GENERAL INDEX. 



1167 



Alfantodia, cryptogam, filices, and filiceaa, a G. 

 peren. Madeira ; a fern ; soil, loam and peat ; 

 and propagation by dividing the root or seed. 



Allerton Manleverer, a seat in Yorkshire, 7582. 



Alliaceous plants, 3810. 



Alligator-pear, laurus persea, 5977. 



Allionia, tetran. monog. and nyctagineze, H. peren. 

 N. Amer. which grow in common soil ; and cut- 

 tings root readily under a hand-glass. 



Allium, garlic, hexan. monog. and asphodeleae, H. 

 peren. and bien. Eur. bulbs of easy culture. 



Allium ascalonicum, the shallot, 3845. 



Allium cepa, the common onion, 3830. 



Allium porrum, the leek, 3811. 



Allium sativum, the garlic, 3841. 



Allium schcenoprasum, the chive, 3838. 



Allium scorodoprasum, the rocambole, 3852. 



Allspice see Calycanthus. 



Allspice-tree, myrtus pimenta. 



Almond, see Amygdalus. 



Alnus, alder, moncec. tetran. and amentaceae, H. 

 tr. Eur. and N. Amer. of common culture, pro- 

 pagated by seeds. 



Alnus glutinosa, the common alder, 7132. 



Aloe, hexan. monog. and hemerocallideae, D. S. and 

 G. tr. and peren. C. B. S. which grow best in 

 sandy loam, with lime-rubbish or gravel, and 

 are propagated by suckers, or leaves stripped off, 

 and planted shallow in, or laid on the surface of 

 a pot of mould. 



Alonsoa, didyn. angios. and solaneae, G. tr. S. 

 Amer. which grow in rich, light soil, and are in- 

 creased by seeds or cuttings. 



Alopecurus, foxtail-grass, trian. dig. and gramineae, 

 H. peren. and an. Jamaica and Eur. grasses of 

 the easiest culture. 



Aloysia, didyn. angios. and verbenacea?, a G. tr. 

 Chili, which grows in light, rich soil, and in- 

 creases by cuttings. 



Alpinia, monan. monog. and scitamineae, S. per. W. 

 and E Ind. reedy or marsh hot-house plants of 

 common culture. 



Alstrcemeria, hexan. monog. and asphodeleae, S. and 

 G. peren. S. Amer. which thrive in sandy loam, 

 and peat or vegetable earth, and increase by seeds 

 or dividing the root. A. ligtu is difficult to 

 flower, unless the roots are put into a state of 

 rest, by withholding water till the shoots are 

 quite dried up ; then give a good watering, and 

 put it in a moist heat, and it will flower abun- 

 dantly. (Sweet.} 



Alstrcemeria salsilla, the edible alstrcemeria, 6030. 



Alston Grove, Nottinghamshire, 7576. 



Altenburg, Pomological Society of, their annals, 

 page 1127. A. D. 1810. 



Alternanthera, pentan. monog. and amaranthacea?, 

 a S. peren. S. bien. and G. peren. E. Ind. and 

 S. Amer. soil, light and rich, and cuttings root 

 freely in the shade. 



Althasa, marsh-mallow, monad, polyan. and mal- 

 vaceae, S. peren. and bien. and H. peren. tr. and 

 an. all of common culture. 



Altham frutex, hibiscus syriacus. 



Althorpe, a seat in Northamptonshire, 7580. 



Alyssum, mad-wort, tetrad, silic. and crucifereae, a 

 F. tr. and H. tr. peren. and an. Eur. of easy cul- 

 ture in common soil, and readily increased by 

 cuttings. 



Amaranthus, amaranth, moncec. pentan. and ama- 

 ranthacea?, a S. an. and H. an. As. Amer. Eur. 

 of common culture. 



Amaryllis, hexan. monag. and amaryllideaa, S. G. 

 and H. peren. Eur. Amer. and Afr. bulbs of 

 common culture : some may be treated as aquatics, 

 see 6317. 



Amateurs of gardening, 7407; their gardens and 

 management, 7428. 



Amber-tree, anthospermum aethiopicum. 



Ambrosia, monrec. pentan. and corymbifereae, H. 

 an. of common culture. 



Amellus, syngen. polyg. super, and corymbiferese, 

 a G. tr. C. B. S. soil, loam and peat, and cuttings 

 root freely under a glass ; and H. peren. Amer. 

 which grow in common soil, and cuttings root 

 freely under a hand-glass. 



American books on gardening, 7699. 



American cowslip, dodecatheon meadia. 



American garden, how to compose the soil, 6568 ; 

 to arrange, 6122. 



American shrubs, 6562; culture, 6568; final situ- 

 ation, 6569. 



Amerimnum, diadel. decan. and leguminosese, S. tr. 

 "Vf. Ind. requiring a light loam; and cuttings, 



not deprived of their leaves, root freely under 

 a hand-glass in a warm situation. 



