GENERAL INDEX. 



1229 



U. 



Udum salictum (udus, a, urn, wet or moist, and 

 salictum, i, a willow-ground), a proper situation 

 for growing willows. 



Ulex, furze, diadel. decan. and leguminoseae, H. tr. 

 Brit, which grow best in dry soil, and are increased 

 by seeds. 



Ulmus, elm-tree, pentan. dig. and amentaceze, H. 

 tr. Brit, and N. Amer. and a G. tr. China, all of 

 which thrive in loamy soil, and the G. species is 

 increased by cuttings under a hand-glass. 



Ulmus campestris, and other species grown as timber- 

 trees, 7081. 



Ulva lactuca, 4358. 



Umbrella-wort, see Oxybaphus. 



Underley Park, near Kirby Lonsdale, 6182. 



UngeAauer, J. A., his works on gardening, page 112o. 

 A. D. 1741. 



Uniola, sea-side oat, trian. dig. and gramineae, H. 

 peren. N. Amer. of easy culture. 



Unona, polyan. polyg. and anonacezE, a S. tr. Java, 

 which grows best in light loam, and ripened cut- 

 tings root in sand under a hand-glass. 



Up Park, Sussex, 7531. 



Upsal, botanic garden of, 248. _ 



Urania, hexan. monog. and musaceae, a S. tr. E. Ind. 

 which thrives in loamy soil with plenty of water 



" and a strong heat, and is increased by imported 



Urena, monad, polyan. and malvacese, S. tr and 

 a G! tr. E. Ind. and Surinam, which grow in 

 loani and peat, and are increased by seeds or cut- 



Uropetalon, hexan. monog. and asphodeleae, G. and 

 F. peren. C. B. S. bulbs which may be treated as 



Urtica' nettle, monoec. tetran. and urticeze, S. tr. 

 and peren. W. Ind. and F. and H. peren. and an. 

 Eur all of which grow well in rich, light soil, 

 and are readily increased by the usual means. 



Urtica dioica, the common stinging nettle as a pot- 

 herb, and to force, 4296. 



Ustilago, a small fungus, which is thought to oc- 

 casion the blight and smut, 878. 



Utensils, 1390 ; mould-screen, mould-sieve, mouia- 

 scuttle, mould-basket, flower-pot, store-pot, pot 

 for bulbous roots, classic pot, stone-ware pot 

 glazed pot, flowerpot-gauge, square pot, saucer 

 carnation-saucer, propagation-pot, blanchmg-pot 

 plant-box, plant-basket, planter's basket, watering- 



, pot, watering-tube, garden-syringe, hand-forcing 

 pump, portable canvass or gauze case, oiled paper 

 -shade, straw-net, garden-net, horizontal shelter 

 plant-umbrella, earthenware shelter, leaden hand 

 glass, copper hand-glass, cast-iron hand-glass 

 wrought-iron hand-glass, green bell-glass, crysta 

 bell or receiver, utensils for entrapping vermin 

 1391. to 1438. 



Utility, as expressive of design in landscape-garden 



Utricularia, hooded milfoil, dian. monog. and len 

 tibulareze, H. peren. Brit, marsh plants, which 

 prefer peat soil, or they will grow in pots o 

 sphagnum with a little peat earth at bottom, se 



Uvana, polyan. polyg. and annonaceae, S. E. am 

 W Ind. which thrive best in sandy loam, an 

 ripened cuttings root in sand under a hand-glas 



Uvularia,' hexan. monog. and melanthacea;, I 

 peren. N. Amer. which grow in light sandy soi 

 and are increased by dividing at the root. 



V. 



Vaccinium, whortleberry, decan. monog. and er 

 ceaV G and H tr. Brit, and N. Amer. whic 

 thrive best in peat soil, or sand and peat, and ar 

 incrSsed by layers, young cuttings under a bel 



vjJS^l&uin, and other fruit-bearin 



. moncec. and rubiaceas, a H. pere 

 ..t. of easy culture. 

 1'Abbe" de, a French writer on garde 

 ing, page 1116. A. D. 1705. 

 vfiinls, a seat in Essex, 7542. 

 Valerian, see Valenana. 



alcriana, valerian, trian. monog. and dipsaceo?, 

 H. peren. and an. Eur. of easy culture ; the 

 smaller sorts grow best in light soil, and answer 

 well for pots or rockwork. 

 aleriana locusta, or lamb-lettuce, see Fedia. 

 alleyfield, a seat in Fifeshire, 7635. 

 an DiemaD'l Land, gardening of, 504. 

