IV 



CONTENTS. 



without Tan, to be heated by a Smoke Flue 

 and Hot Water ; Pit for fruiting Pine-ap- 

 ples ; Succession -pit for Pine-apples; Winter 

 Cucumber-pit . - - . 308 



Some Remarks on the Economising of Sur- 

 faces under Glass ; the Introduction of ar- 

 tificial Heat to Fruit Borders ; and the 

 Attainment of Bottom as well as Surface 

 Heat from the same Heating Apparatus : 

 — The Chinese, or Dwarf, Plantain ; Gra- 

 nadilla ; Chinese Guava ; Pine-apple ; Cu- 

 cumber or Melon ; Vine ; Forcing Straw- 

 berries ; Forcing Shrubs. Illustrated by 

 Plans and Sections - - - - 49 



A Substitute for Hand-glasses, and a more 

 economical Mode of using Glass in Forcing- 

 houses suggested - . - . 204 



On different Modes of Glazing Plant Struc. 

 tures ...--- 606 



Further Information respecting the flued 

 Walls at Erskine House - - . 256 



Some Account of a Pit for preserving Ice, in 

 Use at Erskine House, Renfrewshire - 434 



Description of a Mode of arranging Hempen 

 Lines for supporting Scarlet Runners, Con- 

 volvuluses, or other twining Plants - 2H 



Implements. 

 Notice of a Draw-hoe in Use in Leicester. 



shire - - - - - - 311 



Notice of Three new Garden Tools - 257 



Notice of a Ladder for thinning Grapes in 



Hothouses - . . - . 210 



LANDSCAPE-GARDENING. 



Oji Gardening as an Art of Design and Taste 157 

 The Landscape-Gardening of F.L. von Sckell 

 of Munich : — 



I. General Observations on the Modern 

 Natural Style of Gardening, with some 

 Remarks on the Ancient Symmetrical Style 353 



II. Selection of Natural Scenes suitable for 

 the Adaptation of the Landscape- Gardener 411 



III. On the Architectural Edifices which 

 are suitable for a Garden. IV. The Situation 

 Temples in Pleasure- Grounds. V. On the 

 different Kinds of Trees, Shrubs, and 

 Flowers, which were particularly dedicated 

 to the di6Perent Gods and Goddesses, and 

 which should surround their respective 

 Temples, as Part of their Attributes - 497 



V. On the different Kinds of Trees, 

 Shrubs, and Flowers, which were particu- 

 larly dedicated to the different Gods and 

 Goddesses, and which should surround their 

 respective Temples, as part of their Attri- 

 butes continued. VI. Architectural De- 

 corations. VII. Bridges in Gardens. VIII. 

 The first Proceedings on the Spot which is 

 to form the Natural Garden. IX. On Stak. 

 ing out and Tracing on the Ground the 

 Forms and Outlines of the Natural Garden, 

 with reference to Character, Effect, and 

 Beauty .... 535. 603 

 Design for laying out a Suburban Residence 350 

 A new Method of forming Living Arbours 312 



ARBORICULTURE. 



Report on the New Trees and Shrubs raised 

 in the Horticultural Society's Garden in the 



Year 1841 608 



On the Culture of Timber Trees - -508 



On Mr. Gavin Cree's System of Pruning 

 Forest Trees, containing an Outline of his 

 Method - - . - - 435 



On Pruning Forest Trees ... 440 

 On Pruning Forest Trees ... 444 

 On Pruning Trees in General - . 555 



Copy of a Letter addressed to Sir Charles 

 Gordon, Secretary to the Highland and 

 Agricultural Society of Scotland, on Prun- 

 ing Trees ..... 45s 

 On the Thinning of Forest Trees - - 550 



Remarks on several Species of Conffera;, with 



Reference to the Climate of North Britain 1C4 

 On Leycestdrios formbsa, as an Undergrowth 



for the Shelter and Food of Game, and as a 

 Sea-Breeze Plant . - - - 9 



Arboricultural Notices ... 355 



Measurement, Age, &c., of Trees at Blair 



Drummond, Scotland ... 505 

 On the Incombustibility of the Larch - 22R 

 On the Cj/'tisus Ad^m/, or Purple Laburnum 58 

 On the Propagation of the /Jhododendron 

 dailricum, and other Species of the same 

 natural Family, by Cuttings - . 462 

 Notice of a simple Mode of taking the Height 

 of Trees 350 



FLORICULTURE. 



