GENERAL INDEX. 



1219 



Roots first used by man as food, 28. 



Roots of wild plants, edible, 4300. 



Rope-grass, see Restio. 



Rosa, rose, icos. polyg. and rosaces, G. Fr. and H. 

 tr. China and Europe ; the tender species grow 

 in light rich soil, and cuttings root readily under 

 a hand-glass ; the H. sorts grow best in good rich 

 soil, and are increased by layers or by budding or 

 grafting. 



Rose, see Rosa. 



Rose, table of the species whence have been ori- 

 ginated most of the ornamental sorts, 6546 ; pro- 

 pagation, final situation, general culture, forcing, 

 insects, 6547. to 6561. 



Rose-acacia, robinia hispida. 



Rose-campion, see Agrostemma. 



Rose of Jericho, anastatica hierochuntica. 



Rose-root, see Rhodiola. 



Rosemary, see Rosmarinus. 



Rose, John, his works on gardening, page 1101. 

 A. D. 1666. 



Jtoscnburg, O F , his works on gardening, 



page 1127. A. D. 1808. 



Rosmarinus, rosemary, dian. monog. and labiatea?, 

 a G. tr. Chili and H. tr. Eur. of easy culture in 

 dry light soil, and increased by cuttings. 



Rosmarinus officinalis, the common rosemary, 4179. 



liossig, K. Glo., his works on gardening, page 1127. 



Rossignol, l'Abb de, his works on gardening, page 



1120. A. D. 1797. 

 Ros^lyn House, Middlesex, 7520. 

 Rois-shire, gardens of, 7647. 

 Rotation of crops, rationale of, 1107 ; new opinions 



on, 1110 ; in kitchen-gardens, 2556. and 2557. 

 Rotboellia, hard-grass, trian. digyn. and graminea?, 



H. an. Eur. of the easiest culture. 

 Rotheras, a seat in Herefordshire, 7568. 

 Rothia, syngen. polyg. aequal. and cichoraceas, a H. 



bien. and an. S. Eur. of common culture. 

 Rotterdam, gardens of, 128. 

 Rotting-ground in nurseries, 6979. 

 Rottlera, dioec. icos. and a G. tr. E. Ind. 



which grow in loam and peat, and cuttings root 



in sand under a hand-glass. 

 Rough chervil, see Anthriscus. 

 Roulet, Jean Antoine, his work on gardening, page 



1127. A D. 1817. 

 Roux, Augustin, his works on gardening, page 1117. 



A.D. 1750. 

 Roxb. cor., Plants of the coast of Coromandel. By 



Will. Roxburgh. 



Roxburgh House, a seat in Ross-shire, 7647. 

 Roxburghia, octand. monogyn. and salicareze, a S. 

 i peren. E. Ind. a climber which grows in loam and 



peat, and may be increased, but not readily, by 



dividing at the root. 

 Roxburghshire, gardens of, 7621. 

 Royal gardener, 7387. 



Royal gardens, and their management, 7451. 

 Royal gardens of Britain ; at Carlton House, 



Hampton Court, Kensington, and Pimlico, 7523 ; 



at Kew and Richmond, 7529 ; at Windsor and 



Frogmore, 7562 ; at Brighton, 7533. 

 Royena, decan. dig. and ebenacese, G. tr. C. B. S. 



which thrive in loam and peat, and ripened 



cuttings root readily in sand under a hand- 



glass. 

 Rover, Johann, his work on gardening, page 1123. 



A.D 164-. 

 Rubia, madder, tetran. monog. and rubiaceze, G. tr. 



and H. per. Eur. of easy culture in light rich soil. 

 Kubus, bramble, icos. polyg. and rosacea?, a S. tr. 



and G. tr. E. Ind. and H. tr. Eur. and N. Amer. ; 



the tender kinds thrive in rich light soil, and cut- 

 tings root under a hand-glass ; the H. sp. are 



chiefly prickly trailers, which grow in any soil, 



and are increased by suckers or seeds, and some 



sorts by cuttings. 

 Rubus idffius, the raspberry, 4696 ; R. fruticosus, 



the common bramble ; R. chamamorus, the cloud- 

 berry ; R, arcticus, the crimson bramble ; and R. 



ca;sius, the dewberry, 4770. to 4773. 

 Rudbeck, Olaus, his work on gardening, page 1129. 



A.D. 1664. 

 Rudbeck, Olaus, films, his works on gardening, page 



Rudbeckia, syngen. polyg. frustran. and corymbife- 

 ress, F. and H. peren. and an. N. Amer. of easy 

 culture. 



Rudolphi. J. C , his works on gardening, page 



112d A.D. 1802. 



