CONTENTS. 



PASS. 



About Ivy 131 



Allotment Culture of Root-crops . . 2-19-250 



Amateurs' Preservative Pit .. .. 17 



American Blight, remedy for .. .. 28 



American Couit'crs 241-245-246 



Annuals to Sow in February .. •• 47 



Ants ami Aphides .. .. •• .. 234 



Arbor Vitas 247 



Artichokes 883 



Australian Lily 12C 



Azaleas, to propagate 142 



Agave Americana .. .. .. •• 167 



Azaleas done Blooming .. .. .. l'*f» 



Balcony in the City, Planting of . . . . 142 



Beaton's Experiments on Vine Culture .. 5-33 



Bee-keeping, new Inventions in .. .. 168 



Beds for the Ranunculus 41 



Bedding-stock, to increase .. - . .. 92 



Bedding-plants, to preserve .. .. 230 



Begin at the Beginning .. .. .. 100 



Hi irberis Japoniea .. .. .. .. 56 



Blackberry and Raspberry Hybrid .. 2ti2 



Boile a liouppc .. .. . . .. 16 



Boyd's Adjusting Scythe .. .. .. 163 



Bouvardias, to Propagate .. .. .. 83 



Broome on the Chrvsanthcmimi .. .. 87 



Brown, Dr. R., life of 146 



Uucklauu's Sweet-water Grape .. .. 201 



Budding, remarks on . . . . . . 1 63 



Budding the Hose 183-188 



Bulbs, to Purchase and Plant . . 250-257 



Cacti, and Botanical Classifications . . 10s 



Calceolaria Culture .. .. ., .. 114 



Calla ^Ethiopica, treatment of .. .. 120 



Calceolarias in Winter .. .. ,. 263 



Callfornian Conifers 241-240 



Camellia, propagation of .. .. .. 190 



Camellias, to Retard 263 



Camellias at Sydenham .. .. .. 75 



Camellias done Blooming .. .. .. 45-09 



Canterbury I Ioe .. .. .. .. 102 



Carrot, Varieties and Culture of . . . . lii'J 



Causes of failure in Greenhouse Manage- 

 ment .. . . .. 238 



Charred rubbish for surface-dressing . . 238 



Cheap Preservative Pit .. .. .. 17 



Cheap Greenhouse . . . . . . . . 203 



Chinese Primula 70-77 



Chinese Potatoe .. .. .. .. 81 



Chrysanthemum Culture .. ., 67-0U-87-251 



Cinerarias, to propagate .. .. .. 141 



Climbers for Greenhouse .. .. .. 23 



Climbers for North Walls 24 



Climbers for West Walls .. ,. . .. 52 



Climbing Ferns .. .. .. .. 148 



>mbs, to grow .. .. .. 143 



Cold Pit sunk below the Level . . . . 263 



Coniferous Trees and Shrubs , . . . 241 



Conifers at Sew ' . .. ., ... 25 



Crystal Palace Blower Shows . . 125-124 



Cucumber deed .. 71 



Cucumber and Melon Culture .. .. 82 



Cuero Guano 103 



Cultivation of Annuals .. .. .. 64 



Culture and Training of the Raspberry .. 31 



Custard Marrow, to tirovf .. .. .. 82 



Cuttings, how to Make, and how to Strike 



them 202-213-215 



Cuttings, Propagating pot for .. .. 152 



Daddy Longlegs 142 



Dahlia Culture .. .. .. .. 107 



Dahlia Show, Great National . . 217-221-200 



Dahlias, List of Winning Flowers .. 260 



Delphinium formosum, and ilendersonii 239 



Daodara cedar . . . . . . . , 245 



Dielytra spectabi lis seed .. .. .. |02 



Dioscorca Battatas . . . . . , . . 81 



Draining an Orchard, necessity of . . 28 



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Drying Plants and Flowers .. .. 83 



Dung-bed too hot .. . . .. .. 119 



Early Planting, its advantages . . . . 250 



Edgings for Gardens 42 



Editor's address I 



Embothrium coccineum 12? 



Eugenia Ugni .. .. . . .. 47 



Euphorbia Fulgcns 108 



Evergreen Flowering Shrubs . . . . 15 



Evergreens recently planted .. .. 240 



Experimental Vine Pruning .. .. 33 



Exhausted hot-bed, to manage .. .. 141 



Fairy Rings, cause of .. ., .. 118 



Ferns — British and Exotic . . . . 8 



Ferns in a Wardian Case .. .. st 



Ferrassier's Patent Wheelbarrow . . . . 69 



Fig Tree in Fruit &W 



Floral Pyramid .. .. .. .. Iflo 



Florists' Flowers -the Cineraria .. . . 14 



Flowers in the City 251-268 



Flowers to Dry .. .. .. .. 47 



Flower-pots, newly invented .. .. 152 



Fruits, New Varieties of Merit . . . . 261 



Fruit-room, Management of .. .. 860 



Fruit-trees, improving collections of .. 28 



Fruiting Vines in Greenhouse . . . . 94 



Fuchsias, to bloom Seedlings .. .. 179 



Fumigating, Simple Mode of .. .. 264 



Garden and Greenhouse Work : — 



January .. . .. .. .. 21 



February ., .. .. .. .. 44 



March 70 



April 90 



May 113 



June 139 



July 101 



August 189 



September .. .. .. .. .. 212 



October 236 



November .. .. .. .. .. 256 



December . . . . 271 



Garden Plans .. 70-85 



Garden Tools, improved 46 



Garden Statuary, to clean 143 



Gardener's review of the past year . . 3 



Genista Canadensis .. .. .. .. 55 



Geographical Distribution of the Pine 



Family 241-242 



Geraniums for Winter blooming .. 202-213 



Glasses for Hyacinths 206 



Grapes, Shrivelled 203 



Grape Vines in pots .. .. .. .. 273 



Grasses, Grass-plots, and Lawns . . . . GO 



Green- fly on peaches, <fcc „. 126 



Greenhouse, substitute for .. .. 230-239 



Greenhouse Plants, new 30 



Greenhouse Piants in Winter .. .. 22 



Greens, to Secure in Winter . . . . 251 



Given Manures .. .. .. .. 100 



Grocer's currants for heating . . . . 143 



Gooseberry Culture 252 



Guano, and its uses .. 159 



Gynerium argeuteum . . . . . . 61 



Hardy Evergreen flowering Shrubs .. 129 

 Hardy Crapes for Walls and Greenhouses 261 

 Hardy Perennials for Blooming in the Bor- 

 ders 214 



I-Iaj thorn's Hexagon Garden Nets . . 89 

 Beating by Gas ..35-143-191-196-239-248-275 



Hedgehogs destructive in a Greenhouse . . 235 



Heliotropes 282 



Her Majesty's Fruit Basket .. .. 141 



Hoeing and Mowing . . . . . . . . 162 



Holcus saccharatus; or, Chinese Sugar-cane 127 



Hollies, to raise from Seed . . . . . . 2 k) 



Hollyhock, Culture of .. .. 188-192 



Hollyhock Seed, to Save 215 



Hot- water Heating . . . . . . 70 



