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INDEX. 



Solandro grandiflbra, on the culture of, by E. 



W. Churchill, Esq. R. N., 352. 

 Soulange-Bodin's Culture des Plantcs dites de 



Terre de Bruy^re, &c. &c., 147. 

 South Carolina, tempest at, 397. 

 Sowing plants in rows, description of a machine 



for, 328. 

 Spain, on the gardening and botany of, by Don 



Mariano La Gasca, 65. 

 Spiers, Mr. David, method of forcing asparagus 



in the open ground, in permanent beds, 360 ; 



on small white slugs in gardens, 279 ; on the 



cultivation of the early scarlet rhubarb and 



sea-kale, 104. 

 Spot in cucumbers and melons, query on cause 



of, 189; answer by Mr. Robert Errington, 



445. 

 Squill, effect of the extract of, 438. 

 Stacks, on preventing taking fire, 406. 

 Stamford Florists' show of May 28th, 295; 



tulip show, 415. 

 Steam, account of its employment, along with 

 . hot water, for the purposes of heating, 19. 

 Steam and hot water compared, 180. 

 Steam-engines, for agricultural purposes, 1.59. 

 Steam, on heating hot-houses by, through the 



medium of stone, by the Kev. James Armi- 



tage Rhodes, 330. 

 Stems of plants, anatomy of, &c., 132. 

 Stephens, Mr. James, a machine for watering 



the interior of the mould in hot-beds, 357. 

 Steuart's Planter's Guide, reviewed by Mr. 



James Main, 115. 

 Sticks for training Knight's marrow pea, mode 



of procuring, 106. 

 Stoves, horticultural, on the method of warm- 

 ing, by the Rev. R. H. Williamson, Newcastle, 



24. 

 Stowe, W., Esq., account of a remarkable cocks- 

 comb, 101. 

 Strasburg botanic garden, notice of, 491. 

 Strawberries grown in the vicinity of Edinburgh, 



511 ; mode of preparing for forcing at Frog- 

 more gardens, 176 ; black rosebcrry, 35 ; large 



one, 402 ; prolific hautbois, 257. 

 Structure of vegetables, general components of, 



130. 

 Strychnine, use of well-powdered^ 439. 

 St. Vincent, botanic garden of, 501. 

 Study of botany, works recommended for, 128. 

 Sublime, description of the, 469. 

 Sugar-bakers' scum, notice of, 261. 

 Sugar, on the manufacture of, from beet-root, 52. 

 Summer-house, remarks on a, 4^1. 

 Sun-flower, oil extracted from the seeds of, 393 ; 



uses of the, 506. 

 Sun's rays, power of, 402. 

 Swedish turnips throve for seven years 'on the 



same soil, 403. 

 Sweet, Mr. R., on the permanency of hybrids, 



182. 

 Switzerland, stone pine in, 391 ; larch in, 392. 

 Sydney, agriculture and horticulture of, 158. 

 Symons, Mr. T., on toads as ant-eaters, 161. 

 Syrup prepared from pears, 50. 

 System of examining and giving characters to 



young gardeners in Denmark, by Peter Lin- 



degaard, Esq. F.H.S., 76. 

 Tallow, notice of the piney, 399. 

 Tally, new one for border plants, 349. 

 Tally pegs, 441. 



Taste, true, founded in nature, 467. 

 Tea, on the cultivation of, in China, by Mr. 



Main, 454. 

 Tea shrub in Java, 276. 

 Temperature, on the regulation of, in dwellings, 



by the Marquis de Chabannes, 28. 

 Tempest at "Washington and South Carolina, 397. 

 Terms for describing fruits, 232. 

 Thames tunnel, subscriptions to, 54 ; notice re- 

 ' specting, 279 

 Thompson's, Mr.H.T., description of the cucum. 



ber, melon, and other forcing pits, generally 



in use in Wclbeck garden, Nottinghamshire, 



452. 



