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GENERAL INDEX. 



and culture of, 38 ; date of its introduction, 

 to England, £42. Newlaiid, Mr., remarks 

 on, 238. 

 Oak, descriptive remarks on three kinds of, 

 Encyc. of Gard., fi 7070 ; criticisms on, Gard. 

 Mag., vii. 699. Oak, the two British spe- 

 cies of, vi. 674, vii. 240. 

 Packing polyanthus, and other florists' flowers, 

 498. 716. Peach and nectarine trees, Mr. 

 Errington'smodeof managing, described, vi. 

 693; remarked on, vii. "'';. Peach and nec- 

 ':arine trees, Mr. Seymour's mode of manag- 

 ing, vi. 434 ; remarks on, vii. 241. Plnus, 

 descriptive remarks on several species of, 

 Encyc. of Gard., § 7042 to 7058 ;criticisms on, 

 Gard. Mas., vii. 699. Plimley, Mr., remarks 

 on, 238. Pol^gala vulgfiris, and its varieties 

 or variations, query on, 246 ; reply to, 380 ; 

 criticism on, 717. Po7no/ogical Magazine, 

 some of the details of, 69. Ill ; criticised, 239. 

 Poplar, Lombardy, the history of its intro- 

 duction, vi. 419 ; discordant fact, vii. 716. 

 Potatoes should be planted whole, v. 294, 

 295. 718 to 722; confirmed by experiments, 

 vii. 715. Provincial Horticultural Societies, 

 the Conductor's reports of, in preceding vo- 

 lumes, animadverted on, vii. 237 ; replied 

 • to, 258. 626. 



fianunculus asiaticus, Tyso's method of rais- 

 ing seedling varieties of, vi. 548 ; criticised, 

 vii. 121 ; replied to, 565 ; and again remark- 

 ed on, 568. Rhododendron lapponicum, ha- 

 bitat of, 237. 

 Sievers/a Pecki/, habitat of, given, 237. Sie- 

 versm trifl&ra. North American habitat of, 

 237. Soils, light arable, injured by much 

 pulverisation, 336 ; confirmed, 715. South- 

 ampton botanic garden, alluded to by the er- 

 roneous title of Spa botanic gardens, 220 ; 

 defended under the same title, 376; and far- 

 ther, 497. Spa botanic gardens. See South. 

 ami)ton botanic garden. Strawberries, Mr. 

 Byers's mode of cultivating, v. 437 ; animad- 

 verted on, 429; amended, 507. Sweet's Bri- 

 tish Floivcr-Garden contains plants not hardy, 

 475. 709. Sweet's Florist's Guide, vi. 722, vii. 

 237. 500. 

 Thorn's machine for transplanting large trees, 

 29; criticised, 713. Thom's mode of prop- 

 ping large newly transplanted trees, 445 ; 

 criticised, 713. Thompson's physiological 

 experiments, v. 253. to 257 ; criticised, vii. 

 120 ; replied to, 235. Trees enrich the soil 

 which bears them, vi. 453; confirmed, vii. 

 702. 

 Vines, mode of training at Thomery, near 



Fontainebleau, v. 289, vii. 622. 

 Weeds as manure and other remarks, vi. 453 ; 

 criticisms, on and confirmation of, vii. 702. 

 Zigadcnus glaberrimus.North American habi- 

 tat of, 237. 

 llhododendrons, their native soil in America, 

 490. 706 ; R. arbbreum secretes much nectar, 

 354 ; very splendid, 357 ; U. alta-clercnse, the 

 superb Highclere hybrid kind, described, 472 ; 

 other hybrids originated at Highclere gardens, 

 135; R. Vaxxi-Tce, Mrs..Farrer's, 474; R- lap 

 ponicum, its true habitat, 237. 

 Uhubarb, for tarts, its progress in popular esti- 

 mation, 682; leaves of, heated, alleviate rheu- 

 matism, 369. 

 Kthes, an account of new and little known spe 

 cies of, and of the soils they inhabit in their 

 native stations, 50; R. sanguineum, and its 

 culture, described, 597. 

 Uichter, M., royal gardener at Stuttgardt, buried 



July 13th, 1831, 6f)0. 

 Kinging the bark of fruit trees, its effect, 583. 

 Uivinas, uses of their berries, 99. 675. 

 Uoads, public, and others, remarks critical and 

 preceptive on, 520; suggestions for freeing 

 i'rom weeds, and otherwise improving the sides 

 of, 535 ; straight and curved roads contrast 

 cd, 5 ; naming. 103. 

