INDEX. 



vii 



Swallows, 50 1 



Swedes and Mangold Wurzel, 539 

 Swedish botanical gardens, 307 

 Sweet-williams, monstrous, 550 

 Swifts in Yorkshire, 5ti6, 597 

 Syringes, garden, 56a 



T. 



Tacsonia mollissima, 6 



Tanks, lead, 38 ; cement for, 166 ; material 



for. 376 : liquid manure, 622 

 Tar paint, Fleming's, 405, 421, 437, 453, 485, 



Tares, winter, 633 ; to sow ditto, 574 ; and 

 Vetches, 563 



Tarts, fruit, 551 



Taxation, 219 



Tea culture, in India, 339 



Temperance, 604, 668 



Temperature, 569, 697 ; high winter, 3S ; Chis- 

 wick v. Holkbam, 118 ; in-door v. out-door, 

 246; Grant, on regulating, 328 ; of orchard 



houses, 518 

 Thatch, incombustible, 253; v. permanent 



shelter, 299 

 Thermometers, to place, 408 

 Thibet, botanical geography of part of the, and 



western, 612 

 Thin seeding, 9, 10, 171, 734 

 Thistles, 621 

 Thorn, scarlet, 613 

 Threshing machines, 398; in the Crystal 



Palace, 394 



Thrush, performances of a, 742 



Tiles, draining, 284 ; kiln lor, 410 



Timber, preservatives of, 3, 54, 86, 580, 820 ; paint 

 for, 39 ; to season, 102 ; ripening, 120 ; trees, 

 134, 150, 201; Spanish Chestnut, 182, 198, 

 211, 214, 230, 262; old, to renovate, 262, Van 

 Diemen's Land, 275, 276, 291, 307 ; dura- 

 bility of, 342 ; Plane tree, 725, 757, 805 ; effect 



of soil on, 806 

 Tithe commutation, 27 



Toad, poisonous qualities of, 325 ; in flint, 534 

 Tobacco, Guatemala, 248 ; Irish, 587 

 Tomato sauce, to make, 632 

 Torenia asiatica, 134 

 Torquay, climate of, 391, 406 

 Tours, agricultural, 61 ; Mr. Mechi's, to North 



Devon, 73, 90 

 Townshend's Kambles in N, S. Wales., rev., 6 

 Trade memoranda, 117, 133, 166, 197, 213, 245, 



339, 421 

 Transplanting, 536 ; trees, 19 ; theory of, 179 ; 

 Gorse and Pern, 2oO ; in autumn, 246 ; ever- 

 greens, 660 ; Asparagus, 712 

 Traps, beetle, 680 

 Traveller, notes of a, 5, 228, 340 

 Traveller's Library (Longman's), rev,, 679 

 Trees, gigantic, fossil, 24 ; to transplant, 19 ; 

 Fir, 39 ; twigs of ditto eaten by squirrels, 182, 

 198, 213 ; precocious, 518 ; forest, to plant, 326, 

 724 ; ditto, waste lands with, 86 ; reinvigorat- 

 ing old ditto, 87, 293 ; pruoing ditto, 516, 532, 

 566, 596, 614, 630, 708, 758, 788, 805, 822 ; ditto 

 In Scotland, 692 ; ditto and underwood, 694 ; 

 pollard, artificial, 102 ; in the Crystal Palace, 

 99, 133, 707 ; Beech, 118 ; bleeding in ditto, 

 740 ; ditto on an Oak, 757 ; for timber, 134, 

 150, 261; preservatives of ditto, 3, 54, 8'i, 

 580 ; seasoning of ditto, 102 ; ripening ditto, 

 120 ; Spanish Chestnut as dLto, 182, 198, 211, 

 2l4, 230, 262; oid, to renovate, 262; dura- 

 bility of, 342; Blue Gum (Eucalyptus glo- 

 bulus), 275 ; hedgerow, 316, 640 ; pruning 

 ditto, 284; to keep rabbits from barking, 

 342, 343 ; to withstand the sea breeze, 472 ; 

 law of overhanging, 483 ; forma. ion of wooa 

 in, 516, 708 ; Maiden Hair, 614, 646, 661 ; 

