224 INDEX. 
DOU MAN 
Double glazing without putty, | Gooseberry, grown in pots, 61, 63 
13-16 — pruning, 60 
— — its advantages, 29, 107 
Dwarf-bean house and pit, the, 179, 
180 
ERNERY (See Fern house). 
Fern house, the, 105 
-— — situation of, 105, 106 
— — ventilation of, 107, 108 
Ferns, cultivation of, 106-108 
— best soil for, 108 
— — way to propagate, 109 
— — — —raise new sorts, 109, 
110 
— different kinds of, 108-110 
French beans, 178 
— — forcing, 179, 180 
— — — frames for, 179 
Fruit forcing, secret of success in, 2 
Fruits, various modes of growing, 1 
Fungus produced from new tan, 140 
AS stoves for plant houses not 
good, 2 
General plant forcing house, 138 
—-——-— —its construction; 159; 
140 
— — — -— flowering plants and 
shrubs for, 141-144 
— — — — — — their cultivation, 
141, 148, 144 
Geranium, the, 120 
— choice varieties of, 120 
— cultivation of, 123 
— guano bad for, 124 
Geranium house, the, 120-122, 124 
Gesneraceous house, the, 126 
— — temperature of, 127 
— — yarious plants tobe grown in, 
126-131 
Glass houses, 37 
— — cheapest way to build, 37 
Glazing, double, 13-16 
— single, 15, 16 
— grape houses, &c., 13-16, 63 
Gooseberry, the, 58 
— cultivation of, 58-61 
— house, the, 57, 62, 63 
— — its arrangement, 59, 62 
Grape colouring, 5-7, 27 
— growing, by late Mr. Rivers, 32 
— house, the, 4 
— — glazing, 13 
Grapes grown in pots, 32 
-— — — — its advantages, 34 
— — — — their treatment, 33 
— — — — yarieties best suited for, 
34 
— the marketing of, 35 
Greengage, the, 48, 62 
Green glass for growing camellias, 
&e., 100 
— — for growing ferns, 166, 107 
Guano, 70, 96, 108, 124, 136 
EATH, the, 150 
— cultivation of, 151-153 
— soil requisite for, 151 
— when to water, 153 
— house, the, 150, 154 
Helleborus, the, $4, 88 
— its cultivation, 88, 89 
— soil for, 86 
—- varieties of, 88 
Hothouse builders, 2 
How to prune the vine, 22, 25 
IQUID manure, 29, 32, 61, 103, 
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Lily-of-the-valley, the, 84 
— — — — its cultivation, 88, 89 
— — — — soil for, 86 
— — — — pit, the, 84-87 
— —-—— — cost of construction 
ANURE for the camellia, 103 
— — — carnation, 115 
— — — carrot, 178 
— — — cucumber, 164 
— — — gooseberry, 61 
