GENERAL INDEX, 
'A. 
ABIES, a sandy shallow soil desirable for the 
species of, 65 
Ahutilon striatum, 53 ; culture of, 54 ; almost 
hardy, 54 
Acacia oxycedrus, 44, 151 ; treatment of, 152 
Acacia pulchella ; var. magna, 91 
Acanthophippium striatum, 44 
— sylhetense, 44 
Acclimatation, plausibility of the theory of, 136 ; 
facts demonstrative of its possibility, 136 
Aculei or other sharp points, probably the con- 
ductors of electrical fluid, 180 
Aerides affine, 141 
-^Eschynanthus grandiflorus, 213 
— ramosissimus, excellent plan for 
flowering, 16 
^Estivation, application of the phrase, 163 
Aganisia pulchella, 139, 142 
Agave, general treatment requisite for the genus, 
251 
Albumen, its nature, 259 
AJlium cceruleum, 210 
Aloe, entire management of the genus and its 
allies, 251 
Alpine plants, highly deserving of attention, 5 ; 
their culture recently revived, 5 
Alterations in gardens, proper period for deter- 
mining the effect of, 190 
Alumina or clay, its power of retaining water, 10 
Amentum, application of the term, 161 
Analysis of soils, 9, 57, 105 
Angelonia speciosa, 213 
Angrsecum bilobum, 187, 236 
— pertusum, 237 
Anigozanthus humilis, 43 
Annuals, time for sowing, 48, 192,216 ; those 
designed for the beds of the flower garden 
during summer should be sown in pots, 119 ; 
propriety of hybridizing, 143; hints on their 
germination, 144 ; advisability of sowing a few 
of the hardiest sorts in some of the flower- 
garden beds in autumn, 192 
Anthers, ordinary form of, 233 
Apetalse, distinguishing feature of, 231 
Aphelandra cristata, 173 ; best mode of growing, 
174 
Aquilegia glauca, 184 
Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum, review 
of Loudon's, 134 
Arid heat, its disagreeableness to man and in- 
juriousness to vegetation, 120 
Aridity, the chief essential to exotics in winter^ 
47, 216, 240, 264 ; its indispensability to 
succulents at certain periods, 180, 208, 228 
Aristolochia ciliare, 116 
Atelandra incana, 43 
Atmospheric moisture, great heat involved in^ 
82 
Australian Orchidacese, brief hints on the culture 
of, 43 
Azalea, history and cultivation of thegenus,156 
Azalea indica, var. variegatiE, 175 ; directions 
for cultivating, 176 
B. 
Barbacenia purpurea, 237 
Barnardia scilloides, 66 
Barringtonia racemosa, 260 
Batatas betaeea, 234 
— bonariensis, 142 
Berberis empetrifolia, 114 
Bignonia Tweedieana, 185 
— venusta, 123 ; means to be adopted for 
flowering, 124 
Blandfordia grandiflora, 219 ; management of^ 
220 
Bone-dust, probability of its proving a useful 
manure for flower borders, 47 
Boronia, new species of, 261 
Botanical literature, its possession of a peculiar 
idiom, 37 
Bouvardia angustifolia, 99 ; general treatment of^ 
100 
Bouvardia splendens, 40 ; peculiar propagation 
of, 40 
Bouvardias, objections to growing them in the 
open border, 100 
Brachycome iberidifolia, 117 
— new species of, 142 
Brasavola glauca, 185 
— venosa, 163 
Brassia Lanceana ; var. viridiflora, 88 
— verrucosa, 91 
Brunonia australis, 267 ; its cultivation, 268 
Budding, directions for, 168 
Bulbous plants, leading characters of, 39; method 
of forcing, 240 ; treatment requisite for those 
grown in pots or glasses for drawing-room 
windows, 240 
