INDEX. 



Acacia, tlie culture of, 104 — A. riceana, 

 189. 



Acrophyllum, culture of, 171. 



Adenandra, culture of, 171. 



Adiantums, about, 561. 



Agapanthus umbellatus, 319. 



Alpine Plants for Winter Bedding, 

 517. 



Amateurs, Hints for, 23, 69, 107, 166, 

 219, 271, 304, 353, 401, 448, 496, 

 550. 



Anthurium Scherzerianum, 334, 378. 



Antirrhinum, culture of the, 261. 



Aphelandra auruntiaca, 558. 



Aphelexis, culture of, 269. 



Arborvitees, the American, 55 — the 

 eastern, 113 — the broad-leaved, 156. 



Asparagus beds, making of, 126 — forc- 

 ing and growing, 159, 



Astragalus vaginatus, 407. 



Auricula, culture of the, 300, 356. 



Azaleas, culture of, 282 — the Chinese, 

 its culture, 372, 415, 450. 



Balcarres, garden improvements in, 

 132. 



Balsam culture, 206. 



Baltet's Art of Grafting reviewed, 334. 



Bananas, quick way of fruiting, 41. 



Beaufortia, culture of, 271. 



Bedding Plants in the Western Isles, 

 511,567. 



Begonias for room decoration, 233. 



Bignonia, culture of, 397. 



Biotas, culture of, 113. 



Bonnington, Hardy Flower-gardening 

 at, 417. 



Boronia, culture of, 398. 



Bossiffia, culture of, IVM). 



Bothy, a voice from the, 475. 



Brachysema, culture of, 400. 



British Ferns, 85. 



Brodiaea, culture of, 405. 



Burbridge's Botanical Drawing re- 

 viewed, 430. 



Caelagyne cristata, culture of, 115. 



Caithness, Fruit-culture in, 87. 



Caladium metallicum, 322. 



Calceolarias, 516. 



Calendar, Kitchen-garden, 44, 92, 143, 

 194, 241, 288, 335, 384, 431, 481, 

 526, 572— Forcing, 45, 93, 144, 195, 

 242, 289, 336, 385, 433,482, 528, 573. 



Calochortos, notes on, 406, 



Camellias, early, 17. 



Cannell, Mr, the nurseries of, 525. 



Carnation, Keen's wdnter-flowering, 41 

 —culture of the, 409— Tree, 71. 



Cedar, culture of the, 257. 



Celery culture, something new in, 182. 

 —in pots, 237, 284, 331. 



Centaurea Ragusina, propagating, 470. 

 — from seed, 420. 



Cephalotaxus, culture of, 538. 



Cephalotus, culture of, 248. 



Chamsecyparis, culture of the, 297. 



Chater, Mr J. J., death of, 194. 



Chatsworth, propagation of Lapageria 

 at, 259. 



Chemistry in connection with horti- 

 culture, 328. 



Clematis Jackmanii, 32 



Clianthus Dampieri, 22. 



Cocoa-nut fibre for propagating, 35. 



Colston Basset Melon, the, 427. 



Conifers, Hardy, see Hardy. 



Conservatory, gossipy gleanings from 

 the, 232. 



Covent Garden Market, 370. 



Cowan's Compensating system of heat- 

 ing, 245, 507, 569. 



Cucumbers, keeping, 188— growing, 

 on, 403, 566. 



Curcumas, culture of, 187. 



Cypripedium Sedeni, 408. 



Dahlia, culture of the, 65. 



Darlingtonia, culture of, 248. 



Davallia Mooreana, 366. 



Decorative Plants, neglected, worth 

 growing, 465. 



Dendrobium Bensonise, 378. 



Deutzia gracilis, 223. 



Dinner-Table Plants, 27. 



