INDEX. 



Abronia pulchella and melli- 



fera, 183 

 Abutilon insigne, 14 ; A. 



striatum, 86 

 Abelia floribunda, 131 

 Acacia, greenhouse species 



of, 34 

 Acacias, 255 

 Acacia corymbosa, 254 

 Acer Wageneri laciniaturn, 



270 

 Acinadenia tetragona, 183 

 Acronychia C'unninghamii, 



183 

 Actinotus belianthi, 86, 183 

 Adamia versicolor, 183 

 Adenandra fragrans, 183 ; 



A. fragrans nniflora and 



amoena, 131 

 Adesmia viscosa, 183, 208, 



231 

 Adiantum cuneatum, 145 

 Adianturns for Wardian 



cases, 191 

 Adoxa, the genus, 7 

 A hint to beginners, 137 

 Ajuga reptaus purpurascens 



as a bedder, 69 

 Aloe species, 183 

 Alona obtusa and rostrata, 



183 

 Aloysia citriodora, 184 

 Alstrgemeria aurea, 184 

 Amaranthus bicolor and me- 



lancholicus as bedders, 69 

 Amaryllis, growing, 18 ; A. 



belladonna, 257 

 Amellus lychnitis, 184 

 Amplucoma arguta, 184 

 An appeal, 17 

 Anacampseros species, 184 

 Anacharis alsinastruni, water 



thyme, 38 

 Anagallis linifolia, 184 

 Andersonia sprengelioides, 



14 

 Andromeda floribunda and 



pulverulenta, 110 ; A. 

 phylly rose folia, 278 

 Androcymbium melanthoi- 



des, 184 

 Andromeda speciosa, 184 

 Angophora cordifolia, 208 

 Anisomeles furcata, 208 

 Anomatheca cruenta, 184 

 Anthericium hirsutum, 18 i 

 Anthocercis viscosa, 86 

 Anthyllis tragacanthoides, 



131 

 Aotus incana, 110 

 Aphelexis species, 131 

 Apple trees, planting, 5 

 Araliacete, 7 

 Arctotis decumbens, 208 

 Ardisia, culture of, 163 ; A. 



crenulata, 164 

 Arts, ivy used in the, 7 

 Arum crinitum, 86 

 Asclepiads, 1 



Asparagus, culture of, 234 

 Aspidistra lurida for plung- 

 ing, 153 

 Asplenium bulbiferum, 41 ; 



A. flabellifolium, 146 

 Asters, cultivation of, 100 

 Asters for out-door groups, 



263 



Athanasia tomentosa, 86 



Aucuba japonica, 79 ; A. 

 japonica mascula, 281 



Autumn planting recom- 

 mended, 264 



Azalea, greenhouse species 

 of, 34 



Babiana villosa, 184 



Bseckia diosmsefolia, 184 ; 



B. virgata, 208 

 Banksia ericifoha and spe- 

 ciosa, 208 



Barberries in orchards, 5 

 Barren fig tree, 282 

 Battersea Park decorations, 



199 

 Bauera rubuefolia, 62 



Beaufortia latifolia, 132 

 Bedders for the million, 75 

 Bedding and bedding fash- 

 ions of 1864, 67 

 Bedding and bedders in 



1864, 195 

 Bedding plants, hardening, 



90 

 Beds gay in winter, 65 

 Bee and her friends, story 



of a, 35 

 Bee keeping, 255 

 Bercheniia floribunda and 



lineata, 111 

 Berkheya cuueata, 63 

 Berry-bearing shrubs, 77 

 Bignonia capreolata, 111 

 Bignonia jasminoides and 



venusta, 208 

 Billardiera scandens, 208 

 Billbergia purpurea, 231 

 Billbergia thyrsoides, 27S 

 Birds, usefulness of, 158 

 Blandfordia intermedia, 231 

 Blights in orchards, preser- 

 vative against, 7 

 Borbonia cordata, 208 

 Boronia latifolia, G3 

 Bossiaea, greenhouse species 



of, 63 

 " Botanists' Chronicle," 65 

 Botany, Journal of, 65 

 Brachycoma iberidifolia, 



cultivation of, 104 

 Brachysema lanceolatum, 



34 

 British polypodies, 221, 245 

 Browallia speciosa, 231 

 Burning -weeds and rubbish 



in orchards, 7 

 Ca?sia vittata, 132 

 Calendar for the month — 

 January, 11 ; February, 

 36 ; March, 64 ; April, 

 82 ; May, 106 j June, 127 j 

 July, 159; August, 178; 

 September, 204 ; October, 



