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GENERAL INDEX. 



site organs, annuals and annual shoots, perennials 

 and their annual layers, circulation of vegetable 

 juices ; decomposite organs, the root, the stem, 

 the branches, the bud, the Jeaf, the flower, and 

 fruit : anomalies of vegetable developement the 

 root, the stem, the branch, the buii, the leaves, 

 the flower, the fruit, the habit, physical virtues, 

 duration : sexuality of vegetables, discoveries of 

 the moderns, impregnation of the seed, access 

 of the pollen, theory of the animalculist, hybrids ; 

 changes consequent upon impregnation, external 

 changes, internal changes ; propagation of the 

 species ; equivocal generation, seeds, gems, run- 

 ners, slips, layers, suckers, grafting; causes 

 limiting the propagation of the species : evi- 

 dence and character of vegetable vitality ex. 

 citability, heat, frondescence, efflorescence, ma- 

 turation of the fruit ; calendarium florae ; irritabi- 

 lity, stimuli, instinct, definition of the plant, 716. 

 to 858. 



Vegetable pathology, or the diseases and casualties 

 of the lives of plants, 859 ; wounds and bruises, 

 incisions, boring, girdling, fracture, pruning, 

 grafting, felling, buds destroyed, leaves destroyed, 

 decortication ; diseases blight, srnut, mildew, 

 honey-dew, dropsy, flux of juices, gangrene, etio- 

 lation, suffocation, contortion, consumption ; na- 

 tural decay, of the temporary organs, flower, 

 fruit, of the permanent organs, 860. to 907. 



Vegetable geography, or the territorial distribution 

 of plants, 908. Geographical distribution; phy- 

 sical distribution temperature, elevation, mois- 

 ture, soil, mixed soils, aquatic soils, earthy soils, 

 vegetable soils, light ; civil causes affecting dis- 

 tribution ; characteristic, or picturesque distri- 

 bution, systematic distribution, ari/imetical 

 distribution, economical distribution, distribution 

 of the British flora, application of the native flora 

 of Britain, artificial flora, native countries of the 

 exotics of British gardens, periods of their intro- 

 duction, obvious character of the plants cultivated 

 in British gardens, their botanical and horticul- 

 tural distribution, according to the Linnaean 

 system, according to that of Jussieu, British flora 

 procurable at the nurseries, hardy plants, green- 

 house and dry-stove plants, hot-house plants, 

 annuals, native and exotic, artificial application 

 of the British flora, fruit-trees and plants, herba- 

 ceous plants used for culinary purposes, florists' 

 flowers, hardy barren trees and shrubs, herba- 

 ceous plants used in agriculture for food, and in 

 the arts, miscellaneous application of hardy her- 

 baceous plants, application of various ornamental 

 exotics which require the protection of glass, 

 native habitations of plants, 909. to 1032. 



Vegetable culture as derived from the study of 

 plants,1004 : to increase the number and retain the 

 native qualities of plants ; to increase the number 

 and improve the qualities of plants ; increasing 

 the magnitude ; to increase the number, improve 

 the quality, and increase the magnitude ; to form 

 new varieties ; to preserve plants for future use, 

 1004. to 1016. 



Vegetable sculptures, their formation, 1844. 



Vegetables, to form new varieties of, 1013. 



Vegetables, to preserve for future use, 2289. 



Vegetables composing the Hortus Britannicus, ar- 

 ranged according to the Linnaean system", 588 ; 

 the Jussieuan system, 589 ; to the departments of 

 horticulture, 986. 



Vegetables which first attracted man's attention as 

 food, 26. 



Vegetation to accelerate or force, operations for, 

 2181. 



Vegetation to retard, operations for, 2177. 



Velezia, pentan. dig. and caryophylleae, a H. an. 

 Spain, of common culture. 



Veltheimia, hexan. monog. and hemerocallideae, G. 

 peren. C. B. S. bulbs, which grow in light loam, 

 and are readily increased by offsets ; or the leaves 

 pulled off close to the bulb, and planted, will de- 

 posit bulbs at their base, as will many other scaly 

 and coated bulbs. 



Venerie, a royal residence at Turin, 77. 



Vent, mal, Jardin de la Malmaison. Par E. P. Ven- 

 tenat. 



Venus's comb, scandix pecten. 



Venus's flytrap, dionaea muscipula. 



Veratrum, polygam. moncec. and melanthaceaj, H. 

 peren. Eur. and N. Amer. which grow best in 

 rich sandy soil, and are increased by dividing at 

 the root, or by seeds, which should be sown as 

 soon as ripe. 



Verbascum, mullein, pentan. monog. and solanea?, 

 G. peren. and bien. and H. peren. bien. and an. 

 all of easy culture on light soil. 



