CONTENTS. 



and Grafting-Clay, 186; Absorption of Azote 

 by Plants during Vegetation, 186 ; Liquid Ma- 

 nure, S. T., 186 ; Pots for Orchidaceous Plants, 

 J. D., 187 ; Torreya taxifblia, 187 ; Prepusa 

 connata Hook., D. Beaton, 187 ; The Cow Tree, 

 or Palo de Vaca, D. Beaton, 187 ; Pfcea Pin- 

 sapo Boissier, D. Beaton, 187 ; Pxbnia [offici- 

 nalis]] Mak6ya, 188 ; Asphaltic Pavement, 188; 

 Principle on which general Education ought 

 to be founded, 189 ; Music as a Relaxation, 

 189; Light, 189; An Earwig Trap for Dah- 

 lias, W. C, 189 ; Acclimatisation of Plants, 

 289; The Effect of severe Frost on Plants, 

 J. W. L., 290 ; Importance of Selection in 

 setting apart Plants for producing Seed, 290 ; 

 The Necessity of Selection of Plants, 291 ; Ce- 

 meteries, 291 ; An economical Pit for forcing 

 Dahlias, &c, 291 ; Sporting of Plants, 292; Van 

 Mons's Theory for the Amelioration of Fruits, 

 292; Budding with a terminal Eye, 292 ; Graft- 

 ing Pinks and Carnations, 293; Grafting the 

 Sweet Chestnut on the Oak, 293 ; Striking Ca- 

 mellias from single Eyes, 293 ; An improved 

 Method of training Raspberries, 293 ; Uses of 

 the common Hollyhock, 293 ; The Maggot on 

 Onion Crops, Robert M'Nab, 294 ; Destroying 

 the Caterpillar on Gooseberries, Thomas Simp- 

 son, 294; Preservation of Fruit, 295 ; A Benefit 

 Society for Gardeners, E. S., 295 ; Prevention 

 of Hail Storms, 295 ; Milium effusum and E'ly- 

 mus geniculate, A. Gorrie, 471 ; iWelilbtus as 

 a Forage Plant, ib.,472; Knhm'aeupator/oVe.?, 

 D. B., 472 ; Disinfecting Nightsoil, F. F., 472 ; 

 Insuring the Prolificacy of the Hautbois Straw- 

 berry, J. M., 472 ; The Milford Pea, John 

 Scott, 472; S611ya heterophylla var. linearis, 

 472; Daguerre's Photography, J. R.,473 ; Neg- 

 lect of Arboriculture by the British Govern- 

 ment, 525 ; Marder's Grafting Composition, 

 525; An Earthen Water-Holder, H. Taylor, 

 525 ; The Dahlia-Holder, B., 526 ; The essen- 

 tial Point in the Culture of Fruit Trees, J. B., 

 526; Nelumbium specibsum var. rubrum, 

 N. W. G., 526 ; Williams's Boiler for heating 

 ! Hot-houses, 526; The Irritability of the Stigma 

 ; of the Genus Mmulus, N. W.G., 527; Alter- 

 ing and improving an old Mansion, 527 ; Paving 

 with Wood, 527 ; The Character of Soils in Re- 

 lation to Vegetable Culture, 562; Subsoil- 

 Ploughing and the Frequent-Drain System, 

 563 ; Black the very worst Colour for painting 

 Woodwork in the open Air, 563 ; The Im- 

 provement of Harbours and of Drainage by 

 Rivers, 563 ; Warming and Ventilating, 564 ; 

 The Method of heating Houses practised in 

 Paris, 565 ; Prepared Fuel for Hot-house Fur- 

 naces, &c, 565 ; Preservation of Kitchen-Gar- 

 den Vegetables through the Winter, 566; 

 Choice of Seed Corn, 566; Electricity, 566; 

 The Expression of Grandeur, 567 ; Labour not 

 hostile to mental Improvement, 567 ; Temper- 

 ance Societies, 567 ; Unity and Variety in Ob- 

 jects essential to Beauty, 567; Patent flattened 

 Crown Glass, 614 ; Setting the Blossoms of 

 Stillwell's Sweetwater Grape, W. Brown, 614 ; 

 Increasing the Number of Flowers produced by 

 Primula sinensis, W. Brown, 614 ; Filling an 

 Ice-House, W.Brown, 615; Forming arti- 

 ficial Climates, 615 ; Irregularity of the Organs 

 of Vegetables, 615 ; Tanning Principle, 616 ; 

 Husking the Palm of Chile, 616; Culture of 

 Cabbage, John Tims, 616 ; Fastening Trees to 

 Walls, a Constant Reader, 616 ; Paper from the 

 inner Bark of JV/brus papyrffera, H., 617 ; Cloth 

 from the Nettle and the Bramble, 617; Marc 

 of Grapes, 617 ; Bone Dust, 617 ; Regenerating 

 old Pasture, C. G. Stuart Menteith, 617 ; A 

 Hint as to Trenching, and the Use of Coal 

 Ashes, 618; Hardening Gravel Walks, 618; 

 Important Influence of the Air we breathe on 

 the general System, 619 ; Pecuniary Charity, 

 619 ; An Experimental Hive, R. T., 620 ; Do- 

 mestic Economy and Cookery, 620. 



Foreign Notices. 



