AUTHOR OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIAS OF GARDENING, OF AGRICULTURE, AND OF COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE, AND OF THE ARBORETUM BRITANNICUM AND

SUBURBAN GARDENER.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR THE CONDUCTOR;

AND SOLD BY

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS,
PATERNOSTER ROW;

AND A. AND C. BLACK, EDINBURGH.

1843.

THE Summary for the Year 1843 is unavoidably postponed, on
account of the illness of the Conductor, who hopes he may be
able to give it early in the year 1844.

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On the Food of Plants, and its Transforma-

- 397. 471

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On Bottom Heat

On Horticultural Exhibitions

On the Exhibitions of the London Horticul-

tural Society, and on various Matters con-

nected with Horticultural Exhibitions

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Notes taken during a Twelve Days' Tour in

Brittany and Normandy, in July, 1842:-

Dinan; Rennes; Nantes; Angers; Le

Mans; Lisieux (Calvados); Honfleur

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Recollections of a Gardening Tour in the

North of England, and Part of Scotland,

made from June 22. to Sept. 30. 1841-

continued:

Stirling to Edinburgh; Edinburgh to

Stranraer; Culhorn House: Castle Ken-

nedy; Broadstones; Stranraer to Ayr;

Ayr, Alloway Kirkyard; Dounbrae Cot-

tage; Newark Castle. By the Conductor 250

Notices of some Gardens and Country Seats

in Somersetshire, Devonshire, and Part of

Cornwall-continued and concluded: -

Sidmouth; Peake House; Nutwell Court;

Killerton Park; Silverton Park; Poltimore

House; Winslade House; Heanton Park,

near Torrington; Stevenstone, near Tor-

rington; Roads; Cottages; Agriculture of

Devonshire. By the Conductor

Hints for the Improvement of the Town of

Southampton, with a short Notice of the

Vineyard at Shirley: -

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The alternate System of Burying; Cover-

ing the Bay with Water when the Tide is at

the lowest; Sewerage; Direction of Streets;

Architecture of Street Buildings; Public

Walks; Additional Supply of Water to the

Town; Vegetable and Fruit Market; Even-

ing Shelters for Working Men; Naming

the Streets and numbering the Houses;

Regulating the Charges made by Cabs,

Flies, &c.; Shops; Vineyard at Shirley. By

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the Conductor

Dinbur Castle, its Gardens and its Gar-

deners

106. 413. 578

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Letter IV. House for New Holland

Plants. List of New Holland Plants

Letter V. The Orange and Camellia

House, Vineries, Pineries, and Peach-

houses, Back Sheds, &c. List of Camellias 23

Letter VI. Chrysanthemums. Manured

Water. Properties of Charcoal, &c.

Letter VII. The Conservatories, and

List of Plants in them. The Orchideous

Houses and Stoves. Lists of Orchidea and

of other Stove Plants

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Lake, and the

The Trees in the Park. The

Aquatic Birds

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