GENERAL INDEX- 



Abies Douglasi, 48 

 „ bracteata, 50 

 ,, cauadensis, 7- 

 ,, Brunoniana, 74 

 ,, Menziesi, 74 

 „ nobilis, 105 

 ,, grandis, 107 

 ,, amabilis, 109 

 „ Deodara, 138 

 ,, Webbiana, 141 

 „ Pinsapo, 340 

 ,, Nordmanniana, 370 

 Almanacs, garden, 7-5 

 Araucaria imbricata, 9, 22, 37 

 Azaleas, conical, 101 

 Balsam, Mrs. Jerdon's, 1 

 Bedding plants, borders for, 137 

 Birds, to keep seeds from, 75 

 Bowood, parterre at, 155 

 Brighton Hort. Soc, 248, 307 

 Bulbs, Cape, 34 



Caledonian Horticultural Society, 335 

 Calendar for January, 29 

 ,, February, 60 

 „ March, 9i 

 April, 125 

 May, 158 

 June, 190 

 July, 222 

 „ August, 254 

 „ September, 285 



October, 318 

 ,, November, 349 

 „ December, 377 

 Carnation, period of flowering, 65 

 Carnation and Picotee Society, National, 



267, 372 

 Celery, Incomparable, 36 

 Cheltenham exhibition, 51,214 

 Chrysanthemums, list of, 80 



,, culture of Pompone, 3 



Cinerarias, culture of, 129 



list of, 131 

 Clematis lanuginosa, 225 



Conifers, descriptive list of, 22, 48, 72, 

 105, 138, 168, 200, 232, 264, 296,340, 

 370 

 Conifers, effects of winter on, 79 

 Cooper's Hill, gardens at, 118 

 Cryptomeria japonica, 200 

 Crystal Palace, 153, 179 

 Cucumbers, winter, 221 

 Cunninghamia sinensis, 168 

 Cyclamens, 161, 314 

 Dahlias, Fanny Keynes, 33 

 ,, Kachel Rawlings, 33 

 „ Beauty of Slough, 97 

 ,, list of, 14 

 ,, size for show, 204 

 „ distribution of colours in stands, 

 166, 210 

 Dahlia season of 1854, retrospect of, 365 

 Dipladenia magnifica, 321 

 Drummond Castle, gardens at, 361 

 Ealing Park sale, 114, 189 

 Elvaston Castle, gardens at, 134 

 Entomology, study of, 124 

 Epimedium, genus, 173 

 Exhibitions, provincial, 316 

 Ferns, greenhouse, 16 



„ book on, noticed, 252 

 Fig, culture of, 334 

 Floriculture, theory of, 45 

 Florist flowers, showing in pots, 134 

 Flower-garden, designs for, 184, 206, 314, 

 330 

 „ winter planting, 346 



Frame gardening, 6, 34, 172 

 Franciscea, genus, 115 

 Frogmore, {;ardens at, 68 

 Fruits, descriptive lists of, 27, 58, 151, 



237, 275 

 Fruits, list of, for south and western 



counties, 357 

 Fuchsias, new, 238 

 Gardening, cleanliness in, 52 



„ method in, 117 



Gardeners' Benevolent Institution, 183 



