GENERAL INDEX. 



389 



Figs, Selections of, IV, 300—302 

 Filberts, Management of, IV. 310—312 

 Firs, List of, I. 329 



Propagation of, IV. 364—365 



Fittonia, IV 23 

 Flame Flowers, III. 162 

 Flamingo Plant, II. 207 

 Flax of Commerce (Linmn), IV. 29, 238 

 " Flooding home " in gardening, 1. 113 

 Flor de Isabelle, II. 179 

 Floral decorations, Materials for, II. 

 127 



Florists' flowers, I. 14, 120, 129, 251, 

 331 ; II. 35, 70, 188, 292, 361 ; III. 21, 



238 



Flowering Begonias, III. 182 



Ferns, III. 81 



Flower-baskets, III. 7 



beds, Keeping, II, 203 



Flower garden, Tbe, I. 44, 100, 154, 218, 



222, 312, 348; II. 48, 85, 174, 202 



Arrangement of, I. 47, 48 



Carpet-bedding in, I. 218 



Colour in, I. 101 



Drainage of, I. 47 



Formation of, I. 46, 47 



General culture in, II. 202 



Mixed style in, I. 348 



Succulent bedding for, I. 3 2 



of Constantinople, II. 101 



pots, III. 3 



Flowers for boudoirs, II. 275 



corridors, II. 277 



decoration, II. 127 



dining-rooms, II. 275 



entrance-balls, II. 277 



for gardens (special list), I. 



351—354 



of tbe field, I. 291 



personal decoration, II. 336 



Flue-system of heating hot-houses, III. 



282; method of construction,' III. 



283—284 

 Foliage bedders, I. 158, 159 

 Food of plants, II. 217; III. 37—40 

 Forcing Peaches and Nectarines, IV. 



pits, ll. 224 



Poses in pots, III. 269 



Forecourts, Arrangement of, I. 132 

 Forget-me-nots, Culture of, I. 60—61 



Varieties of, II. 329 



Forking the soil, I. 273 

 Formation of new plants, III. 190 



of varieties, IV. 329 



Forsythia, IV. 142 

 Fothergilla alnifolia, IV. 142 

 Foxglove, III. 121 ; IV. 85 

 Frame Bulbs. III. 310 

 Franciscea, IV. 23 

 Francoa, IV. 87 

 Fraxinus, IV. 142 

 Freesia, IV. 157 

 French Beans, I. 108 



Willow, IV. 86 



Fresh-water plants, IV. 15 



Fringe Myrtles, II. 170 



Fringed Pinks, I. 293 



Fritillaria, IV. 158 



Frog-boppers, III. 345 



Frost-bite on Roses, III. 336 



Fruit garden and its management, I. 



122—126 ; H. 26, 122, 162, 249, 320 ; 



IIP 14, 175, 246, 319 ; IV. 42, 91, 175, 



206, 272, 361 



ripening, III. 303 



shading leaves, III. 177 



trees, I. 107, 282 



Arrangement of, III. 76 



Cultiu-e of, II. 252 



■ Treatment of maiden, II. 325 



Fruiting plants, I. 262 

 Fruits for suburban gardens, I. 330 

 Fuchsias, Culture of, II. 70—75 

 Fuel for hot-houses, III.. 281 

 Fumeworts, IV. 85 



Fungi, IV. 15 



Fungus on Vines, II. 81 



Funkias, IV. 88 



Furnishing kitchen gardens, I. 106 



G 



Gagea lutea, IV. 210 

 Gaillardia, IV. 88 

 Galanga, III. (K) 

 Galanthus, IV. 210 

 Galleandra, III. 88 

 Gall-flies, III. 345 

 Galtonia candicans, IV. 210 

 Garcinia, IV. 23 

 Garden Beans, I. 33 



frames, II. 135—139 



flowers, I. 351—54, 368—369 



lines, I. 97 



pots, I. 3-9, 112 



roads. I. 76, 188, 190, 258 



Roses, III. 144 



tools, I. 270 



Tulips, IV. 343 



walks, I. 47, 76, 188, 262 



Gardens on pasture or turf land, I. 

 30 



Gardenias, IV. 24 



Garrya, IV. 143 



Gas and plant-life, III. 292 



lime and manure, IV. 171 



• — — -stoves in hot-bouses, III. 284 

 Gasteria, II. 169-170 

 Gastronema sanguinea, IV. 210 

 Gathering Apples, III. 178 

 Gay Shrub, The, II. 172 

 Genetyllis, II. 170 

 Genista, or Genet, II. 170 ; IV. 143 

 Gentian, Varieties of, II. 139, 275 

 Geographical distribution of Ferns, 

 I. 49 



Geocoma, IV. 270 



Geraniums, Culture of, II. 140, 292, 

 327 



Germander Speedwell, III. 294 

 Germinating power of seeds, III. 69 

 Germination of seeds, I. 23, 85 



Conditions requisite for, I. 



