GENERAL INDEX. 



Chilton Lodge, notes on, 302. 



Chimonanthus fragrans, a mode of cultivating, 

 186. 



Chrysanthemum sindnse, varieties of, an instance 

 of the ill effect of coal-ashes uijoii the health of, 

 135; queries upon the yellow warratah and the 

 yellow Indian chrysanthemum, 83. 



Citron tree,the, in the garden at Coombe Royal, De- 

 vonshire, the state and treatment of, 36. 



Claremont, notes on the gardens and grounds at, 

 326. 



Clarence Lodge, and the gardens at, a short notice 

 of, 168. 



Clarkz'a pulchella, white-corollaed, 231. 



Clover, see TWo-lium. 



Coal cinders, see Drainage for plants in pots. 



Cobbett's gardening, what are the merits of it? 

 181. 



Cockscomb, dimensions of a monstrous, 518. 



Coffee tree, the, a mention of two plants in a 

 bearing state, 607 ; of another, 608. 



Colley, Mr. Thomas, a notice of his return from 

 collecting plants in Demerara, 571. 



Colour : an estimate of the relations of certain 

 colours, severally, to temperature, in the pris- 

 matic spectrum, 269 ; in flowers, 270 ; views on 

 the influence of colour on heat, the deposition 

 of dew, and of odours, 394; suggestions on "ar- 

 ranging flowers according to their colours, 82. 



Columbian, see United States. 



Conservatories, a mention of some features in 

 some plans of, 277. 



Corrections, 179. 240. 289. 520. 



Covent Garden Market, list of prices of vegetables 



.. and fruits in, 85. 191. 243. 297. 354. 409. 467. 522. 

 578; a statement of the capacity of certain mea- 

 sures of quantity used in this market, 84. 



Cowslip, facts on the, 148. 166. 



Crocuses, on raising them from seeds, 131 ; is a 

 double-flowered crocus known ? 576 ; a six-sta- 

 mened flower of Crocus luteus has been seen, 

 576. 



Crops, an investigation of the theory of a neces- 

 sity for a rotation of, 12 ; remarks incident to 

 the history of this subject, 240 ; a mention of 

 land in two places, off which many successive 

 crops of wheat have been taken, 465. 



Cucumber, the mode of cultivating the, practised 

 at Stoke Place, with a ground plan and ele- 

 vation of the pits in use there, 386 ; a mode of 

 cultivating the cucumber during the gloomy 

 months of winter, 388 ; a testimony of the ex- 

 cellence of Smith's mode of cultivating the 

 cucumber, as this is prescribed in his Treatise, 

 575; notices pertaining to the culture of the 



[ 1 cucumber, 152. 443. 455 ; a mention of a cucum- 

 ber 21 in. long, 518. 



Cucurbitaceous plants, a description and a figure 

 of a mode of ingrafting, 312. 



Culture, see Physiology. 



Currant, the Zante, is not uniformly seedless, 322; 

 a reference to a figure of this species, 504. 



Currie, Mr. Samuel, has left England to settle as 

 a market-gardener at Washington, £77. 



Cuscuta nepalensis, its habits in Ireland, 62. 



Cyclamen, species and varieties of, desultory in- 

 formation on, 186, 187 ; facts on a fragrant- 

 flowered variety of C. persicum, 272. 



Dactylis glomerata, a mention of a pale-panicled 

 variety of, 398. 



Dahh'a, remarks on the history of the application 

 of this name in botany, 607 ; the names of va- 

 rieties of Dahlia deemed excellent at the season 

 of flowering in 1833, 151; the names of some 

 approved kinds, 611. 



Deutz?'a scabra, particulars on, 584. 



Digging, a mention of a machine actuated by 

 steam for performing, 55. 



Disbudding, the advantages from, instanced, 39.41. 



Dog-kennels, a notice of the structure of certain, 

 472. 



Douglas, Mr. David, a notice of some of the re. 

 suits of his travels to collect plants, 65. 169. 



Drainage for plants in pots : coal-cinders as the 



>■- material, 134; living moss as the material, 369. 

 Drayton Green, notes on Mrs. Lawrence's villa at, 



283. 

 Dropmore, a query relative to, 277. 

 Drummond, Mr., notices of some of the results of 



his travels to collect natural objects, 63. 583. 

