GENERAL INDEX. 



755 



for its roots and leafstalks, which are gene- 

 rally eaten, 267. 271. 



Ferns, a method of raising them from seeds, 

 451. 



FeuiUem cordifblia, its fruits an antidote to 

 vegetable poisons, 78. 



F'icus stipulata, eflects of culture on, 689. 



Fig, Mr. Pearson's treatment of, criticised, -ISg ; 

 defended, 490. 733. 



Filtering machines, 370. 



Fir, the spruce, seems not to thrive in Eng- 

 land, why ;.* 503; fir timber, while full of sap, 

 will resist fire, 488. 



Fleischmann, Johann Martin, a brief biogra- 

 phy of, 255. 



Floors and roofs formed of earthen tubes so as 

 to be tire-proof, 60. 



Flora! and horticultural society : Carlisle, 626; 

 Chelmsford and Essex, 749; Hull, 122. (i35 ; 

 Lancaster, 630. 751 ; Rochdale, 115. 



Floricultural and botanical notices of new 

 plants, or of old plants of interest, 12. 224. 

 345. 454. 596. 721. 



Floriculture, seasonable hints on, 25. 352. See 

 also Plants. 



Florist's Howers, a machine for transferring 

 from one pot to another, 44 ; an instrument 

 for planting tulips with, 44 ; a cheap frame 

 and awning for shading beds of, 45 ; Hurdis's 

 plant tran>planter, 666. 



Florists' society : Bristol, 633 ; Cambridge, 

 746 J Chelmsford, 749 ; Devon and Exeter, 

 627 ; Gateshead ancient, 632 ; Heworth, 

 749, 



Flower-garden, a design for a, with a list of 

 plants to furnish it, 155 ; flower-gardens, Mr. 

 Errington's opinions on laying out and ma- 

 naging, 562 ; various forms of cast and 

 wrought iron stakes for plants in, 557. 554. 



Flower-pots printed on before they are baked, 

 175. 



Flowers, and the flowers of spring, thoughts on, 

 25 ; method of prolonging the flowering sea- 

 son of border flowers, 46. 



Flued walls at Erskine House gardens, Ren- 

 frewshire, 670. 



Fly, the black and the green, a means of de. 

 stroying, 149 j flies, a means of destroying, 

 150. 



Forcing. See Pits. Transportable houses for 

 forcing recommended, 338. 



Forest trees, Mr. Main on pruning, 303 ; Sin- 

 clair on planting, 207. See also Trees. 



France, condition of the labouring classes in 

 the south of, 62 ; notices relative to France, 

 356; vegetable productions of the department 

 of L'Orne, 356 ; a horticultural tour through 

 the Netherlands and part of France, 392. 



Frauds imposed by correspondents, 289. 



Frost, its effects on plants in Prussia in the 

 winter of 1822-3, 340. 



Fruit room, what is the best plan for ? 737. 



Fruit trees, the apple bug, A^phis lanigera, and 

 lichens on, destroyable by fire, 357 ; fruit 

 trees by the roadside from Griinberg to 

 Masserwitz, 449. See Canker. 



Fruit wines, modes of making, 186. 



Fruits, the London Horticultural Society's cata- 

 logue of, noticed, 212 ; a press for crushing 

 fruits, .■J44 ; a ladder held up by ropes for 

 gathering fruits, 581 ; a machine for crush- 

 ing, 542; a press for crushing, 544; remarks 

 on the fruits used in the manufacture of 

 perry and cider, 582. 



Fiichs/Vz globbsa Hort. distinguished and de- 

 scribed, 598. 607. 



Fumigator, a detached, figured and described, 

 354. 



Furnace, Witty's improved, possessed by Mr. 

 Chanter, 26. 



Furze tops, as a manure, 239 ; Irish furze, its 

 habitat and uses, 369 ; furze, as a boundary 

 fence to plantations in parks, 678. 



