GENERAL SUBJECT.

Historical and Geographical.

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A Summary View of the Progress of Gar.

dening, and of Rural Improvement gene.

rally, in Britain, during the Year 1837;

with some Notices relative to the State of

both in Foreign Countries. By the Con-

ductor

Notices of Gardens and Country Seats in

Great Britain and Ireland, supplementary

to, or corrective of, the Notices given in

the Encyclopedia of Gardening. By various

Contributors

Brief Notices, made on several Occasions,

when visiting some Noblemen's and Gen-

tlemen's Seats, in the Autumn of 1836. By

Thomas Rutger

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Some Account of Gardens and the State of

Gardening in the North and West Ridings

of Yorkshire. By J. B. W.

Some Account of Gardens and the State of

Gardening in the County of Durham. By

J. B. W.

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Remarks on the Origin and Direction of the
woody Fibre of the Stems of Palms. By
James Main, A.L.S.

Report on the Hardy Fruits for the Year

1837; with some preliminary Observations

on Climate. By Robert Thompson

Suggestions relative to the Amelioration of

our edible Fruits with more certainty than

has hitherto been done; with some pre-

liminary Observations on Grafting, Dis-

budding, &c. By D. Beaton

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Further Suggestions relative to the Amelio-

ration of our edible Fruits. By D. Beaton 245

On acclimatising exotic Plants in British
Gardens. By N. M. T.

Remarks on Tile-Draining, and on certain

Benefits which might result from the Use

of Draining Tiles in supplying Air to the

Subsoil. By Robert Arthur, Gardener at

Wall Tower Gardens, North Berwick

An improved Mode of painting, lettering,

and varnishing Tallies. By W. A. Nes-

field

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No. 8. The small Ermine Moth

No. 9. Slimy Grub of the Pear and other

Fruit Trees

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Farther Information respecting the Coleop

terous Insect Otiorhynchus sulcatus, and

its Ravages on the Vine. By W. Linwood,

F. H.S., &c.; with some Remarks from J.

O. Westwood, F.L.S.

294

Notice of a Mode of destroying a Species of

Moth injurious to the Vineyards of the

South of France, employed by M. Audouin.

Professor of Entomology in the Muséum

d'Histoire Naturelle

On the Balaninus nùcum, or common Nut
Weevil. By J. Wighton; with a Note by
J. O. Westwood

An Account of some Trials made with the

Leaves of the common Laurel, for Destroy-

ing Insects. By J. H. A.

LANDSCAPE-GARDENING AND

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GARDEN ARCHITECTURE
Suggestions for the Improvement of Kensing-
ton Gardens; and which are applicable,
also, in a greater or less Degree, to Hyde
Park, the Green Park, Regent's Park, and
Greenwich Park, and to Parks and Plea-
sure-grounds generally. By the Conductor 145
Plan of the Grounds of Chester Holme Cot
tage, laid out by Mr. George Harland
On the Formation and Planting of a Suburban
Kitchen-Garden. By A. Forsyth
Design for combining all the Forcing-houses,
Botanical Houses, and Pits and Frames, re-
required for a moderate Establishment, in
One Group. By A. Forsyth
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Description of an early Forcing Pit, and a
Boiler for an early Forcing Stove, erected
at Oakhill Gardens. By A. Forsyth
Plans, Sections, &c., of a small span-roofed
Pit, for Green-house Plants, recently
erected at Stratford Green, Essex. By
John Bevis
947

Elevation and Description of a Cast-iron

Espalier Rail, erected in the Gardons of

Maeslaugh Castle, Radnorshire. By James

Alexander

On the Transplanting or Removal of Ever-

green Shrubs. By R. Glendinning

On the Propagating and Transplanting of

Evergreens. By John Turnhill

Notes on the Growth of Trees at Flasby Hall,

near Gargrave, in Craven, Yorkshire. By

George Wintersgill

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Notice of a remarkable Woodland District in
Scotland, still in its natural State; com-
prising the Head of Strathspey, in Bade-
noch, and the Forest of Braemar. By H. B.

Dimensions of some Trees, and Notes on the

Growth of other Trees and Shrubs, indi-

genous and exotic, on the Estate of Poloc,

in Lanarkshire, the Property of Sir John

Maxwell, Bart. By John Maxwell, M.P. - 167

An Account of some remarkable Trees of

the Norway Spruce (A'bies excélsa Poir.)

now growing at the Whim, in Peeblesshire,

the Property of Sir James Montgomery of

Bartstanhope and Stobo. By J. M'Nab,

Superintendent of the Experimental Gar-

dens, Inverleith

A new Guard for single Trees in Parks, &c.

