GENERAL INDEX. 
A. 
Abelia rupestris, xiii. 43, 214, xv. 
208; floribunda, xiv, 188, 238, 
248, xv. 142 
Abies, a shallow sandy soil desir- 
able for the species of, vii. 65 
Abronia umbellata, xv. 263 
Abscission, propagation of oranges 
by, i. 92 
Absorption, process of, explained, 
v. 86, xv, 13 
Abutilon striatum, vi, 236, vii. 53 ; 
culture of, vii. 54 ; almost hardy, 
vii. 54 ; Bedfordianum, viii. 211 ; 
vitifolium, xi. 260 ; pseonise- 
florum, xii. 163 ; graveoiens, xii. 
21 ; venosum, xiii. 189 ; viti- 
folium, xiii. 116 
Acacia prensans,ii. 112; vestita, iii, 
145; 192; longifolia, pulchella, 
with a select list of desirable 
species, iv. 197, 198 ; pubes- 
cens, iv. 71 ; cultrata, vi. 259 ; 
kermesina, vi. 236 ; oxycedrus, 
vii. 44, 151 ; treatment of, vii. 
152 ; pulchella, var. magna, 
vii. 91 ; biflora, viii. 44, ix. 
221 ; culture of, ix. 222 ; 
diptera, var. erioptera, ix. 92 ; 
platyptera, ix. 70 ; pulchella, 
var. magna, ix. 46 ; urophylla, 
ix. 94 ; dentifera, x. 186 ; ro- 
tundifolia, x. 212 ; spectabilis, 
x. 212; cultriformis, xi. 123; 
directions for the cultivation of, 
xi. 124 ; new species of, xi. 69 ; 
longifolia, xii. 269 ; celastrifolia, 
xiv. 139 ; linifolia, xiv. 238 ; 
moesta, xiv. 19 ; squamata, xiv. 
47 ; argyrophylla, xv. 164, 
256 ; celastrifolia, xv. 256 ; cul- 
triformis, xv. 256 ; integerrima, 
xv. 119; leptoneura, xv. 256 ; 
longifolia, xv. 256 ; oncino- 
phylla, xv. 256 ; rotundifolia, 
xv. 94, 123, 256 ; dodonceifolia, 
xv. 46 ; ixiophylla, xv. 189 
Acanthophippium bicolor, ii. 153 ; 
striatum, vii. 44 ; sylhetense, 
vii. 44 ; javanense, xii. 22 ; 
javanicum, xiii, 211 ; javense, 
xiii. 211 
Acarus telarius, xiv. 95 ; means 
for destroying, v. 71 
Acclimatation, plausibility of the 
theory of, vii. 136 ; facts demon- 
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strative of its possibility, vii. 
1 36 ; of exotics, limited applica- 
tion of the term, viii. 60 ; hints 
for the effectuation of the, vi. 
61, 108, 110, 156, 184, 206, 
viii. 13, 37, 60, xiv. 33 
Accretions of plants, character and 
source of the, vi. 58, 85 
Aceras,ii. 108 ; anthropophra,xv.32 
Achania mollis, propagation of, iii. 
47 
Achemius coccinea, iii. 14 
Achimenes longiflora, viii. 213, 
ix. 92, 151, 166 ; manage- 
ment of, ix. 152; rosea, viii. 
213 ; ix. 20, 166 ; pedunculata, 
ix. 142 ; grandiflora, x. 23, 
117, 145 ; how to cultivate, 
x. 146 ; hirsuta, x. 259 ; multi- 
flora, x. 166, 223 ; treatment 
requisite for, x. 224 ; pedun- 
culata, x. 262, 271 ; manage- 
ment of, x. 272 ; on growing, 
xi. 204 ; propriety of staking, 
xi. 205 ; on suspending in 
baskets, xi. 205 ; as border 
plants, xi. 207 ; pedunculata, 
xi. 68 ; picta, xi. 188; grandi- 
flora, xii. 43 ; argyrostigma, xii. 
