GENERAL INDEX. 729 



Shallot, culture of, 664 



Sheds, their use for various purposes, 226 



Shelter, the means to produce, 84 



Shield-budding, different modes of, and how performed, 303 



Shrubs, distinguishing character of, 18 



Side-grafting, how performed, 292 



Skirret, use and culture of, 652 



Slips, propagation by, 278 



Slugs and snails, natural history of, 96 ; to destroy them, 98 



Small salads, plants used for, 682 



Soil, the influence of, on the distribution of plants, 42 ; peat, 49, 57 ; object of 

 labours on the, 227; necessity of pulverizing, during dry weather, 228; the 

 advantage of frequently stirring it, 388. See Notes in p. 707 and 709. 



Soils, considered with reference to horticulture, 45 ; origin and kinds of, 46 ; 

 sandy, 46 ; gravelly, clay, 47 ; on the inclination of the surface of, 50 ; varieties 

 of, indicated by the plants which grow on them, 50; improvement of, 51 ; altering 

 the texture and composition of, 51 ; burning of, as a means of improving, 53 ; 

 pulverizing of, necessary to their improvement, 54 



Sorrel, culture of, 658 



Spinach, culture of the common, 656 ; culture of the New Zealand and perennial, 

 657 ; culture of the Patience, 658 



Splice or whip-grafting, how performed, 288 



Strawberry, history of, and the practice of forcing it, with a list of the sorts 

 best adapted for the purpose, 514 ; time of beginning to force, and treatment of 

 the plants after forcing, 515 ; culture of the Alpine, 516; use of, and a selection 

 of the best sorts, 570 ; a selection of sorts in the order of their ripening, and 

 one for a small garden, with their propagation and culture, 572 ; culture of parti- 

 cular kinds, 575 ; methods of accelerating a crop of fruit in the open garden, 576 



Structures, portable, 171 



Subsoils, importance of good, 50 



Succory, culture of, 676 



Suckers, propagation by, 277 



Syringe, Read's garden, 154 



Scythes and sharp-edged implements, to keep from rusting, 129 



Tallies and labels, different forms of, 164 ; best method of painting and lettering, 167 



Tansy, culture of, 691 



Tarragon, its use and culture, 685 



Temperature, its important influence on the distribution of plants, 38 



Thalamiflorse, orders belonging to, 11 



Thermometers, their uses explained, 169 



Thyme, culture of, 690 



Timber-trees, girdling and felling, 347 ; machine for girdling, 347 



Toads, their usefulness in destroying insects injurious to gardens, 94 



Tobacco, its propagation and culture, 694 ; mode of curing for garden purposes, 695 



Tomato, use and culture of, 606 



Tools used in horticulture, 129 ; common lever, crowbar, perforators, 130 ; dibbers, 

 picks, draw-hoes, 131; Spanish hoes, lawn-scraper, thrust-hoes, spades, 132; 

 turf-spades, verge-cutters, trowels, and spud, 134; daisy-weeder, transplanters, 

 dung and tan forks, digging-forks, 135 ; rakes, besoms, beetles, and rammers, 

 136; mallet, hammer, garden pincers, 137; and instruments, chests of, where 

 procured, 141 



Tool-house described, 226 



Training, the principles and operation of, 352; instruments required for, 376; 

 comparative view of the different modes of, 376. See note in p. 711 



Transplanting, uses and theory of, 309 ; mode of preparing trees for, 312. See p. 702. 



Trees, injured by being planted deeply, 4 ; distinguishing character of, 17 



- and shrubs, propagation by cuttings of deciduous, 260; propagation by 

 cuttings of evergreen, 260 ; mode of layering, 273 ; the time to transplant deci- 

 duous, 311 ; different modes of transplanting, 312; on transporting and replant- 

 ing, 314 ; on the treatment of, after transplanting, 317 ; on supporting and 

 protecting newly-planted, 318 



Trellises and latice-work for fruit-trees and climbers, 186 



Trenching, its object and mode of performance, 230 



