INDEX 



1117 



Aprii, iv*i/ ; May, \ 0Ci9 ; .Tune, 10G.3 ; 

 July, 10G7; August, 1()G7 ; Septem- 

 ber, 1069; October, 1072 ; November, 

 1077; December, 1081. 



Moths, method of destroying, 393. 



Mulberry, Systematic Catalogue of, 

 oil. 



Mushroom beds, directions for making, 

 220; management of, 269; forcing, 

 6i4, 098; spawning, 648. 



Mushrooms, management of, 7o, 92, 

 113 ; Botanical history of, 218; Cul- 

 tivation of, 221 ; Bauman's (Mr.) Me- 

 thod of growing, 228; '\^'ales' (Mr.) 

 Method, 229. 



Mustard and cress, forcing, 633. 



Nairn (Mr.), his Method of grafting the 

 orange-trce, 1018. 



Narcissus, planting, 938. 



Nasturtiums, sowing, 118, 122, 139. 



Nectarines, pruning, 346, 360 ; Syste- 

 matic Catalogue of, 481. 



Newly grafted and budded trees, care 

 of, 402, 407. 



Newly planted bushes, watering, 400, 



Newly planted trees, watering and pro- 

 tecting, 378, 390 ; management of, 

 409. 



Newly planted shrubs and ornamental 



trees, care of, 901. 

 Newly planted fruit trees, heading down, 



368. 



New Zealand spinach, directions for 



cultivating, 178. 

 Nichol (Mr.) on the management of 



orchard grounds, 446. 

 Nonpareils (dessert). Systematic Cate- 



logue of, 4.33. 

 Normandy cress, sowing, 122. 

 Nursing pine plants, 670, 653, 684, 7 lo. 

 Nuts, Systematic Catalogue of, 512. 



Offsets, propagation of plants by, 1087. 



Oldacre's (Mr.) mushroom house, de- 

 sciiption of, 64 1. 



Old fruit trees, heading down or renew- 

 ing, 363. 



Onions, sowing, 76, 114, 140, 198, 

 preparing ground for the sowing of, 

 89 ; winter crop of, 90; planting of, 

 for seed, 116; transplanting, 140; 

 general crop of, to clear, 160, 185; 

 transplanted, to clear, 161 ; laying 

 down, 210 ; lifting the crops of, 234. 



Open fan method of training, on the, 

 *^13, 344. 



Orange-house, on the construction of 



the, 997. 

 Oranges, management of, 1015. 

 Orchard trees, planting, 357. 



Ornamental trees and shrubs, planting, 

 836. 



Packing frnit for carriage, 430. 



Parsley, sowing, 68, 91, 1 1 1, 212. 



Parsneps, sowing 93, 111, 137; thin- 

 ing, 179 ; to take up, 243. 



Peaches and nectarines, pruning, 315; 

 gathering of, 433, 360. 



Peaches, Systematic Catalogue of, 476; 

 forcing, 584,657, 690, 701 ; in pots 

 or boxes, forcing, 588 ; on hot-walls, 

 management of, 703. 



Peach-trees, management of, 411. 



Peach-trees, nailing and anointing the 

 branches of, 349. 



Pearmains (dessert) Systematic Cata- 

 logue of, 453. 



Pears, Systematic Catalogue of, 467. 



Peas, sowing, 64, 83, 97,^125, 151, 173, 

 190, 238, 252, 258 ; earthing and 

 sticking, 98, 152 ; stopping, 154 ; 

 forcing, 630. 



Pea glass-case, description of the, 65. 



Peg-grafting, 374. 



Perennial flower seeds, sowing, 851, 

 863. 



Pickling cucumbers to plant out, 181. 



Pigeons' dung, as manure, 46. 



Pines, Systematic Catalogue of, 502; 



culture of, 555. 

 Pine-house, construction of the, 565. 

 Pine plants, nursing, 570, 653, 684, 



715; fruiting, 571, 653,689, 699, 



719 ; succession, 573, 653, 687, 699, 



718. 



Pinks, management of, 868 ; transplant- 

 ing, 853. 



Pinks in beds, management of, 897; 

 coming into flower, care of, 91 1, 925. 



Plants, training and supjjorting, 8S)9. 



Planting beans, 66, 87, 97, 125, 151, 

 173, 190, 245, 252, 258; garlic and 

 rocambole, 68, 89 ; eschalots, 69,95 ; 

 cabbage plants, 70 ; potato-onions, 

 80, 114; potatoes 83, 102, 129; 

 chives, 91, 1 13 ; licpiourice, 96 ; arti- 

 chokes, 103, 159; Jerusalem arti- 

 chokes, 106; asparagus, 107; Cape 

 broccoli, 127; mint, 119, 146; sage, 

 146; thyme, 147; tansy, 147; sa- 

 vory, 184; broccoli, 179,'l99; leeks, 

 176, 199; anenionies, ranunculuses, 

 &c., 84 i, 868, 878, 93(5; bulbous 

 irises, 937 ; bulbous roots, 921, 

 930 ; the conservatory, 990 ; chry- 

 santhemums, 886 ; dahlias, 882 ; edg- 

 ings of box, 842; ever-green shrubs, 

 873, 892, 911, 919, 927, 929, 941 ; 

 and propagating fig-trees, 3ii9 ; fruit- 

 trees, 314, 355, 440; and pruning 

 gooseberries and currants, 351, 359, 



