GENERAL INDEX. 
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culiar character of, vii. 122 ; 
aureum, var. pallidum, vii. 20 ; 
calceolare, vii. 117; ccerulescens, 
vii. 46 ; cupreum, vii. 117 ; de- 
nudans, vii. 238 ; Devonianum, 
vii. 169 ; best cultivated in bas- 
kets, vii. 170 ; fimbriatum, re- 
markably prolific specimen of, 
vii. 69 ; macrophyllum, vii. 68, 
93 ; moschatum, vii. 117; nobile, 
vii. 7 ; difference in the culture 
of young and old plants of, vii. 
8 ; revolutum, vii. 213; diver- 
sity of habitude in the species 
of, vii. 12.1 ; anosmum, xii. 142 ; 
amcenum, xii. 142 ; fimbriatum, 
var. oculatum, xii. 116 ; Captain 
King's, xii. 97 ; Kingianum, xii. 
46, 97, 260 ; suitable tempera- 
ture for, xii. 98 ; calamiforme, 
viii. 46 ; discolor, viii. 46, 95, 
212 ; elongatum, viii. 46 ; fim- 
briatum, appropriate way of 
growing, viii. 1 57 ; Heyneanum, 
viii. 70 ; macrophyllum, viii. 97; 
its culture, viii. 98 ; pulchellum, 
var. 95 ; sulcatum, viii. 189 ; 
denudans, ix. 22 ; discolor, ix. 
20 ; macranthum, ix. 238 ; no- 
bile, ix. 22 ; Pierardii latifolium, 
ix. 95 ; undulatum, ix. 20 ; 
aqueum, x. 237 ; crumenatum, 
x. 189 ; cucumerinum, x. 165 ; 
rhombeum, x. 68 ; Ruckeri, x. 
260 ; sanguinolentum, x. 20 ; 
taurinum, x. 143, 217 ; its cul- 
ture, x. 218; eemulum, xi. 69 ; 
amsenum, xi. 166 ; compressum, 
xi. 235 ; Dalhousieanum, xi. 145; 
way to manage, xi. 146 ; Devo- 
nianum, xi. 118 ; Heyneanum, 
var., xi. 118 ; lingueeforme, xi. 
45 ; pulchellum purpureum, xi. 
94 ; secundum, var., xi. 189 ; 
xiii. 165 ; aduncum, xiii. 69 ; 
Dalhousieanum, xiii. 43 ; hyme- 
nophyllum, xiii. 142 ; anosmum, 
xiv. 93, xv. 97 ; chrysotoxum, 
xiv, 164 ; Egertoniae, xiv. 164 ; 
heterocarpum, xiv, 68 ; Kuhlii, 
xiv. 213; mesochlorum, xiv. 
164 ; new species, xiv. 66, 117 ; 
speciosum, xiv. 47 ; triadenium, 
xiv. 66 ; Veitchianum, xiv. 
115 ; Farmeri, xv. 241; spe. 
nov.,xv. 95,1 90 ; sanguinolentum, 
xv. 190 
Dendrochilum filiformis, viii. 189 
Dense-flowered Dendrobium, iii. 
45 ; Oleander, iii. 73 
Design for a flower stand, ii. 23 
Desmodium Canadense, iv. 66 
Deterioration of soil, its causes, v. 
206 
Deutzia, ii. 227 ; scabra, iv. 113, 
189 ; perfectly hardy, v. 95 ; 
canescens, vi. 70 ; corymbosa, 
vii. 18, xv. 208 ; to flower freely, 
viii. 157 
Developments of plants not for- 
tuitous, vi. 58, ix. 33 ; Mr. Main's 
theory of, ix. 58 
Dews, origin of, vi. 35, xv. 129, 1 53 
Dianthus barbatus, or Sweet Wil- 
liam, i. 67 ; hybridus, or mule 
pink, i. 67 ; caryophyllus, or car- 
nation, i. 68 ; plumarius, or com- 
mon garden pink, i. 74 ; caryo- 
phyllus, var. Emmeline, iii. 1 8 ; 
Frederica, iii. 18, 120; super bus 
flore plenus, iv. 213 ; Bisignani, 
v. 138 ; Hendersoni, xiii. 189, 
xiv. 126 
Diary, its value to a young gar- 
dener, vi. 230 
Diastema ochroleuca, xiii. 212 
Dichorizandra thyrsiflora, iii. 127; 
ovalifolia, xii. 142, xv. 5, 239 
Dicripta bicolor, viii. 262 
Dictamnese, xiv. 227 
Didymeria, xiv. 225 
Didymocarpus crinitus, xiii. 142 
Dielytra spectabilis, xiv. 66, xv. 
46, 127, 233 
Diervilla, xiv. 249 
Diffusion of seed, iii. 161 
Digging, advantages of frequent, v. 
