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INDEX. 



provement of, 9 ; insects and colour of, 

 88; self-fertilising, 117. 

 Flower-seeds, hints on the management 



of > 37- 



Flute-grafting, 81. 



Foreign pollen, immediate effects of, 102. 



Fork-grafting, 77. 



Forsythia suspensa, 102 ; viridissima, 102 ; 

 cross-fertilisation necessary for, 102. 



Foxgloves, hybrid, 102. 



Fragaria (Strawberries), 471. 



Frames for propagating purposes, 21; 

 oiled paper for, 22. 



Francisceas, hybrids of, &c., 542. 



Fritillaria, 367. 



Fruit-bud grafting, 67. 



Fruit-tree grafting, 582 ; seeds, sowing of, 

 &c., 592: stocks, experiments on (see 

 'Jour. Royal Hort. Society,' vol. iii., 

 n.s., p. i), 457. 



Fruit-trees, budding in June, 587 ; grafting 

 of, stocks for, &c., 579; number in an 

 acre, 596; root - cuttings of, 53; stocks 

 for, on different soils, 71. 



Fruits, hardy, constitution of, 12; im- 

 provement of, 9; improved kinds of, 10; 

 improvement of berry-bearing, 25; ob- 

 ject of beauty in, 88. 



Fuchsia Dominiana (F. serratifolia-specta- 

 bilis), 93. 



Fuchsia family, 408 ; varieties and hybrids 

 of, 408; grafted, &c., 413; natural graft- 

 ing in, 129; seed, value of, 25. 



Fumariacese, 312. 



Fungi, 313. 



GAERTNER on bud variation, 106 ; on con- 

 stitutional affinity, 119; on hybrid 

 Nicotiana, 543 ; on hybridising Primulas, 

 455 ; on mixed pollen, 127; on the direct 

 action of foreign pollen, 104; "observa- 

 tions on muling among plants " (see 

 Jour. Royal Hort. Society '(1850), vol. v. 

 p. 156, and vol. vi. p. i). 



Galton on consanguinity, 98. 



' Gardeners' Chronicle ' on Apple - stocks, 

 491. 



Gardenia, sorts of, 242. 



Garryacese, 317. 



Gentian, wild hybrids of, 318. 



Gentianacese, 318. 



Geraniacese, 318. 



Germain de St Pierre on hybrid Lagen- 

 arias, 278. 



Germination, Lindley on, 30 ; of Mangrove 

 seeds, 521; of seeds, Dehgian and Lan- 

 drin on, 31 ; of " unripe" seeds, 29; pre- 

 ventives of, 32. 



Gesnera, 332. 



Gesnera zebrina, male prepotence of, 122. 



Gesneraceae, 331. 



Gesnerads, hybrid, 122; hybrid, &c., 333- 



Geum rivale-montanum is a hybrid, and is 

 described in 'JSsterr. Bot. Zeitschr.,' 

 Feb. 1876. 



Gilbert on seedling Belgian Pears, 482. 



Ginger family, 578. 



Gladioli, hybrids and seedlings of, 350. 



Gladiolus, 349. 



Glasses, blue, for seeds, 588. 



Gloxinia, 336. 



Godetia Whitney i- Lindley ana, 408. 

 (This is a showy dwarf-habited carmine- 

 flowered hybrid raised by Messrs 

 Daniels of Norwich, and certificated 

 in 1876. It is said to be a seedling 

 of the fourth generation from G. 

 Whitney ii, as the seed-parent crossed 

 with the pollen of G. Lindleyana. 

 See ' Garden,' August 5, 1876. 

 There are also lilac, purple, rose, 

 spotted, and striped seedlings from 

 the same cross. ) 

 Godron on insect-fertilisation of Primula 



grandiflora, 453. 

 Goldfussia, 168. 

 Gomphrena, 172. 

 Gooseberries, a good stock for, 59 ; stocks 



for, 345.' 



Gooseberry family, 343. 

 Gordon, hybrids raised by, 121. 

 Gossypium, 387. 

 Gourds, cross-bred sorts of, 278. 

 Grafting, 57; and budding, propagation 

 by> 57? an d longevity, 72; and pruning, 

 unnatural, 1 1 ; Austen on, 73 ; best 

 season for, 65; "budding "or bud, 78; 

 bud or eye, 78 ; by approach (inarching), 

 83; Cactaceous plants, 218, 224, 225; 

 changes induced by, 60 ; cleft, 76 ; com- 

 plicated experiment in, 488 ; crown, 75 ; 

 cuttings, 85 ; different modes of, 72 ; 

 " double " on intermediate stocks, 69 ; 

 essentials to insure success in, 65 ; 

 flute, 81 ; fork and saddle, 77; her- 

 baceous, essentials for, 66; hybrids 

 obtained by, 60; leaves, 86; modes 

 of, 72; natural, 6, 65; objects of, 59; 

 on roots, 86; references to papers on, 

 57 ; roots, tubers, or leaves, 67 ; sad- 

 dle, 77 ; side, 74 ; splice, 73 ; stocks for 

 fruit-trees, 58 ; terminal cleft, 76 ; the 

 Grape-vine, 570; under glass, 65; vari- 

 egation induced by, 60 ; Vines at Battle 

 Abbey, 63; wax for, 68; whip or tongue, 



74- 



Grafts, half-breeds, 136; hybrids, 136; 

 hybridism of Potato, 547; cutting and 

 storing, 70; how to preserve, 64; tying 

 materials for, 68. 



Graminacese, 339. 



Grape, Almerian, as a stock, 70 ; Aramon 

 or Burchard's Prince, 103; grafting the, 

 82; Le Teinturier, 103; Royal Musca- 

 dine as a stock, 63 ; wild American, for 

 stocks, 83 ; American seedling, 566 ; 

 cross - fertilisation of, 103; " double "- 

 grafting for, 70 ; hardy hybrids desirable, 

 566; improved kinds of, 10; inarching 

 the clusters of, 572 ; influence of stock 

 on, 60 ; modern seedlings of, 573 ; varia- 

 bility of grafted, 63. 



Grape-vine, 564. 



Graptophyllum, 168. 



Grasses, direcious, 100. 



Grevilleas, grafting, stocks for, &c., 457. 



Grossulariacese, 343. 



Groundsels, ornate, 255. 



Growth -promoting stocks, n. 



Guavas, 400. 



Gueldres Rose, 230. 



Gumbleton on Brownea hybrids, 431. 



Gymnostachyum, 168. 



