INDEX. 



ABYSSINIAN Musa, 55, 84 

 Acacia lophantlia, 188 

 Acanthus latifolius, 96, 210 

 Agave americana, 187 

 Ailantus glandulosa, a valuable town 



tree, 171 

 Andropogon squarrosum, 212 

 Angers, 610 



Apartments, plant decoration of, 262 



Apple, the, as a cordon, 323 



Apples, selection of the finer kinds for 

 growing on the cordon system, 343 



Aralia edulis, 212 



japonica, 213 

 papyrifera, 187 

 , , papyrifera stored in caves under 

 the Jardin Fleuriste, 151 



Aralia Sieboldi, 214 

 spinosa, 213 



Argenteuil, asparagus culture at, 501 



Artichoke (Cynara Scolymus) as a fine- 

 leaved plant, 65 



Artichokes, varieties of, used in Paris, 

 516 



Arundo conspicua, 215 

 ,, Donax, 214 



,, versicolor, 214 

 ilsparagus culture, 501 

 Asparagus, mode of forcing, 513 

 Asphalte, preparation of, 131 

 roads, 135 



used for the footways of the 

 Boulevards, 130 

 Asplenium nidus-avis, 189 

 Avenue de I'Empereur, 124 

 ,, „ rimperatrice, 124 

 ,, des Champs Elysees, 3 



BAMBOOS, hardy, 141, 215 

 Bambusa viridis-glaucescens, 215 

 Barbe de Capucin, 499 

 Barometer employed by market gar- 

 deners of Paris, 470 

 Bassin de Latone at Versailles, 249 

 Neptune, 247 



Bathing, 136 



Bedding plants, excellent houses for, in 

 Jardin Fleuriste, 148 



Beauty of form a want in our conser- 

 vatories, 282 



Binette, the, 568 



Bird feeding in the Tuileries gardens, 16 



Bois de Boulogne, 18 

 ,, Vincennes, 35 



Borders in front of fruit walls planted 

 with cordons, 355 



Bosquet des Bains d'Apollon at Ver- 

 sailles, 247 



Bosquet du Roi at Versailles, 245 



Boulevard Richard Lenoir, 122 



Boulevards, architecture of, 113 

 „ origin of the, 118 

 ,, roadways and footpaths of, 

 120, 129 



Boulevards, the, 112 



,, ,, under Louis XIV., 120 



Bourg-la-Reine, 623 



Bracket, galvanized iron, for support- 

 ing temporary coping, 436 



Breffit, Messrs. E., and Co., 599 



Britons, intelligent, their keen appre- 

 ciation of a well-ordered city helps to 

 pay for improvements in Paris, 103 



Brown, Messrs. J. B., and Co., 599 



Brunoy, 633 



Bur reed, the, 581 



CAFES, stalls, &c., in public gar- 

 dens, 4 

 Caladium bataviense, 56 



esculentum, 56, 189 

 Cannas, how they are stored in the 



Jardin Fleuriste, 151 

 Cannas, the, 191 



Calville Blanc apple, how to grow it to 

 perfection in this country, 337 



Calville Blanc apple, mode of growing 

 it at Montreuil, 441 



Cardoon, the, best sorts grown in 

 France, 516 



