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GENERAL INDEX. 
33; latifolia, xv. 33 ; maculata, 
xv. 33 
Oreodaphne bullata, ix. 93 
Oriental Hawthorn, iii. 141 
Origin of weeping trees, iii. 1 1 3 
Orithyia uniflora, iii. 143 
Ornamental Basket for greenhouse 
plants, iii. 132 ; creepers, ii. 33, 
85, 107; Cast-Iron Garden-chair, 
iii. 257; plants, iv. 96; culture 
of, viii. 155, 179,226, 253, xii. 
64, 110 
OmitJiidium album, xii. 44 
Ornithocephalus ciliatus, xi. 70 
Ornithogalum chloroleucum, iii. 
144; latifolium, iv. 189 ; divari- 
catum, ix. 117; marginatum, xii. 
9; nanum, xii. 164; aureum, xii. 
175 
Orobus atropurpureus, ii. 112 
Orothamnus Zeyheri, xv. 118 
Orphium frutescens, xiii. 221 ; 
shrubby, xiii. 221 
Orthosiphon incurvus, viii. 21 
Orthrosanthes multiflora, xi. 245; 
its culture, xi. 246 
Osbeckia canescens, vii. 91 ; stellata, 
var., xi. 236 
Othonna frutescens, ix. 214 • tu- 
berosa, x. 213 
Otochilus fusca, ix. 21 
Ovarium, partitions of the, vii. 233; 
either apocarpous or syncarpous, 
vii. 233 ; explanation of the 
terms superior and inferior, vii. 
163, 234 
Ovules, varieties of position as- 
sumed by, vii. 257 
Oxalis, uses of, i. 229 ; culture, 
i. 229 ; crenata, ii. 72, 88, 120, 
240; floribunda, iii. 72; rubella, 
iii. 72 ; alba, iv. 210 ; Barlerii 
fruticosa, iv. 133 ; bipartita, 
divergens, iv. 210 ; versicolor, 
iv. 44 ; acetosella, its presence 
an indication of the presence of 
iron, iv. 9 ; Barrelieri, vii. 94 ; 
geniculata, vii. 215 ; fruticosa, 
viii. 188 ; lasiandra, viii. 213; 
lasiopetala, ix. 94 ; rubrocincta, 
ix. 262; sensitiva, xiii. 45 
Ox-eye-like Oxyura, iii. 1 18 
Oxide of Iron, xv. 250 
Oxyanthus versicolor, viii. 117 ; 
longiflorus, xii. 238 
Oxygen, nature and properties of, 
ix. 202 ; character of, viii. 56 ; 
quantity in the air, viii. 105 
Oxylobium pultensese, ix. 149; cul- 
ture of, ix. 150; capitatum, x. 
69; obovatum, x. 166, 243 
Oxypetalum solanoides, xv. 118 
Oxyramphis macrostyla, xiii. 115; 
xv. 258 
Oxyura chrysanthemoides, iii. 118 
P. 
Pachypodium tuberosum, v. 68 
Pachystigma, xiv. 227 
Pseonia edulis Reevesiana, i. 197; 
Moutan punicea, ii. 208; parvi- 
flora globosa, atropurpurea, lila- 
cina, Salmonea, xv. 165 ; albi- 
flora, var. Pottsii, iii. 262; notice 
of the genus, iii. 135, 237 ; 
Brownii, vi. 137 ; papaveracea 
rubra, vi. 116 ; tenuifolia plena, 
vi. 116, ix. 1 1 8 ; Witmanniana, 
xiii. 45; moutan, xiv. 33; papa- 
veracea, xiv. 33; Witmanniana, 
xv. 233 
Palms, tissue and ordinary struc- 
ture of, vii. 38; xii. 90 
Pancratium pedalis, i. 13; cala- 
thinum, iv. 53; humile, xiv. 92 
Pandanus, singular habits of, vii. 38 
Pandora tulip, ii. 211 
Panicle of flowers, vii. 1 62 
Pansies, Lady Peel and Nabob, ii. 
261; Lavinia, John Bull, iii. 93, 
166 
Pansies, as flower-garden plants, 
xi. 157 
Papaver orientalis bracteatum, iii. 
12 ; crocea nudicaule, iii. 12 ; 
floribunda, iii. 12 ; somniferum, 
iii. 1 1 ; Rhseas, iii. 1 1 ; culture of 
the genus, iii. 1 1 
Papaw, citron-fruited, v. 43 
Pascalia glauca, viii. 125; xv. 233 
Passiflora kermesina, i. 25 ; qua- 
drangularis, i. 26 ; alata, i. 26; 
maliformis, i. 26; vespertilio, i. 
26; foetida, i. 26; rubra, i. 26; 
culture of the genus, i. 25, ii. 36, 
86, iii. 31 ; kermesina, iv. 45, 
71 ; Loudoniana, iv. 45 ; large- 
stipuled, v. 43; Lieutenant Sul- 
livan's, v. 90 ; nigella-flowered, 
v. 43 ; kermesina and Loudo- 
niana, culture of, v. 261 ; Lou- 
doniana, v. 117; nigelliflora, v. 
