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INDEX 



Ptcrostignia gi-aiidiflorum, Benth., de- 



scribt'd, I. C6 

 Pyramidal pear-trees, II. 202 



Q. 



Quercus californica, mentioned, II. 123 

 Quince, noticed. III. 115 



R. 



Kaisin, Calabrian, described, I. 154 

 liaphiolepis indica, Lindl., described, 



II. .306 

 Raspberries, monthly, account of. III. 



xviii. 

 Heid, U., on the cultivation of the genus 



Epacris, IV. 191 

 ■ on the management of fruit-tree 



borders, I. 176 



on the tank system of heating in 



the culture of pine-apples, II. 138 

 Reinwardt, C. G. C, on the vegetation of 



the Indian Archipelago, IV. 227 

 Renanthera coccinea, account of, II. 



xxxi. 

 Report from the Council to May 1, 1846, 



I. IGl 



. to May 1, 1847, 



II. IGl 

 to May 1, 1848, 



. to May 1, 1849, 



IV. 173 

 Restrepia vittata, Lindl., described and 



figured. III. 314 

 Rhododendron barbatum, noticed and 



figured, III. XXXV. 

 . Brookeanum, described 



and figured. III. 82, 83 



gracile, described and 



III. 169 



figured. III. 85 



javanicum, notice of, II. 



xlviii. 



longiflorum, described 

 and figured. III. 89 



verticillatum, described 



and figured. III. 87 



species of, from Borneo, 



III. 81 



IV. li. 



203 



cultivated by Mr. Iveson, 



manure for, I. 159 

 useful in preserves, I. 



Rhubarb, forcing of. III. 302 



Rhynchospermum jasminoides, Lindl., 

 described and figured, I. 74 



Rio Janeiro, vegetation of, I. 191 



Rio dc San Francisco, and Alagoas, ve- 

 getation of, I. 293 



Root-cutting, ii. 191 



Rosa anemoneflora, described, II. 316 



rugosa, Thuiih., described, III. 



318 



Rose apple, described, II. 138 



Roses, cultivation of, ii. 294 



training of, II. 294 



Rouen, botanic garden at, II. 197 



S. 



Saa-gaa-ban, equivalent for potato, II. 

 144 ; figured, II. 146 



Saccolabium guttatum, treatment of, IV. 

 23 



Salpixantha coccinea, Hort., described, 

 III. 237 



Salt, the eifect of, on asparagus, I. 265 



Salvia Benthamiana, Gardn., men- 

 tioned, I. 285 



rivularisj Gardn., mentioned, I. 



285 



Sapodilla, or Mese berry, noticed, II. 

 149 



Saxifraga mutata, habits of, I. 49 



described and figured, 



II. 15.5, 156 



Scab in potatoes. III., 37 ; form of, 

 figured, III. 40 



Scale insect, chamomile for destroying, 

 I. 77 



a composition for destroy- 

 ing, I. 79 



naphtha a remedy for, I. 77 



oil a remedy for, I. 77 



on pines, account of. III. 



xxvi. 



spirit of wine a remedy for, 



whisky a remedy for, I. 77 

 Schomburgk, Sir R., on West Indian 



fruits, II. 148 

 Sclerotium, figured, III. 97 

 Scorias spongiosa, figured, IV. 257 

 Scott, A., on artificial climate, IV. 85 



on the cultivation of the 



Mango, I. 54 



on tropical fruits, II. 136 



I. 71 



Scuticaria Steelii, treatment of, IV. 25 

 Sea, transmission of plants by, II. 115 



