INDEX. 



II9I 



Manures, general, 1122 

 green, 1144 

 guano, 1 1 39 

 horse, 1122, 1125. 1126 

 humus, 1115, 11+4. 1146 

 kainit, 1143 

 lawn, 40 



lime, chief sources of, 



1 143 

 marls, 1444 

 mineral, 1121 

 moss-litter. 11 24 

 muriate of potash, 1143 

 natural, 1122 

 nitrate of soda, 1140 

 nitrification, 1130 

 orchard, 1138, 1144 

 phosphatic, 1135 

 pig, 1125, 1126 

 - potash, chief sources of, 



1 142 

 poultry. 1 129 

 quicklime, 1144 

 Rose, 97 



sheep, 1125, 1126 

 special, 1122 

 stable, 1122, 1125, 1126 

 Strawberry, 1146 

 sulphate of ammonia, 

 1 142 



sulphate of potash, 1143 

 superphosphates, 1137 

 Thomas's phosphate, 

 1137 



urine for forcing, 1127 



vegetable. 1121 



wood ashes, 1142 

 Maples. 364 



weeping, 477 

 Maranta, 676 

 Marcgravia, 693 

 Marguerite, Blue, 706 



Summer, 221 

 Marigold, African, 247 



French, 247 



Marsh, 894 



Pot, 218 

 Mariposa Lily. 31S 

 Marjoram, 1063 

 Marls as manures. 1144 

 Marrows. Vegetable, 1076 

 Marsh Ledum, 441 



Marigold, S94 



Rosemary, 419 



Saw Grass, 887 

 Martynia, 248 

 Masdevallia, 612 

 Mathiola, 234 258 

 Masillaria, 605 

 Maximiliana, S38 

 May Bug. Lesser, 10S6 

 May, Italian. 412 

 Meadows, lawns in, 39, 40 

 Meadow Sweet, 2S2 



Saffron, 320 

 Mealy Bug, 696, 1092 

 Meconopsis, 258, 295, 895 

 Medinella, 655 

 Medlars, 1016 

 Megasea, 295 

 Melianthus, 190 

 Melocactus, 79S 



Turk's Cap, 799 

 Melolontha, 10S6 

 Melon Cactus, 79S 

 Melons, 1016 

 Menispermum, 46S 

 Mentha, 194 



Menyanthes, 887 

 Menziesia, 427, 430 

 Merodon, 309 

 Mertensia, 295 

 Mesembrvanthemum, 194, 

 248 



Mespilus, 36S, 434 

 Mexican Orange Flower, 429 

 Michaelmas Daisy, 265 

 Microsphjera, 1006 

 Midge, Pear, 1033 

 Mignonette, 234 

 Mildews, iiii 



Gooseberry, 1006 



Onion, 1067 



Powdery, 1015 

 Milfoil-leaved Gilia, 226 

 Milfoil, Water, 883 

 Milk Weed, Swamp, 894 

 Millipedes, 1092 

 Miltonia, 591, 605 

 Mimosa, 677 

 Mimulus, 275 

 Mina, 248, 759 

 Mineral manures, 1121 

 Minorca Box. 427 

 Miscanthus, 893 

 Mite, Currant Bud, 998 



Gooseberry, 1006 



Nut, 1025 

 ]Mock Oranges, 397 

 Monarda, 276 

 Monilia, 11 10 

 Monkey Flower, 275 



Puzzle, 4S3 

 Monk's Hood, Common, 264 

 Monochastum, 656 

 Montbretia, 341 

 Monterey Cj-press, 492 



Pine, 507 

 Monte Video Arrow-head. 

 924 



Moonseed, 468 

 Moonwort, Blue, 301 

 Mop-headed trees and 



shrubs, 360 

 Morina, 276 

 Morisia, 295 

 Morna, 254 

 Moss litter, 1124 



Roses, 120 

 Mossy Saxifrages, 299 

 Moth, Brindle Beauty, 1037 



Cabbage, 1070, 1056 



Codlin, 10S7 



Currant Clear-wing, 998 



Currant Shoot. 998 



Figure of Eight, 983 



Garden Dart. 1096 



Heart and Dart, 1096 



Lackey, 1090 



Magpie, 997 



Mottled Winter, 1093 



Pea, 1070 



Plum, 1036 



Raspberry, 1039 



Silver Y, 1095 



Small Ermine, 983 



Spinach, 99S 



Turnip, 1096 



Vapourer, 1097 



Winter, iioo 



Wood Leopard, 1102 

 Mountain Ash, 463 



Laurel, American, 440 



Violet. Yellow, 73 

 Mount Etna Lily, 350 



Ida Whortleberry, 452 



Mowing, 41 

 Mulberries, 1017 

 Muriate of potash, 1143 

 Musa, 677, 753 



as an aquatic, 926 

 Muscari, 341 

 Mushrooms, 1065 

 Musk, 276 



Mallow, 275 

 Mussaenda, 656 

 Mussel Scale, 1095 

 Mustard. 1066 

 Myosotis, 296 



palustris, 895 

 Myriapoda. 1092 

 Myriophyllum, 883 

 M}Tsiphyllum, 759 



proserpinacoides, 922 

 Myrsitis, 207 

 Myrtle, 474 

 Mytilaspis, 1095 

 Myxomycetes, mo 



N. 



NcegeHa, 650, 657 

 N anodes, 606 

 Narcissus, 341 



Fly- 309 



Hoop Petticoat, 343 



Poet's, 344 

 Nasturtium. 253 



Tom Thumb, 254 

 Natural sowing of seeds, 946 

 Nectarines, 1018 



planting, 1019 



protecting, 1021 



pruning, 1020 



thinning fruits, 1020 



training, 1019 



varieties, 1021 

 Nectria, 9S4 

 Negundo, 365 

 Neillia, 394 

 Nelumbium, 922 



culture, 905 

 Nematoid Worms, 10S9 

 Nematus, 99S 

 Nemesia, 249 

 Nemophila, 235 

 Nepenthes, 624, 678 

 Nephrosperma, 838 

 Neptunia, 923 

 Nerine, 345 

 Nicotiana, 191, 249 

 Nidularium, 678 

 Nigella, 235 



Night-scented Stock, 234 

 Nile Lily, 888 



Lotus of the, 914. See 

 " Lotus " 

 Nitrate of soda, 1140 

 Nitrates, 1130 



advantages of, 1133 

 Nitrification, 1130 

 Nitrogen, 1130 

 Noisette Roses, 116 

 Nolana, 236 



Nomenclature adopted, 4 

 Non - arborescent gigantic 



Ferns, 558 

 Nootka Sound Bramble, 410 



Cypress, 492 

 North American Black 

 Spruce, 503 

 Grass, 893 

 Thorn, 376 



