INDEX. 



Abrus precatorils sowing, 173 



Acacia squamata. 417 



Acicias. propagating, 301 



Aecrington Poultry show, 263 



Achiraenes— Carminata elegans, 137 ; 

 dying, 214 



Actiras sapota sowing-, 173 



Adiantum macrophy flurn culture, 325 



Advertiser*, caution to, 352 



JErides maculosnm par. Schrcederi. 

 245 



Afghanistan, plants and gardening 

 HI, 47S 



Ageratum, variegated, 404 



Agricultural Hall Poultry Show, 38G, 

 405 



Air, admitting near smoky towns, 

 455 



Albert's, Prince, Memorial inaugura- 

 tion, 430 



Alcove-aviaries and bowers, 10 



Algie, new mode of preserving, 162 



Alocasia — zebrina, 300 ; Lowii, 343 



Aloe too high for house, 301 



Alyssum — variegatum edgin?, 177 ; 

 saxatile, 474; compactum, 414 



Amarantnns melancholicus, 333 



Amaryllis — seedlings blooming, 177 ; 

 and its varieties, 371 ; culture, 452 



American Gooseberry. 300 



Ammonia fixing beneficial, 434 



Anagallis, sowing-, 15S 



Anemone-bed, management, 4SI 



Anemones not flowering, 207 



Anguloa Ruckeri, 4i9 



Annuals— list of, 275, 283, 301 ; se- 

 lect lists, 211: and culture, 321, 

 323; list of hardy, 325; sowing, 

 333, 403; twenty select, 434; 

 merits and defects of, 473 



Ants, to banish, 333 



Aphelandra Leopoldii culture, 441 



Aphis Persicoe, 299 



Apiarian notes, Morayshire, ISO 



Apiary, B. & W.'s, 269 



Apis dorsata, 32) 



Apoplexy in fowls, 124 



Apotheme, coes it enter plants : 152, 

 186 



Apple — trees, mossy and dec lying, 

 56; suramer-pruoine dwarf pyra- 

 mid, 56; of Amassia, 155; seed- 

 lings from Newtown Pippin, 267 : 

 transplanted o'd, 267; tree shouts 

 diseased, 2S3 ; buds deformed, 

 283; trees, lifting frequently, 413 



Apricot— management, 163 ; Canino 

 Grosso, 293 ; trees in bloom, treat- 

 ment, 113 ; trees, management of, 

 200 



Apricots— in orchard-houses, 24, 

 276 ; failing: in orchard-house, 56 ; 

 in bloom, treatment, 154; treat- 

 ment of in bloom, 186; and or- 

 chard-houses, 220; on Cotswold 

 Hills 221 ; in greenhouse, 234 ; far 

 north, 244; Affghan, 47S 



Aquatic?, hardy, 56 



Arancaria, moving, 3S5 



Arctotis reptans, 109 



Artichoke, protecting, 11 



Artichokes— Dot quite hardy, 70; 

 Globe, spring management of, 248 



Aspar.igus— forcing. 34 : beds, in- 

 sects in, 193 ; culture, 366 ; beds, 

 seaweed for. 3S5 

 Aspidistra punctata albo-maculata, 



419 

 Asters, 146 

 Atriplex hortensis rubra as an 



edging, 103 

 Auricula— Show, National, 9: in 

 ^ 1863, 323 ; Princess of Wales, 419 

 T-^Auriculas— the Alford, 324; where 

 CTi to be obtained. 324 ; house fjr, 

 " — ■ 324; shilting, 44 L 

 ^^ustralia, garden produce in, 401 



Australian seed-;, 263 



Aviary— Ivy in, 144; winnow, 270 



Azalea— leaves falling, 13; Surprise, 

 419 



Azaleas -after flowering, 250, 441; 

 dying after flowering, 282 ; cut- 

 ting-down old, 333 ; after cutting 

 back, 3S3, 385 ; potting, 392 



Batdcoot, young of, seen, 361 



Balsams, sowing, 15S 



Bantams— yellow-legged Game, 19 ; 

 in a garden, 20 ; Black, disquali- 

 fied at Darlington, 37 ; legs of 

 Game, 38, 126; with willow ^legs, 

 64 ; Black, combs, 19S ; diarrhoea 

 in, 270; laying soft eggs, 354; 

