INDEX. 



Acacias, 321. 



Air necessary to plants, 37- 



Allamanda, to grow in the open 



air, 322. 

 Almond, 199. 

 Aloo Bokhara, a new Syrian plum, 



179. 

 Alumina, or clay, 23. 

 Aloysia, 310. 

 American blight, 111. 187« 



ground, 261. 



Ammoniacal gas, 25. 



Anemones, 243. 



Animal manures, 25. 



Annuals, 214-217. 329. 



Aphides, 109. 



Apples, 185. 



Apricot, 176. 



April, 327. 



Arboretums, 260. 



Artichokes, 126. 



Ashes of burnt wood, useful as 



manure, 31. 



of plants, 23. 



Ash-leaved kidney potato, 141. 

 Asparagus beds, 123. 



kinds of, 123. 



August, 332. 

 Auriculas, 219. 

 Australian plants, 321. 

 Autumn radishes, 147- 

 Ayrshire roses, 268. 



B. 



Banded snail, 113. 



Banksian roses, 269. 



Barren soil, 24. 



Basil, 158. 



Basket flower-pot, 297. 



Basketwork protectors, 104. 



Beans, 13a 



Beds, how to mark, on the ground, 



210. 

 Beehive-like covers, 106. 326. 

 Beetles on asparagus, 124. 

 Beet, red, 146. 

 Berberry, 185. 203. 

 Bienniais, 217. 

 Bignonias, 322. 



Billardiera, 322. 



Birds, K16. 



Blackened soil in pots, 292. 



Blenheim, rock-garden at, 273. 



Blooming-stage, 220. 



Bone-dust, 30. 



Border for fruit trees, 167. 



Borecole, 135. 



Bottom heat, 72. 



Bourbon roses, 267. 



Boursault roses, 269. 



Box-edgings, 121. 328. 



Briars, for budding, 270. 



Bricks of mushroom spawn, 161. 



Broad beans, 139. 



Broccoli, 132. 134. 



Brown's patent fumigator, 110. 



Brussels sprouts, 131, 132. 



Budding, 74. 



points to be attended to 



in, 78. 



■ uses of, 93. 



Budding-knife, 78. 



Budding's mowing machine, 256. 



Bulbs, 39. 229. 333. 



Burnet, 154. 



Burnt weeds, useful as manure, 31. 



Burying manure, 14. 



seeds too deeply, 36. 



Butterflies, 106. 

 Butter squash, 160. 



Cabbage butterflies, 108. 



roses, 265. 



tribe, 129. 



Cabbages, 130. 

 Cactacese, 320, 321. 

 Calampelis, 322. 

 Calceolarias, 315. 

 Calendar of operations, 323. 

 Californian annuals, 217. 324. 

 Camellia, inarching the, 88, 89. 

 Camellias, 81. 104. 3<i2-3"4. 

 Belgian modes of graft- 

 ing, 90, 91. 

 Carbon, SO, 21.37- 

 Carbonic acid gas, 20. 37. 

 Carnation, piping of a, 73. 

 Carnations, 221. 



