GENERAL INDEX. 



755 



for its roots and leafstalks, which are gene- 

 rally eaten, £67. 271. 



Ferns, a method of raising them from seeds, 

 451. 



Feuilleas cordifblia, its fruits an antidote to 

 vegetable poisons, 78. 



Flcus stipulata, effects of culture on, 689. 



Fig, Mr. Pearson's treatment of, criticised, 489 ; 

 defended, 490. 733. 



Filtering machines, 370. 



Fir, the spruce, seems not to thrive in Eng- 

 land, why ? 503 ; fir timber, while full of sap, 

 will resist fire, 488. 



Fleischmann, Johann Martin, a brief biogra- 

 phy of, 255. 



Floors and roofs formed of earthen tubes so as 

 to be fire-proof, 60. 



Floral and horticultural society : Carlisle, 626; 

 Chelmsford and Essex, 749; Hull, 122. 635; 

 Lancaster, 630. 751 ; Rochdale, 115. 



Floricultural and botanical notices of new 

 plants, or of old plants of interest, 12. 224. 

 345. 454. 596. 721. 



Floriculture, seasonable hints on, 25. 352. See 

 also Plants. 



Florist's flowers, a machine for transferring 

 from one pot to another, 44 ; an instrument 

 for planting tulips with, 44 ; a cheap frame 

 and awning for shading beds of, 45 ; Hurdis's 

 plant transplanter, 666. 



Florists' society : Bristol, 633 ; Cambridge, 

 746 ; Chelmsford, 749 ; Devon and Exeter, 

 627: Gateshead ancient, 632; Heworth, 

 749. 



Flower-garden, a design for a, with a list of 

 plants to furnish it, 155 ; flower-gardens, Mr. 

 Errington's opinions on laying out and ma- 

 naging, 562 ; various forms of cast and 

 wrought iron stakes for plants in, 557. 554. 



Flower-pots printed on before they are baked, 

 175. 



Flowers, and the flowersof spring, thoughts on, 

 25; method of prolonging the flowering sea- 

 son of border flowers, 46. 



Flued walls at Erskine House gardens, Ren- 

 frewshire, 670. 



Fly, the black and the green, a means of de. 

 stroying, 149 ; flies, a means of* destroying, 

 150. 



Forcing. See Pits. Transportable houses for 

 forcing recommended, 338. 



Forest trees, Mr. Main on pruning, 303 ; Sin- 

 clair on planting, 207. See also Trees. 



France, condition of the labouring classes in 

 the south of, 62; notices relative to France, 

 356; vegetable productions of the department 

 of L'Orne, 356 ; a horticultural tour through 

 the Netherlands and part of France, 392. 



Frauds imposed by correspondents, 289. 



Frost, its effects on plants in Prussia in the 

 winter of 1822-3, 340. 



Fruit room, what is the best plan for ? 737. 



Fruit trees, the apple bug, A v phis lanigera, and 

 lichens on, destroyable by fire, 357; fruit 

 trees by the roadside from Griinberg to 

 Masserwitz, 449. See Canker. 



Fruit wines, modes of making, 186. 



Fruits, the London Horticultural Society's cata- 

 logue of, noticed, 212 ; a press for crushing 

 fruits, 544; a ladder held up by ropes for 

 gathering fruits, 581 ; a machine for crush- 

 ing, 542 j a press for crushing, 544 ; remarks 

 on the fruits used in the manufacture of 

 perry and cider, 582. 



Fuchsta globosa Hort. distinguished and de- 

 scribed, 598. 607. 



Fumigator, a detached, figured and described, 

 354. 



Furnace, Witty's improved, possessed by Mr. 

 Chanter, 26. 



Furze tops, as a manure, 239 ; Irish furze, its 

 habitat and uses, 369 ; furze, as a boundary 

 fence to plantations in parks, 678. 



