Among the improvements we may mention the indication of the generic and specific names of plants, as whether classic, aboriginal, commemorative, or composed. Though this may be anticipating a more general knowledge of Botany, we believe they will be found to render the names of plants more familiar. We have also adopted what we think a decided improvement in the index: instead of a general one, we have given a list of all the plants mentioned in this Volume, with, in most instances, their synonymes corrected; from which a reference can be made with great facility. For this improvement, we are indebted, in part, to the 11th Volume of Loudon's Magazine.

In addition to the above improvements in this Volume, in the next will occasionally appear an article, headed Pomological No-. tices: these notices will contain accounts of all the new varieties of fruits introduced, more particularly of the fine kinds of pears, raised by the venerable and celebrated Professor Van Mons, of Belgium. Those varieties which already exist in our gardens, under different names, which may be noticed, will have their synonymes carefully and correctly given. To aid us in the perfection of this article, we shall be assisted by several eminent pomologists. Notices of all new vegetables, worthy of cultivation, will also appear. The Floricultural notices will, as heretofore, embrace every thing new and interesting.

With the close of this Volume, Mr. P. B. Hovey, jr., retires from the editorial department. On this account, however, our Magazine will not be rendered less interesting: he will continue to assist by frequent contributions. With the same zeal in the pursuit of horticulture which has heretofore animated us, we shall endeavor to make the Magazine what it has ever been our desire to, a periodical worthy of the support of all amateurs and lovers of gardening. With the increasing taste for the science, which we are vain enough to believe our Magazine has been eminently useful in spreading, we anticipate a corresponding increase in its circulation: our efforts will be directed to the diffusion of such information as will continue to create a love of horticulture and botany. To our friends who have so liberally contributed to its pages, we again offer our warmest thanks.

Boston, November 18th, 1836.

C. M. H.,
P. B. H., JR.

CONTENTS.

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

.201

REVIEWS.

MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE.

for tying trees, and waterproof Bast Mats,

Chenopodium Quinoa, 310; On the Origin of

Weeping trees, 347; Cultivation of Canna

Athiras or C. edulis as a substitute for the ar-

row root, Ornamental gardening in Syria,

345; Heating Stoves by Steam, not a new In-

vention, A stove for Vegetables good and

cheap, Distribution of the order Rosaceæ in

India, 349; Chinese method of dwarfing!

trees, 387; Chinese love of flowers, 388; Ma-

rie Louise and Napoleon pears, 453.

FOREIGN NOTICES.

England. The Metropolitan Society of Florists

and Amateurs, The dwarf fan palm Cham-

erops humilis, 74; Oncidium ciliatum, Royal

Duke cherry, 75: Dahlia Exhibitions, 114;

Trifolium incarnatum, 151, 190; Heaviest

gooseberries for 1835, 151; Prize Dahlias,

Scale for showing the comparative hardiness

of trees, Hamamelis virginica, 152; The Ques-

tion whether Potatoes ought to be planted]

whole or in sets, New Variety of the Grape,

New Species or Variety of Onion, 190; Thun-

bergia alata var. álba, Large Hydrangea, Male

Carle Apple, 191; New Species of the Dahlia,

233, Kibes glutinosum, 234; Turnip Fly, 271;|

Strelitzia augusta, H. K., A large Plant of

Brugmansia suaveolens, 272; Camellia show

at the London Horticultural Society's garden,

310; Metropolitan Society of Florists, 311;

London Horticultural Society's show, May 14,

1533, 353; Horticultural Outrage in the Royal

Botanic Garden of Edinburgh, 388: Ipoma'a

rubro cærulea, 389; Cow Cabbage, 453.

Belgium.-Ghent, October 19th, 1835, 272; Lou-

vain, December, 1835, 311.

Germany.-Botanic Garden of Berlin, 75; Notes

on the Trees, Gardens, Gardeners, Garden

Artists, and Garden Authors of Germany, 312.

China. Chinese style of Gardening, 234.

DOMESTIC NOTICES.

the Mimulus, 156; Noisette rose Lamarque.

157; Early Potatoes, New Variety of Pump-

kin, Bulbs presented to the Massachusetts

Horticultural Society, 191; Variation of Fo-

liage, Pentstémon campanulatum and atro-

purpureum, The New Zealand Flax, Phór-

mium tenax, Sanguinaria canadensis, 192;

Extract of a letter from Cincinnati, March 11th,

1836, From my Spring Calendar, Utility of the

Prickly pear (Cactus Opuntia), 193; Vigor of

Annual growth in the Alder (Alnus serrulata),

Desideratum, 194; Quere, 194, 354, 455; En-

kianthus quinqueflora, The power of the pre-

vailing winds in directing trees from a perpen-

dicular position, Bouquet tendre hyacinth,

Gardening in Algiers, 194: Schizanthus Hook-

éri, On blights and their causes, 195; Taylor's

early forty-fold Potatoes, 197; Stray leaf from

Nature's Calendar for May 18, 234, Fine varie-

ties of the Dahlia, Perspiration of Plants, 235;

