278 
GENERAL INDEX. 
Cestrum viridifiorum, 143 
Chalk, nature of, and in what plants found, 59 
Chemistry, its proper application to horticul- 
ture, 249 
Chorozema macrophyllum r 119 
Chorozema spartioides, 127 ; culture of, 128 
Cirrhopetalum chinense, 237 
Clematis cserulea ; var. grandiflora, 20 
Clerodendron Ksempferi, 189 
— species of, 262 
Climbing plants, propagation of a few, 184 
Clowesia rosea, 186 
Coals, the Moira kind recommended, 34 
Coburgia versicolor, 20 
Ccelogyne cristata, 70 
Colours in flowers, probable influence of soil 
on, 106 
Columbine, Mr. Skinner's, 199 
Columnea splendens, 5 ; proper mode of treat- 
ing, 6 
Columneas, leaf-soil adapted for, 136 
Comarostaphylis arbutoides, 143 
Comparettia rosea, 1 ; its culture 2 
Couch-grass, when decayed, forms a good soil, 
105 
Crocus insularis, 92 
Currant, whitish-flowered, 55 
Cycnoches Egertcnianum, 214 
— pentadactylon, 92 
Cymbidium Devonianum, 97 ; mode of grow- 
ing, 98 
Cyrtoceras reflexa, 167 
Cyrtochilum stellatum, 119 
Cytisus Weldeni, 186 
D. 
Decaying flowers, importance of removing, 
168 
Dendrobium aqueum, 237 
— crumenatum, 189 
— cucumerinum, 165 
— rhombeum, 68 
— Ruckeri, 260 
— sanguinolentum, 20, 
— taurinum, 143, 217 ; its culture, 
218 
Digitalis purpurea ; var. superba, 29 ; places 
in which it should be grown, 30 
Digging borders, propriety of it discussed, 264 
Diospyros sapota, 21 
Disbudding flowering plants, hints on, 61 
Doncklaeria diversifolia, 70 
Double flowers, list and culture of hardy, 139 
Dryandra arclotidis, 186 
Duvaua longifolia, 261 
E. 
Echites hirsuta, 47 
— splendens, 25 ; management of, 26 
Echium petrseum, 117 
Economy in floriculture, 180, 228, 252 
Eleagnus parvifolia, 238 
Electricity, its agency on vegetation, 202 
Eleutherine anomala, 261 
Epidendrum selligerum, 119 
— vitellinum, 189 
Epiphyllum Russellianum, 245 ; its treatment, 
246 
Epidendrum Schomburgkii, 121 ; culture of, 122 
Epiphylla, leaf-soil good for, 137 
Eranthemum montanum, 187 
Erica Cavendishiana, 167 
— ■ cerinthoides, peculiar treatment of, 257 
Erythrochiton brasiliensis, 212 
Eucalyptus splachnicarpon, 213 
Evergreens, advantages of pruning them a little 
in the summer, 167 
F. 
Ferns, adaptation of leaf-mould for, 136 
Fire-heat, how to economize, 228 
Floriculture, economy in, 180, 228, 252 
Floricultural Notices of new and beautiful 
plants, 20, 46, 91, 117, 142, 165, 186, 212, 
237, 259 
Flowering plants, on disbudding them, 61 
Forcing plants, general principles to be regarded 
in, 264 
Foxglove, where it should be grown, 30 
Frames, the use of them for growing plants in, 
economical, 182 
Fuchsia alpestris, 47 
— exoniensis, 151 
— splendens, 21 
Fuchsias, best hybrid, described, 215 
— suggestions for disbudding, 62 ; gene- 
ral treatment of, 204 
G. 
Gardenia Sherbournise, 238 
Gardening as a Science, 9, 33, 57, 79, 105, 
129, 153, 177, 201, 225, 249 
Garden-pots, improvements in, 42, 84 
Gastrochilus longiflora, 93 
Gastrolobium acutum, 213 
Gesnera caraccasana, 215 
— discolor, 68, 239 
— polyantha, 68, 239 
Gesneras, suggestions for disbudding, 65 
Gladiolus Gandiensis, 215 
Glass, manner in which it affects light, 10 
Gloxinia digitaliflora, 189, 193 ; how to culti- 
vate, 194 
— rubra, var., 189 
— speciosa, var., 189 
rubra, suitability of a large shift in 
potting, 114 
Gompholobium splendens, 189 
Grafting Cacti, improved method of, 162 
Greenhouse plants, time and mode of exposing, 
192, 216 
H. 
Half-hardy plants, proper way of planting 
them, 96, 120 
Hardy double flowers, list of, with their cul- 
ture, 133 
