INDEX. 



701 



Insects, transformation of, 52' 

 food of, 54 



distribution and habits of, 56 

 uses of, 57 

 natural checks against the undue 



increase of, 57 

 various modes of destroying, 60 



JAPAN quince, culture of the, 597 

 Jerusalem artichoke, culture of the, 

 631 



TTIDNEY bean, history and uses of the, 

 J\. 6i9 



varieties, 620 



,, culture, &c., 620 



,, how forced, 519 



Kitchen garden, how to lay out a, 383 



cropping and general 



management of a, 406 



best mode of sheltering, 



39 

 Knives for hedge-pruning, 92 



,. garden, 91 

 Kohl Rabi, 610 



LABELS, best mode of writing on, 121 

 ,, various kind- of, 121, 122 

 Ladders fir garden use, 124 

 Lamb's lettuce, culture of, 670 

 Lavender, culture and uses, 683 

 Layers, theory of propagation by, 233 

 ,, various modes of propagating by, 



235 



Leaves, propagation by, 228 

 Leek, history and uses of the, 649 

 best varieties of, 649 

 culture, &c., 649 

 Lemon, description and uses of the, 595 



,, culture. &c., 596 

 Lentil, the common, 622 

 Lettuce, history and us^s of the, 661 

 best varieties, 662 

 propagation and culture, 662 

 French mode of growing, 663 

 grown as small salads, 663 

 forcing. 52.1 

 lamb's, 670 

 Level-garden, for adjusting box-edgings, 



&c., 126 



Levers and crowbar, 82 

 Light, laws of, 43 



and heat, point of difference be- 

 tween, 43 



effects of on plants. 42 

 how affected by reflection, 43 



Light, how plants may receive the greatest 



amount of, 45 



transmitted and refracted, 43 

 when necessary to exclude or di- 

 minish, 45 



Lime, description and uses of the, 595 

 ,, culture, &c., 596 



Liquorice, culture and uses of, 684 



Looping, various modes of, 303 



Loquat, culture of the, 597 



Lupin, the white, 622 



mowing, description of, 



,, used in horticulture, 111 

 Mallet, wooden, 90 

 Manure, general remarks on, 13 

 leaf mould as, 13 

 ,, green crops as, 14 

 sea weed as, 14 

 ,, malt-dust as 14 

 ,, rape- cake as, 14 

 ,, straw as, 14 

 ,, rotten tan as, 14 

 ,, peat-soil as, 14 

 ,, animal matters as, 15 

 sewage as, 16 

 liquid ] 6 



nightsoil as, 16 

 bones as, 17 

 how to save, 18 

 lime as, 1 9 

 marl as, 20 

 gypsum as, 20 

 sea-sh 11s as, 20 

 saltpetre as, 21 

 salt as, 21 

 coal- ashes as, 22 

 vegetable ashes as, 22 

 soot as, 23 



street-sweepings as, 23 

 mixed, or composts, 24 

 application of, 24 

 Marigold, us> s and culture of the, 675 

 Marjoram, culture and uses of pot, 680 

 sweet, 680 

 winter, 680 

 Mats of various kinds described, 116 



how t'j arrange as coverings, 118 

 Mint, culture and uses of the common, 680 

 pennyroyal, 680 

 Medicinal herbs, list of, 603 

 Medlar, history and uses of the, 549 

 varieties, 549 



propagation, soil, and culture, 549 

 Melon, culture of the, 492 

 ,, best vaiieties, 495, 588 

 ,, seedlings, 495 

 planting out, 495 



