CONTENTS. 



Effects of Kyanising Wood. 



Results of certain Experiments in Kyanising 

 different Species of Wood for being used 

 as Garden Tallies ; with Remarks on the 

 Effect of Kyanising Hop-poles. By W. 

 Masters, F.H.S., &c. ... 320 



On the injurious Effects of Kyan's Anti-Dry. 

 Rot Solution, as regards the Destruction 

 of vegetable Life in the Gardens at Thores- 

 by, Nottinghamshire. Communicated by 

 the Right Hon. the Earl Manvers* - - 517 



Notice respecting the Effects of Kyanised 

 Wood on growing Plants, in the Hot- 

 houses, Pits, and Frames of the Hackney 

 Nursery. By the Conductor - - 588 



On the Kyanising Process, and on other 

 Modes of seasoning Timber. By James 

 Monro, Forester to the Marquess of North- 

 ampton .... - 585 



FLORICULTURE. 



Botanical, Floricultura!, and Arboricul- 

 tural Notices on the Kinds of Plants newly 

 introduced into British Gardens and Plant- 

 ations,^ or which have been originated in 

 them; together with additional Informa- 



. tion respecting Plants (whether old or new) 

 already in Cultivation ; the whole in- 

 tended to serve as a perpetual Supplement 

 to the Encyclopedia of Plants, the Hortus 

 Britannicus, the Hortus Lignosus, and the 

 Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum, 



68. 242. 391. 463. 520. 557. 596 



Notice of 'a remarkable Specimen of CSreus 

 speciosissimus, growing in the Stove of 

 Thomas Holman, Esq., at Folkstone, in 

 Kent. By N. M. T. - - - 22 



On the Culture of Cactea;. By Dr. Pfeiffer 

 ofCassel - - - - - 83 



On the Extension and Use of the Cacti. 

 By Professor Zuccarini, Subcurator of the 

 Royal Botanic Garden at Munich - - 153 



Observations on the geographical Extension 

 of the Cacti in Brazil. By Professor Von 

 Martius - - - - - 389 



On Cereus senilis, the Old-Man Cactus. By 

 D. Beaton - - - - - 549 



On grafting Ipomoeas, and more particularly 

 Ipomce^a Horsfallfe. By D. Beaton - 161 



Notice of Galphimia glauca, and of a new 

 Wis&ria. By D. Beaton - - - 400 



A Selection of Heaths, made with the View 

 of having several Species in Flower during 

 every Month in the Year, with Remarks 



on their Culture, &c. By W. A. Masters, 

 late Subcurator of the Canterbury Mu- 

 seum - - 402 



HORTICULTURE. 



A Pine-apple Conservatory. By Alexander 

 Forsyth ..... 404. 



Remarks on the Cultivation of the Vine. 

 By James Hutchinson ... 405 



Historical Notices respecting the Training 

 and Pruning of the Peach Tree in France. 

 Extracted from a Report made to the Hor- 

 ticultural Society of Paris in July, 1836, 

 and published in the Annates d'Horticul- 

 ture, vol. xix. - 409 



On the Peach. By Alexander Forsyth - 600 



On shading Melon and Cucumber Plants. 

 By John Wighton - - - - 412 



A Selection of Standard Pears and Apples suit- 

 able for small Gardens in the Climates of 

 London, Edinburgh, and Dublin. ByRobert 

 Thompson, of the Fruit and Kitchen Gar- 

 den Departments in the London Horticul- 

 tural Society's Garden ... 138 



Some Remarks on the Ripening of Pears, in 

 the Years 1837, 1838, and 1839. By 

 T. Rivers, jun. - 141 



On the Culture of the Mushroom. By Alex- 

 ander Forsyth - 333 



On the Culture of the Carrot. By Alex- 

 ander Forsyth .... 604 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 

 On preserving Plums. By M. W. C. Bosse, 

 Nurseryman, Quedlinburg - . 602 



BEE CULTURE. 



On the Calling of the Queen Bees before 

 Swarming. By John Wighton, Gardener 

 at Cossey Hall - - - - 25 



On the Queen Bee that leaves the Hive with 

 the first Swarm. By J. Wighton - - 605 



AGRICULTURE. 



On the Cultivation of Madia satlva, as an 

 Oil Plant. By W. Hertz, Nurseryman 

 and Seedsman, Stuttgard ... 142 



The Result of certain Experiments in culti- 

 vating different Varieties of Wheat. By 

 John Rivers - - - - - 23 



Notice of an Experiment made with Four 

 Seeds of Wheat, sown in June, 1 836. By 

 A. Gorrie - - - - - 24 



REVIEWS. 



GENERAL SUBJECT. 

 Gardening and Agriculture of the ancient 

 Egyptians. By J. G. Wilkinson, F.R.S., 

 &c - 611 



The Botanical Periodicals - - - 90 



SecondAnnual Report and Proceedings of the 

 Edinburgh Botanical Society - - 257 



Fifth Annual Report of the Jersey Agricul- 

 tural and'Horticultural Society for 1838 - 344 



Annales des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles 

 d'Agriculture et d'Industrie - - 168 



Elenchus Plantarum novarum minusque cog- 

 nitarum quas in Itinere Hispanico legit 

 Edmundus Boissier - - - - 337 



Le Bon Jardinier, Almanac pour l'Ann^e 

 1839, accompagnd d'une Revue Horticole. 

 By MM. Poiteau et Vilmorin - -162 



Royle's Illustrations of the Botany and other 

 Branches of the Natural History of the 

 Himalayan Mountains, and of the Flora of 

 Cashmere, &c. .... 253 



Harvey's Genera of South African Plants, 

 arranged according to the Natural System 340 



The Green-house, Hothouse, and Stove!; 

 including select Lists of the most beautiful 

 Species of Exotic Flowering Plants, and 

 Directions for their Cultivation. By 

 Charles M'Intosh, F.H.S. - - - 26 



Catalogue of Plants cultivated in the Bir- 

 mingham Botanic Garden - - 413 



ARBORICULTURE. 



Pinetum Woburnense; or a Catalogue of 

 Coniferous Plants in the Collection of the 

 Duke of Bedford at Woburn Abbey ; Sys- 

 tematically arranged ... 263 



FLORICULTURE. 



Mrs. Loudon's Ladies' Flower-Garden of 

 ornamental Annuals - - - 88 



Abbildung und Beschreibung, &c. ; that is, 

 Figures of Cacti in Flower, painted and 

 lithographed after Nature, with Descrip- 

 tions, &c. By Dr. Louis Pfeiffer, and M. 

 Otto, Director of the Royal Botanic Gar- 

 den at Berlin - - - - 522 



Lindley's Sertum Orchidaceum ; a Wreath 

 of the most beautiful OrchidaceousFlowers 336 



Francis's Little English Flora - - 87 



HORTICULTURE. 



Rogers's Vegetable Cultivator - - 345 



Goodwood, its House, Park, and Grounds, 

 with a Catalogue raisonne of the Pictures 

 in the Gallery of His Grace the Duke of 

 3 



