THE GARDENER'S MAGAZINE, AND REGISTER OF USEFUL DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN HORTICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, IS PUBLISHED IN MONTHLY OCTAVO NUMBERS, AT THREE DOLLARS A YEAR. No. XV, VOL. II, THIS DAY PUBLISHED. The first Volume may be had, bound in boards, at $3. THE AMERICAN GARDENER'S MAGAZINE has now been established above a year, and its success has fully realized the expectations of its conductors and friends. It is a gratifying fact to them, to know that it has already been the means of spreading a greater taste for the pursuits of Horticulture and Floriculture, and awakening a greater attention to their importance and utility. In one point of view it has been particularly useful; it has called out communications from various amateur and practical gardeners, containing valuable information, which would undoubtedly, had it not been established, long remained unknown. No. XV is this day published. The number of subscribers is sufficiently large to insure it a permanent standing; but in proportion as they increase, efforts will be made to enhance the value of the Magazine, by procuring the most scientific and practical contributors-by increasing the number of engravings-and by improving the appearance and typographical execution of the work; thus, with other additional expenditures, rendering it one of the most useful and important periodicals on the subject of Horticulture. To perfect our intentions, we have endeavored to secure more aid, and have already received such assurance from many eminent individuals,that the present volume may be considered as having a much greater claim upon the patronage of our friends. Shall we be thought presumptuous, if we follow the example set by a distinguished editor of one of the most scientific American journals, to increase the number of our readers ?-namely, to recommend to every subscriber, to procure an additional one. This number will enable us to do justice to a work which we have had the pleasure to establish, and which it will be our greatest pride long to sustain. The conductors have the pleasure of naming the following gentlemen as contributors:-Elijah Vose, M. P. Wilder and S. Downer, Dorchester; Wm. Kenrick and J. A. Kenrick, Newton; Professor John Lewis Russell, Salem; S. A. Shurtleff and B. V. French, Boston; S. Walker, Roxbury; R. Kittredge, Portsmouth, N.H.; A.J. Downing, Botanic garden and nursery, Newburgh, N. Y.; R. Manning, B. Hale Ives, E. Putnam. and C. Lawrence, Salem; Grant Thorburn, Hallet's Cove, L. I.; E. M. Richards, Dedham; J. W. Russell, superintendent at Mount Auburn, Cambridge; Dr. M. A. Ward, Athens, Georgia; D. Haggerston, gardener to J. P. Cushing, Esq., Belmont Place, Watertown; Ed. Sayers, New York; Wm. R. Prince, Linnæan Botanic garden and nurseries, Flushing, L. I.; E. B. Kenrick, Watertown; R. Buist, florist and nurseryman, Philadelphia; Robert Murray, gardener to the Hon. Theodore Lyman, Jr. Waltham; T. H. Pleasants, Beaverdam, Virginia; Peter McKenzie, gardener to Henry Pratt, Esq., Lemon Hill, Philadelphia; M. Floy, Jr., nurseryman, New York; S. Sweetser, S. Pond and William Leathe, Cambridgeport; and many other amateur and practical gardeners. THE AMERICAN GARDENER'S MAGAZINE, AND REGISTER OF USEFUL DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN HORTICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS. By C. M. HOVEY AND P. B. HOVEY, JR, TO BE CONTINUED MONTHLY. VOL II.] BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY HOVEY & CO. CORNHILL. CONTENTS. ART. I. On the Construction of Brick Pits for early Forcing; to which is added the Cultivation and Forcing of the Cucumber; ta- ken from Horticultural Memoranda, and exhibiting the State of their Progress from January until September. By the Conducters, 121 ART. II. On the Cultivation of some of the most select Biennial and Perennial plants, with some Remarks upon their Beauty. By S. ART. V. On the Cultivation of Asparagus. By S. Pond, ART. VI. Notices of new and beautiful Plants figured in the Lon- don Floricultural and Botanical Magazines; with some Account of those which it would be desirable to introduce into our Gardens, 137 ART. I. The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Do- mestic Improvements. Conducted by J. C. Loudon, F. L. S., H. S. In monthly numbers, 8vo. 1s. 6d. each. No. LXIX for December, 145 ART. II. A Practical Treatise on the Culture of Silk, adapted to the Soil and Climate of the United States. By F. G. Comstock. 1 vol. 12mo. pp. 108. Hartford: Wm. G. Comstock. 