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GENERAL INDEX. 
C. 
Caltha sagittata, 20 
Calanthe Masuca, 164 
Campanula fragilis, var. hirsuta, 25 ; plan of 
treating, 26 
- — Carolina, 25 
Camphor, analysis of, 156 
Cantua Hoitzia, 238 
Carbon, 178 ; how received into the system of 
plants, 230 
Carbonic acid, the absorption of, a primary 
office of leaves, 35; to produce, 178; an 
atmosphere of, contained in every fertile 
soil, 250 
Carbonised water, 129 
Catasetum naso, 237 
Cattleya intermedia variegata, 115 
— Skinneri, 193 ; proper way to manage, 
194 
— superba, 90 
— • a new variety of, 93 
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus, 164 
- — divaricates, 164 
Cellular Tissue, 105 
Centrosema coccinea , 121 
Cereus crenatus, 139 
— extensus, 42 
— Pitajaya, 115 
Ceropegia oculata, 140 
Chabreea runcinata, 234 
Changes of form and condition in combinations 
of elementary substances, 178 
Changing the habitude of plants, the advan- 
tages of, and mode of effecting, 14, 37 
Chats worth, description of the Emperor foun- 
tain at, 223 
Chelone Mexicanum, 189 
Chirita sinensis, 262 
Chironia floribunda, 237 
Chorozema oppositifolia, 171 
Chorozema spectabilis, variety of, 94 
Chrysanthemums, to protect, 240 
Chrysobaphus 'Roxbnrgii , 261 
Cirrhopetalum auratum, 20, 117 
• — candelabra, 117 
— Chinense, 117 
Clematis montana, var. grandiflora, 21 
Clerodendron calamitosum, 169 
fortunatum, 169 
— infortunatum, 91, 169 ; culture 
of, 1 70 
Climbers, and other tall plants as Bushes, how 
to grow, 37 
- — on pruning, 39 ; cramping the roots 
of, 40 ; layering the shoots of, 41 ; natural 
mode of training, 207 
Clitoria fulgens, 121 ; suitable system of cul- 
tivation for, 122 
Coal ; origin of, and relation to vegetable 
mould, 250 
Coccus adonidum, way to clear plants of, 240 
Codonopsis lurida, 166 
Coelogyne cristata, 69 
— Cummingii, 237 
Coleonema tenuifolia, 45 
Comarostaphyllos arbutoides, 118 
Comparettia falcata, 189 
Compounds found in plants/ 153 
Convolvulus ocellatus, 21 
— Sibthorpii, 237 
Corethrostylos bracteata, 118, 210 
Con sea, new hybrid varieties of, 273 
Cosmanthus fimbriatus, 166 
Crataegus crenulatus, 234 
— Pyracanthus, various situations for, 
254 ; to keep dwarf, 255 ; a winter garden 
plant, 255 
Crinum variabile, var. roseum, 42 
Croci autumnales, 21 
Crocus Cartwrightianus, 21 
longlflorus, 21 
— odorus, 21 
— Pallasianus, 21 
— pulchellus, 21 
— Thomasianus, 21 
Cryptandra suavis, 235 
Cummingia trimaculata, 127 ; best way to 
treat, 128 
Cuphea strigulosa, 166, 241 ; circumstances 
affecting the colour of, 241 ; suitable plan of 
culture, 242 
Cursory remarks, 114, 162 
Cychnoches ventricosum, var. Egertonianum, 
21 
Cymbidium pendulum, var. brevilabruxn, 115 
Cypripedium barbatum, 69 
Cyrtoceras reflexum, 166 
Cyrtochilum maculatum, var. 45 
Cyrtopodium Andersoni, 69 
— punctatum, 118 
D. 
Dendrobium Eemulum, 69 
— amsenum, 166 
- — compressum, 235 
— Dalhousieanum, 145 ; way to 
manage, 146 
— Devonianum, 118 
— Heyneanum, var., 118 
— linguseforme, 45 
— pulchellum purpureum, 94 
— secundum, var., 189 
Dillwynia clavata, 5 ; its cultivation, 6 
— tenuifolia, 94 
Dipladenia crassinoda, 237 ; see Echites 
Diplalsena Dampieri, 22 
— angustifolia, 22 
Diplopeltis Hugelii,212 
Disa cornu ta, 140 
— grandiflora, 91 
Dryandra formosa, 187 
Drymonia (?) new species of, 273 
* — punctata, 116 
Ducts, explanation of the term, 106 
Dwarfness, to induce, in plants, 40 
E. 
Echinocactus concinnus, 235 
— Pentlandi, 262 
Echites carassa, 213 ; see Dipladenia 
~~ crassinoda, 237 
