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INDEX. 



Cordon, ii. 60 



Mode of bearing, ii. 62 

 Routine operations, ii. 64 



Protecting blossoms, ii. 64 



Disbudding, ii. 64 



Stopping the shoots, ii. 65 



Thinning the fruit, ii. 65 



General summer treatment, ii. 

 66 



Unfruitful trees, ii. 67 



Winter treatment, ii. 63 

 Pruning, ii. 68 



Long, ii. 68 



Short, ii. 70 



Spur, ii. 74 

 Aids to maturation, ii. 75 



Flued walls, ii. 75 

 Under glass culture, ii. 75 



Structures, ii, 76 



Ventilation, ii. 77 



Protection, ii. 77 



Temperatures, ii, 78 



Watering, ii. 78 



Syringing, ii. 79 

 Forms of trees, ii. 79 



Pyramids, ii. 79 



Standards, ii. 80 

 Forcing, ii. 83 



House for, ii. 83 



Varieties, ii. 84 



The best trees, ii. 84 



Starting, ii. 84 



Temperature, ii. 85 



Ventilation, ii. 85 

 For Sale, iii. 310 



Growing on walls, iii. 305 



Forcing, iii. 312 



Packing, iii. 323 

 Diseases, ii. 86 



Branches dying, ii. 86 



Mildew, ii. 86 



Blister, ii. 87 



Spot, ii. 87 

 Enemies, ii. 87 



Red-bud caterpillar moth, ii. 87 



Apricot moth, ii. 88 



Apricot weevil, ii. 90 



Ants and earwigs, ii. 92 

 AXE, i. 221 



B. 



BANANAS, ii. 93 



Uses of, ii. 93 



Varieties, ii. 93 



Cultivation, ii. 94 



Propagation, ii. 94 



Compost, ii. 95 



Culture in pots and tubs, ii. 96 



Planting, ii. 97 



Feeding, ii. 97 



Surface dressing, ii. 97 



Moisture, ii. 98 



Temperature, ii. 98 



Ventilation, ii. 98 



Fruiting, ii. 98 



Perfecting, ii. 98 

 BARROW, i. 222 



BERBERRIES, ii, 100 



Uses of, ii. 100 



Varieties, ii. too 



Propagation, ii. 100 



Soil, ii. loo 



Pruning, ii. 100 



Fungus on, ii. 101 

 BILBERRIES AND CRANBERRIES, ii. 102 



Varieties, ii., 102 



Cultivation, ii. 104 

 BLACKBERRIES, ii. 105 



Species and varieties, ii. 105 



CulUval notes, ii. ;o( 



Propagation, ii. 106 



Situation, ii. 107 



Soil, ii. 108 



Planting, ii. 108 



Trellises, ii. 108 



Training, ii. 108 



Bush training, ii. 109 



Manuring, ii. 109 



Durability of plantations, ii. no 



Growing under glass, ii. no 



Enemies, ii. no 

 BUDDING, i. 115 



When to bud, i. 116 



How to bud, i. 118 



Apples, i. 339 



Apricots, ii. 47 



Cherries, ii. 120 



Peaches and Nectarines, iii. 66 



Pears, iii. 126 



Plums, iii. 178 



Walnuts, iii. 43 



BUILDINGS, UTILISATION OF, iii. 304 

 South walls, iii. 304 

 West walls, iii. 304 

 East walls, iii. 304 

 North walls, iii. 304 



Apricots, iii. 305 



Cherries, iii. 305 



Figs, iii. 305 



Grapes, iii. 306 



Peaches, iii. 306 



Pears, iii. 306 



Plums, iii. 307 



Unsatisfactory trees on, iii. 308 



o. 



CAPE GOOSEBERRY, ii. in 

 Varieties, ii. Ill 

 Propagation, ii. in. 

 Compost, ii. in 

 Cultivation, ii. 112 

 Insect enemies, ii. 112 

 CHERRIES, ii. 113 

 History, ii. 113 

 Select varieties, ii. 1 14 

 Dessert, in order of ripening, ii. 117 

 Culinary, ii. 117 



For various modes of culture, ii. 118 

 Pyramids or bushes, ii. 118 

 Orchards, ii. 118 



For warm soils and situations, ii. 118 

 For south walls, ii. 118 

 For east walls, ii. 118 

 For high walls, ii. 119 



For north walls, ii. 119 



For long hanging, ii. 119 



For forcing, ii. ng 



For pots, ii, ng 

 Compact growers, ii. 1 19 

 Large growers, ii. 119 

 Propagation, ii. 119 



Raising new varieties, ii. 119 



Layering, ii. 120 



Stocks, ii. 1 20 



Budding, ii. 120 



Grafting, ii. 121 

 Situation, ii. 121 

 Soil, ii. 121 

 Planting, ii. 123 



Distances to Plant, ii. 124 

 Training, ii. 124 



Standards, ii. 125 



Fan-trained, ii. 125 



Mode of bearing, ii. 129 



Summer pruning, ii. 130 



Morellos, ii. 132 



Disbudding and stopping, ii. 134 

 Winter pruning, ii. 134 



Bush and Pyramid trees, ii. 136 



Cordons, ii. 137 

 Manures, ii. 137 



Thinning the flower buds, ii. 138 

 Protecting the blossom, ii. 138 

 Fruit-dropping, ii. 138 

 Thinning the fruit, ii. 139 

 Watering, ii. 139 

 Feeding, ii. 139 

 Top-dressing, ii. 139 

 Washing the foliage, ii. 140 

 Protecting the fruit, ii. 140 

 Gathering, ii. 140 

 Culture under glass, ii. 141 



Structures, ii. 141 



Potted trees, ii. 141 



Planted-out trees, ii. 142 



Forcing, ii. 143 



Borders, ii. 144 



Compost, ii. 145 



Starting, ii. 145 



Forcing to time, ii. 146 



Pruning, ii. 147 

 For sale, iii. 276 



Orchard culture, iii. 276 

 Suitable varieties, iii. 276 

 Distances to plant, iii. 276 

 Pruning, iii. 276 

 Profits, iii. 277 

 In plantations, iii. 290 



Forms of trees, iii. 290 



Varieties, iii. 290 



Distances to plant, iii. 290 



Cost of trees, iii. 291 



Profits, iii. 291 

 On Walls, iii. 305 



Varieties, iii. 305 



Cost of trees, iii. 305 

 Under glass culture, iii. 312 



Forcing, iii. 312 



Varieties, iii. 312 

 Packing, iii. 324 

 Diseases, ii. 147 

 Enemies, ii. 147 



Aphides, ii. 148 



Caterpillars, ii. 148 



Red Spider, ii. 148 



