CONTENTS OF VOL. II. 



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I, MTOtbly Summary T. . ; i , . . . 1 



^I. A^rangQments for the Exhibitions and Meetings in 1^68 11 



III. Mission oi Collector to Brazil 34 



IV. Report 6tx the Varieties of Cucumber groAvn in th^ 



Garden at Chiswick during the Season 186J . . til 



y. Report on Annuals grown at Chiswick in 1861 . . . 72 



VI. Monthly Summary ,..,.., 77 



VIL R^poil; on Annuals grown at Chiswick in 1801 . . 83 



VIlL Reports of the Floral Committee 90 



IX. Mission of Collector to Brazil . • . . .93 

 X. General Meetings, December ?>0, 1861, and January 



20, ises -.94 



XI. Monthly Summary 97 



XII. Annual Meeting, February 11, 1862 . . . . . 103 



Xm, General Meetings, February 7, and February 21, 1862 . 113 



XIV. Report of the Fruit Committee . . . . . 117 



Xy. Report of the Floral Committee . , . , . 120 



XVL Ballot for Seeds, February 18, 1862 123 



XVIL Report on Scarlet and other Bedding Pelargoniums, 



grown at Chiswick in 1861 , ^ . . , 128 



XVIII. Report on Verbenas grown at Chiswick in 1861 , , 160 



XIX. Monthly Summary ITf^ 



XX. Account of an Experiment made upon heating a Betl 



of Earth in the Open Air, during the Season of 1861 . 182 



XXL Report on Verbenas grown at Chiswick in 1861 . . 189 



XXII. Report on Petunias grown at Chiswick in 1861 , , 201 



XXIII. Report on MLscellaneoua Bedding Plants grown at 



Chismck in 1861 203 



XXIV. Supplementary Report on HeUotropes . . , , 20f» 

 XXV, Supplementary Report on Variegated BegoniaB . . 206 



XXVI. Report on Phloxes grown at Chiswick in 1361 . . . 210 

 XXVII. Annual Report of the Proceedings of the Floral Com- 

 mittee to the Council, February 10, 1862 . . . 225 



