INDEX. 



Damasonium Au 

 Date, remark co 

 Decomposition of 



Dendrobium Barringtonia, 298. 

 Denny, and Dionier, varieties of Pear, 



tioned by Worlidge, 230. 

 Diana Pear, 230. 



t Edulis, & _ 

 Crispa, 820, 



riety of' the Brassicd Napus, or Rape, 26, 



Iridifolia, 307, 

 Dipidax R6sra, 330, 331. 

 Diplectrurn Cucullifolium, 287. 

 -D/W, injurious to Strawberries; how to remedy 



Disa Cornuta, 288**' 



Disa Spatulata, 288. 



Disperis Secunda, 288. 



Disporum Pullum, 331, 332. 



Doryanthes Exce/sa, 336. 



Downton-Pippin, a variety of Apple, 35.— 

 Mr. Knight's account of, 145, 146.— Ob- 

 tained by introducing the pollen of the 

 Golden Pippin into the blossom of the 

 Orange Pippin, 145. — Is an excellent cider- 

 apple, possessing much saccharine juice, ib. 

 — A rapid grower and very productive, ib. 

 —Ripens earlier than the Golden-Pippin, 

 and retains its perfection till March, 146.— 

 Farther account of it, 228. 



Doyenne 1 Pear, (the Red), account and de- 

 lineation of, 230, &c— An ancient Pear 



ripening and continuing in perfection here, 

 232. — Recommended to the horticulturists 

 at Edinburgh, ib. 

 Drake, Sir Francis, asserted to have been 



the first who discovered the Potatoe, 10. 

 Dryander, Mr. his notes respecting the 



Potatoe, 8, &c. 



Juracina, a hard-fleshed Cherry of the Ro- 

 mans, 152. — The term also applied to one 

 of their Vines, 153. 



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Egg»Piant, method of cultivating it in France, 

 App. 9. — Its fruit usfd in ragouts, ib. 



Kicvation, tiic diversified effects of, on vege- 

 table life, App. 16, &c. 



England, temperature of, compared with that 

 of those parts of Kussia in a parrallel lati- 

 tude, 32.— Progress of the seasons in, ib. 

 —The climate of, not so well suited to the 

 culture of Peaches as that of France, App. 



English, the, excel in many branches of 



Horticulture ; surpassed by the French in 



others, App. 4. 

 Epidendrum Cochlea turn and Fragrans, 293. 

 Epigrams of Martial, citations from, to 



prove that the Romans enjoyed the luxury 



of forcing-houses, 147, 148. 

 Erythronium Jquutile, 331. 

 Ethanium Racemosum, 281, 282. 

 Eucalyptus hirsuta, and obliqua, brought from 



Van Diemen's Land into England, 25. 

 Eugenia Jambos : see Jamrosade, 

 Eurycles Silvestris, 336. 

 Evansia Chinensis, 303. 

 Evelyn, John, Esq. his remark a 



the application of manure to annua 

 Exotics, which endure the open air, i 



shire; account of several, J 75, &c. ; and 



242, 243. 



Experiments made with plants under different 



climates, results deducible from, 31, 82. 



With oxygene air, for promoting vegeta- 

 tion, 234, 235. 



IpkntsA 



Farina of hardy Plum-t 



the blossoms of the tender kinds: rich va- 

 rieties thence attainable, App. 2, 3. 



Ferrarius, his account of the Tuberose, 48. 



Figs, method of hastening their maturity, 110." 

 —Several sorts cultivated by the Romans, 

 152. — When first introduced into England, 

 156 — Mr. Gardiner's method of ripen- 

 ing the second crop, 252,253,254. — Large 

 crops raised by Mr. Aiton in Kew gardens, 



