CONTENTS. 
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PART I.—HORTICULTURE, &c. j Original Communications. 
Art. 1. Account of a successful Method of Cultivating the White Tokay Grape. 
By Mr. Charles Parkin, Gardener to Viscount Galway, Serlby H^l, 
Notts. 49 
2. On a successful Method of Blooming the Triverania Coccinea (Cyrilla 
Pulchella). By an Amateur. 50 
3. On the Evil Effects of Metallic Hot-houses on Vegetation. By Mr. 
M‘Murtrie, Gardener to Viscount Anson, Shugborough Hall, Staf¬ 
fordshire. 51 
4. Account of a large Brussels Apricot Tree. By Mr. Deas, Gardener to 
His Grace the Duke of Norfolk, Arundel Castle, Sussex. 53 
5. Hints to the Conductors of the Horticultural Register, By A. J. 54 
6. On the Cultivation of the Auricula. By Mr. John Revell, of Pitsmoor, 
near Sheffield. 5G 
7. Design for forming Subscription Gardens in the Vicinity of large Com¬ 
mercial Towns. By Joseph Paxton, F.H.S. 58 
8. On Labourers* Cottages recently erected at Thurlby, in Lincolnshire. By 
Artus . 62 
9. Outlines of the Theory of Arboriculture—Food of Plants—Analysis of 
Soils. By Quercus. 64 
PART II.—Reviews and Extracts. 
Art. 1. Extracts from Works on Horticulture and Rural and Domestic Economy:— 
(1) Pyrus Malus Brentfordiensis. 68 
(2) Gardener’s Magazine. 69 
(3) Memoirs of the Caledonian Horticultural Society . 73 
2. Catalogue of British Works Oh Gardening, Botany, Rural Subjects, &c... 74 
PART III.—NATURAL HISTORY: Original Communications, 
Art. 1. On the Havoc committed by the Short-tailed Field Mouse (Mus Arvalis) 
in the Plantations of the Forest of Dean. Communicated by Mr. E. 
Murphy. 79 
PART IV.—Reviews and Extracts. 
1. Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society .. 81 
2. British Entomology. 83 
3. Magazine of Natural History. ib. 
PART V—MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 
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1. Choice or beautiful Plants Flowering this Month in the principal Nurseries 
roxmd London. 85 
2. Naturalist’s Calendar . 88 
3. Queries, Answers, Remarks, &c. 91 
4. Collections and Recollections:— 
Zoological Society. 92 
To exterminate Dandelions.. ib. 
To destroy Thistles . ib. 
Charcoal Dust. ib. 
Weeds. 93 
Chinese Gardeners. ib. 
Russet in Apples . ib. 
Horticultural Rareties . ib. 
5. Horticultural and Floricultural Societies. ib, 
6. Monthly Horticultural Calendar. 95 
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