 Conifer, varieties of, 15o ; ditto and cattle, 

 214; sizes of ditto, 214, 230, 246, 262, 534, 

 630; names of ditto, 774; Judas, to remove, 

 648; Oak, law relating to, 168 ; Turkey, ditto, 



246; Parliament ditto, 519; meaning 

 urniast, 677 ; road-side, 711 ; leaves oi, 



230, 



of Durina 



742, 757 ; Panama, 790 ; candle, 728 ; Cedron, 



791 ; fruit, lor a sea-side gai den, 24 ; Pears, 

 to traiu, 21 ; to protect ditto, 38, 56 ; deformed 

 ditto, 99 ; late ditto, 104 ; ditto for espaliers, 

 120, 648 ; ditto and frost, 373 ; ringing of 

 ditto, 632 ; (Gooseberry and Currant, 83 ; ditto 

 disbudded by birds, 438, 806 ; for succession, 



792 ; Peaches, to force, 118, 405, 437 ; to root 

 prune ditto, 376; blight ot ditto, 486 ; re- 

 tarded ditto, 678, 694 ; Orange, substitute 

 for, 131 ; Bermuda ditto, 339 ; French ditto, 

 503 ; .Rivers' orchard houses for the cultiva- 

 tion of, rev., 35; for a south- east aspect. 

 120 ; Cherries, to train, 213 ; ditto, for market- 

 ing aud succession, 120 ; Morello ditto, 259 ; 

 to bud ditto, 406 ; retarded ditto, 678, 6ii4 j 

 for an east wall, 200 ; to cover ditto, 309 ; 

 Plums, 277 ; to traiu ditto, 213 ; Reine Claude 

 de tfavay ditto, 213 ; to bud ditto, 695 ; Coes 

 Golden Drop ditto, 710, 726, 742; for a south- 

 west aspect, 216 ; Appie, i* enneiin Orauge, 

 228 ; Normandy pippin ditto, 344 ; ditto 

 siugular bloom of, 406; Ribston Pippin ditto, 

 614, 629; Kedstreak ditto, 614; ditto for 

 espaliers, 648 ; table ditto, 808 ; kitchen ditto, 

 808 ; sea- weed for, 214 ; summer pruning of, 

 456 ; Apricot di&ease, 664 ; ringing, 08O ; 

 Pig, late, 694, 709, 726 ; double digging 

 ground intended for, 726 ; planting of, 741 ; 

 for an east aspect wall, a northern pare, 776 ; 

 pruning young, 806 



Trenching, 121 



Treutham, standard Portugal Laurels at, 131 ; 



machine for killing weeds on walks at, 275, 



357, 372, 390, 452, 533 

 Trichopilia tortilis, 500 

 Tropaeoiuin tuberosum, 214 

 Tropical forests in British India, physical and 



economical effects of the destruction of, 548 

 Trout Pishing, Pulman on, rev., 711 

 Tuberoses, 392 



Tubers and bulbs, classification of, 423 

 Tullian culture ot laud, 138, 141, 153, 186, 236, 



267, 282, 348, 362 

 Tulips, 711 ; early, 70, 86 ; Mr. Groom's, 327 ; 



amateurs', show ot, 359 ; to plant, 695 ; ditto, 



offsets, 583 ; breaking, 743 

 Turkeys, breeding and rearing of, 586 

 Turner on Training Horses, 622 

 Turner's (Mr.) nursery noticed, 295, 407 

 Turnips, manures for, 11, 75, 365 ; best method 



ot storing for spring feeding ot cattle, 61 ; 



early, 53; and Mangold Wurzel, 316,445; 



culture of, 319, 489, 635; to bow, 364 ; green 



caterpillar, Hies and slugs on, to destroy, 555 

 Turnip crop and drainage, 173 

 Turnip cutters in the Ciystal Palace, 395, 426 

 Turnip moths, 473, 484, 489, 491, 499, 503, 523, 



555, 650 

 Tussac Grass, 23 



Vegetables, to earth up, 54; to dry, 183; lor 

 exposed gardens, 72 , Masson, on preparing, 

 359 ; improvement of, 378 ; for different 60ils, 

 440 ; to preserve, 552 ; shows, 748 



Vegetable and animal life, 515 



^'egetaole Marrows, 520 



Vegetation of Auckland Islands, 103 ; re- 

 searches in, 147, 148; influence of gypsnm 

 on, 16*, 165 ; action of fine earthy matter on, 

 282, 299 ; chemistry of, 643 ; Himalayan, 646 ; 

