INDEX. 



Abies Ksempferi, 175 

 Acacia oleifolia, 28 1 

 Acacia seedlings, 113 

 Acacia split by -wind, 262 

 Address to our readers, 265 

 Adiantum cuneatum, 221 

 Adulteration of seeds, 242 

 A garden a place of repose, 



202 

 A gardener's pleasilres, 198 

 A gay chimney, 285 

 A hiiit, 208 



A lady's hybernatoiy, 209 

 Allotments managed profit- j 



ably, 8 

 Aloes, 21 

 Aloes with soap and soda for 



aphides, 194 

 j^lpinia nutans, 228 

 " Always be sticking in some- 



tliing," 208 

 Alvssum and aiibvietia in 



beds, 231 

 Amarylhs not flowering, 239 

 Amateui-'s pit, lOi 

 American blight, to remove, 



14 

 Among the ferns, to gather 



knowledge, 276 

 Ammonia, a constituent of 



plants, 128 

 Anemone species, 211 

 Annuals for bedding, 206 

 Annuals for borders, 45 

 Annuals for conservatoiy, 



106 

 Annuals arranged in colom-s, 



101 

 Annuals, autumn sown, 106 

 Annuals, selection for beds 



and borders, 102 

 Annuals to be so^vn in Au- 

 gust, 190 

 Antirrliinums, best twelve, 



102 

 Aphelexis humilis, 159 

 Aphis to remove from cixt- 



tings, 278 

 Aphides, generation of, 17 

 ApiaiTian societv, meeting of, 



123 

 Apple and pear stocks, 2 1 

 Apples and pears from cut- 

 tings, 53 

 Architectural adornments, 



230 

 Artificial manm-es, 46, 129 



Artificial peat, home-made, 



11 

 "A secret," 45 

 Asparagus culture, 224, 225 

 Asparagus knives, 143 

 Asplenium species, 283 

 Aster, cidture of, 89 

 Asters eaten by slugs, 183 

 A tour round my garden, 17G 

 Attacks of aphides, 193 

 A tasteful garden, 230 

 A thousand queries, 238 

 August, notes for, 189 

 Auricuhis, hst of best, 16 

 Austrahan seeds, 262 

 Autobiographv of a cabbage 



butterfly, 42 

 Autumn plantmg, 230 

 Autumn sown annuals, 206 

 Azaleas, list of best, 16, 123 

 Banks for early crops, 272 

 Baronne de Mello pear, 259 

 Basingstoke flower show, 222 

 Basket plants, 262 

 Basket of cluysanthemums, 



270 

 "Beautiful-leaved plants," 



work on, 45 

 Beds of geraniums and fuch- 

 sias, 235 

 Beds gay in winter, 22 

 Bedding out, hints on, 136 

 Bedding roses, 147 

 Bedding plants, various, 119, 



240 

 Bedders for London gardens, 



89 

 Bedders in a cool house, 23 

 Bedders for a geometrical 



garden, 47 

 Bees to feed without honev, 



15 

 Belgian's cottage garden, 252 

 Biennial flowers, 107 

 Birds in gardens, 184 

 [ Bitter aloes, 107, 133 

 ' Bitter aloes, experiments 

 j with, 193 

 1 Books on grasses, 247 

 I Books on London gardening, 



49 

 Boot's metallic labels, 116 

 Border flowers, list of hardv, 



103 

 Border infested with fungi, 2 

 Botanical specimens, 143 

 Botanical studies, 76 



Bouquet, Kbw to send by 



post or carrier, 19 

 Boxes for cuttings of bedding 



plant, 63 

 Boxes for orange trees, 255 

 Box-edging, substitute for, 20 

 Broccoli, culture of, 82 

 Briars for worked roses, 52 

 Brief career of new flowers, 



220 

 Brighton and Sussex exhibi- 

 tion, 220 

 British grasses, 77 

 Buckman's British grasses, 



218 

 Bidbs, to re-arrange for beds 



and ribbons, 205 

 Burnt orange leaves, 192 

 Cabbage, culture and succes- 

 sion, 54 

 Cabbage tribe, cultm-e of, 82 

 Cable-edging for garden- 

 walks, 20 

 Cacti, management of, 143 

 Calif'orniau sunflower, 221 

 Camellia, cultiu-o of, 124 

 Camelhas, list of best, 16 

 Camelhas, exhibition of, 80 

 Camellia reticulata, 6 

 Canada, news from, 143 

 Candles for Waltonian cases, 



214 

 Carbon elaborated by plants, 



128 

 Carisbrooke flower show, 223 

 C.u'pets without grass, 151 

 Carrot, B.eld culture of, 81 

 Cauhflower, culture of, 82 

 Causes of the decay of trees, 



etc., 2 

 Cestrum am-antiacum, 108 

 Chalk soil, plants for, 93 

 Charcoal, how to make, 139 

 Charred rubbish, uses of, 112 

 Cheap garden engine, 138, 253 

 Cheap greenhouse, 9 

 Cheap seeds, caution against, 



243 

 Cheap pamt for out-door 



work, 139 

 Cheap pit for amateurs, 104 

 t'heilaiithes species, 281 

 Chemistry of horticuitur;^, 



126 

 Chimney decorations, 285 

 Chinese azaleas, 118 

 Cliinese holyhocks, 239 



