THE Thirteenth Volume of the Magazine has been enlarg- ed by the addition of one hundred pages more than any previous volume; and the following Table of Contents will show the very great variety of information which it contains in every department of Horticulture, especially on the culti- vation of fruits, and descriptions of new and fine varieties.
On the Transplantation of the Coniferous
Forest Trees, (Pines, &c.,) of New Eng-
land to the Southern States. By Dr. A.
Mitchell, Portland, Me. In a letter to
the Hon. H. A. S. Dearborn. Commu-
nicated by Gen. Dearborn,
On the Importance of the Cultivation of
the Oak, and other valuable Timber
Trees; with Observations on the Pre-
servation of Ship Timber, and the Pro-
cess of Decay in Wood. By A. Mitchell,
M. D., Portland. In a letter to the Hon.
H. A. S. Dearborn. Communicated by
Gen. Dearborn,
385
2. Swan's Orange, Dallas, Calhoun, Mc
Laughlin, Ropes, Pennsylvania,
3. Figue de Naples, Forelle, Ananas,
Bezi de la Motte, Belle et Bonne,
Thompson's,
4. Knight's (R. I.) Seedling, Johonnot,
Winship's Seedling, Henrietta, Lee's
Seedling, Hanners,
Descriptions and Engravings of Select
Varieties of Apples. By the Editor,-
1. Twenty Ounce, Northern Spy, Red
Canada,
2. Early Joe, Fall Jennetting, Mars-
ton's Red Winter,
3. Hawley, Melon, St. Lawrence,
Descriptive Account of Prince's Paragon
Peach. By W. R. Prince, Flushing, L. I.,
Additional Remarks on the Northern Spy
Apple. By J. H. Watts, Esq., Roch-
ester, N. Y.,
Some Account of the Cooper Apple and
its History. By T. S. Humrickhouse,
Notice of some new Seedling Fruits of
the West, with a Description and En-
graving of the American White Winter
Calville Apple. By A. Fahnestock,
Lancaster, Ohio,
Pomological Notices; or Notices respect-
ing New and Superior Fruits, worthy
of general cultivation. Notices of sev-
eral new Apples, Peaches and Grapes.
By the Editor,
112. 448
Remarks and General Hints on some few
varieties of the Pear. By S. Walker,
Roxbury, Mass.,
Root Grafting Apple Trees. By a Flush-
ing Propagator,
The Strawberry Question. By the Editor, 347
May's Victoria Currant, with an Engrav-
ing of the Fruit. By the Editor, .
Descriptions and Engravings of select va-
rieties of Cherries. By the Editor,
Notice of Three New Varieties of Fruit.
By Herman Wendell, M. D., Albany, N.
Y. With Descriptions and Engravings.
By the Editor,
Notice of two Seedling Peaches. By S.
T. Jones, Esq., Staten Island, N. Y.
With Descriptions of the Fruit. By
the Editor,
Wendell's Mottled Bigarreau Cherry;
with an Engraving of the Fruit. By
Dr. Herman Wendell, Academy Park,
Albany, N. Y.,
Descriptions and Engravings of select va-
rieties of Plums. By the Editor,
The Virgoulouse, or White Doyenné Pear.
By S. D. P., New Haven, Conn.,.
On the Cultivation of the Pelargonium,
with a Description of several new and
fine Seedlings. By Edward Beck; Esq.,
Worton Cottage, Isleworth, near Lon-
don,
34
Floricultural and Botanical Notices of
New and Beautiful Plants, figured in
Foreign Periodicals; with Descriptions
of those recently introduced to, or orig-
inated in, American Gardens, 77. 215. 315.
358. 401. 495.540
Hydrangea japónica, its Cultivation, with
an Engraving of the Plant. By the
Editor,
On the Cultivation and Treatment of
Cape Heaths, (Ericas.) By Jolin Cad-
ness, Gardener to Mr. J. L. L. F. War-
ren, Brighton,
Notice of some of the Mosses of New
England. By William Oakes, Ipswich,
Mass.,
On the Propagation of Stove and Green-
house Exotics; in a series of letters.
By James Kennedy, Gardener to S. T.
Jones, Staten Island, N. Y.
