INDEX. 
Miniature Fruit Garden (Rivera), 
127 
Mistake, The, 25 
Mistletoe as animals’ food, 385; 
eaten by animals, 437 ; sowing, 
499 
Mitraria coccinca culture, 249 
Mulberry-tree, Milton’s, its state, 
31 
Mulberry, its history, 3')8 
Musa coceinea culture, 491 
Muscat Grapes not swelling re¬ 
gularly, 363 
Mushrooms ou tan bed, 91 ; grow¬ 
ing in a stable, 384 ; in a shed, 
499 
Myrtle, its hardiness, 59 
Natural History, mode of 
preserving specimens of, 249 ; 
preserving objects in, 266 
Nectarines in fruit, moving, 66 ; 
in greenhouse, 189 
Nerium oleander not flowering, 
220 
Netting, rapid mode of, 87 
New South Wales, its agricul¬ 
tural statistics, 402 
Nipkobolus, species of, 24 
Nitrates, their value as manures, 
327 
Nitrogen beneficial to plants, 327 
Niven (Mr.), Notice of, 156 
Norfolk Poultry Show, 73, 166 
Northampton Horticultural Show, 
6 
Nosegays, French, 13; to form 
pyramidal, 69 ; making, 89 ; 
based on sand, 105 
Nothoclienas, greenhouse, 62 
Nut, its history, 271 
Oak Woods, treatment of neg¬ 
lected, 8 
Oak (Evergreen), propagating the, 
131 
Oleander not flowering, 220 
Olive, its history, 211 
Oncidium papilio culture, 192 
Onions, sowing, 377, 417, 4/6; 
seed for an acre, 385 
Onoclea sensibilis, 357 
Onychium lucidum, 62 
Oranges, were they known to the 
Romans? 324 
Orchids, new, 96 ; blooming in 
November, 117; in February, 
370 ; for January and February, 
408; in March, 449 
Orchid-house, constructing an, 187 
Orcharding, expense of time and 
money, 500 
Orchard-house, 36l ; facing the 
west, 265 
Ownership, what constitutes of a 
fowl, 90 ; of fowls difficult of 
proof, 234 
Oxalis Deppei roots as a preserve, 
138 
Oxen sent to London, 290 
Paliurus aculeatus, 387 
Palms, uses of, 126, 214 
Paris, Notes from, 102, 183, 283, 
336, 377, 459, 497 ; its fruits and 
flowers, 183; promenades at, 
284 ; markets and fruit shops, 
285 ; Horticultural Exhibition, 
460 ; its Universal Exhibition, 
497. 
Parsnip storing, 83; sowing, 418, 
476 
Parsley sowing, 476 
Passiflora Colvillii not flowering, 
220; incarnata culture, 249 ; 
ccerulea seed sowing, 384 ; aina- 
bilis culture, 440 
Passion-flowers, list of, 51 
Pea culture, 123 
Peach (Late Admirable), variation 
in ripening, 25; pruning, 136; 
Trellis, at Manor House, 128; 
its history, 270 ; blossom de¬ 
stroyed by ants, 360; gross 
shoots, 363 
Peaches in fruit, moving, 66; 
in greenhouse, 189; of this year, 
216 
Pear, ripening late, 24 ; trees (Jar¬ 
gonelle) unfruitful, 31 ; (Marie 
Louise) deformed, 87 ; storing, 
111 ; dishing for table, 137; in 
November, 137; tree pruning, 
159 ; its history, 212 ; of this 
year, 216, 218; in February, 
391 ; on White Thorn stocks, 
463 ; in March, 470 
Peas—Egg, British Queen, and 
Scimetar, 17; Waterloo Mar¬ 
row, Thurston’s Reliance, and 
Knight’sMarrow«,347; Knight’s 
Greeu Marrows, Hay’s Mam¬ 
moth, 367 
Peat, 19 
Pelargoniums for near London, 
400 ; hydridizing, 434 ; soil, 
499 ; Mangles’s Variegated, &c., 
499 
Petunia, the first in England, 157 ; 
cuttings and list, 411 
Philesia buxifolia culture, l6l 
Physurus argenteus culture, 100 
Pigeon, Suabian, 27 ; Laughing 
Arabian, 438 
Pigeons, roup in, 51 
Pigs sent to London, 290 
Pine-Apple, a productive, 208 
Pine Apples in November, 138; 
exhibited, 219; in February, 
391 ; in March, 470 
Pinery and Vinery combined, 363 
Pipe, length heated by a given¬ 
sized boiler, 440 
