640 



INDEX. 



Ivy edgings, 307 



in the Emperor's garden 



at the Tuileries, 13 

 Ivy, propagation of, for making edgings 



in the public gardens, 158 



JARDIN des Fleurs at Versailles^ 

 250 



Jardin des Plantes, 68 



,, ,, collection of pear 



trees in, 70 

 Jardin des Plantes, merits of, 69 

 ,, faults of, 11 



,, ,, smallness of grant 



to, 76 



Jardin Fleuriste, and the other public 



nurseries of Paris, 139 

 Jardin Fleuriste, collections of plants 



in, 153 



Jardin Fleuriste, trial ground in, 153 

 Jvincus glaucus, used for tying plants 

 and fruit trees, 580 



LAND, dearness of, in London, no 

 real objection to extensive improve- 

 ments, 115 

 La Fosse Commune, 110 

 Lectures given in the Luxembourg 



garden, 80 

 Lepere, M., his garden at Montreuil, 

 445 



Lettuces, best kinds of, in the Paris 



market, 517 

 Lettuce, Grotte, culture of, 497 



Petite Noire, culture of, 493 



,, the Passion, ,, ,, 498 



,, Verte Maraichere. culture of, 



496 



Library in the Jardin Fleuriste, 155 

 - Lilac, white, forcing of, 537 



Lime tree, the worst of all trees for 

 cities, 169 



Limnocharis Humboldtii, 73 



Locust tree, the, 167 



London graveyards needlessly muti- 

 lated in converting them into gar- 

 dens, 106 



London squares, 82 



Longchamps, watering racecourse of, 

 39 



Louvre, gardens of, 11 

 Luxembourg garden, 76 



fountain in, 79 

 ,, ,, system of floral 



decoration in, 77 

 Lygeum Spartum, used for tying, 580 

 Lyons, 600 

 „ public garden at, 600 



MACHE, 498 

 Machines for transplanting trees 

 in Paris, their advantages, 558 

 Macleaya cordata, 227 

 Mange-tout, an excellent vegetable 



worthy of general culture, 520 

 Manure employed in the market gar- 

 dens of Paris, 463 

 Maples, the, 179 



Market, fruit, flower, and vegetable, a 

 good one required for London, 541 



Market gardeners of Paris, their con- 

 dition, 469 



Market gardens of Paris, 462 



Mai'kets, flower, fruit, and vegetable, 

 539 



Markets, flower, of Paris, 543 

 Markets of Paris well arranged for the 



convenience of the retail buyer, 539, 



541 



Mastic, r Homme Lefort, 565 

 Medicinal and economical plants in the 

 Jardin des Plantes better arranged 

 than in British botanic gardens, 72 

 Melianthus major, 227 

 Melons of the Paris market, 518 

 j\[ery-sur-Oise, mushroom culture at, 



477 

 Meudon, 260 



Mixed beds in Pare Monceau, examples 

 of, 50 



Moloposi^ermum cicutarium, 228 

 Monstera deliciosa, 197 

 Montrouge, mushroom culture at, 472 

 Musa Cavendishi, 55 



,, Ensete, 55, 197 

 Mushroom cave, descent into a Parisian, 



472 



Mushroom cave, plan of, 497 

 culture, 472 



culture, depth at which it is 

 carried on, 484 

 Mushroom culture in cellars, 485 



,, ,, the open air, 487 



Mushroom spawn, preparation of at 



Mery, 482 

 Mushrooms, places where they are 

 grown near Paris, 484 



ALLET, M., 6S3 

 Nantes, public garden at, 613 

 Napoleon peach tree, the, 449 

 Nature's plan of arranging flowers, 292 

 Navet, kinds grown in the Paris market, 

 519 



Necessity of public nurseries for London 



and our other great cities, 139 

 Nelumbium speciosum, 73 

 New Zealand Flax used for tying, 581 



