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INDEX. 



Iron casement, &c , 262 



Iscarum Pyrami, 293 



Ivy— propagating variegated, 458 : 



as a screen, 671 : German, 795 

 Ixia conica and patens, 483 

 Ixora— laxiflora, 66: salicifolia, 698 

 Ixoras Grifnthii and Javasica, and 



the culture of the genus, 575 



Japan Lilies in tots, 511 

 Japanese plants, new, 3 

 Jersey, fruit trees for, 637 

 Jerusalem Artichokes, 578 

 Judges, their duty as to disqualify- 

 ing, 599 



Kale, report on varieties, 293, 

 314 



Keighley Poultry Show, 500, 522 



Kew Gardens— report on, 32: bed- 

 ding at, 486 



Kitchen- garden, vegetables for south 

 of Scotland, 16: stock, moving in 

 October, 343: cleaning a fallow, 

 362; fallowing, 723 : seeds tor, 795 



Kitchen vegetables, seasons for sup- 

 ply of, 77, 97 



Kooyah, 64 



Labels, marking, 12 

 Laburnum trees splitting, 146 

 Lselia Schilleriana, 174 

 Lambton Castle, its garden and 



scenery, 654 

 Lancashire botanists, distress among, 



585, 607, 623, 650, C74, 702, 723, 



745, 767, 791 

 Lapageria rosea— pruning, 108 : cul- 

 ture, 685, 705 

 Larch after Scotch Fir, 795 

 Lastrea v. Lash-sea, 173, 193 

 ' Lathyrus magellanicus, 398 

 Laurel-hedge, 618 ; ornamenting a 



bank beneath, 7 ; making, Ac, 



671 

 Laurel leavea for destroying insects, 



202 

 Laurels dying, 35 

 Laurnstinus standards, 146 

 Laurustinuses, in tubs, 618, hedge, 



making, 071 

 Lawn— seeds for improving, 15 : 



mowers, 157, 15S : on light soil, 



grass seeds for, 362: neglected, 



480 

 Leaves— of stove plants injured, 



322 ; colour of autumn, 418 : their 



uses, 553 

 Leeds Poultry Show, 322, 345, 751 

 Leeds and West Riding Show, 622, 



640, 686 ' 

 Leg-weakness in poultry, 501 

 Lemon trees, summer-pruning, 281 

 Leontiec altuica, 398 

 Leptodactylon cuttings, 458 

 Leptostelma maxima, 397 

 Lettuce culture, 279, 456 : sowing, 



402 

 Lettuces in winter, 487 

 LevSque's Roses at Paris, 373 

 Lice on poultry, 563 

 Light in plants, 335 

 Ligurian bees, 187, 484: sting of, 



36 : irascible, 167 : inoffensive, 



168 : compared with common, 



225: in 1862, B. W.'s, 324: in 



Scotland, 364 : for Australia, 523 : 



in Lancashire, 543 

 Ligurian queen bee's fecundity, 



207 

 Ligurianising an apiaiy, 58 

 Lilies, white, 382 

 Lilium — longifolium failing, 89 : 



auratum, 311,495, 553 : giganteum 



culture, 322 : lancifolium in pots, 



480 

 Liliums in pots, 618 

 Lily of the Valley — variegated, 51 ; 



after transplanting, 612; as a 



Christmas flower, 612 ; culture, 



618; forcing, 658, 675, 686: in 



pots, 664 

 Lily, new Japanese, 495; of Japan, 



Gold-banded, 678 

 Limatodes rosea, 143 

 Lime water, 35; for flowers, 519 

 Lindley, Dr., testimonial to, 693 

 Linnet's claws, cutting, 366 

 Liquid manure, 202; of sheep's 



dung, 108; for Variegated plants, 



127 ; injury from undiluted, 178 ; 



