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forcing, 158, 1/7, 214; culture, 280, 324; 
cutting, 359 
Sea-weed, as a manure, 147 
Seeds, temperature for germinating, 2 ; their 
speed of growth, 2; heat they endure, 3 ; 
packing, 58; papers, 163; raising shrubs 
from, 166 ; germinating in light, 206 ; 
bearing decreased tubers, 231 ; buying, 237 
Selandria TEthiops, 71 
Semasia Wceberana, 285 
Senecio, or American groundsel, 344 
Shalot culture, 338 
Shanking of grapes, 82 
Shelters for orchards, 107 
Shreds, preparing, 95 
Shrubs, for a damp place, 12: moving large, 
14; newly planted, 140 
Shrubbery, dressing and pruning, 165 
Sisyrinchium Bermudianum, naturalized,23,54 
Sitona tibialis and lineata, l 6 l 
Slater (The), 303 
Slimy grub, 71 
Slipper-worts, 42 
Sloping banks, 213 
Slug mixture, 315 ; to destroy, 348 
Snap-dragon, or antirrhinum, 344 
Sobralia macrantba culture, 335 
Soils, their texture, 3 ; their temperature, 14 ; 
improving sandy, 36; improving light, 82 ; 
improvement of texture, 171 ; peat and sand 
to improve, 171 
Soiling, 348, 349 
Solanum jasminoides on wall, 260 
Soot as a pea protector, 216 ,■ water, to make, 
244, 315 
Sour krout making, 160 
Sowing, influence of depth upon, 162; sugges¬ 
tions for, 218; depths, 316 
Spading in, 145 
Sparrows, to frighten, 216 
Spinach, 293 ; turning yellow, 91 
Spiranthes autumnalis, 54 
Spreltelia formosissima culture, 123 
Spruce, 358 
Squash, Ohio, 203 
Squirrels, their habits, 281 
Stag beetle, 105 
Standard shrubs, mode of raising, 6 l 
Staphylea pinnata, 82 
Statice latifolia, 328 
Stations for fruit-trees, 151, 315 
Steaming, 266 
Store-house, cold, 81 
Swedes, for seed, 104 
Stove for greenhouse, 35 ; consequences of, 
247 : heating by, 247 ; for conservatory, 358 
Stove-plant seed sowing, 136 
Stove plants, bottom heat for, 327, 346 
Stock, sowing, 104 
Strawberry moving, 136; forcing, 138, 306 ; 
temperature for, 267 ; unfruitful, 1 92 , 284; 
blooming unseasonably, 91 ; kinds for forc¬ 
ing, 139 ; Elton pine, failing, 148 ; unfruit- 
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Large White butterfly . 2 
Pea beetle. 13 
Large Sword Grass moth. 25 
Large Mallow moth . 37 
Dorking fowls. 51 
Complementary colours. 54 
November Dagger moth . 57 
Cherry Saw fly. 7 1 
Narrow-winged Red-bar moth. 81 
Hamilton’s flower supporter. 91 
Wireworm and Beetle. 93 
Compound hothouse. 94 
Small Stag beetle. 103 
Spanish fowls . 113 
ful, 160 ; Hautbois culture, 160; British 
Queen culture, 23; forcing, 38 
Stove plant seed, 136 
Suckers, to prevent, 62 
Succulent weevil, 125 
Succulents, their culture, 167 
Sulphuric acid on dung, 221 
Sulphurfumigation, 360 
Swallows, latest appearance, 136 
Swede storing, 47 
Swedes for seed, 104 
Sweeping of flues, 82 
Sweet Alyssum, 345 
Sweet pea sowing, 288, 321 
Sword grass moth, 25 
Switzer, Stephen, 182 
Synchronisms of nature, 26, 37 
Syringe budding, 247 
Syringing, 266 
TaCSONIA PINNATIST1PULA, 359 
Tagetes tenuifolia, 74 ; fragrans, 74 
Tau for heating, 302 
Tanner’s bark as a manure, 82, 160 
Taps, water tight, 67 
Tares, after barley, 136 
Tea of herbs, 270 
Tenthredro Cerasi, 71 
Thalictrum flavum, 175 
Thermometer registering, 179 
Thomas (St.), 192 
Thunbergias, in window, 24 
Thrips, to destroy, 284 
Tigridia pavonia culture, 135 
Tillandsia splendens, 156; stricta culture, 160 
Tinea Novembris, 57 
Tinea mellonella, 193 
Tobacco fumigation, 301 
Tomatos, 359 
Tortrix Angustiorana, 81 
