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adding to, iv. 1 3 ; effects of burn- 
ing, iv. 13; prepare, iv. 24 ; im- 
portance of turning them fre- 
quently, v. 239 ; burning, v. 209 ; 
exposure to the air useful for 
destroying extraneous matters 
in, v. 208 ; used by nurserymen 
in potting plants, v. 183 ; value 
of a chemical analysis of, vi. 208 ; 
very slightly influential in pro- 
moting fertility, except as ready 
vehicles of nutritive fluids, vi. 
132 ; excellent mode of analy- 
sing, vii. 9, 58, 105, 250 ; advan- 
tages of turning and exposing, 
vii. 95, viii. 33, x. 57 ; economy 
in, xi. 184 ; primitive formation 
of, xi. 228 ; investigation of, xii. 
225 ; conducting power of, xiii. 
154 
Solandra, ii. 108 
Solaneae, ii. 107, 110 
Solanum, ii. 107, 110 ; crispum, iii. 
1 ; Herbertia, iv. 119 ; campa- 
nulatum, v. 186 ; fragrans, v. 
234 ; Herbertianum, v. 269 ; 
jasminoides, vi. 273 ; uncinel- 
lum, vii. 67 ; jasminoides, viii. 
5 ; treatment of, viii. 6 ; macran- 
therum, viii. 44 ; Balbisii, var. 
bipinnata, x. 166 ; macranthum, 
xii. 45 ; jasminoides, xiv. 140 ; 
pseudo-capsicum, xiv. 263 ; ly- 
cioides, xv. 258 
Solar light, vi. 10, xiv. 128, xv. 57 ; 
heat, vi. 33, 59, 84, 1 07, 1 32, 155, 
181, 204; rays, viii. 223 
Sollya, ii. 85, 87 ; heterophylla, iii. 
144, vii. 20; salicifolia, vii. 20 ; 
linearis, vii. 20 
Sophora juncea, xiv. 128 
Sophronitis cernua, iv. 236 ; gran- 
diflora, vi. 42, viii. 273, x. 193, 
194 
Sour-sop, xv. 134 
Sowerbaea laxiflora, viii. 44 
Spadix, definition of the word, vii. 
162 
Span-roofed houses, viii. 232 
Sparaxis lineata, grandiflora, tri- 
color, i. 8 ; Wattii, xi. 214 
Sparmannia Africana, culture of, 
iv. 204 
Spartium acutifolium, iv. 163 ; 
junceum, var. odoratissimum, 
iv. 163 ; spinosum, xiii. 236 
Spathodea pentandra, v. 234 
Spathoglottis Fortuni, xii. 94 
Spatula-leaved Thorn, iii. 260 
Speckled Nephomila, iv. 67 
Speedwell, showy, x. 247 ; Dr. 
Lindley's, xii. 247 
Sphserostoma propinquum, iii. 109 
Sphenogyne speciosa, v. 189,vi. 77 
Spider Orchis, xv. 33 
Spikenard, xv. 161 
Spilonota aquana, xiv. 72 ; cyno- 
stabella, xiv. 72 
Spine cactus, tube-flowered, v. 17 
Spiraea japonica, iv. 166 ; barbata, 
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v. 15 ; kamtchatica, var. hima- 
lensis,viii. 21 ; japonica, vii. 211 ; 
vaccinifolia, vii. 68, xv. 208 ; 
Reevesiana, xi. 44 ; Lindleyana, 
xii. 141 ; Mr. Douglas's, xii. 
195 ; Douglassii, xii. 195 ; pru- 
nifolia flore pleno, xiv. 69 ; pube- 
scens, xiv. 116, 189 ; expansa, 
xv. 119 
Spiral vessels in plants not con- 
ductors of fluids, vi. 9 ; xi. 107 
Spiranthes, ii. 185 
Spiranthera Fraseri, xii. 99 ; xiv* 
225 
Spironema fragrans, vii. 70 
Spittal, Robert, Esq., on diseases of 
plants, ii. 37 
Spondias amara, lutea, myrobala- 
nus, oghigee, purpurea, zanzee, 
xv. 41 
Spongioles, character and office of, 
vii. 112 
Sprekelia formosissima, i. 149 ; 
cy bister, var. brevis, vii. 141 ; 
cybister, viii. 117 ; glauca, viii. 
69 
Spring the most trying season for 
exotic plants, vi. 239 
Squill, Siberian, xiv. 100 ; two- 
leaved, xiv. 100 
Stachys coccinea, viii. 101, xv. 261 
Stachytarpheta aristata, xiii. 46 
Stages in plant-houses, x. 253 
Staking and supporting plants, vi. 
