314 



Index. Brick walls, 40 

 " Y-"^ Broccoli, 289 



Cape, 291 

 Brooklime, 416 

 Brussels sprouts, 284 

 Buck's-horn plantain, 411 

 Budding, 74 



Bullace plum, 100 ; also 186 

 Burnet, 394 

 Burning of clay, 43 



HORTICULTURE. 



Cress, Indian, 397 

 winter, 438 

 water, 445 

 Crocus, 318 

 Crown grafting, 67 

 Cucumber, 264 



on hot-beds, 266 

 drilled, 267 

 Curl in potato, 311 

 Currants, red and white, 151 

 black, 157 



Fruits, for supply of London 



market, 38 

 list of native and exotic, 



57 and 85 



production of new, 75 

 Fruit, gathering and keeping of, 



245 



room, 249 

 Fungous plants, 452156 



Cabbage tribe, 272293 



white, 2T3 



red, 279 



Savoy, 280 



Cambridge botanic garden, 27 

 Canker, 541 

 Cantaleupe melons, 252 

 Canvas coverings, 84 

 Cape broccoli, 291 

 Caper bush, 405 

 Caprification, 146 

 Capsicum, 404 

 Caraway, 426 

 Cardoon, 369 

 Carnations, 507 

 Carrot, 319 



Caterpillars, 553 ; also 559 

 Catherine peach, 88 

 Cauliflower, 285 

 Cedars of Lebanon, 27 

 Celery, 377 

 Celeriac, 380 

 Chamomile, 431 

 Champignon, 454 

 Chard of artichokes, 368 



of cardoons, 370 

 Chaumontel pear, 115 

 Chelsea garden, 27 

 Cherry, 102 



new sorts, 104 



house, 205 

 Chervil, 385 

 Chestnut, 196 

 Chili strawberry, 172 

 Chinquapine, 197 

 Chives, 342 

 Cibol, 341 



Cions for grafting, 73 

 Citron, 230 

 Clary, 409 

 Clay, scorifying of, 43 



used in grafting, 65 

 as a soil, 48, 462, &c. 

 Cleft-grafting, 66 

 Climbing plants, 527 

 Clingstone peaches, 90 

 Cloudberry, 190 

 Coccus, 223 ; also 553 

 Codlin apple, 107 

 Coe's golden-drop plum, 100 

 Colmart pear, 115 

 Colewort, 281 

 Composts, preferable to simple 



dungs, 47 

 preparing of, 455 

 Conservatory, 536 

 Constantia grape, 125 

 Constantinople hazel, 194 

 Coriander, 425 

 Corn-salad, 392 

 Cornelian cherry, 183 

 Costmary, 448 

 Cottage-gardens, 35 

 Covent-garden market, 37 

 Crab-apple, 184 

 stocks, 60 

 Cranberry, 191 

 Crassane, 115 

 Cress, garden, 381 



American, 382 



Daisy edgings, 453 



ox-eye, 442 

 Dahlia, 504 

 Dalkeith garden, 110 

 Dalmeny Park garden, 233 

 Dandelion, 449 

 Decortication of vines, 136 



of apple and pear trees, 



54G 



Dill, 388 



Diseases of plants, 540 

 Downton pippin, 108 

 Doyenne 1 pear, 1 14 

 Dry-stove, 199 

 Dublin botanic garden, 28 

 Duke cherries, 103 

 Dung store, 48 

 Dwarf wall-trees, 81 



standards, 83 



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Earwigs, 556 

 Edgings, 463 



Edinburgh botanic garden, 29 

 Egg-plant, 403 

 Elder-berry, 188 

 Elecampane, 433 

 Elruge nectarine, 93 

 Elton cherry 104 



pear, 116 



Endive, 373 

 Engine, garden, 563 

 Espalier-trees, 63 ; also 82 

 Eve apple, 107 

 Evergreens, 466 



Fan-training, 80 

 Fennel, 387 

 Fig-tree, 140 



mode of protecting, 145 

 house, 213 

 Finochio, 387 

 Flies, 558 



Florist's flowers, 491 518 

 Flower-garden, situation of, 55 

 constituents of, 457, &c. 

 pots, sizes of, 532 

 glasses, 535 



Flowers, perennial, 476---4S9 

 annual, 510 522 

 biennial, 523 

 Flued pits, 355 

 walls, 41 



Forcing stoves, 202 

 Forsyth's composition, 544 

 Framed borders, 539 

 Free-stocks, 60 

 French beans, 301 

 Frogmore gardens, 26 

 Frontignac grapes, 125 

 Fruit-garden, 456, &c. 

