INDEX. 



Myosotis, dissitiflora, 288 

 Mushroom culture, 159 



Nepenthes, prices of, 350 

 Night-scented stock, 53 



Orchard-house in winter, 17 ; manage- 

 ment of, 268 

 Orchids, notes on, 161 

 Ouvirandra fenestralis, 259 



Palms, notes on, 21 



Pansies, bedding, 262 



Parsnip culture, 115 



Peaches, double flowering, 191 



Pea, cultivation of the garden, 40 



Peas, the best garden, 44 



Peas, sweet, 92 



Pear, Brookworth Park, 33 



Pears in Australia, 47 



Pears, cultivation and selection of 



dessert, 34 

 Pelargoniums, propagating, 288 ; large- 

 flowering, 1 ; select show, 288 ; 



zonals, 200 ; propagating zonals, 216 ; 



zonal, for pot culture, 300 ; select 



zonal and variegated, 165 

 Pentstemons, select, 271 

 Periwinkle, variegated, 224 

 Plants, frozen, 64 ; for baskets, 128 

 Plumbago capensis, 150 

 Poinsettia pulcherrima, 64, 85 

 Polygonum tricuspidata, 355 

 Porch covering, 191 

 Portulacas for the flower-gai'den, 141 

 Potatoes, 13 ; planting, 96 ; culture of, 



126 ; selections of, 126 

 Pot-vines, 51 



Phloxes, select late- flowering, 158 

 Pictorial trees, 289 

 Pink, Coccinea, 258 ; Godfrey, 258 ; 



Shirley Hibberd, 258 ; Lady Blanche, 



258 ; Dr. Masters, 259 

 Pinks, Turner's new, 257 ; exhibition, 



259 

 Pitcher plant, prices of, 350 

 Plant houses, winter management of, 



363 

 Plant protectors, Rendle's, 358 

 Primula cortusoides, 193 

 Primula sinensis, sowing seed of, 95 

 Propagating boxes, 319 ; bedding plants, 



45, 278 ; zonal pelargoniums, 216 

 Pruning roses, 108 

 Ptjchosperma excelsis, 25 



Rendle's plant protectors, 358 

 P. aphis flabelliformis, 25 

 Rhododendrons, cultivation of hardy, 



236 

 Boots, kitchen garden, 114 



Rosarium, forming a, 322 



Rose-buds, decaying, 158 



Rose, cultivation of, 5 



Rose grubs, destroying, 191 



Rose trees, planting, 255 



Roses, a few words about, 298 ; climb- 

 ing, 75, 347; how to prune, 108; 

 propagation of, 203 ; selections of, 

 326 



Salsafy culture, 96, 117 

 Sawdust as manure, 224 

 Schizanthus culture, 270 

 Seaforthia elegans and S. Veitchi, 25 

 Seakale cutting, 32 

 Sempervivum californicum, 341 

 Spirsea japonica, 307 

 Spring-flowering bulbs, planting, 287 

 Spring-flowering plants, hardy, 12S 

 Skeleton leaves, 256 

 Stock, night-scented, 53 

 Stocks, intermediate, 232 

 Subtropical gardening, 177 

 Subtropical plants, select, 168 

 Succulents, bedding, 34L 

 Summer cucumbers, 106 

 Summer work in the kitchen garden, 



195 

 Sweet peas, 92 



Table decoration, ornamental-leaved 

 plants for, 213 ; flowering plants for 

 274 ; berry-bearing plants for, 327 



Tan, 127 



Tecoma jasminioides, 63 



Thrinax elegans and T. gracilis, 25 



Thrips on achimenes, 319 



Todea Wilkesiana, 234 



Tomato culture, 172 



Town garden, flowers for a, 160 



Trees, garden, 289 



TropoBolum tricolorum, 206 



Tulips, early, 264 



Tulips, select, 318 



Variegated pelargoniums, select, 165 

 Variegated and zonal pelargoniums, 



select, 165 

 Vases, flowers for, 148 

 Verbena, Peter Williams, 97 ; Blue 



Bell, 97; Grand Monarch, 98; 



George Peabody, 98 ; Mrs. Dodds, 



98 ; Rose Imperial, 98 

 Verbena, Eckford's new, 97 ; notes on, 



99 ; for pot culture, the best, 98, 288 

 Veronica Candida, 95 

 Vinca major elegantissima, 224 

 Vine borders, forming, 71 

 Vines in greenhouse, 136 ; manage- 

 ment of pot, 238 ; outdoor, 303 ; 



in pots, management of, 51 ; plant- 



