INDEX. 
Achimenes, new way to grow, 54 
Agaves, 164 
Alpinia nutans, 167 
Amaranthus, culture of, 33 
Amateur gardener’s friend, 8 
Anemones for borders, 129 
Ants in fruit house, 254 
Aponogeton distachyon, 127 
Apples for exhibition, 1 
April work, 123 
Aroids, fertilization of, 291 
Arum muscivorum, 291 
Asters for exhibition, 254 
Astilbe japonica, 128 
Aucubas, 61, 353 
August work, 249 
Auriculas, 61 
Azalea, cultivation of, 76, 159 
Beaucarnea recurvata, 166 
Bedders, to prepare for planting, 116 
Bedding plants for spring flowers, 295 
Bedding plants, select, 282 
Bedding plants, to propagate, 276 
Bee preserver, 155 
Beetroot, 3 
Begonias, summer flowering, 149 
Begonias with ornamental leaves, 289 
Bell-flower, Robinson Crusoe’s, 214 
Birds in gardens, 269 
Bossisea linophyila, 248 
Bouvardias, 340 
Briers for stocks, 46 
Broad beans, 3 
Broccoli, culture of, 3 
Bulbs for conservatory, 279 
Bulbs for flower garden, 323 
Brussel sprouts, 3 
Brussels Horticultural Exhibition, 188 
Cabbage, culture of, 4, 216 
Caladiums, culture of, 257 
Calatheas, 161 
Calceolaria cuttings, 254 
Camellias, 351 
Campanulas, choice, 105 
Canterbury bells, 235 
Cape heaths, 262 
Carnations, selection of, 59, 340 
Carpet beds of hardy plants, 85 
Carrots, culture of, 4 
Cauliflower, culture of, 3 
Celery, culture of, 4 
Christmas flowers, 366 
Chrysanthemums, 30, 65, 92, 342, 
346, 377 
Church-spire juniper, 186 
Clianthus Dampieri, 95 
Conservatory, baskets for, 139 
Conservatory plants, 163 
Conservatory flowers, 307 
Cox’s red leaf russet apple, 328 
Crocuses, 320 
Cropping kitchen garden, 2 
Cucumber, culture of, 4 
Currants fruited at Chiswick, 266 
Cyclamen, Persian, 342 
Dahlias for borders, etc., 74, 92, 133 
Daisies for the garden, 110 
Darwin on climbing plants, 29 
Death’s-head moth, 228 
December work, 377 
Domestic floriculture, 93 
Drawing-room ferns, 243 
Drawing taught in five minntes, 55 
Dried flowers, to preserve, 31 
Dwellers in our gardens, 154 
Endive, culture of, 5 » 
Enemies of the garden, 179 
Ericas, cultivation of 262 
