INDEX. 



743 



Edgini^-plants, 399- 



Edging-plants: dwarf feather-grass, 406^ 

 Festuca glauca, ib. 



Edgings of box, 72. 



Effect of darkness on plants in winter, 

 681. 



Effect of embankments, 66. 



Effect of frost on apricots in spring, 85. 



Effect of frost on rapid-growing plants, 

 164. 



Effect of the position of carriage-roads, 

 103. 



Effects of chloroform on the sensitive 

 plant, 116. 



Effects of drainage, 36. 



Effects of deep box-edgings, 65. 



Effects of handling delicate fruits, 493. 



Effects of heat on ripe gi'apes, 685. 



Effects of heavy rains, 673 ; necessity of 

 drainage, id. 



Effects of laudanum or arsenic on plants, 

 116. 



Effects of lime applied to the soil, 46. 



Effects of moist soil on house and gar- 

 den, 30. 



Effects of washing on plants, 628. 



Efficiency of u-on fences, 77. 



Electric properties of the air, 525. 



Elevation of lean-to fruit-house, 25/. 



Elevation of Messenger's boiler, 259. 



Elevation necessarj' tor a good site, 32. 



^Elevation of a range of vineries, 241. 



Elm-trees in pleasure-grounds, 697. 



Embellishments for groups of beds, 159. 



Endive, 74, 188, 370, 411, 505, 564, 621, 

 698. 



English cottage-gardens, 10. 



English or picturesque style of gar- 

 den, 8. 



English style of gardening, 7. 



Epacridae, 337, 380. 



Epiphyllum truncatnm, 714. 



Eragrostis of sorts, 306. 



Eranthemums, 513. 



Erianthis ravenna, 306. 



Erica, or heaths : their general treatment, 



420. 



Ericas, 699, 



Erisimum Perofsklanum, 270. 



Ermonville gardens, 8. 



Erratum, p. 2, for " asparagus weighing 

 three pounds," read " three to the 

 pound." 



Errington on massing beds, 500. 



Errington's order of rotation, 172, 170. 



Espalier trees, 412. 



Espaliers : summer-training, 468. 



Euphorbia jacquiniflora, 715. 



Eutoca viscida alba, 270. 



Evaporation, 37. 



Evelyn's idea of the agreeable, 4. 



Evergreen hedges, 393. 



Evergreen shrubs, 696, 698. 



Evergreen rose, its varieties and cultiva- 

 tion, 597, 647. 



Example of approach-grafting, 128. 



Excess of soil, 150. 



Excellent house for sheltering bedding 

 out plants, 249. 



Excellent plan of setting runners, 136. 



Excellent vinery and fruit-house, 247. 



Exchanging garden-mould for fresh soil, 

 388. 



Exciting composts, 266. 



Expedients to prevent evaporation, 418. 



Expedients for retaining heat in the hot- 

 bed, 289. 



Experiment of Von Helmont, 17. 



Experiments of Brisson, 97. 



Experiments of the Caledonian Horticul- 

 tural Society, 84. 



Experiments of Rev. J. Laurence, 89. 



Extensive and cheap range of houses, 

 250. 



Extent of kitchen-garden, 169. 



Extra liability to msects with permanent 

 cophig, 92. 



Facade at the Horticultural Society's 

 Garden, 64. 



Faggots in road-making, 108. 



Falling or bruised fruit, 482. 



Fallowing a cure for club, 507. 



Fallowing for weeds, 387. 



Fan system, 282. 



Fancy dahlias, 702. 



Fancy geraniums, list of, 632. 



Fancy ribbon borders, 305. 



Fantastic gardens of Ermonville, 8. 



Farm and villa architecture, 68. 



Farm-gardens, 387. 



Favourable form of pine-pit, 249. 



Favourable season for pruning goose- 

 berry-trees, 284. 



Feather-grasses, 306. 



February: aspect of the month, 210 j 

 flowers, 211 J temperature, id. 



Feeder-drains, 43. 



Feeders and condensers for bees, 639. 



Feeding bees in winter, 639. 



Fence separating the garden from park, 

 78. 



Fences for suburban residences, 77. 



Fences in Ireland, 75. 



Fences, walls, and shelters, 75. 



Fern-leaves as a bed for stored fruit, 487. 



Ferns, 286, 384, 723. 



Fertilization of pinks, 459. 



Fertilizing properties of manure, 525. 



Fibrous-rooted perennials : how in- 

 creased, 358. 



Fig-house, 721. 



Figs, the third crop, 633. 



Figs, 342, 374, 572, 686, 721. 



Figs: stop, 414; lay in, i7».; water with 

 soap-suds, ib. ; second crop, 475. 



Figure-of-four trap, 144. 



Filberts for storing, 494. 



Fire an ameliorator of soils, 44. 



Fishponds, 101 ; a costly luxury, ib. 



Flat coping, 88. 



Flagstones for walks, 158. 



Fleming's machine, 144. 



