1116 



INDEX. 



Hot walls, description of, 20. 

 Hyacinths, management of, 8G9, 878. 

 Hyacinths in beds, management of, 81)8, 



932 ; for forcing, 93 1 ; in the flower 



borders, 935. 



Ice-house, and its management, 2C1 ; 

 to fill, 2()3. 



Ice in stacks, to keep, 264. 



Indian cress, sowing, 118, 122. 



Insects on fmit-trees and bushes, de- 

 struction of, 390, 412, 421, 431, 431. 



Insects in the green-house, destruction 

 of, 1018. 



Introduction to the Fruit Garden, 303 ; 



to the Forcing Garden, 515; to the 



Green-house and Conservatory, 979. 

 In\cntion for sticking Knight's marrow 



peas, 153. 

 Iron espaliers, figure of, 321. 

 Irregular fan method of training, on 



the, 341. 



Jerusalem artichokes, jilauting, 106. 

 Jonquils, planting, 937. 



Kidney-beans, sowing, 113, 142, 169, 

 180, 200. 



Knight (Mr.) on the flowering of eaily 

 potatoes, 130 ; on the open fan me- 

 thod of training fruit trees, 344; on 

 the ])reser\ ation of fruits, 439 ; on 

 the cultivation of early potatoes, 024 ; 

 his mclhod i>f forcing cucumbers, 

 672; on melon-plants, 712. 



Late cauliflowers, to plant, 190. 



Latham's (Mr.) method of training 

 vines on the roofs of cottages, 34 1. 



Lawn, on the, 806. 



Laying down winter onions, ICO. 



Leeks, sowing, 92, 113, 138; to trans- 

 plant, 170, 199. 



Lettuce-seed, Hanoverian method of 

 saving, 180. 



Lettuce, sowing, 77 j care of the various 

 sorts of, sown in autumn, 77 ; sow- 

 ing and planting, 91, 122, 123, 139, 

 178, 212, 235, 239; i)lanting for 

 winter u.se, 234 ; for frames, 236 ; 

 general numagement of, 256. 



Liliums, planting, 938. 



Lime, as manure, 49. 



Liquorice, planting, 96. 



Lobelias, planting, 889. 



Love-apples, general management of, 

 163; sowing, 120, 143, 178. 



M'Intosh (Mr.), description of his 

 newly-invented orange-box, 1026 ; 

 description of his verge-cutter, 818. 



MM eod's method of growing broccoli, 

 156. 



M'Phail's pits for forcing cucumbers and 

 melons, description of, 599. 



Maddock (Mr.), his soil for carnations, 

 867. 



Management of newly-planted trees, 

 409 ; of established apple, pear, plum, 

 and cherry-trees, 409; of apricot and 

 peach-trees, 411. 



Manures, variety and uses of, 42. 



Manure, cheap and efficacious method 

 of obtaining, 51. 



Materials for the corrstruction of drains, 

 53. 



Materials of which hot-houses should be 



formed, 518. 

 Marigold, sowing, 146. 

 Marjoriun, sowing and planting, 146. 

 Medicinal plants, propagating, 147. 

 Melons, Systematic Catalogue of, 498. 

 Melon and cucumber ground, situation 



of the, 32. 

 Metallic houses, observations on, 523. 

 Michaelmas cauliflowers, to manage, 



217. 



Mignionette for winter and spring use, 



sowing, 916. 

 Mint, management of, 7.S ; planting of, 



119, 140; forcing, 635. 

 Mixed flower garden, construction ol 



the, 825. 



Monthly Operations of the Kitchen 

 (Jai den, .lanuarv, 63 ; February 83 ; 

 March, 97; April, 125; Mav,'l51 ; 

 June, 173; July, HX); August, 207 ; 

 SeptcMuber, 215"; October, 238; No- 

 vember, 252 ; December, 258. 



Monthly Operations in the Fruit Gar- 

 den, January, 337; February, 355; 

 March, 3(13 ; April, 384 ; May, 403 ; 

 J une, 409 ; July, 416 ; August, 426 ; 

 September, 433 ; October, 437 ; No- 

 vember, 41 1 ; December, 448. 



Monthly Operations in the Forcing Gar- 

 den, January, .555 ; February, 653 ; 

 March, 684; April, 699 ; May, 751 ; 

 June, 733 ; July, 746 ; August, 751 ; 

 September, 764 ; October, 7(58 ; No- 

 vember, 779 ; December, 786. 



Monthly Operations of the Flower Gar- 

 den, January, 836; February, 816; 

 March, 8.55 ; April, 873 ; May, 892 ; 

 June, 901 ; July, 911 ; August, 919 • 

 September, 924'; October, 929; No 

 vember, 941; December, 946. 



Monthly Operations of the green-house 

 and Ctmservatciy, January, lOOi ; 

 February, 1012; March) 102<) ; 