Verbena, vervain, didyn. angios. and verbenaceae, 

 H. peren. bien. and an. Eur. and N. Amer. which 

 thrive in any common soil, and are increased by 

 dividing at the root. 



Verbesina, syngen. polyg. super, and corymbifereae, 

 S. an. and a tr. E. Ind. and W. Ind. and G. peren. 

 and H. peren. Amer. which grow in common soil, 

 and are readily increased by cuttings, seeds, or 

 dividing at the root. 



Vermin, traps and snares used for, in gardening, 

 1435. and 1473. 



Vernonia, syngen. polyg. aequal. and corymbifereae, 

 a S. bien. E. Ind. and H. peren. N. Amer. which 

 grow well in rich loam, and make a fine show in 

 autumn. 



Veronica, speedwell, dian. monog. and scrophulari- 

 neae, G. tr. and peren. N. Hoi. and H. peren. and 

 an. Eur. all of easy culture in any soil : the G. 

 species are propagated by cuttings under a hand- 

 glass, and all the rest by seeds, or dividing the root, 



Veronica beccabunga, brooklime, 600. 



Veronica spicata, British tea, 4317. 



Vervain, see Verbena. 



Vesicaria, tetrad, silic, and crucifereae, H. peren. 

 and a bien. S. Eur. of common culture. 



Vespa vulgaris, the common wasp, 4837. 



Vestia, pentan. monog. and solaneae, a G. tr. 

 Chili, which thrives in loam and peat, and cuttings 

 root freely under a hand-glass. 



Vetch, see Vicia. 



Viart y , his works on gardening, page 1122. 



A.D. 1819. 



Vibert, J. P., his work on gardening, page 1122. 

 A.D. 1820. 



Viburnum, pentan. trig, and caprifolia, a G. tr. 

 Canaries, and H. tr. Eur. and N. Amer. which 

 thrives well in common soil, and are increased by 

 layers or cuttings under a hand-glass in a shady 

 situation ; both the G. and H. kinds are early 

 flowerers, which render them very desirable. 



Vicia, vetch, diadel. decan. and leguminoseae, a S. 

 an. E. Ind. G. peren C. B. S. and H. peren. Eur. 

 of easy culture in light soil. 



Vicia faba, the common bean, 3612. 



Vigne dela Reine, a seat near Turin, 77. 



Vilain, Madame, her villa near Ghent, 125. 



Villa-farm, 7279 ; management of, 7430. and 7435." 



Villa-residence, 7278 ; management of, 7435. 



Villaneuve, a seat near Warsaw, 282. 



Villarsia, pentan. monog. and gentianeae, a G. peren. 

 and H. peren. aquatics which flower freely. 



Viminaria, rush-broom, decan. monog. and legu- 

 minoseae, a G. tr. which grows in sandy loam and 

 peat, and is readily increased by seeds or cuttings 

 under a bell-glass in sand. 



Vinca, periwinkle, pentan. monog. and apocyneae, a 

 S. tr. and an. E. Ind. and H. peren. and an. shrub, 

 Eur. The S. species grows in light, rich earth, 

 and flowers the greater part of the year, and cut- 

 tings root in sand under a hand-glass. The H. 

 sorts are trailers, and are increased by cuttings, 

 layers, or dividing at the root. 



Vine, see Vitis. 



Vine, a seat in Hampshire, 7594. 



Vinery, its construction, 2656. 



Vineyard-nursery, at Hammersmith, 7518. 



Viola, violet, pentan. monog. and violaceae, a G. tr. 

 and H. peren. and an. N. Amer. and Eur. which 

 grow in hght soil, are well adapted for rockwork 

 or pots, and are readily increased by seeds or 

 parting the root. 



Violet, see Viola. 



Viper's bugloss, see Echium. 



Viper's grass, see Scorzonera. 



Virgilia, decan. monog. and leguminoseae, G. tr. 

 Afr. and a H. tr. N. Amer. which thrive in loam 

 and peat, and young cuttings root in sand under a 

 bell-glass. 

 Virginian poke, Phytolacca decandra. 



Virgin's bower, see Clematis. 

 Viscum, mistletoe, dicec. tetran. and caprifolia, a 

 H. tr. Eng. parasite, 6588. 



Visnaga, toothpick, pentan. dig. and umbellifereae, 



a H. an. S. Eur. of common culture. 

 Visnea, dodec. trig, and ebenaceae, a G. tr. Canaries, 

 which grows in loam and peat, and ripened cut- 

 tings root in sand under a hand-glass. 

 Vispre, Francis Xavier, his dissertation on the 



frowth of wine in England, page 1109. A. D. 

 786. 



