Apricot— 
Calendarial directions, ii, 533, 536, 542, 544, 
548, 550, 556 
Culture in open-air— 
Planting trees—wall aspect, ii, 6, 8; 
border preparation, distances and forms 
of trees, time to plant and transplant, 
li, 27, 195. 
Protection of flowers and fruit, ii, 198, 199. 
Pruning and training—fan-training direc- 
tions and illusts. , ll, 195-197; Manage- 
ment of shoots and spurs, li, 196, 197; 
disbudding operation, ii, 197. 
Soil and situation, ii, 27,194, 195; general 
treatment of soil, manurial and water 
applications, 11, 198. 
Thinning and ripening the fruit, ii, 197, 
199. 
Culture under glass— 
Construction and management of house, 
border preparation, &c., ii, 199, 200. 
Fertilization of flowers, thinning the 
fruit—processes of, ii, 199. 
Pruning—time for, pinching the shoots, 
&c., 1, 199. 
Syringing, cleansing, and watering the 
trées, directions for, il, 199, 200. 
Varieties suitable, list of, 11, 202. 
Description and history of the apricot, ii, 
194. 
Disease and insect pests, treatment of— 
mildew, ii, 198; insects in forcing house, 
ll, 199; list of i insects, &c., 1i, 200. 
List of vars.—descript. and illusts., ii, 200- 
202. 
Packing—methods of, ii, 377; boxes for, ii, 
368, 371; packing materials, ii, 374. 
Preserving—modes and vars. suitable, ii, 
361; processes of jam-making, ii, 346, 
361; crystallizing and glazing, il, 350; 
drying, ii, 355, 356. 
Propagation—methods of, use of mussel 
and plum stocks, ii, 194, 200. 
Aquatic and Bog Plants— 
Cultivation—selection and protection of 
plants, methods of planting, &c., i, 
378-380. 
Lists — descript. and illusts. of aquatic 
plants, i, 380-384; of marsh or bog 
plants, 1, 384-387. 
[See also Water-garden— for particular 
plant, see its title.] 
Aquilegia—calendarial directions, i, 5, 12; 
descript., cult., and illust. of species, 
&c., 1, 350. 
Arabis—calendarial directions, i, 6; species, 
&c., descript., and cult., i, 351; for 
spring bedding, i, 629. 
Arable land—amounts of nitrogen and or- 
ganic matter in, table showing, i, 150. 
Arads—in subtropical garden, cult. of, i, 642. 
Aralia—calendarial directions, i, 6, 12; de- 
script., cult.,and illust. of hardy species, 
i, 289; “of greenhouse shrubs (illust. ), 1, 
529, 530; of stove shrubs, i, 548. 
Araucaria—hardy species A. imbricata, 
descript. and use for winter-bedding, 
i, 329, 646; greenhouse species, descript. 
and cult., i, 529; subtropical garden, 
species, &c., suitable for, i, 642. 
Araujia—descript. and cult. of greenhouse 
plants, i, 529; of stove plants, i, 548. 
Arbours—in pleasure-grounds, construction 
of, 1, 276. 
Arbutus—species, &c., descript. and cult., 
1, 289. 
Archangelica officinalis—<(illust.), 
script., cult., and uses of, ii, 391. 
Archegonia—(illust.), formation of, i, 64, 65. 
ee ee descript. and cult., i, 
609; Seaforthia elegans for subtropical 
garden, i, 645. 
Arctostaphylos alpinus—descript. of, i, 
289. 
de- 
Ardisia—calendarial directions, i, 6, 10, 12; 
descript. of A. crenulata as stove plant, 
i, 548. 
Areca—calendarial directions, i, 2; A. sapida 
in subtropical garden, i, "642. 
INDEX. 
Arenaria—species, &c., descript. and cult., 
iy eds 
enga—descript. and cult., i, 609. 
Argemone—spcecies, &c., escri ge and cult., 
1, 389. 
Aristolochia-—descript. and cult. of oat 
species, &c., 1, 289; of stove plants, 1 
548. 
Aristotelia Macqui and var. 
1, 289. 
Armadilla vulgaris — (illust.) 
* and treatment, 1, 99. 
Armeria—species, &c., descript. and cult., 
—descript. of, 
, descript. 
ib 35i¢ 
Aroids—in subtropical garden, position for, 
1, 641. 
Arpophyllum—species, &c., descript. and 
cult., 1, 570. 
Arrow Arum—descript. and cult. of, i, 383. 
Arsenate of lead—as an insecticide, ii, 43. 
Artemisia Abrotanum and var. — de- 
script. of, i, 289. 
Artemisia Absinthium (illust.), A. pon- 
tica, A. maritima—descript., uses, 
and cult., 1, 524, 525. 
Artemisia Dracunculus — (illust.), 
script., uses, and cult., ii, 518. 
Artichoke—descript. and uses, ii, 391, in 
Italy, i, 393; cultural requirements, 
treatment of suckers, seedlings (illust. 
of seed), &c., forwarding and _pro- 
tecting the crop, production of chards 
and gobbo, list (illusts.) of vars., 11, 392, 
393; foreign names of, 11, 527; calen- 
darial directions, 11, 532, 538, 540, 540, 
555; packing, ii, 56r- (See also Chinese, 
Jerusalem.) 
-\rum—species, descript. and cult., i, 351. 
Arum lily—(see Richardia). 
Arundina—species, &c., descript. and cult., 
1, 570°. 
Arundinaria—hardy species, &c., descript. 
of, i, 289, 290; illust. of A. _ Simoni, i 
de- 
284; aquatic and bog species, i, 381; 
greenhouse species, 1, 530. (See also 
Bambusa. ) 
sie consplcus, A. Donax—descript. 
