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CONTENTS. 



XL. Method of Cultivating the North American and oihe 

 hardy Orchideous Plants. In a Letter to the Secretary. 

 By Mr. Stewart Murray, Corresponding Member of the 

 Horticultural Society of London, Curator of the Botanic 

 Garden at Glasgow. P- 403 



XLI. Plan for obtaining a Second Crop of Melons. In a 

 Letter to the Secretary. By Mr. Charles Harrison, 

 F. H. S. Gardener to James Archibald Stuart Wortley, 

 Esq. F. H. S. at Wortley Hall, Yorkshire. p. 406 



XLII. Description of American Fruits, of which Trees have 

 been transmitted to the Horticultural Society of Londmi. 

 In a Letter to the Secretary. By Mr. Michael Floy, 

 Corresponding Member of the Horticultural Society. 



p. 409 



XLIII. On the Cultivation of Celeriac, as practised in 

 Denmark and Germany. In a Letter to William Atkin- 

 son, Esq. F. H. S. By Mr. Jens Peter Petersen. Com- 

 municated by William Atkinson, Esq. p- 419 



XLIV. On the Cultivation of the Nelumbium Speciosum. 

 In a Letter to the Secretary. By Mr. Alexander Stewart, 

 F. H. S. P- 422 



XLV. Description of a Pit for Winter and early Spring 

 Forcing. In a Letter to the Secretary. By Mr. Alexander 

 Stewart, F. H S. p. 425 



XLVI. Account of the growth of some Cedars of Lebanon, 

 in the Gardens at Hopetoun House, near Edinburgh. By 

 Mr. James Smith, Corresponding Member of the Horti- 

 cultural Society, Gardener to the Earl of Hopetoun. 



p. 429 



