INDEX. 



Shallot, on the culture of, and other bulbous 

 plants, 97. 



Shawe, late Rich., account of a steaming ap- 

 paratus employed in his garden, 320. 

 Shawhill, climate of, 95. 



Sicklee, Rev. John Volkmae, an eminent 

 German Pomologist, some account of his 

 works, App. 6. — Destruction of his orchards 

 by the French and Cossacks, App. 7. 



Sickler, Dr., employed by the Prince Regent 

 to unfold some of the Herculanean MSS. 



Simpson, Mrs. Ann, mentioned, 285. — An 

 Apple named after her, 286. 



Sims, Dr., cited, from Bot. Magaz. 230. 



Sinclair, Sir John, communication from, on 

 improvements in gardening, 222. 



Slugs, on their destruction in Gardens, 22. 



Snowberry, a fruit nearly allied to the Cran- 

 berry, some account of, 94.— Where suc- 

 cessfully cultivated near London, 96. 



Sowerby, James, Esq., notice on the effect of 

 watering fruit trees early in the Spring, 271- 



Spence, William, Esq./ on an insect which 

 is occasionally very injurious to fruit trees, 

 25. — On the vulgar error, that insects are 

 destroyed by cold, 148. 



Spiders, two distinct species of insect probably 

 confounded under this name, 133, note. — 

 Method of destroying the red, 222, 3. 



Spinage, winter, affords a remarkable instance 

 of the adaptation of foliage, 186. 



Spring Grave Peach, 216. 



Steam, account of an apparatus for applying it 

 to the purposes of forcing fruits, 320. — Ob- 

 servations upon that apparatus, 324. 



Stocks, on the effects of different kinds of, in 

 grafting, 199. 



Stodart, Mr. Steam-apparatus constructed 

 by, 321, note. 



Stove, for plants, account of some improve- 

 ments in the construction of, in order to sup- 

 ply bottom heat, without the use of tan, 387- 

 — Description of one used for Tropical 

 Plants; in Sir Abraham Hume's garden, 

 App. 4. 



Strawberry, account of a new, 101.— Account 

 of a new one, called the Roseberry, or Rose 

 Strawberry, 378. 



Strawberries, forced, on their bearing a second 



crop, 91.— On the cultivation of in forcing- 

 houses, during the winter and spring months, 

 374. — On their cultivatiou in the open 

 ground, 390. 



Sublimate, corrosive, a solution of in water, 

 effectual in the destruction of insects, 223. 



Swinburne, Sir John, letter from, on a suc- 

 cessful method of raising Onions, and pre- 

 venting the depredations of mice on tree 

 seeds, &c. 121. 



Swinton, the Aphis Lanigera probably im- 

 ported by a gardener of that name, 167. 



T. 



Tabeen^montanus cited, 274. 



Tallies, or marks for plants, description of a 

 method of numbering them, 347- — Exem- 

 plification of it, 349, note. 



Tan, account of a mode for superseding its use 

 in stoves, for plants, 387- 



Thouin, Mons., citation from his Description 

 de VEcole $ Agriculture, &c. on the ringing 

 of fruit trees, 383, 4, 5. 



Thrushes devour the garden snail in severe 

 winters, 151. 



Tipula Oleracea, 149. 



Tortrix Woeberana, account of, 25. — Method 

 of destroying it, 32. 



U. V. 



Urbaniste Pear, notice of, 405. 



Uvedale Pear, described, 53. 



Vaccinium Hispidulum, 94. 



Vachell, R. Esq., propagated the Florence 



Cherry, 229. 

 Van Mons, J. B., on the cultivation of Lobelia 



Fulgens, 153. — Notice of some Pears sent 



by him to the Society, 403, 4. 

 Vegetables, on the connection between the 



leaves and fruit of, 184. 

 Venables, Rev. J., on enriching the soil of 



gardens by fresh vegetable manure, 189. 

 Ventilation of forcing houses, remarks on, 227. 

 Venus' 1 Looking-glass, 38. 

 Verdelho Grape of Maderia, remarks on, 106, 



327. 



Vert Longe Pear, described, 49.— PannacUe, 

 55. 



Vine, on the cultivation of, in forcing houses, 



