INDEX. 



'Sew Holland plault;, notes 

 on, 82 



New plants suitable for cool- 

 houses, 80 

 New plants cxhibiLcd, i}3 

 New occupation for women, 



155 

 New roses, 103 

 New berrj-bearing shrubs, 



192 

 New pears, the best, 2 J6 

 Nosegay geraniums, 87 

 Nosegay geraniums, new, 122 

 Notes on new plants, 37, 43, 

 51, 55, 62, 73, 80, 122, 

 170, 192, 197, 238 

 Novelties submitted to com- 

 mittees of Horticultural 

 Society, 189 

 October work, 229 

 CEnothera, species and varie- 

 ties, 7i 

 Old garden, to I'estore, 40 

 Old and new annuals, 73 

 Old api)le-troes, to restore, 



175 

 Old species and varieties of 



fuchsia, 201 

 Old garden, to restore, 255 

 Oleander, cidtui-e of, 167 

 Open spaces in the City, 234 

 Oranges and jjomegranates, 



87 

 Oi-ange, cidture of, 216 

 Oranges under glass, 280 

 Orchard-houses, 8 

 Orchard-house construction, 



112 

 Orchard-houses, 184 

 Orchard trees, to ripen, 211 

 Orchard-houses, points in 



their management, 249 

 Orchard trees, list of best, 



240 

 Ornamental annuals, 44-51 

 Oxford, exhibition at, 144 

 Pampas grass, 9 

 Pampas grass destroyed, 88 

 Paris gardens, 234 

 Past year, weather of, 19 

 Paxtonian plant-houses, 23G 

 Peace in a garden, 262 

 Peas, trials of early, 24 ; list 

 of Marrow, Imperial, and 

 Prussian, 45-49 

 Pea trellis, to make, 207 

 Pear-fly described, 225 

 Pears for culinary use, 2-:! 6 

 Pears for pyramfds, -walls, 



and orchard-houses, 243 

 Pearson on orchard-houses, 

 249 



Pelargoniums neglected, 40 

 Pelargoniums, comparative 

 merits of bedding varie- 

 ties, 101 

 Pelargoniums of 1861, 109 

 Pensions for decayed 'gax*- 



dencrs, 114 

 Pepper, virtues of, 147 

 Petunia, jtroperties of, 149 

 Pentas rosea Kermesina, 239 

 Pliilcsia buxifolia, 15 

 Picturesque planting, 2 

 Pie -juice, 135 



Pinus, species for pot-cul- 

 ture, 58 

 Pine-growing for amateurs, 



78 

 Pines injured by frost, 60 

 Pine apple, culture of, 21 

 Pit for 2)ines, 21 

 Planting apple-trees, 199 

 Planting for colour effects, 



91, 2 

 Plant losses of the last win- 



tei-, 65 

 Polmaise heating, 15 

 Pompones for pyramid cul- 

 ture, 26 

 Portulaccas, self-sown, 207, 



231, 262 

 Potatoes, autumn-planted 



223 

 Potatoes, best sorts, 280 

 Potatoes on ridges, 92 

 Potatoes grown in ashes, 112 

 Potted trees, to winter, 211 

 Portable plant-houses, 235 

 Potted conifers for winter- 

 beds, 30 

 Pot-culture of coniferous 



trees, 57 

 Poultry-house, 32 

 Preserving Tom Thumb ge- 

 raniums, 232 

 Preventives of potato disease, 



92 

 Princess Royal pea, 46 

 Prizetaker pea, 46 

 Prizes of Horticultural So- 

 ciety, 18 

 Propagating case, 30 

 Profitable gardening — the 



apple, 198 

 Profitable gardening, chap, 

 xix., 174; chap, xxi., list 

 of apples and pears, 240 

 Propagation of choice roses, 



153 

 Proper place for garden 



roses, 28 

 Propagation, hints on, 181 

 Protective measures, 210 



Proj)agating case described, 



219, 279 

 Protection from sparrows, 8 

 Propagation of tlie camellia, 



70 

 Propagation of choice rose.'', 

 Prmiing neglected ti-ees, rules 



for, 178 

 Prussian Blue peas, Ust of the 



best, 47 

 Psylla pyri, 39 

 Purple orach for ribbon 



Ihies, 120 

 Pyramid chrysanthcmiuus, 



10, 26 

 Pyramid and bush apples, 



"list of, 241 

 Qualities requisite in fuch- 

 sias, 168 

 Quercus bambusifolia, 3 

 Quince, use and culture of, 



36 

 Radish and its uses, 13 

 Recovery of exhausted bulbs, 



188 

 Red, rose, and blue flowers, 



157 

 Relative hardiness of trees 



and shrubs, 66 

 Retarding the bloom of 



jjlants, 54 

 Rhododendron dahuriciun , 



248 

 Rhododendron soil, 15 

 Rhododendrons in masses 



28 

 Rhubarb in December, 230 

 Ribbon of foliage plants, 



119 

 Ricinus as a decorative plant, 



116 

 Ridge cucumbers, 64 

 Rights of tenant and free- 

 holder, 32 

 River's " Rose Amateur's 



Guide," 75 

 Rivers on orchard-houses, 8 

 Rockery for ferns, 112 

 Rochea falcata, 256 

 Root pruning, 176 

 Rosa sempervirens, 75 

 Roses, how to be shown, 18; 

 in season and out of sea- 

 son, 54 ; shown in April, 

 93 ; shown in May, 118; 

 in pots, 135 ; best shaped, 

 162 ; classed in colours, 

 162 ; in London, 106 ; for 

 ■walls, 184 ; exhibitions of, 

 161, 165 ; for the vicinity 

 of towns, 247 ; manage- 

 ment of, 255-6 ; culture of 