 Biack, at Bradfurd, 463 



Barbadoes, seeds from, 173 



Barometer, water, 114 



Bath and West of Englind Poultry 

 Show, 215, 251, 281, 351, 442 



Bay trees injured by frost, 267 



Bedding-out, 301 ; how to manage, 

 366, 368 ; at Putteridgeburv, 383 



Bedding plants, 300 



Bee— feeders, 19; season in Surrev, 

 40 ; keepiug, Staffordshire, 144* ; 

 season, commencement of, 160 ; 

 keeping, 162 ; protector hoase, 

 179 ; season in Renfrewshire, 196; 

 keepers, meeting of German, 197, 

 2S5 ; hou-es, 215, 354; books, 

 British, 387 



Bees — in-door apiary, runaway 

 swarms, 41 ; bottle "feeders, 42*; 

 evening thoughts on. 42 ; cause 

 of deserting hives, 61 ; cure for 

 sting of, 63; deserting hive, feed- 

 ing i'nprisrmed, profitless, S4 ; in 

 buildings, S5; in churches, &c, 

 86 : early pollen-gathering, boctle- 

 feeder and moth-trap, 106 ; ex- 

 cluding queens and drones, 106; 

 first spring flight, 125 ; profit- 

 less. 126 ; botlte-ieeding, 126, 216 ; 

 early pollen gathering, 126 ; in 

 winter, 144 ; fertile workers, 16'" 1 ; 

 need they be profitless ' 161 ; pur- 

 chasing, * 162 ; in buildings, 180, 

 216; death of a whole hive, 130; 

 superposing, 196 ; drones in March, 

 197; covering hives, 19S ; venti- 

 lation of hives, 19S ; wintering in 

 glass hives, 19S; best aspect for, 

 216; in N. Staffordshire, 216; Li- 

 gurian, in Australia, 235 ; at Bath, 

 235; fertile queens, distance they 

 fly, 236, 286, 335, 464; in X. of 

 Scotland, 236; exotic; size of 

 cells, 252 ; spring pasturage for, 

 270; in New Forest- 270; driving, 

 270; feeding, 286; 'South Ameri- 

 can, 280 ; artificial swarms, 2S5 ; 

 feeding, mortality of, 3 3 ; uniting, 

 doLigurian suck red clover 1 food 

 for, 304 ; virgin queens drone- 

 producers, butying combs, 320; 

 combs fallen, 32t.r; swarm in April, 

 334; B. & W.'s apiary, 335 ; feed- 

 ing, hive deserted, fertile queens, 

 335; aspect, 336; feeding, 336; 

 protecting glasses, uniting stocks, 

 choosing hives, 336; transferring 

 their allegiance, 352; aspect for, 

 queens destroyed by workers, 

 Ligurians and clover, drone-breed- 

 ing queens, 353, 368; use of pollen, 

 diligence of, exporting eggs, puri- 

 fying honey, promoting early 

 swarms, 370 ; food escaping from 

 bottles, 387; dark Ligurian drones, 

 383 ; drones of a drone-breeding 

 queen, 406 ; law relative to strayed 

 swarms, 406; swarming difficul- 

 ties, 425 ; dark Ligurian drones, 



426 ; (t B. & W's." apiary ; taking 

 a side-comb ; feeding, 444 ; ex- 

 hibition of, 416; dying; Ligu- 

 rians in Australia ; season in Dur- 

 ham_ 446 ; season in East Lothian, 

 463 ; age of queens, death of 

 queens, season in Staffordshire, 

 464; young expelled ; transporting 

 stocks; queenless swarm, driving, 

 distance between bars, variety of, 

 4S3 ; dying in June, variations, 

 simultaneous attacks on drones, 

 not entering a super, 484 



Beetroot edging, 35 



Begonia— leai cuttings. 100; Grtf- 

 nth.i. leaves rooting in water, 4*o 



Begonias— suffering from cold, 9 ; 

 culture and list, 110 



Belladonna Lily, planting, 56 



Belt of trees on clay soil, SI 



Beverley Pou.try Show, 423 



Birds— useful in a garden, 154 ; to 

 prevent their injuring Goosebjiry- 

 buds, 187 ; of prey, a prayer for, 

 334 ; a plea for, 457 



Birmingham poultry sale, 143 



Birininguam Rose Show, 340, 361 



Bixa orel ana sowing, 173 



Blower droppings, 311 



Boiler — Riddell's, 122 ; a good one 

 asked for, 292 ; a good, 330, 359, 

 364 



Eoilers, 55 ; for garden structures, 

 32; requisites in, 257; bursting, 

 31S 



Borders, fruit, cropped, 228 

 1 Bossitea culture. 30 



Botanic (Ro*a) Society's Show, 240, 

 2S0, 315, 357,409,468 

 , Bottom heat, 193 



Bougainvilliea speciosa, 351 



Bouquet, Princess of Wales's Bridal, 

 202 



Bower-birds, 162 



Box-edgings, trimming, 282 



Brahma Poo tra— remonstrance of, 

 1 94 ; egg-boumJ, 406 



Breast, crooked, in fowls for exhi- 

 bition, 386 



Broccoli— preserving cat, 12; cul- 

 ture, 94 



Brugmansia culture, 122 



Buckwheat for poultry, 20 



Budgrigas, managing, 106 



Bulbs— management of Cape, 141 ; 

