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GENERAL INDEX. 
Artificial manures, xi. 109 
Artocarpus integrifolia, iii. 244 
Arum, new species, xiv. 68 
Arundina densa, ix. 164; bambusi- 
folia, xi. 237; densa, xii. 22 
Asarum japonicum, v. 93; euro- 
paeum, xi. 256 
Asclepiadeae, ii. 261, iii. 46; ser- 
pentina, iii. 2 ; tuberosa, ii. 26, 
48; vestita, xi. 187 
Aspasia variegata, iv. 19; epiden- 
droides, v. 163 ; variegata, v, 
140; epidendroides, ix, 47, 189 ; 
new species of, ix. 214; lunata, 
xiv. 142 
Aspidiotus Nerii, xiv. 95; proteus, 
xiv. 95 
Astelma eximium, v. 104, xiv. 41 
.Aster argophyllus, iii. 23 ; bieolor, 
xii. 262 
Astiria rosea, xi. 210 
Astrapsea, remarks on the genus, 
iii. 67 
Asystasia coromandeliana, xiii. 
187; xiv. 125 
Ataxia Horsfieldii, xv. 237 
Atelandra incana, vii. 43 
Atmospheric moisture, vii. 82 
Atragene, ii. 35 ; japonica, xiv. 5 
Aucuba Japonica, iii. 23; xi. 254; 
xiii. 94 ; xiv. 33 
Auricula, i. 9, 12, ii. 48, 72, 96 ; 
Page's Waterloo, iii. 93 ; Taylor's 
Glory, iiL 166 ; Stocks, Migno- 
nette, &c, iii. 216; v. 24, 72 
Australian Orchidacese, vii. 43 
Author of Domestic Gardener's 
Manual, on the Genus Gloxinia, 
ii. 76 
Autumn, tender plants in, vi. 239, 
263 ; Mandrake, xii. 93; on plants 
to flower late in, xiii. 112 
Avenues of trees, where suitable, 
ix. 160 
Averrhoa Carambola and Bilimbi, 
xv. 229 
Aviaries for small birds, a word 
on, ii. 236 
Azalea Danielsiana, i. 129 ; pul- 
chra, i. 126 ; culture, i. 126, 
127; marginata, ii. 121 ; indica 
Smithii, ii. 145 ; indicum specio- 
sum, ii. 78 ; sinensis coccinea, 
ii. 121 ; nudifiora eximia, ii. 163, 
88, 119, 225; greenhouse kinds 
for forcing, iii. 23 ; Rawsonii, iii. 
123 ; indica, variegated, iv. 44, 
94 ; indica Smithii, iv. 94 ; pro- 
pagation, iv. 144 ; indica, iv. 
69 ; Danielsii, v. 117; littoreea, v. 
140 ; indica Smithii, v. 67, 91 ; 
indica variegata, v. 119; water- 
ing freely, v. 72 ; forcing, v. 216, 
propagation, v. 142 ; grafting, 
v. 142 ; vii. 156 ; variegata, 
vii. 175, 176 ; Gledstanesii, viii. 
165; splendens, viii. 94 ; alta- 
clarensis, ix. 115 ; speciosissima, 
x. 119 ; seedling, x. 94 ; xi. 160 ; 
new varieties of, xi. 117 ; ssed- 
ling Chinese, xii. 55 ; exquisita, 
xii. 55; optima, xii. 55; Brough- 
tonii, xii. 55 ; LEetitise, xii. 212 ; 
Ludoviese, xii. 260 ; alba magni- 
flora, xiii. 70 ; obtusa, xiii. 163 ; 
violacea elegans, xiii. 70; xiv. 47; 
Chinese, xiv. 59 ; Fielder's 
white, xiv. 117 ; Indian, xiv. 
59 ; selection of, xiv. 63 ; squa- 
mata, xiv. 64 ; training and 
pruning, xiv. 136 ; obtusa, xv. 
209 ; ovata, xv. 210 ; Rawsonii, 
xv. 209 ; squamata, xv. 210 
Azote, its nature, ix. 178 
B. 
Balm of Guilead, xv. 68 
Balsamina hortensis, iii. 228 
Balsam, hints on the common gar- 
den, iii. 120, 228; treatment of, 
v. 120 
Balsamodendron africanum, xv. 
93 ; guileadensis, xv. 69, 140 ; 
Myrrha, xv. 94, 140; Kafal, xv. 
140; Kataf, xv. 94, 140 
Banksia, culture of the genus, i. 
120, ii. 24, 48, 72, 120, 144; 
occidentalis, iv. 20; care neces- 
sary in watering, v. 24 ; great 
degree of light required for, v. 
