INDEX. 
60' 
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 
foi, 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, 
1 67, 308, 363 
heading down, 306, 307, 
362,400 
propagating by cuttings, Sec. 
168, 309, 343,427,451 
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 plants, 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 
Heart's-ease, 352 
Heaths, African, Sec. 107, 361. 
452 
Hedges, live, the necessity and 
utility of, 260 
how to make, 261, 262 
plants suitable for, 1 55, 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 
