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GENERAL INDEX. 



theories of whip-grafting, cleft-grafting, crown- 

 . grafting, side-grafting, saddle-grafting, shoulder- 

 grafting, root-grafting, terebration (terebratio, 

 Lat. a boring with a wimble), stocks, free-growing 

 stocks, dwarfing-stocks, scions, grafting-clay, bud- 

 ding, shield-budding, shield-budding reversed, 

 scollop-budding, budding with double ligatures, 

 stocks for budding, instruments and materials for, 

 1986. to 2062. 

 Operating for propagating by cuttings, 2063 ; choice, 

 , preparation, insertion, and management, 2064. to 



Operations of rearing and culture, 2070. 



Operations in sowing and planting, sowing, patches, 



7 broad-cast, planting, and watering, 2071. to 2078. 



Operations in transplanting, 2079; preparation of 

 the soil, removal of the plant, inserting, spade- 

 planting, hole-planting, trench-planting, trench- 

 ing-in planting, slit-planting, holeing-in planting, 

 drill-planting, bedding-in planting, furrow- 

 planting, dibble-planting, trowel-planting, plant- 

 ; ing with balls, planting by mudding-in, panning, 

 mulching, edgings, verges, turfing, transplanting 

 in pots, shifting, 2080. to 2109. 



Operations in pruning, 2110; for promoting the 

 growth and bulk of a tree, for lessening the bulk 

 of a tree, for modifying the form of a tree, to form 

 dwarf standards, concave dwarfs, convex or coni- 

 cal dwarfs, horizontal dwarfs, spiral dwarfs, fan 

 dwarfs, distaffs, natural dwarfs, pruning half and 

 entire standards, pruning trees on walls or espa- 

 liers, pruning for blossom-buds, pruning for the 

 enlargement of the fruit, for adjusting the stem 

 and branches to the roots, for renewal of the 

 head, for curing diseases, pruning roots, pruning 

 herbaceous plants, seasons for pruning, summer 

 pruning, 2111. to 2139. 



Operations in training, 2140; object of training, 

 modes of training trees with flexible stems, fan- 

 training, horizontal training, horizontal training 

 with screw stem, oblique training, perpendicular 

 training, stellate training, open fan, wavy or cur- 

 vilinear training, performing the operation on 

 walls, shreds and nails, herbaceous training, 2141. 

 to 2155. 



Operations in blanching, 2156 ; by earthing, by tying 

 together the leaves, by overlaying, by covering 

 with utensils, 2157. to 2160. 



Operations for inducing a state of fruitfulness, 2161 ; 

 laying bare the roots, cutting the roots, notching 

 the stem, partial decortication, stripping off pieces 

 of the bark, ringing, renewal of the soil, bending 

 down the branches, application to herbaceous 

 plants, 2162. to 2175. 



Operations for retarding vegetation, 2177 ; by the 



, form of surface, by shade, by the ice-cold room, 

 2178. to 2180. 



Operations for accelerating vegetation, 2181 ; by 

 the form of surface, by shelter, by soil, by pre- 

 vious preparation of the plant, by inducing a state 

 of rest, by housing, by artificial heat, by flued 

 walls, by glass cases, by hot-beds, by walled pits, 

 by hot-houses, temporary emplacement in hot- 

 houses, permanent, 2182. to 2200. 



Operations to imitate warm climates, 2201 ; general 

 management, green-house, dry-stove, bark-stove, 

 watering, insects, 2202. to 2205. 



Operations of protection from atmospherical in- 

 juries, protecting by fronds and frond-like 

 branches, by straw-ropes, nets, canvass or bunting 

 screens, mats, straw, and litter, oiled paper-frames, 

 protecting ropes, transparent covers, transparent 

 screens, &c. 2206. to 2218. 



Operations relative to vermin diseases, and other 

 casualties of plants, 2219 ; kinds of vermin, hu- 

 man enemies, brute vermin, quadrupeds, feather- 

 ed enemies, insects, coleoptera, hemiptera, le- 

 pidoptera, neuroptera, hymenoptera, diptera, 

 aptera, worms, slugs, 2220. to 2275. 



Operations relative to subduing vermin, 2276 ; in- 

 sect vermin, preventive operations, palliative 

 operations, destructive operations, 2277. to 2285. 



Operations relative to diseases and other casualties, 

 2286. to 2288. 



Operations of gathering, packing, preserving, and 

 keeping, 2289; gathering fruits and seeds, pre- 

 serving heads or leaves, roots, fruits, ripe fruit, 

 pears, and apples, sweating fruit, preserving seeds, 

 roots, cuttings, grafts, roots, &c. 2290. to 2321. 



