GENERAL INDEX. 



859 



Hacon's Incomparable pear, origin of, 

 305. 



Haddington, the Earl of, on pruning 

 conifers, 406. 



Hales on the roots of plants, 362. 



Half standards, management of the 

 apple and pear as, 475. 



Halliman's fruit protectors, 501. 



Haltica nemorum, the, 191. 



Hamburg grapes, treatment of, 619. 



Hamburg parsley, place of. in the 

 rotation, 17 — culture of, 229. 



Hamilton , Mr, soil used for pine-apples 

 by, 646 — on watering them, 648 — 

 his mode of growing them, 656, 659. 



Hampton Court vine, the, 595 — the 

 orangery at, 700. 



Hand-glasses for cauliflowers, 100 — 

 use of, for cuttings, 351. 



Hard-wooded trees, season for graft- 

 ing, 330. 



Hardy, Messrs, on the transformation 

 of the shallot into the onion, 29. 



Harewood House, mulberry tree at, 

 592. 



Haricot, see French bean. 



Haricots, use of, on the Continent, 71. 



Harris, Mr, on mildew of the vine, 637. 



Harrison, Mr, on deep planting, 365 

 — his mode of training the apple 

 and pear on walls, 480 — on peach- 

 borders, 487 — on pruning the peach, 

 489, 491 — on training the apricot, 

 518 — on the culture of the plum, 

 526 — on training the fig, 554 — on 

 vine - borders, 600 — on planting 

 vines, 604 — his system of spur- prun- 

 ing the vine, 608 — his system of 

 long-rod vine-pruning, 610. 



Hautbois strawberries, origin of the, 

 582— list of, 590. 



Hawkins, Mr, his mode of growing 

 mushrooms, 250. 



Hawthorn pontia, the, 437. 



Hawthomden apple, origin of the, 304. 



Hay and Sangster, Messrs, propaga- 

 tion of the potato by cuttings by, 

 202. 



Hay ward, Mr, on the treatment of 

 fruit-trees, 394 — his mode of train- 

 ing them, 395 — on pruning trans- 

 planted trees, 398 — his mode of 

 peach-training, 492 — on training 

 the apricot, 518 — on propagating 

 the vine, 599 — his mode of pruning, 

 &c. the vine, 615. 



Hazel-nut, the, 563. 



Heart and dart moth, the, 195, 221. 



Heart's-ease, cultivation of the, 796. 



Heat, influence of colour in soils with 

 regard to, 275 — necessity of, to the 

 germination of seeds, 310. 



Heath-house, management of the, 

 703— propagation by seed, 704 — by 

 cuttings, ib. — soil, 705 — water, 706 

 — potting, ib. — winter treatment, 

 707 — summer treatment, 708 — se- 

 lection of kinds, 709— insects and 

 diseases, 710. 



Heaths, striking of cuttings of, 349. 



Hedwig, researches of, on the nou- 

 rishment of plants, 290. 



Helianthus tuberosus, the, see Jerusa- 

 lem artichoke. 



Helichrysum, culture of, 704. 



Ilelvella crispa, 245 — lacunosa, ib. 



Hemlock, danger of mistaking, for 

 parsley, 232. 



Hepialus humili, the, 181 — lupulinus, 

 the, 222. 



Herb patience, culture of, 138. 



Herbaceous grafting, 334. 



Herbaceous plants, layering of, 353 — 

 transplanting of, 387. 



Herbert, Dean, on hybridisation, 315, 

 317, 318— his treatment of bulbs, 

 697. 



Herefordshire saddle-grafting, 332. 

 Herring-bone fan mode of training, 

 the, 390. 



Hewitt, Mr, culture of the pine by, 

 659. 



Hitts' mode of horizontal training, 

 396. 



Hoare, Mr Clement, his mode of vine- 

 pruning, 611— his rules as to pro- 

 duce of vines, 626. 



Hoes, the Vernon, 38 — the Spanish, 

 ib. 



Hogg, Mr, on the origin of the apple, 

 411 — his classification of apples, 

 412— on the growth of it, 413 — lists 

 of apples for different localities by, 

 431— his British Pomology, 299. 



Holland, culture of asparagus in, 122, 

 124 — mode of forcing lettuce in, 154 

 — culture of succory in, 165 — the 

 tulip mania in, 813. 



Hollyhock, propagation of the, by 

 eyes, 354 — cultivation of the, 5 98. 



Holly-leaf fly, the, 827. 



Holme Lacy, remarkable pear-tree at, 

 346, 448. 



Holmes, Mr, his transplanting ma- 

 chine, 380. 



Honey dew, causes and remedy of, 

 514. 



Hoofs of animals as a manure, 293. 



Hop, cultivation and uses of the, 134. 



Horizontal espaliers, training the 

 apple and pear as, 479 — mode of 

 training, the, 390 — various modifi- 

 cations of, 396 — with screw and 

 with double stem, 390 — trellises, 

 training the apple and pear to, 483. 



Hormium clary, culture of, 235. 



Horner, Dr, mode of cultivating the 

 auricula by, 810. 



Horns of animals as a manure, 293. 



Horse-radish, culture of, 261. 



Horticultural Society of London, 

 classification, &c. of fruits by the, 

 299. 



Hothouses, importance of atmospheric 



humidity in, C50. 

