GENERAL INDEX. 
Aboth of the Jews, 143 
Abricot sauvage, 136 
Abronia umbellata, 36, 286 
Abutilon venosum, 287 
Acanthophippium bicolor, 123 
Achimenes Jayii, 316 ; Kleei, 66, 289, 290 ; ocei- 
lata, 59 
Acineta Humboldti, 154 
Adamia versicolor, 321 
Aden, Vegetation of the Peninsula of, 219 
iEgle marmelos, 238 
Aerides crispum, 95 
^Eschynanthus Lobbianus, 123 ; rainiatus, 67 ; 
pulcher, 163 ; Paxtoni, 95 ; radicans, 67 ; spe- 
ciosus, 153 
Ageratum grandiflorum, 174 
Allamanda Aubletii, 63 ; grandiflora, 254 ; Schot- 
tii, 93 
Alligator Pear, 50 
Alloplectus capitatus, 223 
Alpine Roses, 124 
Alterations, 32 
Alstromeria albens, labiata, marginata, pulchella, 
rubella, rubra, 130 
American plants, exhibition of, 219 
Amherstia nobilis, 223 
American Nutmeg, 138 
Ammonia, 165 
Amyris Agallocha, 283 ; Commiphora, 238 
Anemone japonica, variety, 286 
Angrsecum eburneum, 90 
Anguria Makoyana, 153, 321 
Annuals, 121 
Anona myristica, 138 
Antirrhinum, Queen Victoria, 254 
Aphelandra aurantiaca, 42 
Application of Decorative Art to Garden Pots, 4 9 
Apple trees, 96, 128, 256 
Apricot, 32, 64, 96, 128 
— wild one of South America, 1 36 
Aquatic vegetation, 350 
Aquilegia leptoceras, 63 
Arebia echioides, 63 
Argyromiges sylviella, 149 
Aristolochia macradenia, 287 
Arpophyllum giganteum, 1 55 
Artichokes, 64 
Asclepias Douglasii, 63 
Asparagus, 64, 224, 288, 320, 352 
Aspasia epidendroides, 28 
Aspidium Fiiix-mas, 119 ; Barometz, 118 
Astragalus creticus, gummifer, Tragacantha, stro- 
biliferus, verus, 317 
Astrapsea Wallichii, 124 
Asy stasia scandens, 191 
Attalea funifera, 125 
Atmosphere, 195 
Atmospheric phenomena, 229 ; vapour, 230 
Auriculas, 40 ; selection of good ones, 4 1 
Australia, Botany of the Western parts, 255 
Avocado Pear, 50 
Azalea, culture of, 209 ; ramentacea, 351. 
Babingtonia camphorosmse, 253 
Bailey, Mr., on forest-trees, 56, 79 ; on fruit-trees, 
250 ; on forming Pinetums, 198 ; on Strawber- 
ries, 361 
Bain, Mr., on Dracaena Draco, 45 
Balsamodendron africanum, 283 ; Stocksii, 283 
Balsam trees, 282 
Bamboo canes, 62 
Bambusa arundinacea, 62 
Banyan tree, 105 
Barkeria Skinneri major, 59 
Barking forest- trees, 128 
Bassett, Mr., on the Renanthera coccinea, 135 
Baragan fruit, 60 
Bdellium tree, 282 
Beans, 64, 96, 192 
Beaton, Mr., on hybridisation, 13 
Beet-root, 64 
Begonia aurantiaca, 228, 253 ; cinnabarina, 225 ; 
Evansiana, 253 
Bejaria coarctata, 127 
Bengal Quince, 238 
Bertholletia excelsa, 91 
Besom Plantain, 236 
Bhaugulpore Horticultural Gardens, 318 
Bignonia Chamberlaynii, 286 
Blandfordia flammea, 353 
Bletia verecunda, 59 
Boehmeria nivea, 125 ; Puya, 125 
Bombax Ceiba, 74 
Borneo, fruit-trees in, 59 ; forest-trees in, 59 ; 
esculent vegetables in, 31 
Boronia spathulata, 153 ; tetrandra, 153, 225 : 
triphylla, 90 
Botany of Western Australia, 255 
Boursault Roses, 124 
Bouvardia triphylla angustifolia, 173 ; triphylla 
splendens, 173 
Brassavola nodosa, 59 ; Digbyana, 320 
Brassia maculata major, 315 
Bridesmaid Moth, 148 
Brocoli, 160, 192 
Brodisea californica, 63 
Browallia Jamesonii, 5 ; speciosa, 290 
Bruns vigia Josephinee, 349 
Bulb planting, 256 
Burlingtonia fragrans, 155 
Bartonia villosa, 63 
Cabbage, 64, 192, 226, 288, 128 
Csesar on the Climate of Britain, 23 
Calabash Nutmeg, 138 
Calanthe vestita, 95, 129 ; veratrifolia, 155 
Caladium Colocasia, 279 
Calceolaria cuneifolia, 255 ; grandis, 153 