 of dorneo, 695 ; theory of, 741 



Vegetariaus, 604 



Veitch'a (Messrs.) nursery, 579 



Ventilation of glass houses, 184, 327 ; of sta- 

 bles, 780 ; of public buildiugs, 781 



Verben ts, select, 104, 248 



Vetch, culture of, 602, 621 



Vetches and Tares, 363 



Victoria regia, 182, 420, 485, 501 ; name of, 7 ; 

 houses, 19 ; at Mcssr*. Veitch's, 167 ; at 

 Messrs. Knight and Perry's, 215, 407- at 

 Messrs. Weeks', 199, 327, 439, 750 ; scent of, 

 j 549; at Hamburgh, 728 ; in United States, 

 743 ; in Calcutta Botanic Garden, 8 J5 



Vienna, shooting near, 792 



Villa and suburban gardening, 5, 21, 



104, 180, 213 

 Village lectures, 42 ; education, 278 ; 



411 ; Eydon industrial ditto, 765 ; 



sions, 587 

 Vinegar plant, 136 

 Vines, culture of, 6 ; 



out- door, 38, 70; 





U 



United States, horticultural meetings, 23 ; 

 gardening in, 88 ; Wheat feoils of, 413 ; phos- 

 phate of lime of, 539, 555 ; reaping machines 

 of, 538, 553, 554, 585, 6)6, 700, 717, 747, 749, 



781 ; Haily on, rev., 551 ; Victoria regia in, 

 743 



V. 





Vanda teres, 549 ; cristata,suavis, tricolor, 612 

 Van Diemeu's Land, blue gum tree of (Euca- 

 lyptus globulus), 276 ; timber of, at the 

 Crystal-palace, 275, 276, 291, 307 

 Vasey, on the Delineations of the Ox Tribe, 

 rev., 429 



37, 68, 



clubs, 

 excur- 



cure for bleeding in, 22 ; 

 to graft, 104 ; summer 

 treatment of, in green bouses, 214 ; for suc- 

 cession, 248 ; in pots, 293, 725, 822 ; Sanders 

 on, rev., 327 ; management of, 803, 8u5, 819 



Vinery, Vacca, 744, 789 



Vine mildew, 438, 469, 547, 551, 623. 643, 6 44, 

 707 



Vine borders, 792 ; to cover, 54, 165 



Vine leaves, scorching of, from dryness of the 

 air, from condensation, 803, 819 



Viola lutea. 422 



Violets, 485 



Viper bite, cure for, 398 



Vitality of seeds, 70, 515, 533, 549, 565, 597 



W. 





Wages of gardeners, 136, 216 ; of labourers, 617 



Waghorn, Lieutenant, 54 



Wahlenberg, death of, 263 



Walks, edgings for, 38 70, 8G ; flower garden, 



to make, 245, 518, 533,550 ; Fleming's machine 

 for killing weeds on, 275, 357, 372, 390, 452, 

 533; to salt, 391, 406, 452, 484, 502, 517; 



quantity of ditto to apply to a gallon of 

 water, 520 ; asphalte, 501, 659 ; tarred, 677, 

 678, 694, 822 ; lead refuse, 694 



Walls, east, fruit trees for, 200 ; to cover, 309 ; 

 to stud, 230, 246, 278 ; paint for inside, 318 ; 

 Ivy on exterior, 712, 725 ; ditto on brick, 742 ; 

 glass, 755, 771, 790 ; fruit trees for an east 

 aspect, in a northern part of, 776; meaning 

 of different aspec s explained, 776 



Wall plants, 72, 407 



Wall fruit, 579 



Wallflower, common, monstrosity of, 564 



Ward's World and is Workshops, 598 

 Warnes' on Flax v. Cotton, rev., 2U5 

 Water, gutta percha piping for conveyance of, 

 6, 247 ; glass, 355 ; syringing with cold, a 

 remedy agaiust the effects of frost, 6 ; quan- 

 tity running from main drains, 205 ; London, 

 259, 371 ; gardens to, 438, 469 ; depth of, for 

 aquatics, 592 ; Canna, to grow in, 551 

 Water filters, Price and Whitehead's, 247 

 Water pipes, glass, 355 ; gutta percha, 6, 247 

 Water plants, 5, 147, 197, 199, 280, 3L0, 420, 

 469, 485, 501, 502, 517, 536, 614 ; depth of 

 water for, 502 ; tender, 197, 214, 215, 230 ; for 



a pond, 728 

 Water-cresses, 165 



\> ater- butts, Conferva m, 12u ; to remove ditto. 

