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CONTENTS. 



shire, Latitude 57° 34' 54", N. with Descriptions of Five 

 New Seedling Apples. In a Letter to the Secretary. By 

 Sir George Steuart Mackenzie, Bart. F.H.S. p. 332 



XXXIX. On the Cultivation of the Strawberry. In a Letter 

 to the Secretary. By Sir George Steuart Mackenzie, 

 Bart. F.H.S. P 342 



XL. Journal of Meteorological Observations made in the 

 Garden of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick during 

 the year 1827. By Mr. William Beattie Booth, A. L. S. 



p. 346 



XLI. An Account of the maimer of Training the Vine upon 

 Open Walls, at Thomery, near Fontainebleau. In a 

 Letter to the Secretary. By Mr. John Robertson, F. H. S. 



p. 373 



XLI1. Observations on the Cultivation of Stove Plants. In 

 a Letter to the Secretary. By Sir Edward Poore, Bart. 

 F. H. S. p. 389 



XLIII. Upon a Method of obtaining late Flowers of Ranun- 

 culuses. In a Letter to the Secretary. By Mr. Henry 

 Groom, F. H. S. p. 394. 



XLIV. Upon the proper management of Plants during 

 their Voyage from China to England. In a Letter to the 

 Secretary. By Mr. John Damper Parks, F. H. S. Gar- 

 dener to the Earl of Arran, F. H. S. at Bognor, Sussex. 



p. 396 



XLV. An Account of a Cherry Orchard, at Hylands, near 

 Chelmsford, the Seat of Peter Caesar Labouchere, Esq. 

 F.H. S. In a Letter to the Secretary. By Mr. John 

 Smith, the Gardener. p. 400 



XLVI. An Account of an easy method of destroying Cater- 



