rUl 



INDBX, 



Tropffiolum JaiTatti grandiflorum for 



window, 252 

 Troubles, masters', fG4 

 Trowbvidffe Show schedule, ISS 

 Truffle -hunting, f!C4 

 Tumour ill lowrs eye, 514 

 Turfing. 409 

 Turf management, 494 

 Turkeys— Buffeiing from cold, 124; for 



cooldng. 41^:4 

 Turnips, storing, 446 

 Tjdaea cultui'e, 347 



TJlvekston Pocltbt Snow, 178 

 Umbrella Pine, 411 

 Uttoxeter Poultry Show, 173 



Vallota pubptteea, cri-TUKE. 13 ; 

 not flowering, 307 : dividing, 410 



Vases, plants for. 213 



Vegetable s. what a gardener is allowed 

 to take. U"IJ 



Vegetable Marrows after Potatoes, S4C 



Ventilating, 446 



Verbenas — species v. varieties, 55 : 

 venosa, wintering. 194; seed sowing, 

 232; cuttings, 269 



Veronicas, hardy, 447 



Vilmorin, Madame Eliza, 134 



Vinery— covering' back wall, ISfi; erect- 

 ing. 82. 251 ; flue constructing, 307 ; 

 heating by a stove, 3S8 ; potting- 

 shed converted into, 174; glazed 

 cylinder, 326 ; ground, growing 

 Melons in, 127. planting, 271 



Vines— stripping bark from, 426; bor- 

 ders asphalting, 368, watering, 425. 

 inside. 322, outside, 426; compost 

 lor, 175; planting cool hou«e, 411; 

 consei-vatory, 81 ; cut back not start- 

 ing, 48; twenty years on the exten- 

 sion system, 317; from eyes, 194; 

 flowering. 252 ; forcing Black Ham- 

 burgh, 389; forced too much, 425; 

 fmiling canes, 486 : fruit on, 828; 

 for fiTiiting in May, 2aS; glass en- 

 closure for, 447 ; grafting to bear 

 the same season, 447 ; in ^een- 

 house. 307. 505; in ground vinery, 

 271 ; inarching, 252, 347 ; layering, 

 ir.4; leaves falling, 410. shading 

 Grapes, 101, removing, 306, warted, 

 388; management, routine, 12; what 

 to do and avoid in, 353 ; manuring, 

 389, 410; mealy hug on, 411 : mildew, 

 82, 112; one-year-old produce. 360; 

 in orchard house, 307 ; nut of doors, 

 13. 252, 446, 459; planting. 271, 411, 

 4S5; in pots. Black Haniburghs, 342, 

 planting out from, 440, 4GC, top- 

 dressing, 346; pruning, 137, 194, 425, 

 '147, 486; red spider on, 138; root 

 pruning. 146; roots diseased, 252; 

 scale oil, 188; soil for, 328; stem re- 

 moving, 252; stopping, 12; thrips 

 on, 410; top-dressing, 316, 426; train- 

 ing, 81, 82.410,446; unfruitful, 252, 

 347 ; watering, 425; winter dressing, 

 3U6 



Viola comuta, failures, 3,25,68; aaa 

 bedder,384 



Wakefield Potji-trt Show. 136 

 Walk of fowls, what is a ? 200 

 Wallflowers — transplanting, 889 ; sow- 

 ing for spiing flowers, 407 

 Walls— fruit tr^^es for north, 4G6 ; pro- 

 tection, 478; plants for a south, fruit 

 ti'ces for various, 231 

 Walnut tree, heading back, 194 

 Washing fowls for exhibition, 18 

 Wasps, 212; destro>'ing, 117, 119, 173; 



protecting fiiiit from, 117, 119 

 Waterer, Mr. John, death of, 364 

 Watcrford Poulti-y Show, 255 

 Watering, 29, 4G, 79, 80; in winter, 



402 

 Water — impregnated with iron. 101 ; 

 conveying. 116; supply, 135; soften- 

 ing hai'd, 154 

 Waterproofing— calico, 307 ; ■uith tar, 



347 

 Weather, the hotj 39 

 Weeds, 303 ; and insects, 21 

 Weeks & Co.'s heating apparatus, 154 

 Week, work for. 9, 28. 45. GS, 78, 97, 115, 

 134. 151, 172. IHO, 209, 228, 2^9. 267, 285, 

 302, 324, 343. 364, 3S5. 407, 422, 443, 463, 

 482, 502 : doings of the last, 10. 29. 46, 

 (i9, 79, f:8. 116, 135, 152, 173, 191, 210, 229, 

 350, 268, 236. 308, 325, S44, SC5, 386, 408, 

 423. 444, 4(;4. 484. 503 

 Wellington Poultry Show, 235 

 WcUingtonia gigantea, protecting, 



4-lH 

 Wells. SI 

 Whitby Poultry Show, 156; Canary 



Show, 235 



Whitehaven Poultry Show, 294 



Whitworth Poultry Show, 157 



TMiortlebenies, 282 



Wiltshire, a iragment of, 170; to Glas- 

 gow, 481, 511 



Window-gardening exhibitions, 27 



Wine fining, 70, 88 



Wines, Greek, ISO, 3?4 



Winter, the present, ."jOI, 502; orna- 

 mental gardening, 477, 499 



Wireworms, 193 



Wirral PoulU-y Show, 233 



Wistaria smensis, shelter for, 

 259 



Wolverhampton Pon2tr>- Show, SID 



Wonderful, beware of the, 75 



Wooden leuce or fruit-tiee training, 

 4^6 



Woodlicp. destroying, 174, 368; trap- 

 ping, 438 



Woodstock Poultry Show, 233 



Worms in pots, destroying, 118 



Wounds ol trees, trcauuiOit, 4^ 



YAMAMO-Mr.KI, 207 



Yangmac fniit, 207 

 Yates's Nurserieb. 259 

 Yew, removing a large, 527 

 Yews, pruning Irish, 467 

 York and District Kabbit 



York Poultry Show. 491 

 Yucca flowering, 846 





WOODCUTS. 



PAGE. 



JEcidinm 24fi 



Apple, Eunyard's Seedling 190 



„ Early Nonpareil 284 



Bees, Berkshire hive 351 



„ Comb-building guide 70 



Bentley Priory, flower garden 363 



Chickeu-feediug fold, Crook's 52 



Cliveden, Succulent bed 285 



East Sutton Place, flower garden at 8 



Erysipliei 246 



Flower-garden plans 8, 285, 363, 385 



Frame, span-roofed 2'26 



Fungi, types of 246 



Fruit trees, pruning and training 266, 267, 302,303, 404,421,442 



Gas Oven, SUrewsbury's portable 275 



Hardenhuish Church 170 



Heating by hot water without a boiler 4h1 



Ij adder, fruit gathering 26 



Lever, a handy 73 



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Pencb, Nectarine 204 



„ tree, training 2G6, 267, 802, 803 



„ mode of bearing and pruning 404, 442 



Pear, Amiral 114 



„ Ananas 114 



„ Madame Treyve 227 



„ Summer Eeurr e d'Aremberg 171 



Peronosporei 24G 



Pits, cold 238 



Plant Houses, economical 20?, 209 



Puccinisei 246 



Sashes, economical 209 



Tree Protector 501 



Urcdinei 248 



Ustilaginei 246 



Vandyke border 365 



Wall, hollow 2C8 



Wall trees, training 421 



Window garden 27 



