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the Vine, 102.— Remarks on the pruning 

 of standard Apple and Pear-trees, 236, &c. 



Pterygodium Volucre, 287. 



Pyrenees, valleys of, aspect of vegetation in, 

 App. 15. n. ; 16. — At what elevation upon 

 those mountains, vegetable life is suspended, 

 ib.17. 



Queltia Ampla, Capax, Poculigera; 351, 352, 

 353. 



Quenouilte, appellation of the form used by 

 the French for training Apple and Pear- 

 trees, App. 8. 



Quince, three kinds of that fruit grown by the 



Raleigh, Sir Walter, obtained from Queen 

 Elizabeth a patent for discovering new 



Rape (Brassica Napus), rendered, by cultiva- 

 tion, more mild and palatable than the 

 Turnip, 26 — Its synonyms, 27 —Used in 

 Germany for enriching soups, ib, — Several 

 receipts for dressing it, ib. and 28. — Ad- 

 vantages attending the cultivation of it, 28. 

 Seasons for sowing it, ib.— How to preserve 

 the seed, 29. 



Raspberry, the length of time it requires to 

 attain maturity, 39, 40. 



Rats ; easy method of taking them discovered 

 317. 



Rays reflected from glass, table of, 163, 164. 

 Receipts for dressing the Brassica Napus, or 



Rape, 27, 28. 

 Recipe for a composition to heal the wounds 



of Vines, 102. 

 Red Spider (Acorus Telarius), method of 



destroying, 297- 

 Reine Claude, the French appellation for the 



Green Gage, App. 8. 

 Renealmia Calcarata, Mutica, Nutans; 279, 



280. 



Rhododendron ferrugineum, a shrub peculiar 

 to the mountains of Europe ; description of 

 it, App. 17. — Limits prescribed by nature for 

 its growth on the Pyrenees, ib. — Manage- 



ment, and soil best adapted to it, in our 

 gardens, ib. n. and 18. n. 



Ribston Pippin, 120. 



Richardson, Dr. a celebrated botanist and 



horticulturist, 335. 

 Rochea Venusta, 322. 



Romans, observations on their forcing-houses; 

 and list of the fruits cultivated by them, 

 147, 8fseq.— and 152 to 154.— Remarks on 

 their flues, their stoves, their baths, their 

 windows, and their curtains, 148, 149.— 

 Had Peaches in abundance, 149.— Why 

 they constructed Grape-houses, ib. 



Roots of plants, remarks on their manner of 

 growth, 218, 219.— How to facilitate the 

 emission of them from layers, 256, 257- 



Rose Apple, App. 11, 12.— See Jamrosade. 



Royal George, Peach-tree, in Mr. Wilmot's 

 garden at Isleworth, bearing both Necta- 

 rines and Peaches, 104. 



Royal Society, their attention directed to the 

 physiology of vegetation, 2. 



Rum ph, his opinion respecting the native 

 place of the Tuberose, 46. 



Russia, comparative effects of the temperature 

 of that country, in those parts where its 

 latitude is parallel with England. 



Sagittaria Lancifolia,m. J _ 



Sa/combe, in Devonshire, reputed by IJr. 



Huxham the Montpellierot England, 176. 

 Salisbury, Richard Anthony, Esq. his 

 observations on the cultivation of the J ube- 

 rose, 41. % seq.— Calculation of profits 

 arising from the culture of that plant, o3. 

 -Observations on the different species of 

 Dahlia, and the best method of cultivating 

 them in Great Britain, 84. Sf "Rector 

 rines and Peaches naturally P roduced °" 

 the same branch, 103. * seq.—On the Red 

 Doyenne Pear, 230. Sf seq.-His remarks 

 on the cultivation of rare plants, 261. & «?• 

 -His translation, abridged, of Mons. 

 Thouin's account of the cultivation of the 

 Jamrosade, App. 11 * uq.-ot Mons Ra- 

 mon d's paper on the vegetation jo h'gh 

 mountain* '6. 15**9 -ot Mont-lfou™ • 

 description of a Bank for Alpine plants, ,6. 



