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INDEX. 
R. 
Rafflesia Arnoldi, 153 
Ranunculus aquatilis, uses of, 42 ; Asiaticus to 
raise from seed, 45 ; mode of culture, 43 ; 
taking up, 44 ; stand for preserving, 44 ; 
criterion of a good one, 46 ; Parnassifolius, 
42 
Renanthera coccinea, 15 
Reproduction of plants, 270 
Rhododendron arboreum, 101 ; pulchrum,126 ; 
indicum Smithii, 126 
Ribes sanguineum, 3 ; aureum, 4 
Rockets, culture of, 108 
Ronalds, Mr., propagating house by, 111 
Rondeletia speciosa, 158 ; culture of the genus, 
158 
Roses, culture of, 138 ; selection for training 
against a wall, 144 ; forcing, 144 ; retarding 
the blooming of, 144 ; diseases, 145 ; che- 
mical analysis of the sap, 146 
Rumphius, observations by, on the pitcher of 
Nepenthes, 57 
S. 
Sabine, Joseph, Esq., division of spring 
crocuses by, 202 
Salisbury, R. A. Esq., on the introduction of 
the tuberose, 166 
Sarracenia, remarks on, by Mr. Murphy, 54 ; 
Sir J. E. Smith, 55 ; leaf of S. flava, figured, 
55 ; culture of the genus, 56 
Schizanthus retusus, 5 ; pinnatus humilis, 6 ; 
Priestii, 31 ; general culture of the genus, 5 
Scraper for the garden, 75 
Scutellaria macrantha, 235 ; culture of the, 
235 
Selection of annuals, 22 ; of biennials, 67 ; of 
camellias, 38 
Sensibility of plants, 31 
Sensitive plant, 31 
Shrubberies, planting of, 46 
Siebe’s patent syringe, 23 
Silene laciniata, 267 
Slugs, to preserve choice plants from, 16 
Smith, Mr. plan of a flower-garden by, 184 
Smith, Sir J. E., remarks by, on the Dionoea 
muscipula, 61 ; on the Sarracenia, 55 
Sparaxis lineata, grandiflora, tricolor, 8 
Sprekelia formosissima, 149 
Stock, double, caused by disease, 240 
Strawberry tree, 168 
Streptanthera cuprea, 8 ; elegans, 8 
Styphelia longifolia, 53 
Subscription gardens, design for forming, 211 
Succulent plants, treatment of, 41 
Sundew, peculiarities of, 62 
Sunflower, a popular fallacy respecting, 217 
Surrey Zoological Gardens, 184 
Sweet William, culture of the, 67 
T. 
Tacsonia pinnatistipula, 249 
Tallies for plants made of rolled zinc, 155, 
183; of lead, 124 
Tigridia pavonia, culture of the, 85 
Trevirana coccinea, culture of, 169 
Treviranus, M., observations on the nepenthes 
by, 58 
Trees, planting for ornament, 46 ; deciduous, 
46 ; evergreen, 46 ; apparatus for removing, 
47 ; supporting, 47 
Trichonema rosea, 8 
Tropseolum majus atrosanguineum, 176 
Tuberose, history and introduction of, 166 ; 
culture of, 168 
Tulip, history of, 160 ; propagation by seeds, 
161 ; offsets, 161 ; treatment of flowering 
bulbs, 161 ; taking up and preserving, 162 
Turner, Dr., observations on the water in the 
pitchers of Nepenthes by, 58 
y. 
Valentine, Mr., on the spiral vessels in the 
petioles of Nepenthes, 58 
Vegetable poisons, effects of, on plants, 32, 54 
Verbena Melindres, 173 
Vieusseuxia glaucopis, 18 
Viola tricolor, culture of, 116 
Violets, culture of, 115, 122 
W. 
Wire-worm, modes of destroying, 74 
Witty’s patent gas furnace, 133 ; Mr. Wil- 
mot’s opinion of its advantages, 134 ; Mr. 
M‘Intosh’s, 134 
Z. 
Zedoary of commerce, 125 
Zinc, writing on with common ink for tallies, 
155 ; new mode, by M. Braconnot, 183 
Zingiber Officinalis, culture of, 200 
Zinnia violacea coccinea, 223 
Zoological Gardens, Surrey, 184 
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