856 



GENERAL INDEX. 



particular localities, 544 — diseases 



and insects by which attacked, ib. 



— its European names, 545 — forcing 



the, see Apricot, Plum, and Cherry, 



forcing the. 

 Cherry brandy, manufacture of, 537 



— saw-fly, the, 545 — stocks, kinds, 



&c. of, 328. 

 Chervil, culture of, 171. 

 Chestnut, culture of the, 562. 

 Chestnuts, management of, in the 



fruit-room, 676. 

 Chevandier and Salvetat, experiments 



on watering by, 287. 

 Chick-pea, the, 80. 

 Chicory, see Succory. 

 Chile strawberries, origin of the, 582 



—list of, 590. 

 Chilis, culture of, 260. 

 China, growth of the peach in, 485. 

 Chinese, use, &c. of liquid manure by 



the, 295. 



Chinese azaleas, see Azaleas — cab- 

 bage, the, 110. 



Chink grafting, 333. 



Chive, the, its natural history, culti- 

 vation, &c, 47. 



Chlorine, presence of, in plants, 20. 



Chrysanthemum leaf-miner, the, 833. 



Chrysomela betulge, the, 197. 



Ciboule, the, 41. 



Cichorium endivia, see Endive — inty- 



bus, see Succory. 

 Cider, manufacture of, in America, 



413. 



Cider apples, criterion of, 414 — list of, 

 432 — orchards, slowness of improve- 

 ment in the, 300. 



Cladius difformis, 828. 



Claremont nectarine, origin of the, 

 304 — pippin, superiority of the 

 growth of the, 476. 



Clary sage, culture of, 235. 



Clavaria, edible species of, 245. 



Clay, what, 266. 



Clay-coloured vine- weevil, the, 640. 

 Clayey soil, what, 263, 266— plants 



indigenous to, 271. 

 Claygate pearmain, how originated, 



304. 



Cleft grafting, 331— the vine, 332. 



Click-beetles, the, 69. 



Climate, importance of, as to the se- 

 lection of fruit-trees, 301 — supposed 

 change of, 306 — change of, injurious 

 to transplanted trees, 366 — half- 

 hardy shrubs considered with refer- 

 ence to, 793. 



Climbing plants, training of, 719. 



Clingstone peaches, what, 485. 



Clisiocampa Americana, the, 444 — 

 neustria, the, 439. 



Cloches, employment of, in growing 

 strawberries, 584. 



Close pruning, purposes, &c. of, 403. 



Cloudberry, the, 594. 



Club in the Brassicae, the, 111. 



Cobbett, W., his mode of sowing peas, 

 50. 



Coccinella, value of the, 68. 



Coccus adonidum, the, 639, 661, 823 



— bromeliaa, 661, 824— hesperidum, 



703, 823— patella?formis, 824— tes- 



tudo, 824— vitis, 570, 638. 

 Cochlearia armoracea, 261. 

 Cochylis vitisana or reliquana, the, 



639. 



Cockroach, the, 694, 827. 

 Cockscomb, culture of the, 740. 

 Codlin-moth, the, 435. 

 Coe's golden drop plum, origin of, 

 305. 



Coiling, propagation of the vine by, 

 597. 



Cold or Conservative pits, manage- 

 ment of, 733— plants suitable to 

 them, ib. 



Cole, Mr, his mode of growing celery, 

 160. 



Coleophora hemerobiella, the, 47L 



Coleworts, culture of, 82, 87. 

 Collar, importance of the, in plants, 

 365. 



Collards, increasing use of, 82, 87. 



Colour, variety and influence of, in 

 soils, 274 — effects of, on the germi- 

 nation of seeds, 311. 



Columella on the culture of the cu- 

 cumber, 663. 



Common sorrel, culture of the, 139. 



Concreting vine-borders, on, 602. 



Conical form, pruning the apple and 

 pear in the, 476. 



Conifers, modes of grafting, 335 — pro- 

 pagation of, by cuttings, 347 — the 

 pruning of, 406— transplantation of, 

 371. 



Conservative pits, see Cold Pits. 



Conservative wall and border, man- 

 agement of the, 734. 



Conservatory, management of the, 

 721 — objections to planting out, ib. 

 — distribution of the plants accord- 

 ing to light, ib. — their arrangement, 

 vases, floors, stages, &c, 722— 

 shading, 723— borders for planting 

 out, ib. — cleanliness, watering, and 

 temperature, 724 — select list of 

 plants, ib. 



Consolidation as a means of improving 

 the soil, 281. 



Continent, employment of garlic on 

 the, 30 — extensive employment of 

 haricots on the, 71. 



Cooke, Mr, cultivation of the auricula 

 by, 809. 



Cool tankard, composition of, 234. 



Copper-coloured weevil, the, 535. 



Coriander, culture of, 172, 240. 



Corn salad, culture of, 172. 



Corvisartia helenium, 242. 



Corylus avellana, see Filbert. 



Cos lettuces, distinctive peculiarities 

 of, 155. 



Cosmia pyralina, the, 440. 



Cossus ligniperda, the, 467. 



Costmary, culture of, 237. 



Cotton thistle, the, 134. 



Couve Tronchuda, the, 84 — culture of 

 it, 90. 



Cow cabbage, the, 110. 



Coxe on pruning, 394. 



