GENERAL INDEX. 
279 
Seed-leaves, their office, 59 
Shallow soil, advantages of, 208 
Shrubs, necessity for frequently pruning exotic, 
38; their peculiar fitness for grouping, 181, 
204 ; places in which they should be em- 
ployed, 205 ; the shape of the groups con- 
sidered, 207 ; the formation and drainage of 
beds for them, 208 ; kinds best adapted for 
the purpose, 228 
Siphocampylus betulsefolius, 223 ; treatment of, 
224 
Snapdragons, bloom longer if not allowed to 
seed, 110 
Solanum Balbisii ; var. bipinnata, 166 
Sophronitis grandiflora, 193 ; best treatment 
for, 194 
Stakes, on supporting plants by, 68 ; rules for 
using them, 68, 96 
Statice monopetala, var. denudata, 239 
— pseudo-Armeria, 118 
Stelis atropurpurea, 239 
Stipules, nature of, 35 
Stocks, importance of preventing them from 
seeding when required only for bloom, 110 
Stoves, necessity for cleaning them thoroughly 
in the autumn, 168, 192 
Stylidium Brunonianum, 94 
— pilosum, 166 
— recurvum, 21 
Succulent plants, common management of, 24 
Suspension of plants in greenhouses and stoves, 
an essay on the, 132 
Syringing plants, advantages of, 120 
T. 
TficoMA, management of the species of, 252 
Tender annuals, times for sowing, 24 
Tender perennials for the flower-garden, prepa- 
ration of, 95, 168, 216 
Tender plants, method of preserving them 
during winter, 219, 215 
Tender climbers for summer purposes, treated 
of, 112 ; a list of them, 114 ; their uses, 113 
Thunbergias, plan for suspending them and 
allowing their branches to droop, 136 
Thuja filiformis, 94 
Tillandsia rubida, 262 
Torrenia scabra, 53 ; cultivation of, 54 
Top-dressing, evils of, 16 
Transplantation of exotics, hints on the, 95 
Trellises for tender climbers, various sorts of, 113 
Trichosma suavis, 94 
Tropseolum azureum, 247, 273; its manage- 
ment, 248 
— edule, 127 ; treatment of, 128 
— tricolorum, propagation of, 18 
— polyphyllum, 118 
V. 
Vanda cristata, 118, 191 
— violacea, 1 19 
Vegetable developments described, 33 
Vegetation, elements of, 177 
Vinca, kinds of, adapted, for planting in beds, 
230 ; a double-flowered variety noticed, 230 
Viola arborea, 119 
Vital envelop, its nature, 58 
W. 
Wallflowers, their blooming season prolonged 
plucking the flowers, 110 
Water, elements of, 225 ; softness essential in 
that given to plants, 228 
Watering plants, directions for, 71, 96, 119, 
143, 192, 229 
Z. 
Zichya glabrata, 168 
— . Molly, 119 
— villosa, 119 
Zieria laevigata, 77 ; its culture, 78 
