642 



INDEX. 



Myosotis nipestris, 225 



nipicola, 319 

 Myoxus avellanarus, 522 

 Myrica Gale, 443 

 Myrospermiim Pereirse, 



253 

 Myrtle, 443 

 Bog, 443 

 Myrtus communis, 443 

 Myxogaster, 356 



N. 



Napoleon pear, 161 

 Narcissus, 213 

 bulbocodium, 213 

 incomparabilis, 213 

 Juncifolius, 213 

 Jonquilla, 213 

 maximus, 2x3 

 miuorj 213 

 orientalis, 2T4 

 poeticus, 214 

 Pseudo-Narcissus, 213 

 Nardoo plant, 407 

 Nasturtium, 99 

 officinale, 92 

 Nasturtiums, 246 

 Neapolitan Cabbage let- 

 tuce, 95 

 violets, 222 

 Nectarine, Elruge, 175 

 Orange, 175 

 Pitmaston s Grange, 175 

 Rivers' Seedling, 175 

 Violettc Hative, 175 

 Nectaiine-treeSjgrowth of, 

 ^75 , . 

 new vanetie*? of, how 



obtained, 172 

 propagation of, 172 

 tr^ning of, 175 

 Neat snail, 492 

 Nelis d'Hiver pear, i6d 

 Nemophilas, 240 

 Nepenthes ampullacea 

 pitcher-plant, 303 

 distillatoria pitcher- 

 plant, 303 

 levis pitcher-plant, 303 

 RafHesiana pitcher- 

 plant, 304 

 Nephrodium, 399 

 aemulum, 399 

 cristatum, 399 

 dilatatum, 399 

 Filix-raas, 399 

 Oreopteris (montanum), 



399 

 patens, 399 

 molle, 386, 400 

 sanctum, 400 

 Sieboldii, 399 

 spinulosum, 399 

 Thelypteris, 399 

 Ne Plus Meuris pear, 

 160 

 Ne Plus Ultra pea, 104 



azalea, 442 

 Nests of golden-crested 

 wren, 546 

 of hornets, 462 

 of moorhens, 528 

 of reed-warbler, 547 

 of rooks, 541 

 of sticklebacks, curious 

 construction of, 508 

 of swallows, 534 

 of thrushes, 551 

 of >vasps, 461 

 of wrens, 538 

 Neuroptera, 479 

 New Hawthornden apple, 



150 

 New Silver Edge ivy, 

 380 



New Zealand spinach, 109 

 Newington Wonder bean, 

 107 

 Newman, Mr., 485 

 Ne\vtown Pippin apple, 

 13S, T42, 146, 149 

 Nicolini, M.le Chevalier, 4 

 Nicotiana, 128 

 Nightingale, 548, 553 

 Nightjar or goatsucker, 

 S34 



Nightshade, 342 

 Nimrod strawberry, 183 

 Nineveh, gardens of, 565 

 Nitrogenized mattersome- 

 times required to be 

 'added to soils, 51 

 Noctua (agrotis) exclama- 

 tionis, 486 



(mamestra) brassicae, 

 486 

 (agrotis) segettun, 486 

 Noctuidae, 486 

 Noblesse peach, 173 

 Nodosaria, found in chalk 

 of the district, 23 

 Noisette roses, varieties 

 of, 275 



Nonionini turgida, 22 

 Nonpareil cabbage, no 



apple, 138 

 Norfolk Biffin apple, 13S 

 Norfolk fern, 380 

 Normandy Pippin apples, 

 139 

 North American ferns, 42. 

 372 

 Northern Spy apple, 142, 

 146 

 Norway cloudberry, 205 

 Nostoc commune, 346 

 Notes of various birds, SS3 

 NothochlEena, 401 

 Marantae, 385 

 nivea, 401 

 Nottingham medlar, 154 

 Nouveau Poiteau pear, 



161 

 Nouvelle Fulvie pear, 



162 

 Noviomagus, the position 

 of town considered, 5 

 supposed site of, 5 

 Nuthatch, 537 

 Nuts, growth of, 197 

 new varieties, how ob- 

 tained, 197 

 propagation of, 197 



Nuts : — 

 Atlas, 197 

 Cosford, 197 

 Kentish Cob, 197 

 Purple Filbert, 197 

 Red Filbert, 197 

 White Filbert, 197 

 Nutting's beetroot, 102 

 Nymphffia cserulea, 260 



O. 



