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INDEX. 
Crinum, Culture of the genus, 99 
Crinis Peruvianus, 173 
Crocuses, culture of, 201; species and va- 
rieties of spring enumerated, 202 
Currants, red-flowering, 3 ; changeableness of, 
3 ; yellow-flowering, 4 
Cuttings, plan of a house for striking, 111 
Cychnochis Loddigesii, 14 
Cyclamen, culture of the genus, 180 
Cyclobothra alba, 98 ; pulchella, 98 
D. 
Dahlias, impregnation and propagation from 
seed, 104 ; treatment of old roots, 105 ; 
root grafting, 105 ; propagation by cuttings, 
105 ; soil for, 106 ; staking, 106 ; taking 
up, 107 ; criterion of a good one, 107 
Daisy Extractor, 273 
Dendrobium, culture of the genus, 15 
Dianthus barbatus, or Sweet William, 67 ; hy- 
bridus, or mule pink, 67 ; caryophyllus, or 
carnation, 68 ; plumarius, or common gar- 
den pink, 74 
Dionoea muscipula, its peculiar irritability, 
54 ; experiments upon, by Mr. Knight, 61 ; 
Dr. Barton’s opinion respecting, 62 
Dipsacus fullonum, 60 
Distinctions betwixt plants and animals, 32 
Drosera, the supposed irritability of the species 
explained, 62 ; peculiarities in the time of 
flowering noticed, 62 
Dryobalanops camphora, 243 
Dutrochet’s discovery of a supposed nervous 
system in plants noticed, 31 
E. 
Echites, culture of the genus, 97 
Ellis (Mr.) observations of, on the Dionoea 
muscipula, 61 
Enkianthus, culture of the genus, 232 
Epacris grandiflora, 52 ; culture of all the 
Epacridese, 53 
Epiphyllum splendidum, 49 ; culture of Cac- 
tese, 49 
Erica, natural habitats of some species, 236 ; 
soil, 236 ; propagation, 237 ; general cul- 
ture, 237 ; Mr. M'Nab’s system, 238 ; pro- 
pagation of, by Mr. Forbes, 113 
F. 
Ferns, culture of the stove species, 171 
Flower Garden, plan of a, 154, 184 
Forbes (Mr.) mode of propagating Cape heaths, 
by, 113 
Forcing houses, different modes of heating, 
135 
Francoa sonchifolia, 254 ; culture of the genus, 
235 
Francisea Hopeana, 80 
Fumigation, destroying insects by, 24 
G. 
Galangale, round-rooted, 125 
Garden chairs, figured, 123, 220 
Gardenia florida, 226 ; radicans, 227 
Gas furnace, Witty’s improved, recommended, 
132 ; figured, 133 
Gate lodge for a country residence, 178 
Gaultheria, culture of the genus, 160 ; Shallon 
produces abundance of honey, 160 
Gesneria Suttoni, 13 ; Cooperi, 224 ; culture 
of the genus, 13 
Geometrical flower-garden, plan of a, 154, 184 
Gilia Achillsefolia, 150 ; aggregata, 27 ; pul- 
chella, 27 ; tricolor, 150 
Ginger, culture of, 200 ; mode of preparing the 
roots, 200 
Gladiolus, culture of the genus, 97 
Glazing, Mr. Saul’s mode of, 130 ; Mr. Harri- 
son’s, 131 ; various objections to, 131 
Gloriosa superba, 97 
Goat moth, figured, 48 ; the injury it does to 
trees noticed, 48 
Grafting, various modes of noticed, 93 
Graham, Dr., on the water in the pitchers of 
Nepenthes, 58 
Greenhouse, cost of fitting up, 130 ; manage- 
ment of, 137 
Griffinia, culture of the genus, 233 
Guava, culture of the, 119 
H. 
Haworth, A. H. Esq., division of the genus 
Narcissus, 118 
Heart’s Ease, 116 ; properties of a good one, 
117 
Heaths; culture of the Cape species, 113; na- 
tural habitats of some, 236 
Heating by hot water, cost of, 134 ; Mr. Saul’s 
mode, 136 
Hedwig, M., definition of a plant by, 32 
Hermodactylus longifolius, 242 ; culture of the 
genus, 241 
Hibiscus Lindlei, 77; ficuloides, 77; muta- 
bilis, 77; racemosus, 77; culture of the 
genus, 77 
Hogg on soils for flowers, 9 
Hollies, proper time to plant, 46 
Hot -water apparatus, 134, 136 
House for striking cuttings, 111 
Hyacinths, treatment of in pots and glasses, 41 
I. 
Indian daffodil, 149 
India, preparation and management of plants 
during a voyage from, 263 
Introduction, 1 
Ipomopsis elegans, 27 ; picta, 245 ; culture of 
the genus, 28 
Iris bifolia, 245 ; culture of the genus Iris, 82 ; 
uses of, 83 
Irritability of plants, 31, 54 
Ismene Amancaes sulphurea, 96 
Ixia Heleri, 8 ; flexuosa, 8 ; viridiflora, 8 
