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INDEX 
Delicate plants, cuttings of, to strike, 83 
Derby arboretum, 321 
Digging beds, mode of performing, M 
mode of performing by a gardener, 7, 12 
by a lady, 9,12 
purposes used for, 13 
season for, 13, 374 
uses of, 1,6 
Disbudding, 113 
season for, 386 
Dug ground in shrubberies, to conceal, 319 
Dwarf fruit-trees, 201 
E 
Earthing up, in what cases it may be applied, 23 
Earths, the three primitive, 28 
Eggs of insects, when to destroy, 375 
Elder, 229 
Endive, 182 
Espaliers, training of, 212 
Evenness of surface, necessity of attending to in diggi 
Evergreen roses, 326 
Excrementitious matter, 153 
F 
February, operations in, 376 
Felling trees, season for, 384 
Fibrous roots, 51 
Fig-trees, 211 
Filbert, 234 
Fixing by water, 59 
Florists’ flowers, 262 
Flower garden, 244 
Flowers, culture of, 254 
Flute grafting, 91 
Forking, uses of, 20 
Fountains, mode of constructing, 344 
French, or Provins roses, 325 
Fruit border, construction of, 197 
Fruit shrubs, 237 
Fruit-trees, mode of planting, 198 
Fuchsias, culture of, 365 
hardiest kinds, 365 
