GENERAL INDEX, 
A. 
Abelia rupestris, 43, 214 
Abutilon venosum, 189 
— vitifolium, 116 
Acanthophippium Javanicum, 211 
— j 'avense, 211 
Achimenes atrosanguinea, 189 
— formosa, 237 
— Liepmannii, 165 
— longiflora, var., 117 
— patens, 141, 197 ; the best period 
for the flowering of, 198 
— spreading, 197 
Activity, when necessity for in performing out- 
door operations, 47 
A consideration of plants grown in pots, 37 
Adenium Honghel, 235 
Adenocalymna comosum, 43 
/Egiphila grandiflora, 115, 217 
— great-flowered, 217 
Aerides ampullaceum, 49 
^Eschy nan thus, 165 
— albida, 139 
— Boschianus, 165, 175 ; where to 
grow, 176 
Horsfieldii, 189 
— Lobbianus, 235 
— miniatus, 262 
pulcher, 141, 162 
— purpurascens, 139 
— radicans, 214 
— Vanden Bosch's, 175 
Aginetia longiflora, 93 
Agnostus sinuata, 213 
Alloplectus dichrons, 68 
— rep ens, 187 
— Schotii, 68 
— sparsiflorus, 68 
Alpinia nutans, 125 ; where to plant, 125 
— nodding-flowered, 125 
Alstrcemeria montana, 151 
Amaryllis montana, 151 
— tatarica, 151 
Amicia, two-jointed-podded, 173 
— zigomeris, 173 ; remarkable feature 
of, 173 
Anemone Japonica, 20 
Anguloa Ruckeri, 187 
— spes., 141 
Annuals, on the treatment of, 61 ; usefulness 
of, 61 ; conditions unfavourable to the welfare 
of, 63 ; proper way of dealing with, 64 ; 
tender, brief remarks on managing, 65 
Anona palustris, 92 
— aquatica, 92 
— glabra, 92 
— uliginosa, 92 
Anseliia African, 241 
— Africana, 70, 139, 241 ; the treatment 
it flourishes under, 241 
Anthericum cseruleum, 1 1 7 
Anthocercis illicifolia, 20 
Antirrhinum majus, var. Youngiana, 271 
Aphelandra \ 70 
— aurantiaca, 92 
Application of heat, 9, 81 
Arbours, &c , how to prune ; what constitutes 
the covering of, 167 
Ariopsis peltata, 92 
Aristolochia gigantea, 92 
Asystasia Coromandeliana, 187 
Aucuba Japonica var., 94 
Autumn, on plants to flower late in, 112 
Azalea alba magniflora, 70 
— obtusa, 163 
— violacea elegans, 70 
B. 
Balsamina spes., 142 
Barkeria, Dr. Lindley's, 193 
— Lindleyana, 193 ; the way usually 
grown, 194 
— spes., 142 
Barnadesia rosea, 115, 123 
— rose-coloured, 123 
Beaufortia splendens, 145 
— splendid, 145 
Beaumontia grandiflora, 103 
— great-flowered, 103 
Begonia albo-coccinea, 163, 245 
— , 94 
— fuchsioides, 263 
— minor, 77 
— nitida, 77 
— obliqua, 77 
— purpurea, 77 
— shining-leaved, 77 
Besleria bicolor, 68 
— dichrous, 68 
Bifrenaria inodora, 117 
Bignonia albida, 139 
Bindweed, downy, 243 
