GENERAL INDEX. 



867 



Wavy-fan mode of training, the, 390 . 



"Wax models of fruits, on, 302. 



Weather, influence of, on transplant- 

 ing, 357. 



Wedge-grafting, 334. 



Weeds, destruction of, on walks, 778. 



Weeks, Messrs, culture of the Victoria 

 by, 710. 



Weeping ash, peculiarities of the, 318 

 — oak at Moccas Court, the, 315, 

 318. 



Weevils, destructive powers of the, 58. 



Welsh onion, the, 41. 



West Indies, growth of the pine-apple 



in the, 645. 

 Whip or tongue grafting, 330. 

 White beet, natural history of the, 



139 — its uses, ib. — propagation, 



140 — sowing and planting, ib. — sub- 

 sequent cultivation, ib. — soil and 

 manure, ib. — gathering, ib. — list of 

 varieties, ib. — general remarks, ib. 

 — currant, culture of the, 566 — list 

 of sorts, 569 — garden butterfly, the, 

 113 — line brown-eyed moth, 197 — 

 lupin, 80 — mulberry, 593 — mustard, 



culture of. 167— rust on the Bras- 

 sica?, 110— scale, 683, 685— truffle, 

 253. 



Whitley on the origin of soils, 264. 

 Wickham, the Hon. W., on pruning, 



&c. the fig, 553. 

 Wight, Isle of, the fig in, 551. 

 Wild endive, see Succory— pear stocks, 



what, 328 — spinach, culture of, 137. 

 Williams' Bon Chretien pear, origin 



of, 304. 



Williamson, Rev. W., hia mode of 



growing mushrooms, 251. 

 Winter of 1853-54, plants which have 



withstood the, 795. 

 Winter cress, the, 170— lentil, 80— 



melons, 668 — moth, 434 — pruning, 



on, 391 — of pyramids, 478— the 



plum, 528. 

 Wintering celery, house for, 147 — 



vines, on, 618. 

 Wire-worm, the, 69, 128, 182, 222. 

 Wishaw House, the vine-borders at, 



600. 



Withers on preparing the ground for 

 planting, 758. 



Wood, Mr, on the French roses, 751. 

 Wood, effects of compressed roots on, 

 370. 



Wood ashes as a manure, 296 — leo- 

 pard moth, 469 — lice, 694 — sorrel, 

 culture of, 172— strawberries, origin 

 of the, 581— their propagation, 582 

 —list of, 590. 



Wool moth, the, 59. 



Woolly aphis, the 433. 



Worms, destruction of, on lawns, 779. 



Wormwood, culture, uses, &c. of, 

 242. 



Wrinkling on the peaeh, causes, &c. 

 of, 514. 



Xanthea croceago, 832. 



Xyloterus dispar, the, 442. 



Yellow-footed bean beetle, the, 69 — 

 tailed moth, 437 — turnip leaf-mi- 

 ner, 196. 



Yellowlee's fork, 89. 



Yester, chambered vine-borders at, 

 602. 



Yponomeuta, the genus of, 441 — ma- 



livorella, ib— padella, 435. 

 Zeuzera aesculi, the, 469. 



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