

INDEX 



OF 



CONTENTS 



TO THE 



GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 



Fok 1841 



Abies religiosa, hardiness of, 335; — Douglasii 



at Moniack, death of, 573 

 Abutilon striatum, 104; vitifolium, 799 

 Acarus hortensis, 316 

 Achimenes pcdunculata, 7 ; grandiflora, 8 

 Acer rubrum, 276 



Acorns as food for pigs, GOD, 772 ; their use, 830 

 Acorus Calamus, 798 



Adelaide, Table of the Weather at, for 1842, 319 

 Adulteration of Wheat flour, 386 ; of manures, 



222, 259, 301, 377, 393, 416, 453 j of guano, 485, 



774. 

 Aerides virens, 574 



Alluvial inclosures, 14 



Agriculture, its practice with profit, by H. Newn- 

 ham, rev., 661 ; in New South Wales, by J. 

 Atkinson, rev., 237; m France, 142; ap- 

 plication of science to, 610; mechanics ap- 

 plied to, 219; anomalies of, 690, 705, 769,737; 

 lectures on, by A. Petzholdt, rev., 719 j by G. 

 Cox, rev., 767; Davy'?, by J. Shier, rev., 734 j 

 relative position of, ys6 ; of Norfolk, by R. N. 

 Bacon, rev., 7S9; Application of Geology to, 

 by N. Whitley, rev., 14 1 ; Scotch, 170 ; Manx, 

 58, 122, 130; and geology, 234, 249, 2G6; in 

 China, 220 



Agricultural colleges, 14; education, 27,30, 49, 

 301, 341 : value of land, 57, 73, 89; improve- 

 ments, 155, 221, 231, 413, 434, 4S7; ditto in 

 modern husbandry, 109 ; experiments, 363, 857; 

 leases, 341 ; implements, 449, 466,641 ; ditto, to 

 preserve, 723; implement clubs, 709; imple- 

 ments, adv.. Wed lake, 175 ; chemistry associa- 

 tion. 469, 4S9, 72 4 : plants, composition of, 249 ; 

 mechanics, 609 ; remarks on, 577, 689; societies, 

 advantages of, 025, 747; weeds, 302; chemistry, 

 by J. F. W. Johnson, rev., 470; Grasses of 

 Ireland, by I). Moor, rev., 198; college at Ci- 

 rencester, 308, 469 ; improvement, capabilities 

 of, in Hampshire, 51)6; chemistry, remarks 

 on, 804; co-operation, 9, 77; character of coal, 

 69I ; of fullers' earth, 577 ; of limestone, 722 ; 

 of marlstone, 593; of millstone grit, 691- of 

 red sandstone, 644. 754 



Agricultural Gazette, prospectus of, o : 1st vol. 

 of, 873 



Agrimony, remarks on, 412 



Agromyza violce, 244 ' 



Air necessary for roots of plants, 30 



Alexandra imperatricis, 718 



Alkali as a manure, hy H. Waterton, rev., 157 



Allotment system, 203, 189, 563, 612, 628, 642, 

 875; beneficial ejects of, 877; remark's on, 

 645,673, 689, 705, 707,740, 756,771; in Ire- 

 land, 755; cottage, 593; tendencies of, 377 ; 

 effect of, 835 ; objections to, 839 



Almond a fruit for the dessert, 765 



Alona caslestis, 622 



Alpaca of Peru, 420 ; to naturalise, 550; Walton 



on its naturalisation, rev., 613 

 Alum, to manufacture, 598; as manure. 724 

 Amateurs' Melonry, 295, 357 ; forcing pit, 732 

 America, Central, some of the productions of, 871 

 American plants, 276 ; tree and shrub seeds, adv., 



Charhvood, 176; Phillips, 193; notes on, 501, 



831, 854 



Amheistia nobilis, 21 



Ammonia, to Ox, 40, 78, 253, 451, 489,505; in 

 "Quia manure, 186; by gypsum, 4G7, ?22, 742, 

 /80, 860: by salt, iS7 ; by sulph. acid, 467; 