 Van Kampen, et fils, their works on gardening, 



page 1129. A. D. 1760. 

 Van Sterbeck, Francis, his works on gardening, page 



1129. A. D. 1682. 



Vander Groen, J., his work on gardening, page 1129. 

 A. D. KiW. 



anes as decorations, 1835. 



anguiera, pent, monog. and rubiacea?, a S. tr. Ind. 

 which grows in sandy loam and peat, and cuttings 

 root freely in sand in heat under a hand-glass. 

 Vanilla, gynan. monan. and orchideae, S. tr. trailers 

 and parasites, which root at every joint into the 

 bark of the trees, on which they grow. They 

 may be treated as aerides, and are readily in- 

 creased by cuttings. 



Various British authors, who have touched inci- 

 dentally on gardening, page 1105. A. D. 1760. 

 'egetable kingdom, origin and progress of the 

 study of, 547; among the ancients, in modern 

 times, in the present day, 548. to 554. 

 Vegetable glossology, or the names of the parts of 



plants, 555. 



Vegetable phytography, or the nomenclature and 

 description "of plants, 557 ; vulgar mode of naming 

 plants, scientific rules for names, names of classes ' 

 and orders, names of genera, of species, of va- 

 rieties and subvarieties, description of plants, 

 herbariums, methods of study, &c. 558. to 582. 

 Vegetable taxonomy, or the classification of plants, 

 58-3 ; methods in use, table of the Linnaean me- 

 thod, of the method of Jussieu, detail of the 

 Linnasan system, and arrangement of the genera 

 under the different classes and. orders, arrange- 

 ment of the genera under the classes and orders 

 of Jussieu, 584. to 589. 



Vegetable organology, or the external structure 

 of plants, 590. Perfect plants : their conservative 

 organs root, trunk, branches, leaf, frond ; con- 

 servative appendages germs, glands, tendrils, 

 stipulae, ramenta, armature, pubescence, ano- 

 malies ; reproductive organs flower, flower- 

 stalk, receptacle, inflorescence, fruit; reproduc- 

 tive appendages ; appendages proper to the flower 

 of the fruit. Imperfect plants : filices, equisita- 

 cess and lycopodineae conservative organs, re- 

 productive organs; musci conservative organs, 

 reproductive organs; hepaticae conservative 

 organs, reproductive organs ; alga? and lichens 

 conservative organs, reproductive organs, utility 

 of the algae; fungi conservative organs, repro- 

 ductive organs, uses of the fungi, 591. to 604. 

 Vegetable anatomy, or the internal structure of 

 plants, 605. Decomposite oigans seed, nucleus, 

 pericarp, flower-stalk, leaf-stalk, gems, buds, bulbs, 

 propago, gongylus, caudex, appendages ; compo- 

 site organs epidermis, pulp, pith, cortical layers, 

 ligneous layers, concentric layers, divergent 

 layers ; elementary or vascular organs utricles, 

 tubes, large tubes, small tubes, apertures, pores, 

 gaps, appendages, 606. to 634. 



Vegetable chemistry, or primary principles of plants, 

 635. Mechanical processes ; chemical processes ; 

 compound products gum, sugar, starch, gluten, 

 albumen, fibrina, extract of catechu, of senna, 

 of quinquina, of saffron, coloring matter, tan- 

 nin, bitter principle, narcotic principle, oxalic 

 acid, citric acid, malic acid, gallic acid, tartaric 

 acid, benzoic acid, prussic acid, fixed oils, vola- 

 tile oils, wax, butter of cacao, of coco, of nut- 

 meg, tallow of croton, wax of myrtle, resins, 

 rosin, mastich, bloom, gum-resins, balsams, cam- 

 phor, caoutchouc, cork, woody fibre, charcoal, 

 sap, proper juice, ashes, alkalies, earths, silica, 

 magnesia, metallic oxides ; simple products, 636. 



Vegetable physiology, or the functions of plants, 

 715. Germination of the seed, physical pheno- 

 mena, chem cal phenomena ; food of the veget- 

 ating plant water, gasses, carbonic acid gas, 

 oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, extracts, salts, 

 earths, manures ; process of nutrition introsus- 

 ception, ascent of the sap, causes of the sap's 

 ascent, elaboration of the sap, of carbonic acid, 

 of oxygen, decomposition of water, descent of the 

 proper juice, causes of descent : process of veget- 

 able development ; elementary organs compo- 



