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PKEFACE. 



The Summary for the Year 1843 is unavoidably postponed, on 

 account of the ilhiess of the Conductor, who hopes he may be 

 able to give it early in the year 1 844. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



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GENERAL SUBJECT. 



■ '.he Theory of Manures - - - 1 

 iparative Physiology. By R. Lymburn - 190 

 Vital Stimuli; Heat as a Vital Stimulus; 

 ' voUition of Heat in Vegetables ; Sources ; 

 'ght as a Vital Stimulus ; Developement 

 ■ ' Light in Plants; Electricity as a Vital 

 imulus ; Pressure of the Atmosphere - 333 

 Laws of Organic Developement ; General 

 lew of the Functions of animated Beings, 

 id their mutual Relations - - - 381 

 Special and Comparative Physiology: 

 'gostion and Absorption of Aliment in 

 ncral . - . - - 461.509 

 Absorption in Vegetables; Circulation of 

 e Nutritive Fluid generally considered ; 

 rculation in Vegetables; Interstitial Ab- 

 sorption ----- 557 

 On the Food of Plants, and its Transforma- 

 tion 397. 471 



On Bottom Heat - - - . 113 



On Horticultural Exhibitions - - 45 



On the Exhibitions of the London Horticul- 

 tural Society, and on various Matters con- 

 nected with Horticultural Exhibitions . 222 

 Notes taken during a Twelve Days' Tour in 



Brittany and Normandy, in July, 1842: 



Dinan ; Rennes ; Nantes ; Angers ; Le 

 Mans; Lisieux (Calvados) ; Hontieur - 224 



Recollections of a Gardening Tour in the 

 North of England, and Part of Scotland, 



made from June 22. to Sept. 30. 1S41 



continued : 



Stirling to Edinburgh ; Edinburgh to 

 Stranraer; Culhorn House; Castle Ken- 

 nedy; Broadstones ; Stranraer to Ayr; 

 Ayr; Alloway Kirkyard; Dounbrae Cot- 

 tage; Newark Castle. By the Conductor - 250 

 Notices of some Gardens and Country Seats 

 in Somersetshire, Devonshire, and Part of 

 Cornwall • — continued and concluded : — 



Sidmouth ; Peake House ; Nutvvell Court ; 

 Killerton Park; Silverton Park; Poltimore 

 House ; Winslade House ; Heanton Park, 

 near Torrington ; Stevenstone, near Tor- 

 rington ; Roads ; Cottages ; Agriculture of 

 Devonshire. By the Conductor - - 238 



Hints for the Improvement of the Town of 

 Southampton, with a short Notice of the 

 Vineyard at Shirley : — 



The alternate System of Burying ; Cover- 

 ing the Bay with Water when the Tide is at 

 the lowest; Sewerage ; Direction of Streets ; 

 Architecture of Street Buildings ; Public 

 Walks ; Additional Supply of Water to the 

 Town ; Vegetable and Fruit Market ; Even- 

 ing Shelters for Working Men ; Naming 

 the Streets and numbering the Houses ; 

 Regulating the Charges made by Cabs, 

 Flies, &c. ; Shops ; Vineyard at Shirley. By 

 the Conductor . . - . 589 



Dinbur Castle, its Gardens and its Gar- 

 deners . - . . 106. 413. 578 



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Descriptive Notice of some of the Gardens 

 and Scenery around Stirling, the Strath of 

 Monteith, and Strathearn - . - 584 



Notice of Dalvey, the Seat of Norman Mac- 

 Leod, Esq. - . - - . 41(5 

 Notes made during a Horticultural Tour from 

 Lowther Castle in Westmoreland to Exeter 

 in Devonshire - - - - 581 



A Classical Garden of the Mason School of 

 Design, prevalent about the Middle of the 

 last Century, exemplified in the Grounds 

 of Stoke Park, near Windsor, the Seat of 

 John Penn, Esq. - - - - 586 



Bicton Gardens, their Culture and Manage- 

 ment. In a Series of Letters to the Con- 

 ductor — continued. 



Letter IV. House for New Holland 

 Plants. List of New Holland Plants - 20 



Letter V. The Orange and Camellia 

 House, Vhieries, Pineries, ami Peach- 

 houses, Back Sheds, &c. List of Camellias 23 



Letter FI. Chrysanthemums. Manured 

 Water. Properties of Charcoal, &c. - 28 



Letter VII. The Conservatories, and 

 List of Plants in them. The Orchideous 

 Houses and Stoves. Lists of Orchi'dete and 

 of other Stove Plants - - - 29 



Letter VIII. The Flower-Gardens. List 

 of Plants - - - - - 4(1 



Letter IX. Importance of Cleanliness. 

 Manure Water. Charcoal - - - 49 



Letter X. The Rockery. The American 

 Garden - - - - .111 



Letter XL The Trees in the Park. The 

 Lake, and the Aquatic Birds - . 113 



Letter XII. Reasons for following the 

 Business of a Market-gardener - -164 



Letter XIII. Growing Mushrooms - 234 

 Letter XIV. Growing, Training, and 

 general Management of Ericas . - 301 



Letter XF. The Rust in Grapes -367 



Letter XFI. Cultureof the Potato. .Mis- 

 management it is subject to. Cause of Curl 

 and Dry Rot ----- 419 



Letter XVII. System of Kitchen-Gar- 

 dening. Culture of the Strawberry, As- 

 paragus, Sea-kale, Celery, and Cauliflower 427 



Letter X VIII. On the Gooseberry Cater- 

 pillar ------ 434 



Letter XIX. Crane-necked Short-handled 

 Hoes - - - - - .495 



Letter XX. The Crane or Goose-necked 

 Hoes : Objections to them answered. Mdsa 

 Cavendlshw, M. Dacca, and M. sapientum 539 



Letter XXI. System of Kitchen. Garden- 

 ing continued. Culture of the Cabbage, 

 Broccoli, Pea, Bean, Onion, Carrot, Pars- 

 nep, and Spinach ... - 540 



Letter XXII. The principal Causes of 

 Canker in Peaches, Nectarines, andApricots 601 



Letter XXIIL Notes on the One-Shift 

 System of Potting, and on Charcoal . 605 



Letter XXIV. System of Cucumber- 

 Growing - - - . . 653 

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