GENERAL INDEX. 



857 



soils, 282^n the gaseous products 

 of manures, 289. 



Day and night temperature iu hot- 

 houses, regulation of, 629. 



Death's-head moth, the, 221. 



DecandoUe on the rotation of crops, 

 12 — onthedistinction between broc- 

 coli and cauhflower, 95— researches 

 of, on the nourishment of plants, 

 290 — on the duration of fruit-trees, 

 307 — on hybridisation, 315 — on the 

 theory of grafting, 322— on the roots 

 of plants, 363. 



Deciduous trees, cuttings of, 347. 



Decker, Sir M., introduction of the 

 pine-apple into England by, 641. 



Deep digging, importance of, 23. 



Deep planting, evils of, 365. 



Deep sowing, effects of, on germina- 

 tion, 310. 



Deer's dung as a manure, 294. 



Dendroliraus pini, 835. 



Depressaria applana, the, 182 — pasti- 

 nacella, the, 231. 



Dessert apples, criterion of, 413 — list 

 of, 414 — pears, list of, 452. 



D 'Hoogvorst , Baron , his mode of grow- 

 ing mushrooms, 252. 



Dibber, sea-kale, 105. 



Dibbers, various forms of, 85. 



Digging as a means of improving the 

 soil, 279. 



DUl, culture of, 234. 



Disbudding, uses, &c. of, 404 — the 

 peach, 500, 503. 



Ditula angustiorana, the, 522. 



Dolphin, the, 68. 



Donaldson on the rotation ofcrops,14 — • 

 on the origin of soils, 264 — on clayey 

 soils, 266— -on sandy soils, 267 — on 

 loam, ib. — on animal excrements, 

 290 — on manures, 291 — on animal 

 manures, 294 — on the application 

 of manures, 298. 



Doucin stock for apples, the, 328. 



Downing, Mr, views of, on the dura- 

 tion of fruit-trees, 306 — on Ameri- 

 can whip grafting,331— on cleftgraft- 

 ing, .332 — description of the Ame- 

 rican mode of shield-budding by, 

 342 — on autumn transplanting, 360 

 — on the effects of pruning on the 

 vigour of the tree, 397— on pruning 

 transplanted trees, ib. — on spring 

 pruning, 394 — accounts of large 

 apple-trees by, 413 — account of large 

 pear-trees in America by, 448 — ac- 

 count of the insect and the frozen 

 sap blights by, 465 — on the culture 

 of the peach in America, 486 — on 

 the American mode of peach-train- 

 ing, 496— on the soil suitable to the 

 plum, 526 — on American plums, 

 524 — on the cherry in America, 537 

 — on the strawberry, 582 — on its 

 Cloture, 585 — on the storing, &c. of 

 apples, 674. 



Downton imperatrice plum, origin of, 

 305 — strawberry, origin of the, i6. 



Draining as a means of improving the 

 soil, 277 — mode of its action, ib. 



Drains, formation of, 277 — their 

 depth, distance, &c., 278. 



Draw hoe, the, 207 — triangular, 208. 



Draw hoe and rake combined, 208. 



Drill rake, the, 33. 



Drilling and sowing machine, 211. 



Drooping-fan mode of training, the, 

 390. 



Drosophila flava, the, 196— grami- 

 nium, 833. 



Drumlanrig castle, list of apples which 

 i-ipen at, 431 — pears grown at, 462 

 — plums grown at, 534 — cherries 

 grown at, 644 — vine -borders at, 

 601. 



Drummond, Mr, mode of sowing peas 

 by, 52. 



Du Breuil, Professor, his mode of 

 peach-training, 496. 



Duchess d'AngoulSme pear, origin of 

 the, 304. 



Duhame), researches of, on the nou- 

 rishment of plants, 290 — on the 

 bleeding of the vine, 631. 



Duncan, Mr, his mode of earthing-up 

 celery, 145. 



Duquesne, tlie Abb^, Improvement of 

 the pear by, 447. 



Dwarf fruit-trees, grafting to secure, 

 325 — standards, pruning of, 394, 



£arthing-up, modes of, as applied to 

 celery, 144. 



Earwig, the, and its destruction, 514. 



East, introduction of fruits from the, 

 304. 



Easter pippin , peculiarity of the 

 growth of the, 476. 



Edible fungi, the mushroom, 243 — 

 the morel, 252— the truffle, 253. 



Edinburgh, mode of growing celery at, 

 143. 



Egg plant, cultivation, &c. of the, 

 259. 



Egypt, early use of the onion in, 30. 



Elater, the genus of, 69 — destruction 

 of, 182. 



Elecampane, culture, uses, &c. of, 

 242. 



Elm-destroying scolytua, the, 473. 



Elruge nectarine, origin of the, 304. 



Elton cherry, origin of the, 305. 



Elveston, large trees transplanted at, 

 367. 



Endive, natural history of, 158 — 

 its uses, 159 — propagation, ib. — 

 sowing and planting, i6.— subse- 

 quent cultivation, 160 — blanching, 

 ib. — soil and manure, 162 — gather- 

 ing and preserving, ib. — forcing, ib. 

 — )ist of varieties, 163 — insects and 

 diseases by which attacked, 164 — 

 general remarks, ib. 



Endive blanching-pot, the, 160. 



Enghien, pecuhar purple beech at, 

 316. 



