INDEX. 



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Hitt's directions for training trees, 17 1. 

 Holland, Right Hon. Lady; one species of 



Dahlia introduced into England by her, 



92,93, 



Homeria Collina and Ochroleuca, 30/, 308. 



Homoglossum Precox, 325. 



Hooker, Mr. W illiam, his painting of a 

 branch producing two varieties of fruit, 

 104.— His sketch of the true St. Germain 

 Pear, exhibited to the Horticultural So- 

 ciety, 227 ; and of the Wormsley Pippin, 

 229- 



Horse-radish, ils cultivation much neglected, 

 207- — Soil most proper for its growth, ib. 

 —Method of cultivating it, ib. and 20S.— 

 The manure fittest for it, and the manner of 

 preparing it, 209- 

 Horticultural Society, remarks on the objects 

 which they have in view, 1 to *]. — Ad- 

 vantages to the public from such an in- 

 stitution, 2, 3. — Extensive field of encou- 

 held out by the Society, 41. — 

 ermination to advance the know- 

 ledge of ornamental as well as esculent ve- 

 getables, 122.— Pointing out improvement 

 in the culture of plants useful to mankind, 

 their primary object, 157- — Distinguishing 

 valuable fruits from inferior varieties, ano- 

 ther of their objects, 230. 

 Horticulture, amidst our national and do- 

 mestic improvements, alone neglected, 2. — 

 Divisible into two grand branches, 3. — Prac- 

 tical horticulture susceptible of essential 

 improvement, 7. — Its charms appreciated 

 by all ranks of men, 41. — The younger 

 sisterof Agriculture, 42. — The managing of 



ches, 261. 



Hot-beds, few of them made in the most ad- 

 vantageous form, 5. — Remarks on the 

 proper construction of their frames, 142, 

 &c— (See Frames).— Their surfaces usually 

 made horizontal, 142. — Improved method 

 of placing them on inclined planes of earth, 

 ib. 



Hot houses, observations on those of the Ro- 

 mans, 147, &c. — Imperfectly constructed 

 formerly, 14y.— Little used in England at 

 the beginning of the last century, 150.— 

 Much still to be learnt respecting them, ib. 



—Miscalled forcing-houses, ib. —Applied by 

 the English to their proper use, ib.— Future 

 probable mode of their constructure, 151. 



Hurtle-berries, their culture neglected in the 

 English gardens, 155, n. 



Hyacinths, experiments by applying oxygene 

 air to their roots, 234. 



Hyalis Aulica, Gracilis, Latifolia, Longiflora, 

 "Marvinilbtia, 317, 318. 



llwlustijlus Calif amicus, 310. 



Hymeuocallis Fragrans, 340 ;—Lacera, 338 ; 

 — Littoralis, ib.; — Paludosa, ib.; — Sessilis, 

 339 -—Speciosa, 340 ;—Tubiflora , 341. 



Hymenocharis Obliqua, 276. 



Llymenotheca Latifolia, 268, 26Q. 



Ibidium Cry st alii gerum, Elatum, Speciosum, 

 Spirale, 291, 292. 



Inclined planes of earth, improved method of 

 constructing hot-beds upon, 142, 143; and 

 seep. 199, &c 



Indian Corn. See Maize. 



Ingestrie Pippin, the Red and Yellow, ac- 

 count of those two new varieties of Apple, 

 227 — Whence the name, 228. 



Insects, hints for the destruction of, 297. 



Ipomaa Tuberosa, description of that plant, 

 184.— Merits a place in our stoves and 

 green-houses, ib.— Differs little perhaps in 

 medicinal properties from the Jalap, ib.— 

 Its mode of culture and management, 185. 



Iris Fragrans, Glauca, 302, 303. 



Ismene Crinijolia, 342, 343. 



Italy, remark on the vineyards of that country, 

 1 10. 



Ixia Pulchra, Serotina, S20. 



Jamrosade (Eugenia Jambos), its different 



fiction in Europe, 



pellat 



fruit seldom bro..^... — r 



ib.— Character and description o. ^ 

 ib.— Denominated the Rose Apple on ac- 

 count of its fragrancy, 12.— History or an 

 individual tree of the specie* in the Nauona 

 collection at Paris, ib.-U* >-rt cuhural 

 treatment and way of fruit be.ng descibed, 



