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INDEX. 



Malgwyn castle vinery, the, 308. 



Mallet, Mr, on the construction of slate walls, 

 97 — water-tank designed by him, mode of 

 constructing it, 515. 



Marginal flower-borders, designs for, 631. 



Marnock, Mr, on the advantages, &c, of metallic 

 hothouses, 125 — account of the large conser- 

 vatory at Bretton hall by him, 129 — on con- 

 creting the surfaces of vine-borders, 322— on 

 the construction of conservatories, 369. 



Marshall, Mr, on the proper extent of the 

 kitchen-garden, 12 — his opinion with regard 

 to espaliers, 556. 



Marshall's antonica as a cement, 567. 



Mason the poet, employment of circular flower- 

 beds by, 663. 



Mason- work, specifications as to the expense of, 

 in different localities, 744. 



Masters, Mr, on the artificial production of ice, 

 512. 



Mastic cement, 565. 



Materials, on the durability of, 571. 



Mausoleums, introduction of, into the flower- 

 garden, 654. 



Mawer, Mr, system of heating by steam by, 

 229. 



Mearns, Mr, introduction of chambered vine- 

 borders by, 321 — pit designed by him, 431. 



Measures of length, &c, tables of, 753. 



Medici, family of the, revival of gardening in 

 Italy by the, 3, 573. 



Meek, Mr, account of the Polmaise mode of 

 heating by, 219. 



Melon - houses, see Cucumber and Melon 

 houses. 



Melon pit, description of a span-roofed, 449 — 

 that at Trentham, 455 — Glendinning's, ib. — 

 another, 458. 



Merrifield, Mrs, on the harmony of colours, 

 600. 



Metals, the expansion of different, 754. 

 Metallic cement, 565. 



Metallic hothouses, advantages and disadvan- 

 tages of, 125. 

 Metallic paint, 564. 

 Mill's cucumber pit, 441. 



Miller on the angle of elevation for hothouses, 

 135. 



Mingled flower-garden, the, 578. 



Minton, Messrs, orange-boxes executed by, 399 

 — employment of their tiles for footpaths in 

 conservatories, 560. 



Mitchell's system of tank-heating, 201 — forcing 

 pit, 444. 



Mixed garden, example of a, 45. 



Moist heat, advantages of, in hothouses, and 

 means of securing it, 185. 



Monewell house, the grounds at, 663. 



Montgomery, Messrs, the sash-bar manufactory 

 of, 548. 



Moor's lever ventilator, 295. 



Moorman, Mr, his mode of preserving fruit after 

 gathering, 496. 



Moore, Mr, mode of ventilation employed by, 

 276 — mode of covering glass-houses for the 

 economising of heat proposed by, 553 — on the 

 harmony of colours in relation to the flower- 

 garden, 598. 



Morris, Mr, on rustic seats, 706 — on the intro- 



duction of artificial cascades into the pictur- 

 esque style, 716. 



Moss-houses, on the construction of, 687 — one 

 by Mr Toward described, 688— that at Dal- 

 keith palace, 711. 



Mosses, garden for the cultivation of, 667. 



Mouldings, objections to, in rafters, 545. 



Mud walls, construction of, 98. 



Mugliston's self-acting ventilator, 278. 



Mulgrave's cement, properties, &c. of, 565 — em- 

 ployment of it as a paint, 562. 



Muller, Dr, on insensible combustion, 259. 



Munich botanic garden, aquarium at, 417. 



Munn's patent frame and bar hive, 522. 



Mural decorations, varieties, &c. of, 646. 



Murray, Mr, invention of the Polmaise mode of 

 heating by, 219. 



Muscarium, the, 667. 



Mushet, Mr, vinery constructed by, 306, and 

 Plate xviii. 



Mushroom-houses, various kinds of, 466 — the 

 German, ib. — Seller's, 467— Hankin's, 469 — 

 one from the Gardeners' Chronicle, ib. — 

 Patrick's, ib.— Baron d'Hoogvorst's, 470 — 

 Forsyth's, ib. 



Neeves, Mr, his boiler for hot-water heating, 

 176 — his meridian pit, 430— his sash-bar, &c. 

 544. 



Neill, Dr, on garden soils, 27 — on shelter to the 

 garden, 35— opinion regarding espaliers held 

 by him, 556. 



Nesfield, Mr, the garden at Kew laid out by, 

 620. 



Netherlands, mode of heating employed in the, 

 141. 



Newbattle abbey, the flower-garden at, 609 — 



sun-dials in it, 645. 

 Newton, Sir Isaac, views of, regarding colour, 



595. 



Nicoll, Mr, form of garden recommended by, 1 3 

 — on situation, 1 9 — on soil, 26 — on the forma- 

 tion of fruit-tree borders, 29— on garden walls, 

 66— on copings for them, 71 — on the height 

 proper for garden walls, 75 — on the arrange- 

 ment, &c. of them, 76 — on wooden walls, 91 

 — description of a hothouse furnace by him, 

 251— on ventilation, 291— his early vinery, 

 300 — his late vinery, 301 — his pineries, 331 — 

 his peach-houses, 348, 349 — his opinion with 

 regard to espaliers, 656. 



Niven, Mr, on insufficient ventilation, 130 — 

 vinery and pinery combined by him, 340 — 

 pine pit by him, 439. 



Noisette, M., account of a mode of ventilation 

 by, 283. 



Nonesuch, gardens, &c. of, 6. 



Norbiton house, the garden at, 663. 



Norwegian portable seat, the, 692. 



Nuneliam Courtenay, the orangery at, 402— the 

 grounds at, 663. 



Nuthill, peach-houses at, 351 — the flower-gar- 

 den at, 618, and Plate xxix. — the fountains at, 

 635. % 



Nutt's hives, 522. 



Nymphenberg, the fountain at, 632, 636. 



Oak, employment of, for edgings in gardens, 

 591. 



