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INDEX. 
K. 
Kaulfussia amelloides, 195 ; ordinary culture 
of, 196 
Kreysigia multiflora, 261 
L. 
L^LiA acuminata, 117 
Lasiopetalum macrophyllum, 261 
Lawns, dwarf evergreens for planting on, 38 
Lechenaultia biloba, 151 ; mode of growing, 152 
Leycesteria formosa, its treatment as a border 
shrub, 15 
Liebig's "Organic Chemistry," noticed and 
commented on, 55, 81, 105, 130, 178, 201 
Life, relation of animal to vegetable, 106 
Light, its effects on plants, 223 ; possibly the 
cause of all electrical phenomena, 224 ; its 
presence universal, 225 ; the source of colour, 
225 ; 
Lilium atrosanguineum, var. macuiatum, 190 
— eximium, remarks on, 128 
— speciosum, var. album, 127 
— — directions for growing it to 
the greatest perfection, ] 58 
Lily, culture of the Japan species of, 128, 158 
Lisianthus Russellianus, mode of pi-eserving it 
through the winter, 226 
Loam, constituents and varieties of, 34, 154 
Loasa Pentlandica, 142 
Lombardy Poplars, not adapted for standing 
alone, 162 
Lophospermum erubescens, var. spectabile, 75 ; 
method of cultivating, 76 
Lophospermum erubescens and scandens, their 
treatment as border-flowers, 253 
M. 
Malva Creeana, its treatment as a summer bor- 
der-flower, 228 
Malva lateritia, 20 
Manures, character and offices of, 129, 153 
Marianthns coeruleo-punctatus, 190, 247 ; ma- 
nagement of, 248 
Marianthus, new species of, 262 
Martynia fragrans, 20 
Maxillaria aromatica, var. 118 
— citrina, 119 
Mentzelia stipitata, its cultivation in the open 
border, 86 
Mimulus, treatment of the species in a common 
flower-border, 88 
Mirbelia floribunda, 70, 103 ; attention requisite 
for, 104 
Monolopia major, 20 
Mormodes pardina, 236, var. unicolor, 140 
Musa superba, 43 
N. 
Naturalization of exotics, application of the 
phrase, 60 ; important principles to be ob- 
served in the, 13, 37, 60 
Nemesia floribunda, 190 
Nemophila insignis, hardihood of, 180 
Nerine, culture of the species in front of a south 
wall, 86 
Nightshade, Jasmine-like, 5 
Niphsea oblonga, 263 
Nitrogen, means of detecting, and properties of, 
56, 105 
Nymphsea coerulea, heat beneficial to, 112. 
O. 
Odontoglossum grande, 49 ; culture of, 50 
— pulchellum, 190, 213 
(Enothera fruticosa, var. indica, 43 
Oncidium Insleayii, 142, 265 ; its treatment, 
266 
— longifoiium, 119 
— macrantherum, 20 
— . monoceras, 188 
— ornythorliynchum, dark-flowered va- 
riety of, 263 
— Wrayse, 43 
Operations for January, 273 
— February, 23 
— March, 47 
— April, 70 
— May, 95 
-— June, 119 
— July, 143 
— August, 167 
— September, 191 
— October, 215 
— November, 239 
— December, 263 
Orchidacese, receptacles for, according to the 
habits of the species, 264 ; hints on potting, 
47 ; their management, 120 
Orchis foliosa, 236 
Ornamental plants, culture of a few, 155, 179, 
226, 253 
Orthosiphon incurvus, 21 
Oxalis fruticosa, 188 
— lasiandra, 213 
Oxyanthus versicolor, 117 
Oxygen, character of, 56 ; quantity usually in 
in the air, 105 
P. 
Pascalia glauca, 125 ; management of, 126 
Passiflora quadrangularis, and probably other 
similar species, may be grown in a greenhouse, 
229 
Paxtonia rosea, raised from seed, 190 
Pelargoniums, treatment of, 48, 120, 144, 168, 
192 
Pentstemongentianoides, several varieties of, 22 
Pentstemons, appropriate for placing in a pro- 
tected border, 15 
Petunias, suggestions for training them to 
trellises on open lawns, 96 
Physianthus auricomus, 188 
Physolobium carinatum, 142 
— gracilis, 142 
