GENERAL INDEX. 



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Northcourt House, Hampshire, 7594. 

 Northumberland, gardens and residences of, 7586. 

 Northwick, Worcestershire, 7566. 

 Norwich, celebrated for its florists, 7553. 

 Notelaea, decan. monog. and oleinea;, G. tr. Aus- 



tral. which grow in loam and peat, and ripened 



cuttings root freely under a hand-glass in sand. 

 Notoceras, tetrad, siliq. and crucifereae, a G. an. 



Canaries, of common culture. 

 Notre, Mons. Le, a celebrated French landscape- 



gardener and architect, 163. 



Nottinghamshire, gardens and residences of, 7576. 

 Nouv. El. de Bot, Reichard's Nouveau Elemens 



de la Botanique. 



Novar, a seat in Ross-shire, 7647. 

 Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, 7558. 

 Nunnery, a seat in Cumberland, 7593. 

 Nuphar, polyan. monog. and hydrocharideae, H. 



peren. Eur. and Amer. aquatics of easy culture, 



and increased by dividing at the root, or by 



seeds. 

 Nurseries, public, of Middlesex, 7518 ; of Surrey, 



7525 ; of Kent, 7536. 

 Nursery, public, its formation, 7335 ; management, 



Nursery for trees, its formation, 6973; culture 



and management, 6982. 

 Nursery foreman, 7381. 

 Nursery gardeners or nurserymen, 7399. 

 Nut-bearing fruit-trees, 4732. 

 Nut-tree, see Corylus. 

 Nutmeg see Myristica. 

 Nuttwell, a seat in Devonshire, 7600. 

 Nyctanthes, dian. monog. and jasmineae, a S. tr. 



E. Ind. which grows freely in loam and peat, and 



cuttings, not too ripe, root readily in sand under 



a hand-glass. 

 Nymphaea, water-lily, polyan. monog. and hydro- 



charidese, S. and H. peren. Eur. and E. Ind. 



aquatics. 

 Nyssa, tupelo, 



sa, tupelo, polyg. dioec. and santalaceae, H. tr. 



. Amer. which thrive in common soil, but 

 prefer a damp situation ; they are increased by 

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iyers or seeds. 



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Oak, see Quercus. 



Oakley Grove, Gloucestershire, 7565. 



Oakley Park, Shropshire, 7569. 



Oaks, a seat in Surrey, 7528. 



Oat, see Avena. 



Oatlands, Surrey, 7528. 



Obs. Mod. Gard., Wheatley's Observations on Mo- 

 dern Gardening. 



Ochna, polyan. monog. and guttifereae, a S. and G. 

 tr.'E. Ind. and C. B. S. which grow freely in loam 

 and peat, and cuttings root in sand under a hand- 

 glass. 



Ochroma, monad, pentan. and malvaceae, S. tr. 

 Amer. which grow freely in loam and peat, and 

 cuttings root in sand under a hand-glass. 



Ochrus, diadel. decan. and leguminoseaj, a H. an. 

 Eur. of common culture. 



Ochtertyre, a seat in Perthshire, 7636. 



Ockenden, , Esq., his work on gardening, page 



1103. A. D. 1770. ^ 



Octomeria, gynan. monan. and orchideae, a S. peren. 

 W. Ind. a parasite, which requires the same 

 treatment as aerides. 



Ocymum, didyn. gymnos. and labiateae, S. tr. bien. 

 and an. and H. an. Ind. and China, of easy cul- 

 ture in light, rich soil, as tender annuals. 



Ocymum basilicum and minimum, the sweet basil, 



CEdera, syngen. polyg. segr. and corymbiferese, a G. 

 tr. C. B. S. which grows in any light soil, and 

 cuttings root readily under a hand-glass. 



OZnanthe, water-dropwort, pentan. dig, and umbel- 

 liferese, a G. peren. and H. peren. Eur. and 

 C. B. S. of easy culture, and increased by seeds. 



CEnothera, octan. monog. and onagrareae, H. peren. 

 bicn. and an. Amer. of common culture. 



Offsets, to propagate by, 1988. 



Oil-nut, hamiltonia oleifera. 



Oily grain, see Sesamum. 



Oily palm, elais guineensis. 



Okeham Park, Surrey, 7528. 



Olafsyn, Olaf, his works on gardening, page 1130. 

 A. D. 1770. 



Old man's beard, see Geropogon. 



Oldenlandia, tetran. monog. and rubiacese, a S. j 



peren. and an, E. and W. Ind. of common cul- 

 ture. 



