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CONTENTS. 



Reise durch die ostlichen Bundestaaten in die 

 liombardey, und zuriick iiber die Schweiz 

 und den Oberen Rhein, in besoiiderer Bezie- 

 hung, u. s. w. A Journey through the 

 Western States of Lombardy, and back 

 again by Switzerland and the Upper Rhine ; 

 with particular Reference to the Information 

 of the People, Agriculture, and Political 

 Economy. By G. Fr. von Rumbhr - 520 



The Hop-Farmer. By E. J. Lance - - 296 



Poultry : their Breeding, Rearing, Diseases, 

 and general Management. By Walter B. 

 Dickson - - - - .293 



An Essay on the Antiquity of Hindoo Medi- 

 cine. By J. F. Royle, M.D., F.R., L.S., &c. 297 

 Catalogue of Works on Gardening, Agricul- 

 ture, Botany, Rural Architecture, &c., 

 lately published, witli some Account of 

 those considered the more interesting - 55. 



181. 339.384. 4+2.525 

 A Descriptive Catalogue of Roses culti- 

 vated for Sale by T. Rivers and Son, 

 at their Nurseries, Sawbridgeworth, 

 Herts. For the Autumn of 1837 and 

 the Spring of 18i8 . - -55 



A Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits culti- 

 vated by T. Rivers and Son, at their 

 Nurseries, Sawbridgeworth, Herts; 

 with the Prices of Fruit Trees, as sold 

 by them, 183o-7 - - - 56 



The British Almanac of the Society for the 

 Diffusion of Useful Knowledge; and the 

 Companion to the Almanac, or Year- 

 Book of General Information, for 183S 55 

 The British Working Man's Almanac; 

 and the Working Man's Companion, or 

 Year Book, for 18:38 - - - 56 



Monographie de la Famille des Coniferes. 



Par M. Jacques - . - _ 155 



Histoire du Cedre de Liban. Par M. 



Loiseleur Deslongchamps . - 355 



Verzeichniss von im Frein ausdauernden 

 Standen-Gewiichsen, &c. By F. A. 

 Haage, Jun. . - . . 156 



Observations on the Preservation of 

 Health in Infancy, Youth, Manhood, 

 and Age, &c. By John Harrison Curtis 156 

 A Letter to Earl Sj.-encer (President of 

 theSmithfleld Club), on the Formation 

 of a National Agricultural Institution. 

 ByHenry Handley, Esq., M. P. - -181 

 Prize Essay on Propagation by Cuttings 182 

 Index Seminum in Horto Botanico Bero- 



linensi 1837 collectorum. List of Seeds 

 collected in the Berlin Botanic Garden 



in 1837 183 



Del'E'conomie des Engrais, ou de la M^- 

 thode de Pierre Jauff'ret, Cultivateur 

 d'Aix. Redig^ et mis en Ordre par N. 

 V. Auguste Lozivy, un des iManda- 

 taires-Gerans de 1' Administration Jauf- 



fret 184 



The young Lady's Book of Botany - 339 



Jesse's Gleanings in Natural History - 339 

 Waterton's Essays on Natural History - 339 

 Townsend's Directions on Practical Agri. 

 culture, for the Working Farmers of 

 Ireland - - - - 340 



Fourth Annual Report of the Jersey Agri- 

 cultural and Horticultural Society - 340 

 Patterson's Letters on the Natural His- 

 tory of the Insects mentioned in Shak- 

 speare's Plays - - - - 384 



Mudio's Man in his Physical Structure 



and Adaptations - - - - 385 



M'Intosh's Flower-Garden. Part II. : 



The Green-house, Hot-house, and Stove 442 

 Parnell's Treatise on Roads - - 442 



Lindley's Flora Medica , - . 442 



Westwood's Introduction to the Modern 



Classification of Insects - - -443 

 Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, 



and Mines, &c. - . . - 525 



Ingledew's Treatise on the Culture of the 

 Red Rose, Strawberry, Brazil Goose- 

 Iserry, Peach, Mango, and Grape Vine 526 

 Literary Notices : — Sweet's British Flower- 

 Garden, proposed to be merged into the Bo- 

 tanical Register, 57. KoUar's History of the 

 Insects injurious to Gardeners and Farmers, 

 94. Lewis's Portraits of Oak Trees, 95. . 

 Gauen's Treatise on the Concentration and 

 Reflection of the Sun's Rays, as applied to 

 Horticulture and Agriculture, 184. Pax- 

 ton's Treatise on the Cultivation of the 

 Dahlia, 1S4. The Suburban Landscape- 

 Gardener, 298. The Book of the Farm, 298. 

