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INDEX. 



Their management the second 



Their management the third and 

 fruiting year, 90. 



Pruning for the first crop, 90. 



Time to commence forcing, 90. 



Temperature, 92. 



Moisture, 93. 



Ventilation, 95. 



Form for vinery against garden 

 wall, 96. 



Weight of crop, thinning, disbud- 

 ding, &c., 96. 



Spur-pruning for next season's 

 crop, 98. 



Training, 100. 



Keeping grapes through the 

 winter, 101. 



General management of borders, 

 102. 



Their partial renewal, 103. 



Shelter from excessive rains, 103. 



Mulching, 104. 



Covering well-fermenting material 

 and otherwise conserving heat. 

 104. 



Renovating exhausted vines, 105. 



Pot-culture of grapes, 107. 



Inarching vines, 108. 



Setting up grapes for exhibition, 

 110. 



Packing them, 112. 



Insects to which subject red- 

 spider, 114. 



Thrip, 115. 



Mealy bug, 116. 



Phylloxera vastatrix, 116. 



Remarks by M. Planchon on, 118. 



First appearance of, 124. 



Its destructive ability, 126. 



Preventives against it, 128. 



Diseases shanking. 130. 



Mildew, 132. 



Rust, 133. 



Excrescences on under sides of 

 leaves, 134. 



Scalding, 135. 



HEATING BY HOT WATER, A FEW 

 OBSERVATIONS ON, 313. 



MELON, THE. 



Its native country, natural his- 

 tory, &c., 207. 



Growing it in dung-beds or pits, 

 210. 



Sowing the seed and management 

 of the young plants, 211. 



Training and stopping, 213. 



Soil and planting, 214. 



Moulding up, temperature, 216. 



Impregnation, watering, &c., 217. 



Culture in houses, trained on 

 wires near the glass, form of 

 house, depth of soil, &c., 220. 



Preparing the plants, planting, 

 &c., 223. 



Watering, &c., 224. 



Temperature and syringing, 225. 



Ventilation, 226. 



Impregnation, training, and stop- 

 ping, 226. 



Very early forcing, 227. 



List of varieties, 229. 



Insects and diseases to which sub- 

 ject, 229. 



NECTARINE, see Peach and Nectarine. 



OBSERVATIONS ON HEATING BY HOT 

 WATER, 313. 



PEACH AND NECTARINE. 

 Their natural history, native 



country, &c., 136. 

 House for early forcing, 138. 

 House when they are not required 



before July, 139. 

 Drainage, depth and width of 



border, 143. 

 Soil, 144. 



Varieties of peaches, 146. 

 Of nectarines, 147. 

 Propagation and selection of trees, 



147. 

 Best stocks for different varieties, 



150. 



Planting, 151. 

 Pruning and training, 152. 

 Fan-training, 152. 

 Seymour's system of training, 



157. 

 Disbudding or summer pruning, 



159. 



Thinning the fruit, 161. 

 Root-pruning, 162. 

 Forcing and general management, 



time to commence forcing, 163. 

 Dressing the trees and borders, 



164. 



Temperature, 165. 

 Ventilation, 167. 

 Moisture in the air and syringing, 



168. 



Setting the fruit, 169. 

 Watering, 170. 



