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Oak, culture and management of the, 465; Pine-apples, introduction of, in Ireland, 26;
query on a blight amongst the, 502.
Oaks farm, May 12th, 380.

Obituary of Robert Austin, Esq., 384; of Wil-
liam French, 639; of Mr. Rigg, his family
and friends, 640; of Mr. Edward Hobson, 748.
Enothera decumbens, hint respecting, 354.
Ogilvy, Sir George, his garden at Banff, 344.
Old Adam's Lodge of Free Gardeners, Sept. 6th,
738.

Olive, hardy varieties of, in the Crimea, 322.
Onions, culture of, 175.

Orange tree blossoms, use of, in Paris, 530.
Orchard fruit, deterioration of, 220.
Orchards, miniature, 340; of the Ochill Hills,
343; on insects in, by Mr. D. Anderson, 551.
Owen's plan of reformation, opinion respecting,

481.

Packing fruit trees for exportation, account of,
by M. Saul, 311.

Pæonia Moutan, new mode of propagating, 102.
Palaces, remarks respecting, 531.
Palais Royal, garden of the, 642.
Paris and London, natural circumstances of the
neighbourhood of, compared, 1; artificial cir-
cumstances of, compared, 2; agriculture of, 9.
Paris, city of, compared with London, 5; archi-
tecture of, 6; improvements in, 11; effects of
the winter in, by T. Blaikie, 482; public gar-
dens of recreation in and around, 529.
Parsneps, culture of, 176.
Passiflora, a new one, 317.
Pathology, vegetable, 395.

Peach, the noblesse, 83; the spring grove, 88;
the George IV., 84; the Royal George, 288.
Peach and nectarine, on the treatment of, dur-
ing the summer season, by Mr. William Sey-
mour, of Howsham, 434; on a method of
training on low walls, by Mr. William Sey-
mour of Weddington, 436; identity of the,
596; farther remarks on training the, by Mr.
R. Errington, 695.

Peach-houses, plan and sections for two, 671.
Peach tree, on the management of, by Mr. H.
John Newington, 55.

Peach trees, Newington's observations respect-
ing, remarks on, by Mr. James Craig, 430.
Peake's vases and flower pots, figured and de-
scribed, 308.

Pear, the early Bergamot, 84; the summer
rose, 84; the summer Francréal, 84; the Jar-
gonelle, 84; the Forelle, 287; the Brown
Beurrée, 288; the Belle et Bonne, 288; the
autumn Bergamot, 288; the Marie Louise,
289; seedling of Lord Dunmore, 343; the
winter Nelis, 471; the Flemish beauty, 472;
the Beurré Diel, 472; the Aston Town, 575.
Pear trees, on the culture of, by Mr. B. Saun-
ders, 53,

Pears and apples on the same tree, 596.
Peas, early Charlton, failure of, 233; accounted
for, by Mr. D. French, 503; on raising
an early crop of, by Mr. Main, A.L.S., 555;
Bishop's dwarf and early frame, critical re-
mark respecting, 723.
Pelargonium pallidulum, 569.
Pelargoniums, M. A. Stættner's collection of,
482.

Penn, J. C., object of cooperative societies, 478.
Pepper plant, the, 573.

Perry, for the cottager, 151.
Perspective, isometrical, explained, 351.
Petersburgh botanic garden, rare plants from
Persia to, 321.

Petersen, M. J. P., letter from Denmark, 212;
gardening news from Copenhagen, 321; trans-
lation of an account of a method of making
bass for binding plants, by M. P. Lindegaard,
656; translation of an account of the forcing
of cabbage lettuce in Holland, by M. P. Lin-
degaard, 689.

Philips, Mr. Solomon, on a six-year broccoli
plant, 492.

Physiology of plants, critical, respecting, 553.

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best sorts of, for cultivation, 232; the Ripley,
574; the Enville, Mr. C. Hale Jessop's mode of
cultivating the, 704; on growing in moss, by
M. Jacob Seimel, 705.

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Pine, the Anson or Otaheite, critique respect-
ing, 111; by C. F. Webster, 112; Scotch, 227
Scotch, supposed spurious variety of, 449.
Pine plants at Castle Semple, farther notice of,
by John Hay, Esq., 437. 602.

Pines, Mr. Knight's remarks concerning, 11.
Pinus, on propagating, by cuttings, by Mr. W.
Baillie, 210.

Pinus resinosa Aiton, 212.

