728 GENERAL INDEX. 



nodules, 264 ; by bulbs, tubers, and tubercles, 266 ; by bulb-bearing leaves, 266 ; 

 by leaves, 266 ; by cuttings, 270 ; by layers, 272 ; by suckers, 277 ; by slips, 278 ; 

 by runners, 279 ; by offsets, 279 ; by division of the root, 280 ; by grafting, 280 ; 

 by inarching, 297 ; by budding, 300 



Props for climbing- plants, 163 ; to increase the durability of wooden, 164 



Protection, articles for, 158; materials used for, 390 



Pruning, principles and use of, 336 ; close pruning explained, 338 ; shortening-in, 

 fore-shortening, spurring-in, 339 ; heading-in, close-lopping, lopping, snag- 

 lopping, lopping-in, 340 ; cutting down, stopping the shoots, 341 ; disbarking, 

 ringing, 342 ; disbudding, disleafing, 343 ; clipping, root-pruning, 345 ; seasons 

 for, 348. See Notes in p. 704706. 



Pumpkin, or Pompion, use and varieties of, 604 ; culture of, 605 



Purslane, culture of, 685 



Quadrupeds, a notice of the smaller, injurious to gardens, 120 ; means of destroying 



and deterring them, 121 

 Quince, general particulars of its culture and management, 551 



Radish, selection of varieties and their culture, 653 ; mode of forcing, 522 



Raking, its object and mode of performance, 233 



Rampion, culture of, 672 



Raspberries, select list of, 430 



Raspberry, uses of, and a select list of sorts, 567 ; propagation and culture of, 568 



Reed walls, mode of constructing, 183 



Rhubarb, propagation and culture of,^ and a selection of the best varieties, 688 ; 



particulars of the mode of forcing, 518 ; medicinal, mode of preparing, 693 

 Ringing, its effects on fruit-trees, 342 

 Rocambole, culture of, 664 

 Rogers's conical boiler and hot-water apparatus described, 208 ; best fuel for, 211 ; 



subsequent improvements in, 700 

 Rolling, its object, 234 

 Roots, propagation by cuttings of, 262 ; root-grafting, how performed, 293 295 ; 



pruning, its beneficial effects in checking luxuriant growth, 345 

 Roots, substitutes for esculent, 655 

 Rosemary, culture of, 693 



Rubus, various species which may be cultivated for their fruit, 569 

 Rue, its use, &c., 694 

 Runners, propagation by, 279 



Sage, culture of, 690 



Salads, mode of forcing, 521 



Salsify, culture of, 652 



Samphire, its use and culture, 689 



Sap, motion of in plants, 31 



Savory, culture of, 691 



Savoy, culture of, 623 



Sawing, mode of performance of, 235 



Scorzonera, culture of, 652 



Sea-kale, particulars of the mode of forcing, 517 ; its propagation and culture, 668 



Seedling plants, time and method of transplanting, 310 



Seed, what is necessary to the germination of, 25 ; process of germination in, 240 ; 

 to cause them to germinate quickly, 241 ; the period necessary for the germina- 

 tion of various sorts of, 242 ; the quantity of moisture most favourable to the 

 germination of, 242 ; depth to which it should be buried to cause it to germi- 

 nate, 243 ; degree of heat most favourable to the germination of, 243 ; atmo- 

 spheric air necessary to the germination of, 244 ; to accelerate the germination 

 of, 244 ; vitality of, 246 ; season for sowing, 247 ; process of sowing, 248 ; quan- 

 tity required for a kitchen-garden of one and a quarter acre, 435 



Seeds, what they consist of, and their vitality, 36 ; packing and transporting, 402 



Seed-room, its construction, 225 



Service, its culture and management, 552 



Shaddock, see Orange 



Shading, the object of, and materials used for, 390 