120, vii. 120, x. 68, 96 
Stalagmites cowa, celebica, cochin- 
chinensis, xv. 206 
Stamens, not abortive leaves, vii. 
232 
Standard Portugal Laurels, viii. 60; 
specimens of Ivy, x. 17 ; Ho- 
neysuckles, x. 209 ; Fuchsias, 
proper cuttings to choose for 
forming, xiii. 14 
Stanhopea, ii. 141 ; insignis, iii. 95, 
iv. 165 ; oculata, eburnea, iv. 
1 65 ; quadricornis, v. 18 ; Wardii, 
v. 21 1 ; tigrina, vi. 20 ; wire bas- 
kets for, viii. 114 ; aurea, viii. 
23 ; Martiana, var. bicolor, x. 
191, 214 ; tigrina, vii. 190, 191 ; 
Bucephalus, xii. 117 ; inodora, 
xiii. 46 ; tigrina, xiii. 46, xiv. 142 
Stapelia, culture of the genus, iv. 
92, v. 132, vii. 229 ; cactiformis, 
xii. 21 
Stapkylodendrum africanum, xiii. 
164 
Star Apples, xv. 180 
Starch, analysis of, xi. 154 ; depo- 
sited in the cells of plants, xi. 
105 
Statice arborea, iv, 217; conspicua, 
iv. 218 ; sinuata, iv. 218, xv. 17; 
spathulata, iv. 218 ; speciosa, iv. 
218 ; arborea, v. 93, 118, 189 j 
monopetala, var. denudata, x. 
239 ; pseudo-armeria, x. 118; 
macrophylla, x. 263 ; Dickenso- 
niana, xi. 44 ; pseudo-armeria, 
E E 
xi. 79 ; rhytidophylla, xi. 44 ; 
? xii. 167; Fortuni, xii. 
261, xv. 19, 260 ; eximia, xv. 20; 
puberula, imbricata, mucosa, rhy- 
tidophylla, purpurata, xv. 17 ; 
macrophylla, xii. 21 ; cephalotes, 
xii. 18 ; armeria major, xii. 18, 
xiv. 254, xv. 16 ; imbricata, xv. 
19 
Statistics of trees, attention invited 
to, vii. 135 
Stauntonia latifolia, xiii. 212, xiv. 
69 
St. Cloud, fountain at, xi. 226 
Steam, combustible energy of, v. 
253 ; its great power when con- 
fined, vii. 83 
Steel's Maxillaria, iv. 117 
Stelis atropurpurea, x. 239 
Stems, wounded by insects, ii. 45 ; 
general structure of, xi. 1 1 ; ana- 
lysis of, xi. 12 ; exogenous, xi. 
33 ; endogenous, xi. 57 
Stenanthera pinifolia, xiv. 89 
Stenia pallida, v. 91, 
Stenocarpus Cunninghamii, xiv. 1 , 
21 
Stenomesson latifolium, vii. 141 ; 
vitellinum, x. 22 ; Hartwegii, xi. 
188 
Stenorhynchus, ii. 160 ; cinnaba- 
rinus, xv. 21 
Stephanotus floribundus, vi. 142, 
x. 186, xi. 29 ; Thouarsii, xii. 
167 ; floribunda, xiv. 27, 85 ; 
Red-spider on, xiv. 86 ; Thouar- 
sii, xiv. 86 
Sternbergia, ii. 69 ; colchiflora, v. 
16 
Stevia fascicularis, v. 257 ; brevi- 
aristata, vii. 91; trachelioides, 
viii. 69 
Stiff-stalk, upright-flowered, xiv. 
121 
Stigma, separation or entity of the, 
vii. 233 
Stigmaphyllon aristatum, ii. 109 ; 
heterophyllum, x. 118; ciliatum, 
xv. 77 ; jatrophsefolium, xi. 44 
Stimulation, its value to tropical 
plants in the summer, vi. 48 
Stipules, their distinction from true 
leaves, vii. 113; nature of, x. 
35 
Stock, double, caused by disease, i. 
240 ; culture of, 29 ; directions 
about, ii. 48, 168 ; iv. 240 ; im- 
portance of preventing them 
from seeding when required 
only for bloom, x. 1 1 0 
Stothert's, Mr., mode of heating 
by steam, ii. 65 
Stove, plan of, at Chatsworth, ii. 
105 ; plants, propagation of, ii. 
13 ; general culture, ii. 53, 240 ; 
selection of climbers, ii. 1 05, 107 ; 
shrubs, a selection of the most 
beautiful, iii. 79; propagation of, 
iv. 120 ; to be potted, iv. 72 ; 
notice on, iv. 240 ; remarks on 