239 
Digging borders, propriety of it 
discussed, x. 264 
Digitalis, hints on the genus, iii. 43; 
ckinensis, xiii. 70 ; lutea, var. 
fucata, ix. 46 ; purpurea, var. 
superba, x. 29 ; places in which 
it should be grown, x. 30, xv. 234 
Diglottis, xiv. 223 
Dillenia speciosa, xiv. 83 
Dillwynia glycinifolia, iv. 99 ; cla- 
vata, vii. 117 ; speciosa, vii. 27 ; 
clavata, xi. 5, xv. 256 ; its cul- 
tivation, xi. 6 ; tenuifolia, xi. 94 
Dimocarpus longana, xv. 85 ; lit- 
chi, xv. 85 ; nephelium, xv. 85 ; 
crinita, xv. 86 
Dincea muscipula, its peculiar irri- 
tability, i. 54 ; experiments upon, 
by Mr. Knight, i. 61 ; Dr. Bar- 
ton's opinion respecting, i. 62, 
iii. 252 
Dioscorea sativa, noticed, iii. 200 ; 
alata, iii. 200 
Diosma, xiv. 227 
Diospyros sapota, x. 21 
Diplacus puniceus, vi. 140 ; culture 
of, vi. 222 
Dipladenia crassinoda, xi. 237 ; see 
Echites ; thick-jointed, xii. 25 ; 
crassinoda, xii. 25 ; how to treat, 
xii. 26 ; crassinoda, xiv. 107 ; 
nobilis, xiv. 238; splendens, xiv. 
106 
Diploleena Dampierii, vii. 142, 
viii. 260, xi. 22 ; xiv. 225 ; an- 
gustifolia, xi. 22 
Diplopappus incanus, ii. 49 
Diplopeltis Hugelii, vii. 18, xi. 212 
Dipodium punctatum, iv. 189 
Dipsacus fullonum, i. 60 
Dipteracanthus, xiv. 30 ; scandens, 
xiv. 68, 92 
Disa, ii. 157, 182 ; cornuta,xi. 140; 
grandifiora, xi. 91 
Disbudding flowering plants, hints 
on, x. 61 
Diseases and affections of plants, 
xiii. 201 ; what they consist of, 
xiii. 201 
Disocactus biformis, xii. 44 
Dissemma aiirantia, xii. 44 
Distinctions betwixt plants and 
animals, i. 32 
Diuris,ii. 157, 182 ; filifolia, vii. 43 
Dodecatheon integrifolium, v. 16 
Dombeya erythroxyla, xv. 23 
Dombrowskya, xv. 9 
Doncklaer's Japan Camellia, iii. 
142 
Doncklaeria diversifolia, x. 70 
Dortmannia, xv. 10 
Doryanthes, ii. 70 
Double-lipped Larkspur, iii. 16 
Double pots recommended for par- 
ticular kinds of plants, v. 177; 
flowers, list and culture of hardy, 
x. 139 
Douglas Thorn, iii . 17 
Douglasia nivalis, iii. 236 
Douglas's Limnanthes, iv. 66 
Dove-plant, xiv. 146 
Dracaena terminalis, ii. 78 
Bracoccphalum altaiense, xiii. 51 ; 
grandiflorum, xiii. 51 
Dragon's-blood Palms, xv. 235 
Dragon-tree-leaved Adam's needle, 
iii. 263 
Dragon's head, great-flowered, xiii. 
51 
Draining flower or shrubbery bor- 
ders, great utility of, vii. 263 ; 
essential in acclimatizing plants, 
viii. 13, 37, 62, xv. 104 
Dr. Bunges' Scarlet Campion, iii. 
45 
Dr. Gillies's flower fence, iii. 1 7 
Dr. Wells on Dew, xv. 130 
Dropmore, pleasure grounds at, de- 
scribed, xiii. 108 
Drosera, the supposed irritability 
of the species explained, xiii. 62; 
peculiarities in the time of 
flowering noticed, xiii. 62 
Drummond's Pink-flowered Ver- 
vain, iv. 19; Zephyranthes, iii. 
95 
Dryandra longifolia, iii. 171 ; pteri- 
difolia, iii. 212 ; arctotidis, x. 
186 ; formosa, xi. 187 ; cardu- 
acea angustifolia, xiv. 188 
Drymonium bicolor, iv. 190, v. 
18 ; (?) new species of, xi. 273 ; 
punctata, xi. 116 
Dryness indispensable to tender 
plants in the winter, viii. 12, 23 
Dryobalanops camphora, i. 243 
Dry stove plants, ii. 53 
Ducts, explanation of the term, xi. 
106 
Duke of Bedford's Oncidium, iii. 7 1 
Duramen, explanation of the word, 
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