INDEX. 
607 
Gooseberry- trees, propagating by 
seed, 526, 561 
soil most suitable for, 293 
Gordonias, 277 
Gourds, 369 
Grafting, the proper time for, 
249 
— — preliminary instructions for, 
249 to 253 
stocks adapted for, 250 
when to take off the cions 
for, 249 
choice of cions or grafts, 25 1 
— — cions not to be taken from 
sickly trees, 48 
tools used in, 252 
clay, how to prepare, 252 
— — the various methods of, 253 
to 258 
various kinds of trees and 
shrubs. 258, 290, 337, 339 
by approach or inarching, 
257, 340, 362 
forest-trees and ornamental 
shrubs, 291 
hollies, 339 
Grapes, the methods of preserv- 
ing them fresh, 496, 497 
of curing them for raisins, 
496 
Grape-vines. See Vines 
Grass-walks and lawns, general 
disposition and care of, 64 to 
78 
methods of making or lay- 
ing down, 304 
Grass slopes, 76 
Gravel-walks, general disposition 
of, 64 to 78 
■ method of making, 358 
Green-House, to erect or con- 
struct, 86 
work to be done in for 
January, 90. February, 166. 
March, 305. April, 360. May, 
399. June, 426. July, 451. 
August, 472. September, 506. 
October, 547. November, 571 . 
December, 588 
Green-House plants, shifting, 
307, 361, 399,452, 472 
Green-House, sowing seeds of, 
167, 308, 363 
heading down, 306, 307, 
562, 400 
propagating by cuttings, &c. 
168, 309, 343,427, 45 1 
when to bring out, 400 
when to take in, 506, 548 
to winter in garden-frames, 
549 
Gromwell, 206 
Grottoes, rural, 65, 72 
Groves, 70 
Guernsey Lily, 398, 416, 428, 
468, 571 
Guilandinia dioica, 301 
Gum, in fruit trees, to remedy, 
439 
H 
Ha-ha, what, 73 
Hawk-weed, purple and yellow, 
159,352 
Haws, how to prepare for sow- 
ing, 152 
Haw-thorn, the various species 
of, best adapted for hedges, 
155 
quicks or plantSj how to 
raise, 152, 260 
time of sowing in the 
Southern States, 533 
hedges. See Hedges 
Heading down declining fruit- 
trees, 228 
■ budded stocks, 259 
Hearl's-ease, 352 
Heaths, African, &c. 107, 361, 
452 
Hedges, live, the necessity and 
utility of, 260 
how to make, 261, 262 
plants suitable for, 15 5,264, 
267 . 
— time of planting and mak- 
ing, 260, 547, 570 
— observations on, 267 
■ — how to plash, 268, 570 
— time of clipping, 263, 432, 
503, 547 
— particular instructions for 
clipping, 503 
