604 | THE GARDENER’ ASSISTANT. 
Tipula reptans—treatment of cocoons of 
on water-cress, il, 441. 
Tissue—formation of various tissues (illust.), 
1, 28, 29; fundamental tissue of stem or 
branch, iy BO, aye 
Titmouse—as enemy or friend in garden, 1, 
75, 117, 118. 
Toadflax—descript. and cult. of, i, 364. 
Toad-flower—descript. and cult. of, i, 621. 
Toads—as garden friends, i, 119. 
Tobacco plant—calendarial directions, 1, 7; 
descript. and cult., 1, 396, for subtropi- 
cal garden, 1, 645. 
Todea—for Wardian cases, i, 585; sections 
of genus, descript. and illust. , 1, 600. 
Tom Thumb—descript. of plant, i, 390. 
Tomato— 
Autumn and winter crops grown wholly or 
partially under glass—treatment of, i, 
338-340. 
Calendarial directions—outdoor, ii, 544, 546, 
548, 550, 554; for forcing, il, 534, 537, 
539) 544- 
Culture in open-air— 
Conditions for successful culture, ii, 331. 
Market-growers’ methods and profits, ii, 
333, 334: 
Planting—positions, time, and methods, 
il, 332. 
Pruning and training—side-shoots (il- 
lust. ), ii, 332; removal of leaves ( illust. ) 
ii, 333; use of stakes, &c.(illust.), it, 334. 
Raising the plants—time and method of 
sowing seed and treatment of seedlings, 
li, 331, 332; hardening off for truiting 
quarters, li, 332. 
Ripening of fruit—time for, treatment of 
cracked fruit, and artificial methods of 
ripening, li, 333. 
Soil and manure for, i, 171, li, 332; chemi- 
cal manure, &c., used by market- 
growers, il, 333, 334- 
Culture in pits and frames—disadvantages 
of and treatment of piants, 11, 340. 
Culture under glass— 
Arrangement for culture in mixed houses 
—merits and defects of, 11, 334, 336. 
Autumn and winter crops (see that sub- 
heading). 
Border- and ridge-grown plants—soil and 
manure, il, 336, 337; mulchings, ii, er 
planting, pruning and training, il, 337, 
338. 
Pot-grown plants (illust.) for early sup- 
plies—general treatment, soil, position 
in house, pruning and training, &c., ii, 
335, 336. 
Setting the flowers and removal of mis- 
shapen fruit, 11, 336, 338. 
Successional supplies and early crops— 
means of obtaining and treatment of 
plants, ii, 335, 336-338. 
Temperature and ventilation, ii, 336, 338. 
Disease—liability of plants to, ii, 334, 336; 
effect of mulching, i li, 338; treatment of 
scalding, ii, 338, 341, of pots ato disease, 
ll, 338, 340, of yellow spot, ii, 340, 341, 
of sleeping disease, i, 124, ii, 341, of 
black stripe, black rot, slime fungus ii, 
341. 
Extent of culture, uses of tomatoes as 
articles of diet, origin of the tomato, 
My, Seip 
Foreign names of, ii, 528. 
Insect pests—treatment of root-gall or eel- 
worm, wire-worms, &c., li, 341, 342. 
Late crops (see sub-heading Autumn and 
winter crops). 
List of vars.—descript. and illusts., 11, 342, 
343. 
Manure, effect of—experiments on plants 
cultivated with and without manure, 
i,171. (Seealso sub-headings Culture. ) 
Packing—methods of, ii, 380, 567; boxes, 
baskets (illust.), &e., “for, li, 369, 371, 
372. 
Propagation methods, ii, 330. 
Tools, Instruments, &c., for gardens-— 
Choice and care of—general remarks, i, 173. 
Tools, Instruments, &c. (cozt.)— 
‘Instruments for cutting —descript. and 
illusts., 1, 178-181. 
Instruments used in laying out ground 
lines, i, 181-184. 
Machines, hose-pipes, barrows, &c.—de- 
script. and illusts., 1, 184-190. 
Miscellaneous articles—tallies, labels, tying 
materials, &c.—descript. and illusts., 
i, 194-196. 
Spraying fruit-trees (see that title). 
Tools—descript. and illusts., i, 173-178. 
Utensils—pots, watering-cans, tubs, &c.— 
descript. and illusts., i, 190-194. 
[For special tool, instrument, machine, &c., 
see its name. ] 
Torenia—calendarial directions, i, 6, 10, 12; 
descript. and cult., i, 556. 
Torreya—species, &c., descript. of trees 
and fruit of, i, 334, 335. 
Town trees and shrubs—(see title Sea- 
side and Town Trees and Shrubs). 
Toxicophlea (Acokanthera) specta- 
bilis—as a stove shrub, i, 556. 
Tracheids—(illust.), formation of, i, 28. 
Trachelium coeruleum—as a greenhouse 
plant, i, 543. 
eae Ry cene nes —descript., cult., and illust. 
of palms, i, 323, 324, 608, 612, 643. 
Tradescantia—species, &c., descript. and 
Cult..31, 375 
Tragopogon porrifolius — (illust.), de- 
script., uses, and cult., ii, 509, 510. 
Training fruit-trees—(see names of fruits, 
sub-headings Pruning and training, or 
Culture, &c.). 
Training plants—consideration of mode 
of growth, i, 46. 
Trama troglodytes—descript. and reme- 
dies, i, 109. 
Transplanting Trees, Shrubs, &c.— 
Bearing the operation and need for trans- 
planting, capabilities of plants, i, 247. 
