INDEX. 379 



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Vine, its adaptation for being trained ... . . 338 



- in pots ........ 229. 255 



crop resulting from a large extent of roots and ample store of true sap . 267 

 Viciafaba ....... . . 35 



made to root upwards . . . . . . . 159 



Virginia creeper . . . . . . . .164 



Vital fluid 189 



Vital matter forming the accretion of trees is previously transmitted through 



the leaves ........ 168 



WALNUT-TREE, upon grafting it . . . . . 326 



, upon the propagation of its varieties by budding . 231 



, timber of the .... . . 231 



Watering of Melons . . . . . . . .192 



the stems of newly planted trees . . . . 235 



Water-melon, effect of extremes of temperature on . . . 238 



Weeping trees exempt from certain effects of gravitation . . . 127 



Wet seasons ......... 333 



Wind, its effect on exposed trees . . . 163 



Wood of the graft and stock retain each their natural character . . 95 

 Woody matter, its greater deposition on the under side of branches, an effect of 



gravitation . . . . . . . . 127 



Wounds in trees ... .... 102 



, their healing . . . . . . . . 130 



Wood-ashes, applied for the destruction of insects . . .218 



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