 Fruit-tree borders, 50 

 Fruits, varieties cultivated in 



1629, 6 



produced in a well 

 managed English 

 garden, 30 



Garden, situation of, &c. 39 

 division of, 53 

 winter, 474 

 tools, 562 

 engine, 563 



Gardens, classification of, 25 

 Royal, 26 

 Botanic, 27 

 Gardeners, importance of their 



profession, 23 

 fame of Scottish, 24 

 Garlic, 343 

 Good Henry, 350 

 Gooseberry, 158 



caterpillars, 553 

 Gourds, 270 

 Grape-house, 208 

 Green house, 55; also 531 



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Hamburgh grape, 125 

 Hampton Court, 26 

 Hautboy, 173 

 Hawthorndean, 107 

 Hay, Mr John, horticultural 



improvements by, 235 ; also 



452 and 563 

 Hazel-nut, 193 

 Heath-soil, 42 

 Heathery, 538 

 Hedges, 59 

 Herb-patience, 351 

 Herbs, sweet, 407 

 Hide-bound trees, 545 

 Hop-tops, 451 

 Horizontal training, 80 

 Horse-radish, 396 

 Horticulture, history of British, 



122 



Horticultural Societies, 22 

 Hot-beds, 257, &c. 

 Hot-houses, situation of, 54, 539 

 origin of, 198 

 suite of, 236 

 improvements on, 239 

 Hot walls, 41 

 Hyacinth, 515 

 Hyssop, 429 



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Inarching, 70 

 Indian cress, 397 

 Ingestrie pippin, 108 

 Implements of gardening, 562 

 Iris, 503j 



J 



Jargonelle, 113 

 Jenneting apple, 107 

 Jerusalem artichoke, 312 



Knight, precautions adopted in 



raising new varieties, ' 



7G 

 mode of (raining and pru- 



ning fruit-trees, 80 

 new peaches, 90 

 mode of treating luxuri- 



ant shoots of peach. 



trees, 91 



new cherries, 104 

 new apples, 108 

 new pears, 117 

 mode of managing pear- 



trees, 120 

 new grapes, 128 

 on constructing peach- 



houses, 204 



new marrowfat pea, 296 

 on the potato, 310 

 on cul ti vating onions,33* 

 Kohl-iabbi, 293 



Index. 



Kale, 282 



Kensington gardens, 20 

 Kew gardens, 26 

 Kidney-bean, 301 



forcing of, 207 

 Kitchen garden, 271, &c. 

 Knight, Mr, opinion concerning 



the decay of cultivated 



fruiU, 7* 



Labyrinth, 26 

 Lamb's lettuce, 392 

 Lavender, 424 

 Leek, 340 



Leguminous plants, 294, &cv 

 Lemon, 231 

 Lettuce, 371 

 Lime fruit, 232 

 Liverpool garden, 27 

 Loam, 42 



Longueville pear, 113 

 Love-apple, 402 

 Lyon, Mr, barking of fruit' 

 trees, 547 



M 



Macdonald, Mr James, mode of 

 treating apple-trees, 

 110 

 of planting grape-houses, 



211 

 transplanting onions, 335 



Mackenzie, Sir George, impro- 

 ved hot-house, 240 

 mode of blanching sea- 



cale, 360 



anointing of trees with 

 oily matter, 549 



Magdalen peach, 88 



Magnum bonum, 100 



Maiden trees, 77 



Manures, 43 



Mangold-wurzel, 348 



Marigold, 399 



Marjoram, pot, 414 

 sweet, 415 

 winter, 416 



Market gardens, 37 



Masculine apricot, 96 



Mayduke cherry, 103 



Mazagan bean, 298 



Medlar, 150 



Melon, 251 



impregnating of blossom, 



260 



importance of the foliage, 

 263 



Melon-ground, 238 



Mice, 561 



Mignone peach, 83 



Mildew, 550 



Milk-thistle, 393 



Miller grape, 125 



Mint*, 410 



Molei, 561 



Moorpark apricot, 98 



Morels, 456 



Jvlorello cherry, 103 



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