Gardener, house for a, containing five rooms 

 and an office, adapted for being connected 

 with the wall of a kitchen-garden, 551 ; de- 



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sign for a gardener's house to be connected 

 with the west wall of a kitchen-garden, 659; 

 design for a gardener's house which is to 

 serve also for a watchtower, 660; the gar- 

 dener's house at Castle Semple wretched, 

 596; a gardener distinguishing himself, 474; 

 an American lady gardener, 239 ; gardeners, 

 young, the necessity for them to store their 

 minds with general knowledge as well as 

 with that of gardening, 137 ; prizes to young 

 gardeners, by horticultural societies, 81 ; 

 funds to be formed by gardeners for their 

 own benefit, 83 ; on giving to gardeners the 

 credit due to their employers, 85 ; advice to 

 gardeners intending to emigrate to the United 

 States of America, 272. 288 ; trafficking in 

 the situations of gardeners, 499. 730 ; remarks 

 on the writings of gardeners, 367 ; remarks 

 on Mr. Mallet's advice to young gardeners, 

 641 ; the necessity and advantages of gar- 

 deners visiting one another's gardens, 645. 



Gardening, the love for, natural to man, 239 ; 

 gardening recreations as a substitute for 

 brutalising sports, 140 ; gardening favourably 

 affected by the law of primogeniture, 275. 277 ; 

 gardening and nursery business, depressed 

 state of, especially in Scotland, 134 ; the 

 means of inspiring a taste for gardening 

 among the labouring classes of Scotland, 532; 

 the condition of gardening in Ireland, 474 ; 

 a catechism on gardening, 373. 



Gardens about Rome and Naples, noticed, 267. 

 271; garden of the Bishop of Cloyne, 475; 

 gardens near Dublin, 371 ; descriptive notices 

 of several gardens in England; that of J. A. 

 Beck, Esq. of Esthwaite Lodge, 528; of Sir 

 John Ashley, bart, Everly House, 546 ; of Sir 

 Edward Antrobus, bart, Amesbury House, 

 547 ; of the Earl of Radnor, Longford Castle, 

 548 ; the hanging gardens of Limerick, 81 ; 

 public garden at Magdeburg, a plan and de- 

 scription of, 191. 194 ; Hogg's florist's garden, 

 594 ; Groom's florist's garden, 594 ; Zoological 

 Society's garden, 594 ; Surrey Zoological gar. 

 dens, 594; gardens of the Beulah Spa, 594 ; pro- 

 posed botanic garden at Primrose Hill, 594; 

 gardens at Bretton Hall, July 14th, 1832, 607 ; 

 gardens in the lake district, remarks on, 527 ; 

 Erskine House gardens in Renfrewshire, 670; 

 town gardens, a work on laying out, 373 ; 

 suburban gardens, on the management of, 92 ; 

 design for a flower-garden, for a particular 

 situation near an old mansion, with a list of 

 plants suitable to the^plan, 155; garden orna- 

 ments in stone, at Dumfries, their price, 91; 

 stakes, iron, for plants in the flower-garden, 

 various forms for, and suggestions on, 555. 

 557 ; gardens to cottages, workhouses, prisons, 

 and lunatic asylums, 9G. 376; directive hints 

 for the effective cultivation of cottage gar- 

 dens, 647. 



Gas, ammoniacal, destruction of insects by, 41 ; 

 the mode of applying it, 656. 



Gates, Telford's iron ones described, 85; de. 

 signs and details for opening the gates of 

 lodges in the night time, 622, 



Gauntlets for lady gardeners, 37. 



Gentinjid! aca^lis, on growing and propagating 

 of, 94. 



Georginas, on prolonging the flowering season 

 of, 46 ; seeds from flowers of one colour pro- 

 duce plants which severally bear flowers of a 

 different colour, 47. 



Germany, notices on, 358. 



Gloribsa superba, M. Sinning's method of cul- 

 tivating, 195. 



Goats eligible for introduction into New South 

 Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 452. 



Gooseberries, censurableness of the names given 

 to, 89 ; a mode of making gooseberries into 

 English champagne wine, 542; a method of 

 making gooseberry wine, 181 ; a mill for 

 crushing ripe gooseberries, 542 ; a press for 

 crushing them, 541. 



Gordunza pubescens, 50 ft. high, near Fhiladel. 

 phia, 272. 



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