 East ClifF Lodge, a mention of, 119. 



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Edinburgh : notices on the Caledonian Horticul- 

 tural Society's Garden, 62. 396 ; on the Botanic 

 Garden, 62 ; on other gardens, 519 ; on Pro- 

 fessor Low's agricultural museum, 62. 



Elcot Park, and the garden at, notes on, 301. 



Elgin, a notice of the prospect of a botanic garden 

 at, 457. 



Elles, Mr. James, the fact of the death of, and a 

 brief biography of, 412. 



Emigration : advice to gardeners and others on 

 emigrating to Prince Edward Island, 161. 



Encyclopedia of Gardening, new edition, correc- 

 tions to, 73. 289. 



Engine for distributing water in gardens, 162. 



Ericas, Cape, particulars on certain, planted, free, 

 in prepared soil, and sheltered with a sashed 

 frame, 206 ; an enumeration of the genera which 

 Messrs. Don purpose forming out of the old 

 genus .Erica, 401. 



Ferns, see Plants. 



Fifeshire, see Scotland. 



Fir, the silver, notes on, 408. 520. 



Floricultural and Botanical Notices of newly in- 

 troduced plants, and of plants of interest pre- 

 viously in our gardens, supplementary to the 

 latest editions of the " Encyclopaedia of Plants," 

 and of the " Hortus Britannicus," 63. 169. 237. 

 284. 340. 347. 399. 458. 511. 564. 583. 



Florists' Societies, see Horticultural Societies. 



Flower-garden, see Garden, and see Pleasure- 

 ground. 



Flower-painting performed by ladies, a notice of 

 rewards for, 573. 



Flowerpot, common, an easy method of orna- 

 menting, 321. 



Flowers in the decoration of rooms, devices for 

 the disposition of, 590. 592. 594. 596. 600. 604 

 —608. 610. 612. See, also, Colours. 



Food, human, of higher price in the country than 

 in London, 336. 



Fountains for gardens, hints on the classification 

 of, 23; on fountains for the squares of London,74. 



Forster, see Greenhithe. 



Forsyth's villa, notes on, 119; a query on For- 

 syth's plaster, 296. 



France: notes on the state of the nursery and 

 seed business in France, 54. 428. 473. 574. Sec 

 Paris. 



Fruit : queries on the extent to which man has 

 yet availed himself of artificial aids to the ripen- 

 ing of fruit, as walls at various angles of inclin- 

 ation, and of different colours, 188 ; for packing 

 ripened fruit, the dried male catkins of the 

 beech are very eligible, 329. 



Fruit-gatherer, the, an instrument for use in 

 gathering fruit, figured and described, 445. 



Fruiting a second time in 1834, instances of plants 

 which are, 519. 



Fruits and fruit trees, remarks on the confusion 

 formerly extant in the names of, 316 ; on nur- 

 serymen's so cultivating fruit trees as to have 

 them in a condition for bearing fruit shortly 

 after transplantation, 318; a description of a 

 mode of packing fruit trees for exportation, 

 451 ; for clews to additional information on fruit 

 trees, see Peach tree, Nectarine tree, Wall-fruit 

 tree, and Insects. 



Furnace, a smoke-consuming, a notice of Mr. 

 Winder's, 163. 



Furze, the Irish, deemed eligible for culture for 

 forage, 395. 



Gama grass, the, a mention of, 570. 



Gardens : 

 Gardens generally : the practice of keeping gar- 

 dens in a perfect state of order commended, 

 572. 

 Flower-gardens : strictures on the size and ar- 

 rangement of flower-gardens, 372 ; a descrip- 

 tive notice of the garden of the Rev. P. 

 Gamier, at BishopstokeVicarage, Hampshire, 

 and a plan of the garden, in which are shown 

 the position of the plants named in the list 

 which forms part of the account, 124 — 131 ; a 

 descriptive notice of the gardens of the Misses 

 Gamier, at Wickham, near Fareham, in 

 Hampshire, with a monthly calendar of the 

 work done, and of the principal flowers pro- 

 duced, anda plan of the gardens, in which the 

 position of many of the plants is shown, 209 

 — 220; a design for a flower-garden in the 

 Dutch style, 313. 



