876 
GENERAL INDEX. 
Vanda cristata, 155 ; suavis, 154 ; tricolor, 127 
Vagaria parviflora, 352 
Vases, uses of ornamental ones, 237 
Vegetable forcing, 310 
— ivory, 219. 
Vegetables in Borneo 
Vegetation in Ceylon, 62, 187 
— Kamtschatka, 152 
— Paras Nath, in Sikkim-Himalayah, 124 
— The Peninsula of Aden, 219 
— Influence of climate upon, 201, 292 
Ventilation of forcing houses, 70, 216 
Verbenas, 207 ; Apollon, 253 ; Clotilde, 253 ; 
Morphea, 253 ; Remarkable, 253 ; Ariadne, 254 ; 
Beauty of Stowe, 254 ; General Brea, 254 ; War 
Eagle, 254 ; Iphigene, 254 ; John Salter, 254 ; 
Eclipse, 254 ; Emperor of China, 254 
Victoria Regia, 316 
Vine, culture of, 217 
Vineries, general management of, 32, 64, 96, 128, 
160, 192, 224, 256, 288, 320 
Viola lutea, 29, 153 
— odorata arborea, or tree violet, 138 
Vriesia glaucophylla, 63; splendens, 123 
Wailesia picta, 321 
Water, its effect on vegetation, 38, 259 ; lime, 261 ; 
pure, 259 ; river, 263 ; changed into vapour, 38 
Weather during the year 1848, 25 
Wood, Mr., on Combretum purpureum, 8 ; on 
Aplielandra aurantiaca, 42 ; on flower-gardens, 
173 ; Mr. B. S., on Lselias, 31 
Xylophasia rurea, 1 49 
V 
Zabucajo, 90 
Zauschneria californica, 12, 174, 255 
Zea Mays, 156 
Zieria macrophylla, 223 
Zizyphus Lotus, 281 ; vulgaris, 281 
Zygopetalon rostratum, 154 
LONDON : 
BRADBURf AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS. 
