612 



INDEX. 



Standard, half-standard, and dwarf- 

 Standard trees, td train, 50 

 Stal ('t Bethlehem, 83, -J!*.'), 410, 544 



ties, 65, 72 

 Stock, annual or Mediterranean, 352 

 S k-gilliflowersj 84, L06, 163, 300, 



399, 126, 545, 569, 589 

 Stqeks, the proper kinds to bud and 



graft on, 250 

 Stools, nursery, of trees and shrubs, 



52, 288, osi i 

 Stopping, or topping young cucumber 



and melon plants, 120 

 Stoves or Hot-Houses, methods of 



erecting, 91 to 103 

 Strawberries, forcing, 34, 105, 138, 



179, 312, 593 



spring dressing of, 222 



choice of plants, 222, 486 



the various kinds of, 185 



times and method of planting, 



222, 1^7, 529 



making nursery plantations of, 



412 



to pot for forcing, 487 



autumn dressing of, 529 



■ other necessary care of, 33(1, 387 



Hi rawberry-spinage, 352 

 Strawberry-tree. See Arbutus Unedo 

 Suckers, to propagate trees and shrubs 



by, 150. 338. 547 

 Sumack, to propagate various kinds 



Of, 27! » 



tanner's, 279 



Sun, its effects on frozen plants, 160 

 Sunflower, annual, 158. 235, 300, 352 



perennial. 158, 300 



S\* eet-briar, 265 

 Swcet-gmn. 270, 302 

 Sweet-spented Peas, 158,299 

 Sweet-scented shrub. See Calycan- 



thus floridus 

 Sweet-sultan, 351! 

 Sweet-william, 84, 100, 158,300,425. 



470, 501 

 Sycamore. 270 

 Syringas, 150 



Table of the progress of vegetation in 



the grape-vine, &c. 189 

 Tacamahaca, 292 

 Tamarisk, 292 

 Tan, covering bulbs villi. s| 

 procuring fresh, for making hot- 



pits or beds, ~>1 I 

 Tans,-,. 19,205,521 

 Tarragon 19, 205. 521 

 Teasel, fuller's, 332 

 Temples, rural and ornamental 65, 



72 

 Ten-week stock, 102, 179, 299, 352 

 Terraces, 66, 76 

 Teucriums, 363, 364 



Thermometer, its use in gardening, 



&c. 175 

 Thickets in rural and ornamental 



planting, 71 

 Thorn-quicks. See Quicks 

 Thorn, double flowering, 103,301 

 Thrift, 70. 158. 301, 501 

 Thyme, 205, 382, 411,464, 521 

 Tiger-flower, l7o 

 Tomatoes. 207, 328, 381,410,439 

 Trellises for fruit-trees, to erect, 24. 25 

 Trenching and manuring, 9, 01, 113, 



468, 524, 501,500 

 Tricolors. See Amaranthus trico- 

 lor 

 Trilliums, 354, 470 

 Tritonias, 100, 508 

 Trumpet-flower, 292, 415 

 Tuberoses, forcing, 357 



open-ground culture of, 358, 397 



taking up the roots, &c. 570 



Tulip-tree, (called Poplar,) 269. 302 

 Tulips, common care of, &c. 71, 81. 



82, 100. 103, 294, 342, 410, 507, 583, 



58!) 

 method of supporting the flow-ers, 



343 

 description and properties of the 



best, 343 



the various classes of, 31 1 



to take up and preserve the roots, 



393 



when to take them up, 416 



to propagate by seed, 409, 500 



breeders, what, '■> I ! 



how and when to plant the valuable 



sorts, 538 



to protect them in winter, 567 



Turfmg-iron, 305 



Tupelo-tree, 272, 292 



Turnips, garden culture of, 197, 207, 



324,380,410,461,481 



general field culture of, 433 



to preserve in winter, 557 



Swedish, 430 



Turnip-cabbage, 318, 373, 400 

 Turnip-rooted cabbage, 318, 373 



V. 

 Valerian, Greek, 158, 300, 420, 502 



red garden, 354 



creeping Greek, 502 



Vallisneria americana. 505 

 Venus's flj -nap. 4 1!» 



looking-glass, 158, 299, S52 



navel-wort, L58, 299,352 



Verati ums, 470 

 Verbascums, ."5I 

 Veronicas, 35 I. 170 

 Viburnum pmnifolium, 266 

 Vinca rosea, 398, 159 

 Vines, grape, their history, 233 



descriptions and classification of 



the various kinds of. 230 



