A Notice of the occurrences in Natural History, 

 and the Arts and Scieaces which have a con- 

 nection with it for a few years past, in our 

 United States of North America. — By Saml. 

 L. Mitchill. Page 



Fire Blight — By J. Buel, Esq. of Albany, 



A short treatise on Botany, 



Remarks on Mr. Wilson's sketch of the different 

 kinds of Gardens in the United States. — By 

 Thos. Bridgeman, 



Remarks in answer to a " Squash'' — By Betula 

 Alba, 



On the use of Gypsum in Agriculture. — By J. 

 Buel, Esq. of Albany, 



A Sketch of the different kinds of Gardens in the 

 United States, particularly those of the Mid- 

 dle and Eastern States. — By Wm. Wilson, 



Landscape Gardening.— -Answers by William 

 Wilson to the Queries put to him by " Anti- 

 Indigenous Conceit," 



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The dignity and importance of agricultural pur- 

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 the people, to secure the perpetuity of our 

 civil privileges, 



Recent Valuable Patents. — Improvement in the 

 Horse Shoe — Cast Iron Busii for Grist-Mills 

 — Cast Iron Fire Tongs — Machine for Plant- 

 ing Seeds, 



On a method of Cleaning Silk, Woollen, and 

 Cotton Goods, 



Neat or Horned Cattle. — Of the varieties and 

 breeds of the Bull — Criteria of Cuttle for vari- 

 ous objects and purposes, 



Remarks upon the treatment of Swine. — By Dr. 

 S. Reynolds, 



Copy of a letter from W. Eldcilon Allen, Esq. 

 to Dr. Saml. L. Mitchiil, on t!ie cultivation of 

 the Yine, 



Proceedings of the N. Y. ITortic-jUontl Societv, 



Beech Trees proof against, the Electric Fluid, 



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