Dalhousie Castle and Gardens; the Botany of the Neighbourhood, and various Remarks. By Mr. Joseph Archibald, C.M.H.S., upwards of Nineteen Years Gardener there Page 251 On Field Gardening, and on the Gardens of Farm Servants in Scotland. By Verus, of Some Account of the Kitley Shaddock, By Mr. H. Saunders, Gardener to E. P. Bastard, Esq. M. P., of Kitley, Devonshire - 265 Description of a new Transplanting Instrument, for removing Plants when in Flower. In- vented by Mr. Matthias Saul, of Lancaster, On a Mode of keeping Apples through the Winter, as practised by Mr. Robert Donald, Some Account of the Gardens, and State of Gardening in Denmark. By Mr. Jens Peter- sen, of Copenhagen, now studying the Art and Practice of Gardening in England 269 On an anomalous Appearance in some Species of Lilium. By E. M. Baines, Esq. Hendon 273 Observations on Reverse Grafting. By Mr. William Balfour, Gardener to the Earl Grey, On improving the Gardens of Cottages, as prac- tised by the late Lord Cawdor, at Stackpole Court, in Pembrokeshire. Communicated by Mr. William Buchan, F.H.S., Gardener to Lord Bagot, at Blithfield, near Litchfield, 275 On the Cultivation in the open Garden, and Treatment in the Forcing-house, of the Straw- berry, known as "Wilmot's Superb." By A simple, effectual, and expeditious Mode of destroying the Green Fly and other Insects. Remarks on the Affairs of the London Horti- cultural Society. By a Friend to Facts Observations on the Article of "A Fellow of the Society," relative to the Conduct and Admi- nistration of the London Horticultural So. ciety. By a Friend to Discussion Hints on the Superiority of the Rheum Palma- tum over the other Species of Rheum cul- tivated for Culinary Purposes. By An- thony T. Thompson, Esq. M.D. F.L.S. H.S. On the Treatment of Cactus speciosus specio- sissimus, and other ornamental succulent Plants. By Mr. W. J. Shennan, Gardener to Major Morrison, at Gunnersbury Park On the Use and Abuse of watering Vegetables in dry Seasons, and on the Advantages of Shade to Culinary Crops in Times of great Drought. By Mr. George Fulton, Gardener and on the Use of Salt as a Manure for Ara- ble Lands, and for renovating Grass Lawns. On the Importance of Regularity and sys-On a Devonshire Practice in planting Vines, - On the Culture of Nerium oleander splendens. By Mr. James Reeve, Gardener to G. F. Evans, Esq. and Lady Carberry, at Laxton Hall, Wandsford, Northamptonshire, - 402 On the Cultivation in England of the Carolina Wax, Tree, with a View to its Produce in Wax. By William Hamilton, Esq. M.D. 403 On the Culture of the early Potatoe, as prac- tised in Lancashire, and on the mode of cook- ing the Potatoe there. By R. W. Description of a Pine Pit, to be heated by Steam, erected in Shugborough Gardens, Staffordshire. By Mr. Andrew Johnston, Remarks on the Treatment Under-Gardeners Reasons for not subscribing towards the Form- ation or Support of the Garden] of the Horti- cultural Society of London, with some PART II. REVIEWS. The Botanical Magazine, or Flower Garden displayed; in which the most ornamental foreign Plants cultivated in the open Ground, the Greenhouse and the Stove, are accurately represented in their natural Colours, &c. By Wm. Curtis. Continued by John Sims, M.D. F.R.S. &c. 1787 to 1826. 53 vols. 8vo. Lon- The Botanical Register, consisting of co- loured Figures of exotic Plants, cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment. The Designs by Syden- ham Edward's, F.L.S. 1815-1826. Vols. I. to XI. 8vo. Ridgway, London 47. 162 The Botanical Cabinet, consisting of coloured for Management, &c. &c. By Conrad Lod- diges and Sons. 1817 to 1826. 10 vols. 4to. Exotic Flora, containing Figures and De- scriptions of new, rare, or otherwise interest- ing exotic Plants, especially of such as are de- serving of being cultivated in our Gardens, &c. By W. J. Hooker, LL.D. F.R.A. and L. S. &c. &c. 29 Parts. 8vo. 1823-1826. 2 Geraniaceæ, or Natural Order of Geraniums. By Robert Sweet, F.L.S. 1820-1826. 6 vols. The British Flower Garden. By Robert Sweet, F.L.S. 1822-1826. 2 vols. 8vo. Simpkin and ib. Cistinor. The Natural Order of Cistus or Rock Rose. By Robert Sweet, F.L.S. 8 Nos. 8vo. Flora Conspicua a Selection of the most or- namental, flowering, hardy, exotic, and indigenous Trees, Shrubs, and herbaceous Plants, for embellishing Flower Gardens and Pleasure Grounds. By Richard Morris, F. L.S. Drawn and engraved from living Specimens, by Wm. Clark, 6 Nos. 8vo. 1825. Smith, The Botanic Garden; or Magazine of hardy Flower Plants cultivated in Great Britain, each Number containing Four coloured Fi- gures. By B. Maund, Nos. 1. to 7. Small 4to. Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London. Vol. V. Bulmer and Co. 1824 List of Works on Gardening, Agriculture, Bo- tany, Domestic Economy, &c. published since January 1824; including New Editions and Curtio Sprengel. Vols. 1. & 2. Gottinga, The Scottish Cryptogamic Flora. By Robert K. Greville, LL.D. &c. Maclachlan jand Stewart, Edinb.; and Baldwin, Cradock, and Essay on the Beneficial Direction of Rural Ex- penditure. By Robert Slaney, Esq. London, Verhandlungen des Vereins zur Beforderung des Gartenbaues, &c.; Transactions of the Society for the Promotion of Gardening in Prussia. Berlin, 1824. Parts 1. & 2. 