188, 190 ; hairy, xii. 7 ; the 
painted, xii. 223 ; hirsuta, xii. 7 ; 
its accidental discovery, xii. 7 ; 
picta, xii. 18, 223 ; the most 
successful cultivation of, xii. 224 ; 
to have in flower at any season, 
xiii.224; atrosanguinea, xiii. 189; 
formosa, xiii. 237 ; Liepmannii, 
xiii. 165 ; longiflora, var., xiii. 
117 ; patens, xiii. 141, 197 ; the 
best period for the flowering of, 
xii. 198; spreading, xiii. 197; coc- 
cinea grandiflora, xiv. 214 ; coc- 
cinea ignea, xiv. 214 ; coccinea 
intermedia, xiv. 214 ; coccinea 
superba, xiv. 214 ; cupreata, xiv. 
117, 164; patens variety, xiv. 
142 ; pyropsea, xiv. 238 ; Skin- 
neri, xiv. 238 ; venusta, xiv. 
214 ; Kleii, xv. 216 ; venusta, 
xv. 121 ; superba, xv. 121 ; 
grandiflora ignea, xv. 121 ; inter- 
media, x v. 121 ; rosea major, xv. 
121; Candida, xv. 239 ; spe.nov., 
xv. 22 ; ocellata, xv. 94 ; longi- 
flora macrantha, xv. 239 
Achras sapota, xv. 107 
N N 
Acids, vegetable, xi. 157 
Acineta Barkeri, xiv. 145 
Acis, ii. 70 
Acmadenia, xiv. 227 
Aconitum versicolor, iv. 191 ; 
chinense, iv. 213, v. 3 ; au- 
tumnale, xiv. 64, 139, 262 
A consideration of plants grown in 
pots, xiii. 37 
Acorus Calamus, xv. 248 
Acronychia Cunninghami, x. 46 
Acrophyllum venosum, x. 166 ; 
vertici 11a turn, x. 260 ; venosum } 
viii. 165 
Activity, when necessary in per- 
forming out-door operations, 
xiii. 47 
Aculei or other sharp points, pro- 
bably the conductors of electrical 
fluid, vii. 180 
Adenandra, ii. 24, 48, xiv. 227 
Adenanthera pavonina, xv. 110 
Adenium Honghel, xiii. 235 
Adenocalymna comosum, xiii. 
43 
Adesma pendula, iii. 70 
Advantages of striking cuttings in 
water, iv. 180 
iEchmea fulgens, x. 173, xii. 190 ; 
plan for treating, x. 174 ; dis- 
color, xi. 212, xiv. 91, 164 
iEgiphila, ii. 107, 110 ; grandiflora, 
xiii. 115, 217 
-ZEnothera humifusa, iii. 69 
iEolian Cytisus, iv. 1 6 
^Eonium cruentum, viii. 259 ; 
Youngianum, xi. 164 
iEschynanthus grandiflorus, cul- 
ture and habits of, v. 241 ; ra- 
mosissimus, vi. 195 ; treatment 
of, vi. 1 96 ; Roxburghii, vi. 21 3 ; 
grandiflorus, vii. 213 ; ramosis- 
simus, excellent plan for flower- 
ing, vii. 16 ; on suspending the 
species of, in stoves, ix. 135 
suitableness of leaf-mould for the 
species of, x. 136 ; maculatus, xi. 
69; xiii. 165 ; albida, xiii. 139 ; 
Boschianus, xiii. 165, 175 ; where 
to grow, xiii. 176 ; Horsfieldii, 
xiii. 189 ; Lobbianus, xiii. 235 ; 
miniatus, xiii. 262; pulcher, xiii. 
141, 162 : purpurascens, xiii. 
139 ; radicans, xiii. 214 ; Van- 
den Bosch's, xiii. 175 ; longi- 
florus, xiv. 141, 190, 238, xv. 