England, introduction of the pea into, 

 48 — of the bean, 62 — of the kidney- 

 bean, 71 — of the carrot, 176 — of 

 the turnip, 183— of the potato, 200 

 — of the Jerusalem artichoke, 223 

 — of the apple, 411 — of the pear, 

 447 — of the peach, 485 — of the apri- 

 cot, 517— of the plum, 524 — of tlie 

 cherry, 537— of the fig, 551— of the 

 almond, 559 — of the currant, 566 — 

 of the raspberry, 570 — of the mul- 

 berry, 592— of the vine, 595 — of the 

 pine-apple, 641. 



En Gobelet management of the apple 

 and pear, the, 475. 



En tonnoir management of the apple 

 and pear, the, 475. 



Epacris, culture of, in the heath- 

 house, 704. 



Episema csruleocephala, the, 443, 

 515. 



Eriosoma mall or lanigera, the, 433. 



Ermine moth, the, 435. 



Errington, Mr, on stocks for fruit 

 trees, 327 — on summer pruning, 

 391 — on pruning standard plums, 

 394— on root-pi-uning, 399, 400— 

 list of pears by, 462 — on pruning 

 the pear, 482 — on pruning the 

 peach, 489 — on summer- pruning 

 the peach, 500— on forcing it, 604 

 — on the culture of the cherry, 539, 

 540 — on the culture of the filbert, 

 564 — on the culture of the currant, 

 668 — his mode of propagating the 

 vine by eyes, 596 — his pot-culture 

 of the vine, 621. 



Erysiphe communis, the, 61. 



Eschalot, origin of the name of, 27 — 

 see also Shallot. 



Esculent-rooted plants— The Carrot, 

 176— The Turnip, 183— The Potato, 

 199— The Jerusalem Artichoke, 223 

 —Red Beet, 226— Salsify, 228— 



Skirret, 229— Scorzonera, ib. — The 

 Parsnip, ib. 



Espalier trees, various modes of train- 

 ing, 390 — cherry trees, training of, 

 540. 



Espaliers, training of the apple and 

 pear to, 478. 



Etna, mount, the chestnut-trees at, 

 562. 



Bumerus (Eneus, the, 42. 



Euphrates, size of the asparagus of 

 the, 117. 



Eupreasia caja, the, 157. 



Europe, introduction of fruits from 

 the East into, 304 — of the pine- 

 apple, 641. 



Evaporation, importance of prevent- 

 ing, in transplanting, 363. 



Evelyn on the pine-apple, 643. 



Evergreens, transplantation of, 363, 

 371. 



Extension, difference between propa- 

 gation by, and that by seed, 316. 



Eyes, propagation by, 354 — propaga- 

 tion of the vine by, 596. 



Paba vulgaris, see Bean. 



Fairchild's nectarine, origin of, 304. 



Fan -training, various modes of, 390 — 

 the apple and pear as espaliers, 479 

 — tlie cherry, 540 — the peach, 494. 



Fat Hen, culture of, 137. 



Fennel, early history of, 6. 



Fermentation, growing the pine-apple 

 by, 654. 



Ferns, culture of, 694. 



Fertility, effects of grafting in securing, 

 324. 



Ficus carica, the, see Pig. 



Fig, soil suitable to the, 359 — pro- 

 pagation of, by single leaves, 361 — ' 

 root-pruning the, 401 — its natural 

 history and uses, 551 — its propaga- 

 tion, i&.— soil, 552 — planting, ib. — 

 pruning and training, 553 — protect- 

 ing during winter, 555 — accelerat- 

 ing its ripening artificially, ib. — 

 forcing, 556 — select list, 557 — dis- 

 eases and insects, 658— European 

 names, ib. 



Pigui-e-of-8 moth, the, 443, 515. 



Filbert, natural history of the, 563 — 

 its propagation, ib. — soil and situa- 

 tion, ib. — pruning and training, ib. 

 — list of sorts, 5()5 — insects and 

 diseases by which attacked, i6.— its 

 European names, ib. 



Filberts, management of, in the fruit- 

 room, 676. 



Finger-pruning, uses, Sec. of, 404. 



Fingers and toes in turnips, the, 198. 



Pire-heat, danger of, to heaths, 707. 



Firs, the pruning of, 4U6. 



Fish as a manure, 296. 



Pistulina hepatica, 245. 



Fixing with water, transplanting by. 



Plat-bodied moths, the, 181. 182, 231. 



Plat peach of China, the, 486- 



Flea beetle, the, 116. 



Fleming, Mr, his mode of root-prun- 

 ing the peach, &c., 401— his system 

 of spur-pruning the vine, 609 — his 

 mode of vine-forcing, 617— soil used 

 for pines by, 646 — his mode of plant- 

 ing out pines, 657— hybrid melon 

 produced by, 668. 



Florists' flower-garden, situation, »fec, 

 for the, 7.96— The Pansy, i6.— The 

 Hollyhock, 798— The Ranunculus, 

 801 — The Anemone, 803— The 

 Dahlia, i&. — The Carnation and 

 Picotee, 806— The Pink, 807— The 

 Auricula, 809 — The Polyanthus, 

 811— The Hyacinth , i6.— The Tulip, 



Flower-forcing houses or pits, manage- 

 ment of, 729— list of plants suit- 

 able, 730 — general directions for 

 their management, 731 — annuals 

 and biennials, 732. 



