INDEX. 



613 



Loranthacese, 382. 



Love-lies-bleeding, 172. 



Lubbock on cross-fertilisation by insects, 



87. 

 Lychnis, 236; diurna, 128; hybrids of. 



231, 237. 



Lycopersicum a hybrid, 105. 

 Lynch on hybrid Aloes, 154. 

 Lythraceaj, 384. 



MACLEAN on pollen-tubes, 113. 



Madura, 397; aurantiaca, natural grafting 



in, 65. 

 M'Nab on the definite results obtainable 



in hybridising Rhododendra, 93. 

 Magnolias, 390; seedlings of, 391; stocks 



for, 391. 



Mahonia family, 206 ; hybrid of, 207. 

 Malpighiacea, pollen of, 147. 

 Malva, insect or self fertilisation of, 142. 

 Malvaceae, 385. 



Mandirola picturata, 122; Roezli, 122. 

 Manetti roots as Rose-stocks, 67. 

 Mangrove family, 521; germination of, 



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Maple family, 170. 

 Maples, propagation of, and stocks for, 



171. 



Marantaceae, 392. 



Marck on large versus small seeds, 33. 

 Marvel of Peru family, 402. 

 Masters on bud variation, 99; on hybrid 



Passion-flowers, 438. 

 Mastic, cold grafting, 68. 

 Matthiola annua, pollen of, 115; hybrid 



of, 213 ; propagation of, 213; maderensi- 



incana, 213. 



Maule on Potato-grafting, 549. 

 Mauz on direct influence of pollen, 104. 

 Max Leichtlin on hybrid Gladioli, 352. 

 Maximowicz on direct pollen influence, 



102. 



Meadow-saffron family, 393. 



Medlar, Japanese, 475 ; stocks for, 86. 



Medlars, stocks for, &c., 475. 



Meehan on a Pear-apple, 105 ; on Bouvar- 

 dia leantha, 240; on cross versus self 

 fertilisation, 90; on natural grafting or 

 fasciation, 66 ; on the direct influence of 

 foreign pollen, 103 ; on the fixation of 

 races and forms, 126. 



Melanthaceae, 393. 



Melastomacese, 394. 



Melianthus, propagation of, 524. 



Melon-cucumber, a, 103. 



Menziesia, 292. 



Mesembryacese, 395. 



Mespilus (Medlars), 475. 



Meyenia, 168. 



" Michaelmas Daisies," 247. 



Miller on seedling Pine-apples, 216. 



Mimulus hybrids, forms of, 534. 



Misseltoe family, 382 ; stocks for, 384. 



Mock-orange family; 440. 



Mongrels or half-breeds, 136; variability 

 of, 158. 



Monkey-flowers and Musks, 534. 



Monk's-hood, 507. 



Monnier on the fruition of Violets, 145. 



Monoecious a term applied to plants 

 which bear their male and female organs 

 in separate flowers on the same plant, as 



in most Cucurbits, 15; grasses, Palms, 

 100; plants, hybridisation of, 15. 



Moore, p., on grafting Nepenthes, 400. 



Mountain-ash, graft variegation in, 62. 



Mucus stigmatic, 113. 



Mulberry family, 396 ; introduction of the, 



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Mule Pink, origin of, 233. 

 Mules, or sterile hybrids, 102; or hybrids, 



Muller on insect-fertilisation of Mallows, 

 142 ; on insect-fertilisation, reference to 

 papers on, 147; on pollen-eating flies, 

 144; on the Apidae, 143. 



Musaceae, 398. 



Mushroom family, 313. 



Musk, stigmatic movements in, 535. 



Musks and Monkey-flowers, 534. 



Myrtaceae, 399. 



Myrtle family, 399. 



N^EGELIA, 332. 



Nageli on direct pollen influence, 105 ; on 

 hybrids, 102. 



Narcissus, changes in, by hybridisation, 

 124; colours of hybrid, 124; cross-fer- 

 tilisation of, 181 ; fertilisation of, 112; 

 hybrids of, 121, 181. 



(See 'Paxt. Gard. Mag. of Bot.,' iii. 

 (1851) p. 169: N. poculiformis elegans, 

 N. Leedsii, N. major-superbus, pi. 289, 

 N. aureocinctus, N. incomparabilis 

 expansus, N. biculor maximus.) 



Narcissus, hybridity of, 121; hybridism 

 in, 124; incomparabilis, 124; Leeds's hy- 

 brid, 185; poeticus, 124; Pseudo-nar- 

 cissvis, 124; species and hybrids of, 181 ; 

 Tazetta papyracea, 125. 



Nasturtium family, 549. 



Natural cross-fertilisation, 89. 



Naudin on hybrid Cucurbits, 279; on 

 hybrid Daturas, 155, 539; on hybrid 

 Lettuce, 255; on hybrid Linarias, 533; 

 on Petunia hybrids, 539; on hybrid 

 Petunias, 544. 



Nectar of Hoyas, 106. 



Nectarines, Apricot stock for, 69; bud- 

 ding, 460; ' double "- grafted, 69; new 

 seedling, 461 ; grafting, 459. 



Nepenthaceee, 400. 



Nepenthes cuttings, moss and spar for, 

 53, 54 ; hybrids of, 401 ; grafting of, 400. 



Nerine, propagation of, 186. 



Nerium. seedlings of, 188. 



Nertera depressa, 237. 



Newman on cuttings, 47. 



Nicotiana (Tobacco), fertilisation of, 129; 

 rustico-paniciilata, 129; hybrids, 543. 



Nierembergia, 544. 



Night-blooming plants, 88. 



Nightshade family, 538. 



Noble on variegation in "Mountain-ash," 

 6x. 



Nutrition and variability, 99; of plants, 

 how influenced, 12. 



Nyctaginaceae, 402. 



Nymphacese, 403. 



Nymphaea hybrids, 404, 405. 



OAK family, 270. 



Oaks, varieties or sports of, 271. 



Offsets, kinds of, 5 ; Cycas revoluta, 53. 



