INDEX. 



Gazania splendena, 87 

 General Wyndham pea, 4S 

 Geothermal culture, 6t 

 Geraniuiii3, list of 150 va- 

 rieties tried at Chiswick, 

 101 ; Princess of Prussia, 

 124, spotted, 183 

 Gigantic Lily of India, 118 

 Gooseberry trees, to reno- 

 vate, 40 

 Golden mint for foliage ef- 

 fects, 121 

 Gladioli in American bed, 



29 ; degenerating, 230 

 Gladioli in pots, 83 

 Gladioli degenerating, 230 

 Globular cactse, culture of, 



204 

 Glory of the country, 71 

 Grafting the holly, 95 

 Grafting, season lor, 57 

 Greenhouse difficulties, 207 

 Greenhouse plants, winter 



management, 251 

 Greenhouse, portable, 237 

 Greenhouse shrubs, 15 

 Greenhouse work — January, 

 10 ; February, 38 ; March, 

 56; April, 84; May, 110; 

 Juue, 134 ; July, 159 ; 

 August, 181 ; September, 

 206; October, 229; No- 

 vember, 254 ; December, 

 278 

 Green hollies, 94 

 Grovillea alpestris,, 80 

 Grey edged and self auri- 

 culas, 194 

 Greenhouse and stove hol- 

 lies, 97 

 Grisehnia htoralis, 3 

 Gross shoots to control, 178 

 Ground colour in geometric 



gardens, 89 

 Gumming, to prevent, 256 

 Hair's dwarf mammoth pea, 



48 

 Hamiltonian pine growing, 



21 

 Hard seeds, how to treat, 88 

 Hardiness of the fuchsia, 172 

 Hai'dy jasmines, 59 

 Hardy trees and shrubs, 66 

 Hardy species of ilex, 98 

 Hardy apples for exposed 



situations, 243 

 Hardy pears for the north of 



England, 246 

 Hardy bulbs, philosophy of 



their growth, 185 

 Harrison's Perfection pea, 16 

 Heating by gas, 6 



Heating system for a pine 



pit, 23 

 High colour without flowers, 



116 

 High coloured roses, 162 

 Hoeing during drought, 137 

 Holly, pendulous, 3 

 Hollies from cuttings, 95 ; 

 from seed, 99 ; for close 

 lines, 129 

 Hollyhocks, old and new, 



110 

 Honeydew, 183 

 Hops for hotbeds, 112 

 Horticultural Society's Gar- 

 den, 5 

 Horticultui-al Society's pro- 

 gress, 17, 70 

 Horticultural bite, 191 

 Horticultural Society, Floral 



Committee, 213 

 Hot water, portable appara- 

 tus, 154 

 How to thaw frozen plants, 



19 

 How to'prolong the bloom of 



fuchsias, 172 

 How to choose apple trees, 



198 

 Humea elegans, 160 

 Hyacinths, Cutbush's Exhi- 

 bition of, 69 

 Hyacinths, culture of, 270 

 Hybrid amaryllis, 12 

 Iberis Kermesina as a bed- 



der, 44 

 Ilex, species and varieties, 

 97, Cheshuntensis, 132 ; 

 dulavariegatis, 131 ; hardy 

 species, 98 

 Indigofera decora, 15 

 Influence of the season on 



the insect world, 80 

 Insects and rose leaves, 136 

 Insects, how affected by the 



winter of 1860-61, 80 

 Inundated garden, 16 

 Irish Horticultiu'al Society, 



6 

 Junipers, hardiness of, 66 

 Justitia carnea, 256 

 Kalmia species, 28 

 Kendall, the late Mr. Alfred, 



232 

 Kew, flower beds at, 145 

 Knight's dsvarfand tall peas, 



48 

 Labels at exhibitions, 18 

 Lawn foul with daisies, 16 

 Lawn with evergreens, 2 

 Lawns without mowing, 121 

 Laws of colour, 89 



Laying out a garden, 15 

 Leek, culture of, 86 

 Lobelia eriuus marmorata, 



44 

 LobeUa, species and varieties, 



73 

 Lobelia fulgens, 256 

 London roses, 16, 136 

 London gardens and new rail- 

 ways, 20 

 London gardens, 233 

 Loudon ctdtiu'e of tea roses, 



192 

 Look out for fi-ost, 210 

 Lord Raglan pea, 49 

 Lungs of London, 20 

 Lupinus, species and varieties, 



74 

 Light an element in flower 



effects, 91 

 Lightest coloured roses, 162 

 Ligurian bee, 184 

 Ldies of the field, 129 

 Liliums in American bed, 29 

 Liuum granditlorum, 42 

 List of fuchsias for beds, 203 

 Maclean's seedling peas, 47, 



48 

 Mammoth peas, 47, 49 

 Mandevilleas to bloom, 87 

 Mandevillea and glycine, 134 

 Marmalade, quince, 36 

 Mai'igolds for bedding, 75 

 Marrow peas, list of, 45 

 Marsh plants, to manage, 



139 

 Matchless marrow pea, 43 

 Mignon pea, 48 

 Mddewed roses, 230 

 Milne and Co.'s catalogue, 



208 

 Monsieur Soyer pea, 47 

 Mortahty, cause of, in the 



winter of 1860-61, 100 

 Mosses, collections of, 44 

 Mowing machmes, how to 



use, 182 

 Mulching, its value, 138 

 Musgrave's slow-combustion 



stove, 40, 112 

 Myrtle-leaved orange, 112 

 Names of plants, 159 

 Natm'al orders represented in 



annuals, 41 

 Neglected border-flowers, 



275 

 Ne plus ultra pea, 48 

 Nerium oleander, to manage, 



167 

 New annuals for 1861, 37 

 New double-flowering an- 

 nuals, 44-51 