 10t> 



Waterer's (Mr.) Exhibition of American plants, 

 359 



Waterproofing composition, 104, 184 



Way's (Prof.) lectures on the use of common 



salt in agriculture, 365 ; on employment of 

 g>psuin in, 412 ; of lime in, 540, 5a9 



Weald of Kent, Sussex, and Suirej, improve- 

 ment of, 217 



Weather, 789; at Dorchester, 14, 29, 45, 61, 

 77,93, 125, 140, 17S, 189, 2u5, 221,237, 253, 

 269, 285, 3ul, 317, Sol, 319, 366, iiSl,4i3, 429, 

 4bl, 478, 494, 502, 526, 542, 558, 5/4, 6*u, 606, 

 622, 638 653, 670, 68u, 71», 734,749, 766,781, 

 798, 814, 830; at Pembroke, 102 ; mildness 

 of the, 71, 87, 102, 122, 135, 150, 166 ; wet 



Marches, i45 ; the equinoxes, 379 ; at War- 

 lingtou, 725 ; in the tar nonh, 741 ; at Nor- 

 folk, 758 

 Weeds, 595, 614, 755 ; and manure heaps, 116, 

 Fleming's machine for killiug, 275, 357, 372, 

 390, 452, 533 ; on walks, to tan, ojl, 406, 452, 

 48 k, 5U2, 5 1 7, 518 ; quantity ot salt to apply 

 to a gallon of water for killing of, on ditto, 

 52o ; burned, as manure, 716 ; on lawns, 783 

 Weevils, Pear shaped, 229, 261 

 Wexford, Bean culture in, 10 ; crops of, 603 

 Wneat bOiis, 41 ; ditto of America, 41 j ; blight 

 in, 92 ; sheep on, 204 ; in bels and alleyt, 

 348 ; Tulhan growth of, 348 ; black, 364 ; 

 stacks, covering for, 395 ; April, 557 ; to 

 dib )le,571 ; produce of, on good and inferior 

 land, 589 ; expenses and return* of an acre 

 of, 601 ; price and yield of, in South Hants, 

 668 ; prices of, in England, Prance, and 

 Belgium, for the five preceding years, 715 ; 

 growing, 745 ; Ward on ditto, 77s ; price of, 

 in 12o2 and 1851, 77» ; before Barley, 827 

 Whitewash, to make, 876 

 Widow bird, 8, 24 

 Wight's (Dr.) Orchids, rev., 584 



Wiiiich's tithe commutation table, 27 



Wilmot (Mr.), death of, 23 



Winds, Trade, Khrenberg on the Dust deposited 

 by, rev., 151 



Wiae, Berberry, to make, 197 



Winter temperature!, 38 ; gardening, 38 ; 

 gardens, 19, 70 ; Crystal Paiace as ditto, 

 419, 433, 458; Mr. Paxton's pampiilet on 

 ditto, 421 ; ditto, his letter to Lord Camp- 

 bell on, 453 ; Smithfield as ditto, 531 ; Car- 

 rots, 645, 661 ; Onions, 645, 661 ; 1 lax, 668 ; 

 Tares, 683 ; to sow ditto, 574 ; scorching of 

 Vine leaves during, 803, 819 



Wire-worm, to destroy, 134, 150, 076 ; to clear 

 from leaf-mould, 24 



Wistaria sinensis, 340, 343 



Wood, preservatives of, 3, 54, 86 ; r pening of, 

 120 ; paiut for, 39 ; to season, 102 ; Turkey, 

 230 ; bdrk, 230 ; coppice, 309 ; lormauon of, 

 516, 708 



Wood-lice, to kill, 277 



Word in Season, or pamphlet on corn growing, 



rev., 669, 698, 745 

 Wrench's samples of seed, 634, 646, 669, 677 



Y. 



Feast, bitterness of, to remove, 781, 814 



Yew hedges, 358 



Yorkshire, swifts and hornets in, 566 

 Young's (Mr.), nursery noticed, 775 



Z, 



Zauschneria, hardiness of, 694 

 Zygopetalum Mackayi, crinitum caeruleuxn, 

 rostratum, and inaxillare, 500 











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