Oak, American, 414 

 everEtreen, 414 

 Fulham, 414 

 of Queen Elizabeth at 



Beddington, 18 

 Turkey, 414 

 Oak aphis, 473 



fern, 40, 371, 378, 400 

 Oaks, 414 

 dimensions of one at 



Beddington, 429 

 gall on, 464 

 Objects, microscopic, ol 

 Mr. Groves, 22 



Ochroleucum rhododen- 

 dron, 441 



October cherry, 177 

 Ocymum basilicum, 128 

 OdIIng, Professor, 29, 49 

 Odontoglossura Alexan- 

 driaa orchid, 301 

 grande orchid, 301 

 Phalaenopsis orchid, 301 

 pulchelium orchid,. 301 

 Odontoglossums, orchids, 

 varieties of, 301 

 Odour of pinks, how ob- 

 tained, 227 



OEnothera biennis, 245 

 Oidium fructigenum, 367 

 leucoconium, 365 

 Tuckeri, 364 

 Oleandra articulata, 400 

 Old Nonpareil apple, 147, 



148 

 Old Scott, or W. Stuart, 



the veterinarian, 15 

 Oleander, 251 



Scale insect, 478 

 Omphalodes verna, 318 

 Oncidium altissimum or- 

 chid, 297 

 'flexuosum orchid, 297 

 Harrisii orchid, 298 

 luridum orchid, 298 

 papilio orchid, 207 

 Onion, Flat Tripoli. 117 

 Globe Tripoli, 117 

 Rocca, 117 

 Spanish, 117 

 Onions, 116 

 crystals in, 117 

 fungus of, 363 

 Onion-fly, 490 

 Oniscus asellus, 449 

 Onoclea sensibilis, 389 

 Onychium japonicum, 

 38s. 392 

 sensibile, 385 

 Ophioglossiacese, 405 

 Ophioglossum vulgatum. 

 381, 405 

 Ophrys apifera, 293 



muscifera, 293 

 Opium poppy, propagated 

 by seed, 83 

 Opuntia, 202 



Raffiesquiana, 202 

 Orange, mock, 438 



thyme, 125 

 Orange-jelly turnip, 120 

 Orangery at Beddington, 

 account of, TO 

 Oranges, varieties of, 199 

 Orchard-house, construc- 

 tion of, 70 

 heating of, 71 

 plants grown in, 71 

 ventilation of, 71 

 watering of, 72 

 where situated, 42 

 Orchidaceous plants, 

 growth of, 53, 292 

 Orchids, terrestrial, 

 growth of, 44, 294 



Orchids, 41, 292: — 

 Accras anthropophora, 



293 

 Aerides, 300 



crispum, 300 

 AnEcctocliilus argen- 

 teus, 300 

 pictu.s^ 301 

 Dawsonianus, 301 

 Lowii, 300 



(macodes) petola, 301 

 ordiana, 301 

 setaceus, qoi 

 intermedius, 301 



I 



Ot<^\A%— continued. 



Anacctochilus, varietic 

 of, 300, 301 



Veitchii, 301 



xanthophyllus, 301 

 Angraecum sesquipe- 



dale, 302 

 Bee, 293, 317 

 Brassia maculata, 299 

 British, varieties of, 292 

 Butterfly, 317 

 Calanthe vesfita, 300 

 Cattleya Forbesii, 299 



labiata, 298 



Mossix, 298 



Skinneri, 298 

 Cattleyas, varieties of, 

 298 

 Oelogyne cristata, 303 

 Chinese, varieties o'" 



