INDEX. 
Acacia, rose, 301 
Aconite, winter, 354, 501 
Agaves, 361, 402, 508, 547 
Alaternus, 337 
Alcoves, rural, 7 1 
Alder, 266,291 
Alexanders, or Alesanders, 206, 
325, 521, 558 
Aletris, 353, 354, 469 
Alkekengi, 352 
Allamanda cathartica, 457 
Allspice, Carolina. See Calycan- 
thus floridus 
Almond, fruit-bearing, 45, 214, 
251, 441,465 
double-flowering dwarf, 107, 
164 
Aloes, 91, 166, 179, 361, 363, 
402, 507, 548 
Althaea Frutex, or Hibiscus sy- 
riacus, 258, 275, 301 --■ 
Alyssum, sweet, 352-' 
Amaranthus tricolor, 162, 298, 
350, 352, 396, 424 
tree, 352, 424 
spike, 352, 424 
globe, 352, 424 
Amaryllis, scarlet, 79, 358, 396, 
569 
yellow, 79, 416, 468 
■ Belladonna, 416, 428, 468, 
571 
sarniensis, 398, 416, 428, 
468,571 
Amorpha fruticosa, 30 1 
Andromedas, 276 
Anemone, general care and treat- 
ment of, 81, 161, 164, 294, 
345, 393, 566 
4 G 
Anemone, description of a fine 
double, 394 
taking up the roots, 415 
method of planting the best 
sorts, 502, 542, 565 
sowing seed of, 582 
Angelica, garden, 206, 410, 520 
tree, 301 
Anise, 207 
Annual flowers, tender, 162, 29§, 
350, 351, 396 
hardy, 158, 298, 351, 396 
Antirrhinum, See Snapdragon 
Antholizas, 167, 428, 507 
Anthyllises, 452 
Apocynum ,and rosoemifoliutn, 
448 
Apple-tree, 25, 136, 214, 216, 
333, 524, 562, 578 
— — sowing kernels of, 157, 259, 
536 
gathering and preserving 
the fruit of, 528 
Apricot, 29, 136,214,441 
Arbors, rural, 74 
Arbor Vitaea, common, 272,291, 
337 
Chinese, 59, 273, 291, 337 
Arbutus Unedo, or Strawberry- 
tree, 59, 355, 361, 548 
Arcades, rural, 75 
Arethusa ophioglossoides, 80 
Art of improving different soils, 
312 
Artichokes, garden, common care 
of, 22, 135, 436, 460 
spring dressing of, 203, 
3 25 
— — making new plantations of, 
203, 32§ 