Botanical, Floricultural, and Arboricultural 

 Notices of the Kinds of Plants newly intro- 

 duced into British Gardens and Plantations, 

 or which have been originated in them 10.61. 

 167. 2-58. 324. 356. 556 



The Flower Garden at Esholt Hall ; its De- 

 sign. Culture, and Management - - 610 



List of Plants adapted for a Conservatory 

 Wall, with Remarks on some of the Species 239 



Observations and Reflections on the Cul- 

 cultivation of the Cacti . . -510 



On the Management of Cacti ... 169 



On bringing the Cacti raised from Seed 

 quicker into Flower . - - . 357 



Catalogue of the C&cti in the Collection of the 

 Rev. Theodore Williams, at Hendon Vica- 

 rage, Middlesex .... 313 



On the Culture of the splendid Lake Rose, 

 NelUmbimii specibsum Willd. - - 513 



On the Culture of Ixias and other Jridea in 

 the Island of Jersey - - . .15 



On the Culture of the Gladiolus cardinSilis - 461 



On the Propagation of Dahlias - . 416 



Observations of the Propagation of the Dahlia 516 



Notice of a Petunia of extraordinary Dimen- 

 sions - - - - . .9 



HORTICULTURE. 

 Report on the New Fruits and Culinary Ve- 

 getables raised in the Horticultural Society's 

 Garden since the last Report in 1837 - 614 



A Systematic Plan for a Gardener to " serve 

 the Kitchen " .... 7 



On Root- Pruning of Fruit Trees - -615 



On the Use of inclined Walls for growing the 

 finer Sorts of Fruits .... 360 



On the Cultivation of the Pine-apple, as prac- 

 tised in the Kitchen-garden of the Palace 

 of Versailles in the Year 1840 - - 17 



On the Use of the Species of Pisang (Mi^s« 

 paradisiaca) and the Banana (Miisa sapien- 

 turn) - - . . . - 490 



On the Effects of Water on the Growth and 



Ripening of Melons - . - -465 



On the Culture of the Cucumber in Pits 



heated by Hot Water ... 262 



On the Destruction of Mice in Cucumber 



Frames - - . - - 26 



On the Cultivation of the Grape Vine - 21 



On growing Three Crops of Grapes in One 



House - - . . - 73 



On the Shriveling of Grapes ... 170 

 On the Shriveling of Grapes ... 171 

 On the Shanking and Shriveling of Grapes 173 

 On the Shanking of Grapes ... 262 

 On the Cultivation of the Peach in Pots, in 

 Pine-houses ..... 321 



On the Culture of the Peach in the open Air 63 

 Mode of destroying the Green Fly on Peach 

 Trees . - - - - .73 



An Account of some remarkab! old Pear 



Trees at Dunimarle, Culross, Perthshire . 464 

 On growing Strawberries for Forcing . t64 



Description of a Mode in which Mushrooms 

 may be grown under the Paths of a Hot- 

 hoiise ...... 207 



Observations on the Culture of the Goose. 



berry and Raspberry ... 455 



On the Hautbois Strawberry ... 26S 

 On the Culture of the Conical-fruited Scarlet 

 Alpine Strawberry - - - - 266 



A Method of sowing Peas and Beans in Boxes 

 for Transplanting - - - - 74 



On the Culture and Forcing of Rhubarb . 174 



