63O INDEX, 



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 Culinary garden, introduction to the, - 3 



vegetables, method of obtaining a constant 



supply of, - 14? 



Currants, kinds of, described, - - 182 



-of planting, 183,203,260 



of pruning, 204, 210, 241, 260 



of digging the ground among, 210, 255, 261 



-. of destroying caterpillars on, - 228 



of netting up, to preserve, - 252 



D. 



Deciduous shrubs, of planting, '459, 465, 470, 521, 528 



of pruning, 465 



hedges, of planting, 461, 465, 471, 522, 528 



of clipping, 461, 535 



Disbudding wall-trees, of, 237 



fruit-trees in the hot-house, 355, 359 



Distance at which to plant wall-trees, - 177 



orchard-trees, 1 80 



small fruits, 184 



various shrubs, 455 



Draining, the importance of, in gardening, 5, 151, 157 



potted plants of extra moisture, of, 360, 514 



Drummond pear described, 175 



Due de Tello nectarine described, 1 70 



Ducks, of their usefulness in the garden, 235 



Duke cherries described, - 168, 169 



Dunghil, how to increase, and enhance the value of the, 20 



' drainings, the nectar of vegetable life, 374 



1 an excellent manure for grapes, ib. 



.- _ __, _____ _____ for pine 



apples, - 382 



