INDEX. 
Ncmatanthuh longipcs, as a show plant, 52 
Ncwl}ury Horticultural Society, 
Nicotiana ahita, 175 
Niven, Mr., 33y 
Normandy ami its poultry, 111 
Normandy, I/O, 273 , 2t)0 
Northampton Horticultural Show, 105 ; Nursery 
Gardens, Ul 
Notes, comparing, 142 
Nuphar Lutca, 135 
Nurserymen as fruit dealers, 13 y 
Nymphiea alba, 95 j ccerulca hardy, 457 
Oak, Sclscy Forest and Stephen’s 355 ; height 
of the upright, 452; soil, 467 
Oat-sowing, 505 
(Enothera macrocarpa and missouriense propa¬ 
gating, 20 
Old garden, renewing an, 412 
Oiicidiiim papilio culture, 233 
Onions, roping. 30; (potato) culture, 174; 
sowing, 328; culture, 405 
Opium, its production, &c., 295 
Oranges and lemons for back wall of green¬ 
house, 152 
Orange-tree culture, 311; sickly, 471 
Orchard-house, fruits for, 113 ;* Rivers’, 299 
Orchard, trees for, 252 ; notice of early, 336; 
hints on planting, 338; in 18lh century, 356; 
in Kent, 395; planting, 497 
Orcharding, its prolit, 472 
Orchids, sale of, 7^; culture, 233, 39 I; from 
seed, 500 
Osmaston Manor, 43 
Osalis bowed, and other species,their culture, 
121; list of, and times of blooming, 125, 134 ; 
Deppii not blooming, 252 
Oxford Rotunic Garden, 180 
Oxyanthus tuiiiflorus and culture, 75 
Oyster layers, 71 ; vegetable, 214 
Palma Ciiristi out-of-doors, 17 
Pampas grass, 96 , 379; getting seed, 27 
Pansies, descriptive list of, 184, 207, 308 
Papaver argemoue, and iiybridum, ly5 ; nudi- 
caulc, 215; dubium and rhucas, 255; somiii- 
ferum, 295 
Paper of straw, &c., 430 
Paraguay, 96 
Parsnip culture, 385 
Paterson to IMr. Forsyth, 3 
Paul Jones, 79 , 436 
Paulownia imperialis, 235 
Peach, Shangliac, 100; forcing early, 101 ; tree, 
borders, 179 ; pruning, time for, ipi; trees, 
cause of decay, 31/; house management, 360 
Pears cracking, 20 ; Ucssle, and Louise d’Av- 
ranches, 23 ; Brown Reurre, 24 ; best baking, 
67; in October, 81; new seedling, 100; Louis 
Ronnes, 11 4 ; Louise Bonne, its history, 131; 
list of dessert, 193, 217; on quince stocks, 
214; M wall-fruit, 275 ; history of, 276 ; 
gathering, 291 ; list of, 314; early culture in 
Kngland, 315; for wall culture, 316; in 
Derbyshire and Northumberland, 394 ; effect 
of different stocks, 413; why gritty, 451 
Peas in October, 83; new, varieties tried, 100 ; 
grow ing early, 127; culture, 3s6; from France, 
457 ; growing early, 504 
Peat, its use and treatment, 54; charcoal for 
camellias, 273 
Pelargoniums (large) dying, 93; improvement 
in, 364 ; raising Irom seed, 383 ; proj)agating 
by cuttings, 401; summer treatment, 423, 
442 ; two-year old, 462; winter treatment, 
433; grafting, 423; sowing, 471 ; list of, 491 ; 
house for, 413; seedling growing, 447 ; the 
spot in, 502 ; preparing for show, 502; sowing 
in autumn, 509 
Petunia, its characteristics, 85 ; cuttings and 
seed, 106 ; soil fur, 126 ; summer and winter 
treatment, 145; management for exhibition, 
165 
Pheasants, rcaiing, 52, 391 ; keeping, 3/0; 
silver, a vagrant, 118 
Phlumis lloccosa, account of, 54 
Phyllocladus, list of species, 244 
