GENERAL INDEX. 



857 



soils, 282 — on the gaseous products 

 of manures, 289. 



Day and night temperature in hot- 

 houses, regulation of, 629. 



Death's-head moth, the, 221. 



Decandolle on the rotation of crops, 

 12 — on the distinction between broc- 

 coli and cauliflower, 95— researches 

 of, on the nourishment of plants, 

 290 — on the duration of fruit-trees, 

 307 — on hybridisation, 315 — on the 

 theory of grafting, 322 — on the roots 

 of plants, 363. 



Deciduous trees, cuttings of, 347. 



Decker, Sir M., introduction of the 

 pine-apple into England by, 641. 



Deep digging, importance of, 23. 



Deep planting, evils of, 365. 



Deep sowing, effects of, on germina- 

 tion, 310. 



Deer's dung as a manure, 294. 



Dendrolimus pini, 835. 



Depressaria applana, the, 182 — pasti- 

 nacella, the, 231. 



Dessert apples, criterion of, 413 — list 

 of, 414 — pears, list of, 452. 



D'Hoogvorst, Baron, his mode of grow- 

 ing mushrooms, 252. 



Dibber, sea-kale, 105. 



Dibbers, various forms of, 85. 



Digging as a means of improving the 

 soil, 279. 



Dill, culture of, 234. 



Disbudding, uses, &c. of, 404 — the 

 peach, 500, 503. 



Ditula angustiorana, the, 522. 



Dolphin, the, 68. 



Donaldson on the rotation of crops, 14 — 

 on the origin of soils, 264 — on clayey 

 soils, 266 — on sandy soils, 267 — on 

 loam, ib. — on animal excrements, 

 290 — on manures, 291 — on animal 

 manures, 294 — on the application 

 of manures, 298. 



Doucin stock for apples, the, 328. 



Downing, Mr, views of, on the dura- 

 tion of fruit-trees, 306 — on Ameri- 

 can whipgrafting,331— on cleft graft- 

 ing, 332 — description of the Ame- 

 rican mode of shield-budding by, 

 342 — on autumn transplanting, 360 

 — on the effects of pruning on the 

 vigour of the tree, 397 —on pruning 

 transplanted trees, ib. — on spring 

 pruning, 394 — accounts of large 

 apple-trees by, 413 — account of large 

 pear-trees in America by, 448 — ac- 

 count of the insect and the frozen 

 sap blights by, 465 — on the culture 

 of the peach in America, 486 — on 

 the American mode of peach-train- 

 ing, 496— on the soil suitable to the 

 plum, 526 — on American plums, 

 524 — on the cherry in America, 537 

 — on the strawberry, 582 — on its 

 culture, 585 — on the storing, &c. of 

 apples, 674. 



Downton imperatrice plum, origin of, 

 305 — strawberry, origin of the, ib. 



Draining as a means of improving the 

 soil, 277 — mode of its action, ib. 



Drains, formation of, 277 — their 

 depth, distance, &c, 278. 



Draw hoe, the, 207— triangular, 208. 



Draw hoe and rake combined, 208. 



Drill rake, the, 33. 



Drilling and sowing machine, 211. 



Drooping-fan mode of training, the, 

 390. 



Drosophila flava, the, 196 — grami- 

 nium, 833. 



Drumlanrig castle, list of apples which 

 ripen at, 431 — pears grown at, 462 

 — plums grown at, 534 — cherries 

 grown at, 544 — vine - borders at, 

 601. 



Drummond, Mr, mode of sowing peas 

 by, 52. 



Du Breuil, Professor, his mode of 

 peach-training, 496. 



Duchess d'Angouleme pear, origin of 

 the, 304. 



Duhamel, researches of, on the nou- 

 rishment of plants, 290— on the 

 bleeding of the vine, 631. 



Duncan, Mr, his mode of earthing-up 

 celery, 145. 



Duquesne, the Abb£, improvement of 

 the pear by, 447. 



Dwarf fruit-trees, grafting to secure, 

 325 — standards, pruning of, 394. 



Earthing-up, modes of, as applied to 

 celery, 144. 



Earwig, the, and its destruction, 514. 



East, introduction of fruits from the, 

 304. 



Easter pippin, peculiarity of the 



growth of the, 476. 

 Edible fungi, the mushroom, 243 — 



the morel, 252— the truffle, 253. 

 Edinburgh, mode of growing celery at, 



143. 



Egg plant, cultivation, &c. of the, 

 259. 



Egypt, early use of the onion in, 30. 

 Elater, the genus of, 69 — destruction 

 of, 182. 



Elecampane, culture, uses, &c. of, 

 242. 



Elm-destroying scolytus, the, 473. 

 Elruge nectarine, origin of the, 304. 

 Elton cherry, origin of the, 305. 

 Elveston, large trees transplanted at, 

 367. 



Endive, natural history of, 158 — 

 its uses, 159 — propagation, ib. — 

 sowing and planting, ib. — subse- 

 quent cultivation, 160 — blanching, 

 ib. — soil and manure, 162 — gather- 

 ing and preserving, ib. — forcing, ib. 

 — list of varieties, 163 — insects and 

 diseases by which attacked, 164 — 

 general remarks, ib. 



Endive blanching-pot, the, 160. 



Enghien, peculiar purple beech at, 

 316. 