Thompson's, Mr. Josejjh, C.M.H.S., review of 

 flffy kinds of grapes, 366. 



Thompson's, Robert, Esq., remarks on Irish la- 

 bourers, 407. 



Thompson's Lectures on the Elements of Bo- 

 tany, reviewed, 126. 



Thomson's nursery at Mile End noticed, 279. 



Thorburn,;Messrs., short biography of, &c., 275 ; 

 seed establishment of, 275. 



Tile, account of a new draining, 158. 



Tilgate Forest Lodge, 303. 



Tilgate House, 303. - i 



Tilt for elevating frame sashes, 239. 



Timber, qualities of, 270 ; seasoning of, 505. 



Tindall, Mr. James, on the culture of potatoes, 

 247 ; cultivation of the vine, 249. , 



Tingrith House, notice of, 304. 



Toads in gardens, in answer to Rusticus in 

 Urbe, by Mr. D. French, 187 ; as ant-eaters, 

 by Mr. T. Symons, 161 ; benefits derived from, 

 161 ; do not eat slugs, 315 ; utility of, in gar- 

 dens, 402. 



Tobacco, remark on the culture of, in Britain, 

 313. 



Todd, Euphemia, decease of, 536. 



ToUard, Marshal, query on his gardens near 

 Nottingham, 64. 



Torbron, Mr. Thomas, F.H.S., on the compara- 

 tive advantages of grafting pears on quince 

 stocks, 242. 



Town gardens, notice respecting, 308; on the 

 management of, throughout the year, 59. 



Transplanting:, a word or two on the French 

 mode of, 328. 



Tree, a new genus discovered, 503. 



Trees, indigenous sorts recommended for plant- 

 ing in moory soil or on a steep surface, 42 ; 

 machine for transplanting large ones, 117 ; 

 relation between the branches and roots of, 

 121 ; stages in growth of, 270. 



rrifblium suaveolens, 272. 



Tropics, barrenness of the grape vine within 

 the, by J. A. M., 533. 



Trellis, notice of an umbrella, 168. 



Truffle, Praslin, notice of, 262. 



Tti/ipa Sibthorpinwn, query respecting, by D. 

 Falconar, Esq., 446. 



Tulip meeting at Leicester, May 19th, 521. 



Tunnel under the Vistula projected, 274. 



Turnbull, Mr. Robert, on the culture of rhu- 

 barb, 245. 



Turnip-fly, notice respecting, 36. 



Turnips, conjecture why the ancients employed 

 a naked sower of, 83 ; on transplanting, 401. 



Turpentine and resin, mode of extracting from 

 the roots of the pine, &c., 501. 



Tyso's Select Catalogue of choice ranunculuses, 

 383. 



VachoU, Mr. Richard, florist, decease of, 192. 



Vahl, Martyn, the celebrated botanist, notice of, 

 197. 



Valencia, gardens of, 75. 



Vaughan, Mr. W., description of an easy and 

 convenient method of forcing sea-kale in the 

 open ground, 358. 



Vegetable and fruit market, April 26th, 164 ; 

 June, 282 ; at Munich, 498. 



Vegetable physiology, with reference to garden- 

 ing, by Mr. Main, 202. 



Vegetable structure, general components of the, 

 130. 



Vegetables, critique on the effect of frost on, 

 312 ; cultivation of various culinary, by Mr. 

 James Housman, 102; general view of their 

 functions, 129; organisation of, 132; query 

 on cooking, 320. 



Vegetation, aspect of, in New Holland, 400 ; de- 

 finition of, 202 ; in the United States, 396. 



Fer^trum nigrum, method of flowering, by Mr. 

 J. Runciman, 223. 



Verhandlungen des Vereins, &c., reviewed. Vol. 

 II., 250. 



Vienna, imperial gardens, exhibition of plant.s 

 in, and vegclablc markets of, by M. Charles 

 Rauch, 149. 



