CONTENTS. 



On the Decay in growing Larch and Spruce 

 Fir Trees. By J. 'Wighton - - 385 



On the Torreyrt ^axifblia, a new coniferous 

 Tree of Florida. By A. J. Downing - 658 



FLORICULTURE. 



Botanical, [Floricultural, and Arboricultural 

 Notices of the Kinds of Plants newly in- 

 troduced 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 intendeil 

 to serve as a perpetual Supplentient to the 

 Encyclopcsdia of t'lants, the Hortus Britan- 

 nicus, the Hortus Lignosiis, and the Ar- 

 boretwn et Fruticetum Britannicum, 18. 



144. 201.292.343.54.5.592 



On Conservative Walls, and their Superiority, 

 as Sources of Botanical and Floricultural 

 Interest, to Green-houses and Conserva- 

 tories. By the Rev. T. Bainbridge, M. A. - 23 



On raising Seeds received from the Swan 

 River Colony. By J. Brewster, Gardener 

 to Mrs. Wray, Oakneld Lodge, Cheltenham 258 



On the Treatment of Cape /ridaceae. By W. 257 



On a new Method of introducing Palms of 

 large Size into Hot-houses. By Dr. John 

 Lhotsky, F.H.S., of Bavaria, &c. - -596 



On grafting the ..^cJicia. By John Brewster, 

 Gardener to Mrs. Wray ... 388 



Notes on Gt:reus senilis and some other Mex- 

 ican Plants. In a Letter from Mr. Tate of 

 the Botanic Garden, Sloane Street, to Mr. 

 Beaton. Communicated by Mr. Beaton - 26 



Notice of a Plant of Cereus grandiflorus, at 

 Eatington Park, Shipston on Stour. By 

 W. Hutchinson, Gardener to E. J. Shirlev, 

 Esq., M.P. • - - - "-389 



Remarks on flowering the Renanthfera coc- 

 cinea. By J. Webster ... 203 



On the Culture of the Chrysanthemum. By 

 John Thackeray .... 154, 



Notice respecting some new hybrid Primroses 

 raised between the Polyanthus and the 

 Chinese Primrose. By James Seymour, 

 Kitchen- Gardener to the Countess of 

 Bridgewater, at Ashridge - . - 88 



On the Cultivation of the Carnation at Forres 

 Nurseries. By John Grigor - - 153 



Practical Observations on the Cultivation of 

 the Hyacinth in Haarlem - - ' ^ \ 



A Year's Culture of the Hyacinth, as prac- 



tised at Haarlem in Holland, beginning 

 with the Season for Planting, in October - 81 

 Observations on forcing Hyacinths - - 31 

 Observations on the Rotz, a Disease in Hya- 

 cinth Bulbs .... 150 

 On Hyacinths, the Flowers of which appear 

 expanded in Water. By A. B. - . 1,52 



HORTICULTURE. 



On the Shriveling of Grapes. By W. H. -598 

 On retaining the Tendril of the Grape Vine. 



ByK.T 89 



On Melons. By Alexander Forsyth - 204 



On the Cultivation of the Alpine Strawberry 



in Pots By James Seymour, Gardener to 



the Countess of Bridgewater, at Ashridge 89 

 On the Culture of the Chicory as a Winter 



Salad. By James CuthiU - - - 90 



On the Culture of Seymour's Superb White 



Celery. By J. Seymour - - - 91 



On sowing the Early Scarlet Horn Carrot as 



a main Crop ; and on storing it in Winter. 



By James Seymour, Gardener at Ashridge 



Park - . . - -207 



Some Remarks on the Culture of the White 



Carrot. By W. Masters, F.H.S., &c., of 



the Exotic Nursery, Canterbury - - 209 

 On the Turkey Onion. By James Alexander, 



late Gardener at Maeslough Castle - 207 



On the Jerusalem Artichoke. By Alexander 



Forsyth ..... 259 



On the Wild Potato (Solknum tuberbsum). 



Translated from Poppig's Reise in Chile 



nnd Peru, for the Gardener^s Magazine, by 



J. L .259 



Some Account of a Method of growing and 



preserving New Potatoes for a Winter 



Supply. By Amaziah Saul - . . 390 

 On the Culture and Preservation of Potatoes. 



By Robert Lymburn, Secretary to the Kil. 



marnock Horticultural Society - - 210 



BEE CULTURE. 



On Apiarian Societies. By J. Wighton, Gar- 

 dener to Lord Stafford, Cossey Hall, near 

 Norwich - . - . . 391 



On Honey. By J. Wighton • . 393 



AGRICULTURE. 

 On Wire Field Gates. By George Buist -193 



REVIEWS. 



Dr. Lindley's Theory of Horticulture - 155 



Organic Chemistry in its application to Agri- 

 culture and Phvsiologv. By Justus Liebig, 

 M.D. Ph.D. F.R.S., &c. - - - 6C4 



Vegetable Organography ; or an Analytical 

 Description of the Organs of Plants. By 

 M. A. P. DeCandolle - - - 163 



Transactions of the Horticultural Society of 

 London .... 346. 394. 467 



On the growth of a peculiar Fir resem- 

 bling the /"inaster, 394. Clianthus punf. 

 ceus, 395. Experiments on the Cultivation 

 of the Potato, 395. Causes of the Diseases 

 and Deformities of the Leaves of the Peach 

 Tree, 396. Avexrhha Carambola,o'dl. Chli- 

 dantlius frS.grans, 398. Causes of the pre- 

 mature Death of Part of the Moorpark 

 Apricot, and some other Wall Fruit Trees, 



398. On forcing Peaches and Nectarines, 



399. On the Power possessed by Plants of 

 absorbing coloured Infusions by their Roots, 

 401. On the Means employed in raising a 

 Tree of the ImpiSiatrice Nectarine, 401. On 

 the Cultivation of French Pears in Scotland, 

 and on the Foundation and Management of 

 Fruit Borders, 402. New Varieties of Fruit 

 raised from Seed by T. A. Knight, Esq., 408. 

 On Two Species of Insects found injurious 

 to the Fear Tree, 408. Remarkable Va- 



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rieties of Fruits sent since 1831, 410. Sup- 

 posed absorbent Powers of the Cellular 

 Points, or Spongioles, of the Roots of Trees, 

 and other Plants, 412. Bign6nM venusta, 

 413. Alstromerias, 413. Means of de- 

 stroying the Red Spider in the Melon 

 Frame, 414. Experiments made in 1836 

 relative to the Cultivation of Potatoes, 415, 

 On the Cultivation of the Melon in open 

 Frames, 467. Cultivation of Figs, 468. Cul. 

 tivation of the Cinnamon in England, 468. 

 Six new Varieties of Vine recently in, 

 troduced from Dukhum (Deccan), 468. 

 Culture of the' Strawberry, 469. Cattleya 

 gutt&.ta, 470. Preservation of the early 

 Foliage of Peach and Nectarine Trees, 470. 

 New Method of destroying Insects in Stoves 

 and Green-houses, 471. Economical Use 

 of Melon Frames, 471. Propagation of 

 Trees by Cuttings in Summer, 473. Culti- 

 vation of Chlidanthus fr&grans, 474. Half- 

 hardy species of Salvia called Salvia patens, 

 474. Effects produced on Plants by the 

 Frost which occurred in England in the 

 Winter of 1837-8, 475. 



A Pocket Dictionary, comprising the Names, 

 History, and Culture of all Plants known 

 in Britain ; with a full Explanation of tech. 

 nical Terms. By Joseph Paxton, F.L.S., 



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