GENERAL INDEX. 
A. 
ABUTILON striatum, 236 
Acacia cultrata, 259 
— kermesina, 236 
Accretions of plants, character and source of 
the, 58, 85 
Acclimatation of plants, hints on the, 61, 108, 
110, 156, 184, 206 
iErides quinquevulnerum, 187, 260 
— tessellatum, 139 
— supposed new species of, 2?,0 
iEschynanthus ramosissimus, 195 ; treatment 
of, 196 
— Roxburghii, 213 
JEsculus hippocastanum, an excellent subject 
for botanical examination, 180 
Agave saponaria, 235 
Air, remarks on its admission to plant houses, 
96, 143, 167, 240, 263 ; importance of 
diluting the water supplied to plants with, 12 
Alburnum, derivation and meaning of the term, 
57 
Alstroemeria Ligtu, 68 
Alstroemerias, brief hints on the treatment of, 68 
Amphicome arguta, culture of, 80 
Angelonia Gardneri, 234 
Angrsecum armeniacum, 213 
— caudatum, 188 
Anigozanthus flavidus ; var. bicolor, 19 
— Manglesii, 139 
Annual plants, hints on rearing, 48 ; climates 
which they usually inhabit, 62 
Antennaria triplinervis, 20 j 
Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum, review of 
Loudon's, 64 
Arboretums, definition and merits of, 81 
Aridity, an essential feature in the winter treat- 
ment of plants, 240, 263 
Aristolochia ciliata, 234 
— hyperborea, cultivation of, 54 
Autumn, great attention requisite for tender 
plants in the, 239, 263 
B. 
Balsamina Mastersiana, 75 
Balsams, hints on the cultivation of, 76 
Bauhinia corymbosa, 211, 228 
— forficata, 186 
Beauty in plants, what constitutes, 66 
Begonia octapetala, 21 
Bessera elegans, 138 
Birds rather useful than otherwise in a garden, 
231 
Birthwort, northern, 53 
Black glass a ready conductor of heat, but not of 
light, 11 
Bletia Parkinsoni, 163 
Books, those most profitable to a young gar- 
dener, 208 
Boronia crenulata, 115 
Botanical Classification, general view of, 129 
Botanical Expedition to North America, parti- 
culars concerning the loss of the collectors, 135 
Bouvardia angustifolia, 187 
Brasavola Martiana, 20 
Brassia maculata, treatment of, 5 
British plants, hints on studying and collecting, 
38 ; great advantages of acquiring a know- 
ledge of, 39 
Budding, proper season for, 192 
Burlingtonia maculata, 187 
— venusta, 115 
C. 
Cactaceous plants, summer exposure bene- 
ficial to, 120 
Cactse, account of an importation of, by Messrs. 
Low and Co., 43 
Caladium petiolatum, 115 
Calandrina discolor, 17 
Callichroa platyglossa, 89 
Calliprora lutea, 164 
Calytrix aurea, 259 
Camarotis purpurea, 90 
Cambium, its position and consistence, 58 
Camellias, method of grafting, 93, 112 ; general 
propagation of, 111 
Campanula Carolina, 164 
— punctata, 164 
Caprifolium, hybrid, 140 
Caprifoliums well suited for covering the naked 
trunks of trees, 14 
Catasetum atratum, 140 
Cattleya bicolor, 236 
— citrina, 187 
— guttata ; var. Russelliana, 19 