Olea, olive and phillyrea, dian. monog. and oleinae, 

 G. and H. tr. Eur. and C. B. S. which grow in loam 

 and peat, and ripened cuttings root freely in sand 

 under a hand-glass. 



Olea europea, the common olive, 5958. 



Oleander, see Nerium. 



Oleaster, see Elaeagnus. 



Olive, see Olea. 



Olive bark-tree, bucida buceras. 



Olive-wood, see Elaeodendrum. 



Oliveria, pentan. dig. and umbellifercae, a H. an. 

 Bagdad, of common culture. 



Olyra, moncec. trian. and gramineae, a S. peren. 

 W. Ind. a grass of easy culture. 



Ombersley Court, Worcestershire, 7566. 



Omphalea, moncec. monadel. and euphorbiaceae, a 

 S. tr. Jamaica, which grows in light loam, and 

 cuttings root in sand under a hand-glass in heat, 

 care being taken not to injure the leaves. 



Oncidium, gynan. monan. and orchideaz, S. per- 

 en. Ind. which require the same treatment as 

 aerides. 



Onion, see Allium. 



Oniscus asellus, the wood-louse, 2273. 



Onoclea, cryptog. filices and filiceae, H. peren. Eur. 

 and Amer. ferns of common culture. 



Ononis, rest-harrow, diadel. decan. and legumi- 

 nosese, G. tr. and peren. Eur. and C. B. S. which 

 thrive in loam and peat, and are increased by 

 seeds or young cuttings under a bell-glass in 

 sand. 



Onopordum, cotton-thistle, syngen. polyg. aequal. 

 cynarocephaleae, H. peren. bien. and an. Eur. of 

 common culture. 



Onopordum acanthium, 3960. 



Onosma, pentan. monog. and boragineae, a G. peren. 

 and H. peren. Br. and S. Eur. which succeed 

 best in rich, light soil, and are increased by cut- 

 tings under hand-glasses in sand. 



Onosmodium, pentan. monogyn. and boragineae, a 

 H. peren. N. Amer. which may be treated as 

 onosma. 



Operations of gardening, 1853. ; mechanical, lifting, 

 carrying, drawing, pushing, &c. 1856. to 1861. 



Operations, laborious, on the soil, 1862; picking, 

 digging, shovelling, excavating, levelling, mark- 

 ing with the line, trenching, ridging, forking, 

 hoeing, raking, scraping, sweeping, wheeling, 

 beating, rolling, sifting, &c. 1863. to 1881. 



Operations, laborious, with plants, 1882; sawing, 

 cutting, clipping, splitting, mowing, weeding, 

 watering, &c. 1883. to 1893. 



Operations in which skill is more required than 

 strength, 1894 ; transferring designs from ground 

 to paper or memory, dimensions of simple objects, 

 forms of surface, irregular figures, raised and de- 

 pressed surfaces, delineating by ground-lines only, 

 elevations, profiles, circular profiles, bird's-eye 

 views, general views, &c. 1895. to 1912. 



Operations, transferring figures or designs from 



t paper or memory to plain surfaces, 1914 ; per- 

 pendiculars, angles, ovals, gardener's oval, a spiral 

 line, centre of three points, polygons, polygonal 

 gardens, fanciful figures, 1915. to 1924. 



Operations of gardening; transferring figures and 

 designs to irregular surfaces, 1925 ; straight lines, 

 continuous lines, curved lines, level lines, &c. 

 1926. to 1933. 



Operations for the arrangement of quantities, by 

 trial and correction, by measure superficial, by 

 solid measure, 1935. to 1939. 



Operations for carrying designs into execution, 1940 ; 

 removing surface encumbrances, smoothing sur- 

 faces, drawing oft' water by under-drains, by 

 surface-drains ; forming excavations for retaining 

 water, removal of earth, forming the bed or bot- 

 tom, head, sluice ; surfaces to imitate nature, arti- 

 ficial surfaces ; walks, form of their surface, weeds, 

 resistance of walks to animals, to weather, 194L 

 to 1968. 



Operations, scientific processes, 1969 ; preparations 

 for fermenting substances, stable-dung, tanner's 

 bark, leaves, preparation, formation of beds, 

 ashes, composts, liquid manures, mould-composts, 

 composts for particular plants, compost-ground, 

 1970 to 1984. 



Operations of propagation, 1985 ; by seed, by bulbs, 

 offsets, slips, division of the plant, runners, 

 suckers, layers, twisting, ringing, piercing, and 

 wire-layers, layering trees in the open garden, 

 stools, Chinese layering, inarching, grafting, 