4to. 186 Récit d'une Excursion Horticulturale faite à Londres, dans le mois d'Avril, 1824. Par M. Soulange-Bodin, Membre de la Société Lin- néene de Paris, et de la Société d'Encourage. ment pour l'Industrie Nationale, &c. &c. Catalogue raisonné of Books published in Bri- Verhandlungen des Vereins, &c.; Transactions THE GARDENER'S MAGAZINE, &c. &c. INTRODUCTION. THE agreeableness and utility of gardening pursuits are so generally known and acknowledged, that to insist on them here would be superfluous. Horticulture, as a means of subsistence, is one of the first arts attempted by man on emerging from barbarism; and landscape gardening, as an art of design, is one of the latest inventions for the display of wealth and taste in ages of luxury and refinement. The love of gardening is so natural to man, as to be common to children, and the enjoyment of a garden so congenial to our ideas of happiness, as to be desired by men of all ranks and professions, who toil hard in cities, hoping, with Cowley, one day to retire to " a small house and a large garden." The care of a garden is a source of agreeable domestic recreation, and especially to the female sex; to the valetudinarian a garden is a source of health, and to age a source of interest; for it has been remarked of a taste for gardening, that, unlike other tastes, it remains with us to the latest period of life, and increases rather than diminishes. Next to the gratification of possessing any object, is the pleasure of reading or conversing about it: and on this principle, we think that a Gardener's Magazine may be an acceptable addition to the periodical works already before the public. In an art so extensively practised as gardening, and one daily undergoing so much improvement, a great many occurrences must take place worthy of being recorded, not only for the entertainment of gardening readers, but for the instruction of practitioners in the art. The use of the Gardener's Magazine, in the latter respect, cannot be better expressed than in the words of various letters which we have received on the subject since first issuing our Prospectus. "The Gardener's MagaVOL. I. No. 1. B zine," say these letters, "will put Gardeners in distant parts of the country on a footing with those about the metropolis.' It is not that improvements are exclusively made in the latter circle; but more are made there than anywhere else, and most of those made elsewhere are soon heard of in the metropolitan district. Besides, almost all new importations are made to London, and all new varieties of useful or ornamental productions, originated in distant parts of the country, soon find their way to the metropolis, either for the purpose of being made more generally known, or to be propagated for sale by nurserymen and market gardeners. The London nurseries and market gardens are the first schools in the world for vegetable propagation and culture, and for acquiring a practical knowledge of botany. The knowledge acquired in these schools will not alone fit a gardener for undertaking the charge of a private gentleman's garden in the country; but unless a private gentleman's gardener has been properly initiated in this species of elementary knowledge, though he may know the common routine for supplying a family with fruits and vegetables, yet, he will be unfit to be entrusted with new or with rare plants, and incapable of keeping pace with the progress of his art. As a recent and very considerable accession to the advantages of the metropolis, we may add that great centre of intercourse and emporium of novelties, the London Horticultural Society, and its extensive garden. The impulse which this Society has given to horticultural improvement in Britain, is truly astonishing; and even on the continent, and in America, similar societies have sprung up in imitation of it, and for the same objects. In the gardens of this Society many new plants have been already introduced; and this garden affords one of the best chances of settling the nomenclature of edible fruits and culinary vegetables, respecting which, at present, there is great uncertainty and confusion. The general practice of gardeners and their employers confirms this view of the importance of the metropolitan district. When a gardener is in want of a situation, or a gentleman in search of a capital gardener, both apply to a London nurseryman inferior situations may be filled up from provincial nurseries, but first-rate gardeners for every part of the empire are obtained from London. A first-rate gardener in place, in a distant province, would soon cease to be such, unless he paid frequent visits to those nurseries for improvement. In this respect, a gardener who does not stay longer than six or seven years in one situation has a great advantage over him who remains double or treble that time; for before he acquires a new situation, he goes to his patron nurseryman, and works under |