GENERAL INDEX. 
279 
O. 
Oak seedling, grown in water, 179 
Odontoglossum leeve, 165 
— pulehellum, 188 
Oils, analysis of fixed vegetable, 156 ; proper- 
ties and analysis of essential or volatile 
vegetable, 156 
Oncidium bicolor, 23 
— concolor, 142 
— papilio, a superior variety of, 70 } 
— a new species of, 190 
Operations, a discussion of the nature and 
merits of various garden, 257 
— for January, 273 
— February, 23 
— March, 46 
-™ April, 71 
— May, 95 
— June, 119 
_ July, 143 
— August, 167 
— September, 191 
— October, 215 
— November, 239 
— December, 263 
Ornithocephalus ciliatus, 70 
Orthrosanthes multiflora, 245 ; its culture, 246 
Osbeckia stellata, var., 236 
P. 
Pansies, as flower-garden plants, 157 ; pro- 
pagation, 158; transplanting, 158 ; prepara- 
tion of the beds, 159 ; general management, 
159 ; varieties employed, 159 
Pateritia, Paxero, 128 
Pentas carnea, 126 ; method of treating, 126 
Perennials, propagation of tender, 47 
Pernettya mucronata, for winter gardens, 253 
Peterhoff, great fountain at, 226 
Petunia punctata, 7 
Phaius bicolor, 92 
Phaseolus lobatus, 92 
Phlomis Cashraeriana, 92 
Phlox Alcardi, 173 
— bicolor, 173 
— Princess Marienne, 173 
— Van Houtte's, 173 ; directions for the 
management of, 1 74 
Phycella chloraca, 95 
Piraelea hypericina, 94 
Pith, origin of, 36 
Pits and Frames, ventilation of, 114 
Planting out summer border plants, directions 
for, 72 
— showing shrubs in masses, 136 ; in 
groups of one species, 137 
— reasons for preferring autumn, 259 
Plant-houses, general management of, 23, 47, 
72, 96, 120, 143, 168, 216, 239, 263, 273 
Plants for flower-beds, early blooming, 157, 
182 
— the importance of attention to trifles in 
the culture of, 256, 260 
Platylobium parviflorura, 219 ; proper system 
of treatment for, 220 
Plectranihera ciliosa, 3 
Pleroma Benthamiana, 238 
— petiolata, 267 ; plan of growing, 268 
Pleurothallis recurva, 1 42 
Polygala chamsebuxus, a winter garden plant, 
253 
Potash, properties of, 228 
Potting plants, the advantages of early attention 
to, 46 
Propagation of border plants, 168 
Protecting tender plants, 24, 216, 239 
Pruning and training plants to form standards, 
14 ; to be commenced at the earliest period 
of growth, 16 ; removing rudimentary late- 
rals, 17 ; cutting back the main shoots, 17 ; 
application to various species, 19 
— the advantages of, on plants of strag- 
gling habitude, 40 ; remarks on summer, 
95 ; objections against late spring, 47 ; rea- 
sons for performing it on hardy plants in 
November, 250 
Pterodiscus speciosus, 215, 236 
Q. 
QuiSQUALis sinensis, 92 
R. 
Raking ground, hints on, 258 
Ranunculus, the Turban, an early blooming 
plant for flower-beds, 182 
Resins, analysis of, 155 
Rhododendron Aprilis, 43 
Rhododendrons, as standards, 19 ; for grow- 
ing in masses, 137 
Rondoletia longiflora^ 142, 197 
Roots, definition and structure of, 9 ; func- 
tions of, 129, 250 ; cramping them a means 
of ensuring dwarfness, 40 
Roses ; how to train standard, 15, 19 
Ruellia isophylla, 46 
S. 
Saccolabium guttatum, 211 
Salvia prunelloides, 175 ; a hardy plant, and 
way to treat, 176 
— strictiflora, 247 ; cultivation of, 248 
Sand; origin and properties of, 223; as a com- 
ponent in soils, 65 
Sap, components of, 251 
Sap of the Vine, interesting fact concerning, 
130 
Saxifraga ciliata, 44 
Schomburgkia crispa, 92 
— undulata, 71 
Seeds, necessity of a series of sowings, 47 ; 
conditions essential in general sowings of, 
260 ; suggestions on collecting, 260 
Seed-vessels, to remove, 120 
Shade, proper method of applying, 143 
Showy shrubs, on planting them in masses, 136 
Siphocampylus lantanifolius, var. glabriusculus, 
188 
Snapdragon, double purple flowering, 99 ; 
situations for, and detail of general manage- 
ment, 100 
