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INDEX. 
K. 
Kaulfussia amelloides, 195 ; ordinary culture 
of, 196 
Kreysigia multiflora, 261 
L. 
Ljelia acuminata, 117 
Lasiopetalum macrophyllum, 261 
Lawns, dwarf evergreens for planting on, 38 
Lechenaultia biloba, 151 ; mode of growing, 152 
Leycesteria formosa, its treatment as a border 
shrub, 15 
Liebig's “Organic Chemistry,” noticed and 
commented on, 55, 81, 105, 130, 178, 201 
Life, relation of animal to vegetable, 106 
Light, its effects on plants, 223 ; possibly the 
cause of all electrical phenomena, 224 ; its 
presence universal, 225 ; the source of colour, 
225 ; 
Lilium atrosanguineum, var. maculatum, 190 
— eximium, remarks on, 128 
— speciosum, var. album, 127 
— — directions for growing it to 
the greatest perfection, 1 58 
Lily, culture of the Japan species of, 128, 158 
Lisianthus Russellianus, mode of preserving it 
through the winter, 226 
Loam, constituents and varieties of, 34, 154 
Loasa Pentlandica, 142 
Lombardy Poplars, not adapted for standing 
alone, 162 
Lophospermum erubescens, var. spectabile, 75 ; 
method of cultivating, 76 
Lophospermum erubescens and scandens, their 
treatment as border-flowers, 253 
M. 
Malva Creeana, its treatment as a summer bor- 
der-flower, 228 
Malva lateritia, 20 
Manures, character and offices of, 129, 153 
Marianthns coeruleo-punctatus, 190, 247 ; ma- 
nagement of, 248 
Marianthus, new species of, 262 
Martynia fragrans, 20 
Maxillaria aromatica, var. 118 
— citrina, 119 
Mentzelia stipitata, its cultivation in the open 
border, 86 
Mimulus, treatment of the species in a common 
flower-border, 88 
Mirbelia floribunda, 70, 103 ; attention requisite 
for, 104 
Monolopia major, 20 
Mormodes pardina, 236, var. unicolor, 140 
Musa superba, 43 
N. 
Naturalization of exotics, application of the 
phrase, 60 ; important principles to be ob- 
served in the, 1 3, 37, 60 
Nemesia floribunda, 190 
Nemophila insignis, hardihood of, 180 
Nerine, culture of the species in front of a south 
wall, 86 
Nightshade, Jasmine-like, 5 
Niphsea oblonga, 263 
Nitrogen, means of detecting, and properties of, 
56, 105 
Nymphsea coerulea, heat beneficial to, 112. 
O. 
Odontoglossum grande, 49 ; culture of, 50 
— pulchellum, 190, 213 
(Enothera fruticosa, var. indica, 43 
Oncidium Insleayii, 142, 265 ; its treatment, 
266 
— longifolium, 119 
— macrantherum, 20 
— monoceras, 188 
— ornythorhynchum, dark-flowered va- 
riety of, 263 
— Wrayse, 43 
Operations for January, 273 
— February, 23 
— March, 47 
— April, 70 
— May, 95 
— June, 119 
— July, 143 
— August, 167 
— September, 191 
— October, 215 
— November, 239 
— December, 263 
Orchidacese, receptacles for, according to the 
habits of the species, 264 ; hints on potting, 
47 ; their management, 120 
Orchis foliosa, 236 
Ornamental plants, culture of a few, 155, 179, 
226, 253 
Orthosiphon incurvus, 21 
Oxalis fruticosa, 188 
— lasiandra, 213 
Oxyanthus versicolor, 117 
Oxygen, character of, 56 ; quantity usually in 
in the air, 105 
P. 
Pascalia glauca, 125 ; management of, 126 
Passiflora quadrangularis, and probably other 
similar species, may be grown in a greenhouse, 
229 
Paxtonia rosea, raised from seed, 190 
Pelargoniums, treatment of, 48, 120, 144, 168, 
192 
Pentstemon gentianoides, several varieties of, 22 
Pentstemons, appropriate for placing in a pro- 
tected border, 15 
Petunias, suggestions for training them to 
trellises on open lawns, 96 
Physianthus auricomus, 188 
Physolobium carinatum, 142 
— gracilis, 142 
