CONTENTS. 



Prospects of Gardening in the Canadas. 

 By Alexander Gordon - - - 63 



On the Orange Groves of Canada 

 On the state of Gardening in North Ame- 

 rica .... . 660 



Notes on the Progress of Gardening in the 

 United Statesduring the Year 1840. By A. J. 



"■ Downing, Esq., Newburgh, near New York 642 



On the Gardening and Agriculture of Egypt, 

 from Dr. Bowring's Report laid before 

 Parliament - - ... 645 



An Account of the Tea Plantation of Henry 

 Veitch, Esq., in the Island of Madeira. 

 Communicated by Mr. Veitch. - -113 



The Examination of Gardeners in Denmark. 

 By A. Weilbach - - - -108 



On Emigration, with reference to Gardeners, 

 and on the Prospects of Botanical Col- 

 lectors. By Peritus. Communicated by 

 K. B. D. 115 



On the Conduct of the Horticultural Society 

 towards George Glenny, Esq., F. H. S. 

 Communicated by Mr. Glenny . - 16 



On the Preference for Scotch Gardeners. 

 By J. Wighton, Gardener to the Earl of 

 Stafford, Cossey Hall - . - 244 



Science of Vegetable Culture. 



Remarks and Observations suggested by the 

 reading of Dr. Lindley's " Theory of Hor- 

 ticulture :" — Bottom Heat; Temperature 

 and Protection from Frost ; Colours of 

 Plants ; Moisture of the Soil and Water- 

 ing ; Atmospherical Moisture and Tempe- 

 rature; Ventilation; Germination and 

 Maturation of Seeds ; Seed-saving and Pack- 

 ing of Seeds ; Growth by the Root ; Action 

 of Leaves, Action of Flowers ; Propagation 

 by Eyes ; Pro])agation by Leaves ; Propa. 

 gation by Cuttings ; Propagation by Layers 

 and Suckers ; Budding and Grafting ; Prun. 

 ing; Training; Potting; Transplanting; 

 Preservation of Races by Seed ; Improve- 

 ment of Races ; Hybridising and Cross- 

 breeding ; Principles of Resting ; Soils and 

 Manures. By R. Lymbuni - . . 425 



Facts relative to the Fecundation of Flowers 

 with Pollen which had been kept for some 

 Weeks. By Hay Brown, Gardener, Stoke 

 Edith Park, Herefordshire - . 597 



On the Means of supplying Atmospheric 

 Moisture to Hot-houses, including some 

 Observations on the Use of Steam for that 

 Purpose. By John Rogers, Jun., Esq., 

 F. R.S. H. S, S:c. - . . . 281 



On moistening the Air in Hot-houses. By 

 T. Appleby, Gardener to T. Brocklehurst, 

 Esq. - . . - .189 



Some Account of a Mode of warming and 

 ventilating Hot-houses, invented and ap- 

 plied by John Penn, Esq., Engineer, &c., 

 at his Residence at Lewisham, in Kent. 

 By the Conductor . - - 120 



Mr. Wilmot's Opinion of Mr. Penn's Mode 

 of heating and ventilating Hot-houses 128 



Opinion of Mr. Penn's Mode of Heating, &c. 

 By N. M. T. . ... 640 



On the Management of Conical Boilers, with 

 some Observations on the comparative 

 Strength and Economv of different Kinds 

 of Fuel. By John Rogers, Jun., F.R.S. 

 F.H.S 196 



On the Utility of Draining ; with some Me- 

 thods adapted for various Soils. By John 

 Fish ..... 246 



On pulverising Soils as a Means of improving 

 them. By John Fish ... 353 



On JaufFret's Manure, Quenard's Manure, 

 Clarke's desiccated Compost, Lance's Com. 

 post, &c. By the Hon. and Rev. W. Her. 

 bert, D.C.7..., F.H.S., &c. . - 290 



On the Causes of Cankerin Fruit Trees. By 

 John Jennings .... 3Sy 



Destruction of Insects in Gardens. 

 On destroying Insects on Cacti. By M. 

