GEXEEAL INDEX. 



391. 



Leaves and what they do, LT. 158, 214 



as factories, II. 219 



.Breadth of, II. 216 



Digestion of, II. 220 



Forms of, II. 159 



Framework of, II. 160 



Nature of, II. 153 



Perspiring, II. 216 



Sap of, II. 214 



Skm of, II. 160 



Starch in, II. 219 



Tissues of, II. 215 



Ledum, IV. 221 



Leiophvlhim buxifolium, IV. 221 

 Lemoinia, IV. 28 



Lemons, Propagation of, I. 366 — 68 

 Leopard Moth, III. 324 

 Leopard' s-bane, IV. 86 

 Leptotes, III. 155 

 Leschenaultia, II. 244 

 Lespedeza, IV. 221 

 Lettuces, Cultivation of, I. 209 

 and Asparagus in double crop- 

 ping, II. 185 

 Leucodendron, II. 245 

 Leucojum, IV 280 

 Leucopogon, II. 215 

 Leucothce, IV. 221 

 Levelling operations, I. 10, 47 



Mistakes hi, I. 11 



Simple modes of, I. 13 



subsoil and surface, I. 12 



with boring-rods, I. 14 



Leycesteria fovmosa, IV. 221 

 Liatris, IV. 237 

 Librocedus, IV 359 

 Lichens, Selections of, IV. 15 

 Licuala, IV. 323 



Life-history of plants, The, I. 20, 85, 

 195, 295; II. 40, 92, 158, 214, 367; 

 III. 9, 118, 181. 303 



Lifting and storms- Bulbs, III. 311 



Light in p!ant-life. III. 50, 68, 100 



Lisrustruni, IV. 221 



Like, Propagation of, I. 135, 328 



Liliaceous plants, List of, I. 330 



Lilies, Culture of, III. 2S9 ; IV. 280— 82 



and Amaryllises, III. 362—366 



Lilium, IV. 280—282 



Lily of the Amazon, II. 127 



of the Valley, II. 127, 271 



Lilyworts, III. 362 ; IV. 51 



Limatodes, III. 155 



Lime fruit, I. 363 



as manure, III. 318 ; IV. 170 



Limestone Fem, III. 8i 



Linaria, Propagation of, IV. 237 



Lindenia, in. 155 



Lindens, Cultivation of, IV. 351 



Linum, IV. 28, 233 



Liquidambar, IV. 222 



Liriodendron tulipifera, IV 222 



Lisianthus, II. 245 



Lissochilus, III. 156 



Lithospermum, IV. 233 



Little Sunflower, II. 100 



Littonia, IV. 307 



Liverworts, IV. 14 



Living 1 edgings for gardens, I. 191 



hedges, I. 284, 317 



Livistonia, IV. 323 



Loams, Nature of, II. 29 



Lobelias, I. 157; IV. 239 



Locust-tree, I. 328 



Lodoicea, IV. 324 



Lomaria, Cultivation of, II. 67—69 



Lomatia, II. 2i6 



Long Tom-pots. I. 6 



Lonicera, IV. 222 



Loose-strife, III. 333 



Loss of plant-food by drainage, III. 

 257 



Luculia, II. 246 

 Luddemannia, III. 156 

 Lungwort, IV. 242 

 Lycaste, III. 156 



Lychnis, II. 100 



Lycopodiums, Nature and varieties 



of, IV. 381, 382 

 Lygodium Ferns, II. 373, 374 



M 



Mackaya, IV. 117 



Macleania, II. 247 



Madura aurantiaca, IV. 223 



Macrozamia, IV. 118 



Madworts, I. 84 



Maggots on Apples, III. 323 



Koses, III. 340 



Magnolias, Cultivation of, I. 328 



Varieties of, II. 247 ; IV. 223 



Maiden Apple-trees, II. 320 



Peach-trees, III. 76 



Pinks, I. 293 



trees, II. 325 ; III. 76 



Vines, Pruning, I. 303 



Maidenhair Ferns, I. 49, 50 



tree, III. 207 



Male flower, III. 123 



catkins, III. 123 



Mallows, IV. 239 



Malortiaaa, IV. 325 



Malva, IV. 239 



Mamillaria, IV 118 



Management of Peaches and Necta- 

 rines, III. 129 



kitchen garden, I. 165 



small gardens, I. 225 



ViDeries, 1.301 



Mandevilla, II. 247 



Manetti Eose Stock, I. 75 



Manettia, IV. 118 



Marigolds, Marsh, III. 330 ; IV. 41 



Mantisia, IV. 307 



Manures on building ground, I. 42 



Action of, III. 259 



their composition and value, III. 



