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INDEX, 



Dessert apples, Systematic Catalogiie 

 of, 'IjO; peannains, 4o3; nonpareils, 

 4o3 ; russets, 454 ; rennets, 4o4 ; 

 calvelles, 4.34; qneeniugs, 4oo ; cod- 

 lings, 430; sorts, 4t>o. 



Dessert sorts, Systematic Catalogue of, 

 45.5. 



Dick (Mr. John), his frame for the 

 protection of fruit trees, description 

 of, 388. 



Diflerent modes of training vines, 443. 



Digging the ground among gooseberries 

 and currants, 3G1, 430. 



Digging the ground among young or- 

 chard trees, 446. 



Digging the ground among small fruits, 

 44G. 



Digging the shrubbery and flower bor- 

 ders, 847, 8;39. 



Directions for cutting asparagus, 159. 



Disbudding or rubbing off the useless 

 buds of wall-trees, 400, 404. 



Disbudding vines on the walls, 401. 



Double flowers, propagating various, 

 871. 



Draining, its varieties and effects, 52. 



Dressine: the borders of the flower gar- 

 den, 914, 948. 



Drooping fan method of training, on 

 the, 342. 



Dung of sheep and deer as manure, 16 ; 

 of birds, 4G. 



Earthing up celtry, 75 ; cabbages, 85 ; 



beans, 88. 

 Earthing up and sticking peas, 98. 

 Earth-worms, method of destroying, 395. 

 Earw igs, meihud of destroying, 392. 

 Edmonstone pit for forcing encumbers 



and melons, description of, 601. 

 Endive, to sow, KkS, 209 ; to transplant, 



182, 195, 209, 214 ; blanch, to, 196, 



209, 240; in store for winter use, 



241. 



Ericas (Mr. Page on the cultivation of), 



1038; propagation of, 1019. 

 Eschalots, planting, 69, 95, 204. 

 Espalier fruit-trees, planting, 36.3. 

 Established apple, pear, plum, and 



cherry-trees, management of, 409. 

 Evergreen shrubs, planting, 873, 892, 



911,919,927, 929, 941. 

 Examination uf apples, pears, and other 



trees, upon walls, 434. 

 Excellence of green vegetable matter as 



manure, 45. 



Fan method of training, on the, 339. 

 Fennel, sowing, 146. 

 Ferrarias, planting, 870. 



Fig trees, planting and propagating, 



3()9 ; care of, 426. 

 Figs, priming, 359 ; forcing, 598, 070 , 



Systematic Catalogue of, 490. 

 Final thinning of wall-fruits, 422. 

 Florists' flowers, managemeut of, 844, 



851, 861. 



Flower garden, Introduction to the, 

 801 ; situation of, 820; Monthly 

 Operations of the, January, 836 ; 

 Febaiarv, 846; March, 8.35; April, 

 873; May, 892; June, 901; July 

 911; August, 919 ; September, 924 , 

 October, 929; November, 941; De- 

 cembcr, 946. 



Flower garden herbaceous plants, Sys- 

 tematic Catalogue of, 963. 



Flower garden borders, management of, 

 853; dressing, 911. 



Flower garden plants by cuttings, pro- 

 pagating, 902. 



Flower seeds, gathering, 922, 928, 



Flowering of early potatoes, experiment 

 of Mr. Knight on the, 130. 



Flowering shrubs, transplanting, 927. 



Flues, on, .329. 



Forcing flowers, care of, 815. 



Forcing- houses, steam as applied in the 

 heating of, 535. 



Farcing asjiaragus, 614, 683; beans, 

 631 ; carrots, 634 ; cherries, 589, 

 669 ; cucumbers and melons, 598, 

 661,69.3,708; dandelion, 639 ; figs, 

 598, 670 ; French or kidney-beans, 

 618, 683; mint, tansey, and other 

 herbs, 635; mushrooms, 644, 698; 

 mustard and cress, 633 ; peaches, 

 58 4, 657, 690, 701 ; peaches in pots 

 or boxes, 588 ; peas, 630 ; potatoes, 

 022; radishes, 631; rhubarb, 636; 

 salads, 698; sea- kale, &40 ; straw- 

 berries, 609, 682; vines, 576, 659, 

 665, 693, 705. 



Footpaths, on, 5.30. 



Formation of borders for fruit-trees, 32.3. 



Formation of the borders of the con- 

 servator}-, 987. 



Frame dei;artment, to protect. 260. 



French beans, sowing, 142, 169, 186, 

 200; forcing, 618, 683. 



Fruit trees, situations and soils for, 309 ; 

 season of planting, 312; procuring, 

 313; planting, 314, 355, 445 ; pnin- 

 ing, 337, 367, 441 ; grafting, 370, 

 420. 



Fruits, select lists of, 513. 



Fruits, neglected, or not in general cul- 

 tivation, list of, .312. 



Fruit-tree boi'ders, dressing, 357; dig- 

 ging, 378 ; clearing, 427. 



Fruits upon espalier and standard trees, 

 thinning of, 4.34. 



