592 GENERAL INDEX. 



Cross-Breeding, to obtain new varieties, 9. 



Curl, in Peach trees, 468. 



Curculio, its habits, 266 ; to destroy, 268. 



Currant, its history, 201 ; uses and culture, 202 ; varieties, 203 ; ornamen- 

 tal sort", 205. 



Cuttings, propagation by, 26. 



Duration of varieties of Fruit-Trees, 551 



De Candolle, his remarks on the decay of varieties, 552. 



Eyes, or Buds, propagation by, 27. 



Fig, its history, 207 ; propagation and culture, 208 ; to hasten the ripening 

 of the fruit, and its varieties, 209. 



Filbert, its varieties and culture, 261. 



i^ire-Blight, its nature, 322. 



French Standard Names, key to the pronunciation of, 561. 



Frozen-Sap Blight, in the pear tree, 324. 



Fruitfulness, induced by root-pruning, 32 ; by bending the limbs, and by 

 disbarking, 34 ; by salts of lime, 35. 



Grafting, its influence on varieties, 5, 553 ; its uses, 12 ; proper time for 

 13 ; its limits, 14 ; splice and tongue-grafting, 15 ; cleft-grafting, 17 ; 

 saddle-grafting, 18. 



Graft, its influence on the stock, 26. 



Grafting-clay, 19. 



Grafting- wax, 19. 



Grape, its history, 218 ; soil and propagation, 219; culture of the foreign, 

 220 ; vinery culture, 222 ; insects and diseases of, 235 ; foreign va- 

 rieties, 236 ; culture of the native, 247 ; vineyard culture of, 250 ; 

 selection of choice sorts, 259. 



Grape-Beetles, 252. 



Gooseberry, its habits and uses, 213 ; propagation and culture, 214; varie- 

 ties, 215 ; selection of choice, 217. 



Hickory Nut, 261. 



Hybridising plants, 9; its limits, 10. 



Inoculating, or Budding Fruit-Trees, 19. 



Insect Blight, in the pear, 322. 



Insects, general remarks on, 51 ; to destroy by hand-picking, to kill in the 

 grub state, 52 ; to kill in the winged state, 53 ; sorts injurious to the 

 apple, 62; to the grape, 235 and 252; to the plum, 266 ; to the 

 pear, 322 ; to the peach, 460 ; to the melon, 538 ; to the orange, 

 543. 



Knight, his mode of raising new varieties, 9 ; his theory on the decay of 

 varieties, 551. 



Knots, on the plum, 269. 



Layers, propagation by, 28. 



Laying-in-by-the-heels, 47. 



Lemons and Limes, 545. 



Longworth, on vineyard culture, 250. 



Manure for fruit-trees, 45 



Madeira Nut, 260. 



Melon, its history and culture, 537; insects affecting, 538; culture of the 

 Persian, 539 ; varieties, 538. 



