GENERAL INDEX. 
A. 
Abutilon pseoiiiaeflorum, 163 
Ahutilon graveolem, 21 
Acacia loiigifolia, 269 
— long-leaved, 269 
Acantliophi}opium javanense, 22 
Acliimenes grandifiora, 43 
— argyrostigma, 188, 190 
— ^ 
the painted, 223 
— hirsuta, 7 ; its accidental dis- 
covery, 7 
— pi eta, 18, 223 ; the most successful 
cultivation of, 224 ; to have in flower at any 
season, 224 
^chmea fulgens, 190 
Aerides ? 165 
— odoratum, 43 
— maculosum, 49 ; the most preferable 
method of growing, 50 
Air-plant, spotted, 49 
Allamanda, large-flowered, 79 
— grandiflora, 79 ; how to manage, 80 
Aletris punicea, 91 
Alona, caerulean-flowered, 3 
— coelestis, 3 ; useful as a flower-garden 
plant, 4 ; attention to moisture for, neces- 
sary, 4 
Amaryllis raontana, 20 
— tatarica, 20 
Andromeda coccinea, 101 
Anemone obtusiloba, 18 
— japonica, 214 
Anemone Goveniana, 18 
Angrsecum bilobum, 45 
— distichum, 69 
— apiculatum, 115 
Angrcecum ehurneum, 69 
Anguloa uniflora, 141 
— Clowesii, 18 
Anguloa superlja, 117 
— grandiflora, 117 
Aotus gracillimus, 69 
Aphelandra, orange-scarlet, 127 
— aurantiaca, 127 ; how to treat, 128 
Arctostaphylos nitida, 140 
Armeria cephalotes, 18 
Armeria latifolia^ 18 
Arundina densa, 22 
Aster bicolor, 262 
Azaleas, seedling Chinese, 55 
Azalea exquisita, 55 
— optima, 55 
— Broughtonii, 55 
— Lsetitiee, 212 
— Ludoviciee, 260 
B. 
Backhousi A myrtifolia, 1 8 
Barbacenia squamata, 19 
— purple-flowered, 27 
purpurea, 27 ; to cultivate suc- 
cessfully ,28 
Barkeria Lindleyana, 22 
— spectabilis, wr., 165 
Barkeria ? 190 
Beaufortia splendens, 45 
Begonia rubricaulis, 19 
— albo-coccinea, 163 
— ranientacea, 73 ; suitable situation for 
when flowering, 74 
— Martiana, 151 ; advantageous method 
of treating, 152 
Begonias, culture of, 209 ; their interesting 
nature, 209 ; soil proper for, 210 ; the neces- 
sity of pruning, 211 
Bell-flower, wood, 245 
Berberis trifoliata, 43 
— actinacantha, 237 
Besleria pulchella, 190 
Bethlehem, golden star of, 175 
Billardiera rosmarinifolia, 99 
Blandfordia marginata, 91 
Bletia catenulata, 118 
