280 
GENERAL INDEX. 
Soils, economy in, 184 ; primitive formation 
of, 228 
Sparaxis Wattii, 214 
Spiraea Reevesiana, 44 
Spiral-vessels, 107 
Starch, analysis of, 1 54 ; deposited in the cells 
of plants, 105 
Statice Dickeusoniana, 44 
— pseudo-armeria, 79 ; way to grow, 80 
— rytidophylla, 44 
St. Cloud, fountain at, 226 
Stems, general structure of, 11 ; analysis of, 
12 ; exogenous, 33 ; endogenous, 57 
Stenomesson Hartwegii, 188 
Stephanotis fioribunda, 29 ; to ensure the fer- 
tility of, 30 
Stigmaphyllum jatrophsefolium, 44 
Streptocarpus Rexii, directions for forcing, 
240 
Structure of plants, each organ perfect, 178 
Styphelia tubiflora, 46 j 
Sugar, analysis of, 154 
— of Grapes, obtained from their starch, 
106 
Summer pruning, the advantages of, 96 
Support of plants, how obtained, 229 
T. 
Table mountain, Africa, climate of, 91 
Tannin, nature and properties of, 155 
Tender plants, propagation of, 47 ; protection 
of, 24, 216, 239 ; to be gradually inured to 
the weathei', 71 ; turning into the borders, 
72 ; and general management, 119, 167, 191, 
215 
Thomasia stipulacea, 212 
Thrift, false, 79 ; culture of, 80 
Thunbergia chrysops, 143, 221 ; habit in- 
fluenced by temperature, 221 ; way to suc- 
ceed in growing, 222 
Torpidity, methods of protracting, 23 ; the im- 
portance of, 263 
Training plants to form standards, 14 
— climbers ; natural mode of, 207 
Trifles, importance of attention to in plant 
culture, 256 
Trochetia grandiflor 92 
Tropseolum Lobbianum, 165, 271 ; its manage- 
ment, 272 
— peltophorum, 271 
— tricolorum, explanation of the in- 
creasing bulk of stem in, 231 
Turner a elega7is, 52 
Turrsea lobata, 45 
U. 
Umbilicus malacophyllus, 166 
V. 
Vaccinium Vitis Ideea, for flower-gardens in 
winter, 253 
Van Houtte's Phlox, 1 74 
Vascular system of plants, 105 
Vegetable Acids, 157 
— Dilutium, Hereman's, to destroy 
Cocci, 240 
— Oils, analysis of, 156 
— Physiology, 9. 33, 57, 81, 105, 129, 
153, 177, 201, 227, 249 
Ventilation of pits and frames, 1 14 
Verbenas, trained as standards, 19 
Versailles, fountains at, 226 
Viscaria oculata, 92, 269 ; proper management 
of, 270 
Vital principle of plants, 12, 251 
Volatile or essential vegetable oils, analysis 
of, 156 
W. 
Walks, hints on gravelling and rolling, 259 
Water, taken up by the roots, 129 ; compo- 
sition of, 177 
Wax, analysis of, 155 
Weeding by hand, suggestions on the pro- 
priety of, 258 
Wilhelm's-hoehe, fountain at, 226 
Winter gardens, 252 ; a selection of plants 
for, 253 ; to prepare plants for, 256 
Wistaria sinensis, various situations for, and 
modes of managing, 132 
Wood, origin and formation of, 34 
Woody-fibre, analysis of, 157; formation of, 
251. 
LONE ox : 
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