

INDEX 



OF 



CONTENTS 



TO THE 



GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 



> 



For 



1855. 



A. 



Abies, Ksempferi, 242, 644 ; Hookeriana, 372 ; 

 Pattoniana, 372; cilicica, 707 



Aboriculture, Scottish Society of, 100, 135 



Abronia umbellata, 520, 533 



Accounts, farm, 287 



Achimenes, 69 



Aconitine, 319 



Acre, dimensions of, 14 ; English, 680 



Acrophorus hispidus, 661 



Acton's (Eliza) Cookery, rev., 471, 839. 



Adiantum cultratum, 660 



Adulterations, to detect, 71, 362 



Agaricus cepsestipes, 821 



uEgilops, Godron on, 151, 188 



^Eschynanthus Peeli, 516 



Agriculture, progress of, 9 ; Hints on, rev., 13 ; 

 Lois-Weedon, practice of, 3, 4, 6, 22, 37, 38, 76, 

 586, 636 ; modifications of do., 27 ; Lavergne 

 on British, 26 ; in the west of France, 106 ; 

 and geology, 121 ; and the weather, 122 ; back- 

 ward, 140 ; Wilson on past and present, 196 ; 

 do. on that of the French Exhibition, 795, 796 ; 

 as a science, 248; and chemistrv. 161, 322; 

 steam applied to, 75, 226, 266, 267, 322, 345, 

 362, 364, 379, 410, 426, 427, 443, 458, 459, 473, 

 507, 553, 554, 573, 620, 650, 652, 730, 781, 811 ; 

 peculiarities of, 652 ; profits of, 682 ; function 

 of salt in, 665, 700, 732 ; Irish, 698 ; Hun- 

 garian, 701 ; improved, 763; Yester, 797 



Agricultural buildings, portable, 764 



Agricultural chemistry, 161,322; Harcourton, 

 138 ; Liebig's, rev., 358 ; new principles of 

 do., 521 ; Lawes on, 667, 682 



Agricultural College, sessional examinations, 

 458 



Agricultural economy, 843 



Agricultural education, 363, 590, 685, 795 



Agricultural implements, chaff-cutters, 491 ; 

 prizes for at the Agricultural Society's Meet- 

 ing, 508; remarks on do., 506,522,571; new 

 clod-crusher, 605, 652 



Agricultural labourers, 765; dwellings of, 28, 

 211 ; and masters, 180 ; wages of in Ireland, 

 181, 746 ; number of on farms, 247 ; gathering 

 at Coleshill, 457; schools, 538, 572, 714 



Agricultural machinery, reaping, 13, 507, 652 ; 

 trial of do. selected from the Agricultural 

 Society's Meeting, 589, 635, 649, 651 ; compe- 

 tition of do. at Stirling, 618 ; Australian do., 

 141 ; root grating, 60 ; threshing, 507, 780 



Agricultural prejudice, 197 



Agricultural statistics, 29, 45, 90, 138, 458, 491, 

 492, 551, 601, 634, 652, 668, 682, 732, 842, 844, 



Scottish, 106, 180, 211 ; Irish, 748, 845 ; Lock's 

 observations on, 227, 247, 377; Hannam on, 

 rev., 748. 



Agricultural societies, advantages of, 668. (For 



reports of see Societies.) 

 Air, importance of, to plants, 595 

 Allamanda grandiflora, 486 

 Allotments, 733 

 Aloe, American, 550, 566 

 America, Pears on Quince stocks in, 6 ; Axes of 



174 ; timber of, 262 ; winter in, 456 : Plums of, 



726 



American blight, 224 ; Aloe, 550, 566 



Amherstia nobilis, 22 



Ammonia, sources of, 69; formation of, 605: 



salt a fixer of, 665, 700, 738 

 Amygdalus persica, 283 

 Anacharis alsinastrum, 582 

 Analysis, of stone brashes, 122; of manures, 



140; of Arachis or Earth-nut cake, 268; oi 



superphosphates, 381, 604, 634 ; of oilcake, 



557 ; of bran, 621 ; of crops, 797 

 Anatomy, Prof. Owen's lectures on, rev., 519 

 Anbury, 572, 804, 810 

 Angler, Dr. Davy's, rev., 439 

 Angling, Penn's Maxims, &c, on. rev., 4S7 

 ■Annuals, list of, 5, 21 ; treatment of, 357 ; Thonip- 



son on, rev., 551 ; soil for, 551 

 Ants, to destroy, 376, 390 

 Aphanes arvensis, 281 



Aphelandra variegata, 116 ; Porteana, 116 



Aphides, reproduction of. 550 



Apples, Dommiska, 134; Gooseberry, 664; 