 nxers of, 571 ; as manure, 364, 592 



Ammomaral liquor as manure, 579 



Ammophilasabulosa, 701 



Analyses of peat as ;, 73s ; of Dutch ditto, 

 «wd; of Beech ashes, 547; of Potato ashes, 

 JWj of ashes of herbaceous plants, 578: of 

 turf ashes, 803 ; of bran, 467, 512; of soils, 

 -/. 188, 805 ; importance of, 612; of guano, 

 '03; of Potter's ditto, 645; of hay, 676; of 



limestone, 140; cf mountain ditto, 722; of 

 loam, 415; of the Onion, 612; of the Rasp- 

 berry, 133 



Andromeda phylliresefolia, 637 



Anemones, treatment of, 5G ; culture of, 184; 



select, 248 

 Anemone obtusiloba, 871 

 Animals, at various ages, 2S5 ; at different ages, 



ri*k attending the possession of, 366 ; useless, 



804 



Animal Nutrition, M. Boussingault's experi- 

 ments on, 785 ; remarks on, 860, 875 



Anisoplia hordeola, 700 



Annoyances, 220 



Annuals, adv., Masters, 129 



Anomalies of Agriculture, 090, 705, 769, 737 



Ansted on Geology, rev., 870 



Anthonomus pomorum, 555 



Anti-fraud League, 393 



Antiquities of gardening. 832 



Ants, to destroy, 464, 477, 504, 589 



Aphis on Peach trees, to kill, 149, 200 



Aponogetou distachyon, 135 



Apple-pips, to sow, 320 



Apples, select, 168; Sturmer Pippin, adv., 161; 

 Beefin, remarks on, 166; Ashmead's kernel, 

 *264; Golden Pippin, 390, 749; decay of, 797. 

 813; orchards in Devonshire, 636; Scotch 

 Leadington, 782 ; for the North of Scotland, 

 856 ; productive variety of, 87O ; Ribstone 

 Pippin, 082 j diagram ot the original tree, 812 

 Apple-trees, to kill Moss on, 656 

 Apple tree, Mussel or Dryscale, 427 

 Apple blossom weevil, 555 

 Apricot-tree, to bring into bearing, 24 

 Aquatic plants, management of, 300, 672 

 Araucaria imbricata, adv., Youell, 1 ; cxcelsa, 

 adv., Marnock and Manley, 81 ; to strike, 448 



Arbor-vit?e, 276 

 Arctoslaphylos pungens, 183 

 Arrow-root, remarks on, 387 

 Arum maculatum. poisonous effects of, 398 r 



Artificial fertilisation, 215 | 



Asclepias tuberosa, 832 ; quadrifolia, 832 

 Ashes, Dutch peat, analysis of, 65S; of soapboil- 

 ers as manure, 627; peat as, 644; of Beech, 

 ftc, analysis of, 547 ; of the Potato, analysis of, 

 . 559; ot herbaceous plants, analysis of, 578; : 



manure, 81 Q; of turf as manure, 803 j analysis 



Of, 803 



Asparagus, culture of. 168, 667; to plant, 276; 

