INDEX. 
277 
Elements of vegetable organization, 55 
Epidendrum alatum, 141 
— calochocheilum, 235 
— Grahami, 163 
— plioeniceum, 190 
Epiphylium purpurascens, 22, 80 
— truncatum, var. violaceum, 79 ; cul- 
ture of, 80 
Eria armeniacaj 187 
— bractescens, 718 
— convallarioidesj 260 
— longilabris, 118 
Erica Jacksonii, 149 
— hints on managing the genus, 150 
Erythrina Crista-galli, its treatment as a half- 
hardy border shrub, 85 
Eucomis punctata, thrives well in an open bor- 
der, 86 
Euthales macrophylla, 19 
Evergreens, not so suitable as deciduous plants 
for naturalizing, 14 ; dv?arf sorts of, for plant- 
ing on lawns, 38 
Exotics, acclimatation of, 60 
— proper borders for their cultivation in 
the open air, 1 1 
F. 
Floricultural Notices, 18, 43, 67, 91, 139, 
163, 187, 211, 235, 259,273 
Flower-buds, advantages of removing them in 
order to increase the future development, 72, 
96, 143 
Flowers, importance of plucking decayed, 143 
Food of plants, derived from the atmosphere, 
129 ; alkalies its principal source, 154 
Forcing, time at which it should be commenced, 
216 
Forcing Roses, &c., particulars most to be regard- 
ed in, 208 ; novel plan for, 21 1 
Franciscea latifolia, 260 
Frost, mode of remedying its effects on plants 
that have been slightly injured by it in the 
open ground, 64 
Fuchsia cordifolia, 141 
— corymbifiora, 7 ; general culture of, 8 
— fulgens and its hybrids, plan of forcing, 
135 
— radicans, 262 
Fuchsias, treatment of, 131 ; well adapted for 
planting in a sheltered border, 14, 134 ; pro- 
priety of pruning the dwarf species, 133 
Fumigation with tobacco injurious to Orchida- 
ceous flowers, 96 
G. 
Galeandra Devoniana, 145 ; how to cultivate, 
146 
Garden architecture, remarks on, 107, 183,231, 
255 
Gardening as a science, 9, 33, 55, 81, 105, 129, 
153, 177, 201, 223, 249 
Gentiana septemfida, 51 ; hints on growing, 52 
— verna, 118 
Geranium rubifolium, 19 
Gesnera Arnoldii, 166 
— bulbosa, 187 
— mollis, 243 ; way to cultivate, 244 
— new species of, 190, 
— zebrina, 238, 271 ; system of treating, 
272 
Glass, usefulness of coloured, in germinating 
seeds, 223 
Goldfussia glomerata, 121 ; routine of treatment 
for, 122 
Gongora bufonia, 19 
Grabowskia duplicata, 19 
Greenhouse plants, season for exposing, 120 
Grottoes, proper position and construction of, 
138 
H. 
H^EMANTHUS tenuiflorus, var. mozambicensis, 
J16 
Half-hardy plants, time and method of trans- 
planting, 95 ; propagation of, 167, 192 
Hardenbergia Comptoniana, 27 ; method of cul- 
tivating, 28 
Hardenbergia macrophylla, 267 ; treatment of, 
268 
Heat, beneficial to the roots of plants, 209 
Heaths, points in the management of, 150 ; moor 
soil not indispensable to the hardy kinds, 40 
Heath-soil, means of ascertaining the quality of, 
36 ; constituents of various specimens, 84 ; 
necessity of exposing it before use, 130 
Heimia salicifoUa, var. grandiflora, 260 
Helichrysum niveum, 99 ; its culture, 100 
Herbertia ccerulea, 93 
Hibiscus Cameronii, 3 ; instructions for grow- 
ing, 4 
Hills, less visited by frosts than low situations, 
36 ; and more proper for planting tender 
plants upon, 37 
Honeysuckles, on training them singly to poles, 
182 
Horticultural school, suggestions respecting a 
grand central, 9 
Houlletia Brocklehurstiana, 215 
Humus, its nature investigated, 81 ; not ex- 
hausted by vegetables, 130 
Huntleya violacea, 1 ; its treatment, 2 
Hypocalyptus obcordatus, 212 
I. 
Impatiens Candida, 93 
— rosea, 117 
Indian Cress, Mr. Moritz's, 199 
Ipomoea batatoides, 163 
— ficifolia, 68, 238 
— Hardingii, 142 
— Learii, principal points in the growth 
of, 204 
— tyrianthina, 73, 263 ; its culture, 74 
Iron, in heath-soil, not injurious to plants, 84 
Ismene virescens, 43 
Isolated trees, hints on planting, 159 
Isomeris arborea, 20 