 monstrous, 692; Star, juice of, 712; cracked, 

 724 



Apricots, non protection of, 336, 358 ; in orchard 

 houses, 806 



Aquaria, forms of, 727 ; enemies to fish in fresh 

 water, 339 ; preserving sea water in a healthy 

 state in salt, 535 ; and water snails, 568 ; sea- 

 weed for, 599, marine, 828 



Arago's Meteorology, rev., 631 ; astronomy, rev., 

 822 



Araucaria leaves, diseased, 36 



Argan tree, 284, 303 



Argyroneta, 806 



Arnott (Dr.), on ventilation, &c, 595 



Artichokes, to plant, 189 ; Jerusalem, 748 



Arundel Castle Gardens, 567 



Ascension, vegetation of, 851 



Ash, berries of Mountain, 648 



Asia Minor, vegetation of, 707, 806 



A sparagus, to salt, 56, 504 ; beds, 134, 189, 192 ; 

 frosting, 303 



Association, British, 647 



Astragalus pod, 632 



Atmosphere, chemistry of the, 286; of hot- 

 houses, 727 



Atropa mandragora, 776 



Auricula, culture of, 40, 243 



Australia, Hargreaves on, rev., 23; to pack 

 seeds for, &c, 24, 744; gardening notes from, 

 119 ; reaping machine in, 141 ; Wheat in, 140 ; 

 in 1854, by Walthen, rev., 207; cochineal of, 

 339; seeds of, to sow, 696; Passiflora, 710; 

 sheep of, 812 ; gardening in, 836 ; farming in, 

 842 ; transport of roots, &c, to, 852 



Autumn, 605 



Axes, American, 174 



Ayrshire, Italian Rye-gra3S farms ot, 57, 158, 



159 ; cows, 180 

 Azaleas, hardiness of, 406 ; hardy, 424 



B. 



Bacon, to salt, 702 

 Badger, foot- prints of the, 176 

 Baker's Ceylon, rev., 710 

 Balsam, culture of, 373 

 Bamboos, growth of, 839 

 Bamean, 264 



Bananas, to dry, 648 



Barley, averages, 44, 59 ; returns respecting the 



state of, 553, 554 

 Barnes' (Mr.) nursery, 283 

 Basil (Ocimura basilicnm\ 472 

 Bast, different kinds of, 219 

 Batatas edulis, 820, 839, 854 

 Beans, French, and the red spider, 38 ; v. roots, 



108; Haricot, 208; returns respecting the 



state of, 553, 554 ; for horses, 637, 683 ; St. 



Ignatius, 648; winter, 653 

 Beech trees, to remove, 776 



Beech-oil, 807, 851 



Beer, making, 557, 695: effect of Hop sulphur- 

 ing on, 563, 579, 581, 597, 630, 678, 743 



Bees, to chloroform, 552, 630 ; v. fruit, 566 



Beekeeper's Manual, Taylor's, rev., 599 



Beets, grafting the cultivated, 360 



Begonia fuchsioides, 648 



Belvoir Castle Gardens, 759, 775 



Bennett on the Cultivation of Potatoes, rev., 493 



Berlin, ground temperature of, 260 



Birds, migratory, 358 ; predatory, 556 : memo- 

 randa concerning, 757 ; pectoral sun, 790 



Blackberries, whi 54 



Blight, American, 224 



Blight composition, Page's, 488, 518, 666, 598 



Blood manure, 28, 229, 307, 344 



Boilers, are large economical? 261, 318, 335; 

 setting, 264 



Bolbophyllum lasianthum, 53 



Boldea (Mr.) death of, 93 





Books Noticed : Baines' Flora of Yorkshire, 6; 

 Hints on Agriculture, 13 ; Delamer on Flax, 

 13; A Month in the Camp before Sevastopol, 

 23 ; Tit for Tat, 23 ; Hargreaves' Australia, 23 ; 

 Lavergne s Rural Economy of Kngland, 426 ; 

 Locke's Ireland's Recovery, 28, 246 ; English- 

 woman in Russia, 39; Toor^lienifT's Russian 

 Life in the Interior, 39; Knight's Knowledge 

 of Power, 55; Ainsworth and Yeats' Algebra, 

 55; Denton on Land Drainage, 60, 105; 

