INDEX. 
277 
Epidendrum ionosnia, 118, 164 
— papillosum, 18 
■ — Schomburgkii, 234 
— tenuiflorum, 212 
— tesselatum, 66 
viridi-purpureum, 162 
Epimedium macranthurn, culture of, 152 
— violaceum, 68, 123 
Erica chloroma, 65 
— florida ; var. campanulata, 85 
Erica, shading beneficial to the genus, 156 ; 
native localities of many of the species of, 
156 ; causes of ill success in the cultivation 
of the genus, 156, 204 ; a separate house 
requisite for the genus, 156 
Euphorbia Jacquiniflora, 185 
— rigida, 185 
— veneta, 42 
Euryale, characteristics of the genus, 47 
Eutoca Wrangeliana, 117, 187, 199 ; culture 
of, 200 
Evergreen plants, importance of light for, in 
the winter season, 250 
Everlasting flowers, remarks on, 247 
Excrementitious slime exuded from the roots of 
plants, 206 
Exotic plants, advantages of devoting attention 
only to one or two kinds of, 182 ; importance 
of commencing to protect them early in the 
autumn, 251 
F. 
Ferrari a. azurea, 187 
Fig tree, remarkable effects of sudden exposure 
on a, 203 
Fire heat during the winter months, 192, 252, 
263 
Fires without smoke, 13, 80 
Flints available in the formation of rockeries, 
229 
Flower-gardens and their ornaments, 136, 254 
— designs for, 136, 254 ; hints on 
the plants most suitable for, and their pre- 
paration, 255 
Flowerpot, an improved kind of, 177 
Flowers, solar light inimical to expanded, 183, 
204 
Flower-vase, design for a cast-iron, 64 
Forcing flowers, time for commencing, 216 ; 
exposure to light necessary to plants in- 
tended for forcing, 192 
Fountains, remarks on, 9 
Frames, management of, 264 
Frost, importance of guarding against autumnal, 
215 
Fuchsia arborea, dimensions of, in the open air, 
12 
— fulgens, 17, 164 ; culture of, 222 
— method of protecting the genus, in the 
open ground, 251 
Funckia albo-marginata, 139, 211 
— Sieboldiana, 162 
Furnaces, hints on the formation of, 62 ; re- 
marks on the management of, 264 
G. 
Galphimia glauca, 236 
Gardenia radicans and florida, successful method 
of cultivating, 105 
Gardening, pleasures of, 153 
Garden ornaments, 19, 40 
Gardoquia multiflora, 210 
Gas-stoves, their applicability to horticultural 
purposes, 80 
Genista monosperma, 21 
Gesneria faucialis, 117 
— oblongata, 259 
— reflexa, 92, 117 
— rupestris, 53, 187 
— verticillata, 118 
Gladiolus Mortonius, 210 
Glass, refraction of light by, 205 
Gloxinia maxima, 219 
Gloxinias, practice of hybridizing, recommended, 
219 
Gompholobium polymorphum, 118 
Govenia liliacea, 66 
Grafting Azaleas, advantages of, 142 
Grafting Cactse recommended, 23, 69 
Greenhouse and greenhouse plants, general 
management of, 24, 48, 72, 95, 119, 144, 
169, 192, 216, 239, 263 
Greenhouse plants, time for potting, 48 ; varied 
effects of light upon, 155 ; advantages of 
dividing a collection of, according to their 
habits, 180, 182 ; benefited by a removal to 
the open ground in the summer months, 213 
Grottoes, directions for forming, 230 
H. 
Half-hardy plants, propagation of, 168, 255 
Hakea florida grown in the open air, 12 
— saligna, naturalization of, 12 
Heartseases, practice of washing the roots of, 
207 
Heat, means of economising, 13, 80, 253, 274 
Heath, drooping round-headed, 65 
— green-tipped, 65 
Heaths, a separate house advantageous to, 156; 
causes of ill success in the cultivation of, 
156, 204 ; method of renovating sickly plants 
of, 215 
Hellebore, Corsican, 233 
Helleborus lividus, 233 
Helichrysum macranthum, 141, 164, 247, 257, 
260 ; culture of, 248 
Hemerocallis Sieboldii, 25 
Herbaceous plants, directions for supporting, 96 
Hibiscus lilacinus, 15 
Hippeastrum ambiguum longiflorum, 165 
Hot water, its advantages over steam in heating 
plant houses, 57 
Hot-water apparatus, management of, 58 
Hot-water pipes, most suitable size for, 60 
Hovea Manglesii, 257 
Hybridization, remarks on, 219 
Hydrangeas, hints on watering, 120 
Hymensea Courbaril, 236 
