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[Dec. 1879. 



Rock Rose, the, 501. 



Rockwork, making and planting, 343. 



Root crops : the Parsnip, 309— Carrots, 

 310— Beet, 311— Turnips, 311. 



Rose, a few words on the Marechal 

 Niel, 280. 



Roses, change of soil for, 36. 



Roses in autumn, thinning and mulch- 

 ing, 467. 



Round London, 379, 433. 



Royal Caledonian Horticultural So- 

 ciety's Spring Show, 238 — summer 

 exhibition, 383 — arrangement of 

 vegetables at autumn show, 476, 479. 



Royal Horticultural Society, 45, 189 — 

 grand summer show, 334. 



Scottish Horticultural Association, 43, 

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

 478, 530, 575. 



Seakale, Asparagus, and Rhubarb, 128. 



Seedling Heaths atBothwelhCastle, 489. 



Seeds, the vitality of, 307. 



Selection versus collection, 53. 



Shading, the new Bamboo, 288. 



Shrubs, planting, 166. 



Society, Royal Horticultural, 45, 189 — 

 grand summer show, 334. 



Sports and sporting, 141. 



Spring flowers, choice hardy, 213, 254, 

 302. 



Statice profusa, 548. 



Stephanotis floribunda, 348. 



Stove-climbers: Stephanotis floribunda, 

 348— Dipladenias, 351. 



Strawberry crop of 1879, notes on the, 

 523. 



Strawberries in autumn and winter, 30 

 — all the year, 83 — pots for, 477. 



Suggestion, a, 468. 



Summer management of forcing-houses, 

 299. 



Sutherland, presentation to Mr William, 

 96. 



Table decoration, a selection of choice 

 Draceenas for, 543. 



Tea- Roses, grafting and management 

 of, 121. 



Telephone in horticulture, the, 531. 

 Thermometers, testing, 186. 

 Thinning and mulching Roses in au- 

 tumn, 467. 

 Thomery vineyards, a visit to the, 159. 

 Thyrsacanthus rUtilana, 287. 

 Tilia (the Lime-tree), 15. 

 Todea superba, 235. 

 Tomatoes, 176. 

 Transplanting and potting Camellias, 



132. 

 Tuberoses for winter flowering, 27. 

 Tuberous Begonias, 170 — as bedding- 

 plants, 464. 

 Turves, raising Vines from eyes on, 



186, 236. 

 Vegetable Marrows, 176. 

 Vine-borders, management of, 313. 

 Vine sport, the Culford, 40, 93— the 



Brayton, 573. 

 Vines in pits for early forcing, 103. 

 Vines from eyes on turves, raising, 



186, 236. 

 Vineyards, Thomery, a visit to the, 



159. 

 Violets for winter-flowering, 123. 

 Vitality of seeds, the, 307. 

 Walks and footpaths, 397. 

 Water in pipes, circulation of, 569. 

 Watering and resting plants, 541. 

 Weather, the, 194— in December 1878, 



96. 

 Winter, Strawberries in, 30. 

 Winter, lessons from the late severe, 



153. 

 Winter gardening, hardy, 35. 

 Winter-flowering of Tuberoses, 27 — of 



Myosotis dissitiflora, 521. 

 Winter flowering, Violets for, 123. 

 Winter-flowering plants, the ripening 



of, 448. 

 Winter forcing of Mignonnette, 20. 

 Young gardeners, lessons in drawing 



for, No. XX III., 32— Conclusion, 84. 

 Young forest-trees, rapid growth of, 



187. 

 Young fruit-trees, 178. 



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