NEW VOLUME FOR 1849. THE MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE, BOTANY AND RURAL AFFAIRS. FIFTEENTH VOLUME. (NEW SERIES, VOL. V.) EDITED BY C. M. HOVEY.. A few complete sets, in 14 Volumes, may be had, half bound. On the first of JANUARY, 1849, the Magazine will enter upon its Fif teenth volume, (the Fifth of the New Series.) After a period of fourteen years, it is almost unnecessary for us, in commencing a new volume, to give any assurances of increased interest in its pages. Each volume, it is believed, has been a great improvement upon the preceding one; and, when we repeat that no pains will be spared to make it what it always has been-the first periodical of the kind-our friends will know that no efforts will be omitted to give it greater claims to the support of every lover of Horticultural Science. Since its first publication, it has been the medium of communication of all the principal amateur and practical cultivators in the United States. It is identified with the rise and progress of Horticulture in this country, since its commencement in 1834. Every new Fruit, Flower, and Vegetable, introduced since that time, has been noticed or described in its pages; and many of the descriptions and engravings of Pears and Apples have never before been published in any work extant. The Magazine will be essentially the same in its character as heretofore; but particular attention will be devoted to those branches of Horticulture which are most popular. It will continue to give accurate descriptions and engravings of all the choicest fruits, especially of the new and rare kinds; Notices and Engravings of new or beautiful flowers, and a yearly review of every thing new in the vegetable department. Landscape Gardening and Rural Architecture will receive a share of attention; and, in addition to the Reviews of all Gardening Works, Foreign and Domestic Notices,-Answers to Correspondents,-Reports of Horticultural Societies, and a full calendar of Monthly OPERATIONS IN THE GARDEN,-it will be illustrated with numerous engravings of Greenhouses, Graperies, Garden Structures of all kinds, Trees, Shrubs, Plants, &c., &c. The Magazine will be issued on the first of every month, and each number will contain 48 octavo pages. Terms, $3 a year in ad A liberal discount made to agents. Boston, December 1, 1848. vance. CONTENTS. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. General Subject. ART. I. Report on the Fruit and Kitchen Gardens, near Paris, from observations made during a Visit in the Spring of 1847. By Mr. R. Thompson, Superintendent of the Orchard and Kitchen Garden, of the London Horticultural Society, ART. II. Destruction of Filberts, by Fungi. By N. Goodsell, Esq., N. Y., Horticulture. ART. III. The Hubbardston Nonsuch Apple. By the ART. IV. Descriptions and Engravings of Select Varie- ART. V. The Howell Pear, a New Native Seedling; with a itor, Floriculture. ART. VI. On the Cultivation and Treatment of the Lisiánthus Russellianus. By William Saunders, Gardener to William Bostwick, Esq., New Haven, Conn., Reviews. ART. 1. A Practical Treatise on the Culture and Treatment of the Grape Vine; embracing its History, with Directions for its Treatment in the United States, in the open air, and under Glass Structures, with or without Fire Heat. By J. Fisk Allen. Second Edition, enlarged. 1 Vol. 8vo., pp. 247. Boston, 1848, ART. II. Scientific Agriculture, or the Elements of Chemistry, Geology, Botany, and Meteorology, applied to Practical Agriculture. By M. M. Rodgers, M. D. 1 Vol. 12mo., pp. 280. Rochester, 1848, MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. ART. I......General Notices, ART. II....Domestic Notices, ART. III... Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Printed by Dutton & Wentworth, No. 37 Congress St. Boston. Page 49 62 63 65 69 72 75 80 87 95 THE MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE. FEBRUARY, 1849. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. ART. I. Report on the Fruit and Kitchen Gardens, near Paris, from observations made during a Visit in the Spring of 1847. By Mr. R. THOMPSON, Superintendent of the Orchard and Kitchen Garden, of the London Horticultural Society. We have already given our notes on some of the Parisian gardens, in the results of our Foreign tour, (Vols. XI. and XII.,) but as our time did not permit us to make that extended observation, which we could have wished, we now have the pleasure of presenting the views of Mr. Thompson, of the Horticultural Society's garden, who was especially despatched to Paris, for the purpose of noting the state of gardening in the vicinity of that city. The Society, with a view to further "increase the efficacy of the Fruit department, thought it advisable to send Mr. Thompson to inspect the best examples of French winter pruning, and to collect such information as the very important, but generally unattractive season of early spring would furnish." Mr. Thompson reached Rouen on the first of March, 1847, and remained at Paris for nearly three weeks, in which time, he visited all the principal horticultural exhibitions, as far as Fontainebleau. In this service, he was greatly assisted by Mr. Rauch, a German gentleman, residing in Paris, and familiar with all that relates to its gardens. Mr. Thompson was directed to keep full notes of all that he found worthy of notice, and, in the paper named at the head of this article, he has given a detailed, interesting, and very instructive account of his travels. It appeared in VOL. XV.-NO. II. 7 |