278 
GENERAL INDEX, 
Heath, the Duke of Devonshire's, 3 
Heat, application of, 9 
Heating, defects of systems of, 81 ; history of 
different methods of, 82 ; merits of by hot 
water, 83 
— - Polmaise plan of alluded to, 12 
Heinsia jasminiflora, 22 
Heliophila trifida, 142 
Hibiscus Jerroldianus, 1 ; requirements of, 2 
— Mr. Jerrold's, 1 
Holbollia latifolia, 212 
Hoya, 263 
— campanulata, 237 
Hydrangea Japonica, var. cserulea, 212 
— the blue, 109 
Hydrolea spinosa, 247 ; its suitability for the 
flower-garden, 247 
— spiny, 247 
— trigyna, 247 
Hypocyrta discolor, 68 
— strigillosa, 117 
I. 
Indigofera decora, 93 
Inga Harrissii, 140 
Insects, various, noticed, 203 ; remedies for the 
destruction of, 204 
Ionopsidium acaule, 212 
Ipomoaa simplex, 22 
— rubro caerulea, on growing in the 
open air, 84 ; the way generally grown, 84 ; 
account of successful management of, 85 ; 
the kind of situation required for in the open 
ground, 87 
Ixia Lily, mountain, 151 
Ixiolirion montanum, 151 
Ixora, 166 
— incarnata, 117 
J. 
Jasmium dianthifolia, 117 
— nudiflorum, 212, 273 
Justicia Gangelica, 187 
Justicia semperflorens, 117 
K. 
Kopsia fruticosa, 69 
L. 
Lfelia, Mr. Perrin's, 5 
— Perrenii, 5 
— — major, 263 
— ■ peduncularis, 22 
Lankesteria parviflora, 70 
Lantana mutabilis, 238 ; a fine flower-garden 
plant, 238 
— Sellowiana, 238 ; the usefulness of for 
the flower-garden, &c, 238 
Leianthus longifolius, 29 ; why interesting, 29 
— long-leaved, 29 
— umbellatus, 164 
Leschenaultia arcuata, 263 
— splendens, 213 
Liebigia speciosa, 237 
Lightning-conductors, practicability and advaiv 
tage of employing for the protection of glass 
erections, 249 
Ligustrum Japonica, 142 
Lilium sanguineum, 213 
Lisianthus exaltatus, 99 
— glaucifolius, 99 
— longifolius, 29 
— umbellatus, 164 
Lobelia cornuta, 149 
— glandulosa, 44 
— spectabilis, 149 
— sp7icerocarpa, 149 
— Surinamensis, 149 
Lysionotus albidus, 139 
— longiflorus, 273 
M. 
Magnolia odoratissima, 213 
— pumila, 213 
Manure, liquid, kinds suitable for Roses that 
have been forced, 36 
Marty nia, 190 
Massing, on employing the Chinese Rose for, 41 
Mastacanthus sinensis, 44 
Maxillaria macrobulbon, 115 
— Warreana, 141 
Meyenia corymbosa, 22 
Miltonia spectabilis, 44 
Mormodes Cartoni, 44 
Mulgedium macrorhizon, 70 
M urucuja mollissima, 25 
Mussaenda frondosa, 118 
— macrophylla, 115 
N. 
Neapolitan Violet, the, 90 ; circumstances under 
which great success attended the culture of, 
90 ; shade necessary for the welfare of, 90 
Nepenthes spes., 142 
Neptunia plena, 44 
Nordmannia cordifolia, 118 
Notice of a few species in one or two genera in 
Crassulacese, 208 
Nymphasa dentata, 236 
O. 
Odontoglossum cordatum, 147 ; how it may be 
grown, 148 
— membranaceum, 141 
On congruity in landscape gardening, 253 ; 
why it should be apparent, 254 ; instances 
in which it is violated, 255 ; particular cases in 
which congruity ought to be discernible, 256 
— employing the Chinese Roses for massing, 
41 
— furnishing the parterre with flowers in 
early spring, 66 
— growing Ipomoea, rubro-ceerulea, and Phar- 
bitis Learii in the open air, 84 
— growing plants as epiphytes, 1 7 
— plants to flower late in autumn, 112; kinds 
to employ, 114; treatment of those employed 
114 
