747 



GENERAL INDEX. 



i\.BBEY Park, Scotland, gardens at, noticed, 681- 



Wcacia arm^ta, a large one noticed, 428. 



Acclimatising exotics, hints on, 22. 307. 688. 



A\eT tataricum, its leaves preferred by silk- 

 worms, 660. 



.(iconitum ftrox or virbsum, powerfully poison- 

 ous, 2()8. 



^diantum Capillus Veneris, Irish habitat of, 2^0. 



Africa, notices relative to, H3. 490. 



Agave american, in the United States, 454 



Agriculture, a British Society for promoting, 

 projected, 498 ; Warwickshire society, 2t'4 ; an- 

 cient, in Egypt, 93 ; its close connection with 

 chemistry, 481 ; its state in America, 704 ; state 

 of, in the northern counties, 416. 531 ; now 

 practised where pasturage only was in use in 

 1805,531 ; state of, at the Cape of Good Hope, 

 493. 



Air plantSj the cultivation of in stoves, 47. 



Albiiry, the residence of Henry Drummond, 

 Esq., described and criticised, 364. 



Alpine plants grown in the open ground, and 

 sheltered with moss, 307 ; in rockwork, 551. 



Alstro»merias, perfect management of, 471. 



Alton Towers, abbey and gardens, 390. 



America, United States of, contrasted with Eng- 

 land as to climate, 31 1 ; culture of Indian corn 

 in, 705 ; important directions on selecting and 

 packing plants and trees meant to be sent to, 

 441; compared with theCapeof GoodHope,490; 

 instances of the agriculture of, 704 ; its mine- 

 rals noticed, 705 ; notices on, 665 ; progress of 

 gardening in, 6o6 ; behaviour of some emi- 

 grant gardeners on arriving in, 667 ; livery ser- 

 vants in, 667 ; character of native Americans, 

 667; the culture of apples in, 316; of vines in, 

 318 ; limited occupation of land in, 317 ; the 

 effect of the intestate laws of, 317 ; the baneful 

 effect of the tariff laws of, 319; diseases of 



^ American fruit trees, 319. 



American blight, its cause and cure, 721. 



American plants, an admirably successful mode 

 of cultivating, 305; hints for cultivating, 490 ; 

 the true habitats of certain, 236. 706. 



Amh^rst/n nobilis, a notice of, 207. 



Ammoniacal liquor of coal gas destructive to 

 insects and vermin, 557. 



Andrew's, St., gardens near, reported, 680. 



Andromedrt, a dutailed etymon of this generic 

 name, 598. 



Andromeda Aypnij'ides, the true habitat of, 236, 

 237. 



Anemometer described, 231 ; criticised, 618. 



jinemnne nemor6sa, remarks connected with, 

 599. 



Animals for agriculture, exhibitions of, suggest- 

 ed, 111. 



Andna squamusa, and its fruit, described, 595. 



Ants, their injurious eftect on early forced 

 peach trees, and the means of extirpating 

 them, 314. 



Aphides, a mode of destroying, 244. 



Ai)ple trees, insects infestin;.; the bark of, 379. 

 721; a mode of training, in Fifeshire, 22; 

 those on paradise stocks for our own use, 

 tliose on free stocks for posterity, 227 ; not 

 injured by the roots of willow trees, 722 ; 

 xan cider be obtained from the vernal herbage 

 of? 2,50; American blight on, cause and cure 

 of, 721. 



Al'ples, a list of the kinds rfcommonded in the 

 Pomologicnl Magazine, 112; a list of the 

 superior kinds of, 238; the American Spit- 



zemjjergs, and the Newtown the poorest of 

 them, 239; method of keeping a winter stock 

 of, 190. .'>68 ; Ronalds's work on, character- 

 ised, 588 ; Konalds's selection of varieties 

 suited to any required purpose, 588. to 590 ; the 

 cause of the russet colour of, 149 ; the effects 

 of hybridising on, 50 ; the extent and mode 

 of cultivation of, in America, 317; specula- 

 tions and arguments on the origination of va- 

 rieties of, in America, 316; the varieties which 

 produce the most abundant crops named, 589; 

 tenderer and later varieties of excellence, 

 whicli are benefited by growing against walls. 



Apricot used as a stock for buds of peaches, 

 195 ; remarks on the large tree of the Brussels 

 apricot at Arundel Castle, 60.5. 



Apricots, the kinds of, recommended in the Po. 

 moJogical Magazine, 113. 



Arabia, cultivation of the soil in, 92. 



Arboretum, plan and description of that at the 

 Goldworth nursery, 360; description of that 

 at the Caml)crwell nursery, 367. 



Arboretum lSrit''in7iicu!)i, hints for, and requi- 

 sites in the work to be so called, 232. 591. 371. 

 374. 



Arboriculture deemed neglected, 603 ; remarks 

 on tlie ravages of insects on trees, 603 ; trees 

 clipped aichitecturallv, 8 ; valu-.ble remarks 

 on arboriculture, by Mr. E. Murpliy, '2\)5. 



Arbor Vita:, the American, Thi'ija occidentalis, 

 a tree of, 212 years old, in Heidelberg, 91. 



Architecture, errors in, 405. 



Armagh, public walks at, 123. 



Arraeacia esculijnta described, 594. 



/Isclepias family requires loamy soil, or a moist 

 shady situation, 477. 



Ash, the very large weeping One removed to 

 Chatsworth, vi. 334 ; in a thriving condition 

 vii. 297. 



Asia, general improvement in, 92 ; the rarer 

 plants of, 207. 



Asparagus, prodigious, 677. 



Asparagus, Prussian, the Ornilhugalum pyrc- 

 niicum, 249. 



Jsplfenium Nidus described, 5d(i. 



Aubriet/rt Aesperidiflbra, technical remark re- 

 specting, 476. 



Audebert's nursery mentioned, 15. 



Auriculas and tulips, destruction of, 100. 



Australia, notice on, 93. 671 ; plants brought 

 home from, by Mr. Baxter, 212. 3.55. 689; its 

 eligibleness for emigrants compared with Cape 

 of Good Hope, 490. 



Auteuil nursery, noticed, 16. 



Azalea calendulacea var. StapletonaiHn, very 

 beautiful, 471 ; hybrid varieties of, originated 

 by Mr. Gowen, at Highclere, an account of, 

 62. 135 ; native soil of azaleas in America, 

 490. 706. 



Baggariff Hall, in Leicestershire, gardens at,42S. 



Bagnoles Wells, France, notices on, 656. 



Ballard's garden, Paris, noticed, 134. 



Balysaggart, in Waterford county, noticed, 683. 



Balsams, a mode of growing them to great per- 

 fection, 304; from cuttings, 735. 



Baltimore botanic garden asks contributions of 

 plants, 668. 



Bamboo in the Jersey gardens, 101. 



Banana, its uses and rate of growth in Mexico, 

 670. 



Barclay, I?obert, Esq., obituary of, 384. 475. 



Barkby Hall, notice of the gardens at, 428. 