 A Monograph on the Genus OEnothera,385. 

 Bennett's i'lanta3 Javanicje rariores, 386. 

 Repton's Worlds on Landscape- Gardening 

 and Landscape-Architecture, with Notes by 

 J. C. Loudon, 491. A Floral Guide for Fa- 

 vershara, .527. The Gardener's Annual Re- 

 gister for the Year 1S38, 527. The Ladies' 

 Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals, by 

 Mrs. Loudon, 640. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



General Notices. 



Joyce's new Mode of Heating, 57 ; Joyce's new 

 Stove and economical Fuel, 95 ; On the For- 

 mation of Mould, 95; EfTect of Carbonic Acid 

 on Vegetation, 97 ; Phosphorescent Plants, 97 ; 

 Loss of Species.of Plants, 97 ; Silkworms fed 

 upon Rice, 97 ; Preservation of Vegetables, 97 ; 

 JaufTret's new Manure, 184; Statistics of the 

 Woods and Forests of Europe, 1S5 ; Extent of 

 Surface under Cultivation in Britain and on 

 the Continent, 185; A sure and economical 

 Method of managing Cape Heaths, 253 ; Tro- 

 pae^olum tuberosum, 254; To prepare Goose- 

 berry Cuttings which shall not throw up 

 suckers, 254;; Propagating Roies by Cuttings 

 of the Roots, 254; Results in Summer and Au- 

 tumn of the Weather of the preceding Spring, 

 J. M., 340; Dry Rot and the Kyanising Pro- 

 cess, 341 ; A permanent Tally for Plai*ts, James 

 Eaton, 341 ; Progress of Education in rearing 

 and training Brule Animals, 342; Develope- 

 ment of the Bark in Trees, 386; Horticultural 

 Exhibition at York, H. S., 387 ; India Rubber, 

 or Caoutchouc, 387 ; Antiseptic Property of 

 Honey, 387; The Slimy Grub, Blennocampa 

 Selandri;^ J. M. H S., 299; Jaufi'ret's new 

 Manure, V., 299 ; Jauffret's Manure in Eng. 

 land, 3C0 ; Joyce's new Mode of Heating, 302 ; 

 Dr. Arnott's Stove, 302; The Slimy Grub, 

 John Jennings, 494; Liquid Manure, 494; 



Corbett's Hygrothermanic Apparatus," 527 ; 

 Preserving Fruit, and other Botanical Speci. 

 mens, in a moist State, 529 ; Protecting Grapes 

 from Sparrows, by means of Black Thread or 

 Worsted, J. M., 529, 



'Foreign Notices. 



France. — Agriculture, 98 ; Vegetable Mon. 

 strosity, 98 ; Cordage from the Napaj'a Ije'vis, 

 98 ; Cause of the Fertility of Sandy Soil in the 

 Valleys of the Loire, 185 ; The Temperature of 

 Paris, 185 ; A Caterpillar injurious to the Vine, 

 185 ; Employment of the Insane in Agriculture 

 and Gardening, 186 ; Method of training the 

 Vine in the Pyrenees, 186 ; The Cedar of Le- 

 banon and other Conifers, 186; A new Straw- 

 berry, 186; Reaping-Machine, 186; The Ga- 

 lactodendron specibsura, W. Hamilton, M. D., 

 495. 



Germany. — The Cold in January, 1838, 186 j 

 Garden Improvements in Hanover, 636. 



Siveden. — Some Account ofthe Swedish Horti. 

 cultural Society, and the Garden of M. Rosen- 

 blad, in Stockholm, by Austrian Travellers, in 

 the Summer of 1836, 199; A Visit to Ham- 

 marby, the Covuitry Seat of Linn^us, 98. 



Denmark. — State of Gardening in Denmark, J. 

 P. Petersen, 186. 



/nrf/fl. — Taking Bees in India, J. B. W., 349. 



North America. — State of Gardening in the 



