INDEX, 



3IS 



Spnr-pruning for next season's 



crop, 100. 

 Training, 101. 

 Keeping grapes through the 



winter, 102. 

 General management of borders, 



103. 

 Their partial renewal, 104. 

 Shelter from excessive rains, 104. 

 Mulching, 105. 

 Covering well-fermenting material 



and otherwise conserving heat, 



105. 

 Eenovating exhausted vines, 106. 

 Pot-culture of grapes, 108. 

 Inarching vines, 109. 

 Setting up grapes for exhibition, 



Packing them, 113. 



Insects to which subject — ^red- 

 spider, 115. 



Thrip, 116. 



Mealy bug, 117. 



Phylloxera vaatatrix, 117. 



Diseases — shanking, 130. 



Mildew, 133. 



Bust, 134. 



Bxcresoences on under sides of 

 leaves, 135. 



Scalding, 135. 



Melost, the. 



Its native country, natural his- 

 tory, &c., 207. 



Growing it in dung-beds or pits, 

 210. 



Sowing the seed and manage- 

 ment of the young plants, 211. 



Training and stopping, 213. 



Soil and planting, 215. 



Moulding up, temperature, 216. 



Impregnation, watering, &o., 217. 



Culture in houses, trained on 

 wires near the glass, form of 

 house, depth of soil, &c., 220. 



Preparing the plants, planting, 

 &o., 223. 



Watering, &o., 224. 



Temperature and syringing, 225. 



Ventilation, 225. 



Impregnation, training, and stop- 

 ping, 226. 



Very early forcing, 227. 



List of varieties, 228. 



Insects and diseases to which sub- 

 ject, 229. 



Nectarine, see Peach and Nectarine. 



Peach and Neotaeinb. 

 Their natural history, native 



country, &c., 136. 

 House for early forcing, 138. 

 House when they are not required 



before July, 139. 

 Drainage, depth and width of 



border, 143. 

 Soil, 144. 



Varieties of peaches, 146. 

 Of nectarines, 147. 

 Propagation and selection of trees, 



147. 

 Best stocks for different varieties, 



149. 

 Planting, 151. 

 Pruning and training, 152. 

 Fan-training, 152. 

 Seymour's system of training, 167. 

 Disbudding or summer pruning, 



158. 

 Thinning the fruit, 160. 

 Boot-pruning, 162. 

 Forcing and general management, 



time to commence forcing, 163. 

 Dressing the trees and borders, 



164. 

 Temperature, 165. 

 Ventilation, 167. 

 Moisture in the air and syringing 



168. 

 Setting the fruit, 169. 

 Watering, 170. 

 Ripening and gathering the fruit, 



171. 

 Packing to be sent to a distance, 



172. 

 Insects to which subject— red- 

 spider, 173. 

 Green-fly, 173. 

 J3rown scale, 174. 

 Thrip, 174. 

 Diseases, 174. 



Pine-Apple. 

 Its natural history, 1. 

 Houses for its cultivation, 2. 

 Those for summer growth, 3. 

 For winter growth, 4. 

 Pits for suckers, 5. 

 Situation of the houses, 5. 

 Amount of heat and hot-water 



pipes, 6. 

 Objections to Bat-roofed houses, 6. 

 Steaming apparatus, 7. 

 Arrangement of pipes, 7. 

 Provision for watering, 8. 

 Arrangement of plants, 8. 



