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GENERAL INDEX. 
25 ; miniatus, xiv. 262 ; specio- 
sus, xiv. 188, 199, 
iEsculus, ii. 225 ; foetens, iii. 44 ; 
propagation of, iii. 72 ; hippo- 
castanum, an excellent subject 
for botanical examination, vi. 1 80 
^Estivation, application of the 
phrase, vii. 163 
Aeranthus grandiflora, ii. 1 32 
Aerial system of forcing, xiv. 154, 
253 
Aerides, culture of the genus, i. 15 ; 
cornuta, ii. 132; odorata (cor- 
nuta), fine flowering plant of, 
iv. 118 ; quinquevulnerum, vi. 
187, 260 ; tessellatum, vi. 139; 
supposed new species of, vi. 260 ; 
affine,vii. 141 ; quinquevulnerum, 
viii. 241 ; treatment of, viii. 242 ; 
Brookii, ix. 145, 238 ; its treat- 
ment, ix. 146 ; crispum,ix. 238 ; 
quinquevulnerum, ix. 214 ; affine, 
x. 167, 260 ; maculosum, xi. 
141; virens, 1 87 ; ? xii. 1 65 ; 
odoratum, xii. 43 ; maculosum, 
xii. 49 ; the most preferable 
method of growing, xii. 50 ; 
great-flowered, xiii. 217 ; ampul- 
laceum, xiii. 49 ; new species, 
xiv. 141 ; odorata, xiv. 142 ; 
virens, xiv. 93, 197 
African Box Thorn, iii. 71 
Agallochum, xv. 43 
Agalmyla staminea, xiv. 272, xv. 
73, 190 
Aganisia pulchella, vii. 139, 142, 
xi. 212, xv. 190 
Agapanthus umbellatus, culture of, 
ix. 65 ; var. maximus, x. 47 
Agathosma, xiv. 227 
Agave americana, iii. 120, v. 135; 
saponaria, vi. 235 
Age of plants, iii. 1 1 3 
Agency of solar light, xv. 57 
Agila Wood, xv. 44 
Aginetia longiflora, xiii. 93 
Agnostus sinuata, xiii. 213, xiv. 1 
Agrostemma Bungeana,iii. 45,iv.7 
Air, directions for admitting it 
into plant-houses, v. 96, 168, 
192, 216, 240 ; remarks on its 
admission to plant-houses, vi. 96, 
143, 167, 240, 263 ; importance 
of diluting the water supplied to 
plants with, 1 2 ; constituents of 
atmospheric, viii. 84, 105, 201 ; 
its influence on vegetation, viii. 
201 ; experiments of Mr. Ward 
on its slight value to certain 
plants, viii. 203 
Air-plant, five-blotched, viii. 241 ; 
Sir W. Brooks's, ix. 145; spotted, 
xii. 49 ; dark-green leaved, xiv. 
93, 197 
Air-tight cases for containing 
plants, those of Mr. Ward de- 
scribed, viii. 203 
Aitkin, Dr., on Absorption, xv. 13 
Akebia quinata, xiv. 115 
Akee Tree, culture of, iv. 60 
Albumen, its nature, vii. 259 ; na- 
ture and components of, xi. 154 
Alburnum, derivation and mean- 
ing of the term, vi. 57 
Alder Tree, goat moth injurious 
to, i. 48 
Alders best adapted for placing 
near water, viii. 162 
Aletris punicea, xii. 91 
Alhenna, xv. 213 
Alkalies, the great source of nu- 
triment to plants, viii. 154 
Alkanet, xv. 259 
Allamanda cathartica, good method 
of increasing, iii. 168 ; best sys- 
tem of cultivating, viii. 77, 78 ; 
grandiflora, xi. 236 ; large-flow- 
ered, xii. 79 ; grandiflora, xii. 
79 ; how to manage, xii. 80 ; 
cathartica, xiv. 88, 105, 142 ; 
grandiflora, xiv. 89, 105 ; 
Schottii, xv. 263 
Alligator Apple, xv. 137 
Allium siculum, iii. 263 ; cseru- 
leum, vii. 210 
Alloplectus dichrous, xiii. 68 ; 
repens, xiii. 187 ; Schotii, xiii. 
68 ; sparsiflorus, xiii. 68 ; con- 
color, xv. 141 
Almeidea, xiv. 223 
Almug Tree, xv. 109 
Aloes, watering of, iii. 47 ; hints 
on, iv. 24 ; entire management 
of the genus and its allies, vii. 
