INDEX 



Abutilons, 118 



JJthionema coridifolinm, 134 



African lily, wintering, 345^ 



Agapanthus umbellatus, 345 



Agave americana, flowering, 333 



Agave Victoria Regince, 349 



Alexandra Palace, 154, 317, 318 



Alphand's " Parks and Promenades of 

 Paris," 194 



Alpine plants for borders, 129 



Amateur's arboretum, 321 



Amorphophallus Eivieri, 338 

 Anfcctochili, 289 

 Annuals, bedding, 109 

 Apple orchards, miniature, 349 

 Apple tree, enemies of, 223 

 Apples for the million, 124; keeping 

 under leaves, 286; winter dessert, 

 331 

 Aquarium, "Westminster, 349 

 Arboretum, amateur's, 321 ^ 

 Aucuba japonica in the Regent s Park, 



156 

 Azaleas, 159 



Bamboos, 278 ^^ . , 



Beans for exhibition, 159 ; Voice s 



trainers for, 283 

 Bedders, new, 266 ; spring, 144 

 Bedding arrangements at the Crystal 



Palace 298 

 Bedding plants, hardy, 115; preparing, 



135 



Beds, planting ilower, 96 

 Bee-keepers' association, 253 

 Bee-keepiog, 52 

 Begonias tuberous-rooted, 114 

 Berberidopsie coraUina, 97 

 Birds for the honsebold, 240 

 Boldoafragians, 29 

 Boiler, Deurd's, 128 ; Read s, 31 

 Books noticed, 61, 62, 187, 251 

 Bouquets, hand and buttonhole, 43 

 Boussingualtia basselloides, 28 __ 

 Bright llowers for dull days, 33o 



British wild flowers, 91 

 Broccoli, 86 

 Bulbs in potJ, 261 

 Buttonhole bouquets, 43 



Cabbage, 48 



Cacti, 191 ; globular, 1 



Camellias, 128 



Campanulas, 183 



Candytuft Mount Lebanon, 134 



Cannell's system of heating, 26 



Capsicums, 49 



Carnations, clove, 306 



Carnivorous plants, 223, 253 



Carrots, 87 ; all the year round, 180 



Cedar, red, 190 



Celery, 86 



Celosia pyramidalis, 370 



Cement for flowers, 287 



Century plant, 333 



Chair, Abercorn, 150 



Christmas rose, 306 



Chrysanthemums in 1875, 371 



Church decorations, flowers for, 248 



Cinerarias, raising, 189 ; seedling, 163 



Citrus japonicus, 127 



Clematis, Jackman's exhibition of, 188; 

 and roses, 269 



Clianthus dampieri, 247 



Climbers, greenhouse, 192 ; hardy, 325 



Clove carnations, 306 



Cole's vineyard, 222 



Cologne exhibition, 297 



Comparettia coccinea, 33 



Corn salad, 47 



Conservatory, spring flowers for, 295 



Crinum moorei, 333 



Crocus culture, 261 



Crocuses, winter flowering, 93 



Crotons, notes on, 81 



Crystal Palace, carpet bedding at, lt>, 



298 

 Cucumber, Duke of Edinburgh, 84 

 Cucumber frame, heating, 63 

 Cucumbers, 48, 343 



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