INDEX. 



Abutilon striatum culture, 320 



A donkey's taste for the concertina, 73 



jEtbionema corif'olia, management of, 

 339 



Agapanthus umbellatus, 134 



Allamandas, 289 



Allamanda nobilis, 127 



Alpines, collecting and cultivating, 129 ; 

 cultivation of, 151 ; list of, 132 



Amaryllis from seed, raising, 201 



Annuals, management of, 167 ; for con- 

 servatory, 297 ; for the flower-garden, 

 107 



Ants, 189 



Apartments, fine foliage plants far, 251 ; 

 plant decoration of, 213, 235 



Araucaria imbricata, 63, 329 



Arborvitses, list of, 331 



Ashes as a manure, 288 



Asparagus, Japanese, 238 



Aucubas, grafting, 63 ; propagating, 128 



Aucuba and lily, 247 



Auricula, cultural remarks on the, 82 



Azaleas, culture of, 257 ; list of, 259 ; 

 of 1869, 300 



Azaleas and camellias, 160 



Balsams in the open border, 1S8 



Barbe de Capucin, 351 



Barnes testimonial, 286, 373 



Bedding plants, good, 269 ; frame for 

 protecting, 362 ; striking, 255 ; yel- 

 low, 71 



Beet for ornament, 223 



Beetles and cockroaches, 189 



Bees, taking honey from, 222 



Begonias, flowering, 321 ; list of best, 

 323 



Books, new — The Orchid - Grower's 

 Manual, 62 ; Select Ferns and Lyco- 

 pods, 62 ; Old Jonathan, 62 ; Beau- 

 tiful-Leaved Plants, 62, 159, 218, 

 374 ; The Orchardist, 62 ; Curiosi- 

 ties of the Pulpit, 62 ; Gleanings from 

 French Gardens, 125 ; A Contribution 

 to the Flora of Australia, 125; Sy- 

 nopsis Filicum, 125 ; Practical Flori- 



culture, 125 ; the American Horticul- 

 tural Annual, 126 ; the Gardener's 

 Becord, 126; Ware's List of Perennials, 

 126; Echoes of Plant and Flower 

 Life, 159 ; Wayside Lyrics, 159 ; 

 Ferns, British and Foreign, 159; the 

 Parks, Promenades, and Gardens of 

 Paris, 213 ; Wood Nuts from a Fairy- 

 Hazel Bush cracked for Little People, 

 218; The Fern Garden, 252, 288; 

 Choice Stove and Greenhouse Plants, 

 319 ; Country Walks of a Naturalist 

 -with his Children, 351 ; Gardening 

 for the Cottage, 356; Garden Oracle 

 for 1870, 352; Flora of Middlesex, 

 373 ; Science Manuals, 374 ; Thom- 

 son on Grape- Vine, 374 



Border, trailing plants for north, 191 ; 

 shrubs for a hot dry, 192 



Bougainvillea spectabilis, 144 



Bouquets, winter, 86 



Brassicas, club in, 91 



Briers, home-grown, 325 



British mosses, 36 



Brunsvigia Josephine, not flowering, 96 



Bulbous plants, a few good, 134; for 

 the flower-garden, 335 



Bulbs packing for export, 192 



Cabbages, damping off, 96 



Cactus, culture of, 293 



Caladium cultivation, 68 



Caledonian Society, 318 



Camellia as a hardy shrub, 361 



Cannas, protecting, 351 



Carnations and picotees, 260 



Carnations, tree, 223 



Cats in the garden, 267 



Cause of dew, 188 



Cedars, selection of, 329 



Chickweed, destroying, 189 



Chicory for salads, 351 



Chives, 224 



Chrysanthemum in 1868, the, 14, 372 



Clematis, bedding out, 160 



Clianthus Dampieri, cultivation of, 53 



Climbers, stove, 223 



