account of his method of 



ripening grapes by means of dung-heat under 

 a hotbed frame, ii. 330. 

 M earns, Mr. John, account of a method of 

 managing vines in a common grapery, iv. 246. 



his practice for obtaining 



cucumber plants for the winter crop, iv. 411. 



observations on horizontal 



espalier training, v. 44. 



his description of a pit for 



growing early cucumbers, v. 493. 



his mode of obtaining a 



late crop of raspberries, vii. 93. 



upon the cultivation of the 



ardia triphylla, vii. 501. 



forcing peaches and 



assifolia, 2 S. i. 408. 



by the Society, 



employed as a stock for pears, vi. 546 

 two kinds of known to the Romans, i 



Melampodii 

 M.'lnntliiiiii 



Melon, rarely brought to that state of perfec- 

 tion which it might attain in this country, 



- its flav! 

 xygen 



. 235. 



- effects of high temperatu 



early, culture of, iv. 187. 



instance of a change of character in- 

 duced by the fertilization of a different sort, 

 not as regards the progeny, but immediately 

 on the growing fruit, v. 65, 69. 

 — — cultivation of, v. 238. 



weight of fruit and relative surface of 



glass, v. 242. 



cultivation in the open air, 



. 349. 



- mode of preparing 



ed with slate, vi.'< 

 account of ten a 



i of growing in pits 



;ties of Persian, vi. 

 553. 



— management of, on open borders, vii. 



varieties of, grown on open borders, 



vii. 174. 



transplantation of, vii. 414. 



on the degeneracy of the larger and 



finer varieties of Persian, vii. 584. 

 to prevent the fruit from bursting, 2 S. 



i. 90. 



remarks on their cultivation, 2 S. i. 



323, 466. 



cultivation of, in open frames, 2 S. ii. 



161. 



frame, open, figured. 2 S. ii. 163. 



bed for, in the open air, figured, v. 350. 



— frames, method of heating them by 



— — - frames, means of destroying the red 



frames, upon their economical use, 



-pit for, iv. 533 ; figured, iv. 555. 