251 
Aloe-leaved Yucca, iii. 25 
Aloe Wood, xv. 43 
Alona coelestis, xi. 210, see Nolana; 
caerulean-flowered, xii. 3 ; coe- 
lestis, xii. 3 ; useful as a flower- 
garden plant, xii. 4 ; attention 
to moisture for, necessary, xii. 4, 
xv. 258 
Alonsoa acutifolia, iii. 120, iv. 24 
Aloysia citriodora, culture out of 
doors, i. 157 
Alphabet of Botany noticed, ii. 94 
Alpine plants, natural habits of, 
v. 230; culture of, v. 230; highly 
deserving of attention, vii. 5 ; 
their culture recently revived, 
vii. 5 
Alpinia nutans, xiii. 125 ; where 
to plant, xiii. 125 ; nodding- 
flowered, xiii. 125 
Alsenosmia, xiv. 249 
Alstroemeria pelegrina alba, i. 192; 
culture of the genus, i. 199, ii. 
205, 264, 270 ; potting of, iii. 47, 
iv. 157 ; Ligtu, vi. 68 ; brief 
hints on the treatment of, vi. 68; 
sorts that will thrive in an ex- 
posed plot, viii. 87 ; nemorosa, 
ix. 189 ; lineatiflora, x. 260 ; 
montana, xiii. 151 
Alterations in the Gardens, the 
best time for, ii. 240 ; proper 
period for determining the effect 
of, vii. 190 
Althaea frutex, ii. 3 
Altingia excelsa, hints on the 
management of, iv. 207 
Alumina or clay, its power of re- 
taining water, vii. 10 ; its nature 
and properties, xi. 228 
Alyssum orientale, var. variega- 
tum, viii. 94 
Amancaes, Mr. M'Lean's, v. 210 
Amaryllis formosissima, i. 149 ; 
Kermesina, i. 12, iv. 24 ; pre- 
parations for forcing, v. 216 ; 
Banksiana, ix. 45 ; japonica, ix. 
166 ; hints on the treatment of 
the genus, ix. 45 ; montana, xii. 
20 ; tatarica, xii. 20 ; montana, 
xiii. 151 ; tatarica, xiii. 151 ; spe. 
nov. xv. 214 
AmaryllideEe, remarks on some 
plants belonging to the order, ii. 
68 ; culture of, iii. 21 
Amelanchier, ii. 225 
Amentum, application of the term, 
vii. 161 
America, notes of the Forests of, 
ii. 165 
American aloe, suggestions for 
flowering the, v. 135 ; cowslip, 
entire-leaved, v. 16 ; plants, 
heath-soil not essential to, viii. 
39 . 
Amicia zygomeris, x. 91 ; two- 
join ted-podded. xiii. 173 ; zygo- 
meris, xiii. 173; remarkable 
feature of, xiii. 173 
Ammonia, viii. 129 ; its presence 
in rain-water, viii. 178 ; useful 
in softening water, viii. 179, xv. 
203 
Ampelopsis, notice of the culture 
of, ii. 114 
Amphicome arguta, v. 90, 189, vi. 
80, xv. 234 
Amomum vitellinum, xiv. 213 
Amygdalus persica, xv. 1 89 
Amylum, deposited in the cells of 
plants, xi. 105 ; sugar prepared 
from, xi, 154 
Amyris Guileadensis, xv. 70 ; Kataf, 
xv. 140 
Antectochilus setaceus, x. 188, v. 
16, xi. 261 
Anagallis Webbiana, ii. 114 ; Phil- 
lipsii, Monelli, iv. 157 
Analysis of soils, vii. 9, 57, 105 ; 
its definition and modes, viii. 33 
Analysis, the utility of, xi. 177 
Anatherium nardus, xv. 237 ; mu- 
ricata, xv. 237 
Anchusa versicolor, iii. 94 ; petio- 
lata, viii. 67, xv. 259 ; canescens, 
xv. 151 ; virginiana, xv. 151 
Andromeda, origin of the name, 
i. 164 ; culture of the species, i. 
165, ii. 120, 225 ; propagation of, 
iii. 47 ; floribunda, its hardihood, 
v. 94 ; tetragona, viii. 94 ; phyl- 
liresefolia, xi. 164 ; coccinea, xii. 
101 
Andropogon calamus aromaticus, 
xv. 238 ; SchEenanthus, xv.238 