Physalis alkekengi, 153 ; cdulis, 294 
Phytolacca dccaudra culture, 93 
Picca, list of species, 285 
Pigeons, diseased throat in, 2/4; Antwerp 
carriers,^ 311; di.scasc in, 311; treatment of 
canker in, 332; kinds to keep, 354 ; house, 
place for, 394 ; cunsecpiences of mixing, 471 
Pilferer, the garden, 326 
Pine culture, Hamiltonian, 4 , 24 , 159 , 201 ; 
ventilation, 24; heating, 25; propagating, 
57 ; descriptive terms, 58 ; house for, 58 ; soil 
for, 68 ; culture, tan for, 120 ; weight of fruit, 
123; query as to fruiting, 152; treatment of 
fruiting, 332; apj)les, shifting, 436 ; three 
best, 499 
Piuetiim, trees for, 133 
Pinus, list of species, 324, 365, 403, 443, 483 
Pit for forcing, &c., 53 ; for propagating, 412 
Pits, management of plants in, 181; covering 
cold, 401 
Plants, packing for exportation, 40 ; their 
gradual development, 2l6; hardy in Ireland, 
230; spontaneous growth of, 468 
Plcctranthus concolor-picta, 82 
Plcroma elcgans, pruning, 193 
Plum, Purple Gage, 21; in Derbyshire, 394 ; 
for standards, 452 
Poinsettia pulchcrrima, 305; culture, 4/1 
Polmaisc heating, 245, 252 
Polyanthus narcissus culture, 273 
Polygala Dalmaitiana, 500 
Pornological societies, 2g8 
Pony, the Cottage Gardener’s, 370, 388, 445, 488 
Poppy.worts, I 95 , 215, 255, 295, 3/5, 395, 433, 
473 
Porphyrocoma lauceoluta culture, 3/4 
Potato murrain and large produce, 2; disease, 
30; autumn-planting, 33; planting in clay 
soil, 51; early good varieties, 54 ; culture, 65 ; 
planting, 73 , 253, 328, 408 ; quantity con¬ 
sumed, 76 ; a variety not affected by murrain, 
76 ; successful mode of culture, 77 ; kinds 
most free from disease, 106 ; murrain, ill ; 
grown without leaves, 136 ; forcing, 208 ; 
growing, 211; failure, 234 ; manufacturing 
young, 337 ; experiments in its culture, 465 ; 
lilalfatti’s, 477 ; planting Ash-leaved, 6 O 6 ; 
hybridising, 510 
Pot-herb culture, 444 
Pots for training, 134 
Potting sand, 314 
Poultry, Liverpool Show, 1/; mania for Cochins, 
18; prolificacy of Cochins, 19 ; hens’ nests, 
19 , 48 ; crump in, 20 ; Winchester and South¬ 
ern Counties Society, 22; cost ot keeping 
Cochins, 32, 294 ; Andrews’ Cochin-Cliinas, 
38; Cornwall exhibition, 38; Cochin-China 
Fowl’s remonstrance, 49; sending to the 
J!>how, 49 ; prolific ducks, 53 ; fatting Cochins, 
54 ; Cochins v. Spanislj, 54 ; experiments on 
feeding, 68; visits to the chief yards (Stur¬ 
geon’s), 69 ; Polands at Dominica, 73; roup, 
treatment of, 73; what is a pure breed, 73 ; 
North Staffordsliire Show, 79 ; Cochins, 
Dorkings, and Spanish, 90 ; expense of feed¬ 
ing, 91 , 91 , 131, 150, 153, 19‘3, 250, 2/3, 29 I ; 
for laying, 04; White Shanghae, 94, 354 ; 
Ducks not laying, 94; choice of Shanghae, 
94 ; I^ovell’s, 94 ; time for sitting, 94 ; results 
of Mr. Sturgeon’s sale, 96 ; cliief yards of 
P)ngland (Capt. Hornby’s), 108; cross-bred, 
114; Spanish, ^c., 114; its literature, 115; 
Mowl)ray and Dickson on, 1 16 ; soil for, II 6 ; 
colours of, 116 ; increased importance of, 
