INDEX. 



Acacia, rose, 301 



Aconite, winter, 355, 502 



Agaves, 362, 404, 508, 548 



Alaternus, 338 



Alcoves, rural, 71 ' 



Alder, 265, 292 



Alexanders, or Alesanders, 205, 326, 



522, 559 

 Aletris, 354, 355,470 

 Alkekengi, 352 

 Allamanda cathartica, 459 

 Allspice, Carolina. See Calycanthus 



floridus 

 Almond, fruit-bearing, 45, 214, 250, 



443, 467 



double-flowering dwarf, 106, 



163 



Aloes, 91, 165, 178, 362, 363, 404, 508, 



548 

 Althaea Frutex, or Hibiscus syriacus, 



257, 275, 301 

 Alyssum, sweet, 353 

 Amaranthus tricolor, 161, 298, 351, 



353, 398, 425 



tree, 353, 425 



spike, 353, 425 



globe, 353, 425 



Amaryllis, scarlet, 79, 358, 397, 570 



yellow, 79, 417, 469 



Belladonna, 417, 429, 469, 572 



sarniensis, 399, 417, 429, 469, 



572 

 Amorpha fruticosa, 301 

 Andromedas, 276 

 Anemone, general care and treatment 



of, 80, 160, 163, 295, 315, 395, 567 



description of a fine double, 395 



taking up the roots, 416 



method of planting the best 



sorts, 503, 543, 567 



sowing seed of, 5*2 



Angelica, garden, 205,411, 521 



— tree, 301 



Anise, 206 



Annual flowers, tender, 161,298, 351, 

 352, 398 



hardy, 158,299. 352, 398 



Antirrhinum, see Snapdragon 

 Antholizas, 166,439, 508 

 Anth>'llises,453 



Apocynum and roscemifolinm, 450 

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Apple-tree, 25, 136, 214, 215, 331, 525, 

 563, 579 



sowing kernels of, 157, 258, 



537 



gathering and preserving the 



fruit of, 529 



Apricot, 29, 135, 214, 443 . 



Arbors, rural, 74 



Arbor Vitasa, common, 272, 292, 338 



Chinese, 59, 272, 292, 338 



Arbutus Unedo, or Strawberry-tree, 



59, 356, 362, 549 

 Arcades, rural, 74 

 Arethusa ophioglossoides, 79. 

 Art of improving different soils, 313 

 Artichokes, garden, common care of, 



22, 135, 438, 462 

 spring dressing of, 202, 325 



making new plantations of, 



202 325 



— sowing seed of, 203, 325 



varieties of, 203 



winter dressing of, 559 



Artichoke, Jerusalem, 213, 326 



to preserve in winter, 557 



Ash, common kinds of, 148, 271, 302, 



534 



manna, 287 



round-leaved, 287 



Asclepias, hardy herbaceous kinds, 



79, 354, 426 



curassavica, 459, 470 



Asparagus, forcing, 19, 121, 560, 578 



spring dressing of, 191, 323 



making new plantations of, 



193, 323 



sowing seed of, 193, 323 



— method of cutting, 193 



ordinary care of, 323, 380, 408, 



161 



winter dressing of, 520, 551 



Asters, hardv herbaceous kinds, 79, 



158, 300, 352, 426 



China, 299, 352, 425 



Aucuba japonica, 364, 453 

 Auriculas, common care of, 80, 159, 



295, 315, 397, 151, 468, 500, 537 



sowing seed of. 159, 296, 587 



description of a fine double, 



317 



compost suitable for, 348 

 new potting of, 318 397, 468 



