CONTENTS. 



Notice of some Ornamental Trees and Shrubs 

 recently sent to Britain by Messrs. Booth 

 of Hamburg. By John Booth - - 110 



Notices of some new or rare Hardy or Half- 

 hardy Trees and Shrubs in the Nursery of 

 Messrs. Rollison of Tooting. By John 

 Scott - - - - - 12 



Notes upon Mr. Scott's Report. By G. Gor- 

 don, A.L.S. - - - - 17 



FLORICULTURE. 



Botanical, Floricultural, and Arboricultural 

 Notices of the Kinds of Plants newly intro- 

 duced into British Gardens and Planta- 

 tions, or which have originated in them - 177. 



412 



Notice of Four new Plants discovered in the 

 South Sea Islands by the late Mr. James 

 Corson, Surgeon. By George Don, Esq., 

 F.L.S. With a Biographical Notice of Mr. 

 Corson, by the Conductor - 369 



Remarks on Flower-Baskets, and the Con- 

 struction of Basketwork Edgings in Flower- 

 Gardens. By N. M. T. 271 



What constitutes a Florist's Flower? By 

 W. A. M. 454 



On the Culture of native Orchldea;. By 

 A. X. - - - - - - 411 



On growing the Thunbergia. By R. B. 

 Wilson - - - - - 21 



On the Cultivation of the Genus Lobelia. 

 By G. Fielder - - - - 113 



On the Cultivation of the Tussilago fragrans. 

 By Archibald Gorrie - - - 182 



On the Culture of ^ristolbchia trilobata. By 

 W. Jones - - - - - 23 



On the Culture of the Neapolitan Violet. 

 By E. S. 212 



On Sedum Sieb61di, and other Plants of low 

 Growth. By Richard Tongue, Esq. - 629 



HORTICULTURE. 



General Principles applicable to the Manage- 

 ment of Fruit Trees. By an Amateur - 499 



Some Remarks on training and pruning Fruit 

 Trees. By a Correspondent - - 183 



On Root-Pruning and Canker in Fruit- 

 Trees. By N. M. T. ... 309 



On the Construction of Fruit Corridors for 

 the Culture of the more delicate Fruit 

 Trees. By Alexander Forsyth - - 2/3 



On a Method of producing Four Pine- Apples 

 on the same Plant in Four successive 

 Years. By George Dale, Gardener at 

 Brancepeth Castle - - - - 186 



Notes on the different Kinds of Banana 

 which have fruited in the Royal Botanic 



Garden, Edinburgh, arranged in the Order 

 in which they are valued as fruit-bearing 

 Plants. By James M'Nab, Superintendant 

 of the Caledonian Horticultural Society's 

 Garden, Inverleith - 505 



Notes on the different Kinds of Banana cul- 

 tivated at Leigh Park, the Seat of Sir G. 

 T. Staunton, Bart. By Richard Carter, 

 Under Gardener there ... 506 



On the Cultivation of the White Guava 

 (Psldium pyn'ferum /,.). By Edward 

 Otto - - - - .503 



On the Management of the Vine. By N. 

 M. T. - 214 



On cultivating the Grape in a Greenhouse. 

 ByS. O 420 



On the Causes of the Rust on Grapes. By 

 X. ----- 422 



On Growing Vines in Pots. By W. A. L. - 23 



New Grape from Ohio. By N. Longworth, 

 Esq., of Cincinnati - -218 



On forcing the Melon for early Fruit. By 

 R. B. Wilson - - - - 115 



Culture of the Cucumber. By N M. T. - 279 



On the Cultivation and Management of Pear 

 Trees, prior to their being trained against 

 a Wall, including Horizontal and Fan 

 Training. By a Lover of Horticulture - 118 



A select List of Pears suitable for a Garden 

 of limited Extent. By a Lover of Horti- 

 culture - 220 



How to plant and prune the Apple Tree, so 

 as to have good Crops on unpropitious Soils. 

 ByR. T. 25 



On an American Ever-bearing Raspberry. 

 By N. Longworth, Esq. ... 218 



On the Culture of the Tomato, or Love- 

 Apple (Lycopersicum esculentum), so as to 

 insure a Crop in cold Situations and dull 

 wet Seasons. By C. B. - - - 277 



On Forcing Mushrooms : — How to make the 

 Bed ; How to use the Mushroom Spawn ; 

 Management of the Bed. By J. Wighton 314 



On the Excellences of the Ash-leaved Kid- 

 ney Potato. By T. Torbron - - 188 



On protecting Peas, and other early Crops. 

 By C. P. - - - - 187 



Preserving Green Peas from Birds. By J. 

 Wighton - - - - . 119 



AGRICULTURE. 



Result of an Experiment with Grass Seeds, 

 intended to show the proper Depth of Co- 

 vering they should receive when sown. By 

 Messrs. Drummond, of the Agricultural 

 Museum, Stirling - 508 



Notes on the Bokhara Clover. By H. I. C. 

 Blake - - - - .. -320 



REVIEWS. 



Transactions of the Horticultural Society of 

 London : — Meteorological Journal, 121. 

 Upon raising Coniferous Plants from Seed, 

 121. On the Improvement of the Wild 

 Carrot, 122. Upon forcing the Peach Tree, 

 12-2. Heating by Hot Water, 424. 



The Ladies' Companion to the Flower-Gar- 

 den. Second Edition ... 634 



The Gardener and Practical Florist - - 473 



Loudon's Suburban Horticulturist ; or an 

 Attempt to teach the Science and Practice 

 of the Culture and Management of the 

 Kitchen, Fruit, and Forcing-Garden - 631 



Johnston's Elements of Agricultural Che- 

 mistry and Geology - 372 



Liebig's Chemistry, in its Application to 

 Agriculture and Physiology - - 126 



Squarcy's Treatise on Agricultural Chemis- 

 try 33 



Ward on the Growth of Plants in closely 

 glazed Cases ----- 376 



Johnston's What can be done for English 

 Agriculture? ----- 636 



A Treatise on Manures, their Nature, Pre- 

 paration, and Application, with a Descrip- 

 tion and Use of the most approved British 

 Grasses. By John Donaldson, Land 

 Steward - . > - 34. 221 



Botany for Ladies - 634 



Botany, being part of a Popular Cyclopaedia 

 of Natural Science, published by the So- 

 ciety for the Promotion of Popular Instruc- 

 tion ---..- 371 



Royle's Illustrations of the Botany and other 

 Branches of the Natural History of the 

 Himalayan Mountains, and of the Flora of 

 Cashmere ----- 571 



Gray's Botanical Text Book for Colleges, 

 Schools, and private Students - - 634 



Francis's Little English Flora - - 635 



Francis's Analysis of the British Ferns and 

 their Allies - 635 



Griffith's Contributions to the Botany of 

 India - - - - . - 130 



Sowerby's Illustrated Catalogue of British 

 Plants - - - 473 



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