INDEX. 



AIR 



AIR-DKAIN method of heat- 

 ing, 2 



Angle of roof for grape-house, 4 

 Aphides, the, 56, 96, 124 

 Asparagus beds, how to make them, 



171 

 forcing, 70, 71 



forcing-pit, 170-172 



BACK WALLS for vinery, 10, 12 

 Balsam, the, 146 



its cultivation, 146, 147 



saving the seed, 147 



treatment of the seed, 146 

 Balsam-house, the, 145, 148, 149 

 Baskets, wire, for the forcing-house, 



130 

 Boiler for the vinery, 11 



cost of, 11 



Border-protector for vines, &c., 7, 



8, 12, 20-22 

 Building hot-houses, 2, 3 



pALCEOLARIA, the, 136 

 \J its cultivation, 136 



house, the, 132, 133, 137 

 Camellia, the, 101 



its cultivation, 101, 102 



grown in pots, 102, 103 



planting the, 101 



house, the, 99, 102, 103 



its construction, 99-101, 104 



glazed with green glass, 100 



DIG 



Canvas sashes for turf-pits, 168 

 Carnation, the, 113 



its cultivation, 113-117 



best manure for, 115 



varieties of, 117 



house, the, 111, 112 



its construction, 111, 117, 118 



Carrot, the, 177 



forcing, 177, 178 



frame, the, 177 

 Cherry, the, 53 



the cordon trained, 54, 55 



pruning the, 55 



soil for the, 53 



house, the, 52 



arrangement of 56, 57 



Cineraria, the, 134 



its cultivation, 135 



house, the, 132, 133, 137 

 Colouring grapes, 5-7, 27 

 Conservatory, the, 154 



its construction, 155 

 Cucumber house, the, 64-67 



arrangement of, 65 

 Cucumbers, growing, 67-72, 168 



grown in pea frames, 163 

 tanks, 80 



watering, 164 



Cut flowers for the market, how to 

 pack them, 98 



DIGGING borders for peaches, 

 &c., 46 



