INDEX. 



Triionia Catenularis, Longifto, 

 lental plan 

 -Its bota 

 ib. and 43, 44, 45— Its e 



Supposed rather to have been brought from 

 America than from the East Indies, ib.— 

 Various opinions on the subject, ib. — Her- 

 nandez' evidence that it came from Mexi- 

 co deemed decisive, 47- — Appellation given 

 to it by Simon de Tovar, ib.— and by 

 Bernard Paludanus, 48. — The name 

 Tuberose misapplied to this plant, ib. — How 

 styled in the East Indies and in Spain, ib. 

 —Several figures of it published, and by 

 whom, ib. and 49. — Philip Miller's de- 

 scription of it, 49-— The roots annually 

 imported into England, ib. — May be culti- 

 vated in England, 50.— Method of con- 

 structing the bed for its growth, — Other 

 requisites for its culture, 51, 52, 53.— Cal- 

 culation of profits from rearing it, 53. 



Tuberous plants, remarks on the fluid or sap 

 of, 187. — Their crops increased by destroy- 

 ing their immature blossoms, 188. 



Tubes of metal for conveyance of steam, ad- 

 vantage of employing them in hot-houses, 

 151. 



Tulipa Clusiana, 334. 



Turner, Mr. John, his account of the 

 Ipomsea Tuberosa, 184 8f seq. 



Turpin, Mons. ; see Poiteau. 



Tusser, Thomas, author of a book entitled 

 " Five hundred points of good husbandry ,* 

 23; J 54 — Educated at Eton and Cam- 

 bridge, 1 54. — His list of fruit and plants cul- 

 tivated in the English gardens, ib. and 155, 

 156. 



Twickenham, remark on the soil of, 65. 



Vallet, the embroiderer, published an ex- 

 cellent figure of the Tuberose, 48. 



Valleys, remarks on the climate and soil of, 

 App. 16, &c. 



Vandesia Edulis, 332.— After whom named, 

 ib.— When introduced, — Its treatment, 

 ib. and 333. 



Vara de S. Josef, the Spanish appellation of 

 the Tuberose, 48. 



Varieties of fruit, how originally produced, 2. 

 — The best way of obtaining them, 38. 



Vegetable substances, in a fresh state, the fit- 

 test matlrr for manure, 248, &c. 



Vegetables, remarks on the original dissemi- 

 nation of, App. 17; 20 ; 21 ; 23. 



Vegetation, physiology of, attended to by the 

 Royal and Liunean Sh u tic-, 2.— Progress 

 of, in the parts of Russia under a parallel 

 latitude with England, 32.— Analytical 

 view of the process of, 217 to 221.— Pro- 

 moted by oxygene air, 233 to 235.— Aspect 

 of, in high mountainous districts, App. 15. 



Vela, or curtains, used by the Romans to keep 

 away the sun, 148, 149. 



Ventenat, Monsieur, his judicious separa- 

 tion of the genus Homeria from Moraea. 

 307- 



Verbascum Myconi ; the genus of that plant 

 isstated by Linnaeus, App. 21.— A native 

 ' the valleys of the Pyrenees, ib. 

 Verbena Triphylla, an exotic plant, grown at 

 Salcombe, in Devonshire, in the open 

 ground, 1/7. 

 Villa, Roman, in Gloucestershire, described 



by Mr. Lysons, 148. 

 Villages, entire, in France, employed in the 



culture of a single kind of fruit, App. 4. 

 Vine ; hopes entertained of making it toyjeld 



-Two 



Universe, the, one immense garden, yielding 

 vegetables for every creature, 41. 



Useful gardening, one of the grand branches 

 of Horticulture, 3. 



Uvedale, Dr. a celebrated horticulturist, 347- 

 V. 



V actinium Macrocarpum, or American Cran- 

 berry; Sir Joseph Banks's account of the 

 method of cultivating it, 75 Sf xq. — (See 

 Cranberry.) 



new varieties of it raised by Mr. Knight, 

 S7_ — The length of time it requires to at- 

 tain maturity, 3<).— Effects of the injudicious 

 pruning of it, 102.— Ripens its fruit with 

 difficulty in England, when exposed, 107. — 

 Experiments for improving the m .tuiution 

 of its fruit by incisions, 108, 10U, 110.— 

 New method of training Vines, 1!3, 144; 

 and 171 to 174.— Much cultivated by the 

 Romans, 153.— Instance of a single branch 

 introduced into a stove, bearing grapes, 



