INDEX. 



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Best pipes for feeders, 43. 



Best position for pleasure-ground, 149. 



Best road materials, 109. 



Best soil for kitchen-garden, 166. 



Best soil to cultivate florists' flowers, 

 265. 



Best sorts of early peas, 18'2. 



Bevan's (Dr.) bee-hive, 448. 



Biennials, — transplEuit, 312; sow, ib. ; 

 divide, ih. 



Binary colours, 552. 



Blanching: endive, 188, 405. 



Blanching seakalc, 270. 



Blenheim Lake— how made, 7. 



Bloom on fruit, 484. 



Blooming-pots for roses, 650. 



Bog plants, and bog earth, 396. 



Bonding or tying bricks, 84. 



Bonneraan's discovery, 258. 



Borders in kitchen-gardens, 161. 



Borders — rake, weed, and keep clean, 458. 



Boundary-fence to grounds, 76. 



Bouquets— a study for colour in laying 

 out flower-beds, 550. 



Bourbon roses, 599; for pot-culture, 653. 



Boursaiilt roses, 606. 



Bowiensisrose, 269. 



Brassica, or cabbage plants, 315 ; his- 

 tor)-, ib. ; early cultivation, 3l6; re- 

 move varieties, ib. ; medicinal pro- 

 perties, jTi. ; Early English, 317 j cauh- 

 flower, ib. ; broccoli, ib. ; seakale, ib. 

 modem varieties, 318; cabbage, ib. 

 savoy, 319; Brussels sprouts, ib. 

 broccoli, ib. ; cottager's kale, 320 ; cul 

 tivation, 321 ; hints on sowing, 323. 



Brick, favourite material for walls, S3. 



Brick or stone walls rendered invisible, 

 149. 



Brick drains, 39. 



Brick wall, 77. 



Bricks tmequally shrinking, 84. 



Bridgman's raid among the peacocks, 7. 



Brisson's fountain, 97. 



British Queen strawberries, 283. 



Brocoli, 74. 280, 37I, 409, 412, 504, 510, 

 503, 621. 



BroviTi— his improvements, 6; his fol- 

 lowers, ib. 



Brown Dutcn lettuce, 183. 



Brugmansias, 472, 512, 513 



Brushwood drains, 39. 



Budding roses, 399. 



Budding fruit-trees, i25. 



Bugloss, 464. 



Building hot-beds, 185. 



Bulbs in borders, 362. 



Bulbous plants, 357 ; offsets, ib. ; time for 

 lifting, ib. 



Burke's ideas of art, 56. 



Burning soil<! — how done, 44; its ad- 

 vantages, 46 ; in heavy soils, 149. 



Burning the soil of old gardens, 387. 



Burnt clay for roads and paths, 45. 



Burnt soils, 19. 



Bush-fruit as a rot;ilian crop, 507. 



Busy season in the greenhouse, 190. 



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I Cabbage Lettuce, 183. 



I Cabbages, "4, 200, 334, 37 1, 510, 563, 621, 



! 674. 



I Cabbages : their history and cultivation, 



315—323. 

 Cabbages of Ravenna. 2. 

 Cactuses as window plants, 679. 

 Caie's circular flower-beds, 304. 

 Caladiums, 339. 

 Calandrinas, 270. 

 Calcareous soils. 111. 

 Calceolarias, 134, ig'', 281, 338, 356, 380, 



506, 513, 616, 716, 681. 

 Calceolarias, list of, 716. 

 Calceolarias worth cultivating, 481. 

 Calcining process, 45. 

 Calcium, its absorbing properties, 492. 

 Calliopsis, 270. 

 Camellias, 284, 337, 372, 415, 419, 47O, 



472, 512, 568,624, 680. 

 CameUias in the open air, 401. 

 Camellias, cause of buds dropping. 625. 

 Camellias require protection from cold 



currents, 19 1. 

 Campanula, 270. 



Canals at the Horticultural Garden, 64. 

 Canals made for bridges, 3. 

 Canisters for preserving fruit, 492. 

 Cannon Hall grape, 374. 

 Canterbury bells, 358. 

 Canvas for protecting fruit, 89. 

 Capability Brown, 7. 

 Cape bulbs, 735. 

 Capillaiy attraction, 37. 

 Capsicums and tomatoes, 289. 

 Capsicums, 478. 

 Carbonate of ammonia, 525. 

 Carbonic acid as an agent in forming 



soil, 17. 

 Carbonic acid gas consumed by plants, 



633. 

 Carbonic acid in rain-water, 1 7. 

 Carboniferous system, 12. 

 Cardoons, 279, 504, 563. &2Q, 673. 

 Carnations, 359, 402, 504, 549, 672, 703 ; 



list of, ib. ; fancy class, ib. 

 Carnations : propagation and cultiva- 

 tion, 536. 

 Carnations under glass, 273. 

 Carrots, 74. 280, 332, 369, 378, 409, 411, 



504, 509, 620, 673. 

 Carrots, storing for winter use, 495. 

 Carthusian's garden scheme, 66. 

 Cascade at the Horticultural Society's 



Gardens, 60. 

 Caterpillars on gooseberries, 414. 

 (;a'tle barking trees, 145. 

 Cauliflower seeds, 280. 

 Cauliflowers, 371,378,409,412, 505, 510, 



563, 621, 674. 

 Cause of a burr or swelling on fruit-trees, 



130. 

 Cause of harinessin water, 31. 

 Cause of decay in apricot-trees, 367. 

 Cause of complaint of bad seid, l6u. 

 Caution required in applying manures, 73. 

 Caution in handling delicate plants, 123. 



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