Pits, cucumber and melon, for a kitchen-garden,
ground-plan and sections of the, 671.
Pitting system of planting, 462.
Plantain, notice of one which has ripened fruit,
by Mr. Henry Dalgleish, 429.
Plantations at West Dean, on the management
of the, by Mr. John Bowers, 543.
Planting trees and shrubs in masses of one spe-
cies, by W. Spence, Esq. F.L.S., 408.
Planting, errors in, 410; use of, for preparing for
uncultivated land for agriculture, 453.

Plants, diseases of, 28; medicinal, for the cot.
tage, 153; remarks respecting the chemical
elections of, 216; American, query on pur-
chasing a collection of, 224; hardy, treated as
green-house, 330; sent from England to Te-
neriffe in 1829, account of, by W. Young,
330; new or rare, flowered near Edinburgh,
March 10. 1830, 343; chemical and geological
collections of, corrected, by Mr. A. Gordon,
360; hardy bulbous, query respecting, by A. H.
Haworth, Esq., 368; the diseases of, 396, ten-
der, on preserving in winter, by Mr. A. Gor-
rie, F.H.S., 402; for a flower-garden, during
the year, 423; British varieties of, cultivated
and sold by Mr. James Smith and Son, at
Monkwood Green, near Ayr, by Mr. Smith,
713 to 718; rare, flowered near Edinburgh,
493.

Pleurothallis prolifera, 277.

Plough-hoe, newly invented one, 208.
Ploughing match of the West Kent Agricul
tural Association, 106.
Plough, steam, 476.

Plum, Kirke's, 287; Lucombe's Nonsuch, 83;
the Morocco, 84; the Purple Gage, 472.
Podoldbium trilobatum, 561.
Politics, advantage of a knowledge of, $95.
Pollen of plants, remark concerning, by J. New-
man, 613.

Pontey's" Forest Pruner" versus Cruickshank's
"Practical Planter," on the subject of prun-
ing fir trees, 675.
Poor laws, 346.

Poplar, Athenian, query respecting, 368; the
Lombardy or Turin, on the sexes and history
of, by Mr. John Denson, 419.
Population, education as a check to, critical
remarks respecting, 609.

Potato, on the, by Mr. J. Elles, 58; the Ever-
lasting, and the late Red Roger, 482.
Potatoes, for a late crop of, 58; for an early
crop, 59; list for a succession of, 60; early for
cottagers, 178; late, 179; necessity of plant-
ing early, 263; considered as the sole food of
man, 316; new kinds of, Macartney's method
of obtaining from seed, 440; setting by the
acre, 590; American, query respecting, 727.
Pot-barley, for the cottager, 148.

Pots, garden, standard sizes for, proposed, by R.
Errington, 354.

Primrose, double-flowered, 601.
Prize essays on cottage gardening and husband-
ry, 167. 185. 198.

Produce of fourteen acres of garden land, from
1815 to 1830, 624.

Promenade in the Caledonian Horticultural
Society's garden, 600.

Property, advantages of the division of, 540;
the right of, 592.

Pruning forest trees, on a system of, by Mr. W.
Billington, M.C.H.S., 36.
Pruning, 417; larch nurslings, Billington's
mode of, 448; summer, and thinning timber
trees early, advantage of, 544; the fir tribe,
547; remarks concerning, 676; and other
points in the management of timber trees,
681; vines, Mr. Geo. Fulton's mode of, 709;
timber trees, critical remarks respecting, by
W. Mason, jun., 725.

Pruning shears for ladies, &c., 313.
Pterocarpus erinaceus, 572.
Puffing, $58.

Pumpkins, large, account of, by G. Davenport,
599.

Quail, W., experiment on Calla æthiopica, 337.
Quercus Robur and sessilifiòra, critical remarks
respecting, by the Rev. W. T. Bree, 723.
Railway, suspension, 477.

Rait Cottage-Garden Society, Aug. 10., 747.
Ranunculus cardiophyllus, 559.

Ranunculus, Nonpareil, figured and described,

78.

Ranunculuses, seedling, on the culture of, by
the Rev. Joseph Tyso, 548.

Ranunculus Show of Wallingford, June 8., 626.
Rats, water, how to destroy, 223.
Rats, to destroy, 500.

Rattery, description of one invented by the late
Mr. R. Paul, by A. S. Taylor, 583.
Red spider on plants, method of destroying, 403.
Relief, permanent, to all classes, 481.
Rhododendron Smithi, 562.
Rhús Toxicodéndron, 572,
Ribes aureum, 562.

