GENERAL INDEX. 
A. 
Abutilon vitifolium, 260 
Acacia cultriformis, 123 ; directions for the 
cultivation of, 124 
— new species of, 69 
Achimenes, on growing, 204 ; propriety of 
staking, 205 ; on suspending in baskets, 205; 
as border plants, 207 
— pedunculata, 68 
— picta, 188 
Acids, vegetable, 157 
AEchmea discolor, 212 
AEonium Youngianum, 164 
iErides maculosum, 141 
— virens, 187 
.Eschynanthes maculatus, 69 
Aganisia pulchella, 212 
Albumen, nature and components of, 154 
Allamanda grandiflora, 236 
A Iona coelestis, 210 ; see Nolana 
Alumina, its nature and properties, 228 
Amylum, deposited in the cells of plants, 105; 
sugar prepared from, 154 
Anmctochilus setaceus, 261 
Analysis, the utility of, 177 
Andromeda phylliresefolia, 164 
Anemonies, single scarlet flowering, for flower- 
beds, 182 
Angrsecum armeniacum, 189 
— pellucidum, 20 
Anguloa uniflora., 166, 261 
— new species of, 117, 166 
Ania^bicornis, 42 
Antirrhinum majus flore pleno, 99 ; general 
management of, 100 
Aphelandra aurantiaca, 273 
— cristata, 236 
Arctostaphyllos pungens, 68 
Aristolochia gigas, 93 
— ornithocephala, 261 
Artificial manures, 109 
Arundina bambusifolia, 237 
Asarum europseum, recommended for the 
flower-beds in winter, 256 
Asclepias vestita, 187 
Astir ia rosea, 210 
Aucuba japonica, useful for planting in flower- 
beds in winter, 254 
Azalea indica, different methods of treating, 160 
— new varieties of, 117 
B. 
Bambusa arundinacea, note on the structure 
of the stem of, 58 
Barbacenia squamata, 75 ; mode.of cultivating, 
76 
— tricolor, 75 
Bark, origin of, 36 
Barkeria spectabilis, 139 
Barleria flava, 210 
Begonia acida, 93 
— manicata, 45 
— Martiana, 212 
— Meyeri, 164 
— papillosa, 93 
— ramentacea, 273 
Berberis pallida, 68 
— tenuifolia, 115 
— umbellata, 187 
Bignonia Carolinse, 234 
— Chamberlaynii, 212 
Bolbophyllum calamaria, 115 
— macranthum, 68 
Border plants, protection of, 24, 216, 239 ; 
propagation of, 47 ; to be gradually inured 
to the weather, 71 ; planting out, 72 ; general 
management of, 119, 167, 191, 215 
Bossisea paucifolia, 20 
Brachysema platyptera, 93 
Bromheadia palustris, 90 
Brugmansia Jiorilmnda, 236 
Bud, each a system of life, 11, 81 
Budding, interesting fact in the philosophy 
of, 36 
Burlingtonia rigida, a novel mode of cultivat- 
ing, 162 
Buxus balearica, a fit plant for the flower-beds 
in winter, 255 