 Hassan's Food and its Adulterations, 71 

 Marat's Remarks on the Tuberous Plants 

 proposed as Substitutes for the Potato, &c, 

 76; Iconographie des Orchidees de la Collec- 

 tion de M. Pescatore, 87; Album Vilmorin, 

 88; Allen on Victoria Regia, 88; Marryat's 

 Mountains and Molehills, 103; Corner's 

 Familiar Fables, 103; Resources of Chili, 

 119 ; Fenn's Compendium to English and 

 Foreign Funds, 120; Forbes' Literary Papers, 

 120; Timbs' Curiosities of London, 120; 

 Dairy for the Poultry Yard, 124 ; Idle's Hints 

 on Shooting, &c, 124: Scrutator's Horses 

 and Hounds, 124 ; Irish Flax Society's Report, 

 124; Galton's Art of Travel, 135; Ribbans' 

 Tintera Abbey, 135; "Waterlow, Every Man 

 His own Printer, 135; Harcourt on the Con- 

 nection of Chemistry with Agriculture, 138 ; 

 Agricultural Society's Journal, 144, 477; 

 M'lntosh's Book of the Garden, 155; Davis' 

 Farming Essays, 162; Koch's Crimea and 

 Odessa. 171 ; Lund's Geometry and Mensura- 

 tion, 176; Hoare, Mensuration Made Easy, 

 176; Morton's Agricultural Cyclopedia, 180; 

 Hookers Century of Ferns, 191 ; do. Flora 

 Indica, 723 ; dd. Himalayan Journals, 807 ; 

 Vicar of Wakefield, 191 ; Wilson's Agricul- 

 ture, Past and Present, 196; do., on the 

 Agriculture of the French Exhibition, 796 ; 

 Royle on Fibrous Plants of India, 205; 

 Walthen's Golden Colony, 207; Weaver's 

 Hints on Village Architecture, 207 

 Sowerby's Ferns of Great Britain, 2(7; 

 Ryan's Our Heroes of the Crimea, 207 : 

 Bradbury's Ferns Nature Printed, 223; 

 Tegoborski's Productive Forces of Russia, 

 243; Stainton's Entomologist's Annual, 263; 

 Highland Society's Journal, 268; Bryologia 

 Britannica, 283; New Map of Europe (Black), 

 283 ; Malam on the Potato Disease, 300; Lyell's 

 Manual of Elementary Geology, 303; Martin 

 Doyle on Small Farms, 325; London's En- 

 cyclopaedia of Plants, 338 ; Griffith's Post- 

 humous Papers, 338; Pritzel's Iconum Botanic- 

 arum Index, 338; Red-tapeism: its cause, 338 ; 

 Stephens's the Yester Deep Land Culture, 

 347 ; Liebig's Agricultural Chemistry, 358 ; 

 Lindley's Theory of Horticulture, 359 ; John- 

 ston's Anal is of Soils, 364; Bath Agricul- 

 tural Society's Journal, 364; Drew's Meteoro- 

 logy, 374; Dickinson on Italian Rye Grass, 

 380; Houren on Human Longevity, 391 ; 

 Clark's Mollusca testacea, 407 ; Hooker and 

 Amott's British Flora, 423 ; Piper's Military 

 and Naval Dictionary, 423; Stanford's Map 

 of the Sea of Azoff, 423 ; Davy's Angler, 439 ; 

 Bottomley on Hand Tillage, 444 ; Parr on 

 Manures, 444; Carriere on Conifers, 455; 

 Wood's Index Testaceologicus, 471 ; Eliza 

 Acton's Cookery, 471, 839 ; Penn's Maxims and 

 Hints on Angling, 487; Milner's Crimea, 4s 7 

 Chiosso's Gymnastic Polymachinon, 488; 

 Bennett on Potatoes, 493; Hood on Heating, 

 503 ; Taylor's Working Man's Gardener, 50c 

 Cathcart's Illustrations of Hi malayan Plants, 

 515; Owen's Lectures on Anatomy, 519: 

 Mann on Reproduction, 534; Whittington on 



gate 



Gosse's Marine Zoology, 583; Lessens' Isth- 

 mus of Suez Question, 583: Sunday Hook for 

 the Young. 683; Arnott on Ventilation, 595; 

