406 



INDEX, 



Hot-houses, warming with hot 

 water, and principles of 

 the apparatus 

 common tank boiler and 

 furnace ... 

 Mr. Rogers' boiler de- 

 scribed and delineated - 

 hot-water apparatus for a 

 vinery ... 



siphon principle applied - 

 Perkin's hermetically seal- 

 ed tubes ... 

 Corbett's mode of heating 

 Handle's method by tanks 

 sun's rays, efficiency of - 

 fermentable substances used 

 to create bottom-heat - 

 necessity of the skillful man- 

 agement of artificial heat 

 admission of air to be well 

 regulated ... 

 admission of light - 

 proper pitch of roofs 

 Curvilinear roofs proposed 

 foreign plants frequently in- 

 troduced into fruit-houses 

 Hyacinth, cultivation of - 

 marks of a fine one - 

 exorbitant prices of, in Hol- 

 land - 

 Dutch compost for raising 

 culture, forcing 260, 261 

 new varieties, how produced 



Inarching ... 



Indian cress, tuberous 

 Insects, destroying of 

 Iris, varieties of, and cultivation 

 Persian and snake's head 

 species - 



Isabella grapes - 



Jargonelle pear * 



Jasmine - 



Jerusalem artichoke 



Kale, culture of 

 Kentish cherry ... 

 Knight's theory regarding the 

 age of fruits 

 new pears ... 

 Kohl-rube, culture of - 



Lambs' lettuce 

 Lawns, grasses for - 

 Lavender ... 

 Layers, propagation by - 



307 



308| 



309; 



312 

 313 



3u! 



315 ' 



ib.l 



316; 



ib. 



317 



317 



319 

 320 

 321 



335 



260 

 274 



262 

 260 

 262 

 263 

 230 



42 

 194 

 101 



268 



ib. 

 71 



124 



244 

 185 



170 



120 



48 



- 130 



- 170 



- 205 

 22,23 



- 236 

 • 43 



Leeks, culture of - - - 199 



Lemon ----- 338 



Lettuce, kinds and culture - 213 

 Light, necessity of, in glazed 



houses ... 317 



Lilies, cultivation of 270 



Lima beans - 177 



Lime, sweet - - - 338 



Lobelia, kind for flower-garden 279 



Longueville pear - - - 125 



Ohio grape 73 



Longworth on the grape culture 72 



Love-apple .... 227 



Mahaleb cherry - - - 121 



Manures for gardens - - 33 



Marie-Louise pear - - - 123 



Merigold - - - - 234 



Mayduke cherry - - - 1 19 



Medlar-tree, culture of - - 142 



Melonry, for forcing melons - 362 



Melon pit, Alderston's - - 364 



West's and Atkinson's - 363 



Melons, kind and culture - 222 



forcing of 364 



different kinds - - 365 



proper heat required for - 366 



Mildew and insects, to destroy 



on fruit trees - 1 1 1 



Missouri grape - - - 73 



Montreuil peach-training - 106 



Moorpark apricot - - - 113 



Morello cherry ... 120 

 Mould and soils for green-houses 285 



Mulberry-tree, culture of - 143 



Mulching, great advantage of 51 



Muscat grapes 65 



Mushrooms, culture of - - 372 



Mustard, culture of - - 218 



Narci?sus, genus, cultivation of 268 

 Nasturtium - - - - 195 

 Nectarines, best kinds for U. S. 103 

 kinds and culture - - 101 

 mode of producing new va- 

 rieties - - - 103 

 protection against insects - 111 

 varieties and culture - 101 

 Netted citron - - - 223 

 New Zealand spinach - - 204 

 Noblesse peach 96 

 Norton's grape - - 74 

 Nutmeg canteloupe - - 223 



Okra .... 227 



Oldacre's mushroom-bed - 372 



Onions, kind and culture - - 195 



Orache 205 



