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INDEX. 



English, 605 et seq. — the French modification 

 of it, 608— example of a French one, 610 — 

 one in the modern French style, 611 — proper 

 position of the architectural one, ib. — the ter- 

 raced one, ib. — a design for one by Mr Brown, 

 ib. — one by Mr Smith, 612 — that at Trent- 

 ham, 613— examples of parterres suited to 

 it, 614 — a triangular one, ib. — a Gothic one 

 by Solomon Caus, 6 1 5 — a geometrical one, ib. 

 — an architectural one with terraces designed 

 for the west of Scotland, ib., and Plate xxxiv. 

 — examples of balustrading for it, 616 — that at 

 Nuthill house, 618, and Plate xxix. — that at 

 Drumlanrig castle, 619 — the Duke of Devon- 

 shire's Italian one at Chiswick, ib., and Plate 

 xxvi. — that around the palm-stove at Kew, 

 620, and Plate xxx. — that at Grovefield, with 

 conservatory, 621, and Plate xxiii. — a plain 

 one without sculptural ornaments, 622 —one 

 in Oxfordshire, ib., and Plate xxxi. — another, 

 623, and Plate xxv.— two illustrating the har- 

 mony and contrast of colour, 601, 603, and 

 Plates xxvii. xxviii. — various figures for 

 flower-beds suited to it, 623 — designs with 

 raised flower-beds, 624 — various designs for 

 parterres, &c., 625— a fountain suitable to it, 

 627 — various geometrical parterres, ib. et seq. — 

 one at Bagshot, 629 — porte-fleurs suitable to 

 it, 630 — marginal flower-borders, 631 — vari- 

 ous designs for fountains, ib. — vases, urns, 

 sun-dials, and mural decorations, 637 — sta- 

 tues, 648 — seats, 650 — temples and arbours, 

 651 — mausoleums, cenotaphs, &c, 654. 



Geometrical style in flower-gardening, definition 

 of the, and its subdivisions, 573 — trees, 

 shrubs, and style of planting suitable to it, 581. 



German hotbed, the, 430. 



German mushroom-house, the, 466. 



German pit for forcing French beans, straw- 

 berries, &c, 453. 



Germany, sketch of the history of gardening in, 

 45 — method of heating employed in, 141 — 

 mode employed in, for the preservation of 

 fruit after gathering, 486 — mode of construct- 

 ing arbours in, 707. 



Gilpin, Mr, on the geometrical flower-garden, 

 605, 607 — definition of the term picturesque 

 by him, 693. 



Girardin, M. de, on the picturesque style of 

 flower-gardening, 694. 



Glasgow, the prevalent winds at, 35. 



Glass, different varieties of, 532 — that of large 

 size, and the alleged dangers attending its 

 use, ib. — mode of testing its quality, 533 — the 

 cockling of it, and how to prevent it, ib. — 

 Hartley's patent rough plate, 634— on the 

 colour of it most suitable for hothouses, 535 

 — British sheet, and its imperfections, 536 — 

 corroboranted, 537 — polished thick plate, and 

 its inapplicability to hothouses, ib.— Russell's 

 patent tile, ib.— employment of it for the 

 construction of fountains, 632 — proposed 

 covering over of town gardens with, 727. 



Glass and glazing, specifications as to expense 

 of, in different localities, 746. 



Glass copings for walls, on, 71. 



Glass houses known to the Greeks and Romans, 

 2 — first employment of them in modern 

 Europe, 5 — origin of them in Scotland, 9 — 



covering their roofs for the economising of 



heat, 551. 

 Glass louvre ventilators, 293. 

 Glass pipes, on, 249. 

 Glass tile, Russell's, 537. 



Glass walls, Ewing's, 88, and Plate xi. — Spen- 

 cer's, 91. 



Glauber, R., suggestion for hot-water heating 

 by, 153. 



Glazing, various modes of, 538 — without over- 

 laps, ib. — without fore putty, ib. — Read's 

 mode, 539 — Stevenson's, ib. — Curtis and Har- 

 rison's, 540 — Saul's, ib.' — Barratt's, ib. — in 

 various ways with leaden laps, ib. — the rect- 

 angular, fragment, shield, curvilinear, &c. ib. 

 — with vulcanised India-rubber, 541 — Spen- 

 cer's mode, ib. — with Jeffrey's marine glue, 

 542 — the putty for it, and importance of its 

 being of good quality, ib. — reversing the posi- 

 tion of the sash-bar, 542 — Rishton's regis- 

 tered sash, 543 — Kent's mode, ib. — removing 

 old glass, 544 — different varieties of putty, 

 ib. — various devices for collecting con- 

 densed steam, ib. — Neeve's sash-bar, ib. — 

 Paxton's sash-bar, ib. — Saul's gutter, ib. — speci- 

 fications as to expense of, in different localities, 

 746. 



Glendinning, Mr, his system of tank-heating, 

 202 — on the setting of boilers, 234 — on ven- 

 tilation, 295— pine-stove by him, 335 — pine- 

 pit by him, 436 — his melon-pit, 439— his 

 fruiting pine-pit, 440 — pit on Corbett's system 

 by him, 444 — melon -pit by him, 455. 



Gorinki, conservatories at, 6. 



Gorrie, Mr, on garden walls, 65 — on copings for 

 them, 73 — arboretum at Preston hail con- 

 structed by, 586. 



Gothic arbour, design for a, 707. 



Gothic flower-garden, a, 615. 



Gowen's flue, 146. 



Grahame, H, Esq., his pinetum, 587. 

 Graining in painting, what, 564. 

 Grange, the Conservatory at, 361. 

 Grangemouth Coal Company, ornamental flue by 



the, 153 — urn in fireclay executed by them, 



645. 



Grapes, preservation of, after gathering, 494. 

 Grass, objections to, in small town-gardens, 

 726. 



Grass garden, laying out, &c. of the, 670. 

 Great Britain, general sketch of the history of 



gardening in, 6 — defective mode of preparing 



ice in, 499. 

 Grecian hive, the, 525. 



Grecian vases, examples of, suitable to geome- 

 trical gardens, 638. 



Greece, ancient, state of gardening in, 2— glass 

 houses known in, ib. 



Green, Messrs, their mode of tank-heating, 194. 



Green paint, disadvantages of, 563. 



Greenhouses, on the construction of, 385 — ex- 

 ample of a span-roofed one, ib. — one with 

 hexagonal end, 386 — arrangement of the 

 plant stages in them, ib. — a curvilinear lean-to 

 one, 387 — a detached one for the lawn, 388 — 

 another curvilinear lean-to one, and its inter- 

 nal arrangements, 389 — the one in the botanic 

 garden at Kew, ib. — one built by the Messrs 

 Crosskill, 391 — a span-roofed one for winter- 



