IV 



INDEX. 



Claims of freebolder and 



tenant, 236 

 Clapton Hero and other 



strong-growing fuchsias, 



2C2 

 Clarkia pulchella, vars., 52 

 Clay soil, fruits for, 14) 

 Clerodendi-on cruentuin, 130 

 CUauthiis Dampicri, 80, IGO 

 Climbers for a porch, 87 

 Cimbers, notes on, 156 

 Clamp system of planting, 



27 

 Cockscombs, new kinds, 62 

 Coke dust, 231 

 Colchester Horticultiu-al So- 

 ciety, 118 

 ColUnsia bicoloi', vars. 52 

 Coloiu" in garden scenes, 89 ; 



complementary, 89 ; con- 

 trasts of, 20 

 Cool houses, new plants for, 



80, 122, 167, 192, 238 

 Compost, staple, 62 

 Conifers for dwarf groups, 



30 ; killed by frost, 65 

 Conservatory, removal of, 34 

 Convolvulus mauritanicus, 



122 

 Cosmidium Burridgeanum, 



52 

 Cratsegus pyracantha, 40 

 Cropping the kitchen garden, 



52 

 Crystal Palace rose show, 165 

 Crystal Palace beds, 231 

 Crystal Palace Exhibitions, 



117, 214 

 Cucumber, culture of, 10, 



38, 56, 85, 91 

 Cultui-e of the pine apple, 



21 

 Culture of petunia, 149 

 Cupressus killed by frost, 6 

 Currant trees, to renovate, 



40 

 CyanophyUum magnificum, 



55 

 Cydonia Japonica, 40 

 Cyclamen, to raise from seed, 



86 

 Cyi-toceras refleximi, 15 

 Cypripedium insigne, 15 

 Daisies, to remove, 16 

 Dahhas, list of old, 36 

 Dahhas, the best of 1861, 



108 

 Daphnes, to propagate, 86 

 Dark roses, the best, 162 

 Dates of lii-st pea gatherings, 



25 

 Decorated climbing roses, 76 



Deciduous trees, relative 



hardiness of, 67 

 Dendrobiums in greenhouse, 



15 

 Dc Rheims' paper, 148, 183 

 Desfontania spinosa, 5 

 Dews after hot days, 138 

 Dexia nigripes, 225 

 Domestic poultry, notes on, 



32 

 Dorchester Cottagers' Exhi- 

 bition, 212 

 Double fuchsias in beds, 173 

 Double glazing, 279 

 Douglas pine, 159 

 Dianthus Cliinensis, vars. 52 

 Dianthus hybridus multi- 



florus, 122 

 DilUstone's early jjea, 24 

 Dionsea muscipula, culture 



of, 205 

 Diseased evergi-eens, 64 

 Dissecting leaves, 265 

 Distances proper between 



kitchen crops, 53 

 Distinctive forms of hollies, 



132 

 Dwarf and espaher apple, 



200 

 Earwigs among dahlias, 218 

 Early Bingwood pea, 25 

 Early Emperor pea, 24 

 Early peas, 24 

 East Londoia Chrysanthe- 

 mum Show, G 

 East wall, 231 

 Egg pea, 46 

 Epacris miuiata spleudens, 



81 

 Epigynimn leucobotiys, 238 

 Errors in bulb cultiu-e, 186 

 Espaher wires, 8, 13 

 Evergreen roses, cultiu-e of, 



75 

 Evergreen beds, 3, 27, 57, 



flowering shrubs, 28 

 Evergreens capable of with- 

 standing frost, 67 

 Evergreens in masses, 2 ; 

 beauty of evergreens near 

 London, 59 ; diseased, 64 ; 

 cut down by winter, 184 

 Exhibitions of 1861, 17, 183 

 Exhibition of hyacinths, 69 

 Experiments in fruit cultiu-e, 



182 

 Pairbeard's Nonpareil and 



Surprise pea, 47 

 Farfugium grande as a bed- 



der, 116 

 Eenzha dianthiflora, 52 

 Eeru growing, 280 



Ferns and mosses, books on, 

 231 



Ferns for a Wardian case, 

 112 



Finsbury Circus, demolition 



of, 20 

 Fire, how to make up, 279 

 Fixtures in house and gar- 

 den, 33 

 Flack's Imperial pea, 47 

 Floor of greenhouse, 135 

 Floral World, amiual ad- 

 dress, 257 

 Flowering shrubs, 5 

 Flowering of geraniums in 



rich soil, 112 

 Flower models versus prints, 



155 

 Flowers in town windows 



169 

 Flowering shrubs, list of, 184 

 Foliage plants for masses, 116 

 Frame, early pea, 25 

 Fremontia Cahfornica, 5 

 Freeholder's rights, 33 

 Free gardens for the poor of 



great towns, 266 

 Frost bitten plants, 19 

 Frost, effects of, in a wet 



season, 100 

 Fruits for a clay soil, 14 

 Fruiting habit of the apple, 



175 

 Fuchsias newly potted, 87 ; 

 the best of 1861, 108; cult- 

 tureof, 168, 171 ; fulgens, 

 gracihs, and vu'gata, 201 ; 

 with stained blooms, 208, 

 list of bedding, 227; Priuce 

 Leopold, 239 

 Fumigating, 207 

 Fumigating pastiles, 232 

 Gales of 1860, 20 

 Grarden scenes, 1 

 Garden work— Januai'y, lOj 

 February, 38 ; March, 56 ; 

 April, 84; May, 110; Jime, 

 134 ; Jidy, 159 ; August, 

 181 ; September, 206 ; Oc- 

 tober, 229 ; November, 

 254 ; December, 278 

 Garden fixtiu-es, 33 

 " Gardening Book of An- 

 nuals," rev., 45 

 Gardeners' Benevolent So- 

 ciety, 113, 169 

 Gardens of Horticultm-al So- 

 ciety, 125 

 Garden flowers, 230 

 "Garden Oracie" an- 

 nounced, 232 

 Gas-heating, 6 



