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GENERAL INDEX. 
sapientum, iii. 57 ; paradisiaca, 
iii. 56 ; remarks on the genus, 
iii. 53 ; superba, viii. 43 ; xiv. 
90 
Musical dial fountain, description 
of, i. 259 
Musssenda macrophylla, xii. 142, 
197 ; frondosa, xiii. 118 ; ma- 
crophylla, xiii. 115 
Mustard tree, xv. 185; Egyptian, 
xv. 185 ; Persian, xv. 185 ; 
Oriental, xv. 185 ; shrubby, xv. 
185 
Mutisia, ii. 107, 109 ; ilicifolia, 
xv. 101 
Myanthus barbatus, ii. 124 ; cer- 
nuus, ii. 139 ; deltoideus, iv. 17, 
70 ; cristatus, curious account 
of, iv. 90, v. 258 ; spinosus, vii. 
140 
Myclocarpum, ii. 92 
Myoporum serratum, xii. 93 
Myosotis azorica, xi. 263, xv. 
260 ; palustris, for flower-beds, 
xi. 113 
Myristica, moschata, culture of, 
iv. 178 
Myrrh, xv. 138 
Myrtles, iii. 23 
Myrtus, xix. 34 ; Pimenta, remarks 
on, iv. 175 
N. 
Names of plants, xi. 51 
Napoleana imperialis, xv. 189 
Narcissus, culture of the genus, i. 
117; flowered Ismene, iii. 267 ; 
hybrid, x. 187 ; fly, xiv. 168 
Nardostachys Iatamansi, xv. 162 ; 
grandiflora, xv. 162 
Nardus, xv. 161 
Nasturtium, Sir J. Smith's, xv. 70 
Natal corn flag, iii. 71 
Native countries of plants, a know- 
ledge of, essential to the cultiva- 
tor, xi. 60 
Natural habits of plants, v. 1 1 3 
Natural orders, vii. 40, 258, 259 
Natural system of Botany, vii. 36, 
111, 161,231, 257, xi. 129, 177, 
225, 228 
Natural mode of training climbers, 
xi. 207 
Naturalising plants, v. 12, viii. 13, 
37, 60 
Nature and offices of earths and 
soils, iv. 9 
Nature, importance of studying, 
vii. 206, 226 ; modifications of, 
vii. 71, 225 
Neapolitan violet, xiii. 90 ; shade 
necessary, xiii. 90 
Nelumbiums, culture of, ii. 110, iii. 
96 ; speciosum, ix. 21 ; caspicum, 
xi. 91 ; luteum, xi. 233 
Nematanthus longipes, x. 166 ; 
chloronema, xi. 91 
Nemesia floribunda, v. 161, viii. 
190 
Nemophila insignis, iii. 117, 151 ; 
aurita, iii. 164 ; atomaria, iv. 67; 
insignis, iv. 70, 133 ; atomaria, 
culture of, v. 100 ; insignis, har- 
dihood of, viii. 180 ; discoidalis, 
x. 262 ; maculata, xv. 264 
Neottia, ii. 159, 184 ; speciosa, xi. 
46 
Nepenthes distillatoria, i. 54, 57, 
58 ; culture of, iv. 1, xiii. 142 
Nephelium longan, xi. 165, xv. 85 ; 
Litchi, xv. 85 ; verticillata, xv. 
86 ; Lappaceum, xv. 86 ; in- 
form e, xv. 87 
Neptunia plena, xiii. 44 
Nerine sarniensis, iii. 192 ; culture 
of, viii. 86 
Nerium thyrsiflorum, iii. 73 ; re- 
marks on the genus, iii. 232 
Nerium oleander splendens, ix. 82 ; 
oleander, var. Rayanot, xi. 53, 
54, 96, xiv. 34 
Nervous system in plants, i. 31 
New Holland plants, mode of na- 
turalising, v. 12 
New, rare, or interesting plants, 
v. 19, 67, 91, 117, 139, 163, 187, 
211,235, 259, vii. 17, 20, 40, 44, 
66, 68, 88, 91, 114, 116, 139, 
141, 163, 166, 184, 187,210,213, 
234, 236, 260, 261 
New plants, their true character 
often imperfectly known, vii. 199 
Nicotiana rustica, xiv. 201 ; Taba- 
cum, xiv. 201 
Nierembergia intermedia, ii. 219 ; 
Phoenicea, var. rosea, iv. 16 ; 
pink-flowered, iv. 16 
Night air, prejudicial to tender 
exotics, vii. 192, 228 
Nightshade, jasmine-like, viii. 5 
Niouttout, xv. 140 
Nipheea oblonga, viii. 263, ix. 273 
Nispero, xv. 107 
Nitrogen, means of detecting, viii. 
