340 



INDEX. 



Lady-bird, 113. 



Lady's gauntlet, 70. 

 ■ spade, 8. 



wheelbarrow, 10. 



Lamb's lettuce, 154. 



Large trees, removal of, 49. 



Late peas, 138. 



Lawn, management of the, 251 



Layering, 61. 



Layers, 60. 



Laying down turf, 256. 



in by the heels, 49 



- out a flower garden, 206. 

 - pleasure-grounds, 259. 



Leaf-rollers, 108. 

 Leeks, 150. 



Leguminous tribe, 135. 

 Lemon plant, 310. 

 Lemon-scented verbena, a cutting 



of the, 67- 

 Lettuces, 152. 

 I.iber, 79. 



Light, effects of, on plants, 37- 

 Lime, 23. 32, 33. 

 Limestone, 21. 

 Lime-water, 109. 

 Linings for hotbeds, 29. 

 Liquid animal manure, 30. 



manure, 30. 



tank, 26. 



Long carrots, 145. 

 Lophospermum, 321. 

 Love-apple, 16i. 

 Lupines for manure, 31. 



M. 



Macartney roses, 269. 



Magnesia, 23. 



Magpie moth, 107. 



Mammillarias, 320. 



Mammoth gouid, 160. 



Manure should be exposed to the 



action of the air, 27. 

 Manures, 24. 



. — animal, 25. 



mineral, 32. 



rules to be observed in 



applying, 33. 



theory of, 25. 



vegetable, 31. 



March, 326. 

 Marigold, common, 156. 

 Marjoram, 157- 

 Marrons de Lvons, 197- 

 Maurandya, 321. 

 May, 329. 

 Medlar, 192. 

 Melocacti, 321. 

 Melons, 160. 



Mesembryanthemums, 319. 

 Mice attack peas, 137. 

 Mimulus, 316. 



Mineral manures, 32. 



Mint, 157. 



Mixed manures, 34. 



soils. 34. 



Monkey plant, 317- 

 Morass, 23. 

 Morel lo cherry, 180. 

 Moss basket, 285. 



houses, 278-282. 



on lawns, to destroy, 258. 



roses, 265. 



Mosses, best kinds of, for mos* 



houses, 279. 

 Mould, 22. 

 Mouldering, 26. 

 Mowing, 256. 



machine, 257. 



Moxa, 110. 

 Mulberry, 185. 192. 

 Mule pink, 224. 

 Mushroom beds, 162. 



spawn, 161. 



Mushrooms, 161. 



— on lawns, 165. 



to grow, in houses or 



sheds, 164. 



in the open 



air, 162. 

 Musk plant, 317- 



roses, 269. 



Mustard and cress, 154. 

 Myrtles, 316. 



N. 



Nails and shreds, 102. 



Nectarines, 172. 



New Zealand spinach, 148. 



Night-soil, 31. 



Nitrate of potassa, 33. 



soda, 33. 



Nitrogen, 20. 



— gas, 20. 



Noisette roses, 269. 

 November, 335. 

 Nut trees, 195. 



O. 



Oak-galls, 108. 



Oak trees felled, 330. 



October, 334. 



Otfsets, 59. 



Onguent de Saint Fiacre, 92. 



Onion tribe, 148. 



Open summer-houses, 282. 



Operations, calendar of, 323. 



Opuntia, 320. 



Orange and lemon trees, cuttings 



of, 67. 

 Oxalic acid, steeping seeds in, 39. 

 Oxygen, 20. 37. 



