702 



INDEX. 



Melon, general treatment, 495 

 grown in the open air, 496 

 insects and diseases, 497 

 water, 589 



Mice, best way to trap field, 72 

 Mildew, in grapes, 463 

 ,, causes of, 76 

 ,, remedy for, 76 

 Mistletoe, grafting the, 256 

 Moisture, atmospheric, general remarks 



on, 33 



,, ,, Dr. Lindley's re- 



marks on, 38 

 ,, ,, simplest mode of 



measuring, 33 

 ,, deficient in hothouses, causes 



of, 36 

 ,, in vineries diminished at night, 



34 



,, in hothouses, how to main- 

 tain, 37 

 in plant-houses, how supplied, 



179 



Moles, how to catch, 71 

 Monthly calendar of operations, 687 

 Mouse- trap, figure 4, 73 



formed with an inverted 



flower- pot, 71 



Mowing of lawns and garden grass, 205 

 Mulberry, history and uses of the, 571 



,, propagation and culture, 571 

 Musa sapieutum, 511 

 Mushroom, how forced, 523 



houso described, 523 

 spawn, 524 

 ,, beds, how made, 524 

 ,, grown in cellars, 524 



beds, management of, 525 



,, how to introduce into pas- 

 tures, 681 



the truffle, 682 



the morel, 682 



NAILS, cast-iron, to prevent rusting, 

 12J 



Nectarine, history and uses of the, 576 

 ,, best varieties, 576 

 ,, propagation, culture, &c., 476, 



577 

 forcing, 476 



OFFSETS, propagation by, 240 

 Olive, description of the, 598 

 Onion, history and uses of the common, 



643 



,, best varie'ies acd species, 644 

 propagation and culture, 644 

 ,, autumn and winter crops, 646 



Onion, transplanted crops, 646 

 culture of the potato, 646 

 ,, ,, bulb-bearing, 647 



,, treatment common to all kinds of, 



647 



,, diseases, insects, &c., 647 

 fly, remedy for the, 648 

 gathering and keeping, 648 

 Open sheds, uses of, 195 

 Operations, monthly calendar of, 687 

 Orange, history and uses of the, 593 

 ,, species or varieties, 594 

 ,, culture, &c., 596 

 Orangery, chief uses of, 188 

 Orchard, culture of the soil in an, 405 

 Orchard-house, Forster's patent, 192 

 Orchard-houses, remarks on, 191 

 Oxalis, uses and culture of Deppe's, 639 

 ,, crenata, 639 



T)ACKING and transporting fruits and 



JL flowers, 370 



Packing and transporting plants and 



seeds, 369 



Parsley, history and uses of the, 672 

 propagation and culture, 673 

 Hamburgh, 637, 673 

 Naples, 673 

 Parsnip, history and uses of the, 635 

 best varieties, 635 

 culture, &c., 635 

 Pawpaw, description of the, 598 

 Pea, history and uses of the, 613 

 ,, best varieties, 614 

 culture, 614 



how to obtain an early crop, 616 

 ,, summer and autuuiu crops, 617 

 ,, gathering, 617 

 ,, diseases, vermin, &c., 617 

 forcing, 618 

 the chick, 622 

 ,, how forced, 520 

 Peach and nectarine, history and uses of 



the, 576 



properties of a good, 576 

 best v-.rieties, 576 

 propagation and culture, 



476, 480, 577 

 soil, situation, &c., 577 

 pruning and training, 



478, 578 

 border, treatment of 



the, 580 

 protection in winter and 



spring, 581 

 growing on a flued wall, 



582 



mode of gathering, 582 

 insects, diseases, &c., 

 480, 582 



