680 



GENERAL INDEX. 





lus, 336 ; on the evolution of heat, 337 ; on 

 light as a vital stimulus, 344; on the develope- 

 ment of light in plants, 345 ; on electricity as a 

 vital stimulus, 347 ; on the laws of organic 

 developement, 381 ; on the general view of the 

 functions of animated beings, and their mutual 

 relations, 391 ; on ingestion and absorption of 

 aliment in general, 461. 509; on absorption in 

 vegetables, 557 ; on the circulation of the nu- 

 tritive fluid, 565 ; on circulation in vegetables, 

 567 ; on interstitial absorption, 577. 



Pine cones, a valuable fuel, 328. 



Pipes, Scott's patent improvements in cast iron, 

 wrought iron, and soft metal, 321. 



Plant-case, ladies' pocket, 134. 



Plants, food of, and its transformation, 397. 471 ; 

 report lOn new or rare ones in British nur. 

 series, and private gardens, 34. 55 ; new and 

 rare, viii. ; on the new method of potting, or 

 the one-shift system, 318. 



Plant-houses, yellow glass suggested for them, 

 332. 



Pleasure-grounds, shrubberies, and ornamental 

 plantations, hints to proprietors who intend 

 planting, -553. 



Plough, new one for raising potatoes, 137. 



Poor, comfortable habitations for them, with 

 gardens attached, recommended, 44. 



Poplar, notice of several kinds of balsam, 181. 



Potatoes, culture of, 419 ; mode of planting early 

 ones, with a new planting machine, 40 ; planter, 

 Saul's, 91. 



Primrose, on the culture of the Chinese, 126. 



Propagating-house, description of, heated by hot- 

 water circulated in brick troughs, 266. 



Raspberries, notice of some plants growing to a 

 gigantic size at Walton Hall, 328. 



Raspberry, some account of the insects which 

 attack it, 411. 



Remarks on one of the designs in the article, 

 " On Laying-out and Planting the Lawn, 

 Shrubbery, and Flower-garden," 636. 



Reviews. Seep. v. 



Rhododendron, list of species and varieties of, 

 cultivated at Dysart House, 436; on grafting 

 and budding it, 647. 



Rhubarb, the Victoria, best for culinary pur- 

 poses, 328. 



Robison, Sir John, K.H., his death, 188. 



Rockwork in the Walton Nursery, Liverpool, 452. 



Roller, an account of a bird so called, 18. 



Roses, notice of two new American oneb, 125. 



Royal Agricultural Society of England, notice of 

 the annual meeting of, 455. 



Royal Botanic Society of London, its first exhibi- 

 tion in the gardens, Regent's Park,noticed,378. 

 second exhibition in the Regent's Park, 454. 



Rule, and the reason, the principle of the, 647. 



Scotch pine, a substitute for candle, 137 ; oil of 

 turpentine distilled from ts roots, 137. 



Sea-kale, culture of, 430. 



Sea-water, distribution of, alt over the country,675. 



Seeds, result of an experiment to show the proper 

 depth of covering for grass and clover, 308. 



Shephcrd/a argcntea recommended as a fruit- 

 tree, 42. 



Shetland, foreign trees which thrive in, 88. 



Shrubbery, lawn, and flower-garden, on laying- 

 out and planting, 166. 258. 306. 371. 442. 497. 

 547. 634. 636. 667. 



Smoke, the nuisance of, from the chimneys of 

 manufacturing establishments, 327. 



Snow-plough for walks and footpaths, 116. 



Soil, on pulverising, 115. 



Southampton, hints for the improvement of the 

 town of, 589. 



Spinach, culture of, 546. 



Spirseas, North American oaks, ylbietinae, and 

 CupressincE, notice of a collection made by the 

 Conductor in the spring of 1843, 439. 



Squirrel, on the habits of, 117- 179. 



Steamer, Palmer's universal, recommended, 507. 



Strawberry, culture of, 429. 



Street paving, an association for the promotion 

 of improved, 327. 



Suburban dwellings, design for five, with their 

 gardens, 607. 



Tiles for paving walks, new material for, 507. 

 Tour in Brittany and Normandy. By J. River's, 



jun. Dinan, 224; Rennes, 226; Nantes, 227; 



Angers, 228 ; Le Mans, 231 ; Lisieux, 232 ; 



Honfleur, 233. 

 Tour, Notes made during a horticultural, from 



Lowther Castle in Westmoreland to Exeter in 



Devonshire, 581. 

 Trees, dimensions of, in the grounds of Flitwick 



House, 641. 

 Trees, on disbarking, to increase the durability of 



the timber, 181. 

 Trees, on raising American, from seeds, 18]. 

 Trees, grouping of, in parks and pleasure-grounds, 



118. 

 Trees, large ones at Strath fieldsaye, 125. 

 Trees introduced from America in 1769, 669.; 



many indigenous to North America not yet 



introduced, 324. 

 Trees, growth of, 668. ; growth of, at Barton 



669. 

 Trees, roots and tops of, 90. 

 Trees, on transjilanting large ones, 43. 

 Turnip,history of the introduction of the Swedish, 



into Britain, 672. 



t/'lmus fulva, medical properties of, 84. 



Vegetables. See p. xiii. 

 Terbfena Melindres and Tweedienwa, hardy in 



some situations, 86. 

 Verbenas and petunias, number of sorts of, 649. 

 Vine, grafting it, becoming general in France, 322. 

 Vine, on manuring, 649. 

 Vineyard at Shirley, notice of, 599. 



Walks made of asphalte recommended, 452. 



Warping lands on theThames, 326. 



Wasps, on destroying, 42. 



Wirework, its use in gardening and agriculture 



83. 

 Wire-worm, a trap for, 646. 

 Wire-worm destroyed by the mole, 315. 

 Worms, hme-water for iiilling them, 90. 



YAcca gloribsa, notice of one in flower, 556. 



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