Amethystea, dian. monog. and labiatea?, a H. an. 

 Siberia, of common culture. 



Ammannia tetran. monog. and salicareac, a S. an. 

 and H. an. W. and E. Ind. of easy culture. 



Ammi, bishop's weed, pentan. dig. and umbelliferea?, 

 H. peren. and an an. Eur. foetid, weeds. 



Amomum, monan. monog. and scitaminea?, S. pe- 

 ren. Sierre Leone, reedy marsh plants. 



Amorpha, bastard indigo, diadel. decan. and legu- 

 minoseaj, F. and H. tr. Amer. which grow in 

 common soil, and increase by cuttings planted in 

 autumn, in a sheltered situation. 



Ampthill Park, Bedfordshire, 7549. 



Ampton Hall, Suffolk, 7552. 



Amsonia, pentan. monog. and apocyneaj, H. peren. 

 N. Amer. which grow in common soil, and are in- 

 creased by cuttings or dividing at the root. 



Amygdalus, almond, icos. monog. and rpsacea?, a 

 G. tr. and H. tr. Persia and Eur. requiring rich 

 loam, and which may be propagated by seeds, lay- 

 ers, grafting, &c. 



Amygdalus communis and amara, the sweet and bit- 

 ter almond, 4542. 



Amygdalus persica, the peach-tree, 4481 ; flat peach 

 of China, 4485. 



Amygdalus, var. nectarina, the nectarine-tree, 4517; 

 to force the peach and nectarine, 3063. 



Amyris, octan. monog. and terebintaceae, S. tr. 

 S. Amer. soil, loam and peat, and cuttings root 

 freely in sand under a hand-glass. 



Anabasis, pentan. digy. and chenopodea?, a G. tr. 

 Spain, which grows well in loam and peat, and 

 cuttings root in sand under a hand-glass without 

 bottom heat. 



Anacampseros, dodecan. monog. and portulaceaa, 

 G. tr. and peren. C. B. S. succulents which grow 

 in sandy-loam and lime-rubbish, and cuttings root 

 readily in similar soil. 



Anacardium, cashew-nut, ennean. monog. and tere- 

 bintaceas, a S. tr. India, soil a light loam, and 

 cuttings from ripened wood, not deprived of their 

 leaves, will root in sand under a hand-glass. 



Anacyclus, syngen. poly, super, and corymbifereae, 

 H. an. S. Eur. of common culture. 



Anagallis, pimpernel!, pentan. monog. and primula- 

 ceas, a G. an. and bien. and H. peren. and an Eur. 

 all of easy culture, increased either by seeds or 

 cuttings. 



Anagyris, bean-trefoil, decan. monog. and legumi- 

 noseas, a G. and F. tr. Spain and Teneriffe, soil 

 loam and peat, and cuttings will root in sand under 

 a hand-glass. 



Anarrhinum, didyn. angios. and scrophularineae, a 

 H. bien. of common culture. 



Anastatica, rose of Jericho, tetrad, silicu. and cru- 

 cifereaa, a H. peren. Levant, which will grow in 

 common soil, and cuttings under a hand-glass root 

 freely. 



Anchovy-pear, grias cauliflora, 5979. 



Anchusa, bugloss, pentan. monog. and boraginea?, 

 G. and H. bien. and peren. Eur. and C. B. S. 

 which grow freely in common soil, and are in. 

 creased by cuttings or seeds. 



Anderson, James, LL. D. 130. 140. a British writer 

 on gardening, page 1108. A. D. 1777. 



Andersonia, pentag. monog. and epacridea>, a G. tr. 

 N. Holl. which grows freely in peat soil with the 

 pots well drained, and not overwatered; young 

 tops made into cuttings root in sand under a 

 bell-glass. 



Andrachne, bastard orpine, monoac. gynan. and 

 euphorbiaceas, a H. an. Italy, of common culture. 



Andrews, Mr. Isaac, an eminent grower of the pine- 

 apple at Lambeth, 2712. 



Andrews, Henry, a British writer on gardening, 

 page 1112. A. D. 1798. 



Andromeda, decan. monog. and ericeas, S G. and 

 H. tr. N. Amer. E. Ind. and Eur. which prefer 

 peat soil, and cuttings strike in sand under bells or 

 hand-glasses ; but the hardy sorts make plants 

 more rapidly by layers, 6562. 



Andropogon, polygam. moncec. and gramineaz, S. G. 

 and H. peren. E. Ind. and Eur. grasses of easy 

 culture. 



Androsace, pentag. monog. and primulacea?, H. 

 peren. bien. artd an. Eur. which thrive best in small 

 pots in turfy loam and peat, the pots being well 

 drained ; they are increased by seeds, or dividing 

 at the root. 



Andry, a French author on gardening, page 1116. 

 A.l>. 1707. 



