276 
GENERAL INDEX. 
Chorozema varium, var. 117 
Chlorophytum, a species of, fitted for suspension, 
136 
Cineraria, hybrid, 71 
— splendida, 71 
— Webberiana, 125; management of the 
genus, 126" 
Cirrhopetalum Medusa, 46 
Cistus, on planting the species in beds, 234 
Clematis coerulea, plan for forming a bed of it, 
231 
Clerodendron splendens, 46, 103 ; its cultiva- 
tion, 104 
Clethra quercifolia, 93 
Clianthus puniceus, remarks on the propagation 
of, 82 
Climbing plants, method of keeping them dwarf 
and shrubby, 231; hints on flowering them, 
252 
Coal, different kinds of, described, 251 
Coburgia humilis, 190 
Coelia Bauerana, 142 
Coelogyne fuliginosa, 21 
Colocasia odorata, 93 
Columnea Schiediana & splendens, fit for sus- 
pending in a stove, 135 
Columnea splendens, 263 
— Schiediana, 31 ; management of, 32 
Combretum grandiflorum, 169; treatment of, 1 70 
— macrophyllum, 95 
Combustion, character of, 249 
Conservative walls, their nature and usefulness, 
60 ; that at Chats worth described, 61 ; plan 
for a new one, 61 ; list of plants for, 63 ; mode 
of managing them, 64 
Conservatory, definition of the term, 14 ; on 
arranging and planting specimens in a, 13 ; on 
grouping plants in it, 184 
Corrsea bicolor, 267 ; culture of, 268 
— Lindleyana, 21 
Cotyledons of plants, office of the, 59 
Crocuses, impropriety of removing their leaves, 
96 
Cultivation, difference between ancient and mo- 
dern, 36 
Curcuma, species of, 263 
Cuttings, philosophy of the process of striking 
plants by, 81 ; method of raising them in 
water, 82 
Cycnoches maculatum, 215 
— ventricosum, 215 
Cynoglossum anchusoides, 70 
Cypripedium barbatum, 70 
Cyrtoceras reflexa, 167 
D. 
Dampness in winter, necessity for guarding exo- 
tics against, 216, 240 ; plan for avoiding it in 
frames, 212 
Decaying flowers, advantages of removing, 107 
Deep planting, evils of, 16 
Dendrobium aduncum, 167 
— aureum, var. pallidum, 22 
— coerulescens, 22 
— Cambridgeanum, 71 
Dendrobium denudans, 22 
— discolor, 20 
— macranthum, 238 
— nobile, 22 
— Pierardii lalifolium, 95 
— undulatum, 20 
Developments of plants discussed, 33 ; Mr, 
Main's theory of the, 58 
Digitalis lutea, var. fucata, 46 
E. 
Early training, importance of, 39, 120 
Echeveria acutifolia, 116 
— rosea, 93 
Echinocactus centeterius, 238 
— tenuispinus, 190 
Echites atropurpurea, 199 ; culture of, 200 
— splendens, 261 
Elements of plants, 177 
Epacris, Craegii, 71 
— hybrid, 22 
— new species of, 47 
Epidendrum cinnabarinum, 116 
— lancifolium, 213 
— phoeniceum, 97 ; mode of treating, 
98 
- — raniferura, 165 
— Skinnerii, 22 
Epigsea repens, fitted for forming abed, 230 
Epiphylla, on suspending them in baskets, 136 
Eria paniculata, 71 
— polyura, 142 
Erica Neillii, 195 ; hybrid, 196 ; treatment of 
the genus, 196 
Euphorbia Bryonii, 95 
F. 
Fertility, how it is fostered, 252 
Fire, nature of, 249 
Flowers, advantages of removing decaying, 107; 
what treatment is likely to produce them, 252 
Foramen, its nature described, 10 
Forcing plants, hints on, 24, 72 
Frames, best method of protecting, 212 
Franciscea latifolia, 73 ; its management, 74 
— villosa, 63 
Fuchsia cordifolia, 99 ; treatment of, 100 
— Laneii, 167 
— Monypeunii, 117 
— radicans, 27; culture of, 28 
G. 
Gaillardia coronata, 167 
Gardening as a Science, articles on, 9, 33, 57, 
81, 105, 129, 153, 177, 201, 225, 249 
Gardens, small ones usually most instructive to 
a tourist, 66 
Gases, described, 178 ; their combination, 201 
Gastrochilus pulcherrimus, 70 
Gaybine, royal purple, 243 
Gentiana septemfida, var. caucasica, 167 
Geranium erianthum, 213 
Germination, phenomena of, 10 
