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GENERAL INDEX. 
Bolbopliyllum Careyanum, 140 
umbellatum, 165, 188 
Boldoa fragrans, 238 
Botany, tlie study of, 153 ; reason why not 
generally studied, some account of, 155 ; 
encouragement to the study of, 155 
Bottom-heat, 105 
Brodisea, large-flowering, 221 
— grandiflora, 221 ; suitable for rock- 
work, 221 ; soil most suitable for, 222 
Brugmansia sanguinea, interesting account of, 
68 
Brugmansiafloribunda, 65 
— bicolor, 68 
Bryvnn punctatum, 1 60 
Budding, theory of, 177 ; the practice described, 
178 
Buddleya Lindleyana, 190 
Bugainvillsea, the remarkable, 51 
— spectabilis, 51 ; method by which 
to make flower, 16 
Bulbs, the planting of, 240 ; suitable soil for, 240 
Burtonia Brunioides, 141 
— crowded-leaved, 53 
— conferta, 53 ; point in the cultivation 
of necessary to attend to, 53 
C. 
Cajanus bicolor, 140 
Calandrinia umbellata, 165, 265 ; to preserve, 
266 
— umbel-floweiing, 265 
Calathea villosa, 70 
Calceolaria floribunda, 92 
— alba, 116 
Calliandra Tweediei, 238 
Callipsyche eucrosioides, 188 
Camaridium ocltroleucum, 44 
Camellia japonica, var. Low’s jubilee, 94 
Camellias, their flower-buds, to thin, 168 
Campanula sylvatica, 245 ; to rear from seed, 
246 
Campanula &tricta, 245 
— integerrima, 245 
Campylanthera Fraseri, 99 
Catasetum saccatum, 262 
Cattleya granulosa; var. Russelliana, 260 
— — vars.,2Q2 
Cattleya Grahami, 1 
Centropogon fastuosum, 46 
Cesti-um aurantiacum, 92, 214 
Cestrum roseum, 118 
Chmnostoma polyantha, 141 
Channels for hot water, erection of descidbed, 
33 ; the effectual natm^e of, 34 
Charcoal, value of in pot-culture, 228 
Chirita zeylanica, 213 
Chiron, abundant-flowering, 123 
CMronia Fischeri, 123 
Chironia floribunda, 123 ; its management, 123 
Chlora exaltata, 70 
Chlorsea virescens, 21 3 
Cldoroea chrysantha, 213 
Chrysanthemums, to treat properly, 119; dwarf 
plants, to obtain, 192 
Cinchona longijlora, 238 
Cineraria Lady Prudhoe, 149 
— Countess of Zetland, 149 
— Emperor of Russia, 149 
— Fairy Q.ueen, 149 
sapphire, 149 
criterion, 149 
— SuiTey Hero, 149 
— desirable, 149 
— seedlings, 149 ; their flowering season, 
to prolong, 150 
Cleisostoma roseum, 165 
Clerodendrums, treatment of, 113 
Climbers, hints for promoting the fertility of, 
12 ; grounds for consideration of the subject, 
12 ; excessive exuberance preventive of 
fertilit}'-, 12; Mr. Hoare’s method for the 
vine adaptable to, 14 
Club-pod, purple -stemmed changeable, 219 
Cobsea scaudens, to make flower, 15 
Coelogyne — ? 262 
Columnea zebrina, 142 
Combretum, broad-leaved, 103 
— latifohum, 103 ; situation suitable 
for, 104 
Combretum macrophyllum, 103 
Conservative walls, 180 ; proper site for, 181 ; 
formation of border for, 181 ; proper time to 
plant, to train plants upon, &c., 1 82 ; protec- 
tion and winter management, 183 ; suitable 
situation for tender plants, 184 
Corrseas, Gaines’ seedlings, 77 
Corraea rubescens, 77 
— delicata, 77 
— picta, 77 
— ferruginea, 77 
— pallida, 77 
Croci autumnales, 163 
Crocus damascenus, 163 
— Byzantinus, 163 
— Tourneforlianus, 163 
— Cambessedianus, 163 
— 163 
— PyrencBUs, 163 
— Cartiorightianus , 163 
— — var. Creticus, 163 
— Clusianus, 163 
Crotalaria ? 165 
Cryptadenia uniflora, 43 
Cultural hints, 135, 184 ; protrusion of roots 
through the bottom of pots, 184 ; to prevent 
at the time of potting, 184 ; proper floor to 
place plants upon in the open air, 1 85 ; choice 
of situation for, 187 
Currant, double bloody-flowered, 121 
Cut flowers, to preserve, 109 
Cuttings, where to strike, 168 
Cyanotis axillaris, 262 
Cymbidium Mastersii, 213 
— gigantic, 241 
— giganteum, 241 ; the way to treat, 
242 
— ochroleucum, 44 
Cynibidium giganteum, 241 
— iridioides, 241 
Cyrtopcra gigantea, 24 1 
