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CONTENTS. 



shire. By Mr. James Alexander, Gardener at 

 Maeslougli Castle, South Wales - . 567 



Descriptive Notice of some of the Rustic Flower- 

 Baskets in the Grounds at Stoke Place. By 

 Mr. Andrew Patrick, Gardener tliere - - 12 



On the Use of Vases as Ornamental Objects in 

 Garden Scenery. By Calycanthus - - 290 



Notice of Two Chinese Tiles used for Garden 

 Purposes in the Suburbs of Canton. From a 

 Communication by J. Reeves, Esq. - 171 



On a new Mode of forming curved Lines, in laying 

 out Grounds. By Mr. Alexander Forsyth - 462 



On the Substitution of Flagstone for Gravel, in 

 Kitclien-Garden Walks. By the Conductor 



291 



On the Management of Grass Lawns. By Mr. 

 T. Rutger 469 



Notice of a now Mode of numbering Plants, the 

 Invention of Mr. William Morris. Commu- 

 nicated by Mr. Morris . . - 466 



A new Method of striking Cuttings. By Mr. A. 

 Forsyth - - -- - - 562 



ARBORICULTURE. 

 Arboricultural Notices j or. Notices of new Hardy 

 Trees and Shrubs, deserving of General Cul- 

 tivation in Useful or Ornamental Plantations 



28. 148 

 Directions for drawing Trees and Botanical Spe- 

 cimens from Nature, to any given Scale, and 

 , more especially to the Scales adapted to the 

 " Arboretum Britannicum." By the Con- 

 ductor - - - - - 395 



Simple and expeditious Modes of ascertaining the 

 Heights of Trees. By the Conductor and by 

 Richard Varden, Esq. - . - 518 



Remarks on the Rot in the Larch. By Mr. Wil- 

 liam Taylor, Gardener at Thainston, near Kin- 

 tore, Aberdeenshire - ... lyg 



An Account of some remarkable Trees now grow- 

 ing at Mamhead, the Residence and Property 

 of R. W. Newman, Esq., situated about Eight 

 Miles from Exeter. By Mr. Robert T. Pince, 

 Nurseryman . - . . 127 



Notices of the more rapid-growing Timber Trees 

 in the Plantations at Heath House, Stafford- 

 shire. By Mr. John Howden - . 133 



Notices of remarkable Trees and Shrubs in differ- 

 ent Parts of England. By various Contributors 



359 



Notice of the rapid Growth of some young Trees, 

 at Knedlington, near Howden. Communicated 

 by Thomas Clark, Esq. - - -250 



Dimensions of Certain Trees in Raywood, at 

 Castle Howard, in Yorkshire ; taken by Mr. 

 John Henderson, Forester there. Communi- 

 cated by James Loch, Esq. M.P. - . 17 



Notices of remarkable Trees now growing in the 

 Environs of London. Abstracted from various 

 Sources by J. W. L. - - - 564 



Description of some of the Magnolias grown at 

 Harringay House, Kornsey, Middlesex, the 

 Seat of Edward Gray, Esq. By Mr. Thomas 

 Press, Jun. . . - . - 69 



The History of the original Plant of the Exmouth 

 Magnolia, in the Garden of Sir John Colliton, 

 in Exmouth. Communicated by Mr. R. Glen- 

 dinning, Gardener to Lord Rolle - - 70 



On the different Species and Varieties of the 

 Horsechestnut. By M. C. R. . . . 248 



Notice of a fine Plant of AcAcia dealbkta, growing 

 in the open Air, in the Neighbourhood of 

 Taunton. By the Rev. W. G. Dymock - 249 



Scottish Arboricultural Notices, by Mr. Gorrie, 

 Mr. Dorward, Mr. Young, and Mr. Bishop. 

 Communicated by Mr. Gorrie . . 175 



Additional Considerations on the Causes of 

 Disease in the Larch Tree in Britain. By Mr. 

