INDEX. 



Yll 



V. 



Amott 



VACCnmni salignum and serpens, 516 



Vanda helvola, 316 ; Cathcarti, 516 



Van Diemen's Land, vegetation in, 535, 855 



Vanilla crystals, 582 



Vegetables, preserved, for the Crimea, 23; 

 Masson and Cliollet's dried, 151, 174, 190; 

 Dielytra spectabilis a, 262 



Vegetable maladies, 188 



Vegetable pathology (see Pathology) 



Vegetation, of the Crimea. 36, 69, 171, 189, 191 ; 

 snow a protector of, 99, 134; Nice, 37, 69, 85, 

 118> 189, 221, 302; of Java, 339: influence ot 

 heat on the progress of, 421, 437 ; Himalayan, 

 515; in Van Diemen's Land, 535, 855; pro- 

 gress of, 598; of Asia Minor, 707, 806; of As- 

 cension, 851 



Veitch's (Air.) nursery, 319. 663, 807 



Ventilation and heating, 518, 533; Dr. 

 on, 595 



Veterinary science, 108 



Victoria Fitzroyana, 203 



Village architecture, Weaver's hints on, rev., 



207 



Village horticultural societies, 550 



Vines, killed by frost, 222; to propagate, 262; 



to stop bleeding in, 317 ; origin of the, 356 ; 



stem roots of, 358, 454 ; growing. 389, 406 ; 



over fumigating, 678 ; in pots, 822 

 Vine mildew, 188, 440, 532, 582, 710; in Madeira, 



205 ; new, 264 ; Neapolitan, 693 ; remedies for, 



694 ; in Portugal, 773 ; Cathillon, 855 

 Vine leaves, excrescences on, 360 

 Vine borders, 678 ; chambered, 744 

 Vinegar plant, 336. 357, 390, 632 

 Viola capillaris, 152 

 Violets, Neapolitan, 280 



17, 854 

 363 



vioieis, ^Neapolitan, zou 



Vitalitv of seeds, 739, 743, 758, 773, 805, 837 

 Vitriol," green.l 2 ; blue, for Wheat, 307, 323, 



W. 



Wages, labourers', in Ireland, 181, 746 



Wales, Potato disease in, 373 ; plantations in, 776 



Walks, weeds on, 156 



WalK garden, 175,277; glass, 206; training on, 

 469: Peach, glass on, 551 



Wall trees, protection of 24, 189, 239, 302, 317, 

 336, 373, 389, 406. 502, 518, 677 ; result of not 

 protecting, 336, 358, 821 ; training of, 469 



Walnut, to graft, 678 



Wardian cases, 644, 647 



Wasps, 470, 502 ; embedded in stone, 819 



Wasp-paper, 756 



Water, how to get good in clay districts, 22 ; to 

 purify, 135 ; tepid, for plants, 153 ; power, 175, 

 181,190,206; wheels, 175, 190; supply of to 

 do., 206; an attractor of frost, 281 ; Ranun- 

 culuses to, 359 ; sea, and seeds, 242, 278, 356, 

 580, 773, 789; gas, for killing insects, 192; 

 do., manure, 395; supply of to wells, &c, 470 



Water-drill v. dry, 778 



Water filter, cheap, 102 



Water Lily, monstrous, 548 



Water meadows, 587 



Water snails and aquaria, 568 



Waterer's (J.) nursery, 424 



Wax, Chinese white, 338 



Way, Prof., chemical principles involved in the 

 production of butter, 345; use of fish as 



manure, 492 



Weather, Feb. 3, 86; at Chiswick, 99 ; and farm- 

 ing, 122; since 1813-'14, 115, 119, 134; in 

 Stirlingshire, 222: Mr. Glaisher on the, 243; 

 at Knebworth, 318; in Dorset, 358; in May, 

 374, 475; temperature of spring, 429; in 

 Argyleshire, 742 ; in September, 806 



Weathercocks, zinc, 646, 662, 693 



Weddeli's Chloris Andina, rev., 567 



Weeds, on walks, 156 ; perennial, 699 



510; of 

 of green 



Weeks', Messrs., consumption of fuel at, 86 f 102, 



175 



Weights, cattle carcase, 10, 11, 45, 

 Italian Rye- grass seed, 211, 213 ; 

 crops, 269; of wool, 716 



Wellingtonia gigautea, 7, 69, 83, 838 



Wells, supply of water to, 470 



What is a bargain? 180 



Wheat, culture of, Lois Weedon, 4. 27, 37, 

 38, 76, 586, 636; Payne's Defiance, 12, 45, 60: 

 imports, 58; averages, 44, 59; Australian, 

 140; origin of, 151, 188, 355; seed, 180; 

 depth to cover do., 441; top-dressing, 194; 

 Hardy's, 289, 605, 684, 697; ergot in, 306 ; and 

 blue vitriol, 307, 323, 363 ; plant, 395 ; to hoe, 

 427 ; in Hampshire, 458 ; and heavy rains, 506 ; 

 reports respecting the state of, 540 ; crop, 226, 

 588 ; do. causes affecting the productiveness of 

 the, 541 ; returns respecting the state of, 553, 

 554, 794, 810 ; midge, 557, 588 ; to sow, 590 : 

 smut in, 637, 66S; growth ot; 668; night 

 flowering, 662; experiments with, 701; pro- 

 duce of, 716; growing, Cooke on, 733. 764; 

 without ploughing, 747 ; price of, 748 ; Piper's 

 balance sheet, 747 ; supply of, 748 ; Caird on 

 ditto, 731, 761,762, 777 ; winter, 764; distance 



to plants, 780 

 Whitethorn berries, 789, 806 

 Whittington on Mangel Wurzel, 512 



Whittlewood forest, 133 



Wilkins' model garden, 723 



Williams on combustion, 651 



Willow, meteoric stone in, 388; weeping, 726; 



Oak on a, 438 

 Wilson, Agriculture, Past and Present, 198; 



agriculture of the French Exhibition, 795, 



796 

 Winter. Figs for, 86, 102,119; of, 1813-'14,119, 

 134; in the north, 135, 153,190; in Ireland, 

 154; effects of, 115, 154, 207, 242, 260, 278; of 

 1854 55,241; at Glasnevin, 260, 278: in the 

 United States. 456: garden, 565; the late in 

 Devon, 773 



Wire, galvanised. 615, 662 



Wireworm, to kill, 493 ; fruit eaten by, 726 



Wood, gas from green, 281 



Woods and forests, 51, 85, 132, 133, 220, 221, 320, 



334, 358, 700, 732, 758 

 Woodlice, to kill, 54 

 Wool, definition of quality in, 636, 699 ; weight 



of, 716 

 Woolmer Forest, 758 

 Worms, cure for, 696, 760 

 Wounds, tree, 648; do. paint for, 154, 156 



Y. 





Yam, Chinese, 19, 318, 517, 582, 599, 614, 646 



693, 709, 755, 773, 775, 820 

 Yapanna, a cure for diarrhoea, 758 

 Yapp's Duties on Imports into France, rev., 



790 

 Yards, covered, 46 

 Yeast, German, 502; to make, 566, 582, 598,742 



Yester Deep-land Culture by Stephens, rev., 



460 

 Yew, sheep poisoned by, 249 

 Yew berries, 726 

 Yew hedge, 320 

 Yorkshire, Baines' Flora of, rev., 6; crops in, 



379, 459, 588 

 Youth, crime, and punishment, 194, 246 



Z. 



Zebrixa pemdula, 356 

 Zepbryantbes, 6 



Zoology, Gosse's Marine, rev., 583 