Operations relating to the final products derived of 

 gardens and garden-scenery, vegetable products, 

 fruits, seeds, roots, stems and stalks, leaves, 

 flowers, barks, woods, entire plants, 2323. to 2333. 



Operations of superintendence and management, 

 2334; head gardener's duties, keeping accounts, 

 time-book, cash-book, forest-book, produce-book, 

 weather-book, register of temperature of hot- 

 houses, of the open air, record of the growth of 

 plants, reading-library, 2335. to 2354. 

 Operations for the beauty and order of garden- 

 scenery, 2355 ; order, propriety, decorum, neatness, 

 importance of the profession of a gardener, &c. 

 2356. to 2373. 



Opercularia, tetran. monog. and nyctagineae, a 

 G. tr. N. S. W. which thrives in loam and peat, 

 and cuttings root freely in sand under a hand- 

 glass. 



Ophioglossum, adder's tongue, cryptog. stachyop- 

 terides and filices, a S. and H. peren. Brit. W. 

 Ind. ferns of common culture. 



Ophiopogon, snake's beard, hexandria monogyn. 

 and smilaceae, a F. peren. Japan, which grows 

 in sandy loam and peat, and is increased by di- 

 viding at the root. 



Ophioxylon, polyg. moncec. and apocyneae, a S. tr. 

 E. Ind. which grows in loam and peat, and cut- 

 tings root in sand under a hand-glass. 



Ophrys, gynan. monan. and orchideae, a G. peren. 

 and H. peren. Eur. and Barbary, which succeed 

 best in a mixture of loam, peat, and chalk broken 

 small ; the best time to transplant them, as well 

 as most other orchideous plants, is when they are 

 growing : they are increased by seeds, which 

 should be sown as soon as they are ripe. 



Oramore Castle, a seat in Galway, 7672. 



Orange, see Citrus. 



Orangery, ornamental, its construction, 2171 ; for 

 producing fruit, 5928. 



Orchard, formation and planting of one subsidiary 

 to the kitchen-garden, 2527 ; site, manure, 

 screens, selections of kinds, age of plants from 

 the nursery, temporary and final distances, cul- 

 ture of the soil, of standard fruit-trees, only 

 situation and soil, sorts, age of the plants, de- 

 sign for one to surround a kitchen-garden, 2568. 

 to 2544. 



Orchard, general culture and management of, 

 2613 ; manuring, cropping, watering, staking and 

 protecting, mulching and clothing the stems, 

 pruning aged trees, season of pruning, insects 

 and diseases, gathering and storing orchard 

 fruits, pears, packing orchard and other fruits for 

 carriage, general culture and management, 2614. 

 to 2643. 



Orchardists, 7395. 



Orchards, commercial, their formation, 7455. and 

 7463 ; management, 7463. 



Orchis, gynan. monan. and orchideae, G. and H. 

 peren. Eur. and Amer. which may be treated like 

 ophrys, only they do not require chalk mixed with 

 the loam and peat. 



Order, its importance in gardening, 2356. 



Or ford Hall, a seat in Lancashire, 7588. 



Origanum, marjoram, didyn. gymnos. and labiateae, 

 G. and F. tr. and H. peren. Eur. which grow in 

 loam and peat, and cuttings root readily under a 

 hand-glass. 



Origanum onites, marjorana, &c, the garden mar- 

 jorams, 4162. 



Orkney and Shetland Islands, as to gardening, 

 7645. 



Ormiston, a seat in East Lothian, 7619. 



Ormosia, decan. monog. and leguminoseae, a S. tr. 

 W. Ind. which thrives well in loam and peat, and 

 is increased by cuttings in sand under a hand- 

 glass ; or seeds from the West Indies will vege- 

 tate freely. 



Ornithidium, gynan. monan. and orchideae, a S. 

 peren. W. Ind. a parasite which may be treated 

 as atirides. 



Ornithogalum, star of Bethlehem, hexan. monog. 

 and ;.s t )hodeleae, G. T. and H. peren. Eur. C. B. S. 

 bulbs of easy culture. 



Ornithopus, bird's foot, diadel. decan. and legumi- 

 noseae, a H. peren. and an. Eur. of common cul- 

 ture. 



Ornitrophe, octan. monog. and sapindeae, S. tr. E. 

 and W. Ind. which prefer a light loam, and cut- 

 tings root in sand under a hand-glass. 



Ornus, flowering-ash, dian. monog. and oleineae, 

 H. tr. Italy, which grow in common soil, and are 

 increased by seeds or budding, or grafting on the 

 common ash, fraxinus excelsior. 



Orobanche, didyn. angios. and orobancheae, H. 

 peren. Brit, parasites which root in the soil, and 

 afterwards attach themselves to, and root into 