 Sello . . . . .657 



An effectual Mode of destroying the A'phis 

 lanlgera, or Woolly Blight, on Apple Trees. 

 By N. T. . - . . 110 



A Mode of destroying the White Bug in Hot- 

 houses. By W. Anderson, F.L.S., Curator 

 of the Chelsea Botanic Garden . . 110 



A Method of preventing the Attacks of the 

 Asparagus Fly. By M. KerU. . . Ill 



Garden Structures and Instruments. 



Description of a Forcing-Pit, heated by 

 hot Water. By John Rogers, Jun. - 139 



On the Conical Boiler for heating Hot. 

 houses by hot Water. By D. Beaton . 129 



Description of the Conical Boiler and hot. 

 water Apparatus invented by John Rogers, 

 Jun.. Esq., F.R.S. Communicated by Mr. 

 Rogers - . . .132 



Description of a Glass Case for growing 

 Plants in Rooms. By Sir John Robison, 

 Sec. FS.E. - . . .117 



Notice of an Espalier Rail put up in Cossey 

 Hall Gardens. By J. Wighton, Gardener 

 there . . - . .254 



Notice of an Improvement made in the Mode 

 of fixing Mr. Booth's Wire 7'rellis for Es. 

 paliers. Communicated by W. B. Booth, 

 F.H.S. 16 



Description of the Hypsometer, an Instru- 

 ment invented by John Sang, Esq., Land 

 Sui-veyor, for taking the Heights of Trees, 

 Buildings, and other Objects. Communi- 

 cated by Mr. Sang, Land Surveyor, Kirk- 

 caldy - - . - .190 



Description of an Instrument used for taking 

 the Heights of Trees. By H. W. Jukes, 

 Esq. . ... .384 



LANDSCAPE-GARDENING. 



On propagating, and preserving through the 

 Winter, tender PlaTits adapted for being 

 turned out into Flower Gardens during 

 Summer. By N. M. T. . - . 186 



Some Thoughts on the Effect of Shadows in 

 Garden Scenery. By R. W. F. - - 243 



On certain prevailing Errors in laying out 

 and managing Flower Gardens. By Alex, 

 ander Forsyth [- . . . 255 



ARBORICULTURE. 



Report on the new Species and Varieties of 

 Hardy Trees and Shrubs raised in the Hor- 

 ticultural Society's Gardens since the last 

 Report, made in October, 1838, and pub. 

 lishedin the Gardener' s Magazine, vol. xiv . 

 p. 581. Drawn up for the Gardener's Ma- 

 gazine by Mr. Gordon, Foreman of the 

 Arboretum, by Permission of the Council 

 of the Horticultural Society . . 1.631 



List of Part of the Trees and Shrubs fur. 

 nished for the Arboretum of Joseph Strutt, 

 Esq., at Derby, by Messrs. Whitley and Os- 

 born, with their Ready-Money Prices. 

 With Introductory Remarks by the Con- 

 ductor . - . - - 73 



Notice of the Reception, by Nurserymen, of 

 a Proposal to name Trees and Shrubs in 

 their Collections; with an Examination of 

 a " Popular Catalogue of Trees and 

 Shrubs," published by Mr. Rivers, Jun. 

 By the Conductor - - .10 



Description of a Transplanting Machine in- 

 vented by James Kidd, Gardener to Lord 

 Kinnaird, Rossie Priory Gardens, Perth- 

 shire. By J. Kidd. . - . 252 



On the singular Origin of the Purple Labur- 

 num, and on the New Field which it opens 

 to the Horticulturist for the Production 

 of Hybrid Plants. By the Hon. and Rev. 

 W. Herbert, D.C.L., F.H.S., &c. . 289 



Postscript to Mr. Herbert's Article on Cy- 

 tisus Adkmi in p. 289. Bv the Hon. and 

 Rev. W. Herbert, D.C.L., F.H.S., &c. - 380 



Further Remarks on the Cytisus Adam/. By 

 the Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert, D.C.L., 

 F.H.S. &c. . . . . 381 



