INDEX. 



405 



Fruit-trees, Mr. Knight s experi 

 ments for producing im 

 proved and hardy varieties 40 



means of accelerating the 

 bearing of, and vines - 42 



propagation by cuttings 

 and layers - - - 43 



propagation by grafting 

 with different kinds of 

 stocks to suit various 

 sorts of fruit 44 



modes of improving their 

 fruitfulness by ringing, 

 root-pruning, &c. - - 61 



mode of double working 



pear-trees - - - 131 

 Fuchsia - - - - 247 

 Furnaces, plans of - - - 300 



Gansel s bergamot pear - - 127 



Garden, proper size, situation, &c. 22 



enclosure-walls - - 26 



soil, manures, &c. - 31-33 



internal arrangement - 34 



cress - - - - 218 



patience - 205 



Gardens, winter and summer - 238 



Garlic, culture of - - - 200 



Girkins for pickling - - 371 



Gladioli, or corn nags - - 271 



Glazed houses - - - 282 



Gooseberries, kinds and culture of 149 



Gourds, cultivation of - - 371 



Gowan s mode of grafting grape- 



. vines 81 

 Grafting, propagation by - 44 

 by approach - - - 47 

 of grape-vines - 81 

 Grapes in flower-pots 68 

 for wine 7h 

 on walls 68 

 varieties and culture - 63 

 best selection for an ordi 

 nary vinery - - 67 

 kinds commonly grown 

 against the open wall in 

 England and Scotland - 68 

 the celebrated Hampton 



Court vine 69 



great age attained by vines ib. 

 ill success in culture of 



foreign grapes in the U. S. ib. 

 Dr. Underbill s observa 

 tions on the grape culture 



in the U.S. - - ib. 

 Mr. Wilson s plan of pro 

 tecting foreign grapes in 



winter - 70 j 



Grapes, great success of grape 



culture in Cincinnati - 71 



the Isabella, Catawba, and 

 other best native Ameri 

 can grapes, described - 72 



best foreign grapes for un 

 der-glass culture in U. S. 74 



Mr. Longworth s observa 

 tions 75 



Mr. Buchanan s treatise 



upon 79 



propagation of the vines - ib. 



grafting grape vines - 80 



single-eye mode of propa 

 gation 81 



planting out 82 



pruning 84 



proper soil and manures - ib. 



management under glass - 85 



fall and winter trimming - 86 



bearing capacities, how es 

 timated 87 



routine of grape-house cul 

 ture without fire-heat - 88 



forcing grapes ripe at all 



seasons - 325 



Grasses for lawns 22 



Gravel for garden walks - 341 



Green-gage plum - - - 115 



Green-house, structure of - 282 



plants recommended - 299 



Guigne-trees - - - 121 



Hampton Court vine, astonish 

 ing productiveness of - 

 Hazel-bush, culture of - 

 Heath-house - - - - 

 Heaths, hardy, list of - 

 Heating by hot water 

 Heating of glazed houses by 



69 



144 

 284 

 290 

 307 



302 



Herbaceous ornamental plants 



recommended 

 vernal, summer, 

 autumnal 

 Herbaceous aperennial 



how propagated 

 Herbs, sweet, list of 

 Horizontal training of 



trees, Hitt, Ac. - 

 Horse-radish, culture of - 

 Horticultural Societies, notices of 

 Hops - 

 Hotbeds Hotbed frames 



- 249 

 - 353, 254 



- 255 

 plants, 



- 256 



- 230 



wall- 



56 

 229 



18 

 200 

 362 



Hot-houses, their principal objects 298 

 flues and furnaces for - 299 

 method of applying surface 

 and bottom heat - - 306 



