INDEX. 



705 



Sea-kale, history and uses of the, 655 

 ,, propagation and culture, 655 

 ,, gathering, 656 

 forcing, 517, 657 

 Secateur, or French pruning shears, 96 

 Seed-room, arrangement of the, 1 94 

 Seeds, accelerating the germination of,211 

 ,, care of newly-sown. 209 

 ,, depth at which they should be 



sown, 209 



,, duration of vitality in, 212 

 proper seasons for sowing, 213 

 Selecting and improving plants in culture, 



371 

 Service-tree, the true, 549 



the griping, 556 



Shaddock, description and uses of the, 595 



culture, &c., 596 

 Shades, apparatus for canvas, 135 

 Shallot, uses and culture of the, 649 

 Shanking in grapes, 463 

 Shears, for clipping grass verges, 97 

 garden, 95 

 pruning, 95 



Shed, contents of the potting, 195 

 Sheds, uses of open, 195 

 Shield- budding, how performed, 267 

 Shifting or repotting, 296 

 Side grafting, 255 



Siphon mode of circulating hot water, 172 

 Skirret, culture of the, 636 

 Snails and slugs, 50 



,, how to destroy, 51 



Soil, origin and kinds of, 1 

 ,, alluvial, 4 

 ., calcareous, 4 

 ,, clayey, 3 

 ,, gravelly, 3 

 loamy, 5 

 peat, 5 

 ,, sandy, 2 

 ,, organic matter in, 5 

 ,, on the inclination of the surface of, 6 

 ,, varieties of, indicated by the plants 



which grow on them, 7 

 ,, improvement of, by draining, 7 

 ,, altering tbe texture and composi- 

 tion of, 8 

 ,, burning of, as a means of improving, 



pulverizing of, necessity for the, 11 



,, free admission of air to, 12 



general remarks ou the preparation 



of, 196 



Sorrel, culture of various kinds of, 643 

 Sowing and planting, proper seasons for, 



Spades, various kinds of, 85, 86 

 Spinach, culture of the common, 640 

 French, 641 



Spinach, culture of, New Zealand, 641 

 perennial, 642 



Beet, 642 



,, ,, Patience, 642 



Splice-grafting, 250 

 Spud, garden, 87 



Steam, plant-houses heated by, 169 

 Stirring the soil, advantages of, 356 

 Stoves for plants, various kinds of, 189 

 Strawberry, history and uses of the, 566 

 best varieties, 566 



propaga'ion and soil, 567 

 culture in rows, 567 

 culture in beds, 568 

 mulching and watering, 568 

 retarding a crop, 569 

 accelerating a crop, 569 



gathering, 570 



forcing, 570 



,, how forced, 513 



best kinds for forcing, 513 



,, treatment after forcing, 514 



the Alpine, 515 



Straw mats, mode of making, 117 



,, wisps, used as protectors, 116 

 Structures and edifices, gardtn, 130 

 Styptic for vine-bleeding, 466 

 Subsoils, importance of good, 6 

 Substitutes for hand-glasses, 132 

 Succory, chicory, or wild endive, 665 

 Syringe, garden, best kind of, 112 



rPANSY, culture and uses of the, 681 

 JL Tarragon, culture and uses of, 674 



,, substitutes for, 674 

 Temperature, influence of hills on nightly, 



31 

 ,, of water and air for plants, 



41 

 Tender shrubs and trees, best positions 



for, 32 



Thermometers, best kinds of, 126 

 Thinning of garden- crops and plantations, 



311 

 Thinning-out plants, general remarks on, 



310 

 Thyme, culture and uses of the common, 



679 



,, culture and uses of the lemon, 679 

 Tobacco, history and uses of, 684 



,, propagation and culture, 684 

 Tomato, history and uses of the, 591 

 best varieties, 659 

 ,, culture, &c., 591 

 Tongue-grafting, 250 

 Tools, garden, how to keep, 80 



M ,, various kinds of, 78 



Training, general remarks on, 313 



,, manual operations of, 314 



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