VI 



CONTENTS. 



The British Almanack, and the Companion 

 to the Almanack for 1841 - - - 34 



The Farmer's Almanacks and Calendar for 

 1842 628 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



The Seventh Annual Report of the Royal 

 Cornwall Polytechnic Society - - 177 



The Eighth Annual Report of the Royal 

 Cornwall Polytechnic Society - - 626 



Brande's Dictionary of Science, Literature, 

 and Art - - - - 177. 626 



Transactions of the Society for the Encou- 

 ragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Com- 

 merce - - . . - 275 



Lectures on Chemistry, including its Appli- 

 cation in the Arts. By Henry M. Noad - 626 



The Entomologist. Conducted by Edward 



Newman, F.L.S., Z.S.,&c. . - -626 



The Journey-Book of England - -628 



A Developement of the Principles and Plan 

 on which to establish Self-supporting Home 

 Colonies ; as a most secure and profitable 

 Investment for Capital, and an effectual 

 Means permanently to remove the Causes 

 of Ignorance, Poverty, and Crime ; and 

 most materially to benefit all Classes of So- 

 ciety, by giving a right Application to the 

 now greatly misdirected Powers of the Hu- 

 man Faculties and of Physical and Moral 

 Science. By Robert Owen - - 628 



LITERARY NOTICES. 



The Guide to the Conservatory. By Richard 

 Bainbridge 286 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



GENERAL NOTICES. 



Historical and Statistical — The Gardeners' Book 

 Society of Croydon, 35 ; What constitutes a Gar- 

 dener, 629 ; Order Book, 629. 

 Scientific. — The Theory of Excretions of Plants, 

 629; Effect of coloured Light, 629; Char- 

 coal Dust, 630 ; Sawdust mixed with Stable Ma. 

 nure, 630; Pounded Brickbats, 630; The 

 Guernsey Weeding Prong, 630; Germination of 

 Seeds, 519 ; Average Temperature at which 

 Seeds will germinate, 375 ; Respiration of Plants; 

 181 ; Sending Home Seeds from warm Climates, 

 562; Sending Home Seeds from foreign Coun- 

 tries, 630 ; The Oxygenation of Water, 631 ; 

 Suspended Vegetation, 631 ; Raising Plants from 

 Seed, 632 ; Root-pruning, 632 ; Acclimatising 

 Plants, 632 ; Neatness often the Cause of im- 

 poverishing the Soil, 632 ; The Scion will affect 

 the Quality, although not the Organization of 

 the Stock, 632 ; Propagation by Leaves, 633 ; 

 Budding, 633 ; Sending Cuttings by Letter, 88|; 

 Objections to turning in Snow when digging or 

 ploughing, 377 ; Garden Culture of Exotics, 87 ; 

 Sawdust as Manure, 376 ; Striking from Leaves, 

 376; Root-Grafting, 377; Roadmaking, 282 ; 

 Paving Roads with India-rubber, 638 ; Expe- 

 riments for the Destruction of Moss on Gravel 

 Walks, 281 ; Growth of Fig Branches without 

 Roots, 375. 

 Insects. — Insects on Plants, 427 ; To destroy Ca- 

 terpillars, 475 ; The Gooseberry Caterpillar, 521 ; 

 Caterpillars on Vines, 328 ; The Maggot in 

 Onions, 88; American Blight, 229 ; Recipes for 

 destroying Ants, 280 ; Wire- Worms, 475 ; Trap 

 for Woodlice, 281 ; Woodlice among Orchi- 

 dacese, 378; Earthworms, 329 ; Tobacco Paper, 

 634 ; Tobacco Water, 634 ; Spirit of Tar, 634 ; 

 ' Sulphurated Hydrogen Gas, 634; Stifling In- 

 sects, 634 ; Deterring Insects by Mud, 634. 

 Diseases. — Canker in Fruit Trees, 377. 

 Landscape.Gardening. — To destroy. Moss in 



Lawns, 634. 

 Garden Structures., Implements, SfC — Heat con- 

 sidered relatively to Plant Structures, 634; 

 Boiler Furnaces, 635; The Construction of Pipes 

 for circulating hot Water, 634 ; Laying Hot- 

 water Pipes in Troughs of Water, 635 ; Glazing 

 [ Hot-houses, 635 ; Old Putty softened, 635 ; A 

 Pit for wintering Plants, 635 ; Fruit-Room, 635 ; 

 Construction of a Fruit-Room, 636 ; Ventilation 

 of Plant Structures, 637 ; Tanner's Bark Walks, 

 637 ; A Forcing-House which may be applied to 

 various Purposes, 563 ; Green's Cucumber Pit, 

 281 ; Smoke Flues, closed Hot-water Pipes, and 

 I Water in open Gutters, as Modes of Heating, 

 377; An Ice-house under Rockwork, 563; 