why to be clear, 224 ; how to use, 



450 



Liquid manures, 35, 685 



Lisianthus Russellianus culture, 474 



Lobelia— speciosa and gracilis, sow- 

 ing and managing, 27 : speciosa, 

 saving seed of, 403 : erinus cut- 

 tings, 498 : speciosa, its defects, 

 528 : double, 705 



Lobelias, new, 439 ; wintering, 479 ; 

 speciosa, wintering, 479 



Lonicera aureo-reticulata, 495 



Luculia gratissima forcing, 232 



Lusus natures, 56 



Lychnis fulgens, 397 



Lycopodium clavatum, 519 



Lythrum as a bee plant, 246 



Manchester and Liverpool Fool- 

 try Show, 482 



Manchester Poultry Show, 520, 564, 

 582 



Manchester Poultry and Dog Show, 

 599 



Magnolia acuminata, 200 



Mangold Wurtzel leaves, 519 



Mansonita, 84 



Manure, weight of, 124; street, 413 



Manures, liquid and solir), 721 



Marchantia conica, destroying, 198 



Margottin's Roses at Paris, 350 



Marigold, seedling pot, 629 



Marnock, Mr., testimonial to, 371 



Martynia fragrans, intoxicating 

 effVctof, 434 



Maurandya in window, 618 



Mauritius, Botanical Society at, 

 259 



Mealy bug on Vines, 664 



Medals, 480 



Melianthus major, 39S 



Melon-pit, gas-heated, 65 ; culture, 

 261, 763 ; falling, 261 ; stems 

 splitting, 352 



Melons, 4031; in an orchard-house, 

 178; with imperfect fruit, 303; 

