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INDEX. 



RAD 



RADISH, the, 166 

 .Radishes, how to get them 



early, 166 



Ked-spider, the, 71, 74, 180 

 Ehubarb, forcing, 70, 175 



where to plant, 176 



Eivers, the late Mr. Thos., 1, 32, 37 

 Eoot-protector for vine border, 7, 8 

 Eose, cultivation of the, 96-98 



manure for the, 96 

 pruning the, 94-96 



varieties of the, 95, 97 



forcing the, 91, 93, 94, 97 



care required in, 91 



best classes for, 92 



forcing-house, the, 91-94 



SEA-KALE, 172 

 forcing, 173, 174 

 Single glazing, 15, 16 

 Sliding shutters for vinery, &c., 6, 9 

 Soot as a manure, 61, 70 

 Straw mats, 185, 186 

 Sulphur as an insecticide, 74, 78 



TAN bad for growing plants in, 

 140, 177 

 Tank for cucumbers and melons, 



80-83 



Texas, wild grapes of, 5 

 water-melons of, 77 



WOO 



Thrip, the, 69, 71, 74, 78 

 Tomato, the, 46 



Turf-pits for early radishes, 167, 168 

 Turfing-iron, the, 167 



T7ENTILATORS for grape-house, 

 V 6, 8 



Vine, cultivation of the, 4, 17-22 



forcing the. 27 



summer pruning the, 25 



winter pruning the, 22 



the, thinning out the berries, 28 



border protector, the, 7, 8, 12, 

 20-22 



Vines, liquid manure for, 29, 32 



planting, 17 



roots of, their treatment, 17, 18, 

 19, 21, 30 



Vinery, cost of, 9 



situation of, 9 



the late, 29-31 



WALL of vinery, 10 

 cost of, 10 

 Watering plants, 194, 195 



how to do it, 196 



Winds, effect of. on vinery, 9 

 Wire baskets for the forcing-house, 



130 

 Woodlouse, the, 181, 182 



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