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NEW-YORK, JAIUARY, 1S28. 



[NO. 1. 



CONTENTS. 



Introductory' remarks. page 1 



Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the New-York Horti- 

 cultural Society. By a member of the Society, 1 



tetter from Charles Telfair to Dr. Hosack, 3 



Art. 1 — Commit lieation front Win. Wilson, Esq. of Cler- 

 mont, N. V. on the culture of the Grape. Addressed to 

 th'eNftw-York iiorticultural Society, '.larch, 1821, 4 



Ait. 2.— Descri) ; ; >-" bfFatliertaud Farm 5 



\e',. S. — G. TliOi'burii fc Son's Seed Store, 6 



\,.;, 4. ... i.oti ;;■ iVoiii the Rev. Dr. Miller to the Secretary of 

 atltural Society, or the cultivaiion 

 of the Straw herry, 7 



Art. 5.— On the culjiva ion of the Strawberry, by Mr. Wil- 

 liam ! 'urr, of New-Y Mi, read Feb. 26, 1822. To the Pres- 

 ident and members of the Horticultural Society of N. Y. 8 



Ait. S. — fori [cultural Soci ty ol Paris — Communicated by 

 Dr. Felix Pastalis, President of tlie Liu'noean Branch of 

 Pari.-, and honorary [nember ol the Horticultural Soci- 

 ety of New-} ork, 9 



Art. 7. — Disease's to which Peach Trees are subject. By 

 A. Paim-uliei, propr etor of the Horticultural Botanic 

 Garde. i, Brooklyn, L. I. New-York, 



Vrt. S. —Remarks on the construction and management of 

 Cattle Yards. By J Buel, of Ali-apy. 



Vrt. 9. — Oi' the specific Application of fermentative, and 

 Fossil or Saline Manures, 



Art. 10 — Agricultural Improvements, 



Art li. — New-York Horticultural Society, 



Art. 12. — Letter io the Editor, from Mr. M. Floy, on the 



Peach denominated by him " Emperor of Russia," 



Art. 13 — Systematic Agriculture, page 



Art. 14. — Ou the cultivation of Lucerne — Letter from J. 

 Buel, Esq. of Albany, 



Art. 15,- Culture of Mangel Wurzel, 



Art. 16. — On Forest Trees, Orchard Trees, &c, 



Art. 17. — Variety of Nature, 



Art. 18. — Analysis of Vegetables, 



Art. 19.— Instinct, 



Art. 20. — On the New-Zeaiand Spinage, by Michael Floy, 

 addressed to the President of the New-York Horticul- 

 tural Society, read Nov. 28, 1827, 



Ait. 21. — On Soils — their elementary constituents few — 

 when iniermixed in moderate proportions, are fertile — 

 but when any one pied.-minates to a great degree are ste- 

 rile— their general denominations— treated on separately. 

 By William Wilson. Read before the New-York Horti- 

 cultural Society, March 26, 1822, 



Art. 2-i. — Some account of the Camellia Japonica, with 

 practical observations on its culture. By Thomas Ho»g, 



Art. 23.— Richard Wilcox's apparatus to demonstrale tho 

 necessary rerjuisi es for Germination ; or the only princi- 

 ples required for Vegetation, 



Art. 24. —Apricot nfMusch. By A. Parmentier, proprietor 

 of the Horticultural Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, L. I. 

 New-York, 



Art. 25.— The method of preserving Grapes, by dipping 

 their stems in tar, injurious to their flavor, 



Art. 26. — Th<- Red Monthly Strawberry, without runners. 

 By A. Parmentier,. proprietor of the Horticultural Botanic 

 Garden, Brooklyn, L. I. New-York, 



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