 Tarred Canvass for Coverings, 280 ; Oil-Paper 

 Frames, 562 ; Pocock's Asjjhalte Roofing, 280 ; 

 Receipts for preparing artificial Asphalte, 564 ; 

 Indian-Rubber Pavement, 87 ; Pince and Co's 

 permanent Botanical and Horticultural Tally, 

 230; Garden Syringes, 35; The Wickerwork 



Dahlia Protector, 377 ; The Potting-bench In- 

 strument, 563; New Besom for Garden Pur- 

 poses, 230 ; A Camera Lucida, well adapted for 

 Gardeners, 278 ; Ropes from metallic Wire, 87. 



Arboriculture. — Botanic Garden Reports of new 

 Trees and Shrubs, 35; Economical Planting, 

 564 ; Vitality of the Genera f yrus and Cra- 

 tje^gus, 278 ; Propagating Coniferous Plants by 

 Cuttings, 638 ; Slatnted Ash Trees, 638 ; Rabbits 

 and Gamekeepers,T639 ; Autumn Planting, 639 ; 

 Certain Species of 'European Pines, 639 ; Shrub- 

 beries, 641 ; Pruning and Lopping, 641 ;'C<;drus 

 Deodara,&i].; AraucariaimbricJita, 641 ; 6!uer- 

 cus fastigiata and Q. Slba, 641 ; The Terms red 

 and white Oak, 641 ; The sweet Bay, 641 ; The 

 Savine, 641 ; Rhiis Cotinus, 641 ; Birches and 

 other Coppices, 641 ; Tree Guards, 641 ; Au- 

 tumnal Colouring of Qu^rcus" and ifhus, 36; 

 American Oaks, 36 ; Preservation and Staining 

 of Wood, 178 ; Kyanised Timber, 279 ; Prepa- 

 ration of Timber, 374 ; Boucherie's Mode of 

 preserving Timber; 642; Boucherie's Mode of 

 increasing the Elasticity of Wood, 643 ; Bur- 

 nett's Mode of Preserving Timber, 643. 



Floriculture. — Fastening down Plants, 643 ; Grow- 

 ing Annuals in Pots, 643 ; Budding Roses, 643; 

 Pruning Roses, 614 ; Propagation of Pinks, 644 ; 

 Culture of the Amaryllis, 644 ; C'rinum capense, 



645 ; Roscbea purpurea, 645 ; The Marchioness 

 of Exeter's Camellia, 645 ; Salvia patens, 645; 

 Abutilon striJitum, 645; Abutilon yitifblium, 645; 

 Fuchs/a discolor, 645; Physianthus albicans, 

 645 ; O'xalis Acetosella, 645. 



Horticulture. — Canker in Fruit Trees, 645 ; 

 Vines, 645 ; Preservation of Grapes, 646 ; Mr. 

 Hayward's ^Manure for Grapes, 646 ; Keeping 

 Fruit, 646; Raspberries, 646; Thinning Pears, 

 646; The Scale on Peach Trees, 646; Pre. 

 serving fePears on the Trees, 646 ; Wild Crab, 



646 ; Pears, 646 ; Keeping Apples and Pears 

 647 ; Package of Fruit, 647 ; Roots of Fruit 

 Trees, 647; The Spanish Filbert, 647 ; Goose- 

 berries, 647 ;£GGOseberry Cuttings, 647 ; The 

 Club in the Cabbage Tribe, 647 ; Asparagus, 

 648 ; O'xalis Deppei, 648 ; Comfrey, 648 ; Vic- 

 toria Rhubarb, 648 ; Myatt's Pine Strawberry, 

 648; Fuchsiafulgens,648; Cucumberand Melon 

 Culture, 35; Steaming Mushroom-houses, 328; 

 Covering Strawberry-beds with Netting, 229 ; 

 Preserving Currants on the Bushes till Christ- 

 mas, 564 ; Artificial Maturation of Figs, 37 ; 

 The Quince, 564. 



Domestic Economy On boiling Potatoes, 329; 



Curdling of Milk, 521; Aspergillus glaticus, or 

 Cheese Mould, 329. 



Agriculture. — Trifolium incarnatum, 648 ; Agri- 

 culture, 281 ; Lime in Agriculture, 47fi ; Ra- 

 vages of Worms at the Roots of Corn, 593; 

 Brbmws pratensis and Festv.ca V'tH, 564. 



T/ie Weather. — On a Method of prognosticating 

 the probable Mean Temperature of the several 

 Winter Months from that of corresponding 



