INDEX. 



767 



545 — the palm-stove and flower-garden at, 

 620, and Plate xxx. 

 Kewley, Mr, his system of heating by hot- water 

 pipes, 154. 



Kilikee, conservatory with fruit-houses at, 376, 

 and Plate xx. 



Kitchen boiler, a, for hot- water heating, 183. 



Kitchen gardens, see Garden. 



Knight, R. P., on harmony of colours, 599. 



Knight, T. A., improvements in hothouse-build- 

 ing introduced by, 108 — on the proper angle of 

 elevation for hothouses, 135 — improvements 

 in ventilation introduced by, 276 — the peach- 

 houses of, 346— improvement of hotbeds by, 

 429 — his system of ventilating them, 430 — 

 his melon pit, 433— on the preservation of 

 fruit after gathering, 487, 488. 



Kyanising wood, effects, &c. of, 568. 



Kyle, the peach-houses of, 346. 



Ladiston, the orchid-house at, 410. 

 Lambton castle garden, size of, 12. 

 Lansdowne, the marquis of, pinetum formed by, 

 588. 



Latour, Mr, mode of ventilation used by, 279. 



Lauder, Sir Thomas Dick, on geometrical flower- 

 gardens, 606 — on the introduction of foun- 

 tains into the flower-garden, 674 — on wire 

 and suspension bridges, 680 — definition of the 

 term picturesque by, 693. 



Lawe's hot-air stove, 217. 



Lawrence's system of tank-heating, 206. 



Lawrence, Mrs, the orchid-house of, 405 — her 

 aquarium and orchid-house combined, 417. 



Le Blond on terraces, 593. 



Le Notre, the style of gardening of, 4. 



Lead, employment of, for coping walls, 71 — 

 pipes made of, 242 — employment of, for the 

 construction of cisterns, 520. 



Leaden laps, various modes of glazing with, 540. 



Leaden pipes, prices of, in different localities, 

 748. 



Leaf, Mr, his mode of ventilation, 276. 

 Lean-to hothouses, on, 108. 

 Lean-to roofs, disadvantages of, for greenhouses, 

 385, 398. 



Legg's hydraulic engine, description of, 19. 

 Light, influence of, on the preservation of fruit, 

 487. 



Lights or sashes, construction of, 545. 



Lime, prices of, in different localities, 746. 



Limekilns, on the attaching of, to hothouse 

 furnaces, 259. 



Lindley, professor, on the circulation of air, &c, 

 212 — on the general principles of ventilation, 

 271 — on the way in which it is generally prac- 

 tised in relation to glass houses, 272 — on the 

 indoor culture of plants, 424— on the preser- 

 vation of fruit after gathering, 491 — on the 

 causes of scorching of leaves, &c., in green- 

 houses, 533. 



Lindley, J., his self-acting regulator, 278. 



Liquid manure, value of, to the kitchen-garden, 

 15. 



Liquid-manure tanks, construction, &c. of, 518 

 — stink-traps for them, ib. — those at Dalkeith 

 palace, 519. 



Liverpool Chronicle, the, on aquatic plants and 

 their culture, 412. 



Llewellyn, Mr, the stove conservatory of, 381. 



Loddige, Messrs, effects upon plants experienced 

 from the kyanising of timber by, 568 — their 

 arboretum, 585. 



London and Wise, Messrs, architectural walls 

 constructed by, 93. 



London Horticultural Society, experiments with 

 kyanised wood by the, 568. 



Loudon, Mr, on the situation of gardens, 19, 20 

 — example of a suburban villa garden from, 

 22 — on soil, 26 — on conservative walls, 105 — 

 the ridge-and-furrow roof first proposed by, 

 109 — on the advantages, &c. of ridge-and- 

 furrow roofs, 1 1 6 — on the advantages, &c, of 

 metallic hothouses, 126, 127 — on large con- 

 servatories, 131 — on narrow ones, 132— on 

 the most suitable angle of elevation for hot- 

 houses, 135, 136, 138, 139 — improvements in 

 heating introduced by him, 143 — his chamber 

 flue, 148 — on heating by steam, 229 — im- 

 provement of hothouse furnaces by him, 251 

 —forms of peach-houses employed by him, 

 349 — span-roofed one by him, 351 — on the 

 size of conservatories, 363 — on the construc- 

 tion of ice-houses, 501— on the pressure, &c, 

 on tanks and reservoirs, 516 — his opinion 

 regarding espaliers, 556 — views of, on the 

 harmony of colours, 598 — on geometrical 

 flower-gardens, 604, 608 — on the pipes, &c, 

 for fountains, 633 — on the introduction of 

 vases into gardens, 637, 639— on the disposal 

 of statues in the flower-garden, 649 — on the 

 use of circular beds in the gardenesque style, 

 663 — on bridges, 680 — on the construction of 

 artificial cascades, 715. 



Loudon, Mrs, definition of the pleasure-ground 

 by, 579 — on the French flower-garden, 609 — 

 on the formation of walks in the gardenesque 

 style, 660 — on rockwork, 705. 



Louvre ventilators, glass, 293. 



Lucas's self-acting pump, description of, 19. 



Lucombe and Pince, Messrs, the camellia-house 

 of, 128. 



Lucullus, the gardens of, 2. 



Lusor's cement, 566. 



Luxembourg, the rose-garden of the, 666. 

 Lyle, Mr, peculiar flue constructed by, 149. 

 Lyon's system of tank-heating, 208. 

 Lyon, Mr, the orchid-house of, 410. 



Mackenzie, Sir George, on the best form, &c, 

 for hothouses, 108 — embrasure-flue proposed 

 by him, 146. 



Mackenzie & Mathews, Messrs, conservatory in 

 connection with town mansion-house designed 

 by, 372, and Plate xvii. 



M'Nab, Mr, experiments by, on the comparative 

 advantages of span-roofed and lean-to green- 

 houses in winter, 398. 



M'Phail, Mr, form of garden recommended by, 

 13 — on soil, 26 — pit designed by him, 431 — 

 his opinion on espaliers, 556. 



Magazine of Botany, geometrical garden from 

 the, 612. 



Maher, Mr, on the construction of the fruit- 

 room, 493. 



Main, Mr, example of villa garden from, 23. 

 Major and Low, Messrs, rosarium designed by, 

 665. 