Letter I. Propagation by Seeds,
II. Propagation by Cuttings,
III. Propagation by Offsetts,
IV. Propagation by Layers,
Some Account of the Oswego Buerré, or
Reid's Seedling Pear. By the Editor,. 198
Some Remarks upon the Cooper Apple,
and its Identity with other sorts.
A. H. Ernst, Cincinnati, Ohio,
The Currant, its Cultivation, &c. By J.
H. Watts, Rochester, N. Y.,
On the Cultivation and Treatment of the
Peach Tree in Cold Houses. By Tho-
mas B. Cowan, Gardener to Dr. Dur-
fee, Fall River, Mass.,
Notice of a new Seedling Apple. By A.
Fahnestock, Lancaster, Ohio,
A Way to keep a Record of the Place of
every Tree in an Orchard,-with or
without Labels. By M. W. Phillips,
Edwards, Miss.,
On the Cultivation and Treatment of the
Grape Vine in the Green-house or Con-
servatory; with a Diary of the Progress
Cultivation of Annual Flowers, 185; Pruning
the Pear Tree, 186; Destruction of Insects
by Hot Water, 226; The cultivation of the
Calceolaria as an Annual, 228; The culti-
vation of the Dahlia, 229; Scarlet Pelargo-
niums for winter blooming plants, 279; Root
Pruning Trees, 280; Culture of the Chinese
Primrose, 281; Thinning Annual Plants, 283;
Pot Culture of the Vine, 283; Root Pruning
and Management of the Pear Tree, 318; Pro-
pagation of Gloxinias, 323; Chrysanthe-
mums, 323; Carnations, Picotees and Pinks
-their Propagation, 325; Treatment of
Azaleas, 326; Exposing Green-house Plants
in Summer, 326; Cultivation of Aloysia
citriodora, 327; The Heartsease or Pansy,
327; Scarlet Pelargoniums for winter flow-
ering, 327; Culture of Asparagus in Ger-
many, 361; Cultivating the Pine Apple in
the open air in England, 363; Window
Flowers, 366; Propagation of Plants for
next season, 411; Pruning the Banksian
Rose, 413; Replacement of Branches in
Fruit Trees, 413; Autumn Pruning Fruit
Trees, 413; Culture of Vines in Pots, 414;
Cultivation of Tea China Roses, 416; Vine
Borders, 418; The Cultivation of the Cur-
rant and production of new varieties, 453;
Scarlet Pelargoniums, 456; Pruning Fruit
Trees, 457; Bottom Heat, 458; Preparation
of large shrubs for removal, 459; Preparing
for Winter, 460; Spring Bulbs, 502; Bulbs
in Pots, 503; Glazing, 505; Management of
Hawthorn Hedges, 505; Flower Forcing,
506; Cultivation of Raspberries, 506; Cul-
ture of Tomatoes in the open air, 507; Burnt
Earth for Roses, and the mode of prepara-
tion, 510; Proper Manure for Roses, 511;
Moss Roses suitable for Pillar Roses, 512;
Bones as Manure, and their use in the cul-
ture of Pelargoniums, 512; Root Pruning
Fruit Trees, 513; Experiment on Root
Splendid Plantation of Pear Trees, 130; Re- marks on the Hog Artichoke, 130; Wm. S. Sullivant, Esq., 130; Pleasant Experiment with Andrómeda calyculata, 131; The Win- ter in Georgia, 132; Horticulture in Ohio, 132; Maine Pomological Society, 132; Gen- esee Valley Horticultural Society, 133; Steu- benville Horticultural Society, Ohio, 133; Helianthus divaricatus and giganteus, 133; New Grape in Ohio, 133; Muskeet Grass, 133; Decan's Superb Grape, 133; Scharges Henling Grape, 133; Pittsburg Horticultu- ral Society, Pa., 187; Pimeléa spectábilis, 187; Philips Sweeting Apple, 187; Supposed Influence of the Scion upon the Stock, 187; Colmar d'Aremberg Pear, 188; Grosse Cal- ebasse Pear, 188; Beurré Langelier Pear, 188; Downing's Mammoth Rhubarb, 188; New Horticultural Societies, 188; Horti- cultural Society in Montreal, C. W., 188; Tom Thumb Geranium, 188; The Ameri- can Agricultural Association, 234; Liberal Donation to the Mass. Horticultural Soci- ety, 235; Osage Orange, 235; Exhibition of the Mass. Horticultural Society, 235; Cultivation of the Fig and new varieties of the Pear, 236; Growth of Trees in the Southern States, 237; Weather in Pennsyl- vania, 328; Cultivating the Peach Tree, 328;