296 

 common, 292 

 Cypripediumbarbatum, 



calccolus, 294 



caudatum, 299 



insigne. 299 



spectabile, 294 

 Cypripediums, varieties 

 of, 299 



villosum, 299 

 Dendrobium nobile, 296 



Fierardii, 296 

 Dove, or Holy Ghost, 

 302 

 Epidendrum, 300 

 epiphytic, growth of, 

 294 



Fly, 293, 317 

 Goodyera rcpens, 294 

 Great Butterfly, 293 

 Habenaria Chloraneha, 

 293 



Incarnata, 294 

 Listera cordata, 294 

 Lycaste aromatica, 299 

 Maculate, 293 

 Man, 293, 317 

 Mantisia saltatoria, 298 

 Marsh, 317 



varieties of, 294 

 Mascula, 292 

 Masdevallia Veitchii, 

 ,303. 

 Maxillaria fimbriata, 



Harrisonu, 299 

 Milton ias, 302 

 Maxillarias, varieties 



of, 299 

 Odontoglossum Alexan- 

 dria, 301 



grande, 301 



i'hulsenopsis, 301 



pulchelium, 301 

 OHontoglossums, varie- 

 ties of, 301 

 Oncidium altissimum, 

 297 



flexuosum, 297 



Harrisii, 298 



luridum, 298 



papilio, 297 

 Oncidiums, varieties of, 



297 

 Opera Girls, 298 

 Ophrys apifera, 293 



muscifera, 293 

 Peristeria alata, 302 

 Phajus grimdiflora, 298 

 Phalaenopsis grandi- 

 flora, 296 

 Spotted, 317 



pale, 293 

 Stanhopea, 300 

 Tricopilia tortilis, 302 



Orchids — contimtf4' 

 Vanda tricolor, 297 

 Vandas, varieties of, 

 297 



Vanilla, 303 

 aromatica, 303 



Ord's apple, 148 

 Orgyia antiqua, 483 

 Onganum, 129 



majorana, 129 

 Orion melon, ig6 

 Orleans plum, 168 

 Ormerod, Dr., 461 

 Ornamental grasses, 33? 

 Orthoptera, 471 

 Oscar strawberry, 183 

 Osmunda, 403 



cinnamomea, 382, 403 



CIa3rtoniana, 403 



gracilis, 382 



interrupta; 382, 403 



regalis, 3Sj, 35?, 371 

 403 

 cristata, 3S? 



spectabilis, 403 

 Osmundas, 40 

 Otiorhynchus picip?s, 46;^ 



suJcatus, 467 

 Ova, how k^t. previqus 

 to being hatched| 499 



of trout, 497 

 Over-fall, 40 



Owen, Professor, 341, 534 

 Owl, white, 553 

 Ox, parasite pf, 450 

 Oxalidae, 316 

 Oxalis Acetosella, 98. 316 



crenata, 121 



rosea, 316 

 propagated by seed, 



^ ®3 

 Ox-eye, 337 

 Oxycoccus, 204 



Pachyphytum bracteo- 

 sum, 313 

 Palestine (ancient and 

 modem) gardens of, 568 

 Palm-date, 265 

 Palms, 265, 427 

 Pampas grass, 331 

 Pancratium zeylanicum, 

 263 

 Pancratiums, 263 

 Panicum variegatum^ 333 

 Pansies, 223 

 Papaver nudicaule, 321 

 somniferum,propagate4 

 by seed, S3 

 Paradise stock used for 

 .'orking apple-trees on, 

 -.1 

 Paradises of the Persians, 

 570 

 Paraffin-oil lamps, used 

 for warming glass - 

 houses, 82 



Parasite of the ox, 450 

 Parasites in My Garden, 



450 

 Pans, Comte de, 294 



Cos lettuce, 94 

 Parish of Beddington, i 

 Parker, Mr., of Tooting, 

 223 

 I Parker's Yellow violet, 223 

 I Pamas^a palustris, 320 

 I Pamassus,grass of, 41,320 

 j Parrot tuUps, 217 

 Parsley, 131 



I Myatt's Gamishing,i3i 

 Parsley fern, 378, 393 



