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INDEX. 



drnpes, 



pruning . . . . S2 



proper soil and manures . 83 



management under glass . 84 



fall and winter trimming . 85 

 bearing capacities, how 



estimated . . . ih. 

 routine of grape-house cul- 

 ture without fire-heat . 86 

 forcing grapes ripe at all 

 seasons . . . 342 

 Grasses for lawns ... 17 

 Gravel for garden-walks . 351 

 Green-gage plum . . .117 

 Green-house, structure of . 297 

 plants recommended . 301 

 Guigne-trees .... 123 



Hampton Court vine, astonish- 

 ing productiveness of . 66 

 Haricots, or kidney beans . 180 

 Hazel-bush, culture of . . 152 

 Heath-house . . . .299 

 Heaths, hardy, list of . . 304 

 Heating by hot water . . 323 

 Heating of glazed houses by 



steam .... 318 

 Herbaceous ornamental plants 



recommended . . 259 



vernal .... 264 



summer .... 265 



autumnal . . . 267 



Herbaceous perennial plants, 



how propagated . . 268 

 Herbs, sweet, list of . . 239 

 Horizontal training of wall- 

 trees, Hitt, &c. . . 52 

 Horse-radish, culture of . . 237 

 Horticultural Societies, notices 



of . . . .12 

 Hotbeds . . . .380 

 Hotbed frames . . . ib. 

 Hot-houses, their principal ob- 

 jects, . . . .313 

 flues and furnaces for . 315 

 method of applying sur- 

 face and bottom heat . 322 

 warming with hot water, 

 and principles of the 

 apparatus . . . 323 

 common tank boiler and 



furnace . . . 324 

 Mr. Rogers' boiler, de- 

 scribed and delineated 325 

 hot-water apparatus for a 



vinery .... 328 



siphon principle applied . 329 



Hot-houses, 



Perkin's hermetically sealed 



tubes . . . .230 

 Mr.Corbett's mode of heat- 

 ing ... . 331 

 Mr. Randle's method by 



tanks . . . . ib. 



sun's rays, efficiency of . 332 

 fermentable substances 

 used to create bottom- 

 heat . . . .333 

 necessity of the skillful 

 management of artificial 

 heat .... ib. 

 admission of air to be well 



regulated . . . 334 

 admission of light . . 335 

 proper pitch of roofs . 336 

 Curvilinear roofs proposed 338 

 foreign plants frequently 

 introduced into fruit- 

 houses . . . 353 

 Hyacinth, cultivation of . . 273 

 marks of a fine one . . 274 

 exorbitant prices of, in Hol- 

 land . . . .273 

 Dutch compost for raising 274 

 culture .... 275 

 forcing .... ib. 

 new varieties, how pro- 

 duced . . . .276 

 Hyssop 239 



Inarching 



Indian cress, tuberous 

 Insects, destroying of 

 Iris, varieties of, and cul 

 Persian and snake 

 species 

 Isabella grape 



Jargonelle pear 

 Jasmine . 

 Jerusalem artichoke 



Kale, culture of 

 Kentish cherry 

 Kidney-beans, culture o 

 Knight's theory regardi 

 age of fruits 



new apples 



new pears 

 Kohl-rube, culture of 



Lambs' lettuce 

 Lawns, grasses for 

 Lavender 



. 43 



. 201 



. 113 



vation 283 



! head 



. ib. 



. 6S 



. 127 



. 254 



. 191 



173 

 123 

 181 



35 

 142 

 135 

 174 



210 

 17 



239 



ns the 