By Charles Lawrence

Notice of the Wilton Shrub-lifter. By its

Inventor, Harry Alcock

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List of Plants which have stood the open Air

at Pendarves, in Cornwall. By James

Mitchinson, Gardener

Notice of some Green-house and Half-hardy
ligneous Plants, which have endured the
open Air, for several Winters, in the
Handsworth Nursery, near Birmingham.
By Alexander Pope
Results of an Attempt to grow some tender
Aquatics in hot Water, in the open Air.
By Richard Christie

An Account of the Mode in which the large

Palm at Hale Hall, Lancashire, was low.

ered Five Feet. By John Nickson, Gar-

dener to J. J. Blackburn, Esq., M.P., at

Hale Hall

Description of an oiled Paper Cap for pro-
tecting Dahlias, when in Flower, from au-
tumnal Frosts. By John Turnbull
On the Culture of Epiphyllum truncatum.
By T. Symons

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On the Culture of Cape Heaths. By R. Glen-
dinning

On the Management of Cape Heaths in the

open Air during the Summer Season. By

John Fyffe

On the Culture of Chrysanthemums. By

James Cuthill

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A mode of training the Sweet Pea in Flower-

Gardens. By John Fyffe, Gardener at

Milton Bryant

On protecting the Crocus, when in Blossom,

from Sparrows. By William Anderson,

F.L.S.

&c.

HORTICULTURE

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An Account of a Method of pruning orna-

mental Trees, chiefly Beech. By J. W. B. 496

Instances of the Mistletoe being found on

the Oak; with Remarks on grafting and
budding the Mistletoe. By D. Beaton
On the Growth of the Pine and Fir Tribe in
exposed and stormy Situations. By John
Nuttall, Tiltoun, Mount Kennedy, County
Wicklow

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On the Propagation of the Pine and Fir
Tribe and other Conifera, by Cuttings.
By T. M. Lindsay, Gardener at High Clere 444

Notice of the Mode of treating the more rare

Species of the Pine and Fir Tribe at Drop-

more. By P. Frost

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A Mode of transplanting a large Cedar Tree

described. By J. Cuthill, Gardener to Capt.

Trotter, Dyrham Park

Notice respecting the State of a Plantation of

Salix alba, of which some Account was

given, in 1825, in this Magazine. By Archi-

bald Gorrie, F. H.S., M.C.H.S.

Account of a Plant of d'rbutus Andráchne

in the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, supposed

to be the largest in Britain. By William

M'Nab, A.L.S., Superintendent of the

Garden

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353

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lated from the German of V. F. Fischer.
By Francis Mascall, Esq., of Eppleton,
Durham

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A Treatise on the Cultivation of Truffles.
By Alexander Von Bornholz. Translated
from the German by Francis Mascall, Esq.,
of Eppleton, Durham
Olitorial Notices; or, Notices of new Culinary
Vegetables, deserving of general Cultiva-
tion in British Gardens

Notice of some new, or little known, sorts of

culinary Vegetables, cultivated in the North

Riding of Yorkshire. By J. B. Whiting - 499

A Method of training Pear Trees which
might be advantageously adopted in Gar-
dens where Walls cannot be afforded, and
Standards will not thrive; with preliminary
Observations respecting the List of Pears in
the last Edition of the "Encyclopædia of
Gardening." By J. B. W.

On the Culture of the Musa Cavendishi, as
practised at Chatsworth. By Joseph Pax-
ton, F.L.S., H.S., &c.

On the Shriveling of Grapes, and Recom-
mendations of the early White Frontignac.
By J. Robertson, Nurseryman

On the Shriveling of Grapes. By Agronome's
Nephew

On the Rust on Vines. By J. Wighton, Gar.
dener to Lord Stafford, Cossey Hall

263

On Part of the Vines, in the same Forcing-
house, being suspended, and Part not. By
Charles Pullen, Gardener to F. L. Gold-
smid, Esq., Champion Hill
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On a new Method of grafting Vines. By
William Smith, Gardener at the Priory, St.
Andrew's, Fifeshire

306
On the Necessity of thinning the Berries on
Bunches of Grapes as soon as the Fruit is
set. By John Fyffe, Gardener at Milton
Bryant, Woburn

On the Rust on Vines. By John McEvoy,
Gardener, Leweston House, near Sher-
borne, Dorsetshire

305

On a Method of obtaining Green Mint during
Winter. By James Cuthill

List of Fifty-four Sorts of Wheat, Seeds and
Ears of which have been received from M.
Vilmorin

An Essay on the Nature, the Means, and the

End of Imitation in the Fine Arts. By J.

C. Kent

Botanical Periodicals.

