INDEX. 



Floral designs, 222, 223 

 "Floral NV'orld," its pro- 

 spects, 265 

 Florists' flowers and new 



plants, 100, 137 

 Florists' flowers in Febniary, 



44 

 Florists' flowers in ]\Iarcli, 68 

 Florists' flowers in May, 117 

 Florists' flowers in August, 



190 

 Flower-garden in February, 



43 

 Flov.er-garden in May, 117 

 Flowering shrubs, etc., 167 

 Flowering stoubs, selection 



of, 46 

 Flowers for entrance ball, 



238 

 Flowers in succession, 204 

 Forcing asparagus, 226 

 Forecourt in the four mile 



circle, 215 

 Fraternal feeling among gar- 

 deners, 199 

 French beans, culture of, 157 

 Friends and well-wishers, 22 

 Frost, to keep out of pits and 



frames, 12 

 Fruit garden, spring work in, 



69 

 Fruit spurs, how to promote 



the formation of, 28 

 Fruit trees in pots, 26 

 Fruit gatherer, 186 

 Fuchsia, Sir Cohn Campbell, 



67 

 Fuchsias, a few of the best, 



102 

 Fuchsias, hst of good, 140 

 Fuchsias, diseased, 215 

 Fuchsias exhibited in Sep- 

 tember, 223 

 Fuchsias to propagate, 263 

 Fungi in fern cases, 263 

 Fungi, to gather for the table, 



211 

 Fungus on leaves of orange- 

 trees, 47 

 Furnace for preservative pit, 



210 

 Furnaces, to economise fuel 



in, 33 

 Garden engine, a cheap, 138 

 "Garden Oracle,'' noticed, 



286 

 " Gardener's Receipt Book," 



14 

 Gardening one of the fine 



arts, 200 

 Gardeners' Benevolent So- 

 ciety, 124, 148 

 Garlic, how to use in cookery, 

 113 



Garlic, to cultivate, 114 

 Gas-heating, 5, ]0 

 Gas tar on apple trees, 238 

 Gay chimney and fragant 



garden, 285 

 General Jacqueminot rose, 



146 

 Geraniums, new, 137 

 Geraniums out of bloom, 262, 



287 

 Geraniums to bloom m 



August, 95 

 Gidney' shousemaid' s barrow, 



204 

 Gishm-st compound, 195 

 Gladioli, culture of, 118 

 Gloxinia tubiflora, 256 

 Gold fish, management of, 



191 

 Golden pine, 175 

 Gosse (P. H.) on dielytra 



spectabilis, 203 

 Grafting, when and how to 



perform, 53 

 Granny and her window 



flowers, 200 

 Grape vine disease, 215 

 Grapes bursting, 286 

 Grapes deficient in colour, 



214 

 Grape-vine management, 262 

 Grass, substitute for, 64 

 Grass gardens, 75 

 Grass plots in cities, 51 

 Grass plots near London, 118 

 Gi'ass turf, beauty of, 74 

 Grasses, hteratiu-e of, 247 

 Grasses in scenery, 73 

 Grasses on ruins, 74 

 Great Yorkshu-e gala, 4 

 Greenhouse construction, 



287 

 Greenhouse for vines, 2"! 5 

 Greenhouse, hints on, 185 

 Greenhouse, gay in spring, 



lOS 

 Greenhouse management in 



March, 68 

 Greenhouse plants in Lon- 

 don, 141 

 Greenhouse plants, 89, 94, 



108 

 Greenhouse plants in autimm, 



167 

 Greenhouse seeds, to sow, 



273 

 Greenhouse Avithout flue, 287 

 Greenhouse work in Febru- 

 ary, 43 

 Green paint, receipt for a 



cheap, 14, 119 

 Green pea soup, 155 

 Grier, ofAmbleside,catalogue 



of trees, etc., 44 



Grieslinia litoralis, 205 

 Grub in onions, 14 

 " Handbook of Villa Gar- 

 dening " reviewed, 50 

 Hardy ferns, 167 

 Hare's-foot fern, 282 

 Haythorn's fruit gatherer, 



186 

 Heat, to economise, 58 

 Heating, Polmaise and other 



methods, 33 

 Heating a small house, 45 

 Heating for seeds and cut- 

 tings, 41 

 Heating small greenhouse, 



239 

 Henslow (Prof.) and the Hit- 



cham Club, 170 

 Hepaticas in colours, 167 

 Herbaria, 191 

 Herbaria, insects in, 262 

 Herbarium, specimens for, 



143 

 Herbaceous plants, list of, 



103, 137, 206 

 Hibberd's Town garden, 50 

 History of the orchard-house, 



36 

 Hitcham Agricultm'al Show, 



170 

 Holcus saccharatus, account 



of, noticed, 45 

 Holland on the cineraria, 132 

 Hollies from seed and cut- 

 tings, 46 

 Hollyhocks, new, 195 

 Hollyhocks, the best fifty, 65 

 Hooper and Co.'s catalogue, 



96 

 Hornsey Gardeners' Society, 



123 

 Horticultural Society, 31, 97, 



121, 171, 195, 220, 241 

 Horticulture, chemistiy of, 



126 

 Hortus Gramineus, 75 

 House for roses, 190 

 House for vines, 238 

 How, when, and where to 



plant roses, 259 

 How to enjoy a garden, 201 

 How to diy heaths, 167 

 How to preserve plants from 



vermin, 183 

 How to prepare a peach-tree 



border, 34 

 How to subdue luxuriant 



growths, 26 

 How to construct a dung bed, 



56 

 Howlett's " Practical Eustic 



Work," 163 

 Hoya carnosa, 108 

 Humea elegans, 119 