Training, horizontal and fan, 219 
Tree seeds for exportation, 124 
Trees, order of leafing, 37; newly planted, 140 
Trenching, 113 
Trigridias, ripening their bulbs, 38 
Tritoma culture, 68 
Tropseolum azureum culture, 36 
Tropceolum tricolorum treatment, 104; tu¬ 
berosum, 328 
Tropceolum lobbianum, 260 
Truffles, 230 
Tulips, planting, 7, 21, 78; list of early, 17; 
arrangement of, 36; protecting, 290 ; beds 
to ornament, 244 
Turf, under trees, 24; laying, 108 
Turkeys, 239, 349; feeding, 51 5 fatting, 113 
Turnip saw fly, 149 
Turnips, 349; sprouts, 112 
Tutsan, 295 
Tying-up plants, 260 
Typographer bark beetle, 329 
Vanda teres, culture ; tricolour, culture, 155 
Verbenas, wintering, 24; in their bed, 55; 
cuttings, 32, 2)6, 254; bedding out, 75; 
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Succulent beetle ... 125 
Goat moth and caterpillar. 137 
Turnip Saw fly. 140 
Flower pots. 150 
Lined beetle. l6l 
Cochin-China fowls. 172 
Ghost moth and caterpillar. 181 
Honey Comb moth. 194 
Mole cricket. 205 
Leaf Cutter Bee . 217 
Seed germinating . 218 
Raspberry Stalk beetle. 229 
Spangled Hamburgh Fowls. 239 
The Rose Fly . 249 
temperature for, 267 ; pulchella, 344 ; cut¬ 
tings, 358 
Vegetable marrow, 359 
Vegetable refuse, 192 
Veronicas, New Zealand, 342 
Violaceoe, 325 
Violets, culture, 109; Russian, 110; double, 
Tree and Neapolitan, 110 , 303, 340 
Virgin’s bower, 196 
Vinery, fruit for back wall, 160; grapes for, 
160 ; flowers in, 260 
Vines, exposing to cold, 24; in greenhouse, 
68 , 322 ; forcing, 72, 195, 286, 319 ; its his¬ 
tory, 79 > sweet water in pots, 82; out¬ 
doors, 126 ; border making, 126 ; manure* 
for, 127; for south wall, 136; over- 
luxuriant, 136; pillar, to build, 179 i graft¬ 
ing, 179 ; planted too deep, 179 ; in pots, 
231, 247 ; in Andalusia, 251 ; on back 
wall of vinery, 271 ; scale, 273; and 
greenhouse plants, 284 ; disbudding, 
287 ; covering, roots, 298 ; for greenhouse, 
303 
Vriesia speciosa, 156 
Wall, heating a flued, 92; plants for south¬ 
west, 148 
Wall-flower cuttings, 121 
Wall-trees mulching, 148; planting, 148 ; 
unfruitful, 12 ; protecting, 216 
Walks, 253 
Walnut planting, 259 
Wasps, catching, 23 
Water, the best \for plants, 58 ; to cure hard, 
92; necessary for germination, 38; its value, 
145 ; stagnant, 359 
Water-cress in gardens, 117, 241 
Wax melting, 134 ; flowers, 156 
Wax moth, 193 
Weather indications : falling stars, thrushes, 
moles, 329 
Weigela rosea transplanting, 148; pruning, 
328; culture, 68 
Weekly Calendar, 1 , 12, 25, 37, 57, 71 , 81,93, 
105, 125, 137, 149, 161, 181, 193, 205, 217, 
229, 249, 26l, 273, 285, 305, 317, 329, 341. 
White garden butterfly, 1 
Willows moving, 148 
Wintering border flowers, 4 ; plants in pots, 
12; plants in frames, 35; cuttings, 16,35; 
China rose and cistuses, 36 ; geranium cut¬ 
tings, 24, 36 
Wind indicating weather, 93 
Wireworm, 93 ; trapping, 336 
Wistaria sinensis alba, 34 ; removing, 103 
Woodcocks, their arrival, 122 
Woodlice, trapping, 67, 303 
Worms under turf, to destroy, 179 
Xyleutes COSSUS, 137 
Yams, 358 
Yew, its use, 176 
Zauciisneria Californica, 74 
Zieria macrophylla, 103 
Zinnia culture, 136 
Pear-blossom Beetle . 261 
Plant labels. 262 
Vine Scale. 273 
Apple Tortrix . 285 
Death Watch . 305 
Artichoke Tortoise Beetle. 317 
Typographer Bark Beetle. 329 
Scotch Pine Bark Beetle . 329 
Geometrical flower beds. 332 
Rose Beetle. 341 
Aylesbury Duck . 352 
Heating apparatus . 35S 