347 



Description of, IV. 168 



for Grass land, III. 349 



for cereal crops, III. 349 



Manuring kitchen garden, I. 107, 272 



shallow soils, I. 28, 30 



Asparagns beds, I 31 



in theory and in practice, III. 36, 



111, 254, 347 ; IV. 169 

 Maples, L 3*7; IV. 1—5 

 Maranta, IV. 118 

 Marjoram and its culture, I. 57 



Common, I. 57 



in pot, I. 57 



Summer, I. 57 



Marsh Gentian, II. 140 



Marigold. III. 330 : IV. 41 



plants, III. 330 ; IV. 13 



stand, II. 204 



Martinezia, IV. 325 

 Masdevallia, III. 158, 159 

 Matricaria, IV. 240 

 Mauritia, IV. 325 

 Maxillaria, III. 296 

 Maximiliana, IV. 325 

 May, or Hawthorn, I. 327 

 Meaiow Geraniums, II. 141 



Eue, I. 291 



Saffron, IV. 103, 282 



Sweet, II. 345, 346 



Mealy Bug, II. 82, 350 ; III. 322 

 Measimng-rods, I. 97 

 Mechanic's green-house, III. 42 

 Medinilla, IV. 82 

 Medlars, IV. 224, 257 



Culture of, IV. 367 



Meeasea, II. 256 



Melons, Culture of, IV. 315-320 



by express, IV. 320-322 



Melon pits, IT. 226 

 Menispermnm, IV. 224 

 Menziesia, IV. 224] 

 Merendera, IV. 82 



Mesembryanthemum, I. 157; LT. 



247, 248 

 Mesospinidium, III. 296 

 Mespilus, IV. 224 

 Michaelmas Daisies, I. 372 



Selections of, I. 373, 374 



Microbes, II. 99 

 Midday flowers, II. 247 

 Mildew on Apples, III. 321 



Peaches, IV. 168 



Eoses, III. 336 



Vines, II. 79 



Milkworts, IV. 242 

 Milla, IV. 281 

 Miltonia, IIT. 296 

 Mimosa, IV. 119 

 Mimulus, IV. 240 



Mineral-oil stoves in hot-houses, LTL 

 284 



Mitraria, II. 248 



" Mixed style" in gardening, I. 348 

 Mock Orange, I. 135, 328 

 Modern glazing, III. 213 

 Monkey-flower, III. 333 ; IV. 240 

 Monkshood, IV. 38 

 Monstera, IV. 119 

 Montbretia, IV. 283 

 Monthly calendar of work in kitchen 

 garden, II. 238, 309 



January, II. 239 



■ February, II. 240 



March, II. 241 



April, II. 242 



May, IT. 243 



June, II. 309 



July, II. 310 



■ August, II. 311 



September, II. 312 



October, II. 313 



November, II. 313 



December, II. 314 



Monthly Eoses, III. 148 

 Mop-headed Acacias, I. 328 

 Moraea, IV. 283 

 Mormodes, III. 297 

 Morphixia, IV. 283 

 Morus, IV. 224 



Mosses, Cultivation of, TV. 383 



and Ferns, II. 131 



Varieties of, II. 131, 132; IV.. 



13, 14 



Moss Eoses, I. 39 ; II. 283 ; 1TL 143 

 Moth on Apples, III. 323 

 Moth Orchid, IL 204 

 Mountain Cudweed, III. 269 

 Mouse-eared Chickweed, I. 203 

 Moving Plant, III. 355 

 Mulberry-tree, IV. 224, 258 

 Mulberries, Culture of, I. 41, 368 

 Mulching Apple-trees, III. 175 



• in the flower-garden, II. 203 



Mule Pinks. I. 294 

 Musas, IV. 119 

 Muscari, IV. 283 



Mushrooms, Cultivation of, I. 243 



Portable culture of, I. 248 ; IV. 15- 



and Melons, II. 187 



and Seakale, II. 187 



Mussel -scale, III. 323 



Mustard, I. 136 



Mutisia, IT. 249 



Mvrica, IV. 225 



Myricaria, IV. 225 



Myristica, IV. 121 



Myrsiphvllum, II. 315 



Myrtle familv, I. 278, 281, 328 ; II. 315 ; 



III. 223 ; TV. 225 

 Myrtus, II. 315 



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Nanodes, in. 298 

 Napoleona, IV. 120 



Narcissus, Culture of, I. 297 ; in. £2 a - 

 IV. 284 



