planting in the nursery rows, 127 ; treatment of, after planting, 132 ; tiny 

 for budding, 133 ; preparation of, and insertion of the bud, 134. 



Strawberries, forms of, 43 ; method of propagating, 147 ; abridged descrip 

 tions of twenty-six select varieties of, 344-346. 



Style, the, 29. 



Subsoil ploughing, 50 ; the subsoil plough, 377. 



Suckers, propagation of fruit trees by means of, 70. 



Syringe, the hand, 387. 



Temperature, method of protecting trees against extremes of, 273, 



Thorn, the, as a stock for the pear, 115. u 



Transplanting stocks, directions for, 122. 



Tree, a, general remarks upon the structure of, 1 ; the root, 2 ; the stem, 4 



the branches. 7 ; the buds, 14; the leaves, 21 : the flowers, 28; the fruit 



34 ; the seed, 44. 



Trellises, form and construction of, 182. 

 Trenching, process of, 51. 



Varieties of fruits, abridged descriptions of select, 277. 

 Vineyards, culture of, 252. 



Walks, manner of laying out, in the fruit garden, 186. 



Walnuts, method of propagating, 149 ; abridged descriptions of varietiei 



of, 353. 



Water, a supply of, important for a fruit garden, 187. 

 Watering, beneficial effects of, in fruit trees, 273 ; machines for, 387 ; the 



garden watering-pot, 389. 

 Wheelbarrow, the, 378. 

 Whip-grafting on the root, 78. 

 Wilder, M. P., compost recommended by, for gardening purposes, 57. 



Yellows, the, in the peach, 363. 



