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GENERAL INDEX. 



Abbey Park, Scotland, gardens at, noticed, 681- 

 Acacia arm^ta, a large one noticed, 428. 

 Acclimatising exotics, hints on, 22. 307. 688. 

 A\er tataricum, its leaves preferred by silk- 

 worms, 660. 

 .^conitum fferox or virbsum, powerfully poison- 



.^di&ntum CapiUus Veneris, Irish habitat of, 230. 



Africa, notices relative to, 93. -190. 



Agave american, in the United States, 454. 



Agriculture, a British Society for promoting, 

 projected, 498 ; Warwickshire society, 224 ; an- 

 cient, in Egypt, 93 ; its close connection with 

 chemistry, 481; its state in America, 704 ; state 

 of, in the northern counties, 416. 532 ; now 

 practised where pasturage only was in use in 

 1805,531 ; state of, at the Cape of Good Hope, 

 493. 



Air plants, the cultivation of in stoves, 47. 



Albury, the residence of Henry Drummond, 

 Esq , described and criticised, 364. 



Alpine plants grown in the open ground, and 

 sheltered with moss, 307 ; in rockwork, 551. 



Alstrcemerias, perfect management of, 471. 



Alton Towers, abbey and gardens, 390. 



America, United States of, contrasted with Eng- 

 land as to climate, 311 ; culture of Indian corn 

 in, 705 ; important directions on selecting and 

 packing plants and trees meant to be sent to, 



, 441; compared with theCape of GoodHope,490; 

 instances of the agriculture of, 704 ; its mine- 

 rals noticed, 705 ; notices on, 665 ; progress of 

 gardening in, 666; behaviour of some emi- 

 grant gardeners on arriving in, 667 ; livery ser- 

 vants in, 667 ; character of native Americans, 

 667 ; the culture of apples in, 316 ; of vines in, 

 318; limited occupation of land in, 317 ; the 

 effect of the intestate laws of, 317 ; the baneful 

 effect of the tariff laws of, 319 ; diseases of 



r American fruit trees, 319. 



American blight, its cause and cure, 721. 



American plants, an admirably successful mode 

 of cultivating, 305; hints for cultivating, 490 ; 

 the true habitats of certain, 236. 706. 



AmhiJrstM nobilis, a notice of, 207. 



Ammoniacal liquor of coal gas destructive to 

 insects and vermin, 557. 



Andrew's, St., gardens near, reported, 680. 

 Andromedrt, a detailed etymon of this generic 

 name, 598. . .. ^ , nnc 



Andromedo Aypiio\des, the true habitat ot, 2oh, 



237. 



Anemometer described, 231 ; criticised, 618. 



Anemone nemorbsa, remarks connected with, 

 599. 



Animals for agriculture, exhibitions of, suggest- 

 ed, 111. , ., , ^„^ 



Andna squamosa, and its fruit, described, 595. 



Ants, their injurious effect on early forced 

 peach trees, and the means of extirpating 

 them, 314. 



Aphides, a mode of destroying, 244. ^^ 



Apple trees, insects infesting the bark of, ot9. 

 Til; a mode of training, in Fifeshire, 22; 

 " those on paradise stocks for our own use, 

 those on free stocks for posterity, 227 ; not 

 injured by the roots of willow trees, 722; 

 can cider be obtained from the vernal herbage 

 of? 250 ; American blight on, cause and cure 



of. 721. ^ ., , • .u 



Apples, a list of the kinds recommended in he ^^^ 



fuTertrklndf Ts"/; the ^Amc'ica^^ S^^! 1 Barkb/kal., notice'J.f the gardens at, 



zembergs, and the Newtown the poorest of 

 them, 239 ; method of keeping a winter stock 

 of, 190. 368 ; Ronalds's work on, character- 

 ised, 588 ; Ronalds's selection of varieties 

 suited to any required purpose, 588. to 590; the 

 cause of the russet colour of, 149 ; the effects 

 of hybridising on, 50 ; the extent and mode 

 of cultivation of, in America, 317 ; specula- 

 tions and arguments on the origination of va- 

 rieties of, in America, 316 ; the varieties which 

 produce the most abundant crops named, 589 ; 

 tenderer and later varieties of excellence, 

 which are benefited by growing against walls, 

 590. 

 Apricot used as a stock for buds of peaches, 

 195 ; remarks on the large tree of the Brussels 

 apricot at Arundel Castle, 605. 

 Apricots, the kinds of, recommended in the Po- 



mological Magazme, 113. 

 Arabia, cultivation of the soil in, 92. 

 Arboretum, plan and description of that at the 

 Goldworth nursery, 360 ; description of that 

 at the Camberwell nursery, 367. 

 Arbor&tum Britdnnicum, hints for, and requi- 

 sites in the work to be so called, 232. 591. 371. 

 374. 

 Arboriculture deemed neglected, 603 ; remarks 

 on the ravages of insects on trees, 603 ; trees 

 clipped architecturally, 8 ; valualile remarks 

 on arboriculture, by Mr. E. Murphy, 295. 

 A'rbor VltEe, the American, Thfija occidentalis, 



a tree of, 212 years old, in Heidelberg, 91. 

 Architecture, errors in, 405. 

 Armagh, public walks at, 123. 

 Arracacia escul^nta described, 594. 

 ^sclepias family requires loamy soil, or a moist 



shady situation, 477. 

 Ash, the very large weeping .one removed to 

 Chatsworth, vi. 334 ; in a thriving condition 

 vii. 297. 

 Asia, general improvement in, 92 ; the rarer 



plants of. 207. 

 Asparagus, prodigious, 677. 

 Asparagus, Prussian, the Ornith6galum pyre- 



na.icum, 249. 

 Jsplfenium Nidus described, ,596. 

 AubrietM Aesperidiflbra, technical remark re- 

 specting, 476. 

 Audebert's nursery mentioned, 16. 

 Auriculas and tulips, destruction of, 100. 

 Australia, notice on, 93. 671 ; plants brought 

 home from, by Mr. Baxter, 212. 355. 689; its 

 eligibleness for emigrants compared with Cape 

 of Good Hope, 490. 

 Auteuil nursery, noticed, 16. 

 Azalea calendulacea var. Stapleton2«?ia, very 

 beautiful, 471 ; hybrid varieties of, originated 

 by Mr. Gowen, at Highclere, an account of, 

 62. 135 ; native soil of azaleas in America, 

 490. 706. 

 Baggariff Hall, in Leicestershire, gardens at,428. 

 Bagnoles Wells, France, notices on, 656. 

 Ballard's garden, Paris, noticed, 134. 

 Balysaggart, in Waterford county, noticed, 683. 

 Balsams, a mode of growing them to great per- 

 fection, 304 ; from cuttings, 735. 

 Baltimore botanic garden asks contributions of 



plants, 668. 

 Bamboo in the Jersey gardens, 101. 

 Banana, its uses and rate of growth in Mexico, 



670. 

 Barclay, Robert, Esq., obituary of, 384. 475. 