118; Penzance jKjultry yards, 129 , 210 , 248 ; 
Cochin-Chinas, weight of, 129; laying soft 
eggs, cure for, 133; Silk t^owls, 133; doubts 
about keeping, 134; cooking Shangluies, 131; 
use of December eggs, 152; eggs for travelling 
and hatching, 152; feeding Shanghae, 152; 
l)roncncs 8 to sit, 153 ; ornamental and domes¬ 
tic (Dixon’s), 155, 1/8; egg hatching, works 
on by Nolan, Richardson, and Rally, 156; 
Hamburgh described, 156 ; shows, their 
abuses, 158; cross breeding and roup, 168 ; 
Shanghae described, 1/0; Dorchester show, 
171 ; Hitchin show, 1/2, 233; Cochin-China, 
no such breed, 1/4; at the Mauritius, 1/8; 
Winchester Show, 187; rapid growth of 
Slianghac, 189,211, 250; the Dorking, 191 ; 
Musk Duck, 192 ; Polands Ilamburghs, 194 , 
274 , 490 ; lot at Sturgeon’s sale, 194; Great 
Metropolitan Show, 199> 251, 308, 369; di¬ 
mensions of cocks, 210 ; Dorkings v* Shang- 
haes, 212; inflammation of egg passage, 213, 
350 ; to prevent a hen sitting, 214, 233, 2/3 ; 
fencing for yard, 214, 274 ; points in Shanghae 
fowls, 214; Birmingham Show, 225, 250; 
dealers should not be judges, 226 ; broken 
limbs, to treat, 230; Mr. Punchard’s yanl, 
231 ; Bristol Show, 232; Shanghacs unrelated, 
233; colour of Slianghae’s legs, 234, 432; 
rape and linseed dust for, 234 ; ])rice of 
Shanghae, 238, 294 ; white Polands with 
white crests, 238 ; Salisbury Show, 251; laced 
Polands, what are their characters, 252 ; rules 
for exhibitions, 256; Cochin, Dorking, and 
Spanish, 269 ; Great Metropolitan, Dublin, 
and Birmingham Shows, 2/0 ; white comb in 
Shanghaes, 2/2; Black Bantams, their cha¬ 
racteristics, 2/3; sickle fcathc |8 in Shanghae 
cocks, 273 ; Black Shanghacs, 2/4, 333, 354 ; 
Silver-Spangled and Golden-Spangled Ham- 
burghs, 274 ; eggs, to detect fecundated. 2/4 ; 
arrangements at Birmingham proposed, 2/6 ; 
Brahma Pootra, 288, 413; disease of (Apo¬ 
plexy), 289 ; hatching, nests, and breeding, 
292 ; pens at shows, 292 ; Dorkings, their 
characteristics, 294 ; effects of long shows. 
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297; sales of Shangliac, 299,436; Cheltenhinn 
Summer Show, 300 ; cross-breeding and use 
of medicine, 312; jiuralysed limbs, 314 ; Truro 
and Penzance Shows, 328; Dublin Amateur 
Show, 332; fcatlicrs, 332; breeding [lure 
chickens, 332 ; comb of Dorkings, 332; roup 
in Shanghaes, 333 ; rheumatism in, 333; con¬ 
sequences of shows, 338 ; memorial to Bir¬ 
mingham committee, 338 ; dealers as judges, 
347. 447 ; Doncaster and Honiton shows, 319 ; 
])cu-fowl, 361 ; Mr. Wingfield’s yard, 351 ; 
cross-breeding, 352 ; Silver-pencilled Ham- 
burghs, their characteristics, 354 ; Birming¬ 
ham show rules, 3.5/; price of eggs, 360 ; 
Torquay, 368 ; mistakes at shows, 369 ; judges 
and auctions, 369 ; Spanish at Truro, 369 ; 
exhibition fever, 3/1, 411, 489 ; apoplexy and 
])ara1ysis, 3/1; eggs, preserving, 3/3 393; 
chicken feeding, • 3/3 ; eggs, impregnating, 
374 ; black-breasted game, 3/4 ; three eggs 
laid in a day, 3/9 ; dilVerent kinds of feathers, 
387 ; Hamburghs classified, 388 ; Reigatc 
