INDEX, 



405 



Fruit-trees, Mr. Knight's experi- 

 ments for producing im- 

 proved and hardy varieties 40 



means of accelerating the 

 bearing of, and vines - 42 



propagation by cuttings 

 and layers - - 43 



propagation by grafting 

 with different kinds of 

 stocks to suit various 

 sorts of fruit 44 



modes of improving their 

 fruitfulness by ringing, 

 root-pruning, <fcc. - - 61 



mode of double working 

 pear-trees - 131 



Fuchsia - - - - 247 



Furnaces, plans of - - - 300 



Gansel's bergamot pear - - 127 

 Garden, proper size, situation, &c. 22 

 enclosure-walls - 26 

 soil, manures, &c. - 31-33 

 internal arrangement - 34 

 cress - - - - 218 

 patience - 205 

 Gardens, winter and summer - 238 

 Garlic, culture of - - - 200 

 Girkins for pickling - - 371 

 Gladioli, or corn flags - - 271 

 Glazed houses - - - 282 

 Gooseberries, kinds and culture of 149 

 Gourds, cultivation of - - 371 

 Gowan's mode of grafting grape- 

 vines 81 

 Grafting, propagation by - 44 

 by approach 47 

 of grape-vines - 81 

 Grapes in flower-pots 68 

 for wine 7b 

 on walls 68 

 varieties and culture - 63 

 best selection for an ordi- 

 nary vinery - 67 

 kinds commonly grown 

 against the open wall in 

 England and Scotland - 68 

 the celebrated Hampton 



Court vine 69 



great age attained by vines to. 

 ill success in culture of 



foreign grapes in the 0. S. to. 

 Dr. Underbill's observa- 

 tions on the grape culture 



in the U.S. - - to. 

 Mr. Wilson's plan of pro- 

 tecting foreign grapes in 



winter 70 



Grapes, great success of grape 



culture in Cincinnati - 71 



the Isabella, Catawba, and 

 other best native Ameri- 

 can grapes, described - 72 



best foreign grapes for un- 

 der-glass culture in U. S. 74 



Mr. Longworth's observa- 

 tions 75 



Mr. Buchanan's treatise 



upon 79 



propagation of the vines - ib. 



grafting grape vines - 80 



single-eye mode of propa- 

 gation 81 



planting out 82 



pruning 84 



proper soil and manures - to. 



management under glass - 85 



fall and winter trimming - 86 



bearing capacities, how es- 

 timated 87 



routine of grape-house cul- 

 ture without fire-heat - 88 



forcing grapes ripe at all 



seasons ... 325 



Grasses for lawns 22 



Gravel for garden walks - 341 



Green-gage plum - - - 115 



Green-house, structure of - 282 



plants recommended - 299 



Guigne-trees - - - 121 



Hampton Court vine, astonish- 

 ing productiveness of - 69 

 Hazel-bush, culture of - - 144 

 Heath-house - - - - 284 

 Heaths, hardy, list of - - 290 

 Heating by hot water - - 307 

 Heating of glazed houses by 



steam - 302 

 Herbaceous ornamental plants 



recommended - - 249 



vernal, summer, - 353, 254 



autumnal ... 255 

 Herbaceous perennial plants, 



how propagated - - 256 

 Herbs, sweet, list of - - 230 

 Horizontal training of wall- 

 trees, Hitt, <fcc. - - 56 

 Horse-radish, culture of - - 229 

 Horticultural Societies, notices of 18 



Hops 200 



Hotbeds — Hotbed frames - 362 



Hot-houses, their principal objects 298 



flues and furnaces for - 299 



method of applying surface 



and bottom heat • - 306 