New Seedling pansies, English Hawthorn

(Crate'gus Oxyacántha). Nymphæ'a cærulea,

Wistaria Consequana hardy, 236; Phytolacca

decandra, 236, 274; Microscopic beauty of some

of the Gramineæ and Junceæ, Seedling Hibis-

cus, 236; Cashmere Goats, Gardenia rádicans,

237; Gama Grass (Tripsacum dactyloides),

The Crape Myrtle nearly hardy, Some species

of the Sedges (Carices), 273; Cultivation of

the Tea Plint, 374; Juniperus virginianus,

Zephryanthes rosea, Microscopic beauty of the

fruit of Aspidium marginale, 354; Rediscovery

of Scolopendrium officinarum, Poinsettia pul-

chérrima, 389; Campanula pyramidalis hardy,

Vanack Cabbage, Bolmar's Washington Plum,

Variation in the time of flowering of the Cère-

us grandiflorus, The Young Hyson Tea Plant,

399; New York Horticultural Society, Accli-

mization of the Chinese Mulberry, The Scar-

let-runner Bean, Dahlia roots,

Cultivation of the fig tree, 392; Gladio-

lus natalensis and lineatus, 435; Amaryl-

Jacea, Cyclamen persicum, 436; Premature

Flowering of several Azaleas and Rhododen-

drons, 454; Cèreus grandiflorus, O'xalis Bow-

ièi, Morus multicaulis, Pæonia Moutan, Prolific

Lima Bean, 455.

391;

Retrospective Criticism.-The To Kalon Grape, 76;

Maclura aurantiaca, Exhibitions of Horticul

tural Societies, 77; Rural Affairs, 116; Scolo-

péndrium officinarum not a rediscovery, Quere,

436.

Cultivation of the Pine-Apple, Ruinous effect of

the full influence of the sun, Singular anomaly

in the Cherry Tree, 36; Oxalis crenata, 76,

154; Passiflora edulis, Pennsylvania Hort. Soc.

ety, 76, 156; Cleome randiflora, Astrapæ'a

Wallicha, 76; Maclùra aurantiaca, 77. 115; Ex-

hibitions of Horticultural Societies, 77, Green-

houses and Forcing-houses, 116; Strawberries,

152; Forced Beans, Primula præ'nitens var.

alba fimbriata, Ranunculuses in pots, Zinc Massachusetts Horticultural Society,

Labels for marking Plants, White corroled var.

157. 197. 237. 275. 314, 355, 392. 437.456

of Rhododendron, 153, Ribes sanguineum, For- Exhibitions of Horticultural and Floricultural

ced Peaches, The Mexican Quinoa, (Cheno

podium Quinoa), 154; The Bread-root of the Quincy Market, 38. 73. 118. 158. 198. 238. 278

Western Indians, (Psoralea esculenta), Mona-

Societies,

37. 79. 117

276. 357. 456

316. 358. 398. 438, 462
39. 119. 159, 317
39. 80. 119, 159, 199
239. 279. 320, 359, 399, 439, 463

graph of the American Cyperaceæ, 155, Trans Obituary Notice,

planting evergreen trees, 155, 191; Flowering Meteorological Notice.

of Cycas revoluta, The season in Georgia,

Rhododendron nudiflorum, var. Azalea nudi Calendar of Horticulture and Floriculture, 40. 80

flora, Lemon Hill, New Seedling Variety of 120, 159. 199, 239, 280, 360, 400, 440. 464

INDEX to the Plants, 465.

Downing, C. & A. J.

J. L. R.,

Japhet,

Junius,

Kenrick, E. B.,

76 S.,

30. 421 Sweetser, S.,

35. 192. 248 T. S. P.,

. 156

178. 236

252. 324. 363

41. 165. 361. 441

392

47. 444

212. 251. 463

9. 76. 321

37. 154. 155. 162. 281 Vose, Hon. E., President of the Mass. Hort.

316. 389. 398 Society,

192. 193. 235. 260. 328. 417. 436 W.,

89

436

51 W. O.,

36

210 Wael, M. Emilien de, of Antwerp,

14. 55. 131. 171 Walker, S.,

435 Wilder, M. P., :

-408

127. 167. 235. 329

18. 93

M. A. W..

M. T., 38. 78. 118. 158. 198. 238. 278. 358. 438

Murray, Robert, Gardener to the Hon. Theo-
dore Lyman, jr.,

11. 53

CORRECTIONS.

All the botanical names of plants enumerated in In p. 166, line 12 from the top, dele “plant."
this volume which are misspelt, wrongly In p. 178, line 12 from the top, after " Amateur,"
accented, or the indication of the generic or add "garden."

specific names incorrectly given, are corrected In p. 231, line 14 from the bottom, for "nearest,"
in the index: consequently those names which
do not agree with those in the index, are er-
rors. The others are as follows:-

In p. 8, line 7 from the bottom, for "50," read

"40."

In p. 11, line 10 from the top, for "exhale," read

"inhale."

In p. 36, line 15 from the top, for "fall," read

"full."

In p. 41, line 4 from the bottom, for "love," read
"lore."

In p. 42, line 18 from the top, after " that,"
insert a period.

In p. 46, lines 15 and 20 from the top, for "tubes,"
read "tubers."

In p. 165, line 15 from the bottom, for "Epipha-

read "newest ;" line 13 from the bottom, for
"Sanicaria," read "Saxicaria."

In p. 232, line 7 from the top, for "Le Leuer,"
read "Le Seuer."

In p. 348, line 9 from the top, for "arton," read
"Arrow."

In p. 397, line 28 from the bottom, for "Harris-
burgh," read "Hamburgh."

In p. 399, line 7 from the bottom, for "below,"
read" above."

In p. 421, line from the top, for "Cosar." read
"Cæsar."

In p. 421, line 17 from the top, for "two hun-

dred thousand," read "sixty-five thousand."

In p. 424, line 2 from the top, for "the," read

"this.""

read" 202,"

gus," read" Epiphègus;" line 3 from the bot- In p. 434, line 12 from the bottom, for "102,"
tom, for "nyod," read" onyos;"line 1 from
the bottom, for "payod,” read “payıs.”