GENERAL INDEX. 



867 



"Wavy-fan mode of training, the, 390. 



"Wax models of fruits, on, 302.. 



Weather, influence of, on transplant- 

 ing, 357. 



"Wedge-grafting, 334. 



Weeds, destruction of, on walks, 778. 



Weeks, Messrs, culture of the Victoria 

 by, 710. 



Weeping ash, peculiarities of the, 318 

 — oak at Moccas Court, the, 315, 

 318. 



Weevils, destructive powers of the, 58. 



Welsh onion, the, 41. 



Wast Indies, growth of the pine-apple 

 in the, 645. 



Whip or tongue grafting, 330. 



White beet, natural history of the, 

 139 — its uses, ib. — propagation, 

 140 — sowing and planting, ib. — sub- 

 sequent cultivation, ib. — soil and 

 manure, ib. — gathering, ib.— list of 

 varieties, ib. — general remarks, ib. 

 — currant, culture of the, 566 — list 

 of sorts, 569 — garden butterfly, the, 

 113— line brown-eyed moth, 197— 

 lupin, 80— mulberry, 593— mustard. 



culture of, 167— rust on the Bras- 

 sies, 110— scale, 683, 685— truffle, 



253. 

 Whitley on the origin of soils, 264. 

 Wickham, the Hon. W., on pruning, 



dec. the fig. 553. 

 Wight, Isle of, the fig in, 551. 

 Wild endive, see Succory — pear stocks, 



■what, 328— spinach, culture of, 137. 

 Williams' Bon Chretien pear, origin 



of, 304. 

 Williamson, Rev. W., his mode of 



growing mushrooms, 251. 

 Winter of 1853- 54, plants which have 



withstood the, 795. 

 Winter cress, the, 170— lentil, 80— 



melons, 668 — moth, 434— pruning, 



on, 391 — of pyramids, 478— the 



plum, 528. 

 Wintering celery, house for, 147 — 



vines, on, 618. 

 Wire-worm, the, 69, 128, 182, 222. 

 Wishaw House, the vine-borders at, 



600. 

 Withers on preparing the ground for 



planting, 758. 



Wood, Mr, on the French roses, 751. 



Wood, effects of compressed roots on, 

 370. 



Wood ashes as a manure, 296 — leo- 

 pard moth, 469— lice, 694 — sorrel, 

 culture of, 173— strawberries, origin 

 of the, 581 — theu- propagation, 582 

 —list of, 590. 



Wool moth, the, 69. 



Woolly aphis, the 433. 



Worms, destruction of, on lawns, 779. 



Wormwood, culture, uses, &c. of, 

 242. 



Wrinkling on the peaoh, causes, &c. 

 of, 514. 



Xanthea eroceago, 832. 



Xyloterus dispar, the, 442. 



Yellow-footed bean beetle, the, 69 — 

 tailed moth, 437— turnip leaf-mi- 

 ner, 196. 



Yellowlee'sfork, 89. 



Yester, chambered vine-borders at, 

 602. 



Yponomeuta, the genus of, 441 — ma- 

 livorella, i6.— padella, 435. 



Zeuzera ssculi, the, 469. 



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