INDEX. 



-Onion grub, 30 

 Orchard, the amateur's, 329 

 Orchids, for everybody, 146 ; miniature, 

 33 ; variegated-leaved, 289 



Faeonies, herbaceons, 85 



Palms, 157 ; conservatory, 131 



Pandanus, 353 



Pansiee, 356 



Paper, Newman's botanical, 155 



Paris, parks and promenades of, 104 



Parrots, management of, 70 



Parsley, 88 



Parsnips, 88 



Peach trees, 62; winter management, 

 351 



Pears, on Cotoneaster stocks, 246 ; des- 

 sert, 155 



Pea, the Glory, 247 



Peas, 49 ; Laxton's new, 40 



Pelargonium, the yellow, 156 



Pelargoniums, new, 156 ; not flowering, 

 128 ; select variegated, 112 ; zonal, 

 275 ; choice zonals, 10, 38 



Pelargonium Society, 29, 155; annual 

 meeting, 286 



Phloxes, cultivation, 23 



Plant cases, Boyle's, 151 



Poinsettia pulcherrima, cultivation of, 

 36 



Polyanthuses, 157 



Post, Bending flowers by, 280 



Potato prizes, 93_ 



Potato trial, American, 94 



Potatoes, 88 ; for light soils, 319 ; cata- 

 logue of, 55 ; exhibition of, 155, 348; 

 in 1875, 244 



Poultry feeder, 149 



Primula pulcherrima, 156 



Primulas, 157. 



Prcmenade trees, 71 



Eadish, 88 



Eansome's lawn mowers, 254 



Bochea falcata, 32 



Hoot cuttings of roses, 3 



Eose, the Christmas, 306 



Rose trees, propagation of, 3 



Eoses, new, 141; in 1875, 258; pot, 

 164 ; and rose shows, 194 ; varieties 

 that originate by sports, 165 ; town, 

 193 ; in the window, 177 ; and cle- 

 matis, 269 ; garden, 363 



Eoyal Botanic Society's anniversary, 

 286 



Eoyal Horticultural Society's new ar- 

 rangfcments, 285 ; position of, 221 



Saffroa meadow, 189 



Sarcodes aanguinea, 9 



8axi£raga stracheyi, 155 



Scarborough lily, 350 

 Seed drill, 149 

 Seeds, sowing, 76 

 Sending flowers by post, 280 

 Senecio macrogloesus, 93 

 Shading plant houses, 182 

 Shakespeare's Wallflower, 80 

 Shrubs, flowering, 225 

 Silene pendula compacta, 83 

 Snails, 30 

 Snow plant, 9 

 Sowing seeds, 76 

 Spinach, 88 



Sprays for the hair, 208 

 Spring bedders, 144, 362 

 Spring flowers, 197 ; for the conserva- 

 tory, 295 

 Staphylea pinuata, 93 

 Stenogastra multiflora, 77 

 Stephanotis floribunda, 318 

 Stocks, intermediate, 237 

 Stove plants, new, 235 

 Stove plants in cool house, 334 

 Strawberries, 201 ; and grapes, 79 

 Structure of plants, 277 

 Sutton and Sons, seed stores, 216 



Thermometer, Cox's, 150 



Tomato, 88 



Trees, beautiful, 321 ; flowering, 225 ; 



planting fruit, 351 ; promenade, 71 ; 



for shelter, 31 ; wall, 62 

 Tulip culture, 261 

 Turner's Nurseries, Slough, 313 

 Turnips, 89 



Vallota purpurea, 350 

 Vegetable marrow, 89 

 Vegetables, choice, 59 ; forcing, 21 ; to 



be sown in July, 210 ; useful, 46, 86, 



102 

 Veitch's fruit prizes, 252 

 Veronicas, shrubby, 31 

 Vine borders, 7 

 Vines, management of, 50; planting, 



8; in pots, 286 

 Vinery, the amateur's, 50, 4, 66 ; for 



muscats, 66 

 Vineries, constructing, 4 

 Violas, 366 

 Vitality, dormant, 93 



Wall, the other side of, 239 

 Wallflower, Shakespeare, 80 

 Wall fittings, 151 

 Water-can, perfect, 150 

 Watercress, 357 

 Wild flowers, 91 

 Window fliiwers, 368 

 Winter flowers, 335 

 Wistarias, standard, 18 



