INDEX. 



About climbers, 156 

 Acrocliniuin roseiim, 51 

 Adrancer pea, 48 

 Agathea coelestis rariegata, 



124 

 Ageratum Mexicanum, 51 

 After-growth of bulbs, 187 

 Alonsoa Warszevvickzii, 51 

 Alocasia macrorhiza varie- 



gata, 197 

 Allamauda violacea, 123 

 Alstrsemeria avgento-vittata, 



130 

 Althea frutex, to bloom late, 



54. 

 Amaryllis, culture of, 11 

 Amateur's pit for pines, 21 

 Amateur studies of botany, 



43 

 American blight, to eradi- 

 cate, 176, 182 

 American species grouped, 



28 

 AnagalUs grandiflora, 51 

 Annual flowers, uses of, 41 ; 



old and new, 73, 50 

 Antenuai'ia margaritacea, the 

 best hardy silver iDlant, 

 120 

 A prison made pleasant, 157 

 Apple, culture of, 174, 198 ; 

 for orchard culture, 240 ; 

 for bushes, espaliers, and 

 pyramids, 240 

 Approach of winter, 209 

 Araucarias, not quite hardy, 



65 

 Asclepias tuberosa, 112 

 Asters, new race of, 44, 51 

 Aucuba Himalaica, 3 

 Autumn frosts, 209 

 Autumn-planted potatoes, 



223 

 Auriculas, grey-edged and 



selfs, 194 

 Auvergne, a second eai-ly pea, 



25 

 -Batt's Wonder pea, 46 

 Bampton flower show, 191 

 Bark of apples, to renew, 176 



Beauty of evergreens in 



suburbs of London, 59 

 Bedding plants in coloui's, 

 84 ; list of geraniums for, 

 101, 121; bedding on a 

 large scale, 90 ; at Kew, 

 145 ; fuchsias for, 171, 

 201, 227 ; the system en- 

 larged, 186 

 Bedders and turfing plants, 



119 

 Beer from pea-shells, 13G 

 Bees, feeding of, 16 

 Belts of shrubs, 2 

 Begonias as bedders, 115 

 Begonias and caladiums, 178 

 Berberis umbellata, 3 ; aqui- 

 folium, 253 ; hardy species, 

 67 

 Berberis for masses, 3 

 Berry-bearing shrubs, 192 

 Bishop's long-pod pea, 25 

 Birds in gardens, 136 

 Blue Scimitar pea, 47 

 Borders of mixed shrubs, 



119 

 Botanical studies in the 



flower-garden, 41 

 Bottom-heat for pine-bed, 23 

 " Brambles and Bay leaves" 



announced, 232 

 Breadth in scenery, 1 

 British Queen pea, 48 

 Brixton Exhibition, 215 

 Brine, a dressing for apple 



trees, 177 

 Buckingham flower show, 



144 

 Bulbs of the season, 264 

 Banbury Horticultural So- ' 

 ciety, 214 j 



Bury Floral Show, 216 j 



Burbidge's Eclipse pea, 47 j 

 Calceolarias for bedding, 56 ; 



death of, 184 

 Cahfornian annuals, 41, 51 

 Caladiums as bedders, 115 

 Caladium argyrites, Belley 

 meyi, Verschaffelti, etc. 

 179 



Calliopsis bicolor, 51 

 Callistephus chinensis, 51 

 Callus, what is it ? 181 

 Calystegia oeulata, 124 

 Camellia, culture of, 71 ; 



Etoile Polaire, 239 

 Campanula rotundifolia, var. 



170 ; Chitty's new, 170 

 Candytufts for beds and rib- 

 bons, 44 

 Cannas as bedders, 115 

 Carrion manures, 13G 

 Carter and Co.'s nm'sery 



catalogue, 122 

 Carter's portable hot-water 



apparatus, 154 

 Catalogues noticed, 15, 111, 



134, 229 

 Cedrus deodara, almost frost- 

 proof, 66 

 Celery fly, 256 

 Ceanothus Yeitchianus, 3 

 Ceolosia aurea, 62 

 Chalk, to plant trees on, 231 

 Chamasbatia foliolosa, 3 

 Champion of England pea, 



48 

 Champion of Paris pea, 45 

 Character of the fuchsia when 



bedded, 172 

 Chinese shrubs, 130 

 Chorozema, species of, and 



cultivation of the, 82 

 Chrysanthemum training, 

 207 ; hardiness, at Yeddo, 

 23J ; of 1831, 60 

 Chrysanthemum shows, 5, 6 ; 

 Cambridge, 5 ; Colchester, 

 5 ; Temple G-ardens, 259 ; 

 Horticultural Society, 260; 

 Salter's, 261, East London, 

 6 

 Chysaiithemum corouatum 



and coronarium, 51 

 Cinerarias, list of new, 93 ; 



maritima, 256 

 Citron gourd, 64 

 Citrus, culture of, 216 

 City of London gardens, 20, 

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