626 INDEX. 



Apricots, kinds of, described, - - 167 



— of planting, - - 206, 259 

 --. of pruning and training, 190, 238, 24-3, 24-8, 250, 



255 



— of screening the blossoms' of, - 220 



— of thinning the fiuit of, - 240, 214, 24-5 



— — the leaves of, ^ 250, 253, 256 



— of gathering the fruit of, - - 251 



— kinds of. for forcing, - - 294 

 Arbroath pippin-apple described, - - 165 

 Archduke cherry described^ - - 168 

 Artichokes, culture of,: - 43, 60, 72, 128 

 Asparagus, cukure of, in the open ground, 4-4', 61, 72, 128 



— of forcing, in hot-beds, - 333, 34'5, 4*2 



«j. — in fiusd pits, - 84-6, 443 



Aspects for wall-trees, of the proper, - 159, 162 



Aurca mala^ or original apple, of the, - 165 



Auriculas, culture of, 462, 468, 476, 489, 494, 502, 513 



AutumTt bergamot pear described, - - 173 



Awning for shading flowers, of an, - 475, 492 



B. 



Balgon pippin-apple described, - - 164 



Basil, culture of, - - - ^ 5Q 

 Beans, culture of, 25, 31, 47, 61, 73, 84, 120, 129 



Beet, culture of, - - - 47, 61, 74, 84 



— of storing for winter use, - - 121 

 Beurre pei'r described, - - - 17S 

 Black cluster grape described, - - 301 



— Constantia grape described, - - ib, 



— Frontinac grape described^ - - 297 

 ' — Hamburgh grape described, - » 298 

 . — heart cherry described, - - 16S 

 • — Muscadine grape described, - - 297 

 =— ' muscat grape described, - » 300 



