Tulip— 
Calendarial directions, i, 3, 6, 14, 17, 18, 20. 
Forcing sorts and directions, i, 627. 
Popular garden plants—descript. and his- 
tory, 1, 517; cult. and lists of species 
(illusts.) of Tulipa and best garden 
tulips, i, 518, 519; florists’ or English 
tulips (illust. ) ), treatment and division 
into groups, 1, 519, 520. 
Spring-bedding sorts, selections for flower- 
ing together, &e., ih, 631. 
Tulip tree—descript. oe i, 307. 
Tulipa—(see Tulip). 
Tunica saxifraga—descript. and cult. of, 
Hh, B7Kob 
Tupidanthus calyptratus—for the sub- 
tropical garden, i, 646. 
Turf— 
Burnt—analysis of ashes, and use of as 
manure, 1, 164. 
Lawns—method, &c., of laying turf, i, 278, 
280. 
Turf-beetle—(illust.), descript. and use of, 
1, 175, 177- 
Turf-scraper—descript. and use of, i, 176. 
Turf-spade—(illust.), descript. and use of, 
1176. 
Turkey’s beard—descript. and cult. of, i, 
S77: 
Turnip—crops turnips may follow and be 
succeeded by, il, 391; seed quantities, 
ii, 391; descript. of common, French, 
and Swedish turnips, ii, 520; soil, 
manure, and general cult., ii, 520; 
forcing directions, storing the roots, 
saving seeds, ii, 521, 568; list (illusts.) 
of vars., ii, 522; disease (see Anbury 
disease); foreign names of, ii, 528; 
calendarial directions, ii, 533, 536, 539, 
542, 544, 546, 548, 550, 552; packing, 
li, 568. 
Turnip cabbage—(see Kohl Rabi). 
Turnip-fly—(illust.), descript. and treat- 
ment, 1, 96, 97. 
Turnip gall weevil—iillust.), descript. 
and treatment, i, ror. 
Turnip sawfly —~(illust.), descript. and 
treatment, 1, 97. 
Tutsan plant—descript. of, i, 305. 
Tydza—(see Isoloma). 
Tying materials used for garden pur- 
poses, 1, 196. 
Tylenchus —(illust.), descript. 
dies, 1, 107, sagn ll, 342. 
Typha angustifolia and other species— 
descript. and uses of, 1, 384. 
and reme- 
iB) 
Uhdea (Montanoa) bipinnatifida—for 
the subtropical garden, 1, 646. 
Ulex europzus, U. nanus— descript. 
and cult. of, 1, 324. 
Ulmus—species, &c., descript. of, 1, 324. 
Ulula stridula—as garden friend, i, 118. 
Umbellularia californica—descript. and 
cult., 1, 324. 
Urceolina aurea—as a stove plant, i, 556. 
Urine—as a manure, i, 160. 
Ursinea pulchra—descript. and cult. of, 
1, 399. 
Utensils used for garden purposes— de- 
script. and illusts., 1, 190-194. 
Utricularia—descript. and cult., i, 556. 
V 
V-moth—(illust.), descript. and treatment, 
1, 98. 
Vaccinium — descript. and cult. of hardy 
ornamental species, &c. (illust.), 1, 324, 
of V. Myrtillus (illust.) for the cult. of 
bilberry fruit, il, 272, 273. 
Valeriana Phu-aurea—for spring-bed- 
ding, 1, 631. 
INDEX. 
Valerianella—species used as vegetables— 
descript., illust., and cult., il, 439. 
Vallisneria spiralis—descript. and cult., 
1, 384. 
Vallota—calendarial directions, i, 14; de- | 
script., illust., and cult. of, i, 520. 
Vanda—calendarial directions, i, 4, 7, 15, 
16; species, &c., descript. and illust., 
1, 581, 592. 
Vanellus cristatus—as garden friend, i 
117. 
Vaporizer, re ite ELIE, descript. and 
use of, 1, 18 
Vaporizing fumigator—‘(illust. ), descript. 
and use of, 1, 189. 
Vapourer moth — (illust.), descript. and 
treatment, i, 97. 
“Variety ”—botanical meaning of term, i, 
66. 
Vascular plant—descript. of, i, 29. 
Vases—garden decoration, i, 263; flower- 
vases (illusts.)—forms and materials 
used, i, 651-653, arrangement of flowers 
in (illust.), 1, 648, 652-655. 
Vegetable marrow — descript., illust., 
general cult., and market - grower’s 
plan, 11, 522-524; ornamental uses of, 
ll, 524; forcing and fruiting on beds, 
&c., 1, 524; foreign names of, ii, 528; 
calendarial directions, ll, 542; packing, 
il, 568. 
Vegetable mould — (see titles Humus, 
Soils—sub-heading Horticulture). 
Vegetable physiology — influence 
potash on, 1, 169, 170. 
Vegetables— 
Calendarial directions (see title Calendar of 
Operations in the Fruit- and Kitchen- 
gardens). 
Cropping the kitchen-garden — necessity 
and rules for rotation, merits of modes 
of cropping, 11, 389, 390; lists of crops 
to follow each other, 11, 390, 391; quan- 
tities of seed required, ii, 391. 
Foreign names of—lists giving English, 
French, and German titles, 11, 527-530. 
Hybridization—isolation and self-fertiliza- 
tion to fix varieties, i, 62. 
Improvements due to judicious cross-fer- 
tilization and hybridization, i, 59. 
