GENERAL INDEX, 
A. 
Abutilon pseonisefiorum, 163 
Abutilon graveolens, 21 
Acacia longifolia, 269 
— long-leaved, 269 
Acanthophippium javanense, 22 
Achimenes grandiflora, 43 
— argyrostignia, 188, 190 
— hairy, 7 
— the painted, 223 
— hirsuta, 7 ; its accidental dis- 
covery, 7 
- — pi eta, 18, 223 ; the most successful 
cultivation of, 224 ; to have in flower at any 
season, 224 
/Echmea fulgens, 190 
Aerides ? 165 
— odoratum, 43 
— maculosum, 49 ; the most preferable 
method of growing, 50 
Air-plant, spotted, 49 
Allamanda, large -flowered, 79 
— grandiflora, 79 ; how to manage, 80 
Aletris punicea, 91 
Alona, cserulean-flowered, 3 
— coelestis, 3 ; useful as a flower-garden 
plant, 4 ; attention to moisture for, neces- 
sary, 4 
Amaryllis montcma, 20 
— tatarica, 20 
Andromeda coccinea, 101 
Anemone ohtusiloba, 18 
— japonica, 214 
Anemone Goveniana, 18 
Angreecum bilohum, 45 
— distichum, 69 
— apieulatum, 1 1 5 
Angr cecum ebumeum, 69 
Anguloa uniflora, 141 
— Clowesii, 18 
Anguloa superua, 117 
— grandiflora, 117 
Aotus gracillimus, 69 
Aphelandra, orange-scarlet, 127 
— aurantiaca, 127 ; how to treat, 128 
Arctostaphylos nitida, 140 
Armeria cephalotes, 18 
Armeria lati folia, 18 
Arundina densa, 22 
Aster bicolor, 262 
Azaleas, seedling Chinese, 55 
Azalea exquisita, 55 
— optima, 55 
— Broughtonii, 55 
— LsetitiEe, 212 
— Ludovicise, 260 
B. 
Backhousia myrtifolia, 18 
Barbacenia squamata, 19 
— purple-flowered, 27 
— purpurea, 27 ; to cultivate suc- 
cessfully ,28 
Barkeria Lindleyana, 22 
— spectabilis, var., 165 
Barkeria ? 190 
Beaufortia splendens, 45 
Begonia rubricaulis, 19 
— albo-coccinea, 163 
— ramentacea, 73 ; suitable situation for 
when flowering, 74 
— Martiana, 151 ; advantageous method 
of treating, 152 
Begonias, culture of, 209 ; their interesting 
nature, 209 ; soil proper for, 210 ; the neces- 
sity of pruning, 21 1 
Bell-flower, wood, 245 
Berberis trifoliata, 43 
— actinacantha, 237 
Besleria pulchella, 190 
Bethlehem, golden star of, 175 
Billardiera rosmarinifolia, 99 
Blandfordia margmata, 91 
Bletia catenulata, 1 1 8 