Dibbling as a mode of, for small plants, i, 
177 
Frequent transplanting of young trees and 
plants—advantages of, i, 248. 
Hole into which plant is to be placed— 
size, &c., 1, 250. 
Large trees, trench system—descript. and 
‘illust. of, i, 249, 250, 251. 
Machines and spree. used—descript. 
and illusts., i, 249-2 
Season for—question as to best time, sea- 
sons for deciduous trees, shrubs, and 
evergreens, i, 247, 248. 
Soil around plant-roots—importance of con- 
veying without breakage, 1, 249. 
Supports against wind, &c., i, 251. 
Trapa natans—descript. of, i, 384. 
Trays for fruit-gathering and storage— 
descript. and illusts., li, 69, 70, 382, 
383. 
Tree creepers (Birds)—as garden friends, 
1 rne: 
Tree-ferns—conservatory decoration, pot- 
ting, &c., directions, i, 527; Lomaria 
gigantea, descript. of, i, 595; Blechnum 
and Dicksonia genera—descript. of, 1, 
590, 593. illust. of D. squarrosa, i, 592, 
use, cult., and species for subtropical 
garden, 1, 641, 642, 643. 
Tree-guards—guard used in Paris streets, 
1 (illust.), 338; for fruit-trees (illust.), 
li, 38. 
Tree of Heaven—descript. of, i, 287. 
Tree pzonies— see Pzony). 
Tree primrose—descript., uses, cookery, 
and cult. as vegetable, 11, 519; foreign 
names of, ii, 528. 
Tree-pruner—(illust.), descript. and use of 
standard, i, 180. 
Tree-saws—descript. and use of, i, 181. 
Tree tomato—descript., cult., and illust., 
1, 534- 
Trees and Shrubs— 
Age of—means of calculating, i, 37. 
Disease and insect pests (see titles Fungi, 
Trees and Shrubs (cozz.)— 
Insect and other Plant Enemies, Spray- 
ing Fruit-trees). 
Estates—plantation of timber on, i, 273, 274. 
Flower-gardens and pleasure-grounds (see 
that title, sub-heading Trees and 
Shrubs). 
Forcing shrubs (see title Forcing). 
Greenhouse plants — descriptive list and 
illusts., 1, 528-544. 
Hardy ornamental (see titles Hardy Trees 
and Shrubs; Conifers, Hardy; Sea- 
side and Town Trees and Shrubs). 
Leaves—table showing amount of nitrogen 
contained in, 1, 138. 
Manure injurious to evergreen shrubs— 
question of, i, 274. 
Shelter-belts for orchard and kitchen- 
garden, planting (illust.), ii, 10, 11, 33. 
Storm damage—treatment of trees after, i, 
252, 253, 254. 
Subtropical garden (see that title). 
Water-bank plantations—trees and shrubs 
for, 1, 281, 282, 283, 378. 
Wild garden—trees and shrubs suitable for, 
i, 284, 348. 
[See also titles Propagation, Pruning, 
Spraying, Transplanting, &c.; for par- 
ticular genus of tree or shrub, see its 
title. ] 
Trellis for fruit, &c., culture—construction 
of (illust.), 11, 167, 320, 326. 
Trianea bogotensis—descript. and cult., 
1, 384. 
‘Tribe ”—botanical meaning of term, i, 66. 
Trichomanes—descript. and cult. of stove 
and greenhouse ferns, and for Wardian 
cases, 1, 585, 601, of hardy fern T. 
radicans, 1, 608. 
Trichopilia—descript. of orchids, i, 581. 
Tricuspidaria (Crinodendron) depen- 
dens—descript., cult., and illust., i, 
543: 
Trillium—species, &c., descript. and cult., 
i; 375; 
Triphena pronuba—(illust.),descript. and 
remedies, i, 111. 
Tritoma—(see Kniphofia). 
Tritonia—calendarial directions, i, 18; de- 
script. and cult. of hardy perennial Abe 
aurea, 1, 376, of popular garden plants 
(illust. ) for indoor or outdoor cult., and 
list of species and vars., 1, 517. 
Trochilium my Deets T. tipuli- 
forme-—(illust.), descript. and reme- 
dies, i, 112, 113. 
Troglodytes europzus —as a garden 
friend, i, 119. 
Trollius—species, &c., descript. and cult., 
i, 376, for planting near water, i, 387. 
Tropzolum—ornamental plants, descript. 
and cult. of perennial species, &c. 
(illust.), i, 376, of annual forms, 1, 399, 
for summer-bedding, 1, 637; s, majus 
and T. tuberosum (illust.) for culinary 
purposes—descript., uses, and cult., i, 
467, 519. 
Tropical plants and house—(see titles 
Stove or Tropical House and Plants, 
Subtropical Garden; also generic names 
of plants). 
Trowel—(illust.), descript. and use of, i, 175, 
177- 
Truck basket—(illust.), descript. and use 
of, 1, 189. 
True-service tree—descript. of, i, 315. 
Truffie—(illust.), descript., where grown, and 
use as vegetable, il, 520; foreign names 
of, ii, 528. 
Trumpet flower—descript. of, i, 323. 
Tsuga—species, &c., descript., cult., and 
classification of, i, 335. 
Tuber zstivum — (illust.), descript. and 
uses of, 11, 520. 
Tuberoses—calendarial directions, i, 3, 9, 
10, 14, 16, 18; forcing direerineem i, 627. 
Tubers—formation of (illust.), i, 36; propa- 
gation by, 1, 227. : 
Tubs for plants—(illust. ), descript. and use 
of, i, 192. i 
