706 



INDEX. 



Training of herbaceous plants in beds 



and pots, 316 

 ,, of hardy flowering shrubs in 



the open ground, 317 

 ,, fruit-trees, various modes of, 



320 



,, of dwarf fruit-trees, 321 

 ,, the spurring-in system of, 322 

 ,, of conical standards, or Que- 



nouille fashion, 323 

 different stages of fan, 326 

 ,, Seymour's mode of fan, 329 

 ,, wavy-fan method of, 332 

 ,, various stages of horizontal, 336 

 , , horizontal and fan- training com- 

 bined, 337 

 ,, perpendicular and horizontal 



combined, 338 

 ,, various stages of the half-fan 



method of, 339 

 , , various stages of perpendicular, 



340 

 ,, of peach-trees at Montreuil, 



341 



,, of apple-trees as cordons, 341 

 , , as cordons, list of kinds suitable 



for, 346 

 ,, instruments and materials used 



in, 346 



comparative view of the dif- 

 ferent modes of, 347 

 Transplanted trees, modes of securing, 



282 



Transplanters, 88 



Transplanting, general remarks on, 274 

 ,, different modes of, 277 



,, of evergreens, the, 283 



,, machines for, 280, 283, 



286 



,, French mode of, 288 



Tree-peony, grafting the, 258 

 Tree-primrose, shoots used in salads, 637 

 Trellises and lattice-work, 149 

 Trellis, mode of fixing galvanized-wire. 



145 

 Trenching, object and proper mode of, 



199 

 Tropaeolum tuberosum, uses and culture 



of, 639 



Tropical and subtropical fruits, 587 

 Trowels, garden, 87 

 Turnip, history and uses of the, 631 

 best varieties, 632 

 culture, &c., 632 

 gathering and preserving, 632 

 diseases, insects, &c., 633 

 forcing,,633 

 Twisting the shoots of fruit-trees, object 

 of, 307 



UTENSILS used in horticulture, 

 98 



TTARTETIES in plants, how produced, 

 V 372 



Varieties in plants, how perpetuated, 374 

 ,, observations on the permanence 



of, 375 



Vegetable marrow, 589 

 Vegetables, catalogue of, 602 

 Vegetation, stimulants to, 211 

 Ventilation of plant-houses, 181 



when most necessary in plant- 

 houses, 41 



Verge- cutters, 86, 87 

 Viper's-grass or Scorzonera, 636 

 Vine, culture of the, 440 



bottom-heat advantageous to the, 



441 

 ,, borders, various modes of heating, 



442 



,, construction of, 444 

 modes of propagating the, 447 



,, planting the, 449 

 grafting the, 451 

 budding the, 452 

 watering the, 454 

 pruning and training the, 454 

 thinning the fruit, 455 

 extension system of pruning, 458 

 diseases and pests of the, 461 

 mildew and rust on the, 463 

 adventitious roots on the, 464 

 removing the loose bark of the, 465 

 cheap and effective styptic for 



bleeding in the, 466 

 grown in pots, 467 

 forced in pota, 468 

 grown in ground vineries, 470 

 grown on open walls and cottages, 



472 



,, propagated by buds or eyes, 227 

 Vinery, the ground, 470 



WALKS, plan of trellised, 151 

 Wallet, useful in nailing wall- 

 trees, 124 

 Wall-fruits, 574 

 Wall, plan of a hollow brick, 141 



plan of a reed, 147, 148 

 Walls, conservative or flued, 146 



best colour for fruit-tree, 146 

 for fruit-trees, best kind of, 138 

 height of garden, 139 

 how to erect garden, 140 

 in gardens, 137 



mode of arranging wires on, 143, 

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