606 
INDEX. 
Finochio, 207, 325, 462 
Fir-trees. See Pines and Firs 
Flos Adonis, 159, 299, 352 
Flower-de-luce. See Iris 
Flower-Garden, to lay out, 79 
» ■ work to be done in, for 
January, 62. February, 158. 
March, 293. April, 340. May, 
390. June, 415. July, 445. 
August, 467. September, 409. 
October, 536. November, 565. 
December, 581 
Flowering-shrubs, to train, 57 
Forcing-frames, for fruit-trees, 
&c. the construction and vari- 
ous kinds of, with the methods 
of working them, 35 to 44 
for flowers, 36, 164 
Forcing early fruit-trees, 35, 42, 
140^224, 311,335,578 
flowers, in the Hot-House, 
&.C. 83, 107, !64, 311,582, 590 
flowers, in hot-beds, 83, 1 64, 
582 
Forest-trees, and ornamental har- 
dy shrubs, sowing seeds of, 157, 
291, 337 
training when young, 57 
planting, 60, 291, 301, 337, 
355, 535, 546, 564, 569 
Foss, 73 
Fothergilla alnifolia, 301 
Fountains, rural, 72 
Fowls, barn-door, their use in 
Orchards, 142, 145 
Foxglove, 159, 299, 300 
Framing, introduction to, 1 1 
Framing-ground, 13 
Franklinia, 277 
Fraxinella, 354 
French Honeysuckle, 159 
Marigold, 424 
Fringe-tree, 276, 301 
FriiiHaries, 79, 394, 416, 445, 
468, 502, 543 
sowing seed of, 468, 499 
Fruit, thinning of, 384 
— '■ — to preserve for winter keep- 
ing, 528 
— — preserving the stones of, to 
plant, 466, 528 
Fruit, preserving the kernels of, 
528 
planting or sowing the 
stones of, 152, 259, 498, .535 
sowing the kernels of, 157. 
259, 264, 536 
Fruit-trees, newly grafted, care 
of, 338, 390, 414, 438, 466 
— — grafted or budded, the pre- 
ceding year, care of, 258, 259, 
338, 390 
— — budded in the present sea- 
son, care of, 466, 497 
luxuriant and unfruitful, 
how to bring to a bearing state, 
143 
to correct roughness in, 
and renew the bark of, 530 
Fuchsia coccinea, 168, 311, 363, 
427, 548 
Fumigating the Hot-House, Sec. 
175, 508 
Galega virginiana, 353, 354, 469 
Galleries, of hedge-work, 74 
Gardenias, 363 
Garlick, 198, 323, 522, 554 
Geissorhiza obtusata, 167,507 
Genistas, 363 
Gentianas, 354, 469 
Gentianella, 159, 300, 469 
Geraniums, 94, 168, 363, 427, 
452 
Gerardias, 79, 353, 354, 469 
Gladioluses, hardy, 83, 543 
tender, 167, 428, 507 
Glass, most preferable for hot- 
bed lights, 1 1 
- for hot-house roof-lights, 97 
Glass-case, for flowering plants, 
351 
Glycines, 469 
Gnaphaliums, 469 
Goat's-rue, 353 
Golden-rod, 159, 300 
Gooseberry -trees, pruning of, 32, 
138, 222, 526, 561 
^ planting, 138,222, 525,561 
propagating by cuttings, 
292, 526, 561 