Gardener, house for a, containing five rooms 

 and an office, adapted for being connected 

 with the wall of. a kitchen-gardeu, 551 ; de- 



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sign for a gardener's house to be connected 

 with the west wall of a kitchen-garden, 659 ; 

 design for a gardener's house which is to 

 serve also for a watchtower, 660; the gar- 

 dener's house at Castle Semple wretched, 

 596; a gardener distinguishing himself, 474; 

 an American lady gardener, 239 ; gardeners, 

 young, the necessity for them to store their 

 minds with general knowledge as well as 

 with that of gardening, 137 ; prizes to young 

 gardeners, by horticultural societies, 81 ; 

 funds to be formed by gardeners for their 

 own benefit, 83 ; on giving to gardeners the 

 credit due to their employers, 85 ; advice to 

 gardeners intending to emigrate to the United 

 States of America, 272. 288; trafficking in 

 the situations of gardeners, 499. 730 ; remarks 

 on the writings of gardeners, 367 ; remarks 

 on Mr. Mallet's advice to young gardeners, 

 641 ; the necessity and advantages of gar- 

 deners visiting one another's gardens, 645. 



Gardening, the love for, natural to man, 239 ; 

 gardening recreations as a substitute for 

 brutalising sports, 140 ; gardening favourably 

 affected by the law of primogeniture, 275. 277 ; 

 gardening and nursery business, depressed 

 state of, especially in Scotland, 134 ; the 

 means of inspiring a taste for gardening 

 among the labouring classes of Scotland, 532 ; 

 the condition of gardening in Ireland, 474; 

 a catechism on gardening, 373. 



Gardens about Rome and Naples, noticed, 267. 

 271 ; garden of the Bishop of Cloyne, 475 ; 

 gardens near Dublin, 371 ; descriptive notices 

 of several gardens in England; that of J. A. 

 Beck, Esq. of Esthwaite Lodge, 528 ; of Sir 

 John Ashley, bart., Everly House, 546; of Sir 

 Edward Antrobus, bart, Amesbury House, 

 547; of the Earl of Radnor, Longford Castle, 

 548 ; the hanging gardens of Limerick, 81 ; 

 public garden at Magdeburg, a plan and de- 

 scription of, 191. 194 ; Hogg's florist's garden, 

 594 ; Groom's florist's garden, 594 ; Zoological 

 Society's garden, 594 ; Surrey Zoological gar- 

 dens, 594; gardens oftheBeulah Spa, 594; pro- 

 posed botanic garden at Primrose Hill, 594 ; 

 gardens at Bretton Hall, July 14th 1832, 607 ; 

 gardens in the lake district, remarks on, 527 ; 

 Erskine House gardens in Renfrewshire, 670; 

 town gardens, a work on laying out, 373 ; 

 suburban gardens, on the management of, 92 ; 

 design for a flower-garden, for a particular 

 situation near an old mansion, with a list of 

 plants suitable to the^plan, 155 ; garden orna- 

 ments in stone, at Dumfries, their price, 91 ; 

 stakes, iron, for plants in the flower-garden, 

 various forms for, and suggestions on, 555. 

 557 ; gardens to cottages, workhouses, prisons, 

 and lunatic asylums, 96. 376 ; directive hints 

 for the effective cultivation of cottage gar- 

 dens, 647. 



Gas, ammoniacal, destruction of insects by, 41 ; 

 the mode of applying it, 656. 



Gates, Telford's iron ones described, 85; de- 

 signs and details for opening the gates of 

 lodges in the night time, 622. 



Gauntlets for lady gardeners, 37. 



Gentiaraa acaulis, on growing and propagating 

 of, 94. 



Georginas, on prolonging the flowering season 

 of, 46 ; seeds from flowers of one colour pro- 

 duce plants which severally bear flowers of a 

 different colour, 47. 



Germany, notices on, 358. 



Gloribsa superba, M. Sinning's method of cul- 

 tivating, 195. 



Goats eligible for introduction into New South 

 Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 452. 



Gooseberries, censurableness of the names given 

 to, 89 ; a mode of making gooseberries into 

 English champagne wine, 542 ; a method of 

 making gooseberry wine, 181 ; a mill for 

 crushing ripe gooseberries, 542 ; a press for 

 crushing them, 544. 



Gordbnia pub^scens, 50 ft. high, near Philadel- 

 | phia, 272. 



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