 Cape, cause of their not flowering, 

 193 ; Cape, 228 ; in pots, 250 ; after 

 flowering, management, 313 



Bull'?, Mr., plant establishment, 376 



Bushel, its >ize formerly, 167 



Butter, ill -flavoured, 3SS 



Cafe att lait, 354 



Calabar Bean, 341 



Caladiums sporting, 123 



Calanthe — vestita culture, 90 ; 

 Veitchii hybrida. 293 



Calceolaria — cuttmgs, 177, 249; 

 colours of, 250; tetragons, 362; 

 amplesicaulis, match bed, 404 



Cakeolarias— leaves black, 5 ; cul- 

 ture, 6 ; new, 10S ; deformed, 152 ; 

 and Geraniums tor chain-border, 

 300; wind-injured, 386 



Callicarpa americana, 6 



Camellia — flowers deformed, 35 ; 

 flowtrs imperfect, 56 ; leaves 

 spotted, 81, 267 ; buds dropping, 

 299 ; Duchesne de Bcrri, 343 ; leaves 

 partly yellow, 403; soil, 431 



Camellias— heating pit for, 158 ; after 

 flowering, 250; not flowering, 333 ; 

 large, 360 



Campylobotrysrefulgens culture,441 



Canaries — breeding, 252 ; dying, 

 388 



Canary— ceasing to sing, 354 ; not 

 mating, 426; cross with Yeilow- 

 hammer, 464 



Canna indica sowing, 173 



Carnation Samuel Moreton, 229 



Carton, Duke of Leinster's, 115, 130 



Carrot soup, 304 



Catalpa not flowering, 385 



Caterpillars, the best way to destroy, 

 447. 461 



Cauliflowers, preserving cut, 12 



Cedar of Lebanon, pruning, 267 



Celery culture, 6, 46, 55, 115, 121, 

 348 



Cement for putty, 14 



Centaurea, candidissima, 122 ; propa- 

 gating, 35; ragusina, 103; dying 

 off, 193 



Cerastium tomentosum — culture, 

 177; management, 423 



Cereus pterogonus, 127 



CeyJon, importing plants from, 30l 



Chair, Ha-sard's portable, 227 



Chamasrops Fortunei, its hardiness, 

 453 



Cherries, black fly on, 404 



Cherry— Belle Agatha/, 230 ; and 

 Plum aphis, destroying, 422 



Chickens — death of, 144; manage- 

 ment of early, 144; real spring, 

 234, 252 ; how obtained gratis in 

 America, 235; with colds, 252; . 

 remainiug with ben, 320 ; dying 

 suddenly, 320; out of doors, 368:. 

 before weaning, food for, 387 



Chinese fruit-gardening, 361 



Chinese Primrose, Fern-leaved, 419 



Cborozema — cordata, specimen, 170j 

 genus, culture of, 259 



Chrysanthemum — Striped Japanese, 

 293 ; varieties of, 293 ; history and 

 cultivation, 237 ; varieties for pot 

 cultuie, 23S; to seed, 23S ; insect 

 enemies. 239 



Chrysanthemums, 25; Her Majesty 

 and Lord Palmerston, 76 ; not 

 bloomintr, SI : Pompon— Fairest 

 of the Fair, Mary Lind, and Julia 

 Englebach, 137; blooming time t 

 141 ; listof hardy large, 267 



Cinchona officinalis, 157 



Cinchonas, list of and culture. 434 



Cineraria — leaves injured, 193, 220,- 

 267; cordata, 293; maritima seed- 

 lings, 333 



Cinerarias -cutting-down and sow- 

 ing, 333 



Ci^sus discolor culture, 123 



Clay — burning, 250 ; soils, improv-- 

 ing, 65, 441 



Clematis, to propagate, 193 



Clianthus Dampieri sowing, 214, 250 



Climate of England, has it changed l- 

 413, 436 



Climbing birds, 352 



Club root, 476 



Coboea scandens flowers altered, 403" r 



Cock drooping, 252 



Cockerels fighting, 162 



Cocbin-China — with diseased liver, 

 354 ; feet inverted, 354 ; legs para- 

 lysed, 370 ; diarrhosi in, 370; 

 chickens'inaTiagenient, 426 



Cocoa-nut-fibre dust— (or propagat- 

 ing, 47, 56 ; over hot-water pipes, 

 70 ; in compost, 103 ; as a manure, 

 141 ; experiments with, 205; quan- 

 tity needed, 250 



Coccoloba platyclada, 419 



Ccdonopsis cordata, 293 



Cculogyne lagenaria, 293 



Coke as fuel, 233 



Cold, fowls affected with. 162 



Coleus plants damping-off, 267 



Colours— harmony of, 153 ; arrange- 

 ment of, 200 



Colunibarian Society, National, 105 



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