614 
INDEX. 
Pruning plum and cherry-trees, 
27, 136, 214, 524, 562 
peach, nectarine and apricot 
trees, 29, 136,214 
gooseberry and currant 
, trees. 32, 138, 222,526 
raspberries, 139, 222, 527 
— — fig-trees, 2 1 6 
Orchard or standard trees, 
45, 46, 47, 141, 224, 530, 562 
— — young fruit-trees under 
training, 55, 214, 216 
fruit-trees intended to be 
forced, the ensuing season, 
484 
— — summer pruning and dress- 
ing, 438 
Nursery young trees, 55, 
151 
hardy flowering shrubs, 1 5 1, 
165,546, 570 
■ young forest-trees, 56, 151 
and restoring old or declin- 
ing fruit and other trees, 226, 
228 
Pumpkins, 369, 404 
Pyracantha, 266, 337 
Pyramids, rural, 76 
Q 
Queen's Gilliflower, 397 
Quicks, thorn, for hedges, 152, 
261 
— — other sorts of, for the same 
purpose, 264 to 267 
Quince-tree, 45, 157, 214 
R 
Racer or turf-cutter, 304 
Radishes, 22, 131, 189, 320, 376, 
377, 408, 436, 459, 478 
Ragged-robin, double, 300, 469 
Raisins, methods of curing, 496 
Ranunculus, Persian, general 
care of, Sec. 79, 81, 161, 164, 
294, 344, 392, 502, 565 
— — properties of a fine double, 
393 
taking up the roots of, 415 
best method of planting, 
541 
Ranunculus, preserving from 
frost, 566 
— — sowing seed of, 582 
■ aconitifolius, double, 354 
Rape, for salad. See small salad- 
ing 
Raspberries, planting, 222, 335, 
526,561 
pruning, 139, 222, 527 
protecting tender kinds of, 
from frost, 34, 561 
Recesses, rural, 65 
Red peppers, 208, 327, 380, 410, 
437 
Rhexias, 80, 354, 428, 469 
Rhododendrons, 276, 337 
Rhubarb, the Turkey or officinal, 
its general culture, 211, 325, 
521, 558 
English or common, 213, 
325, 521, 558 
Rocambole, 198, 323, 522, 554 
Rock and shell work, 72, 74 
Robinias, 150,271 
Rocket, garden, double, 107, 159, 
299, 300,397, 424, 501 
— particularly noticed, 397 
night smelling, 353 
Root-houses, rural, 72 
Root-pruning, of trees, 142 
Roses, forcing into early bloom, 
164, 180 
— — to pot for forcing, 545 
propagating by suckers, 
150 
propagating by budding, 
414, 444 
propagating by layers, 287, 
413,532 
planting, 301, 302, 356, 546 
used for hedges, 266 
— -China, 400, 427, 570, 571 
Otaheite, 400, 427, 570,571 
Rose-campion, 84, 159, 299, 300, 
425, 469, 501 
Rosemary, 206 
Rue, 206, 462 
Rudbeckias, 353, 469 
Rural seats, 65, 72 
Rustic devices, 72 
Russia Turnep. See Ruta Baga 
