278 
GENERAL INDEX. 
Mimulus Maclainianus, 46, 147 ; modes of grow- 
ing, 148 
Mimulus, propagation of the species of, 72 
Mimulus Seymouriana, 118 
Mina lobata, 93 
Mirbelia grandiflora, 118 
Mormodes atropurpurea, 23 
— iineata, 118, 190 
N. 
Nelumbium speciosum, 21 
Nerium oleander splendens, plan of propagating, 
82 
Niphsea oblonga, 273 
O. 
Oaks, on germinating them in water, 34 
Oncidium Lemonianum, 273 
— microchilum, ib. 
— new species of, 23 
— pubes, var. flavesceas, 46 
— sphacelatum, 116 
— urophyllum, 213 
— volubile, 273 
Operations for January, 274 
— February, 23 
— March, 47 
— April, 71 
— May, 95 
— June, 119 
— July, 143 
— August, 167 
— September, 191 
— October, 215 
— November, 239 
— December, 263 
Orchidacese, general treatment of, 214, 48, 72, 
96, 144 ; rustic baskets for, 89 ; composed of 
turf, 90 ; of cocoa-nuthusks, 90 ; and of shells, 
91 ; on suspending them in stoves and warm 
greenhouses, 134 ; branches of trees for sup- 
porting them, 135 ; on fastening them to walls, 
135 
Oreodaphne bullata, 93 
Ornithogalum divaricatum, 117 
Othonna frutescens, 214 
Otochilus fusca, 21 
Oxalis lasiopetala, 94 
— rubrocincta, 262 
Oxylobium pultenaeae, 149 ; culture of, 150 
Oxygen, nature and properties of, 202 
P. 
P^ONiA tenuifolia plena, 118 
Passion-flower, Mr. Middleton's, 51 
Passiflora Middletoniana, 51 ; culture of, 52 
Paulownia imperialis, remarks on, 141 
Pelargoniums, time for repotting, 144 ; hints on 
growing, 216 
Pentstemon crassifolius, 197 ; management of, 
198 
— gentianoides splendens, 175; its 
treatment, 176 
Pereskia aculeata, an excellent stock for train- 
ing Cact£e upon, 187 
Phaius grandifolius, var., 23 
Pharbitis ostrina, 213, 243 ; culture of, 244 
Philadelphus mexicanus, 165 
Physolobium carinatum, 118 
— gracile, ih. 
Picturesque, remarks on the, 139 
Pines, effect of, at a distance, 158 
Plant's Anisanth, 214 
Plantations, hints on forming, 157 
Planting, suggestions about, 235 ; evils of deep, 
235 
Plants in frames, management of, 23 
Plumieria acuminata, 1 65 
Podolobium berberifolium, 1 1 8 
Podotheca gnaphalioides, 21 
Poles recommended for supporting tender 
climbers in the open air, 114 
Potting plants, suggestions for, 24, 47, 235 
Pots, shallow ones most desirable, 253 
Pi-imula sinensis plena, 23 
— denticulata, 191 
Procrastination, evils of, in gardening, 23 
Propagation of exotics, best time for the, 96 
Propagation of tender plants for the borders, 
24, 72, 168 
Protecting plants, directions for, 24, 274 
Pruning, general remarks on, 264 
Pruning growing exotics, essay on, 35 ; rationale 
of the plan, 38 
R. 
Reviews of Loudon's Encyclopsedia of trees 
and shrubs, 140 ; of Sir Uvedale Price on the 
picturesque, 138 ; and of Repton's Landscape 
Gardening, 141 
Rhododendron anthopogon, 143 
— Smithii aureum, 79 ; culture of, 
80 
Rhododendrons, instructions for layering, 264 ; 
situation and soil proper for, 208 
Ribes, hybrid, 118 
Rigidella immaculata, 21 
Rondeletialongiflora, 217 ; management of, 218 
Rosaceous plants, their uses in landscape-garden- 
ing, 141 
Roses, pruning requisite for the particular kinds 
of, 264 
Russellia juncea, adapted for suspending in a 
stove, 136 
S. 
Saussurea pulchella, 94 
Scutellaria splendens, 273 
Science of Gardening, papers on the, 9, 33, 57, 
81, 105, 129, 153, 177, 201, 245, 249 
Seeds, analyzation of, 9 ; on removing the rind 
of some, 19 ; their production weakens plants, 
108 ; the flowering season perpetuated by 
their abstraction, 109 ; annuals changed into 
shrubs, if prevented from forming them, 109 
Seed-saving, directions for, 144, 191 
Seed- sowing, time^oi- a general, 48 ; hints on, 
144 
