INDEX. 



PAGE. 



Appendix, ......... 244 



Bones, good efiect of, ....... 208 



Border, compost for, (See soils for grape-house borders,) . . . 33, 34 



covering for, . . . 47, 49, 52, 61, 63, 69, 71, 105, 108, 211 



drain for, . . . . . . . .32, 53 



heating of, . . . . . . . 56, 61, 68, 72 



preparation of, .... . 31, 39, 40, 49, 53 



renovation of, ...... . 48, 84 



the growth of vines, and general effect of differently made borders, 238, 241 



the forcing-house, 



Conclusion, ...... 



Difficulties of forcing in winter in New England, . 

 Diseases of the grape vine : — effect of over-cropping, 

 effect of sudden changes, 

 mildew and blight, 

 rot, 

 nist, 

 shrivel 

 Drahis for border, how made, 



substitute for, . 

 Forcing the vine, 



difficulties of, 

 remarks on, 

 rules for managing 

 Furnace, how constructed, . 



view of. 

 Glass, burning of the vine, . 

 Glass-houses, cost of, 



house for forcing, and 

 how constructed, 

 of what form, 

 view of lean-to house, 

 view of span-house, (frontispiece.) 

 Grapes, description of American varieties, . 

 description of foreign varieties, 

 difference between showing fruit and setting fruit, 

 new kinds, how to raise, 

 thinning of berries, .... 



varieties for the cold grapery. 



243 



4, 107 



95 



5 



91 



181, 183, 184 



91 



74 to 84, 95 



32 



68 



49, 38, 61, 87, 89, 93, 104 



21, 



the hot-house, difference in them, 



4, 107 

 103 

 105 to 112 

 26 

 30 

 213 

 23, 24, 25 

 103 

 16 

 15 

 |22 



133 to 137 



117 to 129 



118 



129 



94 



116 



varieties for cultivation in the open air, 

 varieties for cultivation at the south, 

 varieties for forcing-house, . 



32 



137, 139, 169, 171, 174, 179, 184 

 179 

 116 



