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GENERAL INDEX, 
Floriculture, economy in, x. 180, 
228, 252 
Floricultural Notices, iii. 20,43, 68, 
70, 92, 94, 115, 117, 139, 141, 
163, 165,187, 189,211, 213,235, 
237, 262, 263, 273, vii. 17, 40, 
66, 88, 114, 139, 163, 184, 210, 
234, 260—2, viii. 18, 43, 67, 91, 
139, 163,187,211,235,259, 273, 
x. 20, 46, 91, 117,142, 165, 186, 
212, 237, 259, xi. 20, 42, 68, 90, 
115, 139, 164,187,210,234,260, 
273, xii. 22, 45, 94, 118,141, 165, 
190, 214, 262 ; for January, xii. 
18 ; Feb., xii. 43 ; Mar., xii. 69, 
91; April, xii. 91; May, xii. 115; 
June, xii. 140 ; July, xii. 163 ; 
Aug., xii. 188; Sept, xii. 212 ; 
Oct., xii. 237; Nov., xii. 260; 
Dec, xii. 18; xiv. 22,46,65,91, 
115, 139, 164, 188, 213, 238, 
262, 272, xv. 21, 46, 71, 94, 117, 
141, 164, 189, 214, 239, 263 
Floricultural tEeonomics, xi. 108, 
184, 256 
Florist's Magazine noticed, ii. 208, 
210, 260 
Flower-beds, best mode of filling, 
vii. 95, 119; plants intended for 
them should be prepared in pots, 
vii. 119; dung, cautious use of, for, 
xii. 95; moss, as a covering to 
prevent evaporation from, xii. 
119; arrangement of, xiv. 161 
Flower-buds, advantages of remov- 
ing them in order to increase the 
future development, viii, 72, 96, 
143 
Flower Garden, plan of a, i. 1 54, 
184; hints respecting, iv. 216, 
240; plans and ornaments of, iv. 
257, v. 136, 254; designs for, v. 
136, 254 ; hints on the plants 
most suitable for, and their pre- 
paration, v. 255; hints for the, 
xii. 232; conditions suitable for 
the health and fertility of the 
plants, necessary to provide, xii. 
233 ; the proper formation of 
beds, xii. 234; deep borders in- 
jurious, xii. 235; proper aspect 
for, xii. 236; plants, aptness of, 
to become dry in spring, previous 
to being planted out, xiii. 95 ; the 
propagation of, xiii. 160 
Flower-gardening, xiv. 158 
Flowering plants, rules for deter- 
mining the merits of, vi. 66 ; 
means for inducing a more con- 
tinuous development of their 
blossoms, vii. 96 ; the matura- 
tion of seeds debilitative to most 
of them, vii. 96 ; on disbudding 
them, x. 61, xiv. 113 ; trees, 
shrubs, and climbers, the prun- 
ing of, so as to produce uniform 
fruetiferousness in every part, 
xiii. 23. 
Flower-plots, the effect of, to ob- 
serve, xii. 215 ; pots, improve 
ments in, xii. 16 ; distinguished 
by numbers, ii. 20 ; improved 
kind of, v. 177 
Flower-stand, ii. 23, 89; designed 
by Mr. Saul to form a pillar of 
roses, iii. 30; design for a new 
one, iv. 59 
Flowers, flashes of light observed 
issuing from, ii. 193; solar light 
inimical to expanded, v. 183, 
204 ; distinct organs, vi. 132 ; 
influence of heat in their pro- 
duction, vi. 132; suggestions for 
promoting their formation and 
development, vi. 1 34 ; their size, 
form, and colour, the chief cri- 
teria of beauty in plants, vi. 67 ; 
great differences in the mode of 
their production, vii. 119; shade 
useful in preserving them ex- 
panded, vii. 119 ; two kinds of 
beauty in them, vii. 145; impor- 
tance of plucking decayed, viii. 
143, ix. 107; treatment likely to 
produce them, ix 252; influence 
on colour of, xii. 8 ; on furnishing 
the parterre with in early spring, 
xiii. 66 ; what to employ, xiii. 
66 ; treatment of those employed, 
xiii. 67; of Cereus grandiflorus, 
to prevent closing, xiv. 76 
Flower- vase, design for a cast-iron, 
v. 64 
Fluids, heat principally instru- 
mental in the production of, vi. 