Transactions of the Horticultural Society of

London

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506

First Annual Report, Laws, and Transac

tions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 507

Journal of a Horticultural Tour through

Germany, Belgium, and Part of France, in

the Autumn of 1835. To which is added,

a Catalogue of the different Species of

Cacter in the Gardens at Woburn Abbey.

By James Forbes, A.L.S., Corresponding

Member of the Horticultural Society, Au-

thor of Hortus Woburnensis, &c.

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Ladies' Botany; or, a familiar Introduction

to the Study of the Natural System of

Botany -

Lectures on Landscape-Gardening in Aus-

tralia. By the late Mr. Thomas Shepherd 584

The Flora of Jamaica; a Description of the

Plants of that Island, arranged according

to the Natural Orders; with an Appendix,

containing an Enumeration of the Genera,

according to the Linnæan System, and an

Essay on the Geographical Distribution of

the Species. By James Macfadyen, M.D. - 590

The New Botanist's Guide to the Localities

of the rarer Plants of Britain. By Hewett

Cottrel Watson

Amaryllidacea; preceded by an Attempt to

arrange the Monocotyledonous Orders, and

followed by a Treatise on cross-bred Vege-

tables, and Supplement. By the Hon. and

Rev. W. Herbert

Illustrations and Descriptions of the Plants

which compose the Natural Order Camel-

lies, and of the Varieties of Camellia

japonica cultivated in the Gardens of Great

Britain. The Drawings by Alfred Chan-

dler; the Descriptions by William Beattie

Booth

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The Northern Flora; containing the Wild

Plants of the North of Scotland. By

Alexander Murray, M.D.

Salicetum, sive Salicum Formæ quæ hodie

innotuere, descriptæ et systematice dis-

positæ

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220

The Orchidacea of Mexico and Guatemala - 508

An Analysis of the British Ferns and their

Allies, with Copperplate Engravings of

every Species and Variety. By George W.

Francis

The Flower-Garden; including Directions

for the Arrangement and Cultivation of

all Garden Flowers; the Management of

the Green-house, Hot-house, and Stove;

with selected Lists of the most beautiful

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annual, biennial, perennial, and exotic

Flowering Plants

The Parterre; or, Whole Art of forming
Flower.Gardens. By C. F. Ferris, Esq.
The Florist's Magazine; a Register of the
newest and most beautiful Varieties of
Florists' Flowers. Drawn from Nature,
engraved and coloured in the most finished
Style. By Frederick W. Smith

A Catalogue of Herbaceous Plants cultivated
and sold by John Cree, Addlestone Nur.
sery, Chertsey, Surrey; with numerous
Synonymes, and References to Figures in
the leading Botanical Periodicals; and also
a select List of Fruit Trees, with Descrip-

tions
Catalogue of the Cellulares, or Flowerless
Plants, of Great Britain; or those in-
cluded in the Linnæan Class Crypto-
gamia; compiled from Sir W. J. Hooker's

English Flora,"
"vol. v. ; Sir J. E. Smith's

"English Flora," vol. iv. ; Mackay's

"Flora Hibernica;" Henslow's "Cata-

logue of British Plants," and other Sources.

By W. A. Leighton, B. A. F.B.S. Edin.,

&c.

Practical Remarks on the Failure of the
Potato Crop; with Instructions how to
remedy the Evil. By William Stent,
Nursery and Seedsman, East Stockwith,
near Gainsburgh, Lincolnshire

Catalogue of Works on Gardening, Agricul

ture, Botany, Rural Architecture, &c..

lately published, with some Account of

those considered the more interesting - 223.

321. 605.

Sowerby's Small Edition of English Bo-
tany

Baxter's British Flowering Plants

Hooker's Icones Plantarum

The Gardener's Gazette ·

The Magazine of Domestic Economy - 607

Le Couteur on the Varieties, Properties,

and Classification of Wheats

607

Reid's Chemistry of Nature, designed as

a popular Exposition of the Chemical

Constitution and Relations of Natural

Objects, and as a General Introduction

to the Study of Chemical Science

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Stonehouse's History and Topography of

the Isle of Axholme

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Ellistson's Hobart Town Almanack, and

Ross's Van Diemen's Land Annual, for

1837.

610

Barker-Webb, et Sabin Berthelot, His-

toire Naturelle des Iles Canaries

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Allgemeine Gartenzeitung

611

Verhandlungen des Vereins zur Beför-

derung des Gartenbaues in den Köni

glich Prussischen Staaten. Transactions

of the Horticultural Society of Prussia 611

Verhandlungen des Vereins zur Beför-

derung des Garten und Felbaues, als