CONTENTS. 



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Drummond's Letter to Thomas Phillips, Esq. 



R.A., on the Connexion between the 



Fine Arts and Religion, and the Means of 



their Revival - - - 551 



Mallet's first Report upon Experiments upon 



the Action of Sea and River Water, &c. - 34 

 Walker's Gatherings from Grave- Yards, par- 

 ' ticularly those of London - - 95 



The British Almanack of the Society for the 

 Diffusion of Useful Knowledge for the Year 

 1840 - - . - - 35 



The Companion to the Almanack ; or Year- 



Book of general Information for 1840 - 36 

 Twenty Years' Experience in Australia, &c. 299 

 Tims's Literary World - - 266 



Taylor's Help to the Schoolmistress - - 562 



LITERARY NOTICES. 



The Gardener's Annual Register - . 607 



Mrs. Loudon's Magazine of Gardening - 607 



Mrs. Loudon's Gardening for Ladies - - 267 

 Mrs. Loudon's Companion to the Ladies' 

 Flower-Garden - • - 267 



Traite de la Composition et de TOrnement 

 des Jardins . - . . 553 



Paul's Catalogue of Roses . - . 562 



Drummond and Sons' Catalogue of Imple- 

 ments, Seeds, Plants, &c. for 1840 - - 562 



Drysdale and Lawson's Catalogue of Seeds, 

 &c. - ... 562 



Carter's Catalogue of Dutch and Cape 

 Flower Bulbs, for 1840 . - - 562 



Catalogue des Plants du Jardin de M. De 

 Kwitka, situe k Osnowa aux Environs de 

 Kharcow ... , sgs 



Chevreul's De la Loi du Contraste simultane 

 des Couleurs, &c. - . - - 563 



Johnson and Shaw's Farmer's Almanac and 

 Calendar, for 1841. - . 607 



Lhotsky's Journey from Sydney to the 

 Australian Alps - - - 217 



Audouin'sHistoire des Insectes nuisibles h la 

 Vigne, et particulierement de la Pvrale, 

 &c. - . ■ . 563 



Report of the Society for obtaining free Ad- 

 mission to the National Monuments - 563 



Notice Biographique sur J. B. Huzard - 563 



Bibliothfeque Huzard . - - 563 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



GENERAL NOTICES. 



General Sichject — Historical. The Penny Post, 

 as a Gardening Measure, 96 ; Seeds received 

 from Friends, A. G., 220 ; Seeds sent by Post, 

 268 ; Botanical and Horticultural Works, 

 Amicus, 268 ; The most curious Gardens in 

 Europe, especially in Britain, about the Year 

 1730, 223 ; Nurserymen's Catalogues, .97 ; The 

 late Mr. Roscoe originally a Gardener, 219 ; 

 The skilled Gardener, 669; Rural Enjoyment, 



218 ; Clegg and Samuda's Atmosplieric Rail- 

 way, 564. 



Scientific. Soil and Vegetation supplied by 

 Nature with Sea Salt, Thomas C. Brown, 

 217 ; Influence of various Circumstances in the 

 Grov/th of Plants in modifying their Physio- 

 logical Action, 417 ; Excrementitious Exuda. 

 tions of the Roots of Plants, R. Lymburn, 218 ; 

 Aiding the Germination of Seeds by Quick- 

 lime, R. Lymburn, 218 ; Preservation of Grain 

 or Seeds, 669; Mudie's Views of the Adapta- 

 tions of Nature in the Vegetable Kingdom, 

 J. M., 220 ; New or concentrated Manures, 

 John Spencer, 358 ; Effect of Light which has 

 passed through coloured Glass on Plants, J. 

 B. W., 301 ; The Eftect of Light passing 

 through coloured Glass on Plants, John Spen- 

 cer, 419 ; Exiieriments with a Liquid obtained 

 from Bones, R. Glendinning, 607 ; Supplying 

 packed Plants with Water during long Voy- 

 ages, 609 ; Burning Gas for warming Rooms 

 or Greenhouses, 220 ; Temperature, 300 ; Tem. 

 perature of Plants, 418 ; To destroy Worms, 

 A Subscriber, 37 ; Sunk Waterholders, Samuel 

 Taylor, 302 ; Calcareous Concretions on the 

 Bottoms of Steam Boilers, &c., 97 ; Wooden 

 Pavement for Streets, 564 ; Radiation from 

 Trees, 97. 



