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INDEX. 



Azaleas, or upright American Honey- 

 suckles, 287, 314 



B. 



Babianas, 175, 529 

 Balm, common, 215, 543 



Moldavian, 363 



of Gilead, 377 



Balsam, double striped, 169, 188, 312, 



364, 451 



Banqueting-house, rural, 83 

 Bark-stove, 104 

 Basil, sweet, 215, 340, 396 

 Bay, sweet, 73, 367 



Beans, early Mazagan, Windsor, <fec., 

 141, 195, 334, 387 



to top when in blossom, 388 



Beans, kidney, to force, 111, 131, 188, 

 616 



in the open ground, 343, 389, 



425, 461, 486 



Lima and Carolina, 390, 425, 



488 



Bear's foot, 523 

 Beach-tree, 89, 274, 314, 558 

 Beet, red, 140, 203, 216, 337, 393, 426, 



green and white, 203, 393 



to preserve in winter, 580 



Bignonias, 305, 441, 483 

 Belladonna Lilly, 443, 456, 492, 594 

 Belvidere, or Summer Cypress, 363 

 Benjamin-tree, 314 

 Berberries, 56, 244, 551 

 Blackthorn, or Sloe-tree, 277 

 Bladder-nut, 156, 314 

 Bladder-senna, 314 

 Bladder Ketmia, or Hibiscus trionurn, 



363 



Blossoms of early wall fruit-trees, to pro- 

 tect, 229, 348 

 Board-edgings, 92 

 Borage, 215, 396 

 Borecole, or Scotch Kale, 200, 331, 386, 



423, 460, 484, 578 

 Bowers, rural, 82, 88 

 Box edgings, common care of, 92, 452, 

 474, 525, 570 



planting, 316, 368, 525, 570 



clip or trim, 369, 452, 474, 525, 



570 



Bridges, ornamental, 79, 83 

 Brinkle's orange raspberry, 232 

 Broccoli, Italian or Cauliflower, 200, 

 333, 387, 423 



to preserve for winter use, 579, 



Brawallia, 170, 364, 412 



Brussels sprouts, 332, 386, 423 



Buckthorn, sea, 305 



Budding or Inoculating, 443, 455, 465 



467, 490, 495, 520 

 Budding, methods of, 469 

 Buddleias, 376 

 Bulb-glasses, 96 



Bulbs, planting various sorts of, 96, 308 

 471, 524, 566, 590, 612 



Bulbs, taking up early flowering, 410, 

 443 



treatment of seedling, 411, 591, 



612 



sowing seeds of, 493, 522, 567 



planting in glasses and pots, 96, 



568, 592 



observations on the late planting 



of, 25 



Bupthalmum fructicosum, 454 

 Burnet, garden, 215, 396, 543 



C. 



Jabbage, care of autumn sown plants, 



135, 193, 536, 578, 599 

 sowing seed in winter, spring, 



and summer, 29, 136, 193, 331, 386, 



423, 463, 484 

 planting out finally, 193, 331, 



387, 422, 460, 484 



planting large cabbages for seed, 



earthing up, 387 



tying up the leaves to whiten, 



216 



387 



sowing seed in autumn to pro- 

 duce early summer cabbages, 501 



preserving full grown heads for 



winter and spring use, 578 

 Cabinet, a plant, 532 

 Cabinets, rural, 88 

 Cactuses, 174, 187, 375, 377, 418, 529, 



571 



Calceolarias, 365 

 Callicarpa americana, 376 

 Calycanthus floridus, 289, 314 

 Camellia japonica, 377, 476 

 Campanulas, in sorts, 313 

 nettle-leaved, 365 



Candytuft, 166, 312, 363 



Canker in trees, to prevent or cure, 149, 



151 



Canna indica, 376 

 Canterbury-bells, 167, 313, 452 

 Cape Bulbs, 175, 377, 455, 529 



compost for, 529 



Capparis, or Capre-shrub, 376 

 Capsicums, 216, 342, 395, 427, 464 

 Caraway, 215, 340, 344 

 Cardoon, Spanish, 214, 340, 397, 427, 



463, 487, 500, 580 

 Carnations, general care and culture of, 



92, 93, 167, 169, 171, 309, 313, 361, 



364, 411, 446, 472, 492, 521, 560, 590, 



607 



description of a fine double, 447 



to card or assist in blowing, 446, 



447, 472 



laying and piping, 448, 449 



Carnations to force into early bloom, 113, 



188, 326 



compost for best kinds, 309 



Carrots, 30, 139, 199, 216, 336, 392, 426, 



461 

 to preserve for winter use, 580 