France. — Rendering Vegetable Substances in. 

 combustible, 190; Versailles, 190; The Go- 



vernment of Louis-Philippe, 191 ; The Spirit 

 of moral Improvement, 191 ; Paris has nothing 

 to match Hyde Park and Regent's Park, 191 ; 

 A School of Agriculture at Rouen, 191 ; A nor- 

 mal School of Agriculture, 191 ; La Greffe her- 

 bace, 295 ; The Grapes of Fontainebleau and 

 Thomery, 295; Anew Tile for Roofs, J. R., 

 473; The Billandeau Cabbage, Chou de M. 

 Billandeau, 568; Do Varieties reproduce them- 

 selves from Seed ? 568 ; Varieties of the Vine, 

 569. 



Belgium. — ? Bdmmara sp., Fred. E. Wagner, 

 296; Ghent Floral Exhibition, R. L, 296. 



Holland. — Gardens of Balconies in Rotterdam, 296. 



Italy. — The Garden of Desio, G. Manetti, 191 ; 

 Cypress of Somma, G. Manetti, 192 ; Laurel of 

 Isola Bella, G. Manetti, 192 ; Truffle, G. Ma- 

 netti, 192 ; Wistaria sinensis, G. Manetti, 193 ; 

 Culture of the Truffle, G. Manetti, 419 ; Cul- 

 ture of the Mushroom, ib., 419 ; The Garden of 

 Baron Zanoli, and of M. Ulrich, ib., 420. 



Portugal. — The Vine, 297; Vineyards of Por- 

 tugal, and Villas in the Neighbourhood of Lis- 

 bon, J. B. Williams, R.N., 621. 



Germany Prbtea Miindzi Klotzsch, 569. 



Sweden The old Botanic Garden at Upsal, 297 ; 



Death of the Daughter of Linnanis, 297. 



Finland. — The Boundaries of Bread Corn in 

 Finland, 194. 



Russia The Flora of Nova'ia Zembla, 621. 



Iceland Horticulture about the End of the 



Eighteenth Century, 298. 



India. — Culture of the Tea in India, 194; The 

 Botanical Gardens of Calcutta, 298. 569. 622. 



North America. — Botanic Nurseries, New Burgh, 

 New York, A. J. Downing, 38. Philadelphia ; 

 Notice'of Kuhnia eupatorib'ldes, Epiga^a re- 

 pens, &c, X. Y., 144; An American Sash- 

 fastener, James Frewin, 194 ; Spencer Wood, 

 near Quebec, Henry Atkinson, 195; Catalogue 

 of Dahlias, George Thorburn, 528. 



Australia. — The Sydney Floral and Horticul- 

 tural Society, 473. 



Domestic Notices. 



England. — mew Ligneous Plants, D. C, 39; 

 A'lnus cordata, W. Christy, jun., 39 ; y4risto- 

 lbchia trilobata, W. Christy, jun., 39 ; Hurri- 

 cane of Jan. 7., I. H. S., 91 ; Rose-Stock Impos- 

 tors, 92 ; Glazenwood Nursery, T. B., 92 ; Spe- 

 cimens of Wheat, Samuel Taylor, 92; New 

 Range of Glass erecting in the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden, 145 ; Garrya Zaurifblia, 147 ; 

 Importation of Cacti, Orchideas, &c, 147 ; 

 The Royale Hative Plum, R. T., 148 ; Van 

 Mons Leon le Clerc Pear, R. T, 148; Effects 

 of the Hurricane of Jan. 7., 195; Miisa Caven- 

 dishii, 196 ; Gigantic Cactus, 196 ; Progress of 

 Education, 196; Gardeners' Benevolent Asso- 

 ciation, 196 ; Botanic Gardens, Bury St. Ed- 

 munds, 299 ; The Highgate Horticultural So- 

 ciety, B., 299; Hot- water Apparatus at Cap- 

 heaton, John E. Swinburne, 299 ; Hoitza mex- 

 icana, S. T., 300 ; Paxtbnm ?bsea Lindl., 300 ; 

 .Melilbtus ? arbbrea Castagne, 300 ; Cannabis 

 sativa var. gigantea, 301 ; Llnum usitatissi- 

 mum var. gigantfeum, 301 ; New Herbage 

 Plants, W. P. T., 301 ; Dfplacus punfceus and 

 Petreo volubilis, D. Beaton, 347 ; Kew Gardens, 

 347; The Kent Zoological and Botanical Gar- 

 dens, 421 ; Importation of Cacti, D. Beaton, 

 421 ; Laburnums blossoming twice in the Year. 

 W.S.B.,422; Danish Gardeners in England,422 ; 

 The Horticultural Society's Exhibition in the 

 Chiswick Garden, 476 ; A Society for promot- 

 ing the Improvement of the Working Classes, 

 476 ; Trees blown down at Knowsley Park, 

 Wm. Somerville, 477 ; Mr. Buist of Philadel- 

 phia, 529; The English Agricultural Society, 

 529 ; Cottages and Cottage Gardens of Llan- 

 hennock, 529; Rhododendron arbbreum, 529; 

 Pin us LlaveaMfl,. 530; Doryanthes excelsa,530 ; 

 Crbcus lacteus var. lutescens Herb., H. Turner, 

 530; Hybrids between FdchsM fulgens and F. 

 grandiflbra, T. Colley, 530 ; A Collection of 

 Seeds from Thibet and Cashmere, 531; M. 

 Poiteau and M. Tripet-Leblanc, 570; City 



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