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PART I.—HORTICULTURE, &c.: Original Communications. 
Art. 1. On the Culture of the Dahlia. By Joseph Harrison, Gardener to the 
Right Hon. Lord WharnclifFe, and one of the Conductors of this 
Magazine .. 145 
2, On Glazing for Hot-house Roofs, &c. By Mr. Saul, Pomological 
Garden, near Lancaster. 147 
3, Comparative Remarks on Wood and Metal Hot-house Roofs. By Mr, 
J. Cur, Worcester... 149 
4, On preserving Plants from Snails, Slugs, &c. by means of the “ Bygrave 
Plant Preserver,” By a Practical Gardener. 160 
6, Remarks on the Erection of Labourers* Cottages. By a Bricklayer’s 
Labourer . 152 
6 , On the Formation of Orchards. By the Author of the “ Domestic Gar¬ 
dener’s Manual,” a Member of the London Horticultural Society.... 155 
PART II.—Reviews and Extracts. 
Art. 1. Reviews of, and Extracts from. Works on Gardening, and Rural and Domestic 
Economy• 
(1.) A Guide to the Orchard and Kitchen Garden (continued). 160 
(2.) Gardeners’ Magazine . 164 
(3.) The Garden... 165 
(4.) Transactions of the London Horticultural Society. ib. 
(6.) Transactions of the Caledonian Horticultural Society. 166 
(6.) Flora and Pomona . 167 
2. Reviews of, and Extracts from. Works on Botany, &c. ib» 
PART III.—NATURAL HISTORY: Original Communications. 
Art. 1, Ideas on forming a new Garden in the Neighbourhood of London, for the 
collective Purposes of the Zoological, Horticultural, and Aledico- 
Botanic Societies. By Joseph Paxton, F.H.S. 171 
2. Successful Method of Destroying the House Sparrow. By Mr. Stafford, 
Gardener to Richard Arkwright, Esq., Willersley Castle, Cromford, 
Derbyshire. 178 
3. On the Gaultheria Shallon as a valuable Food for Bees. By Dr. Bevan, 
Author of the “ Treatise on the Honey Bee” ... 179 
PART IV.—Reviews and Extracts. 
Art. 1. Month’s Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds. By J. Rennie, 
A.M. &c. 181 
2. Edinburgh Philosophical Journal . 182 
3. Magazine of Natural History. 183 
4. The Honey Bee. 184 
5. British Entomology . ib. 
PART V.—MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 
Art. 1. Queries, Answers, Remarks, &c. 185 
2. Notices and Anticipations. 187 
3. Horticultural Societies . 188 
4. Choice Plants. 189 
5. Naturalists’Calendar . 190 
C. Horticultural Calendar. 192 
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