GENERAL INDEX. 
277 
Echites hirsuta, 94 
— splendens, 213 
Economy of manures, 108 
Electricity, its influence in chemical phe- 
nomena, 178 
Elementary organs of plants, 105 
Eleocarpus cyaneus, 214 
Emperor fountain, at Chatsworth, 223 
Empetrum nigrum, for adorning the flower 
garden in winter, 253 
Epacris autumnale, 195 ; system of culture, 
196 
— Cunninghami , 1 95 
— miniata, 141 
— refulgens, 195 
— variabilis, 46 
Epidendrum calocheilum, 167 
— macrochilum roseum, 243 ; its 
management, 244 
— pterocarpum, 140 
— radiatum, 167, 210 
— Stamfordianum, 70 
— verrucosum, 189, 235 
— vitellinum, 49 ; way to grow, 50 
Epiphora pubescens, 70 
Eranthemum pulchellum, 55 ; how to manage 
successfully, 56 
— flava, 210 
Eria floribunda, 91 
— bractescens, 116 
Erica jasminiflora, 91 
- — Murrayana, 77 
— hardy species of, for winter gardens, 
253 
Eriostemon buxifolium, 165 
— scab rum, 190 
Eugenia myrtifolium : effects of pruning on, 
82 
Euonymus japonicus, 22 
Exogens, direction of the woody matter of, 
35 
F. 
Fernandezia lunifera, 238 
Ferns, and their management, 84 
— value of, in ornamental gardening, 
85 ; for rockeries, and covering walls, 86 ; 
for suspending in baskets amongst Orcliida- 
cese, 87 ; for undergrowths in conservatories, 
88 ; routine of culture, 89 
Fixed vegetable oils ; analysis of, 156 
Floral curiosities, 13 
Floricultural Notices, 20, 42, 68, 90, 115, 139, 
164, 187, 210, 234, 260, 273 
Floricultural (Economics, 108, 184, 256 
Folium petiolatum, 261 
Forcing, management of plants in, 60 
Forget-me-not, the white flowered, a border 
plant, 112 
Form, the science of, 201 
Fountain, the Emperor, at Chatsworth, 223 ; 
at Wilhelm’s-hoehe, 226 ; at St. Cloud, 226 ; 
at Peterhoff, 226 ; at Versailles, 226 
Frames, substitutes for, 71, 215 ; ventilation 
of, 114 
Franciscea hydrangseformis, 141 
— Pohliana, 190 
Fuchsia, seedling, Smith’s Queen Victoria, 73 
— s, Standish’s seedling, 31 ; to obtain 
improved varieties of, 32 
— s, for planting in masses, 138 
Furze, as a standard, 19 
G. 
Gardeners, influence of attention to trifles in 
the success of, 256, 260 
Gardenias, culture of, 114 
Gardening as a Science, 9, 33, 57, 81, 105, 129, 
153, 177, 201, 227, 249 
Genista virgata, 43 
Gesneria Gardneri, 262 
— macrorhiza, 213 
Gladiolus Gandiensis, 27 ; how to grow, 28 
Globe, Everlasting, 22 
Gloxinia discolor, 142 
— macrophylla, 214 
— speciosa seedlings, 199, 211 ; proper 
method of treating, 200 
— tubiflora, 142 
Gluten, 155 
Gompholobium Hendersoni, 103 ; treatment 
requisite for, 104 
— a new species of, 214 
Gomphrena pulchella, 22 
Gongora truncata, 118 
Grafting, to form standards by, 18 
Grammatophyllum F inlay sonianum, 90 
Greenovia aurea, 116 
Griffinia hyacinthina, 238 
Ground, mischievous consequences of tramp- 
ling, in wet weather, 257 
Ground-work, advantages of the early comple- 
tion of, 47, 257 ; proper seasons for perform- 
ing different kinds of, 257 
Gum Arabic, analysis of, 153 
H. 
Habrothamnus cyaneus, 213 
— elegans, 187, 236 
— purpureus, 236 
Heath, Mr. Murray’s, 77 
— s, for planting in groups, 138 ; for winter 
gardens, 253 
Heath-soil, on the uses of, for fine-rooted plants, 
65 ; fittest method of employing, 66 ; sub- 
stitutes for, 66, 185 
Heating apparatus, 114 
Hepaticas recommended for the flower-garden 
in winter, 256 
Herbaceous plants, a few species of, for deco- 
rating the flower-beds in winter, 255 
Hereman’s Vegetable Dilutium, useful for de- 
stroying the mealy bug, 240 
Hibbertia perfoliata, 22 
Hibiscus Cameroni-fulgens, 116 
Hindsia longiflora, 142, 197 
— violacea, 142, 197 ; method of ma- 
naging, 198 
Hoeing ground, the utility of, 258 
Hoitzia coccinea , 238 
