700 



INDEX. 



C\ ARDEN, the general management of a, 

 U 379 



Gardeners, remarks on the waees of, 381 



,, useful rules for, 377 

 (rat-lie, uses and culture of, 650 

 Gathering fruit, proper mode of, 368 

 Germination, process of, 207 



, , of various seeds, time neces- 



sary for the, 208 

 Ginger, culture and uses of, 678 

 Girdling-machine, described, 308 

 Girdling trees, effects of, 308 

 Glasses, bell, 107 



hand, 107 



Glazing plant-houses, best mode of, 182 

 Gooseberry, history and uses of the, 



557 

 best varieties, 401, 557 



propagation and culture, 558 

 soil, situation, and planting, 



400, 558 



pruning and training, 559 

 how grown for prizes, 559 

 gathering, keeping, &c., 561 

 insects, diseases, &c., 561 

 forcing, 562 

 Gourds, history and uses of, 589 

 ,, species or varieties, 590 

 ,, list of ornamental, 590 

 ,, propagation and cultui'e, 591 

 Grafting, fundamental principle of, 241 

 ,, De Candolle's remarks on, 242 

 conditions essential to the suc- 

 cess of, 243 



modifications effected by, 244 

 ,, various uses of, 246 

 mateiials used in, 247 

 clay, composition of, 248 



wax, 248,257 

 best kind of, 248 



,, by detached scions, 249 

 ,, commonest mode of, 250 

 ,, splice, tougue, or whip, 250 

 cleft, 252 

 ,, saddle, 254 

 ,, side, 255 

 the mistletoe, 256 

 root, 256 

 herbaceous, 257, 259 

 the pine and fir tribe, 257 

 ,, the tree paeony, 258 

 ,, the dahlia on its own tubers, 



259 



the melon, 260 

 succulents, 260 

 , , by approach or inarching, 261 

 by detached buds, 265 

 Granadilla, culture of the, 598 

 Grape, best vaiietiesof, 575 

 ,, propagation, 447 



Grape culture, pruning, and training, 



444, 457 



Greenhouse, common form of, 187 

 Ground vineries, 470 

 Guava, culture of the, 597 

 Gum-disease, causes of, 76 



HAMMER, garden, 90 

 Hand-glasses, 107 



,, substitutes for, 132 



Hares, to prevent barking trees, 73 

 Heat, conduction of, 26 

 radiation of, 27 

 ,, means of counteracting the radia- 



tiun of, 29 



carried off by wind and evapora- 

 tion, 31 



in plant-houses, remarks on, 162 

 retained by cover- 



ings, 179 

 Heating by hot water, ordinary mode of, 



40 

 ,, ,, Mr. Penn's mode 



* of, 39 



,, plant-houses with fermenting ma- 

 nure, 163 



Hedgehogs useful in gardens, 72 

 Hellebore, culture and uses of white, 



685 



Henbane, culture and uses of, 686 

 Herbaceous grafting, 257 

 Hickory, the peccan-nut, 572 



the shell-bark, 572 

 Hoeing, object and proper mode of, 200 

 Hoes, various kinds of, 83, 84 

 Honey-dew on leaves, remedy for, 77 

 Horehound, culture and uses of, 684 

 Horse-radish, culture of the, 676 



substitute for the, 676 



Hotbed, description of Me Phail's, 360 



,, frame, common, described, 136 

 Hotbeds, uses and construction of, 359 

 Hot water in pipes, cause of the circula- 

 tion of, 170 

 ,, ,, plant- houses heated 



by, 170 



,, siphon mode of cir- 



culating, 172 



,, ,, how to calculate the 



quantity required, 

 174 



House, span-roofed forcing, 153 

 Hygrometer, uses of, 126 

 Hyssop, culture and uses of, 684 



TMPLEMENTS of horticulture, 78 

 JL Indian cress, culture of, 675 

 Indian fig, description of the, 598 



