INDEX. 



Abutilon striatum, 28 

 Adversaria, 175 

 Agapanthus umbellatus, 263 

 American blight, 17 

 Annuals for borders and masses, 51 

 Anomatheca eruenta, 263 

 Antirrhinums, selection of, 112 

 Aphelandra, culture of, 41 

 Apples — New way to keep, 202 

 Asparagus, how to force, 254 

 Asplenium bulbiferum, 90 

 Aucuba Japonica, and its kindred, 79 

 Auriculas, selection of, 112 

 Azaleas, selection of, 112 



Bedding effects at the Crystal Palace, 191 

 Bedding geraniums — A selection of one 



hundred and two varieties, 129 

 Bedding roses, 72 

 Blue hydrangeas, 59, 90, 183 

 Books on plants, 90, 137 

 Bouquet dahlias, 97 

 British ferns, a cultural list of fifty, 206 

 British ferns, 10, 54 

 Bulbs for the borders, 192 

 Bulbs for the present season, 216 

 Bush and pyramid trees, 99, 122 



Calceolarias, selection of, 112 

 Camellias, obtaining numerous buds on, 



81 

 Carnations, selections of, 112 

 Celosias for decoration, 106 

 Cerastium tomentosum, 17, 113 

 Chloride of lime, uses of, in horticulture, 



114 

 Chrysanthemum culture, 137 

 Chrysanthemum in 1865, 261 

 Chrysanthemums, selections of, 112, 262 

 Cineraria maritima, 113, 150 

 Circular bed, to plant, 162 

 Clematis, hardy species of, 162 

 Climbing ferns and lycopodiums, 36 

 Climbing roses, 89 

 Collinsia verna, 231 

 Cool stove and greenhouse plants, 35 

 Commemorative flowers, 185 

 Composts, 114 

 Cottage garden, 103 



Crimson and purple-leaved bedders, 69 

 Currant, cultivation of, 271 



Daphne, treatment of, 113 

 Delphinium chiuense, 89 

 Destruction of grubs, 255 



Early peas, trial of, 158 

 Earwigs, 263 

 Exhibition, notes on, 1 

 Exhibition fuchsias, 76 

 Exhibitions of June and July, 179 

 Extracts from my Note-Book, 75 



Fashion in floriculture, 43 



Ferns and fern cases, 5, 138, 111, 238, 

 241 



Ferns, books on, 90 



Flower shows in March, 82 



Flower shows in April, 92 



Flower shows in April and May, 117 



Flues, construction of, 204 



Fruit-trees as ornaments in suburban gar- 

 dens, 245 



Fruit walls, a new invention for, 22 



Fuchsia fulgens, 113 



Garden guide for January, 15 



Garden guide for February, 38 



Garden guide for March, 62 



Garden guide for April, 88 



Garden guide for May, 110 



Garden guide for June, 136 



Garden guide for July, 160 



Garden guide for August, 185 



Garden guide for September, 206 



Garden guide for October, 233 



Garden guide for November, 257 



Garden guide for December, 278 



Garden waste and garden economy, 134 



Geraniums, new varieties of, 19 



Gold and silver-leaved bedding plants, 



143 

 Good seasons and good fruits, 235 

 Gooseberries, notes on, 247 

 Gourds, marrows, and pumpkins for 



show, 32 

 Grasses, ornamental, 265 

 Greenhouse climbers, 41 

 Greenhouse ferns, 24 

 Greenhouse, small, 234 

 Ground vinery, 138 

 Guildhall flower show, 264 