Crab stocks, 328. 



Crace, Mr, on root-pruning, 400. 



Crambe maritima, see Sea-kale. 



Cranberry, culture of the, 593. 



Crane-fly, the, 111. 



Cree, Mr, his system of pruning forest- 

 trees, 407. 



Cresses, culture of, 168. 



Crioceris asparagi, the, 128. 



Criptops hortensis, the, 197. 



Cropping, simultaneous and succes- 

 sional systems of, 24 — injury done 

 to vine borders by, 603. 



Crops, rotation of, 12— various theo- 

 ries on it, ib. et seq. — proper order of 

 it, 16 — the successional and simul- 

 taneous modes, 24. 



Crossing, see Hybridising. 



Crown-grafting, 333. 



Crowns, propagation of the pine-apple 

 by, 643. 



Cruciferous plants, order of, in the 



rotation, 16. 

 Cryptogamic plants, way in which 



nourished, 289 — propagation of, 



309. 



Cucullia verbasci, the, 833. 



Cucumber, the, its natural history, 

 663 — its propagation, ib. — its culti- 

 vation, 664 — open-air culture, 666 — 

 saving seed, 667 — select list, ib. — 

 insects and diseases, 668 — its Euro- 

 pean names, ib. 



Cucumis Meloand citrullus, see Melon 

 — sativus, see Cucumber. 



Cucurbita melopepo maxima, the, 

 259 — ovifera, the, ib. — pepo, the, 

 ib. 



Culinary apples, criterion of, 414— list 

 of, 423. 



Culinary garden, see Kitchen -garden. 



Cultivator, improved, with earthing-up 

 boards, 210. 



Culzean Castle, list of apples which 

 ripen at, 431 — pears which ripen at, 

 462 — plums grown at, 534. 



Cumberland lodge vine, the, 595. 



Cunningham, Mr, results in hybridisa- 

 tion by, 320. 



Curculio abietis or pini, 834— alliaria, 

 440— Bacchus, ib.— betuleti, 640— 

 contractus, 111 — cupreus, 535 — nu- 

 cum, 565— oblongus, 436, 516, 522 

 — picipis, 640 — pleurostigma, 114, 

 198 — pomorum, 436 — pyri, 466— 

 sulcatus, 516, 640, 832— tenebrico- 

 sus, 522, 535— vastator, 443. 



Curl on the peach, causes, &c. of, 514 

 — in the potato, the, 222. 



Currant, advantages of transplanting 

 the, 357 — natural history of the, 

 566— propagation, ib. — soil and si- 

 tuation, 567 — pruning and train- 

 ing, ib.— forcing, 568— select list, 

 569 — diseases and insects, ib.— 

 European names, 570. 



Currant sphynx-moth, the, 570. 



Cuthill, Mr, on the cultivation of 

 Brussels sprouts, 91, 92 — of cauli- 

 flower, 98— of sea-kale, 106, 107— 

 on the culture of asparagus, 119, 

 122, 125 — on the culture of celery, 

 143, 144— and lettuce, 163— culture 

 of succory by, 165— on the culture 

 of the radish, 173 — on forcing pota- 

 toes, 216— on the culture of red 

 beet, 226, 227— on the cultivation 

 of mushrooms, 248 — on the growth 

 of rhubarb, 257 — on successional 

 cropping, 284— his mode of growing 

 the cucumber, 665 — on the culture 

 of the melon, 669. 



Cuttings, propagation by, 346 — their 

 form, size, &c, ib. — of hardy fruit- 

 trees, 347 — of deciduous trees and 

 shrubs, ib. — of conifers, ib. — of par- 

 tially-ripened wood, ib. — of young 

 wood, ib. — mode of striking them, 

 3*8— time for it, 349 — bottom-heat, 

 ib. — pipings, 350 — of the roots, ib. 

 ■ — of the flower stems, ib. — by 

 leaves, 351 — propagation of the po- 

 tato by, 202 — propagating the rose 

 by, 762— propagation of the vine 

 by, 598. 



Cydonia vulgaris, the, 560. 



Cynara cardunculus, see Cardoon — 

 scolymus, see Artichoke. 



Dahlia, cultivation of the, 803. 



Dalkeith park, list of apples grown 

 at, 430 — pears grown at, 462 — age 

 of the peach at, 498 — peculiar mode 

 of training the peach at, 506 — apri- 

 cots grown at, 521 — plums grown 

 at, 534 — cherries grown at, 544— 

 vine-borders at, 601 — the collection 

 of alpine plants at, 815. 



Dalmahoy, peculiar mode of growing 

 carrots at, 178. 



Damson plum, propagation of the, 

 526. 



Dandelion, the, 166. 



Daniell, Professor, on atmospheric 

 humidity in hothouses, 651. 



Daphnes, culture of, 678. 



Darkness, necessity of, to the germin- 

 ation of seeds, 310. 



Dart-moth, the, 195. 



Darwin, Dr, on pulverisation of the 

 soil, 278. 



Daubeny on the rotation of crops, 12, 

 13. 



Daucus carota, see Carrot. 



Davy, Sir H., on the formation of 

 soils, 265— on clayey soils, 266— on 

 the heat-absorbing power of differ- 

 ent coloured soils, 275 — on pulver- 

 isation of the soil, 278— on burning 



