CONTENTS. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



GENERAL SUBJECT. 

 A general View of the Progress made in Garden 

 ing, Agriculture, and Rural Improvement ge- 

 nerally, in Britain, and throughout the World, 

 during the past Year. By the Conductor. 

 Gardening as an Art - . -611 



Statistics of Gardening - - .- 619 



Eural Improvement generally - - 623 



Gardening and Rural Improvement in 

 foreign Countries ... 628 

 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 - . . .57. 161. 329. 441 

 Notes made during a Tour to Chertsey, Woking, 

 Bagshot, Reading, Farnham, Milford, Dorking, 

 and Epsom, between the 12th and 22d of Au- 

 gust, 1835, By the Conductor . - - 497 

 Notes on Gardens in Inverness.shire. By Mr. El- 

 liot . . - . . .553 

 Notices of the State of Gardening in Part of 

 France, as observed during an Excursion in 

 that Country in the Months of April and May, 

 1834. By Mr. George Charlwood, Seedsman, 

 Covent Garden. . . . - 225 

 Observations on the Gardening of Belgium, with 

 incidental Remarks on its Rural and Domestic 

 Economy ; extracted from Notes made during 

 a Six Years' Residence in the Country. By 

 John Maddison, Esq., of Wondelghem, near 

 Ghent 217. 273 



Historical Notes on Ornamental Gardening in 

 Xombardy, particularly as relates to the Intro- 

 duction of Foreign Trees and Shrubs in the 

 Garden of Monza. By Signori Giuseppe Ma- 

 netti. Director and Lecturer on Botany of that 

 Garden .... - 639 



A brief account of Mr. Colley's Botanical Re- 

 searches in Guiana. By James Bateman, Esq., 

 F.L.S. H.S. &c- . - - - 1 



An Excursion, in search of Orchfdeae , up the 

 River Masseroni, which falls into the Essequibo 

 about a Hundred Miles from its Mouth. By 

 Mr. John Henchman - . - 113 



Some Remarks on the Roots and other indigenous 

 Esculents of Van Diemen's Land. By Mr. 

 James Backhous-e, Nurserymen, York - 338 



On the Influence exercised by the Employers of 

 Artists on Art. By Calycanthus . - 9 



Remarks on the Temper in which Discussions 

 are sometimes carried on, wherein the object is 

 Victory for one of the Parties, rather than 

 the Ascertaining of Truth. By. Mr. R. Fish 



558 



Suggestions for a Society for promoting the Im- 

 provement of the Public Taste in Architectural 

 and Rural Scenery. By W. S. - . 280 



On mixing Herbaceous Flowering Plants with 

 Trees and Shrubs. By the Conductor . 412 



On the Vegetable Excretions of Plants. By J. 

 B. W. - . - - - 278 



Remarks on the Advantages of having a Reserve 

 Garden. By Mr. Robert Errington . 342 



Hints on theUtility of Mensuration to Gardeners. 

 By Mr. William Taylor - - - 7 



Remarks on Grafting, and more particalarly on 

 Summer Grafting. By William Thom, Esq., 

 Surgeon, Annan - - - . 350 



Notice of an Improved Garden Pot. By Thomas 

 Carey Palmer, Esq., F.H.S. &c. . - 233 



On the Improvement of the Gardens attached to 

 Farm- Houses. By Mr. J. Hislop . .11 



On Cottage Allotments. By Selim - - 63 



Flowers and Fruit. By A. C. . - . 230 



LANDSCAPE-GARDENING. 

 On Laying out Public Gardens and Promenades. 

 By the Conductor. 

 Public Promanades . . - 650 



Public Parks - . . .652 



Scientific Public Gardens - - 654 



Landscape Gardens - - - 662 



Gardens for Recreation and Refreshment 666 

 Gardens for Burial - - - 667 



Plan for laying out the Grounds 'of a Suburban 

 Villa of Nine Acres ; including the Ground 

 Plan of the principal Floor of the House, and 

 the Plans of 'the different Outbuildings. By 

 Richard Varden, Esq., Architect and Land, 

 scape- Gardener - »- - 669 



Design for the Pleasure-Grounds,Flower-Garden, 

 and Kitchen.Garden of a Mansion. By Mr. 

 William Dargavell - . .122 



Some Remarks on the Suburban Gardens of the 

 Metropolis, and on the Mode of laying out and 

 planting the Public Squares. By Mr. T. Rut- 

 ger - - . . . .513 



A series of Designs for laying out Suburban Gar. 

 dens and Grounds, from One Perch to several 

 Acres in extent. By Mr. T. Rutger. 

 Design 1. Frontages of Four Houses, con- 

 taining One Perch each. 

 Design 2, Frontages of Four Houses, con. 

 taining One Perch and a Half each - 509 

 Remarks on Competition Designs for Flower. 

 Gardens, with a Design adapted to a parti, 

 cularly shaped Piece of Ground, and containing 

 a Problem for Solution as to Flower- Gardens. 

 By Mr. T. Rutger - - - - 459 



A Working Plan for laying out and planting a 

 Suburban Flower-Garden, containing about a 

 Quarter of an Acre, and situated within Two 

 Miles of St. Paul's, London. By the Conductor. 



163 



A Series of Designs for laying out and planting 



Flower-Gardens, with Remarks on each, by 



the Conductor. 



Design 1. by Floretus . - - 237 



Design 2. by Lancastriensis . - 284 



Design 3. by Tyro . - .^352 



Design 4. by A Young Gardener - ."449 



On the Distribution and Choice of Trees in 3 



Park, with reference to Landscape-Gardening. 



By Mr.R. Glendinning, Gardener to Lord Rolle 



233 

 A Series of Designs for laying our Kitchen- 

 Gardens. By Mr. T. Rutger. 

 Design 7. containing about Four Acres within 

 the Walls, One Acre, and Three Quarters 

 in the Slips, One Acre of Flower-Garden, 

 and Two Acres of Fruit- Garden and Or- 

 chard ; in all. Eight Acres and Three Quar. 

 ters - . . - .13 



Design 8. Containing nearly Seven Acres 

 within the Walls, and the small Garden 

 and Slips about Three Acres and Three 

 Quarters . - - - 66 



Design 9. Containing Four Acres within the 

 Walls, and Five Acres in the Slips ; with 

 a System of Cropping indicated .118 



Design for a Gardener's House, adapted for the 

 South. West Wall of a Kitchen-Garden. By 

 Mr. Robertson . - . - 64 



Design for a Gardener's House, adapted for the 

 South-East Angle of a walled Kitchen-Garden. 

 By Mr. Robertson - - .173 



On the Advantages of building the Furnaces of 

 Green-houses, and other Descriptions of Houses 

 for Plants, within the House. Bv Mr. W. An- 

 derson, F. L.S. H.S. &c.. Curator of the Botanic 

 Garden, Chelsea - . - - 247 



round Plan, Elevation, and Description of a 

 Moss House erected at Murtle, in Aberdeen- 



