640 



INDEX. 



Ivy edgings, 307 

 ,, ,, in the Emperor's garden 



at the Tuileries, 13 

 Ivy, propagation of, for making edgings 



in the public gardens, 158 



JARDIN des Fleurs at Versailles, 

 250 

 Jardin des Plantes, 68 



,, ,, collection of pear 



trees in, 70 

 Jardin des Hantes, merits of, 69 



,, ,, faults of, 11 



,, „ smallness of grant 



to, 76 

 Jardin Fleuriste, and the other public 



nurseries of Paris, 139 

 Jardin Fleuriste, collections of plants 



in, 153 

 Jardin Fleuriste, trial ground in, 153 

 Juncus glaucus, used for tying plants 



and fruit trees, 580 



LAND, dearness of, in London, no 

 real objection to extensive improve- 

 ments, 115 



La Fosse Commune, 110 



Lectures given in the Luxembourg 

 garden, 80 



Lepere, M., his garden at Montreuil, 

 445 



Lettuces, best kinds of, in the Paris 

 market, 517 



Lettuce, G-otte, culture of, 497 



, , Petite Noire, culture of, 493 

 „ the Passion, „ ,, 498 

 ,, Verte Maraichere, culture of, 

 496 



Library in the Jardin Fleuriste, 155 



Lilac, white, forcing of, 537 



Lime tree, the worst of all trees for 

 cities, 169 



Limnocharis Humboldtii, 73 



Locust tree, the, 167 



London graveyards needlessly muti- 

 lated in converting them into gar- 

 dens, 106 



London squares, 82 



Longchamps. watering racecourse of, 

 39 



Louvre, gardens of, 11 



Luxembourg garden, 76 



,, ,, fountain in, 79 



,, ,, system of floral 



decoration in, 77 



Lygeum Spartum, used for tying, 580 



Lyons, 600 



public garden at, 600 



MACHE, 498 

 Machines for transplanting trees 



in Paris, their advantages, 558 

 Macle&ya cordata, 227 

 Mange-tout, an excellent vegetable 



worthy of general culture, 520 

 Manure employed in the market gar- 

 dens of Paris, 463 

 Maples, the, 179 

 Market, fruit, flower, and vegetable, a 



good one required for London, 541 

 Market gardeners of Paris, their con- 

 dition, 469 

 Market gardens of Paris, 462 

 Markets, flower, fruit, and vegetable, 



539 

 Markets, flower, of Paris, 543 

 Markets of Paris well arranged for the 



convenience of the retail buyer, 539, 



541 

 Mastic, 1'Homme Lefort, 565 

 Medicinal and economical plants in the 



Jardin des Plantes better arranged 



than in British botanic gardens, 72 

 Mel ian thus major, 227 

 Melons of the Paris market, 518 

 Mery-sur-Oise, musEroom culture at, 



477 

 Meudon, 260 

 Mixed beds in Pare Monceau, examples 



of, 50 

 Molopospermum cicutarium, 228 

 Monstera deliciosa, 197 

 Montrouge, mushroom culture at, 472 

 Musa Cavendishi, 55 



,, Ensete, 55, 197 

 Mushroom cave, descent into a Parisian, 



472 

 Mushroom cave, plan of, 497 

 ,, culture, 472 

 „ culture, depth at which it is 



carried on, 484 

 Mushroom culture in cellars, 485 



„ ,, the open air, 487 



Mushroom spawn, preparation of at 



Me'ry, 482 

 Mushrooms, places where they are 



grown near Paris, 484 



"VTALLET, M., 6S3 

 ■1* Nantes, public garden at, 613 

 Napoleon peach tree, the, 449 

 Nature's plan of arranging flower's, 292 

 Navet, kinds grown in the Paris market, 



519 

 Necessity of public nurseries for London 



and our other great cities, 139 

 Nelumbium speciosum, 73 

 New Zealand Flax used for tying, 581 



