INDEX. 



Acacia, the, 217, 499. 

 Agapaiithus iinibellatus, 132. 

 Allamandas for autumn and winter, 



492. 

 Amateurs, hints for : — 



January : Hardy fruits, 20 — flower- 

 garden, 21 — greenhouse and conser- 

 vatory, 22. 

 ' February : Greenhouse and conserva- 

 tory, QQ — stove, 67 — flower-gar- 

 den, 68— hardy fruits, 69. 

 March : Flower - ga rden , 114 — rose- 

 garden, greenhouse, and conserva- 

 tory, 115— stove, 116. 

 April: Greenhouse and conservatory, 

 160 — stove, 161 — flower-garden, 

 162— hardy fruits, 163. 

 iMay: Hardy fruits, 212— shrubs, 213 

 — flower-garden, 214 — plant-struc- 

 tures, 215. 

 June: Hardy fruits, 259 — orchard- 

 liouse, 260 — flower-garden, 260 — 

 phmt-structures, 261 — stoves, 262. 

 July : Hardy fruits, 307 — orchard- 

 house, 307 — flower-garden, 308 — 

 plant-structures, 308. 

 August: Hardy fruits, 356 — plant- 

 structures, 358. 

 Sejytemhcr : Flower - gardeu, 402 — 

 plant - structures, 403 — hardy 

 fruit, 405. 

 October : Hardy fruits, 456 — shrubs, 

 457— flower-garden, 458 — plant- 

 structures, 458. 

 November: Hardy fruits, 495 — or- 

 chard-house, 497— flower-garden, 

 498— plant-house, 498. 

 December: Hardy fruits, 536 — flower- 

 garden, 537 — rose - garden, 538 — 

 ])lant- structures, 538. 

 Amateurs, Rose notes for, 126. 

 Annuals, 154. 

 Anthurium, Andre's new scarlet, 491, 



532. 

 Aphlexis, the, 395. 

 Aponogeton distaidiyon, 231. 

 Apple, the, 201, 243, 302, 351, 397. 

 Apples, &c., 523. 

 Apricots, 510. 



Asparagus-culture, 149, 328— competi- 

 tion, 280. 



Auriculas, 262. 



Autumn treatment of Gladiolus, 519. 



Azalea, the, 9. 



Balsam, the, 166. 



Bedding-out system, the, 122, 182. 



Bedding - out or massing system in 

 flower-gardening, 72. 



Bedding-plants and florist flowers, sea- 

 sonable notes on, 84. 



Benevolent Institution, the Gardeners', 

 278. 



Black Currants, 550. 



Blandfordia, the, 326. 



Books, notices of, 135, 237, 285, 334, 

 574. 



Borders of mixed hardy flowers, the 

 furnishing of, 101. 



Boronia, the, 341, 453. 



Botanical Gardens, Sydney, New South 

 Wales, 360. 



Botany for gardeners : III. Stems, 29 

 — iV. Leaves, 30 — V. Leaf and 

 flower -buds, 87 — VI. Inflorescence, 

 &c.. 129— VII. the Ovule, &c., 225 

 —VIII. Fruit, 321— IX. Seeds, 415 

 —X. Seeds, 521. 



Bothwell Castle, Cattleya labiata at, 

 38. 



Broccoli, notes on, 209. 



Broccoli crop, how it was saved, 459. 



Calanthe Veitchii, the varieties of, 524. 



Caledonian Horticultural Society's 

 Show, 473 — prize-list, 476. 



Calendar: Kitchen-garden, 47, 95,142, 

 193, 241, 287, 337, 384, 433, 480, 

 528, 577— Forcing department, 43, 

 92, 139, 191, 238, 285, 335, 382, 431, 

 478, 526, 575. 



Cape Pondweed, 147. 



Cattleya labiata at Botliwell Castle, 38. 



Centradenia rosea, 181. 



Centropogon lucianus, 207. 



Champion Potatoes, 569. 



Cherries and Plums, 505. 



Chicory, 90. 



Chinese Primula, the, 78. 



Chorozemas, 198, 545. 



