GENERAL INDEX. 



855 



Branches of fruit-trees, on bending 



do\vu the, and its effects, 404. 

 Brandy, distillation of, from potatoes, 



201. 

 Brassica napus, 171. 

 Brassica oleracea, the, 81. 

 Brassica oleracea Botrytis aspara- 



goides, see Broccoli. 

 Brassica oleracea Botrytis eauliflora, 



see Cauliflower. 

 Brassica oleracea bullata gemraifera, 



see Brussels Sprouts. 

 Brassica oleracea bullata major, see 



Savoy. 

 Brassica oleracea capitata, 88. 

 Brassica oleracea capitata, var. de- 



Brassica oleracea var. capitata rubra, 

 see Hed Cabbage. 



Brassica oleracea, var. oblonga, see 

 Portugal Cabbage. 



Brassica oleracea sabellica, see Bore- 

 cole. 



Brassica rapa, see Turnip. 



Brassicaceous plants — The Cabbage, 

 81— Tlie Portugal Cabbage, 90— Red 

 Cabbage, ib. — Brussels Sprouts, 91 

 — Broccoli, 92 — Savoys, 96 — Cauli- 

 flower, 98 — Sea-kale, 103 — Bore- 

 coles, 108 — Diseases and Insects by 

 which attacked, 110 — saving seed, 

 115^European names, 116. 



Brassy cabbage flea, the, 115 — onion 

 fly, the, 42. 



Bread, manufacture of, from carrots, 

 176 — use of potatoes in making, 

 201. 



Brigiiole plum, manufacture of prunes 

 from the, 525. 



Brindled beauty moth, the, 536. 



Broch, the Comte de, cultivation of 

 the truffle by, 253. 



Broccoli, order of, in the rotation, 

 17 — natural history of, 92 — its uses, 

 ib. — mode of propagation, ib. — sow- 

 ing and planting, ib. — subsequent 

 culture, ih. — soil and manure, 94 — 

 gathering, ib. — list of approved 

 sorts, ib. — general remarks, 95 — 

 saving seed, 96, 116 — European 

 names, 116. 



Bromelia ananas, see Pine Apple. 



Brompton stock, the, 328. 



Brooklime, culture of, 172. 



Broom, protection of delicate shrubs 

 by, 735. 



Brown, Mr, on the effects of prun- 

 ing, 405. 



Brown's fumigator, 516. 



Brown limpet-scale, the, 824. 



Brown scale, the, 683, 685. 



Brown-tailed moth, the, 438. 



Brown Tussock moth, the, 831. 



Bruchus flavimanus, the, 69 — grana- 

 rius, the, 59 — pisi, the, ib. 



Brugmanns on the rotation of crops, 

 12. 



Brussels sprouts, natural history of, 

 91— uses, it. — sowing and planting, 

 ib^ — subsequent culture,i6. — gather- 

 ing, 92 — general remarks, ib. — 

 saving seed, 116 — ^European names, 

 ib. 



Brussels stock for apricots, the, 328. 



Bi-yophyllum, propagation of, bysingle 

 leaves, 351. 



Budding, propagation by, 338 — its 

 nature and rationale, ib. — season 

 for its performance, 339— its advan- 

 tages, 340 — various methods of per- 

 forming, 341— knives for it, ib.— 

 various modes of shield -budding, ib. 

 — American, 342— Saul's, e6.— re- 

 versed, ib. — Paul's, 343 — scallop, 

 344 — annular or ring, ib. — Flute or 

 tube, 4&.— terminal flute, 345— with 

 pushing eye, i6. — propagation of the 

 vine by, 600— roses, 760. 



Budding-knives, kinds of, 341. 



Buds, propagation by cuttmgs of, 354. 



Buist, Mr, on the formation of soils, 

 265. 



Bulb-house, management, &c. of, 696 

 — plants for it, ib. — season of rest, 

 697 — pots, ib. — soil, ib. — potting, 

 698 — ^propagation, ib. — general re- 

 marks, and lists of sorts, 699— in- 

 sects and diseases, 700 — soil, 702 — 

 general culture, i6. — pruning, 703 — 

 insects and diseases, ib. 



Bulbs, importance of shallow planting 

 to, 28. 



Burdock, the, 134. 



Burnet, culture of, 167. 



Burning soils, benefits of, 282. 



Cabbage, early history of the, 4 — pro- 

 portion of ground for, 8 — order 

 of, in the rotation, 17— advantages 

 of transplanting, 24— its natural 

 history, 81— its uses, 82 — mode of 

 propagation, ib. — sowing and plant- 

 ing, 83 — plan ting- trowels, &c. for 

 it, 85 — its subsequent culture, 87 — 

 gathering and storing the crop, 88 — 

 list of approved sorts, 89 — saving 

 seed, 115 — European names, 116. 



Cabbage, red, see Ked Cabbage. 



Cabbageaphis, the, 112— fly, the, 114, 

 197~moth, the, 112, 197--lettuces, 

 distinctive peculiarities of, 155 — 

 powder - winged moth, the, 113— 

 tribe, the, see Brassicaceous Plants. 



Calcareous soil, what, 263, 267 — plants 

 indigenous to, 271. 



Calceolaria, culture of the, 739. 



Calderini, Signer, experiments on 

 grafting grapes by, 338. 



Calendula officinalis, 240. 



Californian seeds, proper tune for sow- 

 ing, 313. 



Callow's mode of peach-training, 494. 



Camelia, shield-budding the, 341. 



