GENERAL INDEX. 



759 



Protecting tenderish shrubs from severe frosts, 



a mode of, 189. 

 Pruning of forest trees, Mr. Main on, 30.3 ; Mr. 

 Howden's opinions on pruning large trees, 

 559 ; pruning and thinning of plantation, 

 373 ; a pair of shears for summer pruning, 668. 

 Prussia, state of gardening in, 187. •142 j horti- 

 cultural society of Prussia, 359. 

 ftuercus, the sjjecies of, named, which are de- 

 sirable for the size and. form and colourof their 

 leaves, and for useful timt)er, 195; (iut'rcus 

 cocclnea and riibra, notices on, 444 ; a variety, 

 with narrow and occasionally entire leaves, of 

 Qucrcus RbbuT, 740. 

 Rafflfesw ArniMd/i Brown and R. P&tma Blmne 



contrasted, 70S. 

 Railroads in North America, 72; railway, one 



suggested for conveying ships overland, 354. 

 Ranunculus, the Asiatic, remarks on cultivat- 

 ing the, 570; Mr. George Thurtell's show of 

 ranunculuses briefly noticed, 6,jl. 

 fianunculus /jarnassifulius, a mode of cultivat- 

 ing, 572. 

 Rats and mice, a mode of poisoning, 239. 

 Regent's Park, botanical and ornamental gar- 

 den in, 470. 

 Residences : choice of situation for a residence, 

 372; a work on laying out villa and other 

 small residences, 373 ; in the formation of a 

 residence, should the architect or landscape- 

 gardener be first employed,? 673. 

 iJhfeum austrlacum, its esculent properties, 693. 

 iihododendron, a method of protecting the 



tenderish kinds of, from severe frosts, 189. 

 li'ibcs sanguineum, a very fine plant of, 635 ; 



the Hlbes specibsum described, 455. 

 Rice, Canadian, Zizinia aquatica, a mode of 



cultivating, 190. 

 Riga, a short account of the gardens at, 197. 

 Rio de Janeiro, remarks on the vegetation of, 



188. 

 Roads in Van Diemen's Land, 78. 

 Robinia P»eud-//cSicia grows any where, and 

 its wood applicable to various economical 

 purposes, 191. 

 Rocks, an apparatus for rending by gunpowder, 



591. 

 Rods, parallel, for graduating beds, 669. 

 Rome, notes on the gardens of, 267. 

 Roofs and floors formed of earthen tubes, and 



thereby fire-proof, 60. 

 Root, tap, of trees, effects of shortening, 339. 

 iZbsa turbinata, the Frankfort rose, is very free 

 of growth and blossom, 1S9 ; rose bushes, 

 and other shrubs, a mode of protecting them 

 from severe frosts, 189; Lawrence's stakes 

 for, and mode of training standard rose trees, 

 679. 

 Salisburia adiantifblia ingraftaWe, 445. 

 Salm-Dyck, a notice of the botanic garden of 



the Prince de, 446. 

 Salpiglijssis, sportiveness in the species of, 47. 

 Salt as a destroyer of weeds, 372 ; salt as a ma- 

 nure, 373 ; salt invigorates leeks, 373. 

 Sands, shifting, on the culture of, 444. 

 Sap vessels, or the circulating system of plants, 

 facts and arguments on the, 142 ; the circu- 

 lation of the sap in Chara, 482 ; a question on 

 the organisable property of sap, 652. 

 Scarlet runner bean, a perennial, 53. 

 Scotland, notices relative to, 474; agriculture 

 in the West of Scotland, 513 ; field and road- 

 side hedges in, 514; plantations in, 515; 

 edgings of walks in, 518 ; kitchen-gardens in, 

 519 ; grass lawns in, 519; Menteath's remarks 

 on inspiring a taste for gardening among t^e 

 labouring classes of Scotland, 532 ; a notice 

 of Auchincruive, 595; of Castle Semple, 596; 

 notices on the towns and villages of Scotland, 

 385; their waterworks, waterclosets, sewer- 

 age, and churchyards, 389 ; the plan of a 

 general cemetery for Edinburgh described, 

 362; the thistle of Scotland, 355; flued walls 

 and kitchen-garden at Erskine House, Ren- 

 ', frewshire, 670; agricultural and horticultural 

 exhibition at Stirling, 113. 



