TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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XXIII. On the Nutritive Constituents of Water. By Professor Schulz- 



Schultzenstein (continued) 129 



XXIV. Hints on Hybridizing Fruits. By John Standish, Royal Nursery, 



Ascot, Berks 135 



XXV. On a supposed Hybrid Fern from Philadelphia. By the Rev. M. J. 



Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S 137 



XXVI. Note on Border-heating. By the Rev. W. Kingsley 140 



XXVII. Note on the cultivation of Amherstia nobilis. By Mr. Taplin, 



gardener to His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, at Chatsworth. . 144 



XXVIII. Report on Peach- and Nectarine-Trees at Chatsworth. By Mr. 



Robert Thompson, Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens, 

 Chiswick. With a Note by the Editor 145 



XXIX. Note on a Disease in Celery. By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, 



M.A.,F.L.S.. : 150 



XXX. On certain species and varieties of the Genera Cratcegus and Pyrus 



as Ornamental Plants. By Mr. Thomas Kier Shortt 151 



XXXI. On two species of Rudqea. By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., 



F.L.S. 154 



XXXII. A short Note on the state of Horticulture in Hungary. By Miles 



Berkeley, Esq 157 



Extracts from Proceedings of the Royal Horticultural Society, and 

 Miscellaneous Matter xvii 



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