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GENERAL INDEX. 



mode of planting, 424 ; selection of, for espaliers und dwarfs, 424; construction 

 of a coramon espalier-rail for, 425 ; cast and wrought iron espalier-rails for, 426 ; 

 the object of training, 357 ; different modes of training in the open garden and 

 agair.st walls, 358 — 375 ; beneficial effect of pruning, 337 ; method of causing 

 them to produce blossom-buds, 345 ; distance from plant to plant at which espa- 

 liers and dwarfs are to be planted, 329; select list of, for an orchard, 431 

 Fruit tree borders, management of, 439 



Fruit-trees, and fruit-bearing plants, general remarks on their culture, 613 

 Fruit-room, its construction, 225 ; management of, 441 



Fruits cultivated in British gardens, and their classification according to the natural 



system of Botany, 526; arranged according to the climate they inhabit, 527 

 Furnace, best mode of constructing, for heating by hot water, 207 



Gardeners, house described, 224 ; wages of different grades of, 414 

 Garden pots, sizes of, 142 ; ornamental, 143 



Gardens, order and keeping of, in what it consists, 409 ; rules to be observed in, 



410 ; general m.anagement of, 412 

 Garlic, culture of^ 664 

 Guava, culture of, 611 

 Ginger, culture of, 689 



Glass, law of the reflexion of light from, 192 

 Giazing, best modes of, 219 



Gooseberries, select list of, and distance they are to be planted from each other, 429; 

 uses of, and a selection of the best sorts, 561 ; propagation and general manage- 

 ment, 562 ; insects and diseases to which the trees are liable, with modes of 

 eradication, 565 and 711 ; additional sorts enumerated, 711- 



Gourd, use and culture of, 604 



Granadilla, culture of, 612 



Grafting, various modes of, 287. See Notes in p. 702. 



Grapes, a selection of sorts, arranged according to the form and colour of the berries, 

 582 ; selection of sorts of various flavours, 583 ; a selection of sorts for various 

 purposes 584 ; general management of the Vines, 584 ; on growing them in pots, 

 585 ; on growing them for making wine, 586 ; to produce two or three crops 

 in one house in a season, 463 



Grape-vine, history of, and general particulars relating to the culture of, under 

 glass, 452 ; form of house for the culture of, 454 ; propagation of, 454 ; mode 

 of pruning and training against walls, 455, 468 ; mode of culture under glass at Oak- 

 hill Gardens, 457 ; a diary of the course of culture at Oakhill Gardens, 459; mode of 

 culture on walls and against cottages, 464; pruning and training of, on Mr. 

 Hoare's system, 468 ; kinds most suitable for open walls, or for cottages, 472 ; 

 insects and diseases of, with modes of prevention and cure, 472. 



Greenhouse described, and its use, 222; plants, propagation by cuttings of, 261 



Gum in fruit-trees, its causes, 125 



Hand-glasses, 152; description of a substitute for, 172 



Heat, conduction of, 67 ; radiation of, 68 ; soil a bad radiator and conductor of, 

 70 ; means of counteracting the radiation of, 71 ; on retaining it by coverings, 215 

 Hellebore, white, its use and culture, 696 

 Henbane, its probable use in the destruction of insects, 696 

 Herbaceous grafting, how performed, 293, 296 



Herbaceous plants, distinguishing character of, 18 : propagation by cuttings of hardy 



and half-hardy, 261 

 Herbs, mode of forcing, 523 



Hoeing, its object, and mode of performance, 232 ; with a hoe in each hand, 713 

 Honey-dew, its supposed causes, 126 

 Horehound, its use, &c., 694 

 Horse Radish, culture of, 686 



Hotbeds, materials used for, 391; preparation of materials for, 392; M'Phail's 

 principle for, and formation of common, 393 ; management of, 394 



Hothouses, their use and situation, 187; most perfect form of, 188; form of for 

 winter forcing, 189; advantages and disadvantages of curvilinear roofs to, 189; 

 advantages of ridge and furrow roofs to, 190; materials used for, 192; contrac- 

 tion and expansion of iron roofs, 193 ; modes of supplying heat to, 195 ; mode 

 of heating them on Mr. Penn's principle, 85 ; uniform degree of moisture pro- 

 duced by it, 86 ; difference of the heat of the glass internally and externally, 82 ; 



