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INDEX. 



581 



Marigold, culture of, 255. 



Marjoram, culture of, 213. 



IMedlar, cultivation of the, 174. 



Melons, several crops of, 301. 



Menyanthes trifoliata, 41. 



Meuziezia, culture of, 395. 



Metropolitan Floral Society, the, 90, 

 127. 



Mignonette, Standard trained, 210 — cul- 

 ture of, 262. 



Mint, culture of, 167. 



Mrs Pince's Black Muscat Grape, 411. 



Mulberry, cultivation of the, 124. 



Muscat Champion Grape, 412. 



Mushroom-growing, 129 — remarks on 

 its cultivation, 130. 



Myrica, culture of, 542. 



Narcissus, culture of, 263. 



Nepenthes Sedeni, 471. 



Nevrman's 'British Butterflies' reviewed, 

 284. 



On the Road, 455, 569. 



Orchis maculata superba, 358. 



Palms as dinner- table plants, 156. 



Passiflora quadrangularis, 71, 166, 228, 

 320. 



Peach-tree training, on, 85. 



Peach-trees, on the extension system, 

 321 — on the extension or spur system, 

 477. 



Peas, our crop of, during the past sea- 

 son, 552. 



Pelargoniums, Tricolor and Bronze, cul- 

 tural notes on, 87 — double and zonal, 

 452. 



Pernettya, culture of, 446. 



Phlox, the, 66. 



Picturesque beds, 99. 



Pine-Apple, seedling, 527. 



Pine- Apples, seedling, 65. 



Pine- Apple plants, fruiting young, 392. 



Pitcairlie, Grapes at, 274. 



Plants suitable for table decoration. 

 See Table. 



Plants, hardy and half-hardy, for table 

 decoration, 472 — Sedum fabaria, 473 

 — Euphorbia Esula, 474. 



Planting season, the, 175. 



Pleasure-grounds, 441. 



Plumbago capensis culture, 523. 



Poinsettia pulcherrima, 109. 



Polygala, culture of, 494. 



Pots, the drainage of, 417. 



Potato, jottings on the, 95. 



Potatoes, cooking, 561. 



Primulas, hardy, their treatment for in- 

 door decoration, 180. 



Pruning, 462 — of fruit-trees, the, 117. 



Quince, cultivation of the, 173. 



Raith, the gardens at, 520. 



Ranunculuses, 326. 



Raspberries, cultivation of, 414. 



Red Currants, the cultivation of, 368. 

 Rhododendrons, notes on, 6, 59, 103, 



164, 200. 

 Rhodora, culture of, 395. 

 Robinson's 'Wild Garden,' review of, 189 



— 'Subtropical Gardening' reviewed, 



332 — 'Hardy Flowers' reviewed, 529. 

 Rose, culture of, for autumn and winter, 



556. 

 Rosemary, culture of, 307. 

 Roses and Mildew, 426. 

 Rue, culture of, 306. 

 St Brycedale, the gardens at, 519. 

 Sage, culture of, 167. 

 Sang, Messrs, the nurseries of, 476. 

 Savory, culture of, 213. 

 Science and Practice of Horticulture, 



the, 389. 

 Schizostylis coccinea, 161. 

 Seakale, the culture of, 20. 

 Sedum fabaria, 473. 

 Sempervivum urbicum and canariense, 



264. 

 Shelter, 404. 

 Shrub or Evergreen gardens, a plea for, 



149. 

 Skimmia, culture of, 511. 

 Soil-supply of garderjs, the, 343. 

 Solanum, culture of, 509. 

 Southernwood, culture of, 306. 

 Spigelia marylandica, 41. 

 Spiuach, the culture of, 352. 

 Stephanotis floribunda, 273, 324. 

 Stoking and ventilating, 361. 

 Strawberries, 468. 

 Strawberry, cultivation of the, 466, 506 



—forcing, 107, 154, 208, 228, 258, 



323. 

 Succulents, 118. 

 Succulent and curious-looking plants, 



beds of, with illustrations, 51 — for 



bedding, notes on, 409. 

 Sutherland's ' Hardy Herbaceous Plants,' 



review of, 230. 

 Table decoration, plants suitable for, 13, 



460 — Qilchmea fulgens, 220 — Dracsena 



Cooperii, 14 — D. rubra, 15. 

 Table and room decoration, 109. 

 Tarragon, culture of, 168. 

 Temperature, low, in March, 189. 

 Thomson, ]\Ir, dinner and presentation 



to, 329—' On the Vine,' review of, 433. 

 Thyme, culture of, 212. 

 Todea superba, cultural hints on, 350. 

 Transplanting old fruit-trees, 548. 

 Tricolor and Bronze Pelargoniums, cul- 

 tural notes on, 87. 

 Tulips, culture of, 263. 

 Vaccinium, culture of, 540. 

 Vegetables, special pi'izes for, 136. 

 Veitch, Messrs, plants suitable for win- 

 ter decoration at, 122. 