show, 389 ; Royal Dulilin, Bath, and West of 
England and Birmingham, flOO ; hints on 
breeding, 393 ; characteristics of Dorking, 
393 ; imperfect eggs, 393 ; cuckoo feather, 
387, 394 ; prize list of Royal Agricultural 
Society at Gloucester, 394 ; sale of Mr. Pott’s 
Shanghae, 399; jicncilled feather, 406 ; Po¬ 
lands and Hamburghs, their distinctions, 409 ; 
spangle defined, 409; cross-breeding, 410; 
intluencing the sex of chickens, 411 ; breeding 
I)urc, 413; Shanghacs with unfeathcred legs, 
413; Shanghae eggs, 413; Doncaster show, 
418 ; prizes by our Agricultural societies, 425 ; 
bints to societies, 426; bantams, their varie¬ 
ties, 431; Egyptian, 431 ; hyl)rid with phea¬ 
sant, 432; Captain Hornby's Spanish, 432, 
4/2; Polands, 432 ; Yorkshire Agricultural 
Society’s prizes, 434 ; Bath ami Westerii 
Counties prizes, 435 ; Kendal and Smitlifield 
Club Show's, 436 ; cross breeds, 446 ; rules at 
shows, 447; laced versus spangled Polands, 
448 ; on shipboard, 449; inflammation of 
their stomach, 450 ; influencing their sex, 
451 ; crowing hen, 452, 491 ; Shanghae 
chickens since Christmas, 452; weight of 
Dorkings, 452; cross with pheasant, 452 ; 
cgg-cating pullet, 452 ; lameness in Dorkings, 
452 ; Nutt’s Slniughaes, 456 ; Newcastle 
Show, 457 ; the laced feather, 465 ; beards of 
Polands defended, 467 ; cgg-cating hen, 4/1 ; 
summer ducks, 4/1 ; sudden death of Shan- 
gliaes, 472 ; laying soft eggs, 4/2, 492 ; weight 
of Shanghae cock, 4/7; Bath and West of 
England Society’s rules, 4/7; Laced Polands, 
486 ; on shipboard, 487; egg-bound, 489 ; 
frost-bitten, 491 ; keeping breeds distinct, 
492 ; wh’te Bantams, 492 ; profits of keeping, 
492; Spanish, 492; Bath and West of Eng¬ 
land exhibition, 491 ; sale of, 496 ; (treat 
Northern show, 496 ; Bearded Polands, 507 ; 
egg-eaters, 509, 510 ; size of house require<l, 
509; Egyptian, 509; Bolton Greys, 510; 
cross between Shanghae and Dorking, 510; 
slnxpc of egg, 510 
Pourettia (Puya) longifolia, 199 
Preserving specimens of animals, 3/2, 391, 432 
Prices in 1675 , 37 
Primroses (CUiincsc), how to grow superior, 458 
Primula Palinuri, 459 
I’rcqjagating tender plants, 321 
Protecting crops, 265 ; fruit-trees, 318; plants, 
various modes of, 4 16 , 419 
Protection from frost, 455, 456 ; to early forced 
vegetables, 45/ 
Psoraiea esculenta, 158 
Pterocarpa Caucasica, 60 
Ptinus holosericus, 20 
Puya zeylaiiica, 83 
Pyrethrums, white, culture, 234 
Quince, mildewed, 72 
Rabbits, liver complaint in, 54; importation 
of, 119; long-eared, 253 
Rain, quantity fallen, I 99 
Ranunculus planting, 4/1 
Raspberries, soil for, 234 
Ravens and their young, 469 
Redbreast’s familiarity, I 9 
Red spider, destroying, 412 
Rhododendron ciliaris, hybridizing, 458 
Rhubarb forcing, 114, 14(‘, 248 ; earliest and 
most profitable, 252 
Rhyuchospermum jasminoidcs, 421 
Ridging, its importance, 149 
Rochea falcata, 314 
Rogicra ama.>na, 420 ; Iloezlii, 458 
llolleston Park, 4* 
Romeria hybrida, 433 
Rookery, to establish, 33 
Rooks, .52 
