360 



INDEX. 



Scorching, ii. 305 



Scalding, ii. 306 



Rust on the berries, ii. 306 



Warts on leaves, ii. 307 



Colouring, ii. 307 

 Exhibiting, ii. 308 



Stands for, ii. 308 

 Fruiting in pots, ii. 310 



Compost, ii. 311 



Position, ii. 311 



Temperature, ii. 311 



Ventilation, ii. 311 



Moisture, ii. 311 



Training, ii. 312 



Early forcing with bottom heat, ii. 313 

 In pots for table decoration, ii. 316 

 Keeping, ii. 316 

 Bottling, ii. 318 

 Cracking, ii. 322 

 Renovating, ii. 322 



Aerial roots, ii. 324 

 Diseases, ii. 325 



Mildew, ii. 325 



Shanking, ii. 327 



Spot, ii. 329 



Root-rot, ii. 330 

 Insects, ii. 330 



Mealy-bug, ii. 330 



Mite, ii. 331 



Moths, ii. 332 



Louse, ii. 333 



Red spider, ii. 334 



Scale, ii. 334 



Thrips, ii. 335 



Weevil, ii. 335 



Wireworms, ii. 335 

 On walls, iii. 306 

 For sale, iii. 310 

 Forcing for market, iii. 313 

 Packing and marketing, iii. 326 

 GUAVAS, ii. 336 

 Varieties, ii. 336 

 Propagation, ii. 336 

 Training, ii. 337 

 Soil, ii. 337 

 Potting, ii. 337 

 Planting, ii. 337 

 Watering, ii. 338 

 Feeding, ii. 338 

 Thinning, ii. 338 

 Pinching, ii. 339 

 Pruning, ii. 339 

 General management, ii. 339 



I. 



IMPLEMENTS, i. 214 



Spades, i. 215 



Shovels, i. 216 



Forks, i. 216 



Pickaxe, i. 216 



Pick-mattock, i. 216 



Mattock, i. 216 



Drag, or Canterbury hoe, i. 216 



Pick-fork, i. 217 



Rakes, i. 217 



Trowels, i. 217 



Hoes, i. 217 

 INLAYING, i. 136 



INARCHING,!. 136 

 INTRODUCTION, i. i 



Historical notes on fruit culture, i. i 



Roots, i. 12 



Branches, i. 12 



Leaves, i. 14 



Flowers, i. 15 



Fruit, i. 21 



The splitting of fruit Osmosis, i. 25 

 IRON, uses of, i., 47 



LADDERS, i. 225 

 LEAVES, i. 14 



Nature of, i. 15 



Functions of, i. 15 

 LEMONS, iii. 48 



Varieties, iii. 48 



Culture, iii. 48 

 LIMES, iii. 48 



Varieties, iii. 48 



Culture, iii. 48 

 LIME, i. 43 



As a manure, i. 43 



For destroying moss on trees, i. 94 

 LOQUAT, ii. 340 



Propagation, ii. 341 



Soil, ii. 341 



Mode of bearing, ii. 341 



Routine work, ii. 342 



M, 



MAGNESIA, USES OF, i. 47 

 MALLETS, i. 222 

 MANURES, i. 41 



Lime, i. 43 



Phosphates, i. 45 



Potash, i. 46 



Magnesia, i. 47 



Iron, i. 47 



Soda, i. 48 



Silica, i. 48 



Nitrogen, i. 48 



Nitrate of soda, i. 49 



Sulphate of ammonia, i. 50 



Farm yard, i. 50 



Refuse, i. 51 



Applying manures, i. 51 

 Surface dressing, i. 52 

 Summer dressing, i. 52 

 Mulching, i. 57 

 Watering, i. 57 



Liquid manure, i. 56 

 MEDLARS, ii. 343 



Select varieties, ii. 343 



Propagation, ii. 343 



Soil, ii. 343 



Situation, ii. 343 



Planting, ii. 343 



General managemen ii. 34 



Gathering, ii. 344 



Storing, ii. 344 

 MELONS, iii. i 



History, iii. I 



Varieties, iii. 2 



Propagation, iii. 3 



Soil, iii. 5 



Season of fruiting, iii. 5 

 Culture in frames and pits, iii. 6 



Site for hotbeds, iii. 6 



Fermenting materials, iii. 6 

 Beds, forming, iii. 7 



Soil for, iii. 7 

 Planting, iii. 8 

 Training, iii. 8 

 Cropping, iii. 9 

 Pruning, iii. 10 

 Maintaining the heat, iii. 10 

 Economising heat, iii. 12 

 Ventilating, iii. 12 

 Adding soil, iii. 12 

 Fruit setting, iii. 13 

 Watering, iii. 13 

 Second crop, iii. 14 

 Lean-to for, iii. 14 

 Houses for, iii. 15 

 In heated pit and houses, iii. 14 

 Training-cordon, iii. 17 



Alternate system of, iii. 17 

 Setting, iii. 18 

 Mode of bearing, iii. 19 

 Supporting the fruit, iii. 20 

 Feeding, iii. 21 

 Cracking, iii. 21 

 Ripening, iii. 22 

 Diseases, iii. 22 

 Enemies, iii. 23 

 For market, iii. 316 

 Packing and marketing, iii. 328 

 MISTLETOE ON APPPLES, ii. 38 



MONSTERA DELICIOSA, iii. 2J 



MULBERRIES, iii. 27 

 MULCHING, i. 57 



N. 



NITRATE OF SODA, i. 49 

 NITROGEN, USES OF, i. 48 

 NUTS, iii. 29 

 Chestnuts, iii. 29 



Varieties, iii. 29 



Propagation, iii. 29 



Situation, ii: 30 



Soil, iii. 30 



Planting, iii. 30 



Pruning, iii. 31 



Gathering, iii. 31 



Storing, iii. 31 

 Cobs and Filberts, iii. 31 



Varieties, iii. 32 



Selection in order of ripening, iii. 32 



Propagation, iii. 33 



Situation, iii. 33 



Soil, iii. 33 



Planting, iii. 34 



Training, iii. 34 



Pruning, iii. 36 



Culture, iii. 39 



Gathering, iii. 39 



Storing, iii. 39 



Enemies, iii. 40 

 Walnuts, iii. 41 



Varieties, iii. 42 



Propagation, iii. 42 



Management, iii. 42 



Mode of bearing, iii. 44 