 succession of, 321: not setting, 

 343: cracking, 458; cracking at 

 the stalk, 480 : judging, 628 



Mellon-Mowbray Poultry Show, 

 522, 543 



Mesembryanthemums as bedders, 

 67 



Metrosideres tomentofum, 721 



Mexico, fruits changed by ciimateof, 

 135 



Mice, excluding from bulbs, 581 



Middleton Poultry Show, COO 



Mildew, 69; on Vines, 39 : on 

 Grapes, 303, 560 



Milk-pans, 732 



Milla biflora, 488 



Mint, variegated, 55, 1S9; propagat- 

 ing, 581 



Mistletoe, 787: uses of, 4: on the 

 Maple and Acacia, 240 



Mole trap, 257 



Molewarp, 241 



Molgula tubulosa, 452 



Molluscs, 416 



Monmda amplexicaulis, 787 



Monmouth Poultry Show. 583 



Monochsetum tenellum, 553 



Montro=e. near Dublin, 133 



Morello Cherries a dessert fruit, 

 473 



Morley Poultry Show, 521 



Morphology, 458 



Moss on glass, 382 



Moths, mode ot killing for speci- 

 mens, 286 



Moulting and laying, hastening, 500 



Mouesonia elegans, 377 



Mowing machines, 362; Green's, 

 398, 420 



Mud, from pond, its use, 231 : from 

 pond or cesspool, 262 



Mulberry tree fruitless, 534 



Munida, Long-armed, 375 



Musa vittata, discovery of, 198 



Mushroom culture, 361 : beds, mak- 

 ing and managing, 497 : spawn 

 raising, 513 : beds, 539 : house 

 management, 57S: bed manage- 

 ment, 597 : spawn, 616 : forcing, 

 746 



Mushrooms, 418 : under a green- 

 house stage, 183 : decaying young, 

 726 : in Kussia, 785 



Mussels, 515 



Mutisia decurrens, 196 



Myosotidiumnobile culture, 190 



Myosotis azorica, 183 



Myrtle, to kill scale on, 403 

 , Mysis CharasBleon, 399 

 r Mytilus edulis and modiolus, 516 



Naqeia ovata, 50 



Narcissus aurantia flore pleno, 25 



Nardoo, 1C5 



Nasturtium, sowing common, 16 



Nazareth, plant from, 573, 690 



Nectarine— buds falling, 55 : blos- 

 soms unfertile, 223 : culture, 250, 

 676 : trees failing, 251 : training 

 and nailing, 310: pruning, 540 



N*ctarines— select, 370 : shrivelling, 

 5S0 : potted in vinery, 632 



Nemnphila Elegant, 196 



Neottia spiralis. 533 



Nepenthes, culture oF the genus, 695 



Nepeta eoe*ia as an edging, 711 



Nephalaphyllum pulchrum, 378 



Nerine— FothergiLi, 2u2 : culture, 

 779; Larger Glittering, 791 



Nettles in grass, 262 



Neutral beds, 506 



Newbury orchards, 701 



Newcastle Poultry Show, 522, 512 



Newmillerdam Poultry Show, 384 



Nika edulis, 399 



Niven's horticultural buildings, 102 



Nolana— lanceolata, 378 : mauve- 

 coloured, 791 



Northamptonshire Poultry Show, 

 344 



Notching fruit trees, 35, 70 



Notes whilst resting, 390, 411, 431, 

 449, 472, 490, 510 ; from Paris, 395 



Nutley, 119 



Nuttallia cerasifnrmis, 515 



Nuts, staring, 579 



Oak, live, 598 



Oaks, 363 



Ocbra, 90 



Oenothera Lamarckiana, wintering, 

 499 



(Enotheras, white, 15 



Oncidium and Odoutoglossum Ins- 

 leayi, 343 



Onion-grower, a large, 400 



Onions— destroyed by fly, 223 ; mag- 

 gots in, 541 



Ononis arvensis, white, 7 



Ophelia corymbosa, 337 



Opbioglossum vulgatum culture, 180 



Ophitipogon spieatus, 67S 



Orange grove, to form, 142 



Orange tree, forcing, 232 : seedling, 

 312: culture, 761 



Orange trees, cutting down, 35: 

 from pips, ao : summer pruning, 

 28 L: peculiarity in, 410 



Orchard-house— glass and tiffany 

 for, 44 : range of temperature in, 

 96: trees, watering in, 146: roof 

 leaky, 183: for Vines in pots, 

 292 : trees at Burton-on-Trent, 

 434; fruit late and deficient in 

 flavour, 531 



"Orchard-house, Pearson on," 609 



"Orchard-house, The," 142 



Orchard trees — failing, 477 : 

 branches dying, 615 



Orcharding on a large scale, 700 



" Orchidaceous Plants, Select, 1 ' 314, 

 573 



"Orchid-grower's Manual," 611 



Orchid— seed, sowing, 61; seedlings, 

 86 



"Orchids, Contrivances for Ferti- 

 lising," 163 



Orchids— producing seed, 46 : au- 

 tumn treatment, *7Q : sale of, 516, 

 531 



Oreodaphne californiea, 196 



Ornamental but common plants, 

 712 



Osier-beds, 362 



Osiers, varieties and culture of, 399; 

 cultivation of, 412; varieties of, 

 413 



Osinanthus ilicifolius, 4 



Ourisia coccinea, 174, 495 



Oxalis— speciosa producing bulbs 

 only, 80 : elegans, 198 



Oxford Mills Cot tage Gardeners, 592 



Oyster, 536 



PiEONY, WHITE, 704 



Palisota Barteri. 196 



PaniEtia Lessonii, 678 



Panama hats 604 



PancratiuTi, new, 8 



Pans'es, treatment of seedling, 562*; 



Princess Alice, Mrs. Moore, and 



Leotard, 790 

 Pan>y aureo-marginata, 174 

 Paris, gardening at, 395 



Parks in 1772, 342 



Paronychia arabica, 690 



Parrot eating its feathers, 3ft ; losing 

 feathers, 148 ; eating feathers and 

 moulting, 150; moulting, 624 



Parrots, food for, 406 



Pars-nip grub, 281 ; The Student, 701 



Parsnips in Guernsey, 490 



Parthenogenesis in bees, 57 



Pasture, breaking up for a market 

 garden, 432 



Patella vulgata and pellucida, 559 



Paudalus annulicornis, 399 



Paulownia imperialis flowers, 174 



Paxton's, Sir J., garden, 328 



Paxton*s glazed houses, 580 



Pea, Strathmore Hero, 402 



Peach, buds falling, 55; blossoms 

 falling, 90 ; leaves blistering, 10S ; 

