INDEX. 
Maxillaria, 268 138 ; Harrisonise grandiflora, 
196 ; Deppei, 268 ; tetragona, 78 ; cristata, 
crocea, picta, densa, Warreana galeata, Bar- 
ringtonisp, 139 
Mac Nab on planting evergreens, 222 
Menziesia, 9 
Mespilus lobata, 
Microsetia ruficapitella, 213 
Mignonette, culture of, 5, 144, 168 ; from the 
Tree, 7 
Millar, Mr., Hot-water apparatus at the Nursery 
of, 65 
Monachanthus viridis, 78 ; discolor, 139 
Morenoa, 109 
Morisia hypogaea, 164 
Mule Pink, directions about, 144 
Musa sapienta, 93 ; paradisiaca, 93 
Mutisia, 107, 109 
Myanthus barbatus, 124 ; cernuus, 139 
Myclocarpum, 92 
N. 
Nelumbiums, culture of, 110 
Neottia, 159, 184 
Nierembergia intermedia, 219 
O. 
Olax, 107, 108 
Oncidium citrinum, 113 ; culture of the genus, 
127, 139; Lemonianum, 262 
Operations for February, 24 ; March, 48 ; 
April, 72 ; May, 88 ; June, 119, July, 144 ; 
August, 167; September, 167; October, 
216; November, 240; December, 000 5 
January, 211 
Ophrydese, 270 
Ophrys, 159, 184 
Orchidese, culture and selection of first-rate 
epiphytal, 125 ; second-rate, 177 ; first- 
rate terrestrial, 148 ; second-rate, 174 ; 
culture by Mr. Beaton, 263 ; species figured 
in the periodicals, 79, 113,164,211,262; 
house for, at Chatsworth, 150 ; directions 
about, 125, 263 
Orchis, 159, 184 ; tephrosanthos densifolius, 
211 
Ornamental creepers, 33, 85, 107 
Orobus atropurpureus, 112 
Oxalis crenata, 72, 88, 120, 240 
P. 
Pandora Tulip, 211 
Pseonia Moutan punicea, 208 
Pansies, Lady Peel and Nabob, 261 
Parasitical plants or leaves, 40 
Passiflora, 36, 86 
Pelargoniums to preserve in winter, 21 
Pentstemon staticifolius, 164 
Pergularia odoratissima, 109 
Perennials, selection of, for stove, greenhouse, 
open borders, 202, 208 
Periploca Grseca, 37 
Peristeria, 160 
Petraea, 107, 109 
Petunia linearis, 219 ; nyctaginifiora violacea, 
173 ; violacea, 168, 192, 216 
Phagus, 160 
Phaseolus, 107, 110 
Philadelphus, 230 
Phisianthus albens, 109 
Pholidota, 184 
Phlox Drummondii, 221 
Phycella, 69 
Pinks, directions about, 144 ; Victoria, and Sir 
Walter Scott, 262 
Pine Apple tribe, 210 
Plan of the plant stove at Chatsworth, 105 
Plants to keep in a torpid state in cellars 
during winter, 20 ; to preserve on a sea 
voyage, 90 ; choice selection of climbers for 
the open air, 33 ; for the greenhouse, 85 ; 
for the stove, 107 ; a mode of labelling, 148 ; 
peculiarities of, 79 ; fly-catching properties 
of certain, 79 ; sleep of, 80 ; effects of 
heat and moisture upon, 113; natural decay 
of, 47 ; dry stove, 53 ; damp stove, 54 ; 
propagation of stove species, 55 : sponta- 
neous movements of, 114 ; changes of tem- 
perature in, 143 
Planting evergreen shrubs, 114, 222 ; decidu- 
ous, 222 
Plates, list of, xi 
Plumiera rubra, 114 
Podolobium, 85, 87 
Pogonia, 160, 184 
Poinciana Gillesii, 
Polyanthus, 120 
Pomaceae, 208 
Pomegranates, 24, 168, 120 
Ponthiera, 184 
Porana volubilis, 109 
Porosity of wood, 22 
Proteaceae, 209 
Protea, 88, 120, 144 
Preface, vii 
Primula Sinensis, 120 
Protection of plants in winter, 216 
Pterostylis concinna, 79 ; acuminata, 79 
Pruning evergreens and deciduous shrubs, 216 
Prunus, 230 
Pyrus, 231 
Q. 
Quisqualis, 107, 109 
R. 
Ranunculace^s, 208 
Ranunculus tribe, 208 
Red headed pigmy moth, destructive to rose 
trees, 213 
Remarks on heating hothouses, 53 
Renanthera coccinea, 127, 140 
Reseda, culture of the genus, 5 
Review of the Hand Book of Plain Botany, 
94 ; Lindley's Ladies' Botany, 115 
Rhodochiton volubile, 27, 36, 48, 86, 264 
Rhododendron arborea fimbriata, 98 ; Indicum 
speciosum, 78 ; venustum, 112 ; Indicum 
Smithii, 145; nudiflora eximia, 163; calen- 
dulaceum, fulgidum, cinnamomeum, 231 ; 