 salt far, 317, 334, 429, 505; effect of, on, 444 

 589. 6S5; to apply to, 524, 605, 621 ; to pre- 

 pare ground for, 544; Potter's guano for, 261, 



406, 430, 656 

 Asnhalte roofing, 40 ; adv., Croggon, 47; paths, 



245 

 Asphalte, covering for Vine borders, 688 j 



Attelahus curculionoides. 179 

 Auriculas, canker in, 22. 280; seedling, 133; to 



save seeds of, 357; robbery of, 718 

 Aviary, birds for, 181 1 



Ayrshire Agricultural Association, 124 1 



Azaleas, hardy kinds, 72 ; list of, 800 j 



B 



Backhouse's visit to the Mauritius and South 



Africa, rev., 462 

 Bacon's Report of the Agriculture of Norfolk, 



rev., 693, 789 

 Balsams, 197 ; list of, 608 



Bank Farm, Kingston, Gardens at, noticed. 465 

 Bar and Frame Bee-hive, by YV. A. Munn, rev., 



431 

 Barbaccnia squamata, 33S ; Alerandrinae, 71S 



Bark, price cf, 200 



Barley, to hvbridisc, 532 : Egyptian, 612; crop, 



remarks on. 673; do., to secure, 721; culture 



of, 706 ; mildew on, 756 



Bathstone, agricultural character of, 5C1 



Beans, time for sowing, 121 ; and Cabbages to 



grow together, 598; culture of, in East Lothian, 



7 39 

 Beech, to graft, 392 ; purple, 2 16 



Beefin Apple, 166 



Beehive, adv.. Neighbour and Son, 223 ; Grant s, 



333; Nutt's.331; Munn's, rev., 431 

 Beehives, remarks on, 797 ; B ter's. 132, 872 

 Bee flowers, 334, 430; French (Buck) Wheat, as, 



Bees, remarks on, 5. 20. 5 1, 181, 19". 232, 261, 3/ 3, 



374. 389, 405. 429, 148 ; management of, 37, 853 ; 

 in New Zealand. 53; modeof killing drones. 624; 

 query cure for sting of, 541 ; feeding of, 68, 102, 

 US; sting of, to cure, 445, 55S, 589; pasturage 

 of. 83 ; fecundity of, 572 ; to destroy, 99 ; eggs 

 of, 605, 638, 702; how they collect pollen, 102 ; 

 Bagster'a hives for, 152; to transport, 119; 

 sleep of, 430: mode of taking, 668; manage- 

 ment of, -177, 504; straw hive of, weight of 

 honev in, 766 ; profits of, S33; hives f.*r. S72 



Beet, culture of, 184; to dibble, 252, 263; Brazi- 

 lian, 591 ; White. 767 



Beoendcn tile-machine, 520 



Berberis pallida. 183; trifoliata, 277; tenuifolia, 

 375; umbellata, 59 1 



Berberry, blight on corn, 12, 41, 60, 92 



Bibio Marci, 764 



Bigg's sheep dipping composition, 504, 70S 



Bignonia venusta, 8 ; grandiflora, to prune, 720 ; 



management of, 813 

 Bird-architecture, bv J. Rcnnie, rev., 670 

 Cirdsfor an aviary, 181 ; e 3, 245: eggs, to pre- 

 serve, 261: remarkson, 277. 703; small, de- 

 struction of, 685, 7"6, 832, S70; mode of de- 

 stroying Tomtits. 969; tokeepoflf Gooseberrit 

 854 ; to keep off seeds, 363; Canary, fecundity 



of. 654 



rmingham Botanic Garden, noticed, 574 



Bitter Aloes a preventive of mice, 749 



Blackbirds, remarks on. 703 



Black horscponds, £01,322, 342, 361,378, 393,414 



B ack-legged coral weevil, 179 



Blight, American, 116; do. to kill. 816, 133, 405 

 lue titmouse, insects killed by, 101 



Boilers, remarks on. 816, 430; conical. adv., Ste- 

 phenson, 2-; Shevren, 37: Burbidge and Ilealy. 

 37; remarks on Stephenson's, &70 



Bokhara Clover, 702 ; culture of, 766 



Bolbophvllum macranthum, 215 



Bones for Turnips, 28: fertilising qualities oT, 

 74, 107, 123 ; dust, J07, 36l, 064,405 ; to apply. 

 7S; to Turnips, 2s2 ; remarks on. 91, 18 

 scarcity of, 107; cheap method of bruising, 

 108; a's manure, 415, 707; substitute for, 344 

 and sulphuric acid, their action, 94 



Book of the Farm, by H. Stephens, rev., 45, 709 



Books, botanical, list of, 3C0 



Borax In bread, 783 

 irthwickV 'ree primer, 566 



Bossizca paucifolia, 23 

 Botanic Garden, Regent's Park, noticed, 1 1 

 Botanical works, 71; collectors, hints for, 637! 

 lecture at Shoreditch Church, 765, 790 ; ncv 



215, 263 



Botanv, Linnean, 213; of the voyage of the Sul- 

 phur, rev., 70, 230; ofTI.M.'s discovery ships 

 in 1839. bv J. D. Hooker, rev.. 4 16 



Bottom-heating, Mr. F.rrington's remarks on, 51 



Boussingault's experiments on animal nutrition, 

 7b5 ; remarks ou, 800, B/5 



Boys, to employ as farm labourers, 630 



Brachycome Ibertdbfolie, 136 



Bran, analysis of, 467, 512 

 Brazilian Beet. 5&1 

 Bread, borax in, 783 

 Breeder Tulips, remarks on, 371 



Brewing remarks on, 766, 782, 814, 852 

 Brougham's Dialogues on instinct, rev., 7 fl 2 



British Association, meeting of, 71^. 734, 750 



Bril . I rustacea, by T. Bell, rev., 815 



British Fossil Mammalia and Birds, by Prof. 



