INDEX. 



A. 



Acacia, rose, 314 



Aconite, winter, 366, 523 



Agaves, 375, 418, 529, 571 



Alaternus, 351 



Alcoves, rural, 83 



Alder, 276, 305 



Alexanders, or Alesanders, 214, 340, 



544, 581 



Aletris, 365, 366, 494 

 Alkekengi, 363 

 Allamanda cathartica, 483 

 Allspice, Carolina. See Calycanthus 



floridus 

 Almond, fruit-bearing, 56, 223, 261,468, 



490 



double -flowering dwarf, 113, 171 



Aloes, 104, 174, 187, 375, 376, 418, 529, 



571 

 Althaea Frutex, or Hibiscus syriacus, 



268, 286, 314 

 Alyssum, sweet,. 364 

 Amaranthus tricolor, 169, 311, 362, 364, 



412, 451 



tree, 364, 451 



spike, 364, 451 



globe, 364, 451 



Amaryllis, scarlet, 92, 370, 412, 592 



yellow, 92, 443, 492 



Belladonna, 443, 456, 492, 594 



: sarniensis, 414, 443, 456, 492, 594 



Amorpha fructicosa, 314 



Andromedas, 287 



Anemone, general care and treatment 



of, 94, 168, 171, 307, 357, 410, 589 



description of a fine double, 409 



taking up the roots, 443 



method of planting the best sorts, 



565, 589 



sowing seed of, 605 



Angelica, garden, 215, 427, 543 



tree, 314 



Anise, 215 



Annual flowers, tender, 169, 311, 362, 



363, 412 



hardy, 166, 312, 363, 412 



Antirrhinum. See Snapdragon 

 Antholizas, 175, 455, 529 

 Anthyllises, 476 

 Apple-tree, 35, 143, 223, 224, 347, 547, 



586, 603 



40 



Apple-tree, sowing kernels of, 165, 269, 



558 

 gathering and preserving the 



fruit of, 551 



Apricot, 39, 142, 223, 468 

 Arbors, rural, 88, 280 

 Arbor Vitse, common, 283, 305, 351 

 Chinese, 71, 284, 305, 351 



Arbutus Unedo, or Strawberry-tree, 71, 



367, 374, 571 

 Arcades, rural, 88 

 Arethusa, ophioglossoides, 92 

 Art of improving different soils, 327 

 Artichokes, garden, common care of, 



31, 142, 463, 485 



spring dressing of, 211, 340 



making new plantations of, 212, 



340 



sowing seed of, 213, 340 



varieties of 213 



winter dressing of, 582 



Artichoke, Jerusalem, 222, 340 

 to preserve in winter, 580 



Ash, common kinds of, 283, 314, 556 



manna, 299 



round-leaved, 299 



Asclepias, hardy herbaceous kinds, 92, 

 355, 452 



curassavica, 483, 494 



Asparagus, forcing, 27, 128, 582, 601 



spring dressing of, 201, 337 



making new plantations of, 201, 



337 



485 



sowing seed of, 201, 337 

 method of cutting, 201 

 ordinary care of, 337, 393, 424, 



winter dressing of, 542, 577 



Asters, hardy herbaceous kinds, 92, 160, 

 312, 363, 452 



China, 312, 363, 451 



Aucuba japonica, 377, 476 



Auriculas, common care of, 93, 167, 308, 



357, 411, 473, 492, 522, 559 



sowing seed of, 167, 308, 610 



' compost suitable for, 359 



new potting of, 359, 411, 492 



Auriculas, slipping for propagation, 359, 



411, 473, 492 

 preparation for winter protection 



of, 590, 607 

 Avenues, 82 



