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PLATE I.— Dicentra specfabili^ ... 



" II. — Nepenthes RanT esiana, 



" ill.— Campanula nobilis alba (Frontispiece.) 



" IV. — Gratrimanthes gentianoides, 



" V. — Calceolaria Anna Neal, 



*' VI. — Achimenes gloxinisefiora. 

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WOOD CUTS. 



Suburban Greenhouses, - - - 



Nepenthes Rnfflesiana, ... 



Frame for introduction of Grape Vines into Green- 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



No. 1.— MAY. 



Natural System of Botany, page 1 



Statistics of Horticulture, 4 



Theory and Practice of Pruning, C 



Foreign Grapes, Descriptive List, 8 



Patriarchsot Horticulture and Botany, 9 

 Natural Science. Botany, systems of 



classification, 10 



Entomology. Agriculture, 11 



Indications of the Creator in the Ve- 

 getable Kingdom, 12 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, 15| 

 Native Plants, 17 

 Transactions of Scientific Societies, 18 

 Lily, Uose and Violet, 19 



Emigrant's Adieu, 



■ Labor s Cry. School of t)esign. Ar- 

 mand Marrast, 



Our Apology, 



Monthly Tour of Inspection, 



Editorial Notes, 



Report ot Pennsylvania Horticultural 

 Society, 



'Calendarof Operations, April & May, 



Circular of Pennsylvania Horticultu- 

 ral Society. 



Description of Plate Dicentra Specta- 

 bilis, 



Loudon's Tomb at Kensal Green, 



No. 2— JUNE. 



Acclimatisation of Plants, 



Natural Sciences-Agriculture, 



Statistics of Horticulture. 



Foreign Grapes — Descriptive List, 



Notes on Grape Culture, 



The Epacris, 



The Chrysanthemum, 



Agricultural Chemistry, 



Rattiesia Arnoldii, 



Report on Agricultural Schools in 

 \ Ireland, 



*R Importance of Deep and Fine Tillage, 

 %! Selecting Power of Plants, 



33 Laborer's Wishy 



35 Editorial, 



20 Our Friends and Censors, 



37; Gardeners and Association, 



38 Calendar of Operations, 



42 Native Plant Calendar, 



43 Description of Plate 2, Nepenthes 

 40 Rafilesiana, 



47 Curiosities of Vegetation, 

 Gardener's Society Exhibition, 



48 Monthly Tour of Inspection, 



50 Report of Pennsylvania Horticultu- 



51 ral Society, 



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