GENERAL INDEX. 



1097 



Fruitfulness increased by root-pruning. 

 36 ; by bending the limbs, 37. 



Glands of the Peach, 593. 



Gooseberry, description and uses of, 

 499, 500; propagation and culture, 

 500; varieties, 501 ; selection of, 503; 

 American varieties, ib. 



Graft, its influence on the stock, 27. 



Grafting, uses of, 16 ; proper time for, 

 ib. ; scions selected, 17; stock for, 

 ib. ; theory of, ib. ; confined to cer- 

 tain limits, ib. ; its manual opera- 

 tion, IS ; splice and tongue grafting, 

 18, 19 ; American Whip-tongue graf- 

 ting, 19 ; cleft grafting. 21 ; grafting 

 the vine. 22 ; saddle grafting, ib. ; 

 side grafting, 23. 



Grafting Clay, 23. 



Grafting Wax, 23. 



Grape, history of, 504 ; uses and soil, 

 505 ; propagation, 506 ; culture of 

 foreign, ib. ; renewal system, 507 ; 

 culture under glass, without heat, 

 508 ; soil for vinery, 509 ; pruning, 

 ib. ; routine of culture, 510 ; thinning 

 the fruit, ib. ; culture under glass, 

 with fire -heat, ib. ; construction of 

 vinery, 511 ; the border, 512 ; the 

 spur system of pruning, 512 ; insects 

 and diseases peculiar to, 513; varie- 

 ties, ib. ; pruning, training, and cul- 

 ture of American grapes, 525 ; dis- 

 eases and insects. 527 ; grafting, ib. ; 

 keeping, ib. ; varieties, 528 ; selection 

 of varieties, 558. 



Grape Beetle, 527. 



Hickory Nut, 574. 

 Hybridising, 7 ; limits of, 8. 



Inoculating Fruit Trees, 23. 

 Insect Blight, 645. 



Insects, remarks on, 54 ; to destroy by 

 hand-picking, 55; larvae, or grubs, 

 ib. ; salt, a remedy for, ib. ; to de- 

 stroy in the winged state, 56. 



Knight, his mode of raising new varie- 

 ties, 10 ; his theory on the decay of 

 varieties, ib. 



Knots Disease, fatal to plum, 894. 



Layers, propagating by, 31. 

 Laying in by the heels, 50. 

 Lemons and Limes. 579. 

 Lime, a cure for peach-borer, 586. 

 Loams, best adapted for plantations, 

 51. 



Longevity of Peach Trees, 585 (note). 



Madeira Nut, 573. 



Manure for fruit trees, 48, 49. 



Melon, its history and culture, 559 ; in- 

 sects attacking, ib. ; varieties, 560. 



Mice, to prevent girdling trees, 35. 



Mildew in grapes, 527. 



Moths, how to destroy, 56. 



Mulberry, habits and varieties, 564 ; the 

 ever-bearing, ib. ; the red mulberry, 

 565. 



Mulching, 48. 



Nectarine, its history and culture, 

 565 ; curculio an enemy to, ib. ; va- 

 rieties, 566. 



Xoyes, Darling, remarks on the yellows 

 in Peach 588 (note). 



Nuts: Chestnut, 572 ; the Chinquapin 

 and European Walnut, 573 ; Filbert, 

 Hickory nut, 574. 



Olive, history and uses, 575 ; propaga- 

 tion and culture, ib. ; varieties, 576. 



Orange, history, 576, 577 ; soil and cul- 

 ture, 577 ; insects on, ib. ; specific 

 against, 578 ; varieties, ib. 



Peach, its history, 580 ; uses, 581 ; 

 propagation, 5S2 ; soil and situation, 

 ib. ; pruning, 583 ; training, 585 ; in- 

 sects and diseases, 586 ; yellows in, 

 587 ; symptoms, ib. ; cause, 588 ; 

 remedy for. 591 ; the curl, 592 ; classi- 

 fication of freestones and clingstones, 

 ib. ; raising peaches in pots, 594 ; va- 

 rieties, 596 ; curious or ornamental 

 varieties, 638 ; selection of choice 

 sorts, 639; selection for the South, 

 ib. 



Peach Borer, 586 ; remedy for, ib. 



Pear, history of, 639 ; its nativity, 640 ; 

 extraordinary specimen of tree, 641 ; 

 uses of. ib. ; gathering and keeping, 

 ib. ; propagating, 642 ; soil, situation, 

 and culture, 648 ; diseases of, 644 ; 

 insect blight, etc. , 645 ; varieties, 

 650 ; select list for table use, market- 

 ing, and cooking, 887. 



Planting deep, bad effects of, 48. 



Plum, history and use, 889 ; propaga- 

 tion and culture, 890; soil, 891; in- 

 sects and diseases, ib. ; curculio or 

 plum-weevil, 892; how to destroy, 

 893 ; the knots or black gum, 894 ; 

 varieties, 895 ; ornamental varieties, 

 955 ; selection of varieties for table, 

 market, and cooking, ib. 



Plum Weevil, 892. 



Pomegranate, history and uses, 956 ; 

 propagation and culture, 957 ; varie- 

 ties, ib. 



Position of fruit trees, 51. 



Potash Wash for fruit trees, 35. 



Preparing soil for fruit trees, 47. 



Propagation of Varieties, 16 ; by cut- 

 tings, 29 ; by layers and suckers, 31. 



