406 



INDEX. 



Hot-houses, warming with hot 

 water, and principles of 



the apparatus - - 307 

 common tank boiler and 



furnace ... 308 

 Mr. Rogers' boiler de- 

 scribed and delineated - 309 

 hot-water apparatus for a 



vinery - - - 312 

 siphon principle applied - 313 

 Perkin's hermetically seal- 

 ed tubes - - 314 

 Corbett's mode of heating 315 

 Handle's method by tanks ib. 

 sun's rays, efficiency of - 316 

 fermentable substances used 



to create bottom-heat - ib. 

 necessity of the skillful man- 

 agement of artificial heat 317 

 admission of air to be well 



regulated - - - 317 

 admission of light - - 319 

 proper pitch of roofs - 320 

 Curvilinear roofs proposed 321 

 foreign plants frequently in- 

 troduced into fruit-houses 335 

 Hyacinth, cultivation of - - 260 

 marks of a fine one - - 274 

 exorbitant prices of, in Hol- 

 land - - - 262 

 Dutch compost for raising 260 

 culture, forcing 260, 261, 262 

 new varieties, how produced 26 3 

 - 230 



Inarching ... 42 



Indian cress, tuberous - - 194 



Insects, destroying of - - 101 



Iris, varieties of, and cultivation 268 

 Persian and snake's head 



species ib. 



Isabella grapes - - 71 



Jargonelle pear 

 Jasmine 

 Jerusalem artichoke 



- 124 



- 244 



- 185 



Kale, culture of - - - 170 



Kentish cherry - - - 120 



Knight's theory regarding the 



age of fruits - - 48 



new pears - - - 130 



Kohl-rube, culture of - - 170 



Lambs' lettuce - - - 205 



Lawns, grasses for - - 22, 23 



Lavender - - - - 236 



Layers, propagation by - - 43 



Leeks, culture of - - - 199 



Lemon - 338 



Lettuce, kinds and culture - 213 

 Light, necessity of, in glazed 



houses - - 317 



Lilies, cultivation of 270 



Lima beans - 177 



Lime, sweet - - - 338 



Lobelia, kind for flower-garden 279 



Longueville pear - - - 125 



Ohio grape ... 73 



Longworth on the grape culture 72 



Love-apple - - - - 227 



Mahaleb cherry - - - 121 



Manures for gardens 33 



Marie-Louise pear - - - 128 



Merigold - - - - 234 



Mayduke cherry - - - 119 



Medlar-tree, culture of - - 142 



Melonry, for forcing melons - 362 



Melon pit, Alderston's - - 364 



West's and Atkinson's - 363 



Melons, kind and culture - 222 



forcing of 364 



different kinds - - 365 



proper heat required for - 366 



Mildew and insects, to destroy 



on fruit trees - - 111 



Missouri grape - - 73 



Montreuil peach-training - 106 



Moorpark apricot - - 113 



Morello cherry - - - 120 



Mould and soils for green-houses 285 



Mulberry-tree, culture of - 143 



Mulching, great advantage of 51 



Muscat grapes 65 



Mushrooms, culture of - - 372 



Mustard, culture of - - 218 



Narcissus, genus, cultivation of 268 

 Nasturtium - - - - 195 

 Nectarines, best kinds for U. S. 103 

 kinds and culture - - 101 

 mode of producing new va- 

 rieties - - - 103 

 protection against insects - 111 

 varieties and culture - 101 

 Netted citron - - - 223 

 New Zealand spinach - - 204 

 Noblesse peach ... 96 

 Norton's grape - 74 

 Nutmeg canteloupe - - 223 



Okra .... 227 



Oldacre's mushroom-bed - 372 



Onions, kind and culture - - 195 



Orache 205 



