INDEX. 



ABYSSINIAN Musa, 55, 84 

 Acacia lophantlia, 188 

 Acanthus latifolius, 96, 210 

 Agave americana, 187 

 Ailantus glandulosa, a valuable town 



tree, 171 

 Andropogon isquarrosum, 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 Scolyraus) as a fine- 

 leaved plant, 65 

 Artichokes, varieties of, used in Paris, 



516 



Arundo conspicua, 215 



,, Donax, 214 



,, 5, versicolor, 214 

 Asparagus 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 Eoi 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 



nAFilS, stalls, &e., in public gar- 

 \J 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, 616 



