INDEX. 



alv, 110 — His de 

 of Crocus judiciou 



Cy,» 



preservation and propagation 

 diums, 302. — His directions for the culture 

 of the Hern odactylus Tuberosus incorrect, 

 304— Introduced'the Methonica Gloriosa, 

 331.— Cultivated the Hymenocallis Senilis, 

 340.— His account of a disease in the roots 

 of certain plants, 357, 358. 

 Mill-hill, sim.ui >n of that village described, 

 96, 97- 



Milnrk, Dr. noticeofthat venerable botanist, 

 278. — Some of the rare plants cultivated by 



hni), ih. 



25. 



Minicr's Dumpling, a new variety of Apple, 



description of, 70. 

 Mindti, Father, asserted to have first brought 

 the Tuberose from the East Indies, 46;— 

 and to have planted it in the Senator 

 Pkiresc's garden, 47- 

 Monocotyledons, one of the two great natural 

 classes of plants, 2o3. — Botanical descrip- 

 tion of seven.l plants of that class, 264, &c. 

 Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, passage 

 from her Letters respecting the Pine-apple, 

 150. 



Mont Perdu, its elevation, App. 10.— State 

 of the thermometer on its summit, ib. — 

 Number of species of plants found upon the 



Montreuil, in France, celebrated for the cul- 

 tivation of Peaches, App. 4. and n. — How 

 the people of that village manage their 



Moorpark Apricot, App. 8. 

 Morea Barbigera, Odora, Tricolor, Tristis ; 

 306, 307, 



Mountains, high, observations on the vegeta- 

 tion of, App. I 5, &c. 



Mulberry, two kinds of, possessed by the Ro- 

 mans, 152. — One of a peculiar 

 ed by Pliny, ib. 



Mulberry-trees, their culture little attended 

 to ; the reason, 5. — Observations on the 

 advantages of grafting them, Co, &c. 



Musa Cocci nea, 272. 



Muodium Araniferum, 289. 



Myrnbrnmu l i agrans, account of that plant 

 2C)5. — By whom, and where discovered,^. 

 — Its treatment, 2<)6 — Hint on the methods 



Myrtle, the double-blossomed, and the orange- 

 myrtle, inured to the climate in Devonshire, 

 176. 



N. 



Narcissits Cothurnalis, Poeticus, Radiiflorus ; 

 364, 355, 366.—Bulbocodium, remarks on 

 other species allied to it, App. 20, n. 

 Nectarine and Peach, those two fruits pro- 

 duced naturally on the same branch, account 

 of, 103, &c— The raising an early one ; an 

 object for which the Horticultural Society 

 intend to give premiums, App. 2. 

 Nectarine-trees, remaiks on their luxuriant 

 195. 



nd, the settlement lately : 



nber 



col- 



Niobe Lordijoba, 3 >5- 



Nivenia hbimeutosu, Shjloza, 311, 312. 



Nomenclature of fruits, how to be rendered 



correct and uniform, 231. 

 Nursery-men, their practice of substituting 



one variety of fruit for another, l l J4. 

 Nuts, common, or Hazle-nuts, well known to 



the Romans, 153. 



Ophris (Statu, 2S 

 Orange-Peach, i 



ode ot cultivating it, 158. 

 t of that plant, D. — The 

 the Potatoe in Virginia, 10. 



» culture neglected, 155, n. 