England, introduction of the pea into, 

 48 — of the bean, 62 — of the kidney- 

 bean, 71— of the carrot, 176— of 

 the turnip, 183— of the potato, 200 

 — of the Jerusalem artichoke, 223 

 — of the apple, 411 — of the pear, 

 447 — of the peach, 485— of the apri- 

 cot, 517— of the plum, 524 — of the 

 cherry, 537 — of the fig, 551 — of the 

 almond, 559 — of the currant, 566 — 

 of the raspberry, 570 — of the mul- 

 berry, 592 — of the vine, 595 — of the 

 pine-apple, 641. 



En Gobelet management of the apple 

 and pear, the, 475. 



En tonnoir management of the apple 

 and pear, the, 475. 



Epacris, culture of, in the heath- 

 house, 704. 



Episema cagruleocephala, the, 443, 

 515. 



Eriosoma mali orlanigera, the, 433. 



Ermine moth, the, 435. 



Errington, Mr, on stocks for fruit 

 trees, 327 — on summer pruning, 

 391 — on pruning standard plums, 

 394— on root-pruning, 399, 400— 

 list of pears by, 462 — on pruning 

 the pear, 482 — on pruning the 

 peach, 489 — on summer-pruning 

 the peach, 500 — on forcing it, 504 

 — on the culture of the cherry, 539, 

 540 — on the culture of the Albert, 

 564 — on the culture of the currant, 

 568 — his mode of propagating the 

 vine by eyes, 596 — his pot-culture 

 of the vine, 621. 



Erysiphe communis, the, 61. 



Eschalot, origin of the name of, 27 — 

 see also Shallot. 



Esculent-rooted plants— The Carrot, 

 176— The Turnip, 183— The Potato, 

 199— The Jerusalem Artichoke, 223 

 —Red Beet, 226— Salsify, 228— 



Skirret, 229 — Scorzonera, ib. — The 

 Parsnip, ib. 

 Espalier trees, various modes of train- 

 ing, 390 — cherry trees, training of, 

 540. 



Espaliers, training of the apple and 



pear to, 478. 

 Etna, mount, the chestnut-trees at, 



562. 



Eumerus CEneus, the, 42. 



Euphrates, size of the asparagus of 

 the, 117. 



Eupressia caja, the, 157. 



Europe, introduction of fruits from 

 the East into, 304 — of the pine- 

 apple, 641. 



Evaporation, importance of prevent- 

 ing, in transplanting, 363. 



Evelyn on the pine-apple, 642. 



Evergreens, transplantation of, 363, 

 371. 



Extension, difference between propa- 

 gation by, and that by seed, 315. 



Eyes, propagation by, 354 — propaga- 

 tion of the vine by, 596. 



Faba vulgaris, see Bean. 



Fairchild's nectarine, origin of, 304. 



Fan training, various modes of, 390 — 

 the apple and pear as espaliers, 479 

 — the cherry, 540 — the peach, 494. 



Fat Hen, culture of, 137. 



Fennel, early history of, 5. 



Fermentation, growing the pine-apple 

 by, 654. 



Ferns, culture of, 694. 



Fertility, effects of grafting in securing, 

 324. 



Ficus carica, the, see Fig. 



Fig, soil suitable to the, 359 — pro- 

 pagation of, by single leaves, 351 — 

 root-pruning the, 401 — its natural 

 history and uses, 551 — its propaga- 

 tion, ib.— soil, 552 — planting, ib. — 

 pruning and training, 553 — protect- 

 ing during winter, 555 — accelerat- 

 ing its ripening artificially, ib. — 

 forcing, 556 — select list, 557 — dis- 

 eases and insects, 558 — European 

 names, ib. 



Figure-of-8 moth, the, 443, 515. 



Filbert, natural history of the, 563— 

 its propagation , ib. — soil and situa- 

 tion, ib. — pruning and training, ib. 

 — list of sorts, 565 — insects and 

 diseases by which attacked, ib.— its 

 European names, ib. 



Filberts, management of, in the fruit- 

 room, 676. 



Finger-pruning, uses, &c. of, 404. 



Fingers and toes in turnips, the, 198. 



Fire-heat, danger of, to heaths, 707. 



Firs, the pruning of, 406. 



Fish as a manure, 296. 



Fistulina hepatica, 245. 



Fixing with water, transplanting by, 

 387. 



Flat-bodied moths, the, 181, 182, 231. 



Flat peach of China, the, 486. 



Flea beetle, the, 115. 



Fleming, Mr, his mode of root-prun- 

 ing the peach, &c, 401 — his system 

 of spur-pruning the vine, 609 — his 

 mode of vine-forcing, 617 — soil used 

 for pines by, 646 — his mode of plant- 

 ing out pines, 657 — hybrid melon 

 produced by, 668. 



Florists' flower-garden, situation, &c. 

 for the, 796— The Pansy, ib.— The 

 Hollyhock, 798— The Ranunculus, 

 801 — The Anemone, 803 — The 

 Dahlia, ib. — The Carnation and 

 Picotee, 806— The Pink, 807— The 

 Auricula, 809 — The Polyanthus, 

 811— The Hyacinth, ib.— The Tulip, 

 813. 



Flower-forcing houses or pits, manage- 

 ment of, 729— list of plants suit- 

 able, 730 — general directions for 

 their management, 731 — annuals 

 and biennials, 732. 



