GENERAL INDEX. 



./-Tbies spectabilis Lam., the state of the seeds of, 



after arrival in England from India, 452. 

 Agricultural objects exhibited at the premises of 

 Messrs. Dickson and Turnbull, Perth, an ac- 

 count of, 504 ; a notice of the purposes of the 

 Bath and West of England Agricultural Society, 

 90. 

 Agriculture considered briefly in relation to prac- 

 tice and science, 447. 

 ^'llium, queries on species of, "42. 

 Alpine plants, see Plants. 



Anemone, a notice of flowers of a Dutch variety 

 of the poppy- flowered, 593 ; Anemone nemorbsa, 

 its flowers are fragrant, 187. 

 Aponogtton distachyon is hardy, 407. 

 Appio roots, of what species of plant are they? 



29fi. 



Apple tree and apple: a notice of Mr. Rivers's 



orchard of miniature apple trees, 316; the 



names of certain varieties of apples eligible for 



cultivating in pots, 317; some facts on Mr. 



Rivers's mode of cultivating apple trees, 316, 



317 ; scionsjof the best varieties of apples offered 



, for sale, 235; the names of certain kinds of 



apple of which trees have been received from 



Boston, United States, 451 ; queries on the Wy- 



ken pippen apple, 242; other notices on apples, 



593. 603. 



Apricot, the Moorpark, diseased, a notice of the 



state of disease, 188. 

 Aquatic plants, interesting points in the structure 

 of, 63 ; facts on the aquarium at Claremont, 

 325; a notice of a mode of applying heat from 

 steam to aquatic plants, 229 ; the names of 

 some species of aquatic plants, 346. 

 Arboretum Britannicum, information on the pur- 

 posed scope of, 558. 581. 589. 

 Arboretums in Britain, instances of, 166. 353. 

 Arboriculture, 234. 241. 378. 

 Ash tree, common, a notice of a remarkable va- 

 riety of, wild, at Kincairny, Perthshire, 384; 

 notes on the common ash, 385 ; upon the droop- 

 ing ash, 180. 385. 408 ; upon the Carolinian and 

 yellow-barked drooping ash, 331 ; upon various 

 species of ash, 385. 

 Asparagus, on forcing, 146; the mode of forcing 

 asparagus which is practised in the neighbour- 

 hood of Paris, 147 ; remarks, suggestions, and 

 queries upon this mode, 293 ; a clew to an ac- 

 count of Mr. Whiddon's mode of cultivating 

 asparagus not forced, 177; a mention of fine 

 specimens of the Gravesend asparagus, 612. 

 Auriculas, the best treatise upon, enquired for 



296. 

 Australia, notices relative to, 56. 

 Azalea : facts on the azaleas cultivated and ori- 

 ginated in the gardens at Highclere, 251. 452; a 

 collection of azaleas is cultivated in Waterer's 

 nursery, Knap Hill, where they flourish, 331. 

 Bagshot Park, notes on the pleasure-grounds at. 

 333. 532. ' 



Bagshot Park Farm, a notice of some of the prac- 

 tices in, 332. 

 Balcarres, the seat of Lieut- Col. James Lindsay 



notes on the gardens at, 530. 

 Balcaskie, the seat of Sir R. Anstruther, Bart., 



notes on the grounds and gardens at, 529. 

 Baldon House, notes on, 98. 

 Balsam, conditions in the culture of two plants of 

 profuse in flowers, yet weak in their branches! 

 466. 

 Barley, the kind of, called the Chevalier, men- 

 tions of, 508. 519 ; of two other kinds of, 508. 

 Basildon Park, notes on, 3. 



Bazaar, the, in the Pantheon, Oxford Street, Lon- 

 don, a place for the sale of plants in pots, and 

 cut flowers, 160. 277. 355. 

 Beech, the purple-leafed, seeds of, have produced 

 mostly green-leafed plants, 180 ; Lord Carnar- 

 von's directions for transplanting the beech tree 

 at a large size, 249 ; the dried male catkins of 

 the common beech used in the packing of fruit 

 329 ; other facts on transplanting and pruning 

 the beech, 540. 542. 

