INDEX. 



London plane-trees, 251 

 London roses, 169, 203 

 Losses among tender plants, 



65 

 Lore-lies bleeding for ribbon 



lines, 188 

 Maiden's Blush, a good stock 



for roses, 152 

 Manetti rose, origin of, 151 

 Manuring tile for strawber- 

 ries, 101 

 March, reminders for, 62 

 Marigolds for bedding, 67 

 May, reminders for, 109 

 Melon culture, open air, 54 

 Melon culture on dung-beds, 



76 

 Melons, failure of, 181 

 Merits of new plants, 42 

 Meteorology a study for gar- 

 deners, 233 

 Mignonette culture, 83 

 Miniature fruit gardens, 1 

 Miniature rockeries, 36 

 Mildew prevented by giving 



air, 197 

 Mistakes in the bedding sys- 

 tem, 186 

 Mistletoe, to propagate, 39, 63 

 Mists indicators of weather 



changes, 241 

 Money prizes, 91, 138 

 Moon a weather indicator, 241 

 Moss for striking cuttings, 200 

 Mulch for roses, 20S 

 Mulch, stercus for, 115 

 Mullein tisane, 180 

 Musgrave's slow-combustion 



stove, 258 

 Names, plants, 40, 64, 20S, 



232 

 National Eose Show, 148, 166 

 Nerium splendcns, 12 

 New pears, 13, 45 

 New Holland plants, Choro- 



zema, 52 

 New flower-market, 68 

 New bedding and border 



flowers, 122 

 New roses, list of, and merits, 



168 

 New plants of the season, 



191, 216 

 New fruits, 13, 45, 275 

 North American ferns, sale 



of, 160 

 North Western Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society, 5 

 Northampton Agricultiu-al 



Society, 239 

 Norwood Chrysanthemum 

 Society, 5 



Nosegay geraniums, Beaton's, 



127 

 Notabilia Meteorologica, 



1859, 46 

 Notes of the month, 5, 20 

 Novelties of 18G0, 41, 63 

 Novelties approved by Hor- 

 ticultural Society, 191 

 November, reminders for, 256 

 October, reminders for, 230 

 (Enotheral)rummondii nana, 



36, 60 

 Oiled paper and varnished 



cotton, 87 

 Onion, best pickling, 250 

 Orchard-trees and winter 



moth, 7 

 Orchard-houses, portable, 



210 

 Orchard-houses of tiffaivv, 



215 

 Orchard-houses without 



glass, 99 

 Orchids for cool-houses, 232 

 Orchids, culture of Stan- 



hopea, 212 

 Oriental plane at Kew and 



Sawbridgeworth, 252 

 Ornamental grasses, 112 

 Oscar strawberry, 169 

 Out-door melons, 54 

 Oxalis lobata, 184 

 Pampas grass, 69 

 Pansies, to propagate, 111 

 Paraphine oil for Waltonian 



cases, 60 

 Passion-ilower from cuttings 



and by inarching, 39 

 Pa xt on' s patent plant-houses, 



209 

 Pears, choice sorts, house for, 



99 

 Pears for culture as bushes, 

 2 



Pear trellises, 3 

 Pear-tree, unfruitful, 43 

 Pea-hurdles, 136 

 Pea-sticks superseded, 49 

 Peat-pots and lumps, 254 

 Pegging down roses, 103 

 Pencil for tallies, 112 

 Pendant ferns for crinoline 



pots, 214 

 Pelargoniums, new varieties 



of, 191 

 Perfumes, culture of, 37 

 Pei ilia nankinensis, 108 

 Perpetuity of trees, 52 

 Perpetual flowering roses, 



247 

 Petunias, list of, for bedding, 



3.28 



Petunia, the Queen, 122-8 

 Picotees of 1860, 191 

 Pickling onion, the best, 250 

 Pillar roses and roses in 



Fifeshire, 199 

 Pink, cultivation of the, 121 

 Pipings, how to make, 121 

 Planting trees, etc., 40 

 Planting a north-east anglo, 



88 

 Plants for baskets, 84 

 Plants that thrive in tiffany- 

 houses, 99 

 Plant-cleaning, board for, 121 

 Plants which have endured 

 the winter at Torquay, 160 

 Planting a fern-case, 208 

 Planting trees and shrubs, 



189 

 Platanus acerifolia and varie- 

 ties, 252 

 Platycerium alcicorne, 64 

 Pleetranthus picturatus, 136 

 Plumbago capensis, 63 

 Polygala tisane, 180 

 Pompone chrysanthemums, 



75, 123 

 Portable plant-houses, 209 

 Portable furnaces, 258 

 Potatoes, sprouting of, 39 

 Potato culture, safe code of, 



84 

 Popular names of plants, 160 

 Portable greenhouse de- 

 scribed, 267 

 Preserving green peas, 208 

 Preparation of composts, 53 

 Prince's Feather as a bedding 



plant, 188 

 Prices of patent plant-houses, 



212 

 Profitable gardening, 28, 132, 



244, 275 

 Propagation of roses from 



eyes, 153 

 Properties of the cineraria, 



23 

 Prune tisane, 181 

 Public-house meetings inju- 

 rious, 90 

 Purple orach, 255 

 Purple foliage plants, 187 

 Pyramid trees on walls, 3 

 Pyramid chrysanthemums, 



261 

 Pyrethrum atrosanguineum, 



'122 

 Quick growth of roses, 150 

 Rainbow planting, 274 

 Rainbow, prognostications 



of, 241 

 Ranunculus, culture of, 267 



