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PREFACE. 



A HE summary View of the Progress of Gardening during the year 

 1836, which will be found in the present Volume, p. 613., renders a 

 Preface unnecessary, except for the purpose of introducing the 

 Contents. These are arranged under the following heads : — • 

 Original Communications; Reviews of Books; Miscellaneous Intel- 

 i cc ; List of Plants ; List of Fruits ; List of Culinary Vegetables ; 

 JL J if Horticultural, Botanical, and Floricultural Societies; List of 

 V ns and Country Seats ; List of Engravings; List of Contributors. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



■JENERAL SUBJECT. 

 'storical and GeographicaL 

 View of the Progress of (larden- 

 f Rural Improvement generally, 

 1 , during tlie year 1836; with some 

 elative to their State in Foreign 

 ,' By the Conductor. - Page 613 



/ lorticultural Societies ... 645 

 n the Letters of an English Tra- 

 vener, now at Sydney, mentioning the 

 Trees and Shrubs that lie found in Flower 

 during May and June, the Winter Months 

 in New South Wales. Communicated by 

 Mr. Thomas Backhouse, Nurseryman, 

 York - . . - - - 111 



A Historical and Descriptive Account of the 

 Botanic Garden at Berlin, accompanied by 

 a Plan of the Garden, a List of the Ferns 

 cultivated in it, and a general Account of 

 the Trees contained in the Arboretum. By 

 Mr. W, D. Brackcnridge, late Head Gar- 

 dener to Dr. Neill, at Canonmills Cottage, 

 near Edinburgh, and now in the Berlin 

 Botanic Garden - - . . 295 



Gardening T<iur in Germany, made in the 

 Spring of 1836, from April 17. to May 5. 

 By M. F. Ranch - - - - 389 



Notes of a Gardening Tour from Berlin 

 through Part of Prussia, Saxony, Ger- 

 many, Hungary, Switzerland, and Italy. 

 By M. Klause, in the Gardens of the King 

 of Prussia - - - - - 6 



Gardening Notices, suggested by a Tour In 

 France, in August and September, 1835. 

 By T. Rivers, Esq 221 



Botanical and Horticultural Tour in Lom- 

 bardy. By Signor Giuseppe Manetti - - 445 



Notes on Gardens and Country Seats, visited 

 from July 27. to Sept 16. 1833, during a 

 Tour through Part of Middlesex, Berk- 

 shire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire,Wilt- 

 shire, Dorsetshire, Hampshire, Sussex, and 

 Kent. By the Conductor ... 501 



Notices of Gardens in Yorkshire. By J. B.W. 557 



Notices of Gardens, remarkable Trees, &c., in 

 the Environs of Lichfield, Staffordshire. 

 By Mr. J. Grigor, Lichfield - - - 5(52 



Notes made during a Tour to Cashiobury 

 Park, Ashridge Park, Woburn Abbey, and 

 Hatfield House, in October, 1825. By the 

 Conductor ..... 277 



Some Account of the Gardens, and State of 

 Gardening, in the North Riding of York, 

 shire. By J. B. W 165 



Description of Woodbine Cottage, Torquay, 



the Residence of Mrs. Johnco. By Mr. John 

 Gullet, Gardener there - . . - 26 



Notices of Gardens, remarkable Trees, &c., 

 in the Environs of Lichfield, Staffordshire. 

 By Mr. J. Grigor, Lichfield . - - 310 



Some Account of the Vineyard and Planta- 

 tions of the celebrated Jacob Tonson, in 

 1727, at Haffield, near Ledbury ; with a 

 Notice of the Improvements lately made, 

 and now in progress, at that place. By Mr. 

 D. Beaton - . - . . \\\ 



A Notice of the Garden of Canonmills Cot- 

 tage, the Residence of Patrick Neill, Esq., 

 LL.D. F.L.S.,with Lists of the rare Plants 

 contained in, or figured and described from, 

 it. Drawn up from Communications re- 

 ceived from Professor Don, Mr. C. H. 

 Smith, and others .... 333 



Descriptive Notice of Castle Coole, in the 

 County of Fermanagh, Ireland. By Y. . 109 



A brief Description of the Gardens at Adare, 

 the Residence of the Earl of Dunraven, in 

 the County of Limerick. By Mr. Andrew 

 Coghlan, Head Gardener there ... 1.50 



Science of Gardening. 



On the Necessity of the Study of Botany and 

 Entomology to Gardeners. By Joshua 

 Major, Esq., Landscape-Gardener .. -5 



On the Necessity of Young Gardeners study- 

 ing the Natural System of Botany, and 

 Vegetable Physiology. By a Young Gar- 

 dener - . . . . . 159 



Plan for the Exhibition of a Natural Ar. 

 rangement of Plants, in the Glasnevin 

 Botanic Garden. By N. Niven, Esq. - 116 



Notice of a Sketch of an Arrangement of the 

 Botanical Families in Natural Groups, Al. 

 liances, and Races ; with Remarks by Sir 

 Edward French Bromhead, Bart., F.R.S. ; 

 London and Edinburgh ; published in the 

 Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal for 

 April, 1836. By J. D. . . . 453 



On the Excretory Functions of Plants. By 

 Judge Buel . . . . . ogg 



Observations and Experiments on the Pro- 

 perty possessed by some Plants, particularly 

 the /frachis hypoga>'a, nf ripening their 

 Fruit under Gr und. By Dr. Augustus 

 Trinchinetti of Pavia - . - . 395 



On the Vegetation of Plants having solid 

 Bulbs ; and particularly on that of the 

 Saffron (Crocus sativus) ; also on the Func- 

 tions of Bulbs in general. By Dr. Augustus 

 Trinchinetti. Translated from the Italian . 452 



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