722 



GENERAL INDEX. 



Birds, their nature, and the orders to which they belong, 115 ; modes of deterring, 



119 ; to destroy, 120 

 Blanching, vegetables which require it, and means by which it is effected, 389 

 Blight, by what produced, 126 

 Boiler, size of, for heating by hot water, 207 

 Borage, its use and culture, 686 

 Borecole, culture of, 624 

 Botanic stoves described, and their uses, 223 

 Boxes foi plants, 145 



Broccoli, varieties of, and their culture, 626 

 Brussels Sprouts, culture of, 624 



Budding, uses and principles of, 300 ; mode of performing, 302 ; shield, 303 ; flute, 



307 ; annular, 308 ; bud^grafting, 702 

 Buds, the developement of, explained, 22 

 Bulbs, described, 30 

 Burnet, use of, 681 



Cabbage, varieties of, and mode of culture, 622 ; culture of the Chinese, 627 ; tribe, 



general culture and management of, 627, and 714 ; Substitutes for the, 630 

 Calyciflorse, orders belonging to, 12 



Canker, 123 ; its preventive and cure, 124. See note in p. 710. 

 Cap to prevent worms from entering pots, 96 

 Caper, culture of the, 689 



Caps, mode of making oiled paper, for protecting flowers, 162 



Capsicum, use and culture of, 607 



Cardoon, use, culture, and cookery of, 671 



Carnations, mode of layering, 276 



Carrot, selection of varieties, and their culture, 649 



Caterpillars on gooseberry bushes, to destroy, 711 



Cauliflower, culture of, 624 ; a late variety quite distinct form the early variety, 713 

 Celeriac, culture of, 680 



Celery, selection of varieties, and culture of, 677 

 Chamomile, its native locality, &c., 693 

 Chapman's new spring potatoes, 642 



Charcoal, its use in striking cuttings, 263 ; in the culture of plants generally, more 

 especially in pot-culture as practised by Mr. Barnes, 702, 706 



Cherry, history and general treatment of, in a forcing-house, 480 ; construction of 

 a house for forcing, 480 ; kinds best adapted for forcing, and time of commencing 

 to force, 481 ; insects to which the trees are subject, with the means of eradicating 

 or destroying them, 481 ; treatment of plants in pots, 482 ; forcing by a tempo- 

 rary structure, and the German practice of forcing, 483 ; use of, and a selection 

 of the best sort for dessert, arranged in the order of their ripening, 553 ; sorts for 

 preserving ; a selection of sorts for a small garden, and for the north of Scotland, 

 o54 ; mode of propagating, and general management of, 554 j a Dutch Cherry 

 garden described and figured, 556 



Cherries, for espaliers, dwarfs, or standards, 428 ; for an orchard, 433 



Chervil, culture of, 684 



Chesnut, use of, and management of the trees, 578 



Chiccory, mode of forcing, 518 



Chive, culture of, 664 



Citron, see Orange 



Cleft-grafting, how performed, 291 



Climbing plants, wire frame-work for, 355 



Clipping, its object, and mode of performance, 236 



Cold, in buildings with a northern exposure, 701 



Coniferse, propagation by cuttings of the order, 261 



Conservatory described, and its use, 223 



Coriander, culture of, 685 



Corn salad, culture of, 681 



Coroliiflorse, orders belonging to, 14 



Cranberry, culture of, 576 



Cress, selection of varieties, and culture of, 681 



Cucumber, history of, mode of culture in British gardens, and a list of the best j 



