INDEX. 



Stigma of one plant imbibing the pollen of 



another, effects of, 105. 

 Stock, a remarkable one, having the leaves of 



the Wall-flower, 106. 

 Stocks for budding upon, hpw to provide 



them, A pp. 5. 

 Stoves, how denominated by the Romans, 



148. 



Mi/it 



,290. 



Straw laid under Strawberry plants; an old 

 custom, whence the name of the fruit, 54. 

 — its u-e when so applied, ib. and 55. 

 Strawberry, the length of time it requires to 



of that fruit ra'ised by Mr. Knight, ib.— 

 Kemaiks on the name, 54.— Method of 

 straw ing the beds for their culture, 55.— 

 Advantages lo the fruit from the use of life 

 straw, 56. — Little cultivated by the Ro- 

 mans, 153.— The proper season and place 

 for sowing them, App. 10.— The Chili, a 

 polygamous plant. 



Strawberry, Alpine, improved method of cul- 

 tivating it, 159, 160.-- Should always be 

 teated as an annual plant, 160. 



Strawberry-plants; Sir Joseph Banks' re- 

 marks on the revival of an obsolete mode of 

 managing them, 54, &c. — Account of the 

 beds in Spring-drove garden for rearing 

 them, 55. — Quantity of land employed tor 



Strelitzia Augusta, Regalis, 273. 

 Sudatories, <>r sweating-houses, much used by 



the Romans, 148. 

 Summer, short duration of, in Alpine regions, 



App. 18. 



Swainson, Isaac, E«q. 63.— Varieties of the 

 Apple cultivated in his garden, 66. 



Swan's-egg Pear, experiment with, 179- 



Sweetwattr Grape, Mr. Knight's experiment 

 with that truit, 36. 



S ykes, Sir Christopher, 121. 



Sj/mplocarpus Fatidus, 267- 



Taiile d'ite, of the French ; what meant 

 thereby, App. 5. n. 



Talk, used by the Romans to glaze their win- 

 dows with, 148. 



Tankekvtlle, Right Hon. the Earl of, 331. 



Taratoujii, one of the early names of the Po- 

 tatoe, 9.— A name also for Truffles, 10. n. 



Temperature of England and parts of Russia in 

 parallel latitude, comparative effects of, 32. 



Teucrium Heterophyllum ; whence its name, 



Thalia Dealhata, 275. 

 Thelusia Grandiftora, 303, 334. 

 Theocritus, 365. 



Thibaud, Dr. complimented by Monsieur 

 Thou in for having brought the Dahlia 

 flower from Madrid^. 



Th^ery Me non vi lle, Monsieur, his mission 

 to steal the Cochineal insect from the Spa- 

 n sards, 85. — His description of a species of 

 Dahlia, ib. 



Thouin, Monsieur, his description of three 

 species of Dahlia, S6, 87.— Observations 

 relative to the culture of that flower, 87, 88. 

 —On the cultivation of the Jamrosade, App. 

 11. # seq— His scientific knowledge and 

 candour, ib. 13, n — His description of a 

 Bank for Alpine plants, ib. 24, 25. 



Tisridia Grandifhra, 309- 



Tiltandsia Calamifalia, a very rare plant, 270. 



Torymems Officinalis, 283, 284. 



Tovar, Simon de, of Seville, an early cul- 

 tivator of the Tuberose, 46, 47.— The ap- 

 pellation he gave to the plant, 47- 



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r, John, the f 

 ?rbalist, ly4 ; S 

 Crassifdio, 29i 



■ Parkin- 



ipecting 

 young trees raised 

 f manure hurtful to 



ed fro 

 led it. the 



y, 39 —Old tr« 

 uit than youn 



1 10. 



num, Hypoxidiflorum, Lon~ 

 gifoiium,Sl6,$17. 

 Triglochin Bu/bosum, 268. 

 Trimeza Lutida, 308, 