1, 395 
Arvicola arvalis, A. riparia—descript. 
and treatment, 1, 104, 105. 
Ash-tree and vars.—pruning, i, 255; de- 
script. of, i, 302. 
Asparagus— 
Beds—preparation and planting (see sub- 
headings Planting, Soil). , 
Calendarial directions, ii, 532, 535, 538, 
540, 543, 545, 555; forcing department, 
Il, 533, 536, 539, 556, 559. 
Cutting the stems—time and mode, illust. 
of knife, 11, 399; effect of severe cutting, 
li, 400. 
Descript., origin, and history of cultivated 
asparagus, li, 393, 394. 
Duration of the plantation—effect of severe 
cutting, &c., 11, 400. 
Forcing—descript. (illust.) of French mode, 
ii, 400; of old mode in protected 
trenches, by dung heat or hot-water- 
pipe heat, il, 4o1, 402; system used at 
Frogmore, ii, 401; forcing removed 
plants, production of green asparagus, 
&c., in forcing-house, li, 402. 
Foreign names of, ii, 527. 
French method of cult.—soil, &c., used, ii, 
394; illusts. of planting and earthing- 
up, systems used, ll, 398, 399; for 
forcing (illust. of frames), 11, 400. 
Insect pests, &c.—treatment of wire-worms, 
ii, 396; list of insect pests, il, 4o2. 
Manures—(see sub-heading Soil and situa- 
tion). 
Packing, ii, 56r. 
Planting—season for, width of beds and 
alleys, distances between rows and 
plants, ii, 396; directions for various 
ways of planting on raised beds or 
level ground, choice of plants, ii, 397; 
after - management, li, 397, 398; dur- 
ation of plantation, il, 400; French 
method (see that sub- heading). 
Auricula 
573 
Asparagus (cont.)— 
Propagation, ii, 394; production of seeds, 
il, 400. 
Seeds—propagation by, ii, 
and storing, il, 400. 
Soil and situation— preparation of the beds, 
application of manures, effect and com- 
position of artificial PMADUKES; use of 
salt, &c., li, 394-396; preparation of 
ground for plants grown in rows on 
the level, ii, 397; after-planting manage- 
ment, 11, 397, 39%. 
Treatment of plants after planting—sea- 
sonal directions, production of partially- 
blanched shoots, &c., ii, 397, 398. 
Asparagus — greenhouse plants, descript., 
cult., and illust., 1, 530; calendarial 
directions, i, 2, 6, 12, 18. 
Asparagus beetle—illust. ), 
treatment, i, 79. 
Asparagus knife—(illusts.), descript. and 
use of, 1, 179, 181; i1, 399. 
Asparagus officinalis — descript. and 
origin of, li, 393; cult. (see Asparagus). 
Asperula—descript. and cult. of perennial 
394; production 
descript. and 
species, &c., 1, 351; of A. azurea setosa 
as annual, i, 380. 
Asphodeline—species, &c., descript. and 
Cult, 1, 351: 
Aspidiotus Camelliz, A. filicum, A 
palmarum—descript. and treatment, 
1, 92. 
Aspidistra lurida—descript. and cult., i, 
6, 548. 
Aspidium - decorative ferns, i, 584; stove 
and greenhouse species, &c., descript. 
of, i, 588; hardy species, &c., descript. 
of, i, 605. 
Asplenium—decorative ferns, 1, 584; stove 
and greenhouse species, &e., descript. 
and illusts., i, 588-590; hardy species, 
&c., descript. and cult., i, 605; A. 
Nidus for subtropical garden, i, 643. 
Assimilation of food of plants—i, 4r. 
(See also Nutrition. ) 
Asters—calendarial directions, i, 8, 10; de- 
script. and cult. of hardy perennial 
species, &c., i, 351; of annual China, 
German, &c.) asters (illust.), i, 389, 
390, 4035 of popular garden species 
(illusts.), 1, 402, 403 ; summer-bedding 
vars. (illust.), 1, 633, 634. 
Astilbe—species, &c., descript. and cult., i. 
351. 
Astrantia—species, &c., descript. and cult., 
1, 351. 
Astrocaryum—species, &c., descript. of, 
i, 609. 
Ataccia cristata —(illust.), descript. and 
cult., 1, 548. 
Athalia spinarum—iillust.), descript. and 
treatment, i, 97. 
Athous hemorrhoidalis, A. sputator. 
obscurus—iillust.), descript. and 
remedies, iy ae 
Atmospheric drainage—necessity for in 
fruit-culture, ii, 33; Lawton process of 
sterilizing the air of fruit-storage, ii, 
384. 
Atriplex hortensis — (illust.), 
uses, and cult., il, 475, 476. 
Attalea—species of, descript. and cult., i, 
609, 610. 
Aubergines—(see Egg-plants). 
UbriSbia  ecacs &c., descript. and cult., 
SEH aL deltoidea for spring-bedding, 
: 620. 
Aucuba japonica—descript. and cult., i, 
290; for winter-bedding, i, 646. 
(Primula auricula) — calen- 
darial directions, i, 5,19; descript. and 
origin of, i, 371, 403, 404; cultivation 
and propagation, i, 404-406; Alpine 
vars.—division of, 1, 404, treatment of, 
i, 406, list of, i, 407, spring-bedding 
vars., 1, 629; show suycules dake 
of, i, 404, list of vars., 1, 406; insect 
~ pests, treatment of, i, 406; exhibition 
plants, conveyance of, 1, 406. 
Autogamy—process of pollination, i, 54; 
prevention of in hermaphrodital flowers, 
1, 59. 
descript., 
