INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



AQUATIC PLANTS: page 

 Tropical and Temperate Aquaria— List of Plants 



for ditto 26 



The Out- door Aquarium and Bog-garden — List of 



Hardy Water Plants 136 



Bog and Marsh Plants 330 



BULBOUS PLANTS: 



Introduction — Classes of Bulbs — Lifting and 



Storing Bulbs— Planting 308 



Acidanthera— Acis — Albuca — Allium — Amaryllis — 

 Amaryllis Belladonna — Androstephium — Ano- 

 matheca cruenta — Antholyza — Anticlea glauca 

 — Babiana 361 



COMMON GAEDEN FLOWERS: 



Hardy Primulas 51 



Sea Lavender— Trillium— Flame-flower 160 



The Speedwell— The Periwinkle 291 



FEENS : 



Brainea insignis — Ceratopteris — Woodwardia — 



Osmunda— The Polypoditims 78 



Platycerium— Scolopendrium— Dicksonia— Cyathea 

 — Doodia— Pellsea 193 



Cystopteiis — Woodsia — Aspidium — Blechnum — 



Hemitelia 314 



FLOEISTS' FLOWEES: 



The Polyanthus— The Giant Polyanthus— True 



Primroses 22 



The Verbena —The Zinnia— Anemone— Eanunculus 238 



THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN: 



Training of Api^le-trees 14 



General Cultivation of the Apple 175 



Varieties of the Apple 2-16 



Diseases and Insects affecting the Apple 819 



GLASS STRUCTURES AND APPLIANCES: page 



Green-houses and Conservatories 40 



Plant-stoves and Orchid-houses 97 



Management and Routine of the Green-house ... 163 



Glass and Glazing— Systems of Glazing 211 



Heating — Pipes— Boilers — Flues — Stoves 272 



Ventilation 325 



HOT-HOUSE OR STOVE PLANTS: 



Acalypha— -SJchmea— ^schynanthus— Agalmyla — 

 Allamanda — Alloplectus — Alocasia— Alioinia — 

 Amasonia — Amher&tia — Ananassa — Ancylo- 

 gyne — Anthurium 56 



Aphelandra — Aralia — Aristolochia — Artocarpus — 



Asx>aragus— Astrapa3a— Ataccia 123 



Bambusa — Barringtouia- — Beaucarnea — Begonia 

 , — Bertolouia — Bilberg.'a — Bougainvillea — 

 Bowenia — Brexia — Brownea— Burchellia ... 180 



Callicarpa — Carludovica — Caryophyllus — Centra- 

 denia — Centrostemma — Cephalotus — Cerato- 

 zamia— Cereus — Chrysophyllum — Cinchona — 

 Cissus— Clavija— Clerodendron— Cochliostema 

 — Coif ea— Coleus — Columnea— Combretum — 

 Cossignea— Crossandra— Croton — Curculigo— 

 Curmeria — Cyanophylhmi — Cycas — Cyrtan- 

 thera— Cyrtodeira 223 



Dalechampia — Darlingtonia — Dasylirion — David- 

 sonia— Dichorisandra — Dieffenbachia — Dion — 

 Dionsea — Dipladenia — Dipteracanthus — Dra- 

 caena — Drosera— Di'osophyllum — Echinocactus 

 an d Echinopsis — Encholirion— Encephalartos 

 — Epiphyllum— Erauthemnm— Erythrina ... 353 



HOUSE, AREA, AND WINDOW GARDENING: 



Introduction— Divisions of the Subject— Obtaining 



Plants— Soils and Receptacles 1 



Propagation— Watering— Protection from Dust, 



Sun, Animals, &c 167 



Plants in Rooms 285 



