INDEX. 
A. 
ABSORPTION, process of, explained, 86 
Acarius Tellarius, means for destroying, 71 
Aconitum chinense, 3 
iEschynanthus grandiflorus, culture and habits 
of, 241 
Agave Americana, means of inducing it to 
flower, 135 
Air, directions for admitting it into plant houses, 
96, 168, 192, 216, 240 
Alpine plants, natural habits of, 230 ; culture 
of, 230 
Amancaes, Mr. M'Lean's, 210 
Amaryllises, preparations for forcing, 216 
American aloe, suggestions for flowering the, 135 
American cowslip, entire-leaved, 16 
Amphicome arguta, 90, 189 
Andromeda floribunda, its hardihood, 94 
Anemones, planting, 24, 48 
Angelonia salicarisefolia, natural habits of, 75 ; 
culture of, 76 
Angrsecum gladiifolium , 188 
Anigozanthos coccineus, 271 
Anise-seed tree, Florida, 147 
Anneslea tomentosa, 259 
Annuals, sowing tender and hardy, 24, 48 ; 
sowing, for flowering in the autumn and 
spring, 120, 144, 168, 192; thinning and 
transplanting, 48, 96 ; importance of timely 
supporting, 120 
Ansectochilus setaceus, 16 
Anomatheca cruenta, planting roots of, 48 
Antirrhinum majus caryophylloides, 55 
— — trionithophorum, 235 
Anthrocercis viscosa, beneficial effects produced 
on, by planting out, 214 
Aotus ericoides, culture of, 51 
Aphelandra cristata, 236 
Aquatic, treatment of Calla iEthiopica as an, 
226 
Aristolochia hyperborea, 187 
— saccata, 65 
Arthrostemma versicolor, 209 
Asarum japonicum, 93 
Aspasia epidendroides, 163 
— variegata, 140 
Astelma eximium, culture of, 104 
Auriculas, top-dressing, 24 ; dividing the roots 
of, 72 
Azalea Danielsii, 117 
— littoreea, 140 
— indica Smithii, 67, 91 
— indica variegata, 1 1 9 
Azaleas, importance of watering freely, 72 ; 
hints on forcing, 216 ; propagation of hybrid, 
142; advantages of grafting, 142 
B. 
Balsams, treatment of, 120 
Banksias, care necessary in watering, 24 ; great 
degree of light required for, 181 
Barren-wort, large-flowered, 151 ; violet- 
flowered, 123 
Bartonia aurea, 141 
Batemannia Colleyii, 67 
Begonia odorata, 69 
Begonias, great quantity of water requisite for, 95 
Bell-flower, dark- blue bearded, 16 
Biennials, time for sowing, 192 
Birthwort, pouch-flowered, 65 
Bletia, distinction of the genus, from Phaius, 
126 
Boiler, diagrams and description of an oval, 39 
Boilers, remarks on the construction of, 63 
Bolbophyllum bracteolatum, 235 
Botanical Lexicon, review of a, 86 
Brunsfelsia americana deciduous in a low tem- 
perature, 252 
Buddlea madagascariensis, 260 
Bulbs, management of stove, 119 
— change of soil useful to, 208 
— preparation of beds for hardy, 216 
— time for planting hardy, 240 
— remarks on forcing, 216 
— mode of treating exotic, 250 
— protection for hardy, 264 
Burlingtonia Candida, 237 
Butterfly plant, 175 
Butterfly plant, the Indian, 162. 
C. 
Cactaceous plants multiplied by seed, 232 
Cactse, hints on grafting, 23, 69 ; propagation 
of the spherical-headed kinds of, 70 ; direc- 
tions for sowing seed of, 232 ; natural habitats 
of, 132 ; an intense degree of light necessary 
for, 133 