New Horticultural Societies, 329; The
American White Winter Calville Apple,
329; Reid's Seedling Pear, 329; Hovey's
Seedling Strawberry, 366; Premiums for
new varieties of Strawberries and Rasp-
berries, 367; Burr's Seedling Strawberries,
367; Pistillate Strawberry Plants not pro-
ductive, 369; Two new Seedling Cherries,
369; Albany and Rensellaer Horticultural
Society, 369; Seeds of Grapes, 374; Cin-
cinnati Horticultural Society, 374; Horti-
cultural Exhibitions of the American In-
stitute, 375; The Nineteenth Annual Exhi-
bition of the Mass. Horticultural Society,
375; Springfield Horticultural Society, 420;
Wendell's Mottled Bigarreau Cherry, 422;
Seedling Peaches, 422; New Seedling Cher-
ries, 422; The Colmar d'Aremberg Pear,
422; Houghton's Seedling Gooseberry, 422;
Exhibitions of Horticultural Societies, 423;
Liberal Prizes for Pelargoniums, 423; Coe's
Transparent Cherry, 423; Richards's Beur-
ré Pear, 461; Fruit Convention in the West,
462; Rockingham Horticultural Society,
Portsmouth, N. H., 462; Horticultural Ex-
hibitions, 462; Colmar d'Aremberg Pear,
515; Rhode Island Horticultural Society,
515; The Boston Pine Strawberry, 515;
First Annual Exhibition of the Albany and
Rensellaer Horticultural Society, 516; Ses-
bània vesicària, 554; New Grasses, 554;
Weather in Georgia,-New Dahlias, 554;
Roses and Seedling Chrysanthemums, 555;
Rhode Island Horticultural Society, 555;
Cleaveland Horticultural Society,559; Pears
in the Southern States, 561.
MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Appropriation for 1847, 81; Exhibitions, 81;
Report of the Committee on Flowers,
awarding premiums for 1846, 82; Report of
the Committee on Fruits, awarding pre-
miums for 1846, 85; Report of the Com-
mittee on Vegetables, awarding premiums
for 1846, 88; Report of the Finance Com-
mittee, 90; Prospective Premiums, 91; List
of Premiums for 1847, 134; Exhibitions,
142; Premiums on Camellias and Chinese
Primroses, 142; Exhibitions, 189; Pre-
miums on Azaleas and Plants, 189; Exhi-
bitions, 238; Exhibitions, 285; Premiums
for Pelargoniums and other plants, 285.
287; Exhibitions, 331; Premiums for Plants,
&c., 331, 332; Premiums for Roses, &c., 334;
Lyman Fund, 377; Exhibitions, 378; Pre-
miums for Prairie Roses, &c., 378; Exhibi-
tions, 424; Mr. Beck's Prizes for Pelargon-
iums, 424; Premiums for Plants, &c., 425;
Exhibitions, 462; Premiums for Plants, &c.,
463; Nineteenth Annual Exhibition, 466;
Premiums awarded at,476; Exhibitions, 520;
Officers elected for 1848, 521; Dahlia Exhi-
bition, and Premiums for, 522; Exhibitions,
RETROSPECTIVE CRITICISM.
Modesty, 80; Van Zandt's Superb Peach, 81; Richards's Beurré Pear, 526; The Fruits of America, 526.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Polmaise Heating, 92; Achimenes picta, 92; Scarlet Pelargoniums, 92; Japan Lilies, 92; The best varieties of Apples, Pears, Cher- ries and Plums, 93; Mildew on Grapes, 93; Plants, 93; Raising Grape Vines from Seeds, 94; Root Pruning, 142; Strawberries, 142; Dahlias, 143; Cinerarias, 143; Pelargoniums,
Death of M. Soulange Bodin, 190; Mr. S. Gir ling, 190; Death of R. Arthur, Esq., 190; Death of the Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert, 330; Death of Capt. Jona. Winship, 430; Death of Henry Waggaman Edwards, 478; Mr. James Wentworth, 527.
HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA.
January, 47; February, 95; March, 143; April,
191: May, 239; June, 287; July, 335; Au-
gust, 383; September, 431; October, 479;
November, 527; December, 563.
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