INDEX. 



Abercrombie, Mr, form of garden recommended 

 by, 13 — on the angle of elevation to be given 

 to hothouses, 135 — his opinion of espaliers, 

 556. 



Abraham, Mr, conservatory at Alton Towers 



designed by, 367. 

 Academus, the gardens of the, 2. 

 Acharn, the falls of the, hermitage at, 706. 

 Acis and Galatea fountain, the, 634. 

 Aeon, Mr, the early and late vineries of, 301. 

 Acre, number of plants at different distances 



required to plant the, 755. 

 Addison, the garden of, 8. 

 Adonis, the gardens of, 2. 

 Aeration of hothouses, what, 272. 

 Aeration, subterranean, for fruit-tree borders, 



27. 



Agri-Horticultural Society of India, report on 

 kyanising wood by the, 568. 



Ainger, Mr, on the proper size of boilers, 232— 

 on the setting of them, 235— on correcting 

 the dryness of the heat from hot- water pipes, 

 248 — on the circulation of hot water, 266, 

 268— his plan for heating vine borders, 328. 



Air, on the admission of, into furnaces, 254 — 

 quantity requisite, mode of its admission, &c, 

 257 — its admission to glass houses, see Ven- 

 tilation. 



Air-traps for cisterns, construction of, 522. 

 Alderstone pit, construction, &c. of the, 431. 

 Alhambra, ventilation of the, 271. 

 Alison, Mr, on the different styles of gardening, 

 606. 



Allcard, John, Esq., ridge-and-furrow roofed 



pits constructed by, 457. 

 Allen's Archimedean stove, description of, 216. 

 Alton Towers, the conservatory at, 366. 

 Amateur propagating box, description of the, 



428. 



American hive, the, 525. 



American garden, laying out, &c. of the, 664. 



Ancients, gardening and gardens among the, 1. 



Anderson, Isaac, Esq., mode of heating em- 

 ployed by, 729. 



Anderson, Dr, mode of heating proposed by, 

 215. 



Anderson's self-acting ventilator, description 

 of, 279. 



Andre, M., fountain executed by, 674. 

 Angle of elevation for hothouses, on the, 134. 

 Angular walls, construction of, 100. 

 Annual flower garden, laying out, &c. of the, 669. 



Anson's Parian cement, 566. 



Anthseum, conservatory called the, 131. 



Anti-corrosion paints, Carson's, 562 — common, 

 ib. — Zeno's, 563. 



Antonica, use of, as a cement, 567. 



Apiaries, the construction of, 522 — the common 

 straw hive, ib. — Munn's patent bar and frame 

 hive, ib. — Nutt's, 523 — Taylor's improved col- 

 lateral ventilating, ib. — Huish's, 524 — the 

 Grecian, ib. — the Polish, ib. — the American, 

 ib. — Pulteau's, ib. — two from the Gardeners' 

 Chronicle, ib. — Bagster's, improved by J. D., 

 526 — Dr Howison's, ib. — the Kashmir, ib. — 

 Wighton's improved Polish, ib. — sheds or 

 houses for them, ib. — revolving hives, 528 — 

 improved Polish, ib. — Young's, ib. — Pillans', 

 529 — the Hexagon, 530 — the Unicombe Ob- 

 servatory, ib. — stand with three tops, ib. — 

 Dr Bevan's storified, ib. — that at Pishobury, 

 ib. — objects to be aimed at in their construc- 

 tion, ib. 



Apricots, forcing of, and houses for it, 355. 



Aquarium, the construction of the, 412 — ex- 

 ample of a span-roofed one, 413 — a lean-to 

 one, 414 — a circular one, ib. — that formerly 

 existing at White Knights, 417 — that of Mrs 

 Lawrence, ib. — construction of them for hardy 

 plants, ib. — that designed by Sckell at Munich, 

 ib. — an octagon one, 418 — the tropical one at 

 Chatsworth, 419. 



Aquatic plants, beauty of, 410. 



Arboretum, formation and arrangement of the, 

 584 — that of Messrs Loddige, 585 — that at 

 Kensington gardens and others, ib. — various 

 modes of arranging the trees in it, with ex- 

 amples, 586. 



Arbours, on the introduction of, into the geo- 

 metrical flower-garden, 651 — various modes of 

 constructing them, 707. 



Arcades, the formation of, 684. 



Arched pit, the, 432. 



Arched walls, construction of, 93. 



Architectural style in flower-gardening, the, 573 

 — situation adapted to garden in it, its pecu- 

 liarities, &c, 611. See also Geometrical Flower- 

 garden. 



Architectural walls, construction of, 92. 

 Argand furnace, the, 254. 

 Arnott's hot-air stove, remarks on, 214, 215. 

 Arnott's ventilating valve, 295. 

 Artesian wells, the boring of, 17 — the theory 

 of them, ib. 