35 ; the most rapid radiators of 
heat, vi. 86 ; heat always resi- 
dent in, vii. 82 ; motion of in 
plants, noticed, xiii. 129 
Flywort, triangular-lipped, iv. 1 7 
Fogs in the neighbourhood of 
London, ii. 214 
Foliage, functions of, xiv. 55 
Folium petiolatum, xi. 261 
Food of plants, iv. 15 ; prepared 
and supplied by heat, vi. 34 ; 
derived from the atmosphere, 
viii. 129 ; alkalies its principal 
source, viii. 154 
Foramen, position and character of 
the, vii. 258 ; its nature described, 
ix. 10 
Forbes' (Mr.) mode of propagating 
Cape heaths, by, i. 1 1 3 ; on exotic 
plants, ii. 13 
Forcing, aerial system of, xiv, 1 54 ; 
flowers, time for commencing, v. 
216; exposure to light necessary 
to plants intended for forcing, 
v. 1 92 ; flowers, hints on, vi. 24 ; 
houses, different modes of heat- 
ing, i. 135 ; management of 
plants in, xi. 60 ; Pinks, &c, iv. 
48 ; plants, chief peculiarities in 
the practice of, vii. 240, 264 ; 
plants, hints on, ix. 24, 72 ; 
plants, general principles to be 
regarded in, x. 264 ; time at 
which it should be commenced, 
viii. 216 ; Roses, &c, particulars 
most to be regarded in, viii. 208; 
novel plan for, viii. 211; Roses, 
xiii. 33 ; frame, xiii. 34 ; sug- 
gested improvement in, xiii. 34 
Forests of North America, ii. 165; 
manner in which they affect 
the climate of any district, vi. 
204 
Forget-me-not, the white-flowered, 
a border-plant, xi. 112 
Form, the science of, xi. 201 
Forsythia viridisshna, xiv. 67,115, 
188, xv. 209 
Fountain, the Emperor, at Chats- 
worth, xi. 223 ; at Wilhelm's- 
hoehe, xi. 226 ; at St. Cloud, xi. 
226 ; at Peterhoff, xi. 226 ; at 
Versailles, xi. 226 ; remarks on 
v.9 
Foxglove, where it should be 
grown, x. 30 
Fragrant Crocus, iii. 263 
Frame Plants, iii. 264 
Frames, management of, v. 264 ; 
advantages of growing green- 
house plants in, vi. 201 ; excel- 
lent method of elevating, vi. 264; 
best adapted for growing Cacta- 
cese in through the summer, vii. 
207 ; also for Pelargoniums at 
all seasons, vii. 33, 87 ; excellent 
method of covering them, vii. 88 ; 
plan for elevating them, and pre- 
serving them dry, vii. 88 ; best 
method of protecting, ix. 212 ; 
the use of them for growing 
plants in, economical, x. 182 ; 
substitutes for, xi. 71, 215 ; 
ventilation of, xi, 114 
Francoa, ii. 24, 48, 72 ; sonchifolia, 
i. 254 ; culture of the genus, i. 
235 
Francisea Hopeana, i. 80 ; latifo- 
lia, viii. 260, ix. 73 ; its manage- 
ment, ix. 74 ; villosa, ix. 63 ; 
hydrangseformis, xi. 141 ; Poh- 
liana, xi. 190 ; acuminata, xii. 
239 ; Pohliana, 239 ; acuminata, 
xiii. 27 ; acuminate-leaved, xiii. 
27 ; augusta, xiii. 189 ; hydran- 
geseformis, xiii. 43, 71, 121 ; hy- 
drangea-like, xiii. 121 ; Pohli- 
ana, xiii. 27 ; gracilis, xiv. 262 ; 
hydrangeseformis, xiv. 68 
Frankinsana, xv. 88 
Fraxinella, xiv. 227 
French and English roses to flower 
late, iv. 96 
Friability of soil, iv. 1 1 
Friesia peduncularis, xiii. 1 88 
Frittillaria ruthenica, iii. 214 
Frost, importance of guarding 
against autumnal, iii. 240, v. 215 ; 
mode in which it operates on 
plants, vi. 87 ; means for coun- 
teracting its effects, vi. 87 ; rea- 
son for its destructiveness of ve- 
getation in spring, vi. 86 ; the 
growth and decay of vegetable 
matters suspended by it, vi. 34 ; 
