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INDEX. 



581 



Guillon Maiigilli, Zonal Pulargonium, 



180. 

 Hsemantlms cinnabarinum and H. 



Kalbreyeri, 448. 

 Hardy liorist's flowers, a plea for, 377. 

 Hardy flowers, choice new or rare, 24 

 — furnishing of borders of mixed, 

 101. 

 Hardy fruits, notes on, 85. 

 Hardy plants in and out of doors, 323. 

 Harrison's Early Marble Turnip, 570. 

 Herbaceous plant controversy, the, 173. 

 Herbaceous plants, a few showy, 419. 

 Hints for amateurs : January, 20 — 

 February, m — March, U2 — April, 

 IGO—iVay, 212— June, 259— July, 

 307 — August, S56—Sq)tembcr, 402 — 

 October, 456 — November, 495 — De- 

 cember, 536. 

 Hollyhock, the, 70. 

 Horizontally trained Peach-trees, 183, j 



230, 278, 

 Horticultural Association, Dundee, 42, 

 90, 137, 184, 231, 279, 333, 380, 421, I 

 525, 572. 1 



Imantophyllum miniatum, 325. ! 



Indian Crocus, 49. 

 Is the Rose red? 466. 

 Jottings from New Zealand, 226. 

 Kitchen-garden (Calendar), 47, 95, 142, 

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

 528, 577. 

 Kitchen-garden notes, 459. 

 Kitchen-gardens, how to make the most 

 of wall-borders in, 3, 55, 104, 168, 

 204, 256, 298, 364— remarks on fruit- 

 trees, 387 — Peaches and Nectarines, 

 512 — Pears, 552 — Plums, 553 — 

 Cherries, 553 — Red Currants and 

 Gooseberries, 554. 

 Kalosanthes coccinea, 405, 523. 

 Lapageria alba, 268. 

 Large Vine at Speddock, Dumfries- 

 shire, 407. 

 Leschenaultia, 373. 

 " Lilies, consider the," 276. 

 Lilies, notes on, 145. 

 Lilium longiflorum, 441. 

 Lily of the Valley, forcing, 440. 

 Lisianthus prince})s, 15. 

 Lisianthus Russellianus, 15. 

 Low night-temperature for Vines, 461. 

 Low temperature for Muscat Grapes, 



483. 

 Luculia gratissima, 119. 

 Luculia pinceana, 80, 119. 

 Lycaste Skinnerii, 487. 

 Magnum Bonum Potatoes, 569. 

 Manchester International Horticultural 



Exhibition, 468. 

 Manure-water, 450. 



Manuring and digging among Roses, 



408. 

 ]\lealy-bug, parafliin-oil a cure for, 88. 

 Mignonette-culture for autumn, winter, 



and spring, 156. 

 Muscat Grapes, low temperature for, 



483, 557, 560, 561, 564. 

 iMushroom-culture, 543. 

 Nectarines and Peaches, 508. 

 Nepenthes Rajah, 533. 

 New ])lant, a, 148. 

 New Zealand, jottings from. 226. 

 Notes from the papers, 16, 61, 109, 



219, 263, 366, 554. 



Notes on the Vine, 273. 



251, 



334, 



14; 



Notes, some, 145, 170, 195, 223, 



294, 417, 435, 489, 531. 

 Notices of books, 135, 237, 285, 



574. 

 Notices to correspondents, 48, 96, 

 194, 242, 289, 338, 386, 434, 482, 

 530, 578. 

 Old garden, the renovation of an, 26. 

 Open air, Vine-growing in the, 362. 

 Orchard-houses, 379. 

 Orchid-culture, 1. 

 Orchids, hints on, 148. 

 Orchids, potting material for, 566. 

 Orchids in bloom at Brentham Park, 

 Stirling, 185 — at Craigleith Nur- 

 series, Edinburgh, 231 — at New- 

 battle Gardens, 280— at the Kilns, 

 Falkirk, 573— at Fernfield, Bridge 

 of Allan, 574. 

 Orchids, Indian Crocus, 49— Ccelogvne 



cristata, 52. 

 Papers, notes from the, 16, 61, 109, 



219, 263, 366, 554. 

 Paraffin-oil a cure for mealy-l)Ug, 88. 

 Peach-trees, horizontally trained, 1S3, 



230, 278. 

 Peaches and Nectarines, 508 

 Pear, the, 442— select list, 445. 

 Peas, sowing early, 56. 

 Peas and their culture, 22. 

 Phoenocoma prolifera, 395. 

 Pimelea, the, 319, 372. 

 Pinching — when and how to do it, 374. 

 Pit, a }iiant, 172. 

 Plant-pit, a, 172. 



Plants, greenhouse : L the Azalea, 9 

 — IL Correas, 107— HL Erioste- 

 mons, 152— IV. Chorozemas, 198— 

 V. the Pimelea, 319— VI. the Bor- 

 onia, 341— VII. Kalosanthes coc- 

 cinea, 40.5 — VIII. the Acacia, 499. 

 Pleiones, 124. 

 , Plumbago rosea coccinea, 376. 

 i Plums and Cherries, 505. 

 I Polygala, the, 454. 

 , Pot-Roses and the Rose-houae, 343. 



