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INDEX. 



Scoria walls, construction of, 99. 



Scotch distillers' boiler, the, 177. 



Scotland, history of gardening in, 7 — origin of 

 glass houses in, 9 — form of peach-house used 

 in, 348 — inferiority of the bricks made in, 

 571— specifications regarding the prices, &c. 

 of brickwork in, 738 et seq. — of slates and 

 slating, 741 — of plastering, 742 — of carpen- 

 ter-work, ib. — of ironwork, 743 — of cements, 

 744 — of mason-work, ib. 745 — of lime and 

 sand, 746 — of glass and glazing, 7 47— of paint- 

 ing, 748 — of plumber-work, ib. — of wire-work, 

 749. 



Scott, Mr, on the proportion of pipe requisite for 



heating, 241. 

 Screen walls, construction of, 101. 

 Sculpturesque style in flower-gardening, the, 



573. 



Seats, kinds of, adapted to the geometrical 

 flower-garden, 650 — kinds of, for the garden- 

 esque garden, 690 et seq. — and for the pictur- 

 esque, 706, 708. 



Secondary colours, what, 595. 



Self-acting ventilators, various kinds of, 277. 



Sellers' mushroom-house, 467. 



Sepulchral structures, introduction of, into the 

 flower-garden, 654. 



Serpentine walls, construction of, 100. 



Seyssel's asphalt, 566. 



Shadows, rules for calculating the length of, 724. 



Shearer, Mr, gardener at Yester house, 19 — 

 chambered fruit-tree borders constructed by, 

 there, 31— vinery by, 328. 



Sheet glass, various qualities and prices of, 532 

 — mode in which manufactured, and imper- 

 fections to which liable, 538. 



Shelter, importance of, and how to provide it, 34. 



Shelves, greenhouse, construction of, 394. 



Sheringham's ventilator, 295. 



Sherwood, Mr, on tank-heating, 196. 



Shield mode of glazing, the, 540. 



Shiells, Mr, account of flued walls by, 87. 



Shrewsbury, the earl of, conservatory at the 

 residence of, 366. 



Shrubs, kinds, &c. of, suited to the gardenesque 

 garden, and mode of disposing them in it, 657 

 — kinds suited to the picturesque garden, &c, 

 698 — to the town garden, 731 — to the small 

 suburban garden, 735 et seq. 



Silverlock's hollow-brick wall, 83. 



Sion house, insufficient ventilation of the large 

 conservatory at, 130— description of the con- 

 servatory, 368, and Plate xvi. — results expe- 

 rienced with kyanised timber at, 568 — stric- 

 tures on the rockwork at, 701. 



Situation, importance of, as regards the kitchen 

 garden, 19 — evils of a low one, 20 — to be pre- 

 ferred to soil, ib. — direction and slope of it, 

 21. 



Skirving, Mr, rockwork formed by, 701. 



Slate, employment of, for constructing the cop- 

 ings of garden walls, 71 — construction of walls 

 of it, 96, 97 — employment of it for the con- 

 struction of water cisterns, 521 — durability, 

 &c. of the different kinds of, 572 — employ- 

 ment of it for border edgings in gardens, 590, 

 621 — and for coping, terraces, &c, 647. 



Slates and slating, considerations as to the ex- 

 pense of, in different localities, 741. 



Slate plant-boxes, prices of, 742. 



Sluices for tank heating, construction of, 195. 



Smith, A., Esq., hothouse built by, 128. 



Smith, C. H., hot- water apparatus invented bv, 

 175. " 



Smith, Mr, tank heating first used by, 192. 



Smith, Mr, mode employed by, for the preserva- 

 tion of fruit after gathering, 493. 



Smith, Mr, ice-house at the Hirsel constructed 

 by, 509. 



Smith, Mr, of Snelston hall, geometrical flower- 

 garden designed by, 612. 



Smith's economical paint, 562. 



Smoke, importance of the consumption of, 143 

 — causes of the production of it in furnaces, 

 258— its effects on vegetation, 259— loss of 

 fuel by it, ib. 



Smoke-consuming furnaces, on, 254. 



Smoke flues, see Flues. 



Snow, Mr, his mode of glazing without overlaps, 

 538. 



Soil, importance of, to the garden, 25— nomen- 

 clatures of the different kinds of it, 26 — the 

 formation of artificial, ib. — the amelioration of 

 bad, 27 — proper depth, &c. of it, ib. 



Solomon, the gardens of, 1. 



Spain, plant-houses, &c. in, 3. 



Span roof, advantages of the, for the heath- 

 house, 402 — comparison between it and the 

 lean-to for the greenhouse, 385, 398. 



Span-roofed cold pit, a, 472. 



Span-roofed conservative pit, a, 473. 



Span-roofed espalier, a, 558. 



Span-roofed hothouses, remarks on, 108 — venti- 

 lation of them, 289, 291. 



Span-roofed peach-houses, construction of, 351. 



Span-roofed pineries, construction of, 343. 



Span-roofed pit, a, heated by hot water, 451. 



Span-roofed vegetable pit, a, 473. 



Span-roofed vineries, construction of, 317. 



Specific gravities, tables of, 755. 



Speechly, Mr, the early vinery of, 300 — his 

 pineries, 331— his peach-houses, 346. 



Speltre paint, 564. 



Spencer, Mr, the glass walls of, 90— account of 

 the mode of aerating a vinery by, 323 — his 

 mode of glazing, 541— account of the pinetum 

 at Bo wood by, 588. 



Spigot-and-faucet joint for hot-water pipes, the, 

 246, 247. 



Spirit of tar, employment of, for painting, 562. 

 Square fret- wall, the, 99. 

 Stafford's vinery for pot culture, 312. 

 Stages, arrangement of, in the greenhouse, 386, 

 389, 393. 



Stark, Mr, cultivation of ferns by, 667. 



Statues, on the introduction of, into the flower- 

 garden, 648— their formation of iron, ib. — 

 various materials in which made, 649. 



Steam, comparison between heating by, and hot 

 water, 191 — on heating by, 228— the history 

 of it, ib. — Loudon on it, 229 — its disadvan- 

 tages, ib. — method of it, 230— employment 

 of it for increasing humidity in hothouses, 

 243. 



Stephenson's double cylindrical boiler, 169 — his 



conical boiler, 170. 

 Stevenson, Mr, form of flue proposed by, 146 — 



his method of glazing, 539. 