43 ; ony china, v. 90 ; Tucuma- 
nensis, v. 43 ; onychina, vi. 238 ; 
mooreana, vii. 19 ; verrueifera, 
vii. 212 ; quadrangularis, and 
probably other similar species, 
may be grown in a green- 
house, viii. 229 ; Middletoni- 
ana, ix. 51 ; culture of, ix. 
52 ; Actinia, x. 93 ; different 
methods of treating, xii. 41 ; aur- 
antia, xii. 44; Lemichezii, xiii. 
238 ; serratistipula, xiv. 152 ; 
tilisefolia, xiv. 152 ; alata, xiv. 
151 ; alato-cserulea, xiv. 153 ; 
Buonapartea, xiv. 152 ; cserulea, 
xiv. 153; caeruleo-racemosa, xiv. 
153; coccinea, xiv. 152 ; edulis, 
xiv. 152; fragrans, xiv. 153; in- 
carnata, xiv. 1 52 ; laurifolia, xiv. 
152; maliformis, xiv. 152; ker- 
mesina, xiv. 153; kermesina 
Lemicheziana, xiv. 151 ; Lemi- 
chez's crimson, xiv. 151; Lou- 
donii, xiv. 153; Middletoniana, 
xiv. 153 ; Mooreana, xiv. 153; 
phoenicea, xiv. 152 ; picturata, 
xiv. 153 ; princeps, xiv. 153 ; 
quadrangularis, xiv. 152 ; race- 
mosa, xiv. 153; sanguinea, xiv. 
153; Neumannii, xv. 240; bear- 
ing eatable fruit, xiv. 152; selec- 
tion of beautiful, xiv. 153 
Passerina grandiflora, xii. 43 ; 
ciliata, xii. 43 
Parasitical plants or leaves, ii. 40 
Parastranthus, xv. 10 
Park and Villa scenery, xiii. 105 
Pateritia, Paxero, xi. 128 
Patersonia sapphirina, vi. 257 
Patrinia jatamansi, xv. 162 
Paulownia imperialis, remarks on, 
ix. 141, x. 8; how to treat, x. 9; 
xiv. 212 
Pavetta Caffra, iv. 136 
Paxtonia rosea, raised from seed, 
viii. 100 
Pear-leaved Thorn, iii. 213 
Peat, description of, xii. 227 
Peculiarities of plants, i. 29, 54; 
xiii. 225 
Pelargoniums to preserve in winter, 
ii. 21; to propagate for autumn 
flowering, iii. 48, 144; iv. 48, 
120, 168; full exposure to light 
necessary, v. 181; v. 96, 144, 
168, 216 ; different divisions of, 
vii. 33; vii. 33, 60, 85, 108; viii. 
48, 120, 144, 168, 192 ; ix. 144 ; 
ix. 216 ; Shepherd's Queen 
Victoria, x. 190 ; xiii. 250 ; on 
what success in the culture of is 
principally dependent, xiii. 205; 
the fancy as a plant for bedding 
out, xiii. 207 ; suitableness of 
various kinds of the, for growing 
in rustic stands or baskets, xiii. 
207; xiv. 23, 131 
Pencilled Evening Primrose, iii. 69 
Pentas carnea, xi. 126; method of 
treating, xi. 126; xiv. 135 
Pentlandia miniata; vars. lacunosa 
and Sulivanica, vii. 19 
Pentstemon staticifolius, ii. 164 ; 
Murrayanus, iii. 94, 265; cobzea, 
iii. 70, 237 ; heterophyllum, iv. 
1 6 ; various-leaved, iv. 16; lati- 
folium, iv. 21; breviflorus, iv. 
88; Scholeri, iv. 133; cobsea, iv. 
165, 243 ; Murrayanus, iv. 167, 
213 ; gentianoides, iv. 213,265 ; 
cobsea, v. 163 ; crassifolius, v. 
66 ; gentianoides, v. 138 ; Mur- 
rayanus, winter treatment of, v. 
22 ; argutus, vi. 142, 272 ; bar- 
batum, var. carneum, vi. 89 ; 
gentianoides, var., vi. 214 ; speci- 
osus, vi. 171; gentianoides, se- 
veral varieties of, viii. 22 ; appro- 
priate for placing in a protected 
border, viii. 15 ; crassifolius, ix. 
197, 198, xv. 260 ; gentianoides 
splendens, ix. 175, 176, xv. 233; 
gentianoides, var. diaphanum, 
xii. 93, xv. 233 ; ovatum, xiii. 
199, xv. 232 ; ovate-leaved, xiii. 
199; Gordoni, xiv. 189, xv. 
232 ; McEwani, xiv. 174, xv. 
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