605
Vegetables, 604
Veils, white, to clean, 441
Velvet, to clean, 627
Velvet, to raise the pile of, 62
Venomous animals, bite of, 122
Ventilators, improved, 316
Ventriloquism, 659
Verdigris, 122
Verjuice, how to make, 118
Vermin, cause of, 457
Vermin in gardens, 279
Vermin in granaries, 282
Vermin on plants, 196
Vesicants, 548
Vest, 493
Vinegar for burns, 110
Vinegar, to make, 193
Vinegar, aromatic, 148
Vinegar, lavender, 148
Vinegar mixture, 242
Vines, to prune, 306, 679
Visits and presentations, 502
Vitriol, white, 122
Vitriol accidents, 110
Voice, the, 654

W.

Walking with a lady, 501
Wall-fruit, 306
Walls, damp, 312
Walnut ketchup, 355
Walnut water, 116
Warmth, dry, 568
Warts, 96
Warts and corns, 96
Wash colors for maps, 389
Wash for pimples, 135
Wash for walls, 360
Wash, to, 363
Wash balls, 144
Washing, family, 49
Washing, frequent, 459
Washing, general, 46
Washing day, 262
Washing materials, 626
Washing preparations, 46
Washing woolen, 363
Washington, words of, 695
Wasps, 482
Wasps and ants, 85
Wasps and flies, 85
Wasp or bee, sting of, 123
Wasp, cure for swallowing, 123
Watch, to manage, 186
Water, 42, 43
Water, to prevent freezing in pipes, 43
Water, hard, 626
Water, to make soft, 446
Water, stagnant, 441
Water, to obtain pure, 244
Water, to obtain, 377
Water, hot, 554
Water, keeping hot, 259
Water and meat in voyages, 44
Water, rules for those who have fallen in, 649
Water, barley, 245
Water, bergamot, 347
Waters for cooling, &c., 244
Water, peach, &c., 347
Water-colors in drawing, 385
Water-colors for animals, 389
Water, to color, 388
Water-proof clothing, 77
Water-proof cloth, 78, 82
Wax or grease-spots, 55
Wax, &c., from cloth, 63
Wax, from velvet, 63
Wax candles, 34
Wealth, way to, 583
Weaning children, 220
Weather, signs of, 674
Weather and the blood, 675
Weather-proof composition, 36
Wedding breakfast, 517
Wedding cards, 517
Wedding cakes, 519
Wedding rings, 519
Weeds, 285, 464
Weights and measures, 699
Wet clothes, to prevent, &c., 104
Wheat, to sow, 269
Wheat, to prevent smut, 27
Wheat and barley, to sow, 470
Whey, alum, 247
Whey, French method, 376
Whey, laxative, 245
Whey, mustard, 242
Whey, wine, 242
Whiskers, &c., to promote, 624
White for inside, &c., 37
White, a good, 386
White satin, 61
White varnish, 21
Whooping-cough, 104, 231
Whortleberries, 247
Wife, how to treat, 521
Wills, 683
Windows, washing, 626
Windows, to color, 394
Windsor soap, 145
Wine, American currant, 345
Wine, claret, to improve, 339
Wine, apricot, 343
Wine, damson, 342
Wine, home-made, 339
Wine, morello cherry, 343
Wine, orange, 343
Wine, raisin, 344
Wine, red cherry, 342
Wine, red currant, 344
Wine, spruce, 345
Wine, coloring, 341
Wine, fining for, 340
Wine jelly, 333
Wood, to preserve, 308
Wood, to preserve from fire, 314
Wood, to stain, 417, 422
Wooden stairs, like stone, 37
Wool, to purify, 18
Woolens and furs, 78
Woolens, to wash, 48
Wool of sheep, 289
Worm pimple, 135
Worms, 229
Worms in gardens, 282
Worms in gravel walks, 282
Worsted, &c., to dye black, 77
Wounds, to prevent mortifying, 98
Wren, usefulness of, 282
Write, to, secretly, 382
Writing, old, 173
Writing, to take out, 173

Y.

Yeast, 356, 593
Yeast, Turkish, 335
Yellow, 388
Yellow bird, 643
Young, a word to the, 652