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GENERAL INDEX. 
Review of the Hand Book of Plain 
Botany, ii. 94 ; Lindley's Ladies' 
Botany, ii. 115; Florigraphia 
Britannica, iii. 39 ; Florists' 
Magazine, iii. 160 ; Companion 
to Botanical Register, iii. 34 ; 
Loudon's Encyclopaedia of trees 
and shrubs, ix. 140; Sir Uve- 
clale Price on the picturesque, 
ix. 138 ; Repton's Landscape 
Gardening, ix. 141; Loudon's 
edition of Repton's Landscape 
Gardening, x. 45 ; the Suburban 
Horticulturist, x. 46 ; Mrs. Lou- 
don's " Lady's Country Com- 
panion, or How to enjoy a 
Country Life Rationally," xii. 
138; George H. Johnson's, Esq., 
" The Principles of Practical 
Gardening," xii. 139 ; James 
Lothian's " Practical Hints on 
the Culture and General Manage- 
ment of Alpine or Rock Plants," 
xii. 236 ; " The Vegetable King- 
dom," by J. Lindley, Ph. D., 
F.R.S., and L. S., &c. xiii. 185 ; 
Mr. Paul's Rose-garden, xiv. 
138 
Rhexia virginica, should be grown 
in heathmould, x. 263 
Rhipsalis brachiata, x. 213 
Rhizoma, a modification of the 
stem, vii. 112; its peculiarities, 
vii. 113 
Rhodanthe Manglesii, iii. 116, 173, 
iv. 94; culture of, v. 201 
Rhodochiton volubile, ii. 27, 36, 
48, 86, 264, iii. 72 ; and Lopho- 
spermum erubescens, for a south 
wall, iii. 96 
Rhododendron arboreum, i. 101 ; 
pulchrum, i. 126 ; indicum 
Smithii, i. 126 ; arborea fim- 
briata,ii. 98; indicum speciosum, 
ii. 78; venustum,ii. 1 12; indicum 
Smithii, ii. 145;nudiflora eximia, 
ii. 163; calendulaceum, fulgidum, 
cinnamomeum, ii. 231 ; aza- 
leoides, ii. 231 ; caucasicum, ii. 
231 ; campanulatum,ii. 231; and 
several other kinds, ii. 231 ; cam- 
panulatum, iii. 118 ; arboreum, 
hints on, iii. 64 ; to flower early, 
iii. 24 ; chamsecistus, iii. 169; 
arboreum, var. roseum, iii. 164 ; 
var. undulatum, iii. 212; flavum, 
var. coronarium, iii. 117; Cun- 
ninghamii, iv. 71 ; arborea, iv. 
71, 130 ; cinnamomeum, iv. 95 ; 
multimaculatum, iv. 133 ; Phoe- 
niceum, var. splendens, iv. 137; 
arborea, var. cinnamomeum, iv, 
188 ; albiflorum, v. 185 ; Cun- 
ninghamii, v. 69 ; guttatum, v. 
118; hybrid, v. 67; watering, v. 
96 ; collecting seed of, v. 254 ; 
shaded situation necessary for, 
v. 180; house most suitable for 
the tender species of, v. 1 80 ; pro- 
pagated by grafting, vi. 93; cin- 
namomeum floribus roseis, vii. 
236; guttatum, vii. 118; prefer 
a sheltered and somewhat shaded 
spot, viii. 39 ; plan of preparing 
standard, viii. 58; Gibsonii, viii. 
217; system of cultivating, viii. 
218 ; anthopogon, ix. 143 ; 
Smithii aureum, ix. 79; culture 
of, ix. 80 ; instructions for layer- 
ing, ix. 264; situation and soil 
proper for, ix. 208 ; suggestions 
for growing them in leaf-mould, 
x. 137; fragrans, x. 147; treat- 
ment of, x. 148: Rollissonii, x. 
118; aprilis, xi. 43; as standards, 
xi. 19 ; for growing in masses, 
xi. 137; arboreum Paxtoni, xiv. 
99 ; catawbiensis, xiv. 34; fastu- 
osum flore pleno, xiv. 118; java- 
nicum, xiv. 191, xv. 217, 256; 
J enny Lind, xiv. 118; maximum, 
xiv. 34 ;metropolitanum, xiv. 118; 
Mr. Paxton's Tree, xiv. 99 ; new 
species, xiv. 118 ; new variety, 
xiv. 142 ; ponticum, xiv. 34; 
pruning of, xiv. 136; arboreum 
Paxtoni, xv. 257 ; Smithii 
aureum, xv. 209; Standishii, xv. 