Seeds, Mr. Murray on the germination and sub- 

 sequent vegetation of, 326 ; the germination 

 of seeds is expedited by applying to them 

 malic acid, or the rotten pulp of apples, 445; 

 M. Otto's remarks on the germination of 

 seeds, 196; hints on raising seeds, 5. 25; seeds 

 of annual plants, an improved mode of rais- 

 ing, 434 ; the mode and results of sowing 

 seeds of annual flowering plants in autumn, 

 570 ; seeds remain for many years in the 

 earth, and vegetate on meeting with air and 

 light, 359. 374 ; on the preservation of seeds, 

 358. 

 Sewerage, suggestions on, 387. 

 Shalder's fountain pump, 729. 

 Shears for summer pruning, 6GS. 

 Sheds for breakers of stone suggested, 238. 

 Shennijn, William Johnstone, a brief biography 



of, 751. 

 Shrubberies, defects in the forms of, and means 



of avoiding such defects, 152. 

 Silk, and Silkworm. See Mulberry. 

 Slugs and snails, Martin's mode of decoying. 



149. 370. 

 Snails, Mr. Martin's modeof decoying, 149. 370; 



Mr. Corbett's mode of destroying, 434. 

 Spider, red, remarks on, 499 ; counter remarks, 



735. 

 Stakes, cast-iron flower-stakes, and same small 

 wrought-iron stakes for peas or annual plants, 

 554. 557 ; stakes for standard rose trees, 679. 

 Starkey, Mrs., her floral decoration of the vil- 

 lage of Bowness, .527. 

 Steam from dung linings, a mode of preventing 

 its injuring plants in frames, 314 ; the steam 

 apparatus applied by Mr. Smith to his pits at 

 Cunnoquhie, descril)ed, 328; steam carriages, 

 their applicability to the improvement of 

 land, 30 ; Hay's method of heating by steam, 

 330. 730. 

 Still, a figure and description of one used in 



making liqueurs from fruits, 183. 

 Stirling agricultural and horticultural exhi- 

 bition, 113. 

 Stone, artificial, Austin's works in, 2.37. 

 Stonebreakers, sheds for, suggested, 2.38. 

 Straps, leathern bearing, and wallet, 86. 

 Strawberry, tiles made to accelerate the ripen- 

 ing of strawberries, and to keep the berries 

 clean, 4.35; a new kind of strawberry raised 

 by Mr. Uarke, at Bordesley, near Birming- 

 ham, 593 ; a grub-worm infests plants of the 

 strawberry, 92. 

 Stuttgardt, a notice on, 358. 

 Sublime de variete, a drink, a method of 



making, 183. 

 Suburban gardens, on the management of, 92. 

 Succulent plants, the structure and physiology 

 of, noticed, 234 ; Mr. Kitchen's collection of 

 succulent plants, noticed, 244. 

 Sugar, American, obtained from the sap of 



species of maple, 502. 

 Surrey Zoological Gardens, noticed, 594. 

 Sutton Wash embankment, 589. 

 Swan River settlement, some account of, 78. 

 Sweet's Flcywer-Garden, controversy on plants 

 not hardy being figured and described in it, 

 87. 368. 

 Sydney, some notice of its condition, 78. 

 Syringes figured and described, Warner's, 353; 



Siebe's, 354. 

 Tallies, brick ones, 33-, a numbering-stick on 

 an improved application of the notch princi- 

 ple, 32; brick tallies, printed upon before they 

 are baked, 175 ; directions for preparing 

 Murray's tallies, 374. 

 Tar used as manure, 239. 

 Tea plant, contributions to the history of, 89. 



490. 

 Tectona griindis, on the germination of the 



seeds of, 191. 

 Telescope, Varley's graphic, noticed, 23& 

 Temperance societies, remarks on, 43. 

 Temperature. See 'I'hermometer. 

 Temple Newsham, briefly noticed, 361. 

 Thames. See Water. 



