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LIST OF ENGRAVINGS. 



Gardens, *>70 ; Large Trees at Brockley Hall, 

 Somersetshire, J. H. S. P., 570 ; Large Trees at 

 Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Ellen AnneLeyson, 

 571 ; Trees blown down at Capheaton, North- 

 umberland, J. E. Swinburne, 571 ; Magnolia 

 grandiflbra var. exoniensis, 571 ; .Paliurus vir- 

 gatus, 572; Ccelebogyne .^quifblium, 572; The 

 gigantic Clover, H. Bawell, 572 ; A National 

 Arboretum,624 ; A Subscription BotanicGarden 

 at Reading, 624 ; Royal Botanic Society, 625; 

 Count Harrach, 625; American Nurserymen 

 in England, 625 ; Mr. Moore, Curator of the 

 Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 625 ; Weeping 

 Larch at Denham Hall, Suffolk, T. Rivers, 



626 ; Plants lately raised from Seeds in the Bir. 

 mingham Botanic Garden, D. C, 626; Refuse 

 Apples as Manure, M. Saul, 626. 



Scotland. — Dinner to Mr. James M'Donald, 

 R. S. M., 40 ; Effects of the Hurricane of Jan. 

 7., 196 ; The Highland Society of Scotland, 197. 

 531. 626 ; Progress of Cottage-Gardening in 

 Fifeshire, 197 ; An Ornamental Cemetery, 198 ; 

 .Rhododendron arbbreum, 198 ; Agricultural 

 Implements sent to England, 301 ; Doryanthes 

 excelsa, 422 ; Douglas's Monument, 422 ; Ave- 

 ry's Rotatory Steam Engine adapted to a 

 Threshing-Machine, 477 ; Mallet, with a Hoe 

 attached on the one Side, and a Pick on the 

 other, 627 ; Wooden Pump for Liquid Manure, 



627 ; Plants of the Norway Maple, and of the 

 true Highland Pine, 627 ; Country Seats in the 

 Neighbourhood of Inverness : — Cantray, 628 ; 



i Holm, 628 ; Kilravock, 6£8 ; Cawdor Castle, 



628 ; Castle Stewart, a Seat of the Earl of Mo- 

 ray, near Inverness, 628. 



Ireland Phyllocladis, and other Australian 



Plants, at Belfast, Daniel Ferguson, 41 ; Effects 

 of the Hurricane of January 7., J. T. M., 198 ; 

 Gardening in the North-West of .Ulster, M., 

 629. 



Retrospective Criticism. — Rhubarb Jam, Alex- 

 ander Campbell, 42 ; Encyclopaedia of Cottage, 

 Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture, 

 93 ; Raising Cacti from Seeds taken from dead 

 Specimens, A young Subscriber, 149 ; Calling of 

 the Queen Bees before Swarming, B., 149; Call- 

 ing of the Queen Bees before Swarming, Wm. 

 Dunbar, 150 ; List of Fruits in the Suburban 

 Horticulturist, N. H. Graves, 151 ; Pinus Pin- 

 s&po Bois, S. E. Cook, 201 ; The Horticultural 



! Society, S., 302 ; The Analogy between Plants 

 and Animals (Errata), J. M., 302 ; Erratum, 

 302 ; Loasa lateritia, A Young Subscriber, 431 ; 

 Ceanothus colllnus, 431 ; Erratum, 477 ; The 



Catalogue of the Birmingham Botanic Garden, 

 Fred. Wcstcott, 477 ; Native Countries and 

 native Habitats of Plants, A. M., 478 ; The 

 high Keeping of the Sheffield Botanic Garden, 

 R. Marnock, 572 ; Cause of the Barrenness of 

 the Hautbois Strawberry, Cotswold, 573 ; A/6- 

 rus Arb. Brit., J. M., 573 ; Mbius alba Arb. 

 Brit., J. M, 573; M. rubra Arb. Brit., J. M., 

 573; £/'lmus fulva Arb. Brit., J. M., 574 ; Ju 

 glans n'igra Arb. Brit., J. M., 574 ; The black 

 Italian Poplar, L. C, 629; Insuring the Pro- 

 lificacy of the Hautbois Strawberry, R. T., 629 ; 

 Corrections for the Hortus Britannicus, Second 

 Additional Supplement, Baron Jacquin, 630. 



