INDEX. 



Acorus, culture of, 281. 



iEchmea fulgens, for table decoration, 

 220. 



Allaraandas, cultural hints on, 502, 524. 



Almond, the, its cultivation, 223. 



Amaryllis, culture of, 222. 



Amateurs, Hints for, 30, 76, 112, 158, 

 214, 260, 302, 358, 396, 447, 499,550. 



American or Peat-Soil Shrubs, notes on, 

 251 — Azalea, ib. — Andromeda, 298 — 

 Kaloiia, 346 — Erica, 394 — Menziezia, 

 395— Rhodora, tJ.— Ledum, 444— 

 Gaultheria, 445 — Pernettya, 446 — 

 Polygala, 494 — Epigiea, ib. — Arcto- 

 staphylos, 495 — Bryanthus, ib. — Cle- 

 thra, 496 — Vaccinium, 540 — Empe- 

 Irum, 542 — Myrica, ib. — Comptonia, 

 543 — Daphne, lb. 



American wild-flowers, the gayest of, 

 267, 564. 



Andromeda, culture of, 298. 



Anthurium and Allamauda, culture of, 

 524. 



Aralia Veitchii, 402. 



Arctostapbylos, culture of, 495. 



Ardisia crenulata, culture of, 555. 



Areca YerschafFeltii, 156. 



Arum, culture of, 281. 



Aucuba, culture of, 510. 



Australian Pea, the, 479. 



Autumn and Winter flowering Plants, 

 notes on, 161, 222, 262, 310, 354, 

 406, 452, 509, 555. 



Azaleas, hardy, their culture, 251. 



Badger's ' Cottage Gardening, ' review of, 

 190. 



Balfour House gardens, the, 424. 



Balm, culture of, 255. 



Balsam-growing, a word on, 327. 



Basil, culture of, 254. 



Bedding-plants, notes on a few extra- 

 fine, 83. 



Begonia Chelsonii, 562. 



Begonias, Winter-flowering, 355. 



Black Currants, the cultivation of, 371. 



Borage, culture of, 255. 



Borders for wall-trees on bad subsoils, 



making, 27. 

 Broccoli, a few words on, 280. 

 Bi-yanthus, culture of, 495. 

 Burnet, culture of, 255. 

 Caladium argyrites, 461. 

 Calanthe, cultivation of, 63. 

 Calceolaria, the herbaceous, 567. 

 Calceolaria Golden Prince of Orange, 184. 

 Calceolaria plantaginea, 358. 

 Calendai', Kitchen-Garden, 46, 91, 142, 



190, 242, 290,338, 385, 434, 487, 532, 



574 — Forcing Department, 47, 92, 



144, 191, 243, 291, 340, 385, 435, 487, 



533, 575. 

 Calif ornian annuals, autumn— sowing of, 



419. 

 Calla, culture of, 282. 

 Canker in Apple-trees, cure for, 325. 

 Cannell's boiler, 372. 

 Carnations, 408. 

 Castle Kennedy Fig, the, 451. 

 Chamomile, culture of, 256. 

 Chestnut, cultivation of the, 279. 

 Chinese Primula, the, 163. 

 Chrysanthemum, the, 35, 79, 134, 282, 



310, 366. 

 Cineraria, 312 — its culture from offsets, 



275 — culture from seed, 314. 

 Cinerarias, a few words about, 217 — 



how I grow my, 51 S. 

 Clethra, culture of, 496. 

 Coleus, for table decoration, 460. 

 Comptonia, culture of, 543. 

 Correspondents, notices to, 49, 96, 147, 



194, 245, 293, 342, 387, 437, 489, 535, 



577. 

 Crops, rotation of, in the kitchen-gar- 

 den, 496. 

 Croton Johannis, 470 — multicolor, 403. 

 Crotons for table decoration, 460. 

 Currants, the cultivation of, 368. 

 Cyclamen, the, 505. 

 Cypripedium concolor, 321 — Domin- 



ianum, 226. 

 Cypripediums^ notes on, 204. 



