GENERAL INDEX. 



Prunes, to make, 890. 



Pruning, to promote growth, 33 ; to in- 

 duce fruitfulness, 36; annual, pro- 

 duces longevity in peach trees, 585 

 (note). 



Quenottille training, 39. 



Quince, its history and use, 957, 958 ; 

 propagation, culture, and varieties, 

 958 ; ornamental varieties, 960. 



Quince Stocks to dwarf pears, 643. 



Babbits, to prevent girdling trees, 35. 



Kaspberry, its habits, uses, propaga- 

 tion, and culture, 960, 961 ; varieties, 

 962. 



Remedies for Blight, 646. 

 Benewal Training of vines, 507. 

 Binging and Disbarking, 37. 

 Rivers, Mr. , on Root-pruning, 36. 

 Root-pruning, 36. 



Saddle-grafting, 22. 



Salt, used to destroy insects, 55. 



Scale Insect on Orange, 578. 



Scions, to select, 17. 



Seedlings, to raise, 4, 5. 



Shaddock, the, 579. 



Shellac, for wounds in trees, 35. 



Shortening -in, mode of pruning the 



peach, 37. 

 Siberian Crabs, 421. 

 Slug-worm, 650. 



Smells will drive away winged insects, 

 56. 



Soft-Soap, for stems of trees, 36. 

 Soil, best for fruit trees, 51 . 

 Species of Fruit Trees, 2. 

 Spurring-in, training the vine, 507. 

 Stocks, for grafting, 17 ; their influence 



on graft, 27. 

 Stopping the bearing shoots of the vine, 



508. 



Strawberry, history and uses, 974 ; pro- 

 pagation and soil, 975 ; modes of cul- 

 ture, 976 ; fertile and barren plants, 

 976, 977 ; varieties, 977 ; Alpine and 

 wood strawberries, 1005 ; hautbois 

 strawberries, 1007 ; Chili strawberries, 



ib. ; green strawberries, 1008 ; selec- 

 tion of varieties, 1008. 

 Suckers, propagating by, 32. 



Taklng up Trees, 46. 

 Thorn, the, good stocks for pear trees, 

 643. 



Toads destroy insects, 58. 



Tobacco- Water, remedy for insects, 56. 



Training, remarks on, 38 ; its objects, 

 39 ; conical standards and quenouille 

 training, 39, 40 ; pyramids and bush- 

 es, 40 ; cord on- training, 41 ; fan-train- 

 ing, 42 ; horizontal training, 44. 



Transplanting, remarks on, 45 ; best 

 season for, 45, 46 ; preparing the 

 places, 47 ; proper size for, 49 ; lay- 

 ing in by the heels, 50. 



Trellis, use of, for the vine, 508. 



Trenching, to improve soil, 53. 



Valleys, objectionable for fruit trees, 

 53. 



Van Mons' Theory, 5. 



Varieties, to produce new, 1 ; tendency 

 to change, 3 ; influence of grafting 

 on, 4 ; Van Mons' method of raising 

 new, 5 ; cross-breeding, 7 ; propaga- 

 tion of, 16 ; remarks on the duration 

 of, 10 ; Knight's theory on the decay 

 of, ib. ; effects of climate on, 12 ; to 

 restore decayed, 15. 



Vine, grafting the, 22 ; culture of, 506. 



Vinery, cheap mode of building, 508 ; 

 for fire-heat, 510. 



Vineyard Culture, 526. 



Wash for stems of fruit trees, 35. 

 "Water Melon, its uses, culture, and 



varieties, 561. 

 Weevil, attacks plums, 892. 

 Whale-oil Soap, to destroy insects, 56. 

 Wild Plum, varieties indigenous, 889. 

 W r oolly Aphis, the, 66. 

 Wounds made in pruning, composition 



for, 35. 



Yellows, disease of, in Peach, 587 ; 

 symptoms, ib. ; cause, 588 ; remedy 

 591. 



31*77 

 1300 