Rigg, Mr., his family and friends, obituary of,640.
Rinz, M. Jacob, jún., landscape-gardening of
England and Germany compared, 31; account
of the forcing and floriculture at, 592; critique
on his criticisms, by Joshua Major, 611.
Rivère, T., Esq., on the genus A'ster, 684.
Road, the most beautiful and picturesque one in
Europe, 595.

Roads, machines for scraping and sweeping, 100.
Robertson, Mr. John, F. H. S., on the former
and present state of horticulture in Ireland,
26; on Mr.Johnson's doctrines concerning the
diseases of plants, 356.

Rockwork, a picturesque mass of, on sale, 491.
Roger, Mr. E, a cheap and easy method of rais-
ing celery, 554.

Rollins, Mr. James, remark respecting the term
humane mouse-trap, 216; a gardener's fund,
353.

Roofs, high, in France, 7; reason for, 538.
Rosa odorata, on the culture of, by Mr. J. Elles,
427.

Rose, W. B., on destroying slugs, 210; treat-
ment of the American shrubs at Foxcote, 425.
Rose tree, peculiar, query respecting, 229.
Sabine, Mr., letter from Mr. Lindley to, 240;
review of his conduct, and remarks on, 252.
Sabots, 106.

Saccharum officinarum, 565.

Salads, effect of washing in sea water, 219.
Salles de Mars and de Flore in Paris, 649.
Sap vessels, ascending, of the vine, 132.
Saul, M., a mode of packing fruit trees for ex-
portation, 311; gooseberry shows of 1829, 357;
list of American fruit trees, 613.

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Saunders, Mr. B., on the culture of pear trees,
53; his list of pears, remark respecting, by
R. Errington, 615; a few observations made
on visiting several public and private gardens
in England and Scotland, during the summer
of 1830, 653.

Schools in Auvergne, 211; Lancasterian, of
Horsefield and Woking, 381; of industry, and
for infants, notice of a, 487.
Scott, Mr., his garden at Hobart Town, 597.
Sea-kale, introduction of, in Ireland, 26.
Secretaries of horticultural societies, hint re-
specting the names of, 222; addresses of, 382.
514. 624.

Seedlings, advantage of raising, 231.

Seeds, 401; alpine, received from South Ame
rica, 333; from Carthagena, by Mr. W. Ha-
milton, 493.

Seimel, M. Jacob, on growing pine-apples in
moss, 705,

Sexes, the, in animals and vegetables, 401.
Seymour, Mr. William, on planting and protect-
ing bulbs, 49; on the treatment of the peach
and nectarine during the summer season, 494;
of Weddington, on a method of training the
peach and nectarine on low walls, 436; plan
and description of the kitchen-garden at
Carlton Hall, the seat of Miles Stapylton, Esq.,
669.

Shallots, 210.

Shrubs, American, at Foxcote, on the treat-
ment of, by Mr. W. B. Rose, 425.
Slitter, the, figured and described, 469.
Slugs, on destroying, by Mr. Archibald Gorrie,
C.M.H. S., 69; to destroy, by W. B. Rose, 210';
on plants, method of destroying, 403.
Smith, Mr. J., query respecting caterpillars on
the Constantinople nut, 224.

Smith, John, notice respecting, 651.
Smith, Mr., varieties of British plants cultivated
and sold by Mr. James Smith and Son, at
Monkwood Grove, near Ayr, 713 to 718.
Smithfield, a disgrace to London, 514.
Society of Florists of Heworth, May 5., 521;
May 26., 522.

Soil for the different forest trees, 459.
Soude, the, as invented by a Wrexham me-
chanic, 216.

Soul, the, 398.

Sowing the seeds of trees, 458.
Spectator newspaper, recommended, 107.
Spence, W., F.L.S., on planting trees and shrubs
in masses of one species, 408.
Spirit from the berries of the mountain asb, $52.
Spirits, for the cottager, 151.
Sport, the, of plants, query on,
501.
Steam acting on a mass of loose stones, on
forcing by means of, by John Hay, Esq., 50,
Steam engines, locomotive, 477.
Steam plough, invention of, encouraged, 106
Steers and Wilkinson's pruning shears, &c., $15.*
Strelitzia reginæ, answer to query respecting,
by Mr. W. Boyce, and G. Fulton, 229.
Steuart's Planter's Guide, remarks on, by Mr.
Gorrie, C.M.H.S., 43; by Quercus, 46; re-
marks on, 413.