210; barbatum, aprilis, chamse- 
cistus, fragrans, javanica, nila- 
giricum, xv. 211 
Rhodora Canadense, iv. 70 
Rhodostemma gardenioides, xiii. 
118 
Rhus diversiloba, xii. 164 
Rhynchoglossum zeylanicum, xiii. 
45 
Rhynchopetalum, xv. 12 
Rhytidophyllum floribundum, xv. 
142 
Ribenta cavallos, xv. 8 
Ribes sanguineum, i. 3 ; aureum, 
i. 4 ; sanguinea, ii. 24, 48, 232 ; 
speciosa, ii. 233 ; fragrans, ii. 
233 ; malvaceum, iii. 164 ; di- 
rections for propagating the va- 
rious species of, v. 72, 264 ; the 
species of, most readily propa- 
gated by slips, vii. 23 ; hybrid, 
ix. 118 ; albidum, x. 55, 95 ; 
sanguineum flore-pleno, xii. 121; 
albida, sanguinea flore pleno, 
xv. 210 
Rice, on the cultivation of, iii. 253 
Richardia tethiopica, culture of, v. 
225 
Ridge and furrow roofs for plant- 
houses, arguments in support of, 
viii. 256 
Rigidella flammea, vii. 67, 247 ; 
singular properties and culture 
of, vii. 248 ; immaculata, ix. 21 ; 
orthantha, xiv. 121 
Robinia pseudo-acacia, iv. 143 
Rochea albiflora, xiii. 210; coccinea, 
xiii. 208; the synonymes of, xiii. 
208;falcata and synonymes, xiii. 
208; jasminea, xiii. 209 ; syn- 
onymes of, xiii. 209 ; media and 
synonymes, xiii. 208 ; odoratis- 
sima, xiii. 209 ; the synonymes 
of, xiii. 209; odoratissima alba, 
xiii. 209; versicolor, xiii. 208 ; 
its synonymes, xiii. 208 
Rockeries suitable for mesembry- 
anthemums, v. 130; remarks on 
the formation of, v. 227 ; hints 
on forming and placing, viii. 135; 
objectionable positions for, viii. 
138; the formation of, xii. 87; 
their suitableness for many 
plants to grow upon, xii. 88; xiv. 
50 
Rocks and rock-plants, xii. 86, 129; 
on introducing into the conser- 
vatory and stove, xii. 129; most 
suitable material for forming, xii. 
130 
Rockets, culture of, i. 108; iv. 144, 
192 
Rodriguezia, ii. 140; Barkeri, iii. 
166; planifolia, iii. 214; crispa, 
vi. 238, viii. 212 
Roella elegans, v. 165,260; ciliata, 
vii. 245; way to bring it to per- 
fection, vii. 246 ; elegans, man- 
agement of, vi. 27 
Rolandia, xv. 12 
Ronalds, Mr., propagating house 
by, i. Ill 
Rondeletia speciosa, i. 158; culture 
of the genus, i. 158, ii. 88; figure, 
ii. 242 ; odorata, iv. 21 ; longiflora, 
ix. 217; management of, ix. 218; 
longijiora, xi. 142, 197; speciosa 
major, xii. 47 
Roof for a plant structure, the form 
of, most adapted to particular 
kinds, viii. 257 
Roofs of plant structures, materials 
most suitable for the, v. 34; of 
plant-houses, a covering of garden 
mats over them in winter econo- 
mises heat, vi. 23 
Rosmarinus, xv. 254 
Roots, pathology of,ii. 37; of tender 
plants, importance of protecting 
the, v. 263 ; advantages of 
reducing those of some plants, 
vi. 156 ; probable origin of, vii. 
39 ; their distinction from stems, 
vii. 112; necessity for disposing 
them properly in transplantation, 
vii. 95 ; definition and structure 
of, xi. 9 ; functions ofj i. 1 29, 250 ; 
cramping them a means of en- 
suring dwarfness, xi. 40 
Rose Apple, xv. 60 
Roses, culture of, i. 138 ; selection 
for training against a wall, i. 144 ; 
forcing, i. 144 ; retarding the 
blooming of, i. 144 ; diseases, i. 
145 ; chemical analysis of the 
sap, i. 146 ; ii. 209 ; evergreen 
kinds, ii. 35 ; celestial, ii. 209 ; 
Tourterelle, ii. 209; blight, ii. 
41 ; mining insect on rose trees, 
ii. 213 ; centifolia, iii. 94 ; mus- 
cosa, iii. 94 ; cristata, iii. 94 ; 
microphylla, iii. 141 ; trees in- 
