GENERAL INDEX. 



679 



Engravings. See p. vii. 

 Ericas, culture of, 301. 

 Errata, 89. 90. 459. 677. 

 Exhibitions, on horticultural, 45. 

 Exhibitions, remarlis on the London Horticultu- 

 ral Society's, 2ii2. 



Flower-garden, list of plants for, 1"2. £60. 373. 

 Flower-garden on gravel, remarks on a design 



for a, 70. 

 Flower-garden, shrubbery, and lawn, on laying 



out and planting the, 166. 258. 306. 371. 442. 



497. 547. 634. 636. 667. 

 Flower-pots, remarks on double, 187. 

 Flnwer.pots v/ith hollow sides, 135. 

 Flower-pots, Saul's fountain, 136. 

 Flower-pots, Stephens's plant-protecting, 136. 

 Flues, Welch's bricks for forming circular, 134. 

 Fruits. See p. xiii. 

 Fruits, on the preservation of, 330. 

 Fruit trees, on protecting those against walls, 369. 

 Fruit trees, principal causes of canker in, GOl. 

 Furnace, Juckes's smoke-consuming, 314. 



Gardener, how a young one should travel by rail- 

 road, 6^6. 

 Gardening tour in the North of England and 



part of Scotland, 250, 

 Garden engine, Johnston's improved portable, 



316. 

 Garden-pots, notice of improvements in, 316. 

 Garden-pots, Hunt's improved, 317. 

 Garden walks, materials recommended by the 



ancients for making them, 331. 

 Garden, a classical one, 5S6. 

 Garden, a covered one, proposed to be established 



in Paris, 647. 

 Gardens. Sec Table of Contents, p. xiv. 

 Gardens, the new Koyal, at Frogmore, 138. 

 Gardens, Bicton, notice of, 13S. 

 Gardens and scenery around Stirling, descriptive 



notice of some of the, 584. 

 Geraniums, description of an insect which attacks 



them, 460. 

 Gilpin, William Sawrey, Esq., Landscape-Gar- 



dener, notice of the death of, 332. 

 Gladiolus cardinklis, result of an experiment 



made in endeavouring to propagite it, 642. 

 Glasgow Cathedral saved by a gardener, 680. 

 Grafting and budding the rhododendron, 647. 

 Grapes, Cato's method of preserving, 3J1. 

 Grapes, on the preservation of, 186. 

 Grapes, on the probable cause of the rust in, 449. 

 Green fly destroyed by the tree-creeper (Certhia 



famili^ris), 315. 

 Greenhouses, superiority of span-roofed, 268. 

 Ground, the most economical mode of dividing a 



square plot of, 321. 

 Guide-post^, on the best material for, 88. 



Heat, on bottom, 113. 



Heating, apparatus for, in the gardens of His 

 Grace the Duke of Wellington, 177. 



Heating, Rendle's tank system described, 505. 



Holly, its use for shelter, 119. 



Hornet, its character and habits, 409. 



Horticultural Society's Garden, notice of the ex. 

 hibitions in, 453. 



Horticultural Society, Chislehurst, 139. 



Horticultural Society, Lane End, 139. 



Horticultural Society of London, the first show 

 at Chiswick Gardens noticed, 378- 



Horticultural Society of New Zealand, notice of, 

 325. 



Horticultural Society of Wellington, noticed, 325. 



Hothouse furnaces, mode of consuming the smoke 

 of, 451. 



Houses, wooden ones ready made for sale, G47. 



Hyacinths, on forcing, so as to bloom at Christ- 

 mas, 678. 



Implements, agricultural, 82. 



Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, hints for 

 the improvoiiiciit oC, 285. 



Kcn.siiigton Gardens, criticism on the improve- 

 ments in, 650. 



Kensington Gardens, the naming of trees and 



shrubs in, 649. 

 Kent, the Landscape- Gardener, answer to query 



respecting. 91. 

 Kew Gardens, notice of the improvements there. 



454. 

 Kitchen-Gardens, rotation of crops in, 670. 



Labels,"best mode of writing, on parchment, 646. 

 Landscape composition, scenery intended to point 



out the errors frequently committed by persons 



who have little knowledge of it, 6. 

 Landscape-gardening, application of the principle 



of the balloon to, 646. 

 Larch, an evergreen one discovered, 92. 

 Larch may be propagated by cutting, 92. 

 Larch, plantations at Linley, enquiry respecting. 



Larch, uses of the, 668. 



Lawn, shrubbery, and flower-garden, on laying 

 out and planting the, 166. 258. 306. 371. 442 

 497. 547. 634. f36. 667. 



Lettuce, culture of, 51G. 



Literary Notices, 133. 184. 284. 673. 



Lock, Uaillie's rounded enamelled case, recom- 

 mended, 453. 



Lom'cera diversifblia, notice of, 670. 



Lymburn, Mr. Robert, notice of his death, 680. 



Manners all over the world, approaching simi- 

 larity of, 647. 



^lanures, on the theory of, 1. 



Manures, Professor Henslow's Lectures on, 13[). 



Melon, Gregson's green flesh, recommended, 84. 



Melons grown in leaves, 86 ; on a mode of grow- 

 ing late, 269. 



Metropolitan Model Institution for improving 

 the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes, 85. 



Mice, lo destroy, 184. 



Milne, Mr. John, Nurseryman, his death no- 

 ticed, ,380. 



Mistletoe, notice of, growing on the oak, 86. 



Monument, Sir Walter Scott's, 649. 



Monza, notice of the royal gardens there, 322. 



Mountain ash, a remarkable one, 329. 



Mushrooms, abundant in 1842, 86 ; culture of, 234. 



Mutual Instruction Society, notice of the meet- 

 ingof the Botanical section of the Tower Street. 

 326. 



Neill, Dr., notice of a subscription for a bust 

 of, 87 ; testimonial presented to him, 455. 



Nelumbium tibetiknura, an account of one in 

 flower, 84. 



New Zealand Horticultural Society, notice of. 

 325. 



Notices of Gardens and Country Seats in Somer- 

 setshire, Devonshire, and part of Cornwall, 238. 



Nurseries. See Table of Contents, p. xiv. 



Nuts with a bony shell will germinate the first 

 year, if the shell be broken, 181. 



Oak, notice of a large one, 86 ; the Hatfield, G68 ; 

 use of the American white, and its introduc- 

 tion into England, 123. 



Onions, culture of, 544. 



Oropholithe, a composition used as a substitute 

 for zinc, lead, &c., 83. 



Oven, Palmer's improved economical American, 

 recommended, 507. 



Parks and pleasure-grounds, on grouping trees 

 in, 118. 



Parsneps, culture of, 546. 



Pauli')wn/a imperiiilis, notice of one in flower, 

 181. 619. 



Pea, on the culture of, 75. 543. ; in pots, 77. 



Pears, best time for eating, 649. 



Penn, John, Esq., civil engineer, his death no- 

 ticed, 380. 



Phrenology for gardeners and their patrons, 662. 



Physiology, com))arative : preliminary remark.?, 

 191 ; on organised structures in gcniMal, 191 

 on the elementary structure of vcgctabli'.';, 195 ; 

 a general view of the vegc-talik' kingdniii, 199; 

 on the symmetry of organi~cd .'>lriuliirc<, 207 ; 

 on the nature and causes of vital aition, 209 ; 

 on vital stimuli, 333 ; on heat as a vital stimu- 