 Hovey, Mr, on grafting the vine, 



599. 



Humble bee, the, 68. 



Humidity, importance of, in the at- 

 mosphere of hothouses, 650. 



Humulus lupulus, the, 134. 



Hungry soils, what, 267. 



Hunt's Tawny nectarine, origin of, 

 305. 



Hutchison, Mr, his mode of peach- 

 forcing, 505. 



Hyacinth, cultivation of the, 811. 



Hybemia defoliaria, the, 434. 



Hybridising, production of improved 

 fruits by, 304 — propagation by, 313 

 — its advantages, 314 — its laws, 

 315— Herbert on it, 318 -how per- 

 formed, &e. by Mr I. Anderson, 

 319— roses, on, 760. 



Hydnum repandum, 245. 



Hydrobolites tulasnei, a substitute for 

 the truffle, 253. 



Hygrometer, importance of, in the 

 hothouse, 651. 



Hylands, cherry orchard at, 538. 



Uylesinus scolytus, the, 473. 



Hylobius abietis, the, 516, 535, 834. 



Hylotoma rosae, 830. 



Hylurgus piniperda, 833. 



Hypogymna dispar, the, 439. 



Hyssop, culture and uses of, 241. 



Ichneumon flies, destruction of in- 

 sects by, 446. 



Impalpable matter, presence of, in 

 soils, 276. 



Inarching, propagation by, 336— pro- 

 pagation of the vine by, 599. 



Indian azaleas, see Azaleas — cress, 

 culture of the, 170 — pole saw, the, 

 408. 



Inorganic constituents of soils, the, 

 269 — manures, kinds of, &c, 296. 



Inostomma Bosch, the, 472. 



Insect blight, the, a disease attacking 

 the pear, 465. 



Insects, diminution of, by deep digging, 

 279 — destruction of, by charring the 

 soil, 283 — uses of transplanting in 

 destroying, 357 — enemies to, among 

 birds, 446. 



Inula helenium, 242. 



Iron, oxides of, influence, &c. of, on 

 soils and vegetation, 271. 



Irregular fan mode of training, the, 

 390 — mode of peach-training, 495. 



Italy, introduction of the peach into, 

 485. 



Julus, the genus of, 69— pulchellus, 

 the, 114. 



Janker tree-lifter, the, 387. 



Jerusalem artichoke, natural history 

 of the, 223 — its uses, 224— propaga- 

 tion, ib. — planting, ib. — soil and 

 manure, 225 — gatheringand storing, 

 ib. — list of sorts, ib. — insects and 

 diseases by which attacked, ib. — its 

 European names, 226. 



Jerusalem artichoke aphis, the, 225. 



John on the mineral ingredients of 

 plants, 21. 



Johnston, Mr A. K., conservatory 

 belonging to, 722. 



Johnston, Professor, on the substances 

 absorbed by plants, &c, 19 — on the 

 formation of soils, 265 — on their 

 examination, 269 — on the quantity 

 of matter removed from the soil by 

 cropping, 273. 



Johnston, G. W., on planting vines, 

 605. 



Johnston, Mr, experiments in growing 

 carrots by, 179 — on syringing the 

 vine, 627. 



Jonghe on the management of the 

 pear, 449. 



Judd , Mr, on the culture of asparagus, 

 121—on the culture of horse-radish, 

 262 — on vine-borders, 600. 



Juglans regia, the, 561. 



Justice, mode of sowing peas recom- 

 mended by, 52. 



Keith, Mr, on the absorption of nour- 

 ishment by leaves, 290— on hybridi- 

 sation, 315 — on the theory of graft- 

 ing, 322, 323 — on the spongioles of 

 plants, 362. 



Kendall's mode of peach-training, 494. 



Kendrick. views of, on the duration 

 of fruit-trees, 306. 



Kennicott, Dr, anecdote of, 551. 



Kent, mode of growing the filbert in, 

 564. 



Kerguelen's Land cabbage, the, 90. 



Keswick codlin, peculiarity of the 

 growth of the, 476. 



Kew, orange-trees at, 700. 



Kidney bean, the proportion of ground 

 for, 8 — place of, in the rotation, 17 — 

 its natural history, 71 — its uses, ib. — 

 mode of propagation, ib.— sowing, 

 72 — subsequent culture, ib. — soil 

 and manure, ib. — forcing, 73 — 

 approved sorts and their qualities, 74 

 — insects and diseases by which 

 attacked, 76— vitality of the seeds 

 of, 312. 



Kirschwasser, manufacture of, 537. 



Kitchen -garden, history of the plants 

 cultivated in the, 3— disposition of 

 the crops in it, 7 — quantities of 

 seeds, &c. for. 8 — rotation of crops 

 in it, 12. 



Kitchen pears, list of, 461. 



Knight, Mr, his mode of growing 

 onions, 35— on the seeding of early 

 potatoes, 203— on the culture of 

 horse-radish, 261 — on the origin of 

 new varieties of fruits, 303 — on 

 changes of character in fruit, 305 — 

 views of, as to the duration of fruit- 

 trees, 306 — results obtained by hy- 

 bridisation by, 316 — on the theory 

 of grafting, 322, 323— on the effects 

 of grafting, 324 — saddle-grafting as 

 invented by, 332— on budding, 340 



