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INDEX. 



583 



Herbaceous plants, late autumn flower- 

 ing, 491. 



Hibiscus Cooperii, 381. 



Hibiscus Syriacus, 120. 



Hinds, Mr William, presentation to, 

 193. 



Hollyhock, notes on the culture of the, 

 28, 464. 



Horticultural Association, Scottish, 43, 

 94, 144, 192, 237, 288, 333, 382, 435, 

 478, 530, 575. 



Horticultural establishments, economy 

 of fuel in, 428. 



Hot- water circulation, 271. 



Hot water, heating by, 55, 182, 184, 

 209, 230, 247, 269, 324, 326, 327, 

 328, 369, 372, 377, 378, 417, 418, 

 419, 420, 469, 471, 473, 525, 529. 



Hoy a bella, culture of, 143. 



"Jack Frost" in the 'Gardeners' 

 Chronicle,' 337. 



Japonica astilbe (noteia), 222. 



Kalosanthes, 319. 



Kalosanthes Coccinea, 456. 



Kitchen-gardening, economical, 7. 



Kitchen-garden, 47, 97, 145, 194, 242, 

 290, 338, 387, 437, 485, 533, 577. 



Lapagerias, alba and rosea, 10. 



Late autumn - flowering herbaceous 

 plants, 491. 



Leeks, Onions, and Garlic, 408. 



Lessons from the late severe winter, 

 153 — from the London Parks, 566. 



Libonia floribunda, 262, 265. 



Lilium giganteum, 276. 



Lobelia cardinalis, 522. 



London, round, 379, 433. 



London Parks, lessons from the, 566. 



Luculia gratissima, 395. 



Management of Vine borders, 313. 



Marechal Niel Rose, a few words on 

 the, 280. 



Marigolds, 168. 



Market-gardening in Essex, 460. 



Melons, 173— Dell's hybrid, 523. 



Methven, Mr Thomas, notice of, 97. 



Mignonnette culture, 360. 



Mignonnette for winter forcing, 20. 



Milne, the late Robert, Esq. , 290. 



Moore, the late Dr, of Glasnevin Bo- 

 tanic Gardens, Dublin, 337. 



Musk (Harrison's) for beds, 475. 



Mutual Improvement Association, 

 Drumlanrig Gardeners', 531. 



Myosotis dissitiflora for winter flower- 

 ing, 521. 



New Orchids, three, 110. 



New Zealand forests, 260. 



Notes from the Papers, 17, 73, 114, 

 202, 283, 366, 443, 503, 550. 



Notes on Coleus, 519. 



Notes on flower-gardening, 553. 



Notes on Potato crop of 1878, 41. 

 Notes on the Strawberry crop of 1879, 



523. 

 Notices of Books, 95, 193, 386, 387, 



436, 532. 

 Notices to Correspondents, 51, 102 



150, 198, 245, 294, 342, 391, 440, 



488, 536, 580. 

 Nurseries, the Hale Farm, Tottenham, 



559. 

 Orchard-house fruit-culture, 574. 

 Onions, thinning unnecessary, 188 — 



Garlic, and Leeks, 408. 

 Open, gardening in the, 71. 

 Orchids, three new, 110— a few words 



about, 537. 

 Ornamental trees and shrubs : the Lime- 

 tree, 15— the Syrian Hibiscus, 120 — 



the Periwinkle, 179 — Cotoneaster, 



406— the Rock Rose, 501. 

 Pansy, notes on the culture of the, 108. 

 Papers, notes from the, 17, 73, 114, 



202, 283, 366, 443, 503, 550. 

 Peaches dropping prematurely, 181. 

 Peaches, the thinning and swelling of 



forced, 206. 

 Pears and Apples, our supply of, 1. 

 Peas and Beans, 451. 

 Pelargoniums, a note on, 416. 

 Pentstemon, the, 232. 

 Perennials, evergreen herbaceous, in 



the parterre, 154. 

 Periwinkle, the, 179. 

 Phlox, the, 297. 

 Phylloxera vastatrix, in the vineyards 



of France, 193. 

 Picotees, Pinks, and Carnations, 63. 

 Pinks, Carnations, and Picotees, 63. 

 Pipes and boilers, 316. 

 Plant-house, a, 273. 

 Plants, resting and watering, 541. 

 Planting shrubs, 166. 

 Plums from the Plum-house at Chats- 

 worth, 432. 

 Pseonias, herbaceous, 400. 

 Poinsettia pulcherrima, 139. 

 Poinsettias, dwarf, 347. 

 Potato crop of 1878, notes on, 41. 

 Potatoes, a gossip over, 126, 498. 

 Pots for Strawberries, 477. 

 Preparing for the flower-garden, 65. 

 Primer, the Gardener's: I., 136 — II., 



223— III., 257— IV., 329— V., 4 1.T — 



VI.. 508— VII., 555. 

 Primula sinensis, double, 226. 

 Primula, the Chinese, 404. 

 Pyrus Mauleii, 320. 

 Remarks on fruit-culture, 321. 

 Resting and watering plants, 541. 

 Ripening of winter-flowering plants, 



448. 

 Rhubarb, Seakale and Asparagus, 128. 



