636 



INDEX. 



Thermometer, its use in gardening, &c., 



184 



Thickets in rural and ornamental plant- 

 ing, 82 



Thorn-quicks. See Quicks. 

 Thorn, double flowering, 171, 314 

 Thrift, 92, 167, 313, 523 

 Thyme, 215, 396, 427, 487, 543 

 Tomatoes, 216, 342, 395, 427, 464 

 Transplanters, 371 

 Trees grown in pots, 419 

 Trees, protecting from cattle, 303 

 Trellises for fruit trees, to erect, 32, 33 

 Trenching and manuring, 17, 73, 120, 



491, 546, 583, 589 



Tricolors. See Amaranthus tricolor. 

 Trilliums, 365, 494 

 Tritonias, 175, 529 

 Trumpet-flower, 305, 442 

 Tuberoses, forcing, 369 



open-ground culture of, 370, 412 



taking up the roots, <fcc., 592 



Tulip-tree (called Poplar), 281, 314 

 Tulips, common care of, &c., 82, 94. 95, 

 168, 171, 307, 356, 443, 589, 606, 612 



method of supporting the flowers, 



356 



to take up and preserve the roots, 



408 



when to take them up, 443 



to propagate by seed, 493, 522 



how and when to plant the valu- 

 able sorts, 560 



to protect them in winter, 589 



Turfing-iron, 317 

 Tupelo-tree, 283, 305 

 Turnips, garden culture of, 207, 216, 

 338, 394, 426, 485, 501 



to preserve in winter, 580 



Swedish, 462 



Turnip-cabbage, 332, 387, 423 

 Turnip-rooted cabbage, 332, 387 



V. 



Valerian, Greek, 167, 313, 452, 523 



red garden, 365 



creeping Greek, 523 



Vallisneria americana, 526 



looking-glass, 166, 312, 364 



navel-wort, 166, 312, 364 



Veratrums, 494 



Verbascums, 365 



Veronicas, 365, 494 



Viburnum prunifolium, 277 



Villa garden, design for, 84 to 86 



Vinca rosea, 412, 483 



Vine borders heated artificially, 598 



Vines, grape, their history 244 



. descriptions and classification of 



the various kinds of, 246 



American species of, 252 



time and methods of pruning, 



155, 586 

 time of planting, 254, 553, 587 



Vines, methods of planting and propa- 

 gating, 253 to 259 



to protect the fruit from birds, 



insects, Ac., 509 



winter dressing of, 587 



to make wine of the fruit, 509 to 



515 



to preserve the fruit of, for win- 

 ter use, 516 



to cure the fruit for Raisins, 15 



Vineries, for forcing grapes, 55, 517 

 Vinery, a cold, 173 

 Vineyards, to manure, 61, 154 



to make poles for the vines, 60 



soil and situation fit for, 252 



preparation of the soil, 253 



preparations for, and methods of 



planting, 254, 258 



time of planting, 253, 553, 587 



time and methods of pruning, 



155, 586 

 work to be done in for January, 



60. February, 154. March, 244. 



April, 349. May, 403. June, 440. 



July, 466. August, 490. September, 



509. October, 553. November, 586. 



December, 605. 

 Violets, 167, 313, 493, 567 

 Virgin's-bower, 305? 442 



W. 



Walchendorfias, 175, 529 

 Walks, shady, 82 



grass, to make, 317, 373 



gravel, to make, 372 



Wall-flowers, double, 97, 171, 413, 568, 

 591, 612 



sowing seed of, 313 



Wall-flowers, transplanting seedling, 451 

 Wall-trees, the general meaning of, 117 

 to train when young, 34, 68, 223, 



224 



to prune. See Pruning. 



to summer prune, 465 



Walnut-tree, the English, 56, 244, 282, 



314, 556 



Wasps, to destroy, 466, 509 

 Waterfalls, 80 



Water, importance of in gardening, 344 

 Water-pieces, or sheets, 79 

 Watsonias, 175, 455, 529 

 Weigela amabilis, 289 

 Wilderness, 76 

 Willow, weeping or drooping, 80 



hedges, 276 



various kinds of, to propagate, 



305, 554 

 Wine, the method of making white, 



509 



making red, 511 



general remarks on the making 



of, 513 



how to clarify, 515 



Winter-cress, 488, 501, 576 

 Witch-hazel, 314 