 trees on glass-covered wall, 166 ; 

 leaves diseased, 166 ; trees dying, 

 173; leaves blighted, 223 ; blossom 

 unfertile, 223 ; culture, 250, 676 ; 

 trees failing, 251 ; culture, soil, 

 choice of plants, planting and 

 pruning, 291 ; training and nail- 

 ing, 310; culture, protection, dis- 

 budding, thinning, watering, in- 

 sects, 355 *, pruning in pots, 362; 

 culture, winter treatment, dsi- 

 eases, 369; mildew, select sorts, 

 370 ; cultivation of, 429 ; tree 

 culture, 472 ; tree, branches 

 dying, 519 ; tree, repotting, 580 ; 

 house, trees too close in, 664 ; 

 trees, winter-pruning young, 748 ; 

 buds falling, 785; Violette Hative, 

 791 



Peaches not setting, 183 ; double- 

 flowered, fruiting, 458 ; potted, 

 in vinery, 632 



Pearl?, vegetable, 343 



Pear blossoms falling, 90 ; blossoms 

 unfruitful, 166 ; tree not bearing, 

 165; shoots blighted, 223; Sum- 

 mer Doyenne\ 294 ; trets unfruit- 

 ful, leaves diseased, 302 ; tree at- 

 tacked by caterpillars, 344 ; Chau- 

 montel, 490 ; British Queen, 546 ; 

 tree scale, 562; trees, root-pruning 

 old, 5S7; unfruitful, 591; Easter 

 Bern-re, 598 ; leaves diseased, 598 ; 

 for south-west wall, 598 ; Con- 

 seillerde la Cour, 635, 672; trees 

 from seed, system of M. Nelis, 63; 

 trees, vitality in, 714 



Pears on standards and walls, 507 ; 

 craiked, keeping, 663; keeping, 

 719; infested by scale, 726; for 

 lute use, 726 ; keeping long, 795 



Pess, late, 26U ; staking, 320 ; pre- 

 serving green for winter, 498 ; 

 with dark centres, 519 



Pebble-paved walk, making, 784 



Pecten niveus, maximus and oper- 

 cularis. 535 ; varius, 516 



Pelargoniums, a plea for pyramidal, 

 28 ; management of pyramidal, 

 49; potting, 54; Celeste, Mrs. 

 Hoyle, and Princetta, 1-13 ; lists 

 of, 154 ; variegation in, 23i ; over- 

 tall, 302 ; crossing, 402 ; potting 

 young, 727 



Pencils, Wolff's solid ink, 299 



Pens at Newcastle and Melton- 

 Mowbray, 583 



Pentarhaphia cubensi?, 337 



Pentstemon cordifoiius, 256 



Pentstemons, propagating, 229 



Perilla nanninensis plantiug, 166: 

 treatment of, 381 



Petunia Eliza Mathieu, 52 



Petunias Rosa Belle-forme and 

 Flower of the Day, 378 



Phsenocoma prolHera culture, 766 



Phaius Tankervlllete culture, 795 



I'hala^nopsis Lowii, 790 



Pheasant and Silver Pheasant, 

 hybrid? 797 



Pheasants, keeping confined, 16; 

 Silver, laying, 17 ; tame, 544 ; 

 Silver, 710 



Phcenocoraa neglected, 35 



Philadelphus hirsutus, 495 



Phlox, to strike cuttings, 3S2 ; 

 Drummondi culture, 581 ; culture, 

 685 



Phloxes, Madame la Comtes?e de 

 Bresson, Le Ve"auve, and Eclair, 

 553 



rhysurusmacDhvtus, 52 



Pieotee, characteristics and culture, 

 47 ; varieties, 48 



Pigeon droppiug her eggs, 128 ; So- 

 cieties of London, the Philoperis- 



