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CONTENTS. 



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XII. Observations on the Propagation of Bunt ( Uredo Caries, 



I). C), made with an especial reference to the Potato 

 Disease. By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. . 107 



XIII. Experience in the Transmission of Living Plants to and 



from Distant Countries by Sea. By Mr. Fortune, Cu- 

 rator of the Botanic Garden of the Society of Apothe- 

 caries at Chelsea . . . . . . .115 



XIV. Journal of a Mission to California in search of Plants. 



By Mr. Theodor Hartweg, in the service of the Horti- 

 cultural Society. Part II. Continued from Vol. I., p. 185 121 

 XV. On Pruning Pear Trees. By Mr. Henry Baily, Gardener 

 to His Grace the Archbishop of York, F.H.S., at Nune- 

 ham Park 125 



XVI. Note upon Azalea Ovata, a new Species introduced from 

 China. By Mr. Robert Fortune, Curator of the Botanic 

 Garden of the Society of Apothecaries at Chelsea. ( With 

 a Coloured Plate) . . . . . . .126 



XVII. On the Culture of the Chrysanthemum. By Mr. J. B. 



Whiting, C.M.H.S., Gardener to Henry Thomas Hope, 

 Esq., F.H.S 127 



XVIII. On the Genus iEschynanthus, and its Management. By 



Mr. William Wood, Pine-Apple Place . . . 129 



XIX. Remarks on Cultivating Tropical Fruits for the Table. 

 By Mr. A. Scott, C.M.H.S., Gardener to the Right Hon. 

 Sir George Staunton, Bart., M.P., F.H.S. . . .136 



XX. Remarks on the Tank System of Heating in the Culture 

 of Pine-Apples. By Mr. Robert Reid, C.M.H.S., Gar- 

 dener to Mrs. Clark, Noblethorp, Barnsley. • .138 



XXI. The Propagation of Fruit and other Trees from Branches 

 and Cuttings. By Mr. James Barnes, C.M.H.S., Gar- 

 dener to the Baroness Rolle, F.H.S., Bicton, near 

 Honiton. ........ 142. 



XXII. Memoranda respecting the Saa-Gaa-Ban, or Apios tuberosa, 

 a supposed equivalent for the Potato. By the Vice- 

 Secretary ........ 144 



XXIII. West Indian Fruits and Esculents that may be advan- 



tageously introduced into Cultivation in England. 



By Sir Robert H. Schomburgk 148 



XXIV. A Note upon Saxifraga mutata. By the Hon. and Rev. 



W. Herbert, F.H.S . .155 



Report from the Council . . . . .161 



XXV. Dielytra spectabilis, a new Plant introduced from China. 



By Mr. Fortune. ( With a Coloured Plate) . .178 



XXVI. Observations and Experiments made in the Garden of the 

 Society in 1846 relative to the Potato Disease. By Mr. 

 Robert Thompson, Superintendent of the Orchard and 

 Kitchen Garden . . . . . . .179 



XXVII. Propagation and Culture of Late Vines in Pots. By Mr. 



Toy, Gardener to Col. Challoner, F.H.S., at Portnall 

 Park 183 