1836, - 149 ART. III. The Year Book: an Astronomical and Philosophical An- nual: fitted for general use in all parts of the United States. By OF THE AMERICAN GARDENER'S MAGAZINE. THE AMERICAN GARDENER'S MAGAZINE, circulating as it does throughout the United States, among a great portion of the scientific, practical and amateur gardeners, offers a valuable medium to Nurserymen, Florists and Seedsmen, for advertising their various productions. To Booksellers, who have works on Botany, Gardening, Agriculture, and others connected with Domestic and Rural Economy for sale, it is peculiarly adapted for advertising. Advertisements inserted on the following terms: Six lines and under, One third of a page, Half a page, A page, $1.00 2.00 3 00 5 00 All advertisements must be sent to the publishers (post paid) on or before the fifteenth of the month. HORTICULTURAL SEED WAREHOUSE. NEW GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS. HOVEY & Co. (Nos. 79 and 81 Cornhill) have just received their general assortment of fresh SEEDS, of every description, of the growth of 1835. Catalogues of the same may be had, on application, gratis. BOXES OF SEEDS put up for retail dealers, in any quantity, to whom will be made a liberal discount. Hovey and Co. are agents for the "Silk Culturist," published at Hartford, and receive subscriptions at their seedstore. 50 cents a year. COBB'S MANUAL, on the Growth of the Mulberry Tree, and Manufacture of Silk. 2d edition. 50 cents. 100 pounds of White Mulberry Seed, of the growth of 1835; also 100,000 WHITE MULBERRY TREES, three years old. Just published, CHAPTAL'S AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, 1 vol. 12mo. Price $1 25. GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS of every description, including an extensive assortment of the newest and finest varieties. An extensive collection of Books, connected with gardening, botany, &c., viz., Loudon's Hortus Britannicus, Sweet's Hot-house and Greenhouse Manual, Rennie's Alphabets of Gardening, Botany, Insects, Chemistry, &c.; Doyle's Flower Garden, McNab on Heaths, Hortus Woburnensis, Harrison on Fruit Trees, Complete Farmer, New American Gardener, American Orchardist, Gardener's Assistant, Florist's Guide, &c. Subscriptions received for the Cultivator, published at Albany, and conducted by Judge Buel, assisted by a committee of the New York State Agricultural Society. Price 50 cents, in monthly quarto numbers. NURSERY OF WILLIAM KENRICK, At Nonantum Hill, in Newton, Mass. FRUIT TREES, ORNAMENTAL TREES and PLANTS; CHINESE MulberRIES, OF MORUS MULTICAULIS, for SILK; 50 cents per single plant, $4 50 per dozen, $25 to $30 per hundred, or by the thousand at reduced prices. Also Common White Mulberries. ORNAMENTAL TREES and ROSES; 1000 varieties of the most beautiful. 1000 varieties ornamental herbaceous plants, including splendid Peonies and Double Dahlias. Address to William Kenrick, Newton, near Boston. Trees packed for distant places in the first style. Transportation to the city without charge. Catalogues gratis. All orders left with Messrs. HOVEY & Co., who are agents, at their Horticultural Seed Store, Nos. 79 and 81 Cornhill, Boston, will meet with prompt attention. Aug. 17, 1835. FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, &c. FOR SALE, at the Nursery of JOHN A. KENRICK, in Newton, five miles from Boston, a large and extensive variety of choice Fruit Trees, Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, consisting of the best varieties of the new foreign and native Pears, Apples, Peaches, Plums, Cherries, Nectarines, Apricots, Quinces, Almonds, Gooseberries, Currants, Strawberries, Raspberries, Grapes, &c. In the selection of fruits, no labor or expense has been spared to procure from the best sources, those which have been proved, on trial, to be of the choicest kinds. The utmost accuracy will be observed, and purchasers may depend on receiving trees true to the kinds they order. Also, the finest collection of herbaceous perennial flowering plants, Poonies, Double Dahlias, and a splendid collection of hardy and Chinese Roses, selected with great care, both in regard to the beauty of their flowers, and the distinctness of their colors. Also the MORUS MULTICAULIS, or true Chinese Mulberry, by the hundred or thousand, at a liberal discount. White Italian do., and other varieties, making a complete assortment for stocking a Mulberry Plantation. All orders promptly executed, and trees will be packed to go safely by land or water, and will be delivered in Boston free of expense. Address JOHN A. KENRICK, Newton, Mass. Or all orders will meet with the same attention, if forwarded to, or left with HOVEY & Co., at their Seed Warehouse, Nos. 79 and 81 Cornhill, Boston, who are agents. Catalogues sent, gratis, to all applicants. November 1, 1835. GARDENING. WILLIAM SHERIDAN respectfully informs the public that he will devote his time, the coming season, to the laying out of Gardens, pruning grape vines, and any other work in his profession. Grateful for past favors, by his assiduous attention to all work with which he may be entrusted, he hopes to continue to merit the patronage of the public. Orders left with Messrs. Hovey & Co., at their Seed Warehouse, 79 and 81 Cornhill, will meet with immediate attention. March 1, 1836. |