181 
Barbacenia purpurea, vii. 237 
Barker's Rodriguezia, iii. 166 
Barkeria Skinneri major, xiv. 262, 
xv. 1 
Barnardia scilloides, vii. 66 
Barosma, xiv. 227 
Barred Yellow Moth, xiv. 167 
Barren-wort, large-flowered, v. 
151; violet-flowered, v. 123 
Barringtonia speciosa, treatment 
of, iii. 72, 112 ; racemosa, vii. 
260, xiv. 40 ; speciosa, xiv. 40 
Bartholina pectinata, ii. 181 
Bartonia aurea, iii. 69,iv. 18, v. 141 
Barton (Dr.) on the irritability of 
the Dioncea, i. 62 
Bastard Guava, xv. 64 
Batatas betacea, vii. 234 ; bonari- 
ensis, vii. 1 42 
Batemannia Colleyii, ii. 132, v. 67 
Batschia canescens, xv. 151, 234 
Bauhinia, ii. 107, 109 
Baxter's Isopogon, iv. 20 
Bdellium, xv. 93 
Beauty in plants, what constitutes, 
vi. 66 
Beautiful Scarlet Clerodendrum, 
iii. 217, 271 
Bee Carpenter, xiv. 71 ; Uphol- 
sterer, xiv. 71 ; Orchis, xv. 33 
Beech Tree, i v. 158 
Begonia Evansiana, to preserve in 
winter, ii. 21 ; platanifolia, iii. 
125 ; sanguinea, iii. 261 ; octo- 
petala, iv. 68 ; Fischeri, iv. 18; 
monoptera, iv. 89 ; odorata, cul- 
ture of, iv. 123; insignis, iv. 233; 
great quantity of water requisite 
for, v. 95; odorata, v. 69; octa- 
petala, vi. 21 ; albo-eoccinea, xiv. 
133 ; atrosanguinea, xiv. 133; 
coccinea, xiv. 133; fuchsioides, 
xiv. 64, 133, 217; hydrocotyli- 
folia, xiv. 133 ; incarnata, xiv. 
133; manicata, xiv. 133; odo- 
rata, xiv. 133; valuable as winter 
flowers, xiv. 133 ; zebrina, xiv. 
133; aurantiaca, xv. 214; insignis, 
xv. 22; rupestris, xv. 22 
Bell-flowered Rose Bay, iii. 118 
Bell-flower, dark-blue bearded, v. 
16 
Benthamia, ii. 226 
Berberis vulgaris, irritability of the 
stamina of, i. 62; dealbata, ii. 78; 
empetrifolia, iii. 261, vii. 114; 
Fortuni, xv. 65, 209 ; ilicifolia, 
xiv. 139 
Berendier's yellow-flowered Flax, 
iii. 116 
Bessera elegans, vi. 138 
Bibio hortulanus, xiv. 168 
Biebersteinia, xiv. 227 
Biennials, culture of greenhouse 
species, i. 66; stove, i. 67; selec- 
tion of choice ones, i. 67, ii. 1 67, 
216, iv. 72, 96, v. 192 
Bifrenaria aurantiaca, iii. 215 ; 
flagellifera, iv. 44 
Bignonia, hardy species of, ii. 37; 
greenhouse species, ii. 85, 86; 
stove species, ii. 107, 108, 251; 
Tweedieana, vii. 185; venusta, 
vii. 123; means to be adopted for 
flowering, vii. 1 24 ; sequinoctialis, 
xiv. 3 ; Chamberlaynii, xiv. 3; 
venusta, xiv. 261 
Billardiera, ii. 87 
Birds, on keeping in conservatories, 
ii. 286; rather useful than other- 
wise in a garden, vi. 231 
Birth wort, pouch-flowered, v. 65; 
northern, vi. 53 
Bischoff (M.) on the spiral vessels 
of plants, i. 58 
Biston betularius, xiv. 167 
Black Beetle, xiv. 70 
Black Cloaked Moth, xiv. 72 
Black glass a ready conductor of 
heat, but not of light, vi. 1 1 
Bladder-wrack noticed, iii. 42 
Blseria, ii. 92 
Blandfordia grandiflora, vii. 219 ; 
management of, vii. 220 
Blatta orientalis, xiv. 70 
Bletia Tankervillife, culture of, i. 
96; patula, iii. 263 ; distinction 
of the genus, from Phaius, v. 
1 26 ; Parkinsoni, vi. 163; reflexa, 
vii. 113; Shepherdi, vii. 146; cul- 
ture of the genus, vii. 154, xiv. 
93;gebina, xiv. 272 
Blighia sapida, vi. 60 
Blight on gooseberries, ii. 41 ; on 
cabbages, ii. 41 ; on rose trees, ii. 
41 ; on brambles, ii. 42 ; in her- 
bariums, ii. 42; on berberries, ii. 
42; on coltsfoot, ii. 42 ; on corn, 
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