56, 105 ; modes of fixing it in 
manures, x. 129 
Noble-flowered Begonia, iv. 233 
Noble Stanhopea, iii. 95 
Nolana, a new species of, xi. 190 ; 
see Alona ; atriplicifolia, iv. 
189 
Nordmannia cordifolia, xiii. 118 
Notices of new and rare plants, iv. 
21, 69, 94, 118, 131, 165, 189, 
211, 237,261,273 
Notice of a few species in one or 
two genera in Crassulacese, xiii. 
208 
Novelty, effects of, in gardening, xi. 
15 
Nutmeg, culture of, iv. 178 
Nuttallia cordata, iv. 67, 165; gran- 
diflora, iv. 165, 190, 217, 235, v. 
236 ; size to which it attains, 
vii. 32 ; malv£eflora, vii. 31 ; 
treatment, vii. 32 ; cordata, xi. 
237 ; malvseflora, xi. 190 ; papa- 
ver, xi. 173, 174 
Nutrition of plants, philosophy of, 
xi. 227 
Nuytzia floribunda, xi. 259 
Nymphsea ceerulea, heat beneficial 
to, viii. 112 ; rubra, xi. 190,266 ; 
failure in cultivating, xi. 267 ; 
dentata, xiii. 236 ; new species, 
xiv. 263 ; Victoria, xiv. 23 
O. 
Oak seedling, grown in water, xi. 
179 ; curious circumstance re- 
specting, v. 10 ; germinating in 
water, ix. 34 
Observation, great importance of, 
v. 204 
Octomeria graminifolia, i. 156 
Odontoglossum maculatum, vii. 
116 ; grande, viii. 49, 50 ; pul- 
chellum, viii. 190, 213 ; citros- 
mum, x. 22 ; laeve, xi. 165 ; pul- 
chellum, xi. 188 ; new species, 
xii. 118; Cervantesii, xii. 164, 
193, 194 ; citrosmum, xii. 166 ; 
cordatum, xiii. 147, 148 ; mem- 
branaceum, xiii. 141; cuspida- 
tum, xiv. 118 ; grande labellum 
album, xiv. 273 ; hastilabium, 
xiv. 20 ; Warneri purpuratum, 
xiv. 92 ; Maxillare, xv. 21; pul- 
chellum, xv. 71 
Oenothera, i. 86 ; uses of, i. 87 ; 
culture, i. 87 ; peculiarities in, i. 
87 ; fruticosa, var. Ambigua, iv. 
41; bifrons, iv. 135 ; Jruticosa, 
var. indica, viii. 43 
Oils, fixed vegetable, xi. 156 
Olax, ii. 107, 108 
Old and ornamental plants, vii. 21, 
70, 101, 123, 127, 147,149,219, 
221, 245 
Oldenlandia Deppeana, xii. 263 
Oleander, xii. 229, 230, 231 ; xiv. 
34 
Olibanum, xv. 89 
Olive-green aphis, xiv. 96 
Olive Tree, culture of the, i. 253 
Onagracese, essential characteris- 
tics of, vii. 182 | 
Oncidium bifolium, i. 234 ; culture 
of the genus, i. 233 ; citrinum, 
ii. 113, 127, 139 ; Lemonianum, 
ii. 262 ; crispum, iii. 166 ; Lan- 
ceanum, iii. 238 ; divaricatum, 
iii. 4 ; Russellianum, 6, iii. 71 ; 
altissimum, iii. 144; cornigerum, 
iii. 143 ; ampliatum, iv. 45 ; 
lunatum, iv. 66; pulchellum pic- 
tum, iv. 70 ; citrinum, iv. 77 ; 
papilio, iv. 118 ; divaricatum, 
altissimum, iv. 119 ; pumillum, 
iv. 1 37 ; ornithorhynchum, iv. 
166 ; crispatum, iv. 42 ; cebol- 
leti, iv. 44 ; luridum, iv. 45, 71, 
95 ; iridifolium, iv. 19, 95 ; leu- 
cochilum, iv. 21, 213 ; Lance- 
anum, iv. 21, 95, 133, 166, 169, 
170, 236 ; low temperature pre- 
ferable, v. 83 ; Kenchmannii, 
v. 20, 237 ; Lanceanum, v. 163, 
237 ; papilio, culture of, v. 176 ; 
pulchellum, v. 164 j ramosum, 