Striking slips of carnations, &c., neat method
of, $48.

St. James's Park, hint respecting, 357.
Stove, smoke-consuming, 479.
Stowe, Mr. W., lime-water, 499.
Strawberries, prolific or conical Hautbois, 210;
to produce late, 316; the Elton Seedling, 574;
large, 604; on a method of forcing, 692; on
the culture of, on a light sandy soil, by Mr.
Thomas Fleetwood, 710; the Hautbois, on
the management of, 711.

Structure of animals and vegetables, $99.
Stuart, John, query respecting the Affane
Cherry, 615.

Sty for cottages, 172.
Succession of woods, 470.

Sugar, for the cottager, 149; making from man-
gold wurzel, 149.

Sugar from the beet-root, a manufactory of, 596.
Sundays, working on, 359.
Swan River, 597.

Sweet, Mr., lessons on botany by, 487; critique
respecting Verbèna chamadrifolia, 613.
Sweet's Florist's Guide, observation respecting,
722.

Sydney, letter from, 328.

Sylvester's mode of heating air, improvement
in, by Messrs. White and Veitch, 108.
Syringes, garden, improvements in, by Mr. D.
M'Dougal, 109.

Tale for green-house sashes, query respecting,

615.

Tallard, Marshal, answer to query respecting
his garden, 224.

Tallies, new, for naming plants, figured and de-
scribed, 306; of the Chiswick garden, 507.

Taste, honesty in, 587.

Tate's nursery, April 25th, 377.

Verbena chamædrifòlia, critique respecting, by
R. Sweet, 613.

Verbena Melindres, critical remarks on, by Mr.
George Harrison, 222.

Taylor, S., description of a rattery invented by Veronica agrestis, query respecting, by John

the late Mr. Robert Paul, 583.

Tea, remarks on the drinking of, 170.
Teeth, artificial, of M. Fonzi, 480.
Terminalia Catúppa, 560.

Thom, Mr. John, query on an insect infesting
the plum and cherry, 224.

Thompson, Mr., remarks on his experiments in
vegetable physiology, by Mr. J. Main, 214.
Thouin, the late Professor Andrew, 387.
Tília aurea, 317.

Tillandsia stricta, 561.

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Tivoli, the public gardens of, in Paris, 648.
Tobacco, for the cottager, 153; introduction of,
to Europe, 270, culture of, in Ireland, 271;
suggestions on the culture of, 272; produce of,
in America, 273; value of, as an agricultural
crop, 273; process of manufacturing for smok-
ing, snuff, &c., 274; books to be consulted
respecting tobacco, 274.

Tobacco plants, the, of Colombia, 327.
Tollgate-houses, &c., near London, 349.
Toll-house at Edgeware, figured and described,

350.

Tour through France and Germany, continued,
1. 385. 529. 641.

Toward, Mr. Andrew, critique respecting the
house at Bagshot Park, 219.
Training plants, 401.
Travellers, generally confined in their observ-
ations, 538.
Trees, forest, on the planting and pruning of,
by Mr. John Howden, 416; suitable for a
certain situation, query respecting, 615; must
be known before they can be introduced, 719.
Trelowarren, botanic flower garden at, account
of, by Mr. W. Duncan, 420.
Triosteum perfoliatum, 282.
Tuilleries, gardens of the, 530.

Tulip bed, description of Mr. Groom's, 683;
frame and strike for a, figured and described,
684.

Tulip Show of Maften, May 3., 522.
Tyso, Rev. Joseph, on the culture of seedling

ranunculuses, 548; remedy for blight, 587.
Tyssen, Mr. Samuel, query on sayings as to bees,

223.

Underwood, plants proper for, 470.
Vallance, Edmund, queries respecting a collec-
tion of gooseberries, 727.

Vallet Aine, M., a new hybrid Cytisus, 335; Sy-
ringa vulgàris var. Charles X., 335; two new
roses, 335; green-flowered rose, 335.
Varden, Mr. Richard, four designs for labourers'
cottages, 660,

Vascular texture of the vine, 134.
Vaughan, W. P., query respecting insects on
young peas, 615; critical remark respecting
Bishop's dwarf and early frame peas, 723;
query on the proper size for an ice-house, 726.
Vegetable market of Edinburgh, June 1st, 494;
Aug. 7th, 601.

Vegetable pathology, 395.

Vegetables, for the cottage garden, 186 to 188.

Morgan, 615.

Vienna, note from, 212.

