GENERAL INDEX. 



Butternut, 574. 



Axmond, its nativity, 430 ; uses of, ib. ; 

 its cultivation, ib. ; varieties, 431 ; or- 

 namental, 432. 



American Blight, 66. 



Annual pruning of peach trees, 585 

 (note). 



Aphis, the Woolly, 66. 



Apple, its history, 58 ; where best nat- 

 uralized, 59 ; its uses, ib. ; its quality, 

 60 ; propagation, ib. ; grafting, 21 ; 

 soil and situation for, 61 ; planting 

 and cultivation of apple orchards, 62 ; 

 the bearing year, 63 ; pruning, ib. ; 

 insects destructive to, ib. ; how to de- 

 stroy, 64 ; gathering and keeping, 

 67; varieties of, 72; Siberian crabs 

 and improved Siberian apples, 421 ; 

 selections for different latitudes, and 

 for table use, marketing, cooking, and 

 keeping, 427. 



Apple bark beetle, 67. 



Apple Borer, 63. 



Apple Worm, 66. 



Apricot, uses and cultivation of, 433 ; 

 liable to disease, ib. ; curculio fatal 

 to fruit, ib. ; varieties of tree, ib. ; 

 ornamental varieties, 442 ; varieties 

 adapted for small gardens, and for 

 cold climates, ib. 



Ashes, a cure for peach borer, 586. 



Aspect of fruit trees, 53. 



Bark Louse, the, 66. 

 Bats, useful as destroyers of insects, 

 58. 



Bending down limbs, to produce fruit- 

 fulness, 37. 



Berberry, description of, 442; its use 

 and culture, 443 ; varieties of, ib. 



Birds, as destroyers of insects, 57. 



Black Gum, fatal to plum trees, 894. 



Black Walnut, 574. 



Blackberry, culture and varieties of, 

 443 ; ornamental varieties, 446. 



Blight on Apple Trees, 67. 



Budding, 23; proper season for, 24; 

 shield and American shield budding, 

 25 ; reversed shield budding, 26 ; an- 

 nular budding, 27. 



Canker Worm, the, 65. 



Caterpillar, 64 ; to destroy, ib. 



Chamomile to destroy insects, 56. 



Cherry, its history, 447 ; uses of, ib. ; 

 gum of the, 448 ; as shade trees, ib. ; 

 soil and situation for, ib. ; propaga- 

 tion and cultivation, 449 ; classes of, 

 450; ornamental varieties, 486; se- 

 lections of, for family use, to ripen 

 in succession, 487 . 



Chestnut, 572. 



Cider, how to make, 69. 



Citron, the, 579. 



Coal Tar, a remedy for grubs, 56. 

 Codling Moth, 66. 



Composition for wounds in pruning, 35. 



Crab, wild species of, 58. 



Cranberry, description of and value, 

 493 ; its culture profitable, 494. 



Cross-breeding, 7. 



Cucumber Bug, the, 559. 



Curculio, 892 ; habits of, ib. ; how to 

 destroy, 893. 



Curl, the, in peach trees, 592. 



Currant, its history and use, 487 ; pro- 

 pagation and culture, 488 ; insects de- 

 structive to, 488, 489 ; varieties of, 

 489 ; ornamental, 493. 



Cuttings, to propagate by, 29. 



De Candolle, remarks on decay of 



varieties, 11. 

 Deep planting to be avoided, 48. 

 Disbarking and ringing, 37. 

 Duration of varieties, 10. 



Fig, its history, 494 ; its secret blossom, 

 494, 495 ; propagation, 495 ; soil and 

 culture, ib. ; oiling the fruit, 496 ; va- 

 rieties, ib. 



Filbert, varieties of, 574. 



Fire Blight, 644. 



French Standard Names, key to, 1009. 



Frozen-Sap Blight, 646. 



Fruit, production of new varieties, 1. 



Eyes, or Buds, to propagate by, 23. 