 Belgium ; notes made during a journey on nur- 



sery business through Belgium and part of 

 France, 357. 419. 

 Belts of trees upon estates, advice upon planting 



and managing, 543. 

 Benliam House, notes on, 114. 

 BenthamM fragifera, information on, 60. 69. 

 -SeVim's/fquifulium Ph., a notice of the charms of, 

 166; a query respecting the stoneless berberry, 84. 

 Bignbnz'a venusta, a mode of cultivating, which 

 induces an abundance of flowers upon, 70; 

 B. grandiflbra has been propagated from single 

 buds, 327 ; B. capreolata, facts on the culture 

 of, 83; B. ophthalmica, a notice of, 453. 

 Blenheim, notes on, 99. 

 Bones, ground, for manure, directions on prepar. 



ing, 333. 



Borders: a defence of the practice of cropping 



the borders in which wall-fruit trees grow, 141; 



on chambering of borders for fruit trees, 144. 



Botanists, the faculties of mind necessary to form 



394. ' 



Brackenridge, Mr., is engaged as gardener to a 



banker in Berlin, 162. 

 Broccoli, on propagating the purple, from slips, 42 • 



fine broccoli, 601. 

 Broom, an instance of the spontaneous vegetation 



of, in a wood, after a fire, 81. 

 Brugmansza suavfeolens, particulars on a plant of, 



59. 

 Brussels Botanic Garden, facts on, 444.' 

 Budding, illustrated descriptions of various modes 



of performing, 304. 



Bulbous plants, suggestions on the culture of, 



220; a mode of applying heat from steam to the 



promotion of the growth of bulbous plants, 227. 



Cabbages, mentions of several, of great weight, 



87. 518. 594 ; a mention of cabbages from plants 



raised from cuttings, 590. 



CacteEe and Cacti, a mode of ingrafting described 



and figured, 312. See Cereus. 

 Cjesalpinz'a Coriaria, or dividivi, a statement of 

 the proportion of tanning matter yielded by, 

 404 ; fifty barrels of the ground dividivi have 

 been expected in England, 455. 

 Calampelis scabra, a notice of a seedling variety of, 



590. 

 Calls at Suburban Gardens, 167. 

 Calvert's nursery at Rouen, statements on the 



condition of, 428 ; counter-statements, 574. 

 Cambo, Fifeshire, the seat of Sir D. Erskine, 

 Bart., notes on the gardens and grounds at, 526. 

 CamrlbVu japunica var. FurdzV, a new varietv. no- 

 ticed, 594. 

 Caoutchouc, see Pyroligneous ether. 

 Cape of Good Hope, on the government garden 



at the, 55. 

 Carrots, a mode of securing a supply of young, 



throughout the year, 44. 

 Cathartocarpus Fistula, a notice of economical 



properties of the wood and pulp of, 404. 596. 

 Cauliflower plants from slips, 407. 

 Caversham Park, notes on, 1. 

 Cedar of Lebanon, the, is not slow in growth, 

 250 ; facts in the history of some cedars of Le- 

 banon at Highclere, 250. 

 Cedrus Deodura Rox., desultory information on 



the seeds, seed-cone, and tree of, 278. 452. 517. 

 Celery, an enquiry for the best method of preserv- 

 ing, through the winter, 577. 

 Cemetery, a general, notice of the proposition to 



form one at Notting Hill, 160. 

 Cereus speciosissimus, a mode of propagating, 389 ■ 

 modes of cultivating, so as to induce the display 

 of numerous fine flowers, 225. 389; can it be 

 induced to flower twice a year? how? 576; a 

 notice of a mode of heating by steam for the 

 culture of CacteEe, 227. 

 Chelsea Botanic Garden, notes on the, 280. 

 Chenopodium Quinba, information on its habits 

 and uses, and suggestions on cultivating it, 587. 

 Cherry tree, the great, at Withermarsh Green, 

 the dimensions of, 277 ; charms of cherry trees 

 in flower, 277 ; a hint on the culture of cherry 

 trees, 317 ; a mention of a cherry tree grafted 

 on a laurel plant, 601. 