Rue, see Ruta. 



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Ruellia, didyn. angios. and acanthaceae, S. tr. and 

 G. peren. Ind. and Amer. pretty plants of easy 

 culture in light rich soil. 



Ruins as objects in garden-scenery, 1839. and 7237. 



Ruizia, monad, polyan. and malvacea?, a S. tr. 

 Bourb. which grows in loam and peat, and cut- 

 tings root in sand under a hand-glass. 



Rum. Amb., Ge. Everh. Rumphii Herbarium Am- 

 boinense. 



Rumex, dock, hexan. trig, and polygonea?, S. and 

 G. tr. and peren. Afr. and H. peren. and an. Eur. 

 of easy culture. 



Rumex patientia, patience-dock, or spinage-dock, 

 3807. 



Rumex scutatus and acetosa, the garden-sorrels, 

 3/99. 



Runners, to propagate by, 1991. 



Ruppia, tetran. tetrag. and naiadese, a H. peren. 

 Brit, a submarine aquatic, which should be grown 

 in sand, kept moist, and occasionally strewed with 

 salt. 



Rupture-wort, see Herniaria. 



Rusborough, a seat in Wicklow, 7654. 



Ruscus, butcher's broom, dicec. monad, and smi- 

 lacea?, a G. and H. tr. Eur. under-shrubs, ever- 

 greens, which will grow in shady situations, and 

 are increased by dividing at the root. 



Rush, see Juncus. 



Rush-broom, viminaria denudata. 



Rush-nut, cyperus esculentus, see Cyperus. 



Rushbrook Hall, Suffolk, 7552. 



Rushton Hall, Northamptonshire, 7580. 



Russel Square, London, 7320. 



Russelia, didyn. angios. and scrophularineae, a S. 

 tr. S. Amer. a pretty plant which thrives in light 

 rich soil, and cuttings root readily under a hand- 

 glass in heat. 



Ruta, rue, decan. monog. and rutaceas, G. and H. 

 tr. and peren. Eur. and Afr. under-shrubs, ever- 

 greens which prefer light soil, and are readily in- 

 creased by cuttings or seeds. 



Rutlandshire, gardens and residences of, 7579. 



Rutter, James, and Daniel Carter, their works on 

 gardening, page 1107. A.D. 1767. 



Rye, see Secale. 



Rye-grass, lolium perenne. 



Sabal, hexan. trig, and palmeae, a S. peren. Florida, 

 which grows in light sandy loam, and may be oc- 

 casionally increased by suckers. 



Sabb. hort, Sabbati (liberatus) Hortus romanus. 



Sabbatia, pentan. monog. and gentianea?, H. bien. 

 N. Amer. of easy culture. 



Saccharum, sugar-cane, trian. digy. and graminea?, 

 a S. peren. Ind. which grows in rich loam, and is 

 increased by suckers or cuttings of the stem. 



Sacconi, Agostino, his work on gardening, page 

 1128. A.D. 1697. 



Sacred bean, see Nelumbium. 



Sage, see Salvia. 



Sagina, pearl wort, tetran. tetrag. and caryophyllea?, 

 H. an. Brit, of easy culture. 



Sagittaria, arrow-head, mono2c. polyan. and alisma- 

 cese, S. and G. peren. China and Ainer. and H. 

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



Sagittaria sagittifolia, common arrow-head, 4300. 



Sago-palm, sagus rumphii. 



Sagus, sago-palm, moncec. hexan. and palmea?, a S. 

 tr. which requires a sandy loam and a strong 

 moist heat. 



At. Andrew's cross, ascyrum crux Andrea. 



St. Anne's Hill, a seat in Surrey, 7527. 



Saint Etienne, Claude de, a French author on gar- 

 dening, page 1116. A.D. 1660. 



St. John's wort, see Hypericum. 



St. Laurence's Cottage, Hampshire, 7594. 



St. Mary's Isle, a seat in Kircudbrightshire, 7625. 



St. Peter's wort, symphoria glomerata. 



Saint Peravi, Guermeau de, his works on garden- 

 ing, page 1118. A.D. 1765. 



Saint Simon, Marquis de, his works on gardening, 

 page 1118. A.D. 1768. 



Saintfoin, see Hedysarum. 



Salad, to grow in cellars, 3992. 



Salad-plants, see Acetarious Plants. 



Salads from wild plants, 4311. 



Salicornia, glasswort, monan. monog. and chenopo- 

 deae, a G. tr. Arabia, and a H. tr. peren. and an. 

 Brit, succulent salt-marsh plants, which grow in 

 rich light soil not overwatered. 



