INDEX. 



Acacia armata killed by win- 

 ter, 160 

 Achimenes, culture of, 10 

 Advantages of association in 



horticulture, 89 

 Albion Hall Chrysanthemum 



Show, 262 

 Alsophila capensis, 229 

 Alstruemeria pelegrina, 12 

 Alstrcemeria argento-vittata, 



130 

 Alyssum, to keep and propa- 

 gate, 256 

 Amaranths for ribbon, 183 

 Amateur collections of roses, 



167 

 Amateui"'s greenhouse, plants 



for, 249 

 Amateur prizes, 90 

 Amateur Florist's Guide, 



124 

 Amateur Tulip Society, 147 

 Americans and gladioli, 11 

 An invalid's first attempt at 



gardening, 198 

 Aniseed tisane, 180 

 Annuals, culture of, 82 

 Annuals for bedding, 66, 106 

 Annuals of 1859, 36 

 Ants in frames, 183 

 Apple, Baron Ward, 275 

 Apples and pears, to preserve, 



225 

 Api-il, reminders for, 85 

 Aralia papyrifera, 265 

 Ashton- under- Lyne exhibi- 

 tion of celery, 237 

 Asparagus, forcing of, 30 

 Asplenium fontanum, 110 

 Asplenium Halleri, 110 

 Asters for masses, 108 

 Aucubas in town gardens, 



16 

 August, reminders for, 182 

 Auriculas in April, 85 

 Australia, horticulture in, 



112 

 Autobiography of a butterfly, 



86 

 Autumn flowering bulbs, 10 

 Autumn leaves for the toi- 

 let, 62 

 Autumn planting recom- 

 mended, 189 

 Azalea indica, 8 

 Azaleas done blooming, 85 



Azalea variegata superba, 9 



Azaleasin tiffany-houses, 112 



Balcony garden described, 

 198 



Balsams failing, 207 



Balsams in beds and pots, 77 



Banks, planting on, in wet 

 seasons, 161 



Barnsley Floral .Society, 238 



Barometer, uses of, 233 



Barometer, indications of, 240 



Baron Ward apple described, 

 275 



Basket plants, 81 



Bath Floral Fete, 218 



Beaufortia splendens, hardi- 

 ness of, 160 



Bedders for next year, 126 



Bedders, their condition this 

 season, 157 



Bedders used at the Temple 

 Gardens, 224 



Bedding plaits and tiffany- 

 houses, 200 



Bedding plants at Sydenham, 

 185 



Bedding plants, preservation 

 of, in a cold pit, 196 



Bedding roses, 247 



Bedding stock, 65 



Bedding system, disadvan- 

 tages of, 142 



Bedding verbenas, culture of, 

 124 



Beds of roses, 216 



Begonia fuchsioides, 208 



Belladonna lily, 87 



Bell-glasses in melon cidture, 

 57 



Biennial removal of fruit- 

 trees, 2 



Bolting, to prevent, in celery, 

 276 



Books and catalogues re- 

 ceived, 38, 63, 86, 160,231, 

 255, 280 



Borage tisane, 180 



Border flowers, a few of the 

 best, 157 



Border chrysanthemums, 104 



Border plants for town gar- 

 dens, 224 



Borders sown with annuals, 

 106 



Bougainvillaea spectabilis, 

 134, 175 



Bouquets, prizes for, to ladies, 



219 

 Bouquet ten-weeks' stocks, 



269 

 Branching pyramidal stocks, 



varieties of, 269 

 Briars for budding, 39 

 Briars, to select for working, 



150 

 Bristol and Clifton Fete, 218 

 Brixton Amateurs' Society, 



117 

 Brixton FloriculturalSociety, 



164 

 Brixton Hill Flower Show, 



263 

 Budding the rose, 149 

 Building act and Paxton 



houses, 210 

 Bulbous-rooted chervil, 133 

 Bulbs for stove and green- 

 house, 232 

 Bulbs for window culture, 



232 

 Bush pear and apple-trees, 2 

 Cabbage timber, 122 

 Calceolarias this season, 185 

 Camellias neglected, 16 

 Camellias at Vauxhall, 43 

 Camellias to graft and inarch, 



39 

 Camellias done blooming, 35 

 Camellias and continental 



seedlings, 95 

 Camellia show at Vauxhall, 



94 

 Camellias to be planted out, 



184 

 Camellias for windows, 256 

 Candle for Waltoniancase,49 

 Canvasasa repellent of frost, 



134 

 Cape bulbs, 11 

 Carnation seedlings, 111 

 Carrion, a destroyer of vines, 



74 

 Cast-iron garden furniture, 



100 

 Catalogues received. See 



Books 

 Catlow's Garden and Green- 

 house Botany, 20 

 Cauliflowers on the Dutch 



method, 88 

 Cedo Nulli (Mr. Hutt's) of 



1859, 123 



