Plants in living 

 Collections. By Robert Mallet, Jun. Esq. 43 



Notes and Reflections made during a Tour 



through Part of France and Germany, in the 



Autumn of the Year 1828. By the Conductor 



129. 257. 385 



A few Remarks on the State of Gardening in 

 Lower Canada, and particularly in the 

 Neighbourhood of Montreal. By A. P. Hart, 

 Esq., Barrister at Law, of Montreal, Fellow 

 Mont. Nat. Hist. Soc, &c. . - 159 



On the Disabilities experienced by young Gar- 

 deners, in acquiring professional and general 

 Knowledge. By Scientice et Justitise Amator 



165 



Some of the Disabilities which enthral young 

 Gardeners. By Ephebicus Horticultor 173 



On the Electricity of Nature, and its Connec- 

 tion with Magnetism and with the other 

 grand Natural Phenomena. By the Author 

 of the " Domestic Gardener's RIanual " 179 



A Reply to Mr. Main's Question to the Author 

 of the " Domestic Gardener's Manual." By 

 the Author of the " Dom. Gard. Man." 186 



Remarks on Mr. Blain's Question to the Au- 

 thor of the " Domestic Gardener's Manual." 

 By Joseph Hayward, Esq., Author of the 

 " Science of Horticulture," &c. - 192 



An Economical Mode of building Garden 

 Walls, Sheds, and other Garden and Agri- 

 cultural Structures. By R. Mallet, Esq. 193 



Reply to some Remarks made by Mr. Main 

 and the Conductor on Mr. Perkins's Mode of 

 heating by hot Water. By A. M. Perkins, 

 Esq. - - - - - 202 



Notice of a Method of heating by the Circula- 

 tion of hot Oil, instead of hot Water, for 

 which a patent has been taken out by Mr. W. 

 D. Holmes ; and also of Dr. Ure's Method of 

 employing Muriate of Lime as a Medium for 

 communicating Heat. By the Conductor 



207 



On heating by the Circulation of Fluids. By 

 Robert Mallet, Esq. - . - 277 



Rejoinder to the Answer of the Author of the 

 " Domestic Gardener's Manual," on Ques- 

 tions proposed to that Gentleman in Vol Vll I. 

 p. 652. By Mr. J. Main - - 283 



On the Effects of Terrestrial Radiation on the 

 Processes of Vegetation ; and some Account 

 of the Chinese Method of propagating Fruit 

 Trees. By J. Murray, Esq. - - 287 



Notices of the present State of Gardening in 

 Sweden, by Professor Agardh of Lund ; with 

 a Plan of the Botanic Garden of Lund, com- 

 municated by M. Petersen, of the Royal 

 Gardens, Copenhagen - . 415 



Some Account of a Floral Fair held at Mar- 

 seilles in January, 1833, with a List of the 

 Plants there exhibited for Sale. By Viator 



420 



Observations on several Gardens in England. 

 By Mr. William Saunders, Nurseryman, 

 Bristol ..... 425 



On the Advantages which would result from 

 Gardeners not being compelled to work long- 

 er on a Saturday than Artisans. By Sciential 

 et Justitiaa Amator - . . 427 



On the Professional and general Improvement 

 of Young Gardeners. By A Young Gardener 



432 



On a Method of keeping Food warm, so that a 

 working Gardener may lose as little Time as 

 possible at Breakfast. By Mr. Peter Mac- 

 kenzie, Gardener to Robert Lowis, Esq., of 

 Wester Plean - - . - 435 



Notes on the Influence of Climate on Vege- 

 tation, taken at a Lecture by Professor Lind- 

 ley on that Subject, delivered at the Rooms 

 of the Horticultural Society, May 9. 1833. By 

 J W. L. - - - - 436 



On what is vulgarly called Blight on Plants. 

 By Mr. James Webb - - - 441 



Notes on Gardens and Country Seats, visited, 

 from July 27. to September 16., during a Tour 

 through Part of Middlesex, Berkshire, Buck- 

 inghamshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, 

 shire, Hampshire, Sussex, and Kent. By the 

 Conductor ... 513. 641 



A Reply to Mr. J. Main's Rejoinder (p. 283.). 

 By the Author of the " Domestic Gardener's 

 Manual" - ... 529 



A Consideration of the Relations of Light to 

 the perfect Display of the Beauties of Form 

 and of Hue in Plants and in Flowers. By 

 Anon. - ... 534 



Hints to Gardeners, incentive to their educat- 

 ing themselves in a Knowledge of English 

 Grammar, and of other Subjects of essen- 

 tially useful Knowledge. By Mr. William 

 Taylor ..... 535 



GARDEN ARCHITECTURE. 



Design for a Gardener's House, to be situated 

 on the North Side of a walled Kitchen-Gar- 

 den - - - . . 46 



On the Construction of Fountains for Gardens. 

 By the Conductor - - - 208 



On Fountains in Gardens ; with a Design. By 

 W. Mason, Jun. Esq. - - - 538 



Notice of Saul's Garden Chair, with Remarks 

 on the Principles of Design with reference to 

 Chairs of this Kind. By Mr. M. Saul and 

 the Conductor ... 54^ 



ARBORICULTURE. 



Physiological and Practical Remarks on the 

 pruning of Forest Trees, particularly of the 

 Scotch Pine. By Mr. W. Taylor - 48 



Observations on some of the principal Causes 

 why the most important Parts of the Science 

 of Arboriculture, pruning and thinning, or 

 rather the System to supersede the Necessity 

 of much pruning, are not more generally 

 known, or at least practised ; with Hints for 

 the Removal of these Causes. By Mr. W. 

 Billington - - - - SO 



On forming Live Fences with Larch Trees. By 

 Mr. Gorric, F. H. S. &c. - -59 



