INDEX. 
Bulbs, the germs of future stems, and not a part 
of the roots of plants, 1 12 
Burlingtonia rigida, 68 
Butterfly plant, Indian, 49 
C. 
Cactacb^, complete culture of, 1 78, 206, 225 
Caladenia longicauda, 43 
Calandrineas, hints on growing, 256 
Calanthe discolor, 234 
— flavicans, 92 
Calectasia cyanea, 260 
Callistachya longifolia, 142 
Calostemma carneum, 114 
— luteum, 89 
Calyx, nature and varieties of the, 163 ; difference 
between a superior and an inferior one, 163, 
234 
Camarotis purpurea, 25 ; instructions for culti- 
vating and increasing, 26 
Camellia Japonica ; var. elata, 92 ; var. Donck- 
laerii, 92 ; var. tricolor, 92 
Camellias, short suggestions on the management 
of, 92 
Canvas coverings, coated with pitch, well adapted 
for screening plant-houses or frames from 
frost, 88 
Canvas coverings to tulips and other tender 
plants, useful in warding off rain as well as 
frost, 264 
Caprifolium, hybrid, 166 
Catasetum integerrimum, 210 
— longifolium, 212 
— maculatum, 237 
— Russellianum, 40 
Catkin, description of a, 161 
Cattleya Aclandise, 185 
— labiata ; var. atropurpurea, 73 
— Mossii, probably a variety of C. labiata, 
73 
Cattleyas, method of treating newly imported, 74 
Ceanothus pallidas, 89 
Centaurea pulchra, 114 
Cereus flageliiformis, well suited for suspension 
in an Orchidaceous-house during summer, 226 
Cereus latifrons, 186 
— leucanthus, 66 
— Maliisonii, 210 
— Martianus, 17 
— multiplex, 89 
— speciosissimus ; var. hybridus, 210 
Chalk, method of detaching it from soil, 106 
Chalky soil very retentive of moisture, 10 
Chelone Lyonii, 269 ; situation most suitable 
for, 270 
Chelone obliqua, 149 ; hints on the culture of, 150 
Chemical agency, not exerted on things possess- 
ing vitality, 130 
Chemistry, its relation to Horticulture, 129 ; 
inapplicable to the examination of living sub- 
stances, 130 ; its utility to the gardener, 130 
Chinese roses, directions for pruning, 13 
Chorizema Dicksonii, 92 
Chrysanthemums, treatment of, 264 ; plan for 
obtaining dwarf specimens, 191 
Clematis montana, 210 
Climate, adaptation of plants to, 136 ; their 
capacity for conforming to it, 136 
Climbing plants, necessity for checking the 
principal shoots of some species, 96 ; time 
for pruning and dressing them, 216 
Climbing roses, hints on pruning, 13 
Clitoria Ternatea, 147 ; the temperature of a 
stove necessary for, 147 
Cobsea macrosteam, 41 
Crelogyne elata, 237 
Cold winds, their prejudicial effects on plants 
accounted for, 83 
Colours, utility of examining the effects of com- 
bination in, with reference to grouping plants. 
167 
Comparettia rosea, 237 
Composite flowers, structure of, 161 
Conduction of heat, the process explained, 131, 
132 ;• an example adduced, 132 ; necessity for 
obviating it in covering plants, 133 
Corms, parts of the stem and not of the roots 
of plants, 112; their consistence and character, 
113 
Corolla, distinction and variations of the, 231 
Coi-n-flag, remarkable, 223 
Corraea bicolor, 45 ; densa, 45 ; pumila, 45 ; 
rosea, 45 ; turgida, 4b 
Corr^a Harrisii, 79 ; propagation and manage- 
ment of, 80 
Corraea longiflora, 195 ; multiplied by grafting, 
196 
Correeas, points to be observed ia hybridizing, 
80 ; practice of grafting, 196 
Coverings to glass roofs, ought not to be in 
contact therewith, 133 ; excellent mode of 
constructing, 88, 134 
Coverings to plants, scientific rules to be kept in 
view in their employment, 133 
Crassulas, culture of, 256 
Crinum Commelini, 45 
— - undulatum, 93 
Cultivation, dissimilarity caused by superior, 173 
Curcuma Roscoeana, 1,238; important features 
in the cultivation of, 2 
Cuttings, speculation as to the origin of propa- 
gation by, 202 
Cyclogyne canescens, 117, 199 ; supposed habits 
and requisite treatment of, 200 
Cycnoches chlorochiium, 187 
— maculatum, 213 
Cymbidium pendulum, 115 
Cyme, the disposition of flowers in a, 162 
Cynoglossum longiflorum, 211 
Cystanthe sprengelioides, 234 
D. 
Dahlia glabrata, 115 
Dahlias, season for removing and storing, 216 
Damask roses, require but little pruning, 13 
Delphinium decorum, 260 
— sinense, origin.^ habit, and treatment 
of, 172 
Delphinium sinense; var. flore pleno, 171; 
system of cultivating and increasing, 172 
