INDEX. 



Decorations, Christmas, 366 

 Dessert pears, cultivation of, 34 

 Dieffenbachia, 13 



Earthworms, destroying, 135 

 Echeveria secunda glauca and E. me- 



tallica; 341 

 Echeverias, propagating, 341 

 Edgings, ivy, 96 

 Egg plants, 224 

 Embroidery bedding, 65 

 Ericas drying, 224 

 Euphorbia jacquinifolia, 85 

 Exhibitions, reports of, 26, 57, 123, 



153, 184, 221, 251, 2S1, 312, 345 

 Euterpe edulis, 24 



Evaporation of water from plants, 62 

 Everlasting flowers, gathering, 319 



Fern house, 158 



Ferns from spores, 62 



Ferns, tree, 62, 191 



Fertilization of plants, self, 311 



Ficus elasticus, 192 



Flowers for bouquets, 148 



Forcing, early, 95 



Flowers, selection of showy, 76 



Flower beds, preparing, 112 



Forget-me-nots, 288 



Frozen plants, 64 



Fruit for all purposes, selections of, 348 



Fruit gathering, 309 



Fruit trees, management of, under glass, 



268 

 Fruit trees, watering, 17 

 Fuchsia buds, dropping, 319 

 Fuchsias for the conservatory, 100 

 Fumigating greenhouse, 350 

 Gas heating, 362 



Garden Guide, 29, 60, 93, 121, 151, 



183, 219, 249, 285, 315, 343, 371 

 Garden> summer work in the kitchen, 



195 

 Gardening without a garden, 229 

 Gathering fruit, 309 

 Geranium propagation by leaves, 209 

 Gladiolus, cultivation of the, 203 

 Gladioli in pots, 288 : Souchet's new, 



330 ; selection of, 293 

 Gleanings from catalogues, 76 

 Gleichenia culture, 317 

 Gourds, 192 

 Grape growing, 9 

 Grape growing in greenhouse, 136 

 Grape vine, propagation of, 9 

 Grape vines, cropping and thinning, 



233 

 Grapes, keeping late, 215 

 Grapes, setting Muscat, 174 

 Grasses, ornamental, 77 



Greenhouse, fumigating, 350 ; heating 



small, 128 ; vinery, 136 

 Greenhouses in winter, managing, 363 



Hardy plants for the flower garden, 353 



Heaths, drying, 224 



Heating small greenhouse, 178 



Heating greenhouses with gas, 362 



Hepaticas, 224 



Hollyhocks, 32 



Horticultural Notes, 26, 57, 123, 153, 



184, 221, 251, 281, 312, 345, 373 

 Hoteia japonica, 307 

 Humea elegans, 208 

 Hyacinths for exhibition, 310 

 Hyacinths for exhibition and home 



decoration, 318 



India-rubber plants, 192 



Iris, cultivation of, 226 ; select list of, 



226 

 Ivy, a new use for, 38 

 Ivy, pyramidal specimens of, 38 

 Ivy, edgings, 96 

 Ivies, variegated, 321 



Jasminum, officinale, propagating, 63 

 Japanese chrysanthemums, 19 



Kainit, 63 



Kidney beans, 132 



Kitchen garden, summer work in, 195 



Lace-leaf plant, 259 



Lachenalias, culture of, 242 



Lady's slipper, the, 337 



Latania bourbonica, 24 



Lawn plants, hardy, 354 



Lawn, renovating old, 128 



Lawn, the making and the management 



of the, 331 

 Lawns, making new, 287 

 Lawns, destroying earthworms in, 135 

 Leaves, skeleton, 256 

 Leaves, absorption of moisture by, 311 

 Licula peltata, 24 

 Lily of the valley, home grown, 89 

 Literary notices, 339 

 Livistonia australis, 24 

 London gardening in the olden time, 91 

 Looker's garden frame, 56 



Maize, its use and culture, 87 

 Malortica simplex, 25 

 Manure, sawdust as a, 224 

 Maple leaf, the, 39 

 Marantas, 277 

 Martinezia carytsefolia, 25 

 Mealy bug, destroying, 63 

 Melon CTilture, 67 

 Muscat grapes, setting, 174 