Orchard plantations—illusts., &c., of plans 
for culture of vegetables in, 11, 37, 38, 
73) 75: 
Packing and storing vegetables (see title 
Packing vegetables). 
Preserved—import returns for 1899, ii, 344; 
dried vegetables—French and German 
trade, il, 353, directions for drying 
various vegetables, ii, 356, illusts.- of 
appliances, il, 45, 357, 359, 360. 
Retarding growth—process of, i, 628. 
Soil suitable for (see Soils—sub-heading 
Fruit- and Kitchen-garden). 
Supply of, to an establishment—area of 
ground required to supply a regular 
allowance of vegetables, 1i, 4, 5. 
[For special vegetable, see its name. ] 
Vegetative sports—(see Sports). 
Veins of leaves—descript. of, i, 39 
Venetian Sumach—descript. of shrub, i, 
317- 
Venidium calendulaceum—descript. and 
cult. of, 1, 399. 
Venus’s looking - glass — descript. 
cult. of, 1, 399. 
Venus’s navelwort—descript. of, i, 397. 
Veratrum —species, &c., descript. and cult., 
of 
and 
1, 376. 
Verbascum — species, &c., descript. and 
cult., i, 376. 
Verbena—calendarial directions, i, 9; de- 
script. and cult. of lemon-scented ver- 
bena, 1, 307, in greenhouse, i, 537; 
annual species, &c., descript. and cult. : 
1, 399, summer- -bedding kinds (illust.} 
and directions, i, 633, 637. 
Verbesina gigantea—for the subtropical 
garden, 1, 646. 
| Verge-cutter—(illust.), use of, i, 175, 176. 
605 
Veronica—calendarial directions, i, 9; de- 
script. and cult. of hardy ornamental 
species, &c. (illust.), 1, 324, of hardy 
perennial species, &c. ‘illust.), 1, 377, 
of greenhouse plants, i, 544, of plants 
for carpet- and winter-bedding, 1, 640, 
647. 
Verschaffeltia splendida—< 
cult. of" i, 612. 
escript. and 
Vespa crabro-—as garden friends, 1, 120. 
Vespa vulgaris—damage to fruit, reme- 
dies, i, 78. 
Vessels—formation of spiral and annular 
illust.), i, 23. 
Viburnum—calendarial directions, 1, 
dese ript. and cult. of hardy ornamental 
Species, &c. illust. , 1, 325, of green- 
house species, 13.544, Of forcing plants 
(illust. ), 1, 625, of winter-bedding plants, 
1, 647. 
Vicia Faba—descript. 
cult. (see Beans). 
Victoria regia—illust. of, i, 380; descript. 
and cult., 1, 334. 
Villarsia nymphzoides—descript of, i, 
384. 
Vincea—descript. and cult. of hardy orna- 
mental species, &c., i, 325, of V. rosea - 
as stove plant, i, 556, of plants for 
spring- and winter-bedding, 1, 631, 647. 
Vine louse—(illust.), descript. and treat- 
ment, i, 109, T10. 
Vine mildew —(illusts.), causes and treat- 
ment, i, 126, 128; 11, 290; fungicide for, 
i, +129; sulphurator ins used in 
remedy of, 1, 189, 190. 
Vine scale—descript. and treatment, i, 70. 
Vineries, Construction of— 
Aspect suitable for vineries, i, 205. 
Border formation (see Vines, sub-heading 
Culture under glass). 
Clovenfords vineries—descript. of, i, 206. 
Drainage, 11, 280. 
Form of structures (illusts. )—merits of span- 
roof, lean-to roof vineries, &c., i, 205, 
206; 11, 280. 
Hot-water pipes and ventilation arrange- 
ments, 1, 206. 
Vines—Culture for Fruit— 
Culture in pots—merits of, ii, 280; raising 
and growing from eyes, directions for 
potting, temperature, ‘soil, pruning, 
training, and disbudding, 1i, 289; fruit- 
ing vines and means of ensuring even 
break of buds, fertilization of flow ers, 
ii, 289, 290; thinning the fruit and illust. 
of pot-grown plant, li, 290. 
Culture outdoor—against walls, &c.— 
Conditions necessary to, ii, 291. 
Illust. and descript. of Lord Bute’s 
vinery, li, 293, 204. 
Planting, pruning and training (illust.), 
ll, 292, 294, 550. 
Soil and situation, ii, 292. 
Thomery and Fontainebleau systems— 
descript. of, 11, 292, 293; merits for 
adoption in England, ii, 203, 204. 
Culture under glass— 
Borders—formation ‘allust.) and drainage, 
ii, 280, 281; soil preparation, ii, 281; 
renewal of borders and of surface soil, 
ii, 282; manures for, ii, 282, 284; pro- 
tection measures, ii, 282; watering, il, 
18; 
and origin, ii, 403; 
282 
es o - - - 
Calendarial directions, 
ll, 534; 537, 539, 
542, 544, 547, 549, 551; 553; 554, 557; 
Construction of vineries (see title Vin- 
Foliage and roots—growth of and the 
maintenance of healthy state of vine, 
li, 285 
Forcing—time to start houses for various 
crops, li, 282. 
Keeping the grapes on the vines and 
when cut—directions and illust., 11, 288 
Lifting vines for renewal of border and 
as restorative to weak vines, ii, 282. 
Mode of bearing fruit—(illust.), descript. 
of growth and management of young 
shoots, 11, 284, 285 