Pistachio, its history, 270 
Pit heating, 1/0 
Plane-trees, their history, 322 
Plants, geographical distribution 
of, 71 ; temperature for several, 
72 ; degeneracy of, 72 ; recently 
introduced, 178 
Platylomas, greenhouse, 62 
Platyloma Brownii, 333 
Plectranthus failing, 363 
Plum, a new, 111; pruning, 115 ; 
its history, 269 
Plums unfruitful, 31 ; list of, 468 
Poinsettia pulcherriina, cutting 
down, 266 
Poland fowls, points of excellence, 
191 ; characteristics, 254 
Polygala speciosa sowing, 373 
Polypodium subpetiolatum, 100 ; 
vulgare, 357 
Polypodiums, hardy, 395 
Polyspora axillaris, 118 
Polystichums, hardy, 396 
Pomological Society’s (British) 
Meeting, 18, 73, 193, 273 , 476 ; 
Exhibition of Fruits, 113 
Poppy, its culture, 191 
Portlandia platantha culture, 454 
Portugal Laurel, propagating, 219 
Potatoes—list of at Northampton, 
63 ; the Fluke, 69 ; storing, 83; 
for seed, 88 ; estimate of sorts, 
111 ; set per acre, 112 ; rules for 
growing, 112 ; history of the 
Fluke, 124; sets, 165 ; retarded, 
203; forcing, 222, 232; plant¬ 
ing, 232 ; sets, results of drying, 
288; growing early in open 
ground, 255; grown in Jersey, 
333 ; planting, 357, 365; crop 
from late-planted, 381 ; analysis 
of, and planting, 418 ; stems, 
pruning over - luxuriant, 438; 
number of eyes in sets, 440 ; 
frosted, 464 
Potato Pudding, a short .receipt 
for, 382 
Pots, size of, 14; porous v. non- 
porous, 37 ; made of glass and 
other water-proof materials, 1 98 ; 
for layering, 460 
Potting, its objects, 133 
Poultry-keeping, its profit and 
loss, 67 ; need of rules for judg¬ 
ing, 114; Medals, 125; points 
of merit, 158; characteristics, 
194; dung as a manure, 253 ; 
analysis of, 254 ; characteristics, 
how much needed, 254; feeding 
after their exhibition, 302 ; fat¬ 
tening, 312 ; consumed in Lon¬ 
don, 325 ; how to keep profit¬ 
ably, 397 , 406; in a confined 
space, 436 ; Shows, their 
beuefits and errors, 466 
Preserved vegetables and meat, 498 
Priming manure, 19 
Primroses, Chinese, 37 1 
Primula mollis, 224 
Primulas, hybridizing, 435j 
Principles of culture, 496 
Prizes, mistakes in offering, 469 
Protea sowing, 373 
Protecting plants, 331 
Ptarmigan Fowls, 246; character¬ 
istics, 368 
Pteris, greenhouse, 62 : hardy, 396 
Pulley chains, 98 
Punchard’s Poultry Sale, 34Q 
Punica granatum, 459 
Purple beds of Verbenas and 
Dahlias, 351 
Pyramidal Pear-trees, list of va¬ 
rieties for, 127 
Pyramidal trees, planting distances 
for, 128 
Quadrupeds, preserving speci¬ 
mens of, 250 
Quince, its history, 269 
Rabbits, taking from their 
mother, 386 
Ranunculus soil, 88 
Raspberry-shoot grub, 51 
Reading Poultry Show, J'i, 206 
Red Spider, to destroy on Cucum¬ 
bers, 266 
Reigate Poultry Show Rules, 134 
Reptiles, preserving specimens of, 
267 
Rhododendrons, moving, 190 ; 
citrinum, 224 ; jasminiflorum, 
449 
Rhodoleia Chauipionii cultuie, 
201 
Rhubarb forcing on a bark-bed, 
189; forcing, 307; sowing, 495 
Rhyncospermum jasminoiues cul¬ 
ture, 298 
Ripening of Wood, its importance, 
1 ; the wood of young trees, 107 
Rocket, double-white, 48 
Rockets, early, 23 
Rollcston Hall, 280 
Root-pruning, 2; pruning pyra¬ 
midal trees, 127 ; grafting, 297 
Roots, propagation by, 296 ; Do 
the fibres die ? 297 ; fleshy, 
preserving and propagating, 313 
Roosting-place for fowls, 364 
Rope-yarn as a tree supporter, 276 
Rose cuttings in October and No¬ 
vember, 3 ; culture in pots, Mr. 
