2260 
RAD 
een the, 166 
Radishes. how to get them 
early, 166 
Red-spider, the, 71, 74, 180 
Rhubarb, forcing, 70, 175 
— where to plant, 176 
Rivers, the late Mr. Thos., 1, 32, 37 
Root-protector for vine border, 7, 8 
Rose, cultivation of the, 96-98 
— manure for the, 96 
~~ pruning the, 94-96 
— varieties of the, 95, 97 
— forcing the, 91, 93, 94, 97 
— — care required in, 91 
— — best classes for, 92 
— forcing-house, the, 91-94 
{| EA-KALE, 172 
— forcing, 173, 174 
Single glazing, 15, 16 
Sliding shutters for vinery, &c., 6, 9 
Soot as a manure, 61, 70 
Straw mats, 185, 186 
Sulphur as an insecticide, 74, 78 
| ge bad for growing plants in, 
140, 177 
Tank for cucumbers and melons, 
80-83 
Texas, wild grapes of, 5 
— water-melons of, 77 
INDEX. 
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Thrip, the, 69, 71, 74, 78 
Tomato, the, 46 
Turf-pits for early radishes, 167, 168 
Turfing-iron, the, 167 
Ages for grape-house, 
6, 8 
Vine, cultivation of the, 4, 17-22 
— forcing the, 27 
— summer pruning the, 28 
— winter pruning the, 22 
— the, thinning out the berries, 28 
— border protector, the, 7, 8, 12, 
20-22 
Vines, liquid manure for, 29, 32 
— planting, 17 
— roots of, their treatment, 17, 18, 
19, 21, 30 
Vinery, cost of, 9 
— situation of, 9 
— the late, 29-31 
ALL of vinery, 10 
— cost of, 10 
Watering plants, 194, 195 
— — how to do it, 196 
Winds, effect of, on vinery, 9 
Wire baskets for the forcing-house, 
130 
Woodlouse, the, 181 18 
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