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CONTENTS. 



Section der Frankfurtischen Gesells- 

 chaft zur Bef'orderiing Ntltzlicher 

 Kunstcunclderen Htilfswissen shaften, 

 &c. Transactions of the Franfort So- 

 ciety for the Advancement of Garden 

 and Field Culture ; being a Section of 

 the Frankfort Institution for the Ad- 

 vancement of the Useful Arts and their 

 subservient Sciences, &c. - - 611 



Scchtes Preiss-Verseichniss der verschie- 

 denen feinen Tafels Obstsorten, Ge- 

 Jiolze fur Garten-Anlagen, Geviflichs- 

 hauz.Pflanzen, &c., fur 1837-8, welche 

 bei S. und J. Rinz. Kunst und Handels- 

 GUrtrierin Frankfurt am Main lu haben 

 sind ; that is. The Sixth priced Cata- 

 logue of Fruit Trees, Ornamental and 

 Useful Plants, &c., propagated and sold 

 by S. and J. llinz. Nurserymen, Frank- 

 fort on the Maine . - . 612 



Verzeichniss der GrUnhaus-Pflanzen des 



Freyherrn Carl von HUgel, No. IX. 

 Catalogue of Green-house Plants, cul- 

 tivated in the Garden of Baron Hiigel 

 at Hietzing, near Vienna; with the 

 Prices indicated at which they will be 

 sold or exchanged - - - 612 



New Works on Gardening, Agriculture, 

 &c., published in Italy, during the 

 Years 1835 and 1835 - - -513 



Literary Notices : — Bateman's Orchidaceae 

 of Mexico and Guatemala, 224. Hand- 

 bibliothek fiir Gartner und Liebhaber der 

 Gartnerei ; or, a Pocket Library for Gar- 

 deners and Amateurs of Gardening, 225. 

 Kollar's History of the Insects injurious to 

 Gardeners and Farmers, 612. Waterton's 

 Essays on Natural History, 612. Kivers's 

 Rose Araateur'.s Guide, 612. Gaucn's 

 Treatise on the Concentration of the Sun's 

 Rays as applied to Horticulture and Agri. 

 culture, 612. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



General Notices. 

 Malaria, 47 ; Ash at Moccas Court, J. Webster, 

 47 ; The Stumps of the Silver Fir (Picea pec- 

 tinata) increase in Diameter after the Tree is 

 felled, 142 ; Value of Specific Characters, 226 ; 

 Conservatory, 226 ; Budding's Grass-cutter, 

 227 ; A Stage for Green-house Plants on a new 

 Plan, 228; Trees and Shrubs of the Canary 

 Islands likely to prove hardy or half-hardy in 

 the Climate of London, 228 ; Management of 

 Plantations, 228 ; Tulips, 228 ; The Influence of 

 Vapour on Vegetation, 280 ; Connexion between 

 Meteorology and Vegetation, 281 ; Kyanising 

 Wood for Garden Purposes, 281 ; Anticorrosive 

 Paint, 282 ; An improved Mode of Land sur- 

 veying, 282; /"ba nemoralis var. nerv6sa, 282; 

 New Varieties of Potatoes, 283 ; Transmitting 

 Seeds from China, R. Mallet, 283; Plant 

 Markers, 283; A Hybrid between the Cabbage 

 and Horseradish, 283 ; Grapes ripened without 

 the Suii's Rays, 283 ; Equitable Rent for farm- 

 ing Land, 323 ; A simple Mouse-trap, 323 ; To 

 destroy the Larvje of the Cockchafer, 323; 

 Flued Borders, 323 ; The Kyanising of Wood 

 for Garden Purposes, 365 ; Hints for a Botanical 

 Collector, 365 ; The Geography of Evergreen 

 Trees, 366 ; Effect of Forests on the Size of 

 River Currents, 3S6 ; Amber discovered to be 

 only an indurated Resin, 366 ; On the Relations 

 of Colour and Smell in the more important 

 Families of the Vegetable Kingdom, 367 ; En- 

 tomology, 369 ; New Silkworm, 370 ; On the 

 Use of Steam in the economising of Fuel, 370 ; 

 Washing by Steam, 371 ; Reid's new Hydraulic 

 Engine, 459 ; Mr. Gowan's Mode of grafting the 

 Vine, 460; //eraclfewTO per^nne, 460 ; Rhubarb 

 Jelly, 460; Rhubarb Wine, 460; Keeping of 

 Filberts, 460 ; The Wood of the Phillyrea, 461 ; 

