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INDEX. 



Red-roots (Ceonothus), 520. 



Regel on hybrid Begonias, 202 ; on Potato- 

 grafting, 548 ; on seed growth, 28 ; on 

 the cultivated Grape-vine, 565. 



Reichenbach on Orchid hybrids, 421. 



Remembrancer, kitchen-garden, 595. 



Reproduction, nature's plan of, 6. 



Restricting stocks, u. 



Review of cultivated plants, 168. 



Rhamnacese, 520. 



Rhamnus olecefolim, precocity of seedlings 

 in, 91. 



Rhizopharacese, 521. 



Rhododendra and Azaleas, hybridism of, 

 160, 161. 



Rhododendrons, 292 ; a dwarf race of, 

 91 ; aboreum, 162 ; Aucklandi, 162 ; bud- 

 grafting of, 8 1 ; caucasicum, 157 ; cham- 

 cedstus, 157; ciliaium, 155; cinnamo- 

 meum, 157; definite results in hybridising 

 the, 93 ; Edgeworthii, 155 ; Edgeworthii- 

 ciliatum, 156; family of, 284 ; grafting the, 

 293 ; greenhouse hybrids of, 301 ; Grif- 

 fithii, 162 ; hybrids of, 292, 293 ; hybrids, 

 tabular view of, 297; Jasminiflorum,i6o ; 

 Jasminiflorum-javanicum, 93 ; javanico- 

 JoAmlniflorum, 122 ; Jenkensii, 156 ; 

 pollen of, 109 ; pollen, preservation of, 

 150; ponticum, 132; ponticum, hybrid 

 seedlings of, 121 ; " Princess Royal," 

 93 ; races of, 127 ; stocks, treatment 

 ot, 591 ; virgatum, 157 ; hybrid, 121, 

 127, 157, 159-165 ; parentage of, 127. 



Rhodora canadensis, hybrid of, 132. 



Rhynchopetalum, 379. 



Ribes, 343. 



Ribes aureum as a stock for Gooseberries, 



59- 



Rivers on " double "-grafting Pears, 69 : 

 on seedling Raspberries, 505 ; seedling 

 Peaches, &c., 641. 



Robinias, 435. 



Rogeria, hybrid of, 245. 



Root- cuttings, 47, 53, 580. 



Root-grafting, 67, 86. 



Root-grafting Conifers, &c., 580 ; fruit- 

 trees in America, 594. 



Rooting power of cellular tissues, 56. 



Rosa, 495. 



Rosacese, 457. 



Rose-budding, 498; curious account of, 

 62. 



Rose family, 457 ; grafting, 580 ; sport, a, 



497- 



Roses, budding in August, 67 ; Christmas, 

 516; cuttings of, 499, 500; English- 

 raised seedling, 502; from seed, 496; 

 good seed-bearing, 497 ; Lacharme on 

 seedling, 496; stocks for, 495; Tea- 

 scented, new way of subterranean-bud- 

 ding, 586 ; types or species of, 501 ; vari- 

 ations in cuttings of, 99 ; when to root- 

 graft, 583 ; when to splice-graft, 595. 



Rouillard on the Rose, 502. 



Rowan-tree, graft variegation in, 62. 



Rubus (Raspberry and Blackberry), 504; 

 hybrids of, &c., 165. 



Rue family, 522. 



Ruellia, 168. 



Rumex, wild hybrids of, 447. 



Runners offsets or proliferous above- 

 ground, branches, the use of which is to 



enable the plant to increase itself in 



fresh soil, 5. 



Ruta-baga, hybrid nature of, 211. 

 Rutacese, 522. 



SADDLE-GRAFTING, 77. 



Sageret on hybrid Cucumis, 279; on hy- 

 bridising Cabbage-worts, 211. 



Salix cinerea, pollen of, 109, 150. 



Salix, hybrids of, 8; pollen of, 109; sele- 

 siaca, pollen of, 109, 150; Wichura on 

 hybrid sorts of, 523. 



Salsify, 256. 



Sand and water for cuttings, 53. 



Sapindacese, 523. 



Sarracenia hybrids, 526, 527. 



Sarraceniaceae, 526. 



Sawdust for cuttings, 53; for cuttings, 

 evil effects of that from resinous trees 

 or Conifers, 54. 



Saxifraga, natural hybrids of, 7. 



Saxifragacese, 527. 



Saxifrage family, 527. 



Scion and stock, reciprocity of, 63. 



Scions, tabular view of, 86. 



Screw-pine family, 426. 



Scrophulariacese, 528. 



Sea-lavenders, seedlings of, 444. 



Seden on reciprocal hybridity, 154. 



Sedge family, 280. 



Seed, gathering, 26; germination of, blue 

 glasses for, 588 ; growth of chemical aids 

 to facilitate, 32; conditions most suit- 

 able for growth of, 28 ; growth, Heckel's 

 experiments on, 32 ; tables of, 33 ; vari- 

 able epochs of, 33; saving, 23; sowing, 

 23; calendar for, 595; sports, 136. 



Seedlings, varieties, propagation of, 99 ; 

 variation of, 77. 



Seeds and birds, 588; and buds, analogy 

 of, 92; autumnal harvested, 30; best 

 treatment for, to insure growth, 30; 

 covering for, after sowing, 28 ; culinary, 

 when to sow, 595; distribution of, 4; 

 evils of thick-sowing, 35 ; few and good, 

 594; from succulent or pulpy fruits, 

 how to clean, 26; germination of, 28; 

 germination of hybrid, 153; hints on 

 sowing, 37; how deep to sow or cover, 

 27; how to obtain good strains of, 22; 

 how to pack for exportation, 340; how 

 to sow successfully, 27; hybrid and 

 natural, in same capsule, 128 ; imported, 

 bottles for, 39; keeping properties of, 

 36; large, best, 35; management of, to 

 preserve, 36; Mr T. A. Knight on, 33; 

 natural distribution of, 3; natural ger- 

 mination of, 29; of Conifers, 259; pack- 

 ing for importation, 39; per acre, how 

 to find quantities, 596; Pink and Car- 

 nation, 232; proportions of, in hybrid 

 Dianthus, 236; quality and size of, 33; 

 red-lead for, 588; snow-sown or alpine, 

 30; soils and other media for, 55; tem- 

 perature requisite for, 28; thinning of, 

 22; value of, 25: very small, how to 

 sow, 38 ; vitality of, 36. 

 Seminal varieties, precocity of, 91. 

 Sempervivum, 275. 

 Senecio, 255. 



Serapias papilioiiacea-lingua (' Bot. Mag.,' 

 t. 6255), 8, 421. 