 James Munro - . - . . 571 



On the Necessity of adjusting the Tops of trans- 



planted Forest Trees to their Roots. By Mr. 

 John Howden - - - - 15 



Notice of some remarkably large Trees in Van 

 Diemen's Land, with Notices respecting some 

 Trees which have stood the English Winters 

 in the Neighbourhood of York. By Mr. T. 

 Backhouse ..... 570 



A List of Trees, with their Prices in the London 

 Nurseries, for planting an Arboretum on a 

 comprehensive Scale with the smallest Number 

 of Plants, viz. with 298 Trees, which will cost 

 about 30/. By the Conductor . - 567 



Some Account of tlie Arboretum lately com- 

 ■^enced by His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, 

 at Chatsworth, in Derbyshire. Communicated 

 by His Grace's Head-Gardener and Forester 

 there, Mr. Paxton, F.L.S. H.S &c. - - 385 



On some Instruments for transplanting large 

 Trees, and the Manner of using them. By Mr. 

 Henry Pratt, Gardener to William Harrison, 

 Esq. F.L.S. H.S. &c. . - - -134 



FLORICULTURE; 



Floricultural and Botanical Notices of newly in- 

 troduced Plants, and of Plants of Interest pre- 

 viously in our Gardens, supplementary to the 

 latest Editions of the "EncyclopEedia of Plants," 

 and of the " Hortus Britannicus " . 25. 72. 

 143. 190. 258. 293. 372. 417. 471. 523. 579 



Notes and Enquiries on certain Species of Plants 

 which have their Sexes dioecious. By John 

 Denson - - - - 301 



Notice of a successful Mode of bringing Tropical 

 Plants into a Flowering State. By E. B. - 19 



On the Culture of Tropical Orchideous Plants. 

 By Mr. R. Glendinning . . -136 



Hints for the Cultivation of Epiphytal OrchideEe, 

 derived from Observations made during a Bo- 

 tanical Excursion through Demerara,Trinidad, 

 and the Spanish Main. By Mr. John Henchman 



137 



Cautionary Remarks on Mr. Henchman's Paper 

 on the Culture of Orchfdes. By H. P. - 252 



On the Culture of the BrunftSlsia america.na. By 

 Mr. Alexander H. Hogg. Flower-Gardener to 

 the Hon. Lady Heathcote, Hurstley Park 362 



HORTICULTURE. 



Pomological Notices ; or, Notices of new Fruits 

 which have been proved, during the past Year, 

 to deserve General Cultivation in British Gar- 

 dens - - - . .30 



Remarks on the " Fruit Cultivator " of Mr. 

 Rogers. By T. G. - . . 180 



On destroying the White Scale on Pine-Apples, 

 together with some Remarks on the Natural 

 History of that Insect. By J. B. W. - . 186 



On Mr. Dowding's Manner of cultivating the 

 Queen Pine- Apple for early Fruit, as a Market 

 Speculation. By Mr. Alexander Forsyth - 20 



On the Culture of the Pine-Apple, as practised 

 by Mr. Dowding, at Oakhill, East Barnet. By 

 Mr. Alexander Forsyth . . - 254 



The Mode of cultivating the Pine-apple, as prac- 

 tised at Downton Castle, the Seat of T. A. 

 Knight, Esq. F.R.S., President of the Horti- 

 cultural Society. Communicated by J. M . 368 



On the Coiling System of Vine Culture, with pre- 

 liminary Remarks. By Mr. R. Fish, Gardener 

 to Tattersall, Esq. - . .362 



Olitorial Notices; or. Notices of new Culinary 

 Vegetables, deserving of General Cultivation in 

 British Gardens - - . - 39 



On the Failure of the Potato Crop in the North 

 of Sc(ftand. By Mr. James Munro . . 416 



Short Com?nunications. — Purple Laburnum, 24 ; 

 Gate Fastening, 71 ; Plants, how to be placed, 

 71 ; Equalisation of Soils, 71 ; The Simple Field- 

 Style, 471. 