 Fibre of the Pine-apple Plant, 461 ; To render 

 Fuci and Lichens edible, 461 ; Plants rich in 

 Potash can never be petrified, 461 ; Dry Rot, 

 516; Uses of Garlic, 517; New esculent Sea- 

 Weed, 517 ; Retaining and absorbing Heat in 

 the open Ground, 517 ; Powerful Antiseptic, 

 518 ; What is Science ? 612 ; Anomalous Struc- 

 ture in Dicotyledones, 613; Transplanting 

 Seeds and Plants from abroad, 614 ; Buds pro- 

 duce Roots, 614; Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxy- 

 gen, in different Kinds of Wood, 615 ; Effects 

 of different Kinds of Salt on Plants, 615 ; Salt 

 has a wonderful Influence in subduing Flame, 

 615; Coal, or Gas, Tar in the Formation of 

 Gravel Walks, 615 ; Cultivation of Potatoes, 

 615 ; Filberts preserved a Year and Upwards, 

 616 ; Brambleberry Jelly, 616. 



Foreign Notices. 



France The exotic Trees blown down in the 



Park at Versailles, 82 ; Singular Phenomena in 

 the Vegetation of Trees, 82 ; A Lime Tree in 

 Lorraine, 82 ; Parish Libraries, 82 ; The Cli- 

 mate of Montpelier as compared with that of 



Toulouse, 229; The Formation of Cork, S29; 

 A Hybrid Apple, 230; The beautiful Hot- 

 houses of M. Tassin, 324 ; Artesian Wells, 371, 

 372 ; Colossal Elm Tree at Brignoles, 372 ; Mo- 

 nograph on the Genus Camellia, Soulange- Bo- 

 din, 461 ; Summary of Subjects proposed for 

 Prizes by the Agricultural Society of France at 

 their Meeting in July, 1837, 462 ; Insects de- 

 structive to the Vine, 462 ; Acclimatising Plants 

 at Hi^res, in the south of France, 462 ; JVepen- 

 thes distillatbria, 464 ; Improvement of Agri- 

 culture, 518 ; Remarkable Oak and Beech, 518 ; 

 Baumann's priced Catalogue of hardy Trees 

 and Shrubs at Bolwyller, 518; Pinusmonterey- 

 ensis, and keeping Pines clear of Insects, 616 ; 



Holland Prizes offered by the Academy of 



Sciences at Haarlem, 465. 

 Belghtm. — New Local for the Exhibition of 

 Plants at Ghent, 82 ; New Plants, 83 ; Hybrid 

 Fern, 372. 

 Germany. — A Flora Excursoria Exotica Germa- 

 nica, 83 ; The Pfauen Insel at Potsdam, 84; 

 Palms for Sale at Hamburg, 230 ; The Lor^n- 

 thus europcB^us, 2S4 ; Kerner's Hortus semper- 

 virens, 284 ; Kollar's History of Insects injurious 

 to Cultivators, and to the Proprietors of Forests 

 and Plantations, 464 ; Botanic Garden, Berlin, 

 519; Frankfort Flower Show, 519. 

 Spain. — Thuja articid^ta, 324 ; Gardens of Spain, 

 325; Jndna Ckerimblia, 326; The Botanic Gar- 

 den of Madrid, 327 ; The Appearance of the 

 Country, 327; Agriculture, 328; Cochineal 

 Culture, 329 ; The Roads of Spain, 330 ; General 

 Improvement of Spain, 332. 



Switzerland Lausanne, Difference of Climate 



and Production, 373. 

 Sweden and Norway. — Zones of Vegetation ob- 

 served in the Scandinavian Peninsula, 373. 

 Denmark. — M. Petersen's Stay in this Country, 



466 ; Agave americana, 84. 

 India. — Singular Form which many of the Trees 

 assume in the Island of Little Carimon, near 

 Singapore, 374 ; extraordinary Plant in the Se- 

 chang Islands, 374 ; The Melon of Bokhara, 

 375 ; Vegetation of the Mountains of Nill- 

 gherry, 375 ; The Madras Agricultural and 

 Horticultural Society, 617. 

 China. — The Botany and Gardening of China, 

 332. 



North Ainerica Carouie, near Quebec, 467 ; 



Shell-Bark Hickory Nuts and the Black Wal- 

 nut, 467 ; The Washington Chestnut, 468 ; The 

 Silk-Grower's Manual, 468 ; Maple Sugar, 

 James Mease, 468. 

 Australia. — The late Mr. Cunningham, 619. 



Domestic Notices. 

 England. — Douglas's Monument, 84 ; LinncEan 

 Society, 85 ; Horticultural Society's Garden, 

 85 ; The Botany of Battersea Fields, 86 ; New 

 Kitchen-Gardens, with Flower-Gardens and 

 Shrubberies attached, at Carclew, 87 ; .<4'lnus 



