INDEX. 



Budding, proper time for, 267 



composition of wax for, 267 

 ,, roses, directions for, 269 



Bulbs and roots, best mode of preserving, 

 368 



Burnet, species and uses of, 671 



/CABBAGE, history, species, and varie- 

 \J ties of, 60 5 



,, couve tronohuda, 606 

 coleworts, 606 

 ,, red, 607 

 savoy, 607 

 ,, brussels sprouts, 607 

 ,, borecole, 607 

 cauliflowers, 608 

 ,, broccoli, 609 

 turnip, 610 



tribe, general culture of the, 610 

 substitutes for, 613 

 Calendar of operations, monthly, 687 

 Camellias propagated by buds, 226 

 Canker in trees, causes of, 74 



how to prevent, 74 



,, how to cure, 75 



Canvas coverings for houses or plants, 133 



shades, apparai us for, 135 

 Caper, uses and culture of the, 678 



^ substitutes for the, 678 

 Capsicum, history and uses of the, 592 



,, culture, &c., 593 

 Cardoon, history and uses of the, 658 

 ,, varieties, 659 

 propagation and culture, 659 

 ,, how to cook the, 659 

 Carrot, history and uses of the, 633 

 best varieties, 634 

 culture, &c., 634 

 , , gathering and keeping, 634 

 ,, diseases, insects, &c., 634 

 ,, seed saving 635 

 Celery, history and uses of, 667 

 best varieties, 667 

 ,, propagation and culture, 667 

 transplanted into trenches, 668 

 how to blanch, 668 

 late spring crop, 669 

 gathering and keeping, 670 

 culture of turnip-rooted or cele- 



riac, 670 

 diseases, insects, &c., 670 

 Chamomile, culture and uses of, 683 

 Charcoal in gardens, use of, 298 

 how to make, 298 

 ,, used for rooting cuttings, 230 

 Chatsworth, ridge-and furrow roofed 



house at, 157 



Cherry, history and uses of the, 550 

 best varieties, 550 



Cherry, propagation, soil, culture, &c., 551 

 , , gathering and keeping, 552 

 diseases, insects, &c , 552 

 garden, a Dutch, 552 

 garden, mode of netting a, 553 

 forcing the, 483 

 the Peruvian, 587 

 the Cornelian, 574 

 culture under gluss, 483 

 best kinds for forcing, 484 

 time of commencing to force, 484 

 ,, insects injurious to the, 485 

 thinning the, 485 

 treatment when taken out of the 



house, 486 

 ,, forcing in a temporary structure, 



486 



German practice of forcingthe,487 

 Chervil, culture and uses of, 673 

 Chestnut, the sweet, 572 

 Chicory, history and uses of the, 665 

 ,, culture, &c., 666 

 ,, substitute for, 666 

 how forced, 517 

 Chive, uses and culture of the, 650 

 Citron, description and uses of the, 595 



culture, &c., 596 

 Clary, description and uses of, 680 

 Cleft-grafting, 252 



Clipping, its object and mode of per- 

 formance, 204 



Cloches, or French bell-glasses, 107 

 in the propagating-house, 108 

 ,, where to buy, 110 

 Conservatory, proper temperature of the, 



189 

 Copings for fruit-tree walls, 133 



,, ,, permanent, 140 



Coriander, culture and uses of the, 673 

 Corn- salad, culture of, 670 

 Coverings of canvas for houses or plants, 



133 

 for shade and protection, 



various, 358 



,, for pits and frames, 118 



Cranberry, history and uses of the, 570 



,, the Scotch, 570 

 Cress, culture of garden, 671 

 winter, 671 



water, 671 



Indian, 675 



Crops, observations on rotation of, 408 

 Cucumber, culture of the, 498 



grown on a dung-bed, 499 



beds, linings of, 502 



grown in various sorts of pits, 



504 



pit, heated by hot water, 505 

 ,, description of Corbett's, 505 

 Green's, 506 