 Peseatorea, 599 ; Taylor' .. ^keeper's Manual, 

 599; Black's Guides, 599; Herring on Paper 

 Making, 599; Martin Doyle's Lesson Book, 



605 ; De Candolle's Botanical graphy, 615 ; 



Arago's Meteorological Essays, 631; Blacks 

 Guides, 647; Schacht on the Microscrope, 

 647; Page's Geology, 647; Brewster's Little 

 Millie and her Four Places, 668; Delamer's 

 Kitchen Garden, 677; Kemp's Phasis of 

 Matter, 694; Baker's Ceylon, 710; Cooke on 

 Wheat growing, 733; Brewer's Atlas of His- 

 tory and Geography, 743; Stanford's Map of 

 the Crimea, 743 ; The Hand Place Book, 744; 

 Hannam Agricultural Statistics, 749: Piesse's 

 Art of Perfumery, 759 ; Sowerby's Fern Allies, 

 759; Lowe's Natural History of Ferns, 759; 

 do., Magazine of Natural Philosophy, 775; 

 Thackeray's Miscellanies, 775; Downing's 

 Hydraulics, 775; Payen on Diseases, 788; 

 Motley's Natural History of Labuan, 790; 

 Yapp's Duties on Imports into France, 790; 

 Newspaper and General Header's Companion; 

 790; Stockhardt's Chemical Field Lectures, 

 807; Moore's Popular History of the British 

 Ferns, 807; Arago's A strone my, 822; Gosse's 

 Aquarium, 838 ; Kichardsons Flowers and 

 Flower Gardens, 839; Lawson's Gardener's 

 Calendar, 839; Deakin's Flora of the Colosseum 

 of Rome, 839; Guthrie's Seimon9.S54; Stain- 

 ton's History of Tineina, b55 : Seemann's 

 History of Palms, €55; Cuthill on the Vine 

 disease, 855; Humbert on Encumbered Estates, 



860 

 Botany of Madeira, 175 ; of Teneriffe, 175 

 Botanical Gardens, 420, 484, 547, 628, 660: Kew, 

 280,583; consumption of fuel at do., 86,102, 

 279; Dr. Hooker's appointment in do.. 457; 

 Cactus house at do., 48b" ; Glasnevin, extracts 

 from the annual report of, 152 ; effects of the 

 frost at do., 278; continental, 404, 405. 

 Botanical Geography, De Caud die's, rev., 615 

 Bottomley on Hand Tillage, rev., 444 

 Bradbury's Ferns Nature Printed, rev., 223 

 Bran, analysis of, 621 

 Bread, detection of adulterated, 362; household, 



762 ; Potatoes in, 828 ; brown, S60 

 Brewer's Atlas, rev., 743 

 Brewing, Dr. Kemp on, 695 

 British Association, 647 



Broccoli, seeds, 70; club in, 85: succession, 302 

 Brushwood, drains with, 782, 780, 796 

 Bryologia Britannica, 2S3 

 Budding knife, 520 

 Buddleia Colvilei, 516 

 Bug, Chrysanthemum field, 757 

 Buildings, arboral records of, 504 ; portable 



farm, 764 

 Bulbs, treatment of after flowering, 118 ; culture 



of Dutch, 483 ; list of ditto , 484 

 Bulls, short-horned, 89, 245, 247, 265. 286, 307, 



322, 410 

 Butter, taste of, 290; production of, 250, 267 

 324, 341, 345, 363, 425, 4z7, 441, 44*, 4S9, 474, 

 475, 490, 522, 5c8, 572, 588 



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Cabbages, after Tares, 229 ; cow, 283 

 Cabbage leaf, monstrous, 677 

 Cactus house, Kew, 486 

 Caird on the harvest, 731,761, 762, 777 

 Cake, earth-nut, 813 



Calceolarias, herbaceous, 72 ; violaeea. 852 

 California, Marryat's life in, rev., 103 

 Calves, rearing of. 74 : Linseed for, 2&> 

 Camellias, propagating, 23; sweet scented, 54 

 70, 86 ; to bloom, 69 • buds dropping oE, 88 

 533; reticulata at Bank Grove, 283 ; la Corn 



wall, 317 ; to set, 566 

 Canvas, to waterproof, 192 

 Caoutchouc, manufacture of, 318 

 Capers, 520 



Capsicums, to pickle, 664 

 Card cons, 262 



arnations, sporting of, 7; tree, 23; late, ?t 

 3: nmninffof 39 