Landscape-Gardening and Garden-Architecture. 

 — Glazing with Load instead of Putty, Amicus, 

 299 ; Pocock's Patent Flexible Asphalte Roof- 

 ing, 269 ; The Triumphal Arch, 303 ; Ironwork 

 coated with Gas Liquor, Tar, or Pitch, P. S., 

 514 ; A Layer of Bitumen, a Preventative of 

 the Ascent of Moisture in Walls, 564 ; Ap- 

 proach Roads, 564 ; Ornamental Pottery, 269 ; 

 Caithness Flagstone, 97 ; Taste, 223; Wetter- 

 stedt's patent Metal, 37 ; Preservation of Wood, 

 358 ; Preserving Wood, 302 ; Dry Rot, 609. 



Arboriculture. —The Oak, 219; The Mistletoe, 



219 ; Quercus Cerris, 219; A new Cedar, W. 

 H. W., 419 ; Raising Coniferous Plants from 

 Seed, 303 ; The Genus Taccinium, S. M., 303 ; 

 Graftingthe Lilac on the Ash, J. Scott, 37; Use 

 of Lime in planting Trees, 37. 



Floriculture. — Clerod^ndron squamktum Vahl 

 and Hart. Brit., speciosissimum Paxt., D. 



Beaton, 268 ; Imported Orange Trees, G. M. 

 Elliot, 268 ; Citrus nobilis, W. Brown, 224. ; 

 The Leaves of Orange Trees, 224 ; Beaumont/a 

 grandiflbra, D. Beaton, 419 ; MClsa superba 

 Rox.,e,m ; Preserving Dahlia Roots, T. Taylor, 



224 ; New Fuchsias, 609 ; Salvia pdtens, John 

 Duncan, 224 ; A'xahii purpilrea, 224. 



Horticulture. — The Pcmmerail Pine-apple, W. 

 Gordon, 609 ; The Swainston Seedling Straw- 

 berry, 609 ; Myatt's Pine Strawberry, 302 ; 

 The Peach and the Nectarine the same species, 

 T. C. Brown, 3f>; Superiority of Mr. Hoare's 

 System of Pruning the Vine, T. C. Brown, 36 ; 

 Mushrooms growing in the same Soil with 

 Truffles, 420. 



Agriculture. — Farms, 564 ; A Hand-Plough for 

 stirring the Soil between Carrots, 302 ; New 

 Kinds of Wheat, John Clarke, 38 ; The Rohan 

 Potato, 98; Madia sativa, W. T, 38; The 

 Bokhara Clover, 666 ; Slda Abutilo?i L., W. T., 

 38. 



Domestic Economy Steele's improved Kitchen- 



Range, 513 ; Three new improved Kitchen- 

 Ranges, W. Wilds, 39; Kirkwood's Stove, 

 William Kirkwood,39; White's Patent Stoves, 

 J. M'Nab, 40 ; A Carriage Talking-Tube, 41 ; 

 A Device for serving the Bees of any Hive with 

 Food^when they need it, J, D., 36; Pumpkin 

 Sugar, 670. 



Education. — Bury St. Edmunds Botanical Li- 

 brary, H. r., 43 ; The Hampstead public Li- 

 brary, 223 ; Cheap circulating Libraries, 222 ; 

 Degradation, as an Element of Punishment, 

 41. 



FOREIGN NOTICES. 

 Italy. 



Garden of Baron Zanoli, Giuseppe Manetti, 98 ; 

 Villa Mallerio at Gernetto, 304 ; Villa Silva at 

 Cinisello, 305 ; Communications from Monza, 

 304 ; ViUa Litta, at Lainate, 306 ; the Garden 

 of Cavaliere Dr. Luigi Sacco in Milan, 306 ; 

 Imperial and Royal Villa, 225; Commercial 

 Horticulturists in Milan, G. Manetti, 225 ; Root- 

 grafting, Giuseppe Manetti, 309 ; Populus fas- 

 tigikta at Pavia, 224 ; Milan, Brera, 225. 



Greece. 



The Grecian Cottage of thepresent Day, 303 ; A 

 Classical Lease, 226 ; A Grroup of Grecian 

 Plants, 303 ; Mode of felling Trees in Greece, 



225 ; The Corn-Drag of Greece, 226. 



Russia. 



Gardening at Cronstadt, B. C, 41 ; Gardening in 



Moscow, 565 ; New Blbes, F. E. Wagner, 99. 



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