GENERAL INDEX. 723 



early varieties, 494 ; particulars of their culture on a dung-bed, 496 ; management 

 of the linings of dung-beds, 500 ; particulars of their culture in pits heated by 

 linings, flues, or hot water, with the mode of constructing a pit to be heated by 

 flues, 503 ; construction of Corbett's pit, to be heated by hot water, 505 ; culture 

 in pots in forcing-houses, 506 ; construction of Ayres's cucumber-house, 507; 

 treatment of the plant in Ayres's house, 509 ; treatment necessary for the pro- 

 duction of fine fruit for prize exhibitions, 510; particulars of their culture in the 

 open air, 510 ; a selection of the best varieties of, 603 



Currant, a selection of sorts of red and white, and their culture, 566 ; uses of and 

 culture of the black, 567 ; select list of, 430 



Cutting plants, mode of performance, 235 



Cuttings, principles of propagation by, 249 ; the plant and shoot to be selected 

 for, 250 ; time of taking off, 252 ; preparation of, 253 ; the number of leaves to 

 be left on, 253 ; manner of taking off, 254 ; treatment of till they are planted ; 

 255 ; the best soil for, and depth to plant, 256 ; distance to plant, 257 ; after- 

 treatment of, 258 ; glasses for covering, 258 ; watering, 258 ; temperature most 

 suitable for, 259 ; striking in water, 263 ; striking in powdered charcoal, 263 ; 

 different modes of forming plants from, 270 ; to induce plants to produce shoots 

 for, 271. See the Notes in p. 701. 



Digging, how to be performed, 229 



Dill, use and culture, 685 



Disbudding and disleafing. See Pruning, and the note in p. 713. 



Division, propagation by, 280 



Draining, alters the condition of soils, 51 



Earthworm, natural history of the, 94 ; natural uses of, 95 ; injury done by the, 96 ; 

 to destroy, 96 ; cap to prevent their entrance into pots, 96 



Egg-plant, use and culture of, 606 



Elderberry, its use, &c., 581 



Elecampane, culture of, 689 



Endive, culture of, 675 



Endogens, orders belonging to, 15 ; described, 21 



Engines, Read's patent, 154 



Esculents, substitutes for leguminaceous, 638 



Espalier rails described, 184; rail of cast iron, 426' ; strained wire, 427 



Evergreens, best season for transplanting, 320 ; mode of transplanting, and con- 

 ditions to be observed, 322 ; machines and implements necessary for transplanting 

 large ones, 323 ; mode of packing, 324 



Exogens, grand divisions of, 10 ; described, 21 



Fennel, its use and culture, 685 



Fermenting materials for supplying heat to pits and frames, 196 



Fig, history, and general particulars of culture under glass, 485 ; varieties best 



adapted for forcing, and practice of forcing in pots, 486 ; winter treatment 



under glass, 487 ; a selection of sorts, 598 ; propagation and culture, 599 

 Filberts, selection of sorts, and management of the trees, 579 

 Flowers, parts of described, 34 ; to cause plants to produce them, 34 ; fertilization 



of, 35 ; the supposed cause of double, 408. See Note in p. 708. 

 Flued walls, mode of constructing, 182 

 Flues, various modes of heating plant structures by, 197 

 Flute-budding, different modes of, and how performed, 307 

 Forcing-houses, their uses, 224 

 Fox-glove, a substitute for tobacco, 696 

 Frame, a description of the common hot-bed, 176 

 Frames, mode of making oiled-paper, 161; mode of fastening mats or other covering 



on, 394 



Frozen plants are recovered by early watering, 75 

 Fruit, its excellence depends chiefly on the developement of the leaves, and their 



exposure to light, 35 ; gathering and preserving,^40 1 , 440 ; packing, 403 ; exotics 



which may be cultivated for their fruit, 612 ; trees, &c., which may be cultivated 



for their fruit, 581 

 Fruit-trees, distribution of, in a kitchen-garden, 420 ; select list of, for walls, 422 



the distance from each other at which they should be planted against walls, 423 ; 



