INDEX. 



Acon's (Mr.) method of forcing vines, 

 579. 



Aeration, advantages of, 38. 

 Alpine or rock-garden, construction of 

 the, S21). 



Alpine and other rare plants in pots, 

 care of, HoS, 863, 909, 921, 926, 913, 

 946, 959. 



Alpine and rare plants requiring pro- 

 tection, 813. 



American cress, sowing, 123, 212. 



Anemonies, ranunculuses, &c., plant- 

 ing, 844, 868, 878, 936. 



Annuals sown in autumn, transplanting, 

 8()2. 



Ants, method of destroying, 39o ; Mr. 



Wilmot's method, 395. 

 Aphides, method of destroying, 396. 

 Apricot and peach-trees, management 



of, 411. 



Apricots, pruning, 351 j Systematic Ca- 

 talogue of, 483. 



Apples, pears, and trees upon walls, ex- 

 amination of, 431 ; Catalogue of, 449. 



Arboratum, on the, 810. 



Arrangement of plants in green-house, 

 1073. 



Artichokes, management of, 71, 211, 

 218; covering up, 252 ; planting of, 

 103, 159; spring dressing, 101, 138; 

 pruning of, 198. 



Artificiid spawn of mushrooms, method 

 of obtaining, 22;3. 



Asparagus, ]ilanting, 107; spring dress- 

 ing, l07, 138, 248 ; to cover up, 25 1 ; 

 method of pliinlinjr, 109; directions 

 for cutting, 1.39, 181; to force, 249, 

 614, 683. 



Atkinson (Mr.) on hot water, as applied 



to heating hot- houses, &c., 510. 

 Auriculas, management of, 864, 880, 



897, 908, 921, 925, 927. 

 Auriculas and Polyanthuses, sowing 



seeds of, 852. 

 Autumn Pears, Systematic Catalogue 



of, 470. 



Basil, sowing, 118, 146. 



Beans, planting, 66, 87,97, 125, 151, 

 173, 190, 245, 252, 258; earthing 

 up, 88 ; forcing, 631. 



Beds of mushroom^-., spawning the, 618. 



Beet, sowing, 91, 112, 135; to lift and 

 store, 246. 



Beets, thinning the crops of, 163. 



Biennial flower garden plants, Syste- 

 matic Catalogue of, 975. 



Biennial flower-seeds, sowing, 851, 963, 

 895. 



Birds, preserving fruits from, 413. 

 Black Spanish radish, to sow, 213. 

 Blood as manure, 47. 

 Blossoms of fruit-trees, protecting the, 

 381. 



Bones, as manure, 46. 



Borage, sowing, 146. 



Borecole, sowing, 128, 157 ; planting 



out, 176, 194. 

 Borders for fruit-trees, on the formation 



of, 325. 



Borders of the flower garden, dressing 



the, 941, 948. 

 Borders of the conservatory, formation 



of, 987. 



Botanic tlower garden, construction of, 

 822. 



Box, planting edgings of, 813, 849, 860, 



875 ; cutting, 876. 

 Brussels' sprouts, sowing, 103, 126; 



planting out, 177, 195 ; to eartli up, 



248. 



Bulbous Irises, planting, 937. 

 Bulbous roots, planting, 924, 930, 

 943. 



Bulbs for forcing, potting, 1078. 

 Bulbs past flowering, taking up, 898, 

 902,911. 



Broccoli, management of, 74, 211 ; to 

 earth up, 218 ; sowing, 99, 127, 155 ; 

 planting, 155, 175, 199, 234. 



Broccoli seed, to sow, 199. 



Cabbage-plants, planting out, 70, 2^33, 

 246. 



Cabbages, to transplant for seed, 70 ; 

 to transplant, 81, KM), 191; sowing, 

 81, lUO, 128, 174; earthing up, 85, 

 157, 175 ; late crops of, to j)lant, 25(>. 



Calvelles (dessert). Systematic Cata- 

 logue of, 451. 



Camellia-house, on the construction of 

 the, 998. 



Camellias, on the cultivation of, 1051; 

 proper season for grafting, 1055. 



Caraway, sowing, 146. 



Cardoons, sowing, 165, 182, 198; to 

 earth up, 197, 215, 250, 2.55. 



Care of the various sorts of lettuce sown 

 in autumn, 77 ; of newly-grafted 

 trees, 402 ; of newly-planted shrubs 

 and ornamental trees, 901 ; of car- 

 nations and pinks coming into flower, 

 911; of green-house plants set out 

 in May, 1065. 



