INDEX. 



PART FIRST. 



FOREST AND FRUIT TREES. 



Page 



The Holly, ......... 9 



Composition of Strip for shelter, . . . . 11 



Recovery of one that has been mismanaged, ... 16 



Hedges made hare-tight, 22 



Provocations of a bad fence, ...... 23 



Garden Wall Heritors, 25 



Figure of the Garden Cure of its formality, . . 27 



Stiffness of Plantations how remedied. ... 28 

 Transplanting of Forest Trees Sir H. Stewart Relief to 



the bareness of Scotland, 29 



Temporary Paling and expedient in case of deep Snow, 34- 



Gardening at great heights with bad soil and climate, . 37 



Natural beauty of Church and Manse hence encouragement, 38 



The Village Gardener His workmanship, ... 40 



Use of this book The Minister his own Gardener, . 44 



The Bite, 46 



Multitude of Motives, 'v . f &t . . . 4-9 



The mechanical turn, .57 



Training of Trees upon a wall, 58 



Apples and Pears, . . . . 58 



Cherries, 61 



Peaches, Apricots, Plums, .... 62 



Usual state of Trees on first taking possession of a Manse 



Garden, . .63 



Recovery of Pear Trees, 64 



Apple Trees, . . . .'' . . 66 



Plum Trees, .... - . - - 66 



Planting of Wall Trees, .. .. -. -. -. . 68 



Soil, preparation of, ...*.-.. . . 70 



Flags beneath Fruit Trees, vanity of, . '. ' . . 71 



Paradise-stocks, use of, . . .- " . : . . 71 



Wallfruit Border, . . .-.-.-. -- 1 . . 72 



Selection of Trees for Wall, . '. .1*' . /.^ 73 



Particular rule for Cherries, . . ' . '.-'.' . 77 



List of Trees for Wall, 81 



Espaliers, use of, defended, 81 



Rails for Espaliers, . . . .- i" 3 ' 1 84> 



Espaliers neglected How recovered, .... 85 



Pruning of Forest Trees Theory how determined note, 87 



