INDEX. 



699 



Cucumber, grown in pots, 507 



,, house, construction of, 570 



,, Ayres's, 508 



,, treatment of plants 



in, 508 



how grown forexhibition, 509 

 ,, ,, intbeopeuair,509 



,, and melon culture compared, 



511 



,, best varieties of, 589 

 Currant, history and uses of the, 562 

 best varieties, 562 

 ,, propagation and culture, 562 

 insects, &c., 563 

 forcing, 563 



various modes of planting, 400 

 ,, list of best sorts of, 402 

 Cuttings, propagation by, 214 



how to force shoots for, 232 



,, how to select, 215 



preparation of, 217 



,, insertion of, 220 



necessary conditions for success 



with, 231 

 ,, of delicate planis, treatment 



of, 221 

 ,, treatment of various kinds of, 



223 

 Forsyth's mode of striking, 222 



DAHLIA, grafting the, 259 

 Daisy-knife, 97 

 Daisy-weeder, 87 



Deppe's Oxalis, uses and culture of, 639 

 Dew. formation of, 28 

 Dew-point, how to find the temperature 



of the, 128 

 Dibbers, 82 



Digging, proper mode of, 197 

 Dill, culture and uses of, 674 

 Disbarking, object and practice of, 305 

 Disbudding, object and practice of, 305 

 Diseases of plants, 74 

 Disleafing, object and practice of, 306 

 Dormice, 72 

 Dutch cherry-garden, a, 552 



EDIFICES used in horticulture, 193 

 Egg-plant, history and culture of 



the, 592 



Elder-tree, the, 574 

 Elecampane, uses and culture of, 678 

 Endive, history and uses of the, 664 

 ,, best varieties, 664 

 ,, propagation and culture, 664 

 ,, best mode of blanching, 665 



Endive, how to preserve a crop through 



the winter, 665 

 succory, or wild. 665 

 Espalier-rails, various kinds of, 148 

 ,, of strained wire, 395 



,, how constructed, 393 



Espaliers, French mode of constructing, 



396 



Evergreens, best season for transplant- 

 ing, 284 



packing and removing of, 289 



Exotic fruits that may be grown in stoves, 

 598 



FENNEL, culture and uses of, 674 

 Fig, history and uses of the, 585 

 ,, best varieties, 585 

 ,, propagation, culture, &c., 586 

 culture under glass, 488 

 how forced in British gardens, 



489 



in pots, 490 



,, winter treatment of the, 491 

 Filbert, best varieties of the, 572 

 ,, propagation, 572 

 pruning and planting, 573 

 gathering and keeping, 573 

 ,, insects, 573 



Flues, plant-houses heated by, 165 

 Flute-budding, or tube budding, 271 

 Fly-trap, made with hand glasses, 64 

 Forcing- house, illustration of a half- span 



190 



,, uses of the, 189 



Forcing of hardy fruit-trees, 492 



the cherry, 483 

 Forks, garden, various kinds of, 88 

 Forster's patent orchard-house, 192 

 Frame, common hotbed, described, 136 

 French artichoke, culture of the, 657 

 Frogs and toads, 68 

 Frost, how to protect plants from, 31 



,, places most liable to sufferfrom, 33 

 Frozen plants, how to treat, 33 

 Fruit, best mode of gathering and keep- 

 ing, 368, 369, 414 

 Fruit-room, consi ruction of the, 194 

 Fruit-trees, general remarks on, 599 

 for walls, select list of, 389 



how to plant, 391 



for espaliers and dwarfs, 392, 



399 

 for an orchard, selection of, 



402 



Fruit and flo Were, packing and transport- 

 ing of, 370 



Fumigating bellows, description of, 114 

 Fumigating pot, description of, 114 

 Furnaces, Mr. Hood's remarks on, 177 