24 



of Palm-seeds, III. 207 



of pollen, III. 191 



Power of. IH. 69 



Gesnera, IV 306 



Geum, IV. 142 



Giant Polyanthus, III. 24 



Gillyflower Stock, I. 199 



Gingerworts, III. 60 



Ginkgo biloba, IV. 358 



Gladiolus, Culture of, I. 29 ; III. 2S9 



Varieties of, IV 210—215 



Glass, Different kinds of, III. 212 



and glazing, III. 211—218 



■ bouses in suburban gardens, I. 



40—42 



structures and appliances, II. 43, 



135, 221 ; III. 40, 97, 163, 211, 272, 325 



Protectors in, II. 46 



■ troughs, II. 207 



vases, II. 206 



Glazing for amateurs, III. 217 



corridors and passages, III. 44 



Modern systems of, III. 213—217 



Gleditschia, IV. 143 

 Gleichenia, II. 196 

 Globe Flowers, II. 102 

 Gloriosa, IV. 307 



Gloxinias and their management, II. 



189—190 

 Gnaphalium lanatum, I. 156 

 Gnidia, II. 171 

 Goat-motb, III. 324 

 Godwinia, IV. 307 

 Golden Eye, III. 347 

 Fern, 1. 147 



Golden Swamp Lily, III. 30 

 Gompbia, IV. 24 

 Gompholobium, II. 170 

 Gongora, III. 89 

 Goodyera, III. 89 



Gooseberries, Culture of, IV. 16—23 



Diseases of, IV. 22 



Forcing, in pots, IV. 21 



Training bushes of, IV. 18 



Varieties of, IV. 20—21 



Weights of, IV. 21 



Gordonia, IV. 143 



Gorse, Cultivation of, IV. 351 



Gout in Roses, III. 338 



Grafting, Principles of, I. 14, 176—185, 



197, 212—215, 232 ; IV. 251—255 



by approach, I. 233 ; IV. 254 



Apples, II. 167 



Bottle, I. 232 



clav and wax, IV. 255 



Cleft, I. 214 ; IV. 253 



Crown, I. 214 



Dottble, III. 13 



by inarching, I. 233 ; IV. 254 



Rind, IV. 253 



Saddle, I. 214 ; IV. 252 



Side, IV. 253 



Splice, I. 213 ; IV. 251 



Whip, I. 214 ; IV. 251 



Propagation bv, I. 212 



and budding, IV. 250 



Grammatophyllum, III. 90 

 Grape Hyacintb, III. 329 : IV. 283 



-growing, Houses, I. 92 



vine culture in the open air, IV. 



365 



family, in. 226 



Grapes for early forcing, I. 236 



exhibition, I. 236, 342 



fruiting in pots, I. 236 



in general cultivation, I. 344 



for green-houses, I. 236 



packing, I. 339 



preserved during winter, I. £33 



in troughs, I. 339 



— in water, I. 338 



Varieties of, I. 235- 2 ? 6, 345—318 



Grass land and manure, III. 349 



of Parnassus, III. 333 



seeds for lawns, I. 43 



trees of Australia, IV. 205 



walks, I. 191 



Grating's in gardens. I. 80 

 Great Bell-flowers, II. 145 

 Green budding, I. 233 



flies, III. 323 



Greengage bush-tree, III. 235 

 Greengages, III. 234 

 Green-houses and their management, 

 I. 324 



Bulbs for, III. 310 



and conservatories, in. 40 — 51 



Heat in, I. 325 



Plants for, I. 326—332, 360 



Sbade in, I. 324 



Ventilation in , I. 325 



Green-house plants, I. 62, 159, 273, 326 c 



360 ; II. 51, 115, 168, 244, 315, 356 

 Grevillea, II. 171 

 Griffinia, IV. 215 



Ground operations, I. 10, 96,142,237,270 



Rattans, IV. 327 



Groundsel-trees, IV. 74 

 Growing point, in plant-life, I. 21 



seeds on a rotating wheel, I. 86 



Growth of plants, I. 21, 86 



buds, I. 195 



seeds, I. 21 ; II. 367 



Guano, Value of. IV. 169 

 Guilielma, IV. 271 

 Gum Cistus, IV. 79 



trees, Varieties of, n. 169 



Gustavia, IV. 24 

 Guzmannia, IV. 25 

 Gynmocladus Canadensis, IV. 143 

 Gypsophyllas, Selections of, II. 142 