Camellia-box, a, 682, 



Camellia- house, plants admissible to 

 the, 678— the Camellia, i6. — its pro- 

 pagation by seed, 679 — by layers, ib. 

 — by cuttings, ib. — by grafting and 

 inarching, «&.- by budding, 680 — 

 general culture, ib. — potting, 681 — 

 soil, 682— planting out in prepared 

 borders, ib. — select list,t&. — diseases 

 and insect3,682— Chinese azaleas,i6. 

 — diseases and insects, 684 — the Ole- 

 ander, ib. — the Rhododendron, 685. 



Campoplex paniscus, the, 197. 



Canker, the, 190 — prevalence, &c. of, 

 in the apple tree, 432 — of the peach, 

 on, 512— in the plum, 534— of the 

 cucumber, 668— of the melon, 672. 



Canker worm, the, 445. 



Cantaloup melon, the, 668. 



Cantharellus cibarius, 245. 



Canvass as a protecting medium, 735— 

 protection of the blossom of the 

 peach by, 498. 



Cape bulbs, culture of, 700 — heaths, 

 variety, ficc. of, 703— their culture, 

 i6. et seq. 



Cappe's mode of training the apple 

 and pear, description of, 478. 



Capsicum, culture of the, 260. 



Caraway, culture of, 240. 



Cardoon, place of the, in the rotation, 

 17 — natural history of the, 129 — its 

 uses, i&. — sowing and planting, ib. 

 — its subsequent cultivation, 130 — 

 gathering and preserving, i6. — ap- 

 proved sorts, ib. — saving of seed, 

 &c. ib. — its European names, ib. 



Carduus Marianus, the, 134. 



Carnation, propagation of the, by 

 layering, 351 — cultivation of the, 

 806— pipings of, 350. 



Carpenter, Dr, on the germination of 

 seeds, 313. 



Carpocap8apomonana,the,435 — Wse- 

 beriana, the, 516, 622— nigricana, 

 the, 535. 



Carri^re, M., on budding with the 

 pushing eye, 345. 



Carrot, proportion of ground for, 8— 

 order of, in the rotation, 17 — its 

 natural history, 176— its uses, ib. 

 — propagation, ib. — sowing, ib. — 

 subsequent culture, 178 — soil and 

 manure, 179— forcing, ib. — gather- 

 ing and storing, ib. — list of approved 

 sorts and their qualities, 180 — in- 

 sects and diseases by whichattacked, 

 181— saving seed, 182— its Euro- 

 pean names, ib. — its nutritive qua- 

 lities, 'U). 



Carrot fly, the, 181. 



Carum carui, 240. 



Cassida viridis, the, 133. 



Castanea vesca, the, 562. 



Cataphagus lineatus, the, 69, 222. 



Cato on the culture of aspaiagus, 3, 

 117. 



Cattle, the dung of, as a manure, 291. 



Cauliflower, place of, in the rotation, 

 17 — distinction between, and broc- 

 coli, 95 — its natural history, 98 

 — its use, ib. — propagation, ib. — 

 sowing and planting, ib. — subse- 

 quent cultivation, 100 — hand-glass 

 protection, ib. — wall protection, ib. 

 — frame protection, 101 — wintering 

 in pots, ib. — soil and manure, 102— 

 gathering and storing, ib. — list of 

 approved sorts, 103 — saving seed, 

 116 — European names, ib. 



Cawdor castle, gooseberries at, 575. 



Cayenne pepper, culture of, 260 



Cecidomyia nigra, tlie, 472. 



Celeriac, culture of, 150. 



Celery, proportion of ground for, 8 — 

 place of, in the rotation, 17 — natu- 

 ral history of, 141 — its uses, ^6, — 

 propagation, ih. — sowing and plant- 

 ing, ib. — subsequent cultivation, 

 144 — soil and manure, 146 — gather- 

 ing and preserving, ib. — mode of 

 wintering, 147 — list of varieties, 

 148 — diseases and insects by which 

 attacked , ib. — its European names, 

 150 — saving seed, &c., ib. 



Celery fly, the, 148 — parsley, 233— 

 stem fly, the, 149. 



Cerasus Juliana and duracina, the, 

 537. 



Ceraphron niger, the, 195, 196. 



Cerostoma Xylostella, the, 197. 



Cetonia aurata, 828. 



Ceutorhynchus contractus, the, 191 — 

 pleurostigma, the, 196— sulcicoUis, 

 the, 114 



CliEErophyllum sativum, 171. 



Chalk as a manure, 297. 



Chambering vine-borders, advantages 

 of, 602. 



Chamomile, culture, uses, &c. of, 

 241. 



Champignon, the, 244. 



Chandler, Messrs, their mode of grow- 

 ing the Camellia, 679. 



Chappel's Colewort, time for sowinc-, 

 84. 



Charcoal as a manm'e, 296, 



Chard, cultivation of artichokes for, 

 133. 



Cliardoon, see Cardoon. 



Charring soils, benefits of, 282. 



Chaumontelle pear, origio of the, 

 304. 



Cheimatobia brumata, the, 434, 



Chemical analysis, determination of 

 soils by, 271. 



Chenopodium bonus Henricus, 137. 



Cherraes buxi, 825— mali, 442— pvri, 

 468. 



Cherries, kinds of, suitable for forcing, 

 547. 



Cherry, soil suitable to the, 359— dif- 

 ficulty of transplanting, 366— root- 

 pruning the, 401— its natural his- 

 tory, 537— its uses, it. — its pro- 

 pagation, ib. — soil and planting 

 suited to it, 538 — pruning and train- 

 ing it, 539 —select list, 541 — lists for 



