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CONTENTS. 



Oil the Culture of the Orange Tree in England, 

 liy R. S. 67 



Notice of a new Method of transplanting large 

 Trees, invented by Mr. James Munro, Ma- 

 nager of Messrs. Dickson and TurnbuH's 

 Nursery Jirechiii. ]Jy the Conductor - 217 



On Arboriculture in relation to Geology. By 

 Causidicus . - . . 291 



A battering Axe for foiling Timber. By Robert 

 Mallet, Esq. - . - - 297 



On the Gyiniii3cladus canadensis, or Coffee Tree 

 of North America. By A. I'. Hart, Esq., 

 Barrister at Law, of Montreal, Lower Cana. 

 da, F. Mont. Nat. Hist. Soc. &c. - - 298 



The Fitness of the Evergreen Oak (Qu^-rcus 

 jf^lex) for planting near the Sea Coast, in 

 Groups, for Ornament; and aCoin|)arison of 

 its Fitness with that of the Cluster Pine 

 (Plnus Z'inaster), for a Nurse to Plantations 

 on the .Sea Coast ; followed by a Description 

 of St. Michael's Mount, near the Land's End, 

 Cornwall. By Mr. T. Rutgcr - - 54.3 



A Notice of the Effects of Wind on Trees grow- 

 ing on the Coast near Poole, Dorsetshire. By 

 the Rev. W, B. Clarke - - - 547 



The Formation of a National Society for the 

 Promotion of Arboriculture suggested ; and 

 Hints on the Disease prevailing in Plantations 

 of the Larch Tree communicated. By JMr. 

 James Munro - - . - SHi 



On training the Oak Tree, so as to produce 

 curved Timber, for Use in the Construction 

 of Ships. By Mr. James Munro - 557 



FLORICULTURE. 



On laying out Flower-Gardens. By Masaroni 



60 



The Culture and a List of Herbaceous Plants 

 which will thrive in the Air and Smoke of 

 Cities. By Mr. William Boyce - 62 



On raising Seedling Ranunculuses. By the 

 Rev. Joseph Tyso - - - 66 



A new Arrangement of the Double-flowered 

 Chinese Chrysanthemums, with an improved 

 Method of Cultivation. By A. H. Haworth, 

 Esq. F. L. S. &c., Author of" Synopsis Plan- 

 tarum Succulentarum Narcissinearum Mono. 

 graphia," &c. - . - . 218 



A Mode of multiplying, and inducing to healthy 

 Growth, the White double-flowered and 

 Purple double-flowered Rockets. By Mr. 

 William Whiddon, Gardener - - 300 



On the Effects of Barbadoes Naphtha on Trees 

 and on Horses. By Dr. C. H. Wilkinson, 

 Bath - - - - - 300 



An improved Mode of tongueing Layers. By 

 Mr. James Munro - - - 301 



A Notice of the Species of Pines added to the 

 Pinetum at Dropmore, and of some showy 

 Species of flowering Plants which decorate 

 the Garden there. By Mr. Philip Frost, 

 Head Gardener at Dropmore - - 559 



A Mode of preserving the greatest Number of 

 Pelargoniums and other Kinds of Green- 

 house Plants through the Winter, in the least 



possible Sjjace. By Mr. Peter Mackenzie, 

 Gardener to Robert Lowis, Esq., of Wester 

 Plean - " ... 563 



HORTICULTURE. 



On cultivating the Pine-apple out of Pots. By 

 Mr. William Bowers, Gardener to Mrs. Shaw 

 Lefevre, Heskfield Place, Hartford Bridge, 

 Hampshire - - - - 70 



A Mode of cultivating Grapes and late Peaches. 

 By Mr. J. Haythorn, late Gardener to Lord 

 Middleton, Middleton Hall near Nottingham 



- 70 



A Description of a Pit suited to the Culture of 

 early Cucumbers, and of a Mode of cultivat- 

 ing them. By Mr. Edward Elliot - 71 



On the Pruning and Training of the Morello 

 Cherry Tree. By Mr. William Seymour 73 



On the Culture of Onions. By Mr. John 

 Mitchell, Jun., Gardener, Slapton, near Dart- 

 mouth, Devon - - - 75 



Remarks on Cobbett's Indian Corn. By Wil- 

 liam Rothwell, Farmer and Nurseryman, 

 Spout Bank, near Bury, Lancashire - 76 



On O'xalis crenata Jacquin, as a Culinary 

 Vegetable in Britain. By James Mitchell, 

 Esq. - - - -78 



On cultivating Cabbages by Slips or Cuttings. 

 By Peter Kendall, Es.j. - - 226 



On producing Mushrooms in plenty in the open 

 Air, from June to November. By Mr. J. 

 Ellas . - - - 228 



On cultivating the Pine-apple. By Mr. Tho- 

 mas Appleby - ... 303 



Fertility induced by Spur-pruning. By G. I. T. 



:vi 



A Proposal to water Peach and Nectarine 

 Trees with Nitre, a Preparation from Blood, 

 &c. By Joseph Hayward, Esq. . 319 



On the evil Eff'ects of cropping the Borders in 

 which Fruit Trees grow. By R. T. - 321 



On the Uselessness of earthing up growing 

 Crops of Potatoes. By Joseph Hayward, 

 Esq., Author of " The Science of Horticul- 

 ture," &c. - - - 322 



A Description of a Mode of cultivating Onions. 

 By Mr. William Whiddon - - 323 



Notes on Mildew, from a Lecture on that Sub- 

 ject by Professor Lindley, delivered at the 

 Horticultural Society's Meeting Room, on 

 April 24. By J. W. L. - - 325 



Additional Facts on the Fungus (jEcidium 

 cancelliitum Sowerby) parasitic on the Leaves 

 and Fruit of the Pear Trees in the Garden at 

 Buscot Park. By Mr. John Merrick - 332 



On Coping for Garden Walls. By Mr. Archi. 

 bald Gorrie - - - - 564 



On the Advantage of growing Pine-apple 

 Plants in Pots made with Holes in their 

 Sides. By John Hawkins, Esq. - - 564 



The Results of an Instance of growing the 

 Cucumber and the Melon in [Heath Mould 

 or] Bog Earth. By Mr. James Figgans 567 



Short Communications . 80. 342. 446. 568 



REVIEWS. 



Transactions of the Horticultural Society of 

 London. Second Series. Vol. I. Parts I. and 

 II. - - - 82. 344 



Memoirs of the Caledonian Horticultural So- 

 ciety. Vol. V. Part I. . -89 



Verhandlungen des Vereins zur Beforderung 

 des Gartenbaues in den Koniglich Preussi- 

 schen Staaten. Transactions of the Society 

 for the Advancement of Gardening in the 

 Royal Prussian States. Vol. V. - 94. 592 



Catalogue of Works on Gardening, Agricul- 

 ture, Botany, Rural Architecture, &c. &c. 

 lately published, with some Account of those 



considered the most interesting 349. 447- 

 606. 000 



Hortus Woburnensis ; a descriptive Catalogue 

 of upwards of Si.x Thousand Species of orna- 

 mental Plants cultivated in the Gardens at 

 Woburn Abbey ; with numerous illustrative 

 Plans for the Erection of Houses for Forcing, 

 Green. houses, See, and an Account of the 

 Management of them throughout the Year. 

 By James Forbes, A.L.S. C.M.H S. &-c.. Gar. 

 doner to his Grace the Duke of Bedford, 

 K. G. - - - - - 601 



Literary Notices - - - 96. 460. 611. 695 



