INDEX. 



Olives, uses and culture, 114 

 C'hoi'lejwood Labourers' Ho- 



ciety, 170 

 Chrysanthemums, list of win- 

 ning Howers, 18 

 Cluysantlicmums, " dressed" 



and undressed, 15 

 (.'Itr^santhemums at shows, 



219 

 C'lu-y santhemums, list of new, 



100 

 Cln-ysanthemums, hst of 



best old, in colours, 100 

 Chrysanthenuuns, pot cul- 

 ture of, 109 

 Chrysanthemums, standards, 



110 

 Clu'ysantliemums, seedlings 



of 1859, 61, 270 

 Chrysanthemum Eurridgea- 



nimi, 67 

 Chrysoconia comaurea, 159 

 Cineraria, culture of, 132 

 City gardens, 49, 207 

 Classes of GramineiB, 77 

 Clay for roses, 70 

 Clay soils, to manage, 272 

 Click beetle, 179 

 Climate of orchard houses, 27 

 Climate of Torquay, 133 

 Chmbers for summer, 107 

 Climbers for a dead tree, 287 

 Clintonia pidchella, 107 

 Close gardens subject to un- 

 derground fungi, 30 

 Cloth of gold rose, 166 

 Coal tar for greenhouses, 191 

 Cold frames and pits, to 



manage, 20, 69 

 Collecting and presei'ving 



fungi, 211 

 Collections of dried grasses, 



77 

 Colours, table of standard, 



141 

 Commelinas, 263 

 Comparisons of garden ma- 

 sonry, 232 

 Compost for camellias, 126 

 Composts for all purposes, 11 

 Composts for potting, 263 

 Composts to be kept free 



fi'om fungi, 3 

 Conifers for fimiishing, 205 

 Conifers for a winter bed, 236 

 Conifers that thrive in Lon- 

 don, 51 

 Construction of cottages, 135 

 Construction of forcing pit, 



104 

 Construction of boiler for 



Waltonian case, 40 

 Cool greenhouses, subject to 

 neglrct, 47 



Corn fountl with nuimmies, 



250 

 Costs of orchard houses, 29 

 Cottage areliitectm'e and 



adornments, 133 

 Covering for dead tree, 262 

 Coxcombs, soil for, 48 

 Crested ferns, 282 

 Cryptomeria Japonica, 23 

 Cryptomeria, to move, 47 

 Crystal Palace clirysanthe- 



mum show, 270 

 Crystal Palace flower shows, 



122, 148, 220 

 Cucumber bed heated witli 



Pohnaise stove, 33 

 Cucumbers, to keep, 14 

 Cucumbers, in a vinery, 191 

 Cucvuubers and melons, 68 

 Cucumbers under vines, 239 

 Cuero giumo, 24, 115, 204 

 Cultivation of beet and man- 

 golds, 7 

 Culture of late peas, 155 

 Culture of the hyacinth, 251 

 Cultural notes for the months, 

 20, 43, 68, 91, 117, 141, 

 165, 189, 214, 236, 361, 

 285 

 Cut roses, best sorts, 268 

 Cut flowei's tiusatisfactory, 



146 

 Cutting asparagus, 2-5 

 Cuttings of Spergtda pilifera, 



184 

 Cuttings struck in April, 142 

 Cuttings to strike in heat, 



41, 42 

 Cyclameen, culture of, 95 

 Daliha cidture, 136 

 Dahlia shows, 217 

 Dahha dressing, 218 

 Dahlias for 1860, 287 

 Daldias for town cidtm'e, 89 

 Dahlias, new, 196 

 Dahlias, the best seventy, 65 

 Davallias in collections, 282 

 Dead wood and fungi, 29 

 Dead wood injm-ious in gar- 

 dens, 3 

 Death of Mr. Lovell, 149 

 December, notes for, 285 

 Deep planting injurious, 1 

 Descriptions of colours, 141 

 Destruction of wire-worms, 



165, 180 

 Dielytra spectabihs, 143 

 Dielytras for bedding, 206 

 Ditference between Walton- 

 ian and Wardian cases, 39 

 Distribution of grasses, 73 

 Double stocks, 144 

 Drought and Spergula pih- 

 fera, 184 



Dressing flowers for show, 15 



Diversity of circimistanccs 

 voider which roses may bo 

 grown, 147 



Dung bed, to make economi- 

 cally, 56 



Dwarf apple and pear trees, 

 191 



Early ci'0])s of vegetables, 274 



Early cabbages, 56 



Early peas, 153 



Early roses, list of, 268 



East London chrysanthc- 

 mimi show, 271 



Economical methods of pre- 

 serving and forcing, 60 



Economy of space in houses 

 and pits, 62 



E dinburgh Hor t i eidt ura 1 

 Society, 4 



English scenery, 73 



Ericas, culture of, 253 



Eugeue Appert rose, 147 



Eugenia Ugni, 23 



Eveque de Ximes rose, 267 



Evergi'een trees for planta- 

 tion, 91 



Evergreens for winter fur- 

 nishing, 205 



Exeter flower show, 148 



Exhibitions, 4, 31, 48, 80, 

 141., 168, 192 



Exhibitions of chrysanthe- 

 mums, 269 



Exhibition of dahlias, 217 



Experimental garden at Chis- 

 wick, 97 



Extracts from my note-book, 

 11 



Failures in fruit culture, 27 



Falsification of flowers, 218 



Farfugium grande, to in- 

 crease, 23 



Faidts of dahUas, 219 



Faults of English gardens, 

 230 



February, garden notes for, 

 43 



February, meteorology of, 48 



Fenugreek, 71 



Ferns for a Wardian case, 24 



Ferns in winter, 215 



Fems in Siu'rey, 276 



Ferns for suspension, 283 



Fern cases to plant and ma- 

 nage, 279 



Festuca species, 79 



Ficus elasticus, 95 



Field culture of the caiTot,Sl 



Fifty best roses, 23 



Finances of Horticultural 

 Society, 121 



Five beds, planting of, 95 



Flax for heating, 23 