Maunsell’s, 28; cuttings, their 
management, 99 
Roses—on their own roots, 111; 
near a manufacturing town, 
148; Perpetual, when to prune, 
190; raising varieties, 236; 
classifying, 237 ; best sorts, 237 ; 
La Marque not blooming, 246 ; 
best evergreen, 247; merits of, 
247 ; for standards, 247; Tea, 
to grow in the open air, 257; 
cuttings of, 258; the Gloire de 
Rosamene, 321 ; their history, 
323 ; growing Tree, 340 ; in 
pots, glass for, 429; culture, 
431 ; specimen plants, 431 ; suit¬ 
able varieties, 432 ; for making 
Rose-water, 441 ; Moss, why so 
called, 444 
Rotation of crops, 84, 369 
Rotations on one, three, and six 
acres, 417 
Roup, lime as a remedy for, 
14 
Rumpless Fowls’ characteristics, 
368 
Rush covers for frames, 303 
Rustic hank planting,362; baskets, 
plants for, 400 ; baskets, &c., 
460 
Saccarine juices, 214 
Salisbury Exhibition of Poultry, 
168 
Salt, destructive of bricks, 303 ; 
as a manure, 418 
Sand for plunging, 110 
Sandwich Islands, their produce, 
482 
Sarracenia purpurea culture, 
221 
Saturnia spini as a Silk Moth, 388 
Savings, where to invest, 383 
Scabiosa atropurpurea, 91 
Sea-kale forcing, 82, 232, 307 ; 
sowing, 496 
Season, notes on past, 10 
Seeds, keeping, 79 
Selaginellas exhibited, 372 
September v. March for planting, 
429 
Sewage as a manure, 193 
Shading, simple mode of, 98 
Shanghae chicken, variation in 
colour, 90 ; cock’s tail, 17 1 ; 
characteristics, 294 ; eggs, 365 
Shank, not knowing how to, 263 
Sheep sent to London, 290 
Shelters for pots, 379 
Shelves, modes of hanging, 79 
Shrubberies, renovating, 54; re¬ 
form of one neglected, 427 
Silk Fowls’ characteristics, 368 
Sinclair (J.), Gardener to Count 
Woronzoff, 157 5 his information 
about the Crimea, 175 
Sion House, Notes on, 260 
Sloe as a stock, 249 
Soft-Grass (Sweet), 408 
Soil, treatment of heavy, 64 ; im¬ 
proving exhausted, 307 
Solanum agregatum sowing, 374 
Sonerila maculata, 117 
Southall Poultry Show, 48 
Sowing seeds, 376 
Spauish fowls, their characteristics, 
328 ; turning white, 344 
Sparkenhoe Poultry Show, 46 
Spermadictyon azureum culture, 
Spring flowers, preparations for, 
20 
Stage for span-roofed greenhouse, 
189 
Staking trees, 276 
Stapelia sororia culture, 30 
Staphylinidae, their habits, 88 
Steam from brewery, heating by, 
289 
Stcphanotis floribunda culture, 97 
Straw coverings for frames, 332 
Straws, tlicir composition and in¬ 
fluence on Cows, 364 
Strawberry forcing, 262 
Strelitzia reginae culture, 29 
Struggles, The last, 143 
Stocks, influence of, 174 
Sturgeon’s Poultry Sale, 34y 
Succory, its history, 233 
Summer (Last), its effects, 216 
Sun-dial, beds round, 321 
Sunflower seed, its uses, 401 
Switzer’s (S.), birthplace, 63 
Tacsonias, training, 41 
Tank, hot-watcr, for Vinery, 399 
Tar (Gas) its effects upon Cucum¬ 
bers, 303 
Tccoma Australis culture, 266 
Temple Newsand, 300 
Temperatures in January and 
February, 426, 480; annual 
lowest, 426 
Tephrosia grandiflora sowing, 374 
Testudinaria elephantipes culture, 
30 
Tliornham Hall, bedding - out 
plauts at, and their arrange¬ 
ment, 11 
Thunbergia alata sowing, 488 ; 
general culture, 490 
Thyrsacanthus rutilans, 449 
Tobacco, mode of fumigating with, 
150, 186, 209, 383 ; its culture, 
191 
Transplanting, rules for, 56, 58 ; 
in September v. March, 429 ; 
corn, 496 
Tree lilting, Me Glashen’s, 284 
Trees, moving large deciduous, 
100 ; law as to removing, 192 ; 
rules for planting, 378 
Trellis, anew and simple, 261 
Trentham, alterations at, 35 
Trenching, 166 
Trichomancs radicaus, 434 
Tropmolum tuberosum, to bloom, 
190 
Turnips, storing Swede, 83 
Turf levelling, 291 
Turkey Fowls, 246 
Tuscany, historical notes on its 
cultivated plants, I 91 ; historical 
notes of its horticulture, ik c., 
150, 211 ; notes on its farming 
and gardening, 269 , 308, 322 
Tying, materials for, 241 
Urine, analysis of, 193 
Van Mons Leon le Clkrc 
Pear, 137 
Vanda multiflora and Roxburghii, 
129 
Vanessa urticae, 445 
