INDEX. 



Le Quelt, Nicholas, a famous rhizotomist, 

 352. 



Le Veau, Francis, a rhizotomist, eulogized 

 by Parkinson, 352. 



Lhwyd, Edward, Esq. 328, 329- 



Libratia, Pears so named by the Romans ; 

 analogous to our Pound-pear, 153. 



Light and air essential to the health of the 

 Apple-tree, 64. — Observations on the con- 

 veyance of light to hot-houses, 202, &c. 



Lilium Concolor, Monadelphum , Tigrinum ; 



74. 



ler's 



Gardener's Dictionary, 89.— His theory 



105.— His account of an action against a 

 gardener tor a fraud in the sale of seeds, 

 117- »■ — His injudicious reduction of the 

 genus Crocus to one species only, 131 

 s/talissimum, or 



Flax; 



Fit i 



Lloydia Alpina, the Anthericum Serotinum 



of LiNNiEUS, 328. 

 Lomandra Longifolia, 265. 

 Louise Bonne Pear, in what respects different 



from the true St. Germain, 227. 

 Luzula Albida, Lutea, 264, 265. 

 Lysias Bijotia, 288, 289. 

 Lysons, Mr. his discovery of flues used by 



the Romans, 148. 



Macerations of Flax, remark concerning, 74. 



Maher, Mr. John, his remarks on the cul- 

 tivation of the Cramhe Maritima, 13. Sf seq. 

 —Hints relative to the culture of the Early 

 Purple Brocoli, 1 16. % seq —Remarks on 

 the pruning and ti aining of standard Apple 

 and Pear-trees, 2 36, # seq. 



Maize, how grown, App. 9.— Method of dress- 

 ing it for eating, ib. 



Malaxis Litiifolia, 292, 293. 



Mango, the, ripened in Kew-gardens, 15 



Manure, the injudicious use of, detrimental 

 to trees, 6 ; 215.— Mistake of farmers and 



gardeners respecting the state in which it 

 ought to be deposited in the soil, 248.— 

 Fresh vegetable substances the fittest for 

 manure, ib. — Several instances adduced to 

 prove the superior advantage of employing 

 recent matter as manure, 249,250,251. 



Maranta Arundinacea, 275, 276. 



Marica Pantherina, 308. 



Marogria Paludosa, 283. 



Maronnier, the French appellation for the 

 cultivated Chestnut, 140. 



Martial, citations from his Epigrams,' 147, 

 148. — Set little value on the Apricot, 152. 

 —Esteemed the hard-fleshed Grape, 153, 

 154. 



Martyn, Professor, his instructions respect- 

 ing the culture of the Crambe Maritima 

 entitled to much esteem, 17. 



Marvel, of Peru, notice respecting that plant, 



Masson, Mr. Francis, his remark relative 



to the plants of mountainous districts at the 



Cape of Good Hope, 235. «. 

 Mealy insect, {Coccus Adonidum), hint for 



the destruction of, 297- 

 Medlars, two kinds of, known to the Romans, 



152. 



Mtlicoton, or yellow-fleshed Peach, 155. «. 

 Melimala, 01 Sweet-apples, species of fruit 



known among the Romans, 152. 

 Melon, remarks on the culture of that fruit, 

 217, &c— Rarely brought to that state ot 

 perfection which it might attain 1 id this 

 country, 221.— The reason, ib.— The re- 

 medy, 222.— Manner of d.spos.ng the fo- 

 liage, ib. and 223— Its flavour improved 

 by the application of oxygene an to us 

 roots, 235. , u „ 



Melon-frames, method of heating them by 



slt-ciui referred to, 151, n. . 

 Merlet, the accuracy of hisdescnptmnot two 

 vrrieties of the Pear corroborated by w 

 Hamel, 226. . name 



Methumca Gloriosa, 331.— Us Lmnean name 

 r originated in an en 

 method of taking 



llkr, 3 Philip, the first who wrote profes- 

 ionally upou the Sea-kale, 16, V- 