Vine, on the anatomy of, by W. W. Capper,
Esq., 12. 129. 257; bark of the, changes which
take place at the beginning of August, 263;
large, at Sellwood Park, some account of, by
Mr. H. Cumming, 439; on the management
of, in the pinery, by Mr. Geo. Fulton, 707.
Vines for a geranium house, answer to query
respecting, by Mr. Robert Errington, 231; for
a green-house, answer to query respecting,
232; by Mr. G. Fulton, 232; the best soil for,
708.

Wall for transmitting heat, 310.

Wall, north of Kensington Gardens, should be
pulled down, 490.

Walls, wired, remark on, by Mr. James Hous-
man, 614.

Walmesley, Mr. W. G., query respecting heat-
ing by hot water, 223.
Wasing Hall, remarks on, 655.
Wasps, a simple and effectual mode of killing,
550.

Waste land, directions for ascertaining the
quality of, 461.

Water melons from Russia, 339.
Watering oranges and camellias, 359.
Watts, R. query on the canker in peach trees,

617.

Wattsia, 337.

Weather at Munich, 317; at Florence, 320.
Weavers of Prestwich and Bury, intelligence of,
393,

Weeping Ash, the large one of Wilson's nur
sery removed, 334.

Weevil, destructive of fruit trees, query re-
specting, by Mr. J. Dykes, 500; answer to,
501.

Wheat, a new variety of, from China, by Mr. J.
Faldermann, 339; culture of, in the neigh-
bourhood of Ardress, in Ireland, by G, Ensor,
Esq., 691.

Wheat-fly in Perthshire, notice of, by the Rev.
T. Bell, 495.

Wheels of carts and waggons, improvement in,
by Samuel Morton, 304.

White Knights, remarks on, 654.*
Wilkie's wheel plough, remarks on, by Mr. S
Morton, 209.

Williamson, E. A., notice of the botanic garden
at Caraccas, 484.

Willow, weeping, query respecting, 368.
Wilson, W., remarks respecting horticultural
societies, $54.

Wines, for the cottager, 151.

Wire-worm, figured and described, 500,
Wired walls for fruit trees, 229.
Wistària Consequàna, 599.

Wood, Mr. T., apples and pears for a small
orchard, 230, 231.

Wood-lice, query on destroying, 223.
Works, public, in France, cause of their tardy
execution, 539.

Wright, D., setting the Tokay grape, 602.
Young, W., plants lately arrived from Teneriffe,

330.

760

CALENDARIAL INDEX

OF

THE MORE REMARKABLE OPERATIONS.

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January. Put a pot of Rosa odorata in the
hot-house, to produce young shoots for cuttings,
428.

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February - Prepare, by ringing, plants of
Paonia Moutan for propagation, in Maund's
manner, 102; put potatoes in a warm room to
sprout for seed, 178; put plants of Rosa odo.
rata, or other China roses, in the hot-house, in
order to produce young shoots for cuttings, 428;
sow potato seeds for the purpose of obtaining
new kinds, 440.

August. Pinch off the terminal shoots of
trees in Mr. Billington's manner, second time
for the season, 38; prove Mr. Capper's experi-
ments in the first week of the month, 264; ga.
ther tobacco leaves, 271; sow Ranunculus seed
according to Mr. Tyso's mode of culture, 549.

September.. -Pinch off the terminal shoots of
trees in Mr. Billington's manner, second time
for the season, if not done in August, 38; plant
Chenopodium Bonus Henricus as a spinach
plant, 188; sow lettuce on a spent melon bed for
forcing during winter, in the Dutch manner, as

March. - Sow tobacco seeds on a hotbed, for practised by M. Lindegaard, 690.
transplantation in May, 271.

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April. Steep branches of lime trees in water,
preparatory to procuring bass for matting from
them, 656.

October. Plant potatoes for an early crop,
59. and 178.

November. Cover American plants in ex-
posed situations with common laurel boughs,
May. Harden tobacco plants raised in a 425; prick out seedling auriculas, sown in the
hotbed, by exposing them to the air, 273.

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preceding August, 426; sow peas in pots about
the 10th, for an early crop, 555.

December. Prick out seedling auriculas
sown in the preceding August, according to the
method practised with so much success by Mr.
P. Cornfield, Commercial Florist, of North-
ampton, if not done in November, 426.

***For a complete Cottager's Gardener's Calendar, for one year, see p. 190.; and
for a Cottager's Husbandry Calendar, for one year, see p. 193.

END OF THE SIXTH VOLUME.

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