Owen, rev., 167 

 British Farmers' Almanack for,1845, rev., 846 



British Oak, 450 



Broccoi:, Hammond's Cape, 38,53; remarks oh, 

 2<ii; Chappell's cream, 279; Walcheren, 248 



Bromheadia palustris, 298 



Broom Corn (Sor tm saccharctum). 306 



Brugmansia parvifiora, 504; floribunda, treat- 

 ment of, 523 



Brunsvigia Josephinss, 412 



Brussels Sprouts, degeneration of, 835 



Buckwheat, to sow, 78 



Budding, adhesive plaister for, -129 



Burchellia capensis, to strike, 280 



Burger's Farming, rev., 12 



Burnt clay, action of, on soils, 85; remarks on, 



172 

 Burthens on land, 93 

 Burv Hill, gardens at. noticed, 60i . 6/0 

 Butter, flavour of, 92; manufacture of, 534 





Cjssalptvia conacea. 7 



s. to sow lor agri. purposes, 5.;0 ; to store, 

 660, 692, 757 ; to harvest, 7o7 ; Couve Troa- 

 cbuda, 701 ; clubbing in, to prevent, 640 



Cacti, to sow seeds of, 88; cultivation of, 371 



Cactus specio.sissimus, 24 



Calanthe masuca, . t OA . „. 



Calcc Has, treatment of, 24; select, 200 w «t 

 856- treatment of, after blooming. 798; seed, 

 to sow, 232; adv., Major, 194 ; viscosissuna, te 



strike, 718 

 Calcutta Botanic Garden, 3;1, S15 



Calves, to rear, 550 



Calvcophvl urn S.anleyannm, 718 



Camellias, to inarch. 8, 412 ; buds dropping, 56; 

 saliva, 94 ; to graft, 232 ; soil for, 264; to na- 

 turalise, 27 ; to cut down. : ; adv., Rally, 

 162 ; management of, in the open air, 836; spot 



Campbell's corn-steep, 57, 860; results of, 803; 

 his system of steeping seeds, 801 



Campanula pyramidalis, 102 ; liagilis, var. nir- 



suta, 231 

 Canary, fecundity of, 654 



Canker in Auriculas, 22; in fruit trees, ,0, 502, 



G24 ; origin of, 767 



Cai '. celebration of new year at, 505 



Cape Heaths, select. 72, 120.508, 575; manage- 

 ment of, 392; varieties to flower in wmter, 83s 



Capital for a farm, 14 



Cape Iriiiacese, 638 



Carbonate of soda, coffee improved by, 559 

 irbonate of iron as manure, 075 



Carbonated hydrogen gas, effect of on plants, 71 



Carnations, colour of, 22 j adv., Youell, 1: Slater, 

 194 ; pipings of, 53; border varieties, 69; select, 

 136. 560; composts for, 168; culture of, 300; 

 show of, 507; black spot on leaves of, 630; 

 effect of liquid manure on, 833 



Carrots, culture of. 33; land for, 153 ; guano for, 

 2G8 ; Belgian Green-top. adv., Nutting, 102 ; to 

 harvest, 771; Belgian, 788 



Cart or v.a.-gon for harvest purposes, remarks on 



509,548 fc _. 



Caterpillars, to kill, 120; on Gooseberry bushes, 

 317, 372. 390, 42:V<>2, 575,5*9. 655 



Cattle, rearing of. 2i> ; Ayrshire, deterioration ot 

 the breed in Ireland, 660; fattening of, 61, 110 ; 

 water for, 8J>9 ; weight of, 282 ; to feed m 