Queries and Answers. — Names of the different 

 Species of Corra^a, Amateur, 42 ; Dr. Arnott's 

 Stove as applied to Plant-houses, W. H. Baxter, 

 94 ; Different Species and Varieties of Corneas, 

 D. Beaton, 94 ; Manchester gigantic White 

 Celery, and the large new Purple Russian 

 Celery, Henry C. Ogle, 96; A large Grape 

 raised by Van Mons, J. B. W., 152; A droop- 

 ing Larch, X., 152 ; Cut Flowers sent from 

 Paris to London, 202 ; Fitz waiters, T. S. W., 

 303 ; Kolreutdna paniculata and Liriodendron 

 Tulipffera, Clericus, 303; Grevillea rosmarini- 

 fblia, J. A. B.,303 ; The Leek Gros-Court,303; 

 Professor Henslow's Queries on Hybridising, 

 D. B., 432 ; Hedychium sp., A Devonian, 331 ; 

 Breeding Hybrids by reciprocal Fecundation, 

 J. C. Kent, 531 ; R'ibes sanguineum killed from 

 an unknown Cause, M. D. B., 630. 



The London Horticultural Society and Garden, 

 42. 202. 348. 480. 531 . 574. 639. 



The West London Gardener's Association for 

 Mutual Instruction, 199. 



Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society, 198. 430. 



Visits to Suburban Gardens. — Stafford House 

 Flower-Hall, 422 ; Whitton Park, 424; Ted- 

 dington Grove, 424 ; Norbiton Hall, 426 ; 

 Wimbledon House, 429 ; The Cottage of H. B. 

 Ker, Esq., in Park Road, Regent's Park, 429. 



Botanical Expedition to Columbia, and melan- 

 choly loss of Messrs. Wallace and Banks, 479. 



Foreign Botanical and Horticultural Agency, by 

 William Pamplin,ju?i., 303. 



Covent Garden Market, 47. 207. 



Biographical Notice of William Watt, James Ball, 

 584. 



Obituary. — Mr. George Penny, A.L.S., Henry 

 Allen, 96 ; Mr. John Hunneman, 208; M. Tri- 

 pet, 304; Dr. F. Falderman, 304; William 

 Christy, Esq., jun., F.L.S., 536; John Robert- 

 son, Esq., F.H.S., 584. 



LIST OF ENGRAVINGS. 



No. DIAGRAMS. Page 



20. An Idea for Doors and Windows in hot 



Climates - - - 93 



33, 34. Peculiarities of Growth in Bulbs - 169 

 37—39. Monstrosities in Dictamnus Fraxi- 



nella, and in the common Potato 203, 204 

 81. Details of the Latch of One of the En- 

 trance-Gates at Redleaf - - 364 

 94. Section to show how the steep Banks of 

 deep Cuttings and Railways may be 

 rendered available for agricultural Pur- 

 poses .... 437 

 103—107. Various Details of a Door Stay-Bar 

 for Cottages or other Buildings, or for 

 Gates - - - 439—441 



109. Details of Gates formed of Cast-iron 



and Wood - - - - 443 



110. Mode of trussing a Joist or Girder - 443 

 116—118. Details of Cast-Iron Gutters for 



Roofs .... 445, 446 



120. Section of a Sash-Bar with Grooves for 



the Glass - - - - 453 



121. Lines showing the Arrangement of 



Trees and Shrubs in the Sheffield Bo- 

 tanic Garden - 454 

 132. Plan for preventing Sashes from rattling 



with the Wind - - - 527 



No. Page 



143 — 145. Ancient Egyptian Gardeners draw- 

 ing and carrying Water - - 608 



INSTRUMENTS, IMPLEMENTS, UTEN- 

 SILS, AND MACHINES. 

 6 — 8. Boxes for the propagation of Cape 



Heaths - - - - 21 



10, 11. Wooden Tallies for Nurserymen, as a 



Substitute for Parchment Labels - 37 



12. Baskets of different Forms for protect- 

 ing Plants - - - 44 

 16—19. A folding Ladder for pruning stand- 

 ard Trees in the open Air and in Hot- 

 houses - - - - - 56 

 24. A Stoneware Hand-Churn - - 144 



29. A Sucker for watering Plants in Pots 



which are at a considerable Distance 

 from the Operator ... 166 



30. The Extirpateur-Courval, for rooting 



up Docks and Thistles - - 166 



31. The Volante, a small Hand-Scythe - 166 



32. A Wheel Verge-Cutter - - 168 



35. An Earwig Trap for Dahlias - - 180 



36. An American Sash-Fastener, for [the 



Windows of Green-Houses or Cottages 195 

 40 — 42. A Flower- Pot, with pierced Rims 



