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INDEX. 



579 



illustration, 502 — Castle Pine Apple, 

 285. 



Lapageria, propagation of, 164 — rosea, 

 its propagation at Chatsworth, 259. 



Large -flowered Pelargoniums, a plea 

 for, 137, 175. 



Lawn from seed, 85. 



Lettuce, early and winter, 209. 



Libocedrus, culture of, 257. 



Lobelias from cuttings, 419— propagat- 

 ing, 470. 



London Parks, bedding in the, 420 — 

 Suburban Nurseries, two, 524. 



Luton Hoo Cucumber, the, 517. 



Lycaste Skinnerii, 229. 



Madresfield Court Grape, 38, 141, 187. 



Manchester International Exhibition, 

 the, 238, 478. 



Maout's and Decaisne's Botany, review 

 of, 287. 



Melon Culture, 553. 



Melons, a word about, 172 — the Col- 

 ston Basset, 427 — Munro's Little 

 Heath, 428. 



Mesospinidium Yulcanicum, 409. 



Mildew, a remedy for, 379. 



Monoloena, culture of,' 549. 



Munro's Little Heath Melon, 428. 



Mushroom forcing, 51. 



Myosotis dissitifiora for forcing, 190. 



Nectarine, the, see Peach. 



Nepenthes, the culture of, 149, 201 — 

 Hookerii, 568. 



New Zealand, notes from, 382, 428, 

 476. 



North, Fruit culture in the, 87. 



Notable Places— The Glen, 380— Glamis 

 Castle, 520. 



Notes to Correspondents, 47, 95, 146, 

 197, 244, 292, 339, 387, 435, 484. 

 530, 575. 



Obituary, 194, 570. 



Odontoglossum, culture of, 57. 



Old Fashioned Plants, Habrothamnus, 

 568. 



Orchids, Hardy, 284— Hardy and half- 

 hardy, the cultiu-e of, 359— new, in 

 Flower, 295— New and rare, 408, 

 494 — Winter-flowering, Lselia, 13 — 

 Odontoglossum, 57 — Caelagyne, 115 

 — Lycaste, 229. 



Palms, half-hardy, 227. 



Pandanus, culture of, 549. 



Pansies, new, 468. 



Peach and Nectarine, the, culture of, 

 119, 173, 224, 263, 309, 361— crops 

 in unheated houses, failure of, 506 

 — trees in bloom, syringing of, 170. 



Pearson's Vine Culture reviewed, 384. 

 Peas, early and late, 76. 

 Pelargonium, about the — Zonals, Tri- 

 colors, &c., 78— a plea for large- 



flowered and fancy, 137, 175 — Exhi- 

 bition Zonal, 189 — the Chilwell 

 Strain of, 427. 



Pentstemon, culture of the, 217. 



Phlox, culture of the, 177. 



Phloxes, new, 467. 



Phylloxera vastatrix, 1, 63, 519. 



Pine-apple, the Lambton Castle, 285. 



Pines, the one-shift system in potting, 

 117 — growing without bottom-heat, 

 169 — succession, without bottom- 

 heat, 84 — growing, at Wycombe 

 Abbey, 349. 



Pink Souvenir deMalmaison carnation, 

 323, 384. 



Pitcher-Plants, the culture of — Nepen- 

 thes, 149, 201— Cephalotus, Darling- 

 tonia, Sarracenia, 248. 



Plants, a selection of, for effect, 37. 



Planting Fruit-trees, 439. 



Pleiones, 172. 



Podocarpus, culture of, 298. 



Polyanthus, the, 103— its culture, 555. 



Potato, the, in health and disease, 314 

 — Disease, the, 491 



Pots, growth of Celery in, 182 — small, 

 in forcing, 343. 



Potting, using stones in, 392 — Pines, 

 the one-shift system in, 117. 



Primrose, its culture, 557. 



Primula growing, an amateur's experi- 

 ence in, 236. 



Propagating, Cocoa-nut fibre for, 35. 



Propagation, Notes on, 274. 



Prumnopytis, cidture of, 540. 



Pteris serrulata, 283. 



Eecommending New Fruits, 142. 



Betinospora, culture of the, 345. 



Ehododendrons, 277— Hybrid, 366— 

 Aucklandii, 280. 



Bose, forcing the, 251. 



Boses, Tea, for the greenhouse, 283. 



Boyal Horticultural Society, the 

 future of the, 536. 



Bust on Grapes, 274. 



Salisburgia, culture of, 541. 



Sarracenias, culture of, 248. 



Saxe-gothea, cidture of 297. 



Saxifraga longifolia, 40. 



Scotland, garden improvements in, 

 Balcarres, 132. 



Scott's Orchardist, review of, 287. 



Scutellaria mocciana, 38. 



Seakale, Seedlings, 461. 



Seedtime, 109. 



Shelving for hothouses, 165. 



Shrubs, common, for walls, 329. 



Sites and aspects of gardens, 293. 



Spinach, 334. 



Stephanotis floribunda, culture of, 441. 



Stones in potting, the use of, 392. 



Stone fruits and hard soil, 375. 



