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INDEX. 



DOU 



Double glazing without putty 



13-16 



its advantages, 29, 107 



Dwarf-bean house and pit, the, 179. 



180 



T7ERNERY (See Fern house). 

 _L Fern house, the, 105 



situation of, 105, 106 



ventilation of, 107, 108 



Ferns, cultivation of, 106-108 



best soil for, 108 



- way to propagate, 109 



raise new sorts, 109, 



110 



different kinds of, 108-110 

 French beans, 178 



forcing, 179, 180 



frames for, 1 79 



Fruit forcing, secret of success in, 2 

 Fruits, various modes of growing, 1 

 Fungus produced from new tan, 140 



GAS stoves for plant houses not 

 good, 2 

 General plant forcing house, 138 



its construction, 139, 

 140 



flowering plants and 



shrubs for, 141-144 



their cultivation, 



141, 143, 144 

 Geranium, the, 120 



choice varieties of, 120 



cultivation of, 123 



guano bad for, 124 

 Geranium house, the, 120-122, 124 

 Gesneraceous house, the, 126 

 temperature of, 127 



various plants to be grown in, 



126-131 

 Glass houses, 37 



cheapest way to build, 37 



Glazing, double, 13-16 



single, 15, 16 



grape houses, &c., 13-16, 63 

 Gooseberry, the, 58 



cultivation of, 58-61 



MAN 



Gooseberry, grown in pots, 61, 63 



priming, 60 



house, the, 57, 62, 63 



its arrangement, 59, 62 



Grape colouring, 5-7, 27 



growing, by late Mr. Kivers, 32 



house, the, 4 



glazing, 1 3 



Grapes grown in pots, 32 



its advantages, 34 



their treatment, 33 



varieties best suited for, 



34 



the marketing of, 35 

 Groengage, the, 48, 62 



Green glass for growing camellias, 

 &c., 100 



for growing ferns, 1C 6, 107 



Guano, 70, 96, 103, 124, 136 



HEATH, the, 150 

 cultivation of, 151-153 



soil requisite for, 151 



when to water, 153 



house, the, 150, 154 

 Helleborus, the, 84, 88 



its cultivation, 88, 89 



soil for, 86 



varieties of, 88 

 Hothouse builders, 2 



How to prune the vine, 22, 25 



LIQUID manure, 29, 32, 61, 103, 

 141 



Lily-of-the-valley, the, 84 



its cultivation, 88, 89 



soil for, 86 



- pit, the, 84-87 



cost of construction 



of, 89, 90 



MANURE for the camellia, 103 

 carnation, 115 



carrot, 1 78 



cucumber, 164 



gooseberry, 61 



