614 
INDEX. 
Pruning plum and cherry-trees, 
27, 136, 214, 524, 562 
— — peach, nectarine and apricot 
trees, 29, 136,214 
ejooseberry and currant 
trees, 32, 138, 222,526 
raspberries, 139, 222, 527 
lig-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, &c. 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, 
415 
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, 35 6, 546 
— used for hedges, 266 
— China, 400, 427, 570, 571 
Otaheite,400, 427, 570,571 
Rose-campion, 84, 159, 299, 3*0, 
425, 469, 501 
Rosemary, 206 
Rue, 206, 462 
Rudbeckias, 353, 469 
Rural seats, 65, 72 
Rustic devices, 72 
Russia Turnep. See Ruta Baga 