 Rockwork in garden scenery, an essay on, 443; 



alpine plants grown in rockwork at Hoolc 

 House, 551. 



Rose, Mr., his tomb surrounded by roses, 675. 



Roses, a mode of retarding the blooming season 

 of, 603 ; a new publication on roses suggested, 

 ,5U1 ; rose bushes and Cydbnia japonica trained 

 upright, 192; rosebush 10 ft. high, and 30 ft. 

 in circumference, 103; expeditious method of 

 propagating rose bushes used in France, 16; 

 Scottish roses mentioned for a garden hedge, 

 728. 



Rouge plant, a species of Rivina, its possible 

 uses, 99. 675. 



Salt, its benefits and injuries to the gardener, 

 and some moral consideration on the know- 

 ledge of the good and evil of every thing, 100. 



Sand on the inner surface of glasses used in pro- 

 pagating, .379. 



Saws, Indian, figured and described, 194. 



Saxifraga oppositifblia, the culture of, 497. 



Scarificator, notice regarding a, 467. 



Scarlet runner, a perennial plant, 485. 



Sceaux, the public park or garden of, 1. 



Schizanthus, new species of, noticed, 200. 469. 



Schools, Lancasterian, national and infant, their 

 numbers and effects observed, 223. 529. 



Scotland, notices on, 227. 499 ; Scotland, west, 

 geology of, 642 ; natural scenery of, 643 ; soil 

 of, 644 ; climate of, 641 ; native trees of, 6M ; 

 ancient judicial arrangements and practices 

 of Scotland, 644'; herbaceous plants of the west 

 of Scotland, 645; exotic plants in the gardens 

 of, 645 ; natural zoology of, 645 ; the condition 

 of man in, 646; state of general improvement 

 in, 646 ; lines of road and plantations formed 

 in, 647 ; improvements in agriculture and in 

 country seats, 647 ; canals, 6+7 ; Horticultural 

 Society of Dumfriesshire, 648; newspapers in 

 Scotland, 648 ; moral and political societies in, 

 648; the progress made by gardeners in pro- 

 fessional and general knowledge, 6+8 ; state of 

 gardens in, 649. 679 ; meteorology in Scotland, 

 618 ; an arboricultural society for Scotland 

 suggested, 297; information Jon the gardens 

 and seats of, solicited, 24-2 ; the great age of 

 some apple trees and pear trees in, 227 ; sav. 

 ing seeds of culinary vegetables, and of orna- 

 mental flowers in, 590 ; mode of forcing sea- 

 kale in, 590. 



Scott, Mr., his house at Shepperton, 358. 



Sea-kale, a Scottish mode of forcing, 590. 



Seed-cloth for drying seeds supported on stakes, 

 figured, 651. 



Seedsmen. See Nurserymen. 



Shaddock, at Kitley, 225. 



.Shalder's fountain pump recommended, 244. 



Shepherd/fl! (//ippophae) argiJntea, a new fruit 



- tree for garden culture, 570. 



Shrubberies and plantations, critical remarks 

 on, 544 ; management of clumps of shrubs, 543. 



Sievers^'a triflbra, its true habitat, 237 ; S. Peck;/, 

 its true habitat, 237. 



Singapore botanic garden, noticed, 92. 



Skewers made of the spijies of hawthorn eli- 

 gible for cookery, 234, 23,5. 371 ; those made 

 of the wood of the Guelder rose used by 

 watchmakers and butchers, 234. 371. 



Skirving, Mr., his nursery, near Liverpool, no- 

 ticed, 556. 



Slyne, the village of, near Lancaster, undergo- 

 ing improvement and decoration, .526. 



Smith, William, deeply versed in a knowledge 

 of nature, 373. 



Smoke in manufacturing districts, a mode sug- 



" gested for ridding the atmosphere of, 418. 524. 



Soils enriched by weeds, herbage, and trees, 

 702 ; light arable soils injured by frequent 

 turning, 715 ; indiflference of many plants to 

 the kinds of soil, 518 ; poor soils and bleak 

 situations very eligible for fruit trees, 323. 



South of England botanic garden, 220. 



Southampton botanic gardens, 220. 376. 497. 



Spade, a narrow one for thinning out trees in 

 nursery rows, 612 ; the underfoot spade, 86. 



Specific gravity of fruits and roots, tables of the